Shrouding the Sky: The Empress Against the Immortals

Chapter 5 Black Beard Old Man
The next day.

At dawn, Ling Song, who was soundly asleep, was woken up by Ling Su.

There is no way, the place where the brother and sister are going is a very remote mountain village.For the safety of the journey, they had to go out early and find a caravan at the gate of the city.

If it was too late, those merchants and mountain people who came to the city to sell mountain goods would all leave, and the brother and sister would not be able to leave today.

Ling Song has learned to dress and wash by himself after getting up.

While she was washing her face, Ling Su mixed two bowls of cold noodles.The two brothers and sisters hastily filled their stomachs and quickly packed their bags.

Under Ling Song's strong request, the small bundle containing the two people's changes of clothes was hung obliquely on her shoulders.

She tightly grasped the shoulder straps of the burden with both hands, her small face was tense and she was full of energy.

A cute look that a little person wants to do a lot for his brother!
It made Ling Su laugh for a while.

In fact, in addition to a few pieces of inner clothing, there are two sets of clothes that can be made up in the baggage, one for each brother and sister.

It can't be less, but it's all their clothes.

Ling Song, carrying a small bundle on his back, stood obediently aside, watching Ling Su take the gourd ladle for scooping water, the copper spoon for cooking porridge, the mulberries for washing, the straw rope for drying clothes...

Including the candles that had been packed last night, as well as various items such as oil residue, salt, rice noodles, etc., all were put into a bamboo basket that was taller and bigger than her.

Finally, the only torn cotton quilt and summer mat in the house were rolled up and stuffed in together.

After finishing these, he put three clean earthenware bowls into the pottery ge (ge), then picked up the bamboo basket, hugged the pottery ge in his arms, and stretched out his other hand towards Ling Song, intending to Lead her out.

Ling Song "bystanders are clear", reminded anxiously with a small face: "Brother, I still have chopsticks!"

"No need, there will be plenty of woods when we go back." Ling Su said with a smile.

Are there many chopsticks in the woods?

Ling Song blinked, didn't understand, but was greatly shocked.

Walking out of the courtyard gate, the siblings took a last look at the small yard where they lived for the first time since their siblings met, and then left without looking back.

……

The rising sun.

There are already many pedestrians on the streets in the city.

The brothers and sisters looked like they were moving away, which attracted a lot of strange looks. Fortunately, they didn't meet any traffickers along the way, and they came to the east gate smoothly.

"Little brother, where are you going?"

"Little brother, do you still stay in the hotel?"

"Do you want the handlebar style?"

The gate of the city is the place with the largest flow of people, and there are people from all religions and schools. The City Lord's Mansion sent some soldiers to maintain order here.

Of course, it's just to maintain the order of mortals.

As for those immortals flying around in the sky, these ordinary soldiers are not enough to be slapped.

Ling Song held the burden strap with one hand, and was led by Ling Su with the other hand. Following Ling Su's footsteps, he came to an open space on the left side of the city gate.

Several old uncles are sorting things here, and there is an ox cart next to it.

Ling Song clung close to Ling Su's legs, her bright eyes kept looking at everything around her, many things made her feel fresh, but there were too many people, which made her feel scared.

Not to mention leaving Ling Su's side, he didn't even dare to let go of his hand.

Soon, she heard her brother talking to an old man with a black beard: "Old man, where are you from?"

"It's from Xushi Village in the lower reaches of the Qu River."

The black-bearded old man sized them up a few times, his eyes a little wary.

"Great!"

Ling Su cheered, and quickly asked, "We are going to Baishan Village, and we are going to pass by Xushi Village, old man, can we go with you?"

Seeing that Ling Su could tell the distance relationship between Baishan Village and Xushi Village, the vigilance in the hearts of the black-bearded mountain people dissipated a lot.

"Baishan Village is not far from our place. It is indeed on the way. Of course it is no problem to take a companion to walk together." The old man readily agreed to Ling Su's request, and asked casually: "You two little ones carry so many things on your back. Go out, where are the adults at home?"

"Father and mother both died of illness. My sister and I came to the city with a caravan years ago. We originally wanted to make a living in the city. We finally found a blacksmith shop as an apprentice, but the owner of the blacksmith shop sent his children to the city. Practice, and sold the blacksmith shop, we naturally lost our livelihood.

Even the place where he lived was taken back, so he had to go back to the village for the time being. "

Ling Su gave a rough explanation.

Ling Song found out that his brother had lied, but he was very clever and silent, and just obediently stood aside as a mascot.

"Well, they are also two poor babies." After hearing Ling Su's words, the old man showed a bit of sympathy on his swarthy face.

"It's still a long way to Baishan Village. Let your sister sit on it. You can also put your things on it. When my old man who sells tiger skins comes back, we can set off."

The old mountain man signaled Ling Su to put the things on the bullock cart, so that it would be easier to follow the bullock cart empty-handed.

"Thank you, old man!" Ling Su thanked him sincerely.

Ling Song was still curiously looking at the long black beard on the old man's chin, when he suddenly lightened up and found himself being picked up by his brother, and then put on the ox cart covered with hay.

Ling Song sat in the car, with his back leaning on his own bamboo basket, it was soft and comfortable.

"Ninny, hurry up and say thank you to the old uncle." Ling Su said.

"Thank you uncle!"

Ling Song did as he was told, with a childish voice.

"Oh, no thanks."

The old mountain man with a black beard saw that Ling Song was so cute and cute, his eyes narrowed into a smile, and he patted her head lovingly: "What a cute girl, is she called Nannan? How old is she?"

"My daughter's first name is Ling Song, um... just turned four years old." Ling Su answered.

When talking about his age, he obviously froze for a moment, but it didn't arouse the suspicion of the old mountain folk.

"What's your name, old man?" Ling Su asked along the way.

"My surname is Pei, and I am the third eldest in my family. You can call me Old Uncle Pei or Uncle Pei." Old Uncle Pei took out a few dried red dates from his pocket and handed them to Ling Song with a smile.

"Come on, take the toothbrush offering on the road."

"Thank you uncle."

Ling Song took the jujube with both hands, his little face was filled with surprise.

She remembered that she had eaten this thing before, it was sweet and delicious, but she forgot what it was called.

"Brother, eat first." Ling Song picked up a red date and handed it to Ling Su first.

Ling Su shook his head and refused: "You can eat it, brother doesn't like it."

"Oh fine."

Ling Song frowned slightly, she didn't expect that her brother didn't like to eat red dates, but she clearly felt that his brother wanted to eat it?

The little girl was puzzled.

After a while, the old guy that Old Man Pei said was selling tiger skins came back.

It was a very strong man, wearing animal skins, half of his exposed shoulders were almost thicker than Ling Song's head.

Seeing that there were two more dolls in the line, the strong man couldn't help being curious. When he learned that he was a companion along the way, he lost interest and didn't ask any more questions. He seemed to be a not very talkative person.

A group of people set off, and just after walking out of the city gate, Ling Song, who was sitting on the bullock cart, saw several figures whizzing past his head.

At first glance, they seemed to be stepping on a long rainbow and walking in the air, but they had traveled dozens of miles away in the blink of an eye.

"Wow!"

"Brother, are those immortals?"

Ling Song opened his eyes wide, full of amazement.

(End of this chapter)