Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 19 Looking for a Cave

After Liu Ya ate an extremely simple and warmest breakfast, she followed Liu Shu out.

The road to the mountain is not easy to walk, but Liu Ya thinks this kind of primitive walking is quite interesting.In addition, Liu Shu was "twittering" all kinds of things to Liu Ya along the way, including what he had seen and heard about chopping firewood on the mountain, and interesting stories in the village, Liu Ya didn't feel lonely at all.Instead, I learned a lot about the village.

"Second sister, I cut firewood on the top of the mountain over there. I have to go a little higher. The higher the place, the better the sunshine. The sun is shining, and the firewood is drier. It can be sold at a good price." Willow pointed to the tall Gao Shantou said.

"Well, Shu'er is really smart, that's the reason." Liu Ya felt that Liu Shu was able to think of this point, which is indeed better than ordinary children.

Perhaps, this is "children from poor families head home early".She really realized this deeply, and it made Liu Ya's heart ache uncontrollably.

After thinking for a while, Liu Ya asked: "Shu'er, are there many people coming here to cut firewood?"

Liu Shu didn't know why Liu Ya asked this question, but he answered honestly: "Actually, there are not many people in our Pingshan Village who cut firewood on the mountain, that is to say, I often come here. And the three brothers of the Wu family only come here to chop firewood for sugar. woodcutters on the mountain."

"Then if you don't chop firewood, what do the villagers cook and burn?" Liu Ya was surprised. Did every household buy firewood?

Willow laughed "haha", pointed at Liu Ya and said, "Second Sister, aren't you stupid? Why are you still talking stupid things. Firewood is actually very expensive. People in the village can burn straw. There is no need to go to the mountains to cut it. Firewood."

Yes, burn straw!Although it is not very environmentally friendly, it also saves that there is no place to put the straw in the field.And the plant ash after burning is still a good fertilizer.

Liu Ya nodded, and asked Liu Shu: "Then who did you sell the firewood you cut?"

"I sold all the firewood I chopped to Uncle Liu in the town. He came every few days, with a lot of groceries in his cart. When he returned, the cart was empty, so he took my firewood. "

After Liu Shu finished speaking, Liu Ya understood that Uncle Liu was a walking shopkeeper.And he is also a shrewd person who knows how to do business.Instead of letting the car run empty, I took firewood and went back to sell it.

Liu Ya thought for a while, then asked again: "Shu'er, do you know who Uncle Liu sold the firewood to?"

"It seems to be a restaurant in the town. I heard Uncle Liu said that there is a dish in that restaurant that needs to be roasted with firewood on the mountain to be delicious. So he brought the firewood back and sold it for a good price. But it depends on me The firewood cut must be dry. Yesterday, the Wu family brothers did not cut enough firewood, and Uncle Liu said that next time he would not accept it.”

Liu Ya understood that food baked from fruit wood or pine wood would be particularly delicious.It seems that the chef of this restaurant is a person who is very particular about the fire, so he even uses the firewood so carefully.And that restaurant must be big, otherwise they wouldn't care so much about the inherent quality of the dishes they make.

Thinking of this, Liu Ya already had a plan, and asked Liu Shu: "Then is there any hidden cave on this mountain?"

"Cave? Second sister, why are you looking for a cave?" Willow was puzzled.He suddenly felt that the second sister was not only not stupid anymore, but also strange.No, it was very special, so special that he couldn't figure it out at all.

Liu Ya was a little embarrassed by Liu Shu, but she couldn't explain it clearly for a while, so she could only pretend to be mysterious: "Just tell the second sister if there is one. Find a hidden cave and use it as a secret base for our siblings, okay?" good?"

"Second Sister, what is a secret base?" After all, Liu Shu is still a child, and he is more interested in novelty and words that he has never heard of before.

Liu Ya stuck out her tongue, feeling that she was really careless.Fortunately, Liu Shu was still a child, so he simply explained to him: "The secret base is a place exclusively for the two of us. Because it is hidden, it is not known by others, so we can hide treasures and so on."

"Hidden treasure? Do we have any treasure?" Willow's eyes lit up immediately.

Liu Ya only felt that there were a few black lines on her forehead, she was not very good at coaxing children, would she still lie one lie after another?
Liu Ya had no choice but to raise her face, and said sternly: "Liu Shu, tell me quickly whether there is a hidden cave or not. The second sister is of great use."

"Yes. But..." Willow hesitated for a moment, then pointed to a mountain depression in the north and said: "There are several caves over there, which are large and spacious. And people in the village will never go there, so no matter whether it is hidden or not , no one will find out."

"Okay, then go over there and have a look." Liu Ya regained her energy and really wanted to go there now.

But Liu Shu immediately said again: "But, father doesn't allow us to go there either. There is an old man Gao living there, which is very dangerous."

"It's fierce? It's not a savage, how fierce can it be? It's okay, we'll go find a cave and come back. Don't disturb the savage." Liu Ya looked indifferent.

It's not that Liu Ya is confident, even if she now has the figure of an 11-year-old girl, the murderous tricks she knows are still there.Not to mention dealing with a fierce old man, even if she really met a savage, she still had a certain chance of winning.

Hearing what Liu Ya said, Liu Shu blinked his big eyes, not knowing what to do.

Liu Ya tugged at Liu Shu's sleeve and said, "It's okay, have you forgotten how powerful Second Sister is? You have Second Sister to support you in everything. What's more, we are the only two siblings who go up the mountain. You don't want to tell me when you get home. , I don’t tell you, who knew we went to the mountain over there.”

Liu Shu tilted his head and thought for a while, and felt that what Liu Ya said made sense, so he grinned and nodded.

Walking from where Liu Ya and the others are now to the mountain depression over there, they have to pass a mountain ridge.Liu Ya and Liu Shu were a little tired after climbing up the mountain ridge, so they found a flat place and sat down, preparing to rest for a while and then go over in one go.

After sitting down, Liu Ya saw a road on the other side of the mountain, which was a very spacious and flat road.

The so-called road is actually an avenue where horses and carriages could be raced in ancient times.Unlike ordinary country roads, the road may be an official road or a commercial road.

Liu Ya looked at it for a while, and found that there were no pedestrians on this road, and occasionally a horse or a carriage ran over, and they seemed very anxious.

Liu Ya couldn't help asking: "Liu Shu, where does this road lead to? Seeing that these people are hurrying, is it possible that there are robbers blocking the road?"

"There are no robbers." Willow looked down, pointed to the front and back respectively: "There is no village in front of this place, no shop in the back, and the long stretch of road is deserted. If you don't rush on the road, you will be in the middle of the night." I can’t even find the inn to complain.”

(End of this chapter)