Beloved Concubine

Chapter 5 Out of the Forest
On the second day, at dawn, Chen Xiao woke up.

When she woke up, she found herself covered with a piece of clothing.

She turned her head to look at Chunhong, she was also covered with a dress.

Where is Fang Yuren?

Beside the extinguished fire, there were only the two of them, and Fang Yu was nowhere to be seen.

"Fang Yu, Fang Yu!"

Chen Xiao got up and shouted towards the surroundings.

"I'm taking a shower here!"

Behind the big rock not far below the stream, Fang Yu's voice came.

Oh, people are still there.

She looked at the clothes in her hand.

Last night, he praised him as "a kind gentleman", and he was really a gentleman, so he took off the other clothes and covered her with it.

Ah, in this way, wouldn't he have no clothes to wear?

This night, he...

"Miss Chen, can you help me get that dress on you?"

Fang Yu shouted from behind the boulder.

Chen Xiao walked over with the clothes, stood behind the stone where Fang Yu could not be seen, and handed the clothes over.

"Give you."

"I can't reach it." Fang Yu said.

Chen Xiao moved forward again.

"Not enough."

Fang Yu laughed and said, "What are you afraid of! I'm not naked."

Hearing this, Chen Xiao took a step forward with confidence, but...

He is not "naked", but he is shirtless.

Isn't this still naked?
Of course, for a modern person, seeing a shirtless man is nothing.

The skin on Fang Yu's face is healthy and wheat-colored, but the skin on his body is very fair.Chen Xiao saw his muscular figure, strong chest, and six-pack abdominal muscles.

So sexy!
Chen Xiao suddenly turned away in embarrassment.

"Give you."

She threw the clothes to Fang Yu, turned around and left.

This boy, he is seducing me.

Chen Xiao felt that he did it on purpose and showed it to her on purpose.

Fang Yu took the clothes and smiled.In fact, he still had an undershirt, but he didn't wear it.

The ancients wore clothes, inner clothes, middle clothes, and outer clothes.

Underwear is underwear, which is worn inside.

The middle coat is worn on top of the inner garment.Generally, if you are in the house, wearing a middle coat is enough.Outerwear is worn when going out.Just like we usually wear T-shirts at home and jackets when we go out.

Speaking of which, Chen Xiao was wearing a T-shirt. According to the ancient way of dressing, she was wearing a middle garment.

Of course, in places like Nanyue, where the temperature is high all year round, people usually don't wear coats except for formal occasions.Such is the custom here.Because it is too hot.

Chunhong also woke up at this time, she got up and moved her limbs, and washed her face in the upper reaches of the stream.

"Last night was the best night of sleep I've ever had."

She was full of satisfaction and satisfaction.She thought she was going to die in the mountains before.Unexpectedly, I met these two.

Fang Yu put on his clothes, walked over to pick up the bag and water bag, and said:

"Now that we're all awake, let's go. Find something to eat on the way."

"Thank you Brother Fang for the clothes."

Chunhong shyly handed back the clothes to Fang Yu.

Fang Yu stuffed his coat into his bag.

"Oh, I still have something to eat here."

Chen Xiao remembered the compressed biscuits in his pocket, and took them out to share with everyone.

Chunhong asked:

"what is this?"

"This is fried noodles pressed into cakes."

Chen Xiao made up a random statement.

Chunhong didn't doubt that there was him, so she took it and ate it.

Fang Yu took the compressed biscuit, looked at it, stuffed it into the bag, and said:
"Let's go!"

The three of them followed the mountain stream all the way down.

Fang Yu has the best physical strength among the three, followed by Chunhong.Chen Xiao was a laggard.

But neither of them said anything, and they stopped and waited for her from time to time.

At noon, they found a place to rest and drink water. Chunhong handed Chen Xiao a handful of weed leaves, saying they were edible.

Chen Xiao looked at the weeds and leaves, and twitched the corners of his mouth.

At this time, Fang Yu took out the compressed biscuit from the bag and handed it to her.

"Eat this."

"Need not."

Chen Xiao waved his hand.His smelly clothes were kept with compressed biscuits, and the biscuits must have smelled too.

She took the wild vegetable leaves in Chunhong's hand, washed them by the stream, put them in her mouth and tasted them.

It's a little bitter, but it's a refreshing sweetness and bitterness, and the taste is okay.

She has been to the minority areas in Southwest China before, where people often use some strange wild plants as dishes.It was weird at first taste, but it tastes good after eating a few more times.

Seeing that she didn't want the dry food in his hand, Fang Yu picked it up and ate it himself.As soon as I handed it to my mouth, I smelled the smell...

He looked at the baggage in disgust.It shouldn't be in there.

The three ate something, drank water, and continued on their way.

in the afternoon.

They finally saw the reclaimed terraced fields on the hillside.

To have terraces means to have people.

The three of them were very excited immediately, and went all the way down the hill along the terraced fields.

Finally saw the house.

This is a small village in the col, with about 20 families.

At this time, someone was working in the field, Fang Yu asked Chunhong to ask who could take them in for a night.

After he finished speaking, he handed Chunhong a piece of broken silver.

Chunhong held the broken silver, her eyes were straight.

This piece of broken silver is one or two!

She knew what Brother Fang meant by giving her broken silver, so she went to ask immediately.

Seeing that Fang Yu actually had money, Chen Xiao looked him up and down curiously.

With his attire, he is not an ordinary person at first glance, so...it is not surprising that he has money.

After a while, Chunhong came back.She said there was a family that could give them a place to stay.

The three walked towards the house.

Most of the houses in the Nanyue mountainous area have wooden walls and thatched roofs. In this small village, Chen Xiao did not see a single house with a tiled roof.

When they walked to a house, a dark-skinned woman in her 30s was already waiting in front of the door.

The woman was stunned when she saw what Chen Xiao and Fang Yu were wearing.

Chunhong said: "They are foreigners."

"Oh, please come inside, nobleman!"

The woman led them into the house enthusiastically and somewhat shyly.

Stepping into the house, the light inside is very dark.Because the fire was lit in the house for many years, the walls, beams and pillars of the house were blackened everywhere.Chen Xiao came in for a while before getting used to the light inside.

The condition of this house is very simple.

There is a square low table and a few low stools in the room.There is a firepit on the ground on one side of the house, and there are pots and pans beside it.The other side is covered with wooden boards, which are more than 20 centimeters higher than the ground, like a tatami mat.

There are quilts and bedding on the wooden boards, and it seems that it is probably a "bed".

"Ma'am, let's go eat!" Chunhong said to the hostess.

She might have told someone before that she would have food and lodging included, but the woman had no objection, so she immediately responded to the request and went to eat.

"Chunhong!" Fang Yu shouted.

"What's the matter? Brother Fang." Chunhong was going to help the woman.

"Ask her if she has chickens at home. If not, go to another place and ask. Kill a chicken and make soup."

"Okay, Brother Fang."

Chunhong immediately went to ask the woman happily.

Chen Xiao looked at the pots and pans by the fire pond.

Chicken, for sure.When she came over, she saw some people raising chickens.

As for the taste... in this backcountry, don't hold out hope.

However, good ingredients often only require the simplest cooking method.All you need to add to the chicken broth is salt.

"I'm a little tired, I want to lie down." Chen Xiao said to Fang Yu.

"Okay, I'll call you when the meal is ready."

Fang Yu's tone was gentle, as if they had a different relationship.

In fact, we don't know each other well!

(End of this chapter)