Not a Witch

Jena looked at the red clay pot, which contained porridge made of white and light yellow wheat grains, with scattered vegetable leaves floating in it, and a long wooden handle spoon was placed beside it.

She picked up a spoon to scoop some and put it in her mouth. The wheat grains were soft and glutinous, with a hint of sweetness, not unpalatable.

"Is it delicious?" Sophie looked at Jena with black eyes.

"It's delicious, it seems to have a sweet taste?" Jena asked curiously, sugar is not a cheap thing.

"Yes, I put some extra sugar, so the taste will be much better."

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"Ah, you don't need to show that expression. In fact, our caravan is not very rich, but some time ago, I met a kind lady who gave us a lot of sugar and candies for free. Otherwise, I wouldn't do such a luxury. thing."

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"My aunt once told me that people who are injured or sick are more sensitive and afraid of being abandoned, so they should be more careful and get better." While Jena was eating porridge, Sophie talked about some small things about the caravan, making the atmosphere It's not so awkward, but it also makes Jena feel a different kind of caring and warmth.

Unknowingly, half a can of porridge reached the bottom, and the spoon scraped the bottom, and could no longer scoop it out. Jena put it down belatedly, woke up from the reverie in her heart, and looked at the porridge on the side with embarrassment. Sophie.

"It's very good. It's very clean to eat. It's the best not to waste food." Sophie took the jar again and put it aside.

"If you are not full, you have to wait for a while, and you have to wait for lunch."

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"Is your leg okay? If possible, I'll help you out to sit in the sun, and it will be more uncomfortable if you stay in the house for a long time."

"Fortunately, I also want to go out and have a look." Jena nodded.

When a person is injured and unable to move, if he stays in the house all the time, there will be a kind of depression and panic of losing freedom. This is something that Jena’s teacher casually mentioned when she was in school. She didn’t pay attention to it at the time, but she didn’t expect it to come true now so fast.

"Okay, let me know if you feel uncomfortable." Sophie helped Jena stand up slowly from the mat, and then walked out of the tent.

Although they are both young girls, Sophie's body seems to be exceptionally healthy and strong, holding Jena steadily, making her feel at ease and relaxed.

The two walked out of the tent. This is a small mountain village in the mountains. On the mountainside in the distance, you can see a few houses with smoke curling up. The fields between the valleys are green and the birds are chirping. The goats chatted and played in the mountains, making a burst of cheerful laughter.

The sun in the sky emerged from the top of the mountain, and the golden and warm sunlight shone on the neat fields, reflecting bright brilliance.

Chapter 61 Apples and Sugar

Looking at this paradise-like mountain village, Jena couldn't help but speak.

"This is where?"

"Well... how should I put it, this village doesn't have a specific name, and we walked all the way here following the guidance of the villagers in the surrounding villages." Sophie pointed to her chin and said while thinking.

"Let me help you sit there for a while, there is a tree stump over there."

Sophie helped Jena to an apple tree, and then slowly lowered her to sit on the stump.

"It's very peaceful here." Jena looked at the few people working in the field, with hats on their heads and sweaty cheeks, but they would sit aside to rest from time to time and chat with others when they were tired.

"Yes, if we don't stay here for a few more days, we won't leave until the villagers finish harvesting the apples anyway."

"I'm afraid this won't work. I'm still being hunted down, and I'm afraid it will hurt you." Jena shook her head.

"Pursue, have you committed some serious crime?"

Sophie jumped up in surprise. Looking at this young girl, she thought at first that she had accidentally fallen while traveling in the mountains, and her body was mostly covered with bruises and small scratches.

"Crime, I'm afraid, I offended some people from the Long Ji faction."

"What is the Halberd Sect? I haven't heard of it." Sophie looked at the girl suspiciously.

"Don't you know that the Halberd Sect is a group of mercenaries who once went abroad and then returned to China..." Jena explained.

"Hey, but this is Clancia. It seems that you have traveled a long way." Hearing this, Sophie breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest.

"As long as you don't violate Clancia's laws, otherwise we won't be able to keep you. As for Heiyan, I don't know. They don't dare to come here anyway." Sophie sat on the grass next to Jena again. superior.

Clancia, hearing this familiar name, Jena thought of the past West Wind again.Her father used to be a mercenary in Xifeng for many years, and told her many things about Xifeng, so she had some contempt for Xifeng's corruption, but what she didn't expect was that her own country was actually not much better, it could only be said to be worse .

"How is Clancia now? I'm from Heiyan, and I know very little about this country. The only experience I had was passing by Red Gravel City in an airship that year. But it's a big city in Crancia, and I haven't been to other places. .”

"Very good." Sophie said simply.

"Although there are occasional famines, everyone can basically eat enough, and no one will starve to death. The country is currently very peaceful."

"Besides, there are really no bandits and various levels to collect money now, which is the best." Sophie commented on recalling her childhood experience.

"It was not easy to do business in the past. Not only did you have to pay various tolls and taxes, but you also had to be careful of robbers. Now the law and order is very good. As long as you walk on the road, you will not see robbers. Even if someone does bad things, you have to be very careful. , because the law enforcement agencies are very powerful, and they have all kinds of methods to arrest people."

"Sounds good."

Jena nodded dubiously. Maybe it's just that the local environment is good. There are no bandits and robbers in the whole country. She doesn't believe this. In fact, many robbers are not completely independent professions. It was a cameo by the local villagers.It is so hidden that it is actually very difficult to remove.

"Does Jena not believe it?"

"No, maybe I haven't seen it before, and I won't be able to accept it for a while." Jena was a little embarrassed, and she was really not polite.

"Haha, it's really nothing. If I told others 2 years ago, everyone would say this is a fairy tale."

"However, it's really different, today's Clancia."

Sophie looked at the field in the sun and stood up suddenly.

"Wait for me." After finishing speaking, the girl jumped down from the hillside and sprinted down the hillside with green grass. She opened her hands and shouted cheerful tunes.

Soon the girl jumped over a few stones in the grass, jumped high, and then fell, slowly turning into a small person in Jena's vision.

Finally, Sophie stopped in the shade of a certain tree, where a fruit farmer was sitting with a bamboo basket on his back.

She seemed to say something, and then the fruit farmer took out some fruits from the bamboo basket behind her and put them in Sophie's open pocket.

Then Sophie nodded with a smile, and then walked back with the fruits in her bag. Seeing Jena looking at her, she waved her hands a few more times.

The weather at the end of April was no longer cold. Sitting in the shade of a tree, Jena felt a warm feeling as a little sunlight fell on her body through the young leaves.

After a while, Sophie climbed up the hill again and walked to Jenna's side. She was panting slightly, and there were a few beads of sweat on her forehead.

"Phew, I finally climbed up." She sat down next to Jena, her back resting on Jena's waist, her legs spread apart, and a few yellow fruits rolled out of her skirt pockets and fell into the green grass .

"Thank you." Jena felt the still panting body, feeling like the stove was leaning against her side.

"Give."

Sophie took out a fruit and handed it to Jena. The light yellow skin was very smooth, and only when you looked closely could you find faint dots. It was a yellow apple.

"By the way, I'd better wipe it." Sophie took back the apple belatedly, wiped it on the skirt beside her, and handed it to Jena again.

"Thank you." Jena took it, and Sophie's fingers fell on her palm like warm stones, and then disappeared for a moment.

Yellow apples do not mean they are immature, some apples are naturally yellow.After taking a bite, a sweet taste accompanied by the juice filled the mouth, making people unable to resist taking a few more bites.

"Hey, is it delicious?"

"Delicious." Jena replied softly, and heard a crisp voice beside her.It turned out that Sophie also took an apple and gnawed it.

Eating a crisp and sweet apple, Jena asked Sophie curiously.

"What did you say to the old man just now, and then he gave you some apples."

"Just say that I belong to the Lake Chamber of Commerce and want to buy some apples to eat. Then he said no, and gave me some without asking for money."

"Grandpa is a good man." Sophie said happily.

"Is it that simple?" Jena recalled her experience in the Black Rock, and she couldn't believe it. Those bow hunters were very strict with the things produced in their fields and fruit trees, for fear that others would steal them.

"Yes, this is actually very common, because our Chamber of Commerce has also stayed here for a few days, and everyone is already familiar with it."

"Actually, as long as we get to know each other well, we will get along easily. Occasionally, I will give candy to children, just like that young lady."

"I'll look for it, maybe there are a few left in the bag." As Sophie said, she flipped through her small leather bag.

"But isn't candy very expensive, is it really good to give them like this?"

"If they never get to eat it for the rest of their lives, wouldn't it be a kind of torture..." Jena recalled those figures in her hometown.

A small cube was stuffed into her mouth, and Jena had to close her mouth to feel the sweetness flowing from the tip of her tongue.

"How can you say that." Sophie stood up a little unhappy, with her hands on her waist.

"Because of eating candy, they will yearn for this beautiful world even more, and then work hard to get out of the mountain village and experience this vast and wonderful world."

"And the sweetness in this memory will become the beauty that they will never forget in their hearts, as well as the motivation to move forward."

Chapter 62 Colorful Candy Paper

The black-haired girl sat under the tree, listening to the words in a daze.

Like a misty forest, blown away by the clear wind, the warm and dry sunlight shines on the branches and leaves.

She can find many examples to refute, such as the hardships of life, changes in people's hearts, and so on.But the warm sunshine blooming in Sophie's words made her unable to think of any resistance.

It would be great if everyone could do this.

Looking at Jena who was suddenly silent, Sophie was a little embarrassed, thinking that she was too serious for this girl to accept. After all, she was still a wounded person. Maybe such thoughts came from her own experience.

Looking left and right, she opened the small leather bag on her waist again, and found a candy.

The white sugar paper is tied into a small bow, and when opened, a small white cube appears in it, and a faint milk fragrance wafts out.

Sophie put the candy in the palm of the girl with short black hair.

"Well, don't cry, just eat another one. There are indeed uncomfortable things in life, just eat something sweet and forget about it."

"How can I forget."

Jena took the candy and wiped away the tears that were about to overflow from the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand. The depression and discomfort of these days finally broke out.

The chaos in her hometown, the uncertainty of her father's future, and the confusion of her own future path hang in her heart like an invisible and heavy lock, making it difficult for her to be happy.

"Don't cry, don't cry." Sophie patted Jena on the back and sat with her.

"Hmm." Jena replied in a low voice, blinking her reddish eyes vigorously.

"Okay." After a while, her mood stabilized before she spoke again.

Seeing this scene, Sophie secretly exhaled a small breath and relaxed.

"The candy will melt after a long time, so eat it first."

Jena nodded slightly, and put the milk fudge into her mouth, and the rich sweetness appeared in her mind again.