"Can I save some face?" I cursed angrily.
"I want life even more." Heizi still continued the movements of his hands.
It's winter now. It's much colder in this valley than outside, and the stream is even more freezing. I don't plan to go down there.
Seeing Heizi rolling in the cold stream, he was so cold that he was trembling all over and unwilling to let go of any corner of his body.
"Why didn't I realize you were so afraid of death before?" I joked with a smile.
"I can't accept this way of death, so why don't you come down and take a bath?" Heizi's upper and lower teeth were chattering in the cold, but he didn't forget to comfort me.
"Forget it, I'm afraid that I won't be killed by the Gu, but will freeze to death. Come up here quickly." I said, turning around and lighting up a fire again.
"Fortunately, I had the foresight to bring a pot of strong wine..." Heizi was trembling all over as he huddled in front of the fire. Gu Rou held up the cup and fed him some wine.
"Get some rest quickly. We have to hurry up and get on our way before the Gu breeder finds out." I said and lay down next to the fire.
"You said this was a cause for trouble. You were originally here to find someone, but you somehow offended Yang Gu..." Heizi's complaint usually sounded annoying, but now it was like a lullaby.
He slept until dawn, got up and stretched, and at the same time raised his feet to wake up Heizi who was still sleeping.
"What..." Heizi showed his head, and I saw that he had a pair of dark circles under his eyes.
"What did you do last night?" I instinctively glanced at Gu Rou, who was standing by.
"It's cold. I shouldn't have gone into the water. It's so cold that I can't sleep at all..." Heizi yawned continuously.
"Hurry up and leave. The Gu breeder will be here later." In this situation, I can only help him wake up from his drowsiness.
The effect was so good that Heizi immediately got up and rushed to the river to start washing up.
"Wei Yucheng, please excuse me." I said and handed him all our backpacks.
"Master's words have gone unnoticed." Wei Yucheng picked up two bags in one hand and threw them on his shoulders.
Our big bags looked so small when he compared them like this.
Heizi and I ran with bare hands, and the speed was indeed much faster.
Wei Yucheng followed us with his bag, and Gu Rou also followed Heizi's instructions to explore the way ahead, which made our progress much more efficient.
Unless the matter is urgent, I still don't want to expose Wei Yucheng and Gu Rou to the sun. After all, it will damage their yin energy. Fortunately, the woods are lush and leafy, and they don't get exposed to the sun a few times.
"There's a house ahead." Seeing the sky getting dark, Gu Rou, who was exploring the way, turned back.
"Whose family?" Heizi now has lingering fears about voodoo.
"It should be the tribe living here, there are old people and children..." Gu Rou explained seriously.
"Wei Yucheng, Gu Rou, you go back first, Heizi, let's go take a look." When I said go back, I naturally went back to the hidden magic weapon.
Heizi was still a little scared, so I had to walk in front.
From the top of the mountain, you can see the tribe below. They live in bamboo buildings with an elevated bottom. It seems that there are not many people there. It is estimated that there are only thirty or forty families, and the population should not be more than a hundred.
I was worried about how to greet people, when a little boy ran towards me and looked me up and down curiously.
I quickly knelt down and took out the chocolate and handed it over.
The little boy was very defensive and refused to eat after I demonstrated it several times. Only after I took a bite myself did he want to put it in his mouth.
"Take us to meet the person in charge of the village." I tried to open a breakthrough from the little boy.
But as soon as the little boy spoke, I fell to my knees. I couldn't understand the language he spoke.
"Who are you?" A dark-skinned but pretty woman wearing national costume came over and pulled the little boy into her arms.
"We are hunters. Two of our friends are lost. We are looking for them." Heizi smiled and walked up to them.
"Hunter?" The woman looked at us up and down with somewhat suspicious eyes.
"Really." I quickly took out the hunting license Qiu Sheng gave me.
Heizi also quickly took out his ID and handed it over.
The dark-skinned woman took our documents and carefully compared the photo with the person. Then she put away the confusion on her face and returned the documents to us.
"Let's go, I'll take you to see the patriarch." The dark-skinned woman patted the little boy on the head, and the little boy turned towards us and ran away with a grimace.
"Where did you learn Mandarin?" Heizi came forward shamelessly.
"There was a teacher in the village before." The swarthy woman always kept a distance from Heizi.
"Are all the girls in your village as beautiful as you?" Heizi didn't notice the dislike at all.
"Ha..." The dark-skinned woman sneered and quickened her pace.
I raised my hand to catch Heizi who was still trying to catch up.
"My children are so old, what are you thinking about?" I lowered my voice and said.
"That's not my child." Unexpectedly, the woman heard her.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. This brother of mine has never had a girlfriend. He doesn't know how to communicate when he meets a girl he likes. Don't mind." I didn't expect that I would also help Heizi smooth things over one day. It seems that he still led him astray.
"Oh? The patriarch's house is right in front. You can go in by yourselves." The woman turned to look at Heizi and me, but Heizi's expression was no longer disgusting, but more amusement.
"You want to kill me? What if someone forces me to stay?" After the woman left, Heizi grabbed my collar.
"First of all, don't be too confident. Secondly, wouldn't it be exactly what you want if I keep you?" I smiled and pushed Heizi's hand away, and knocked lightly on the door of the patriarch's house.
"Come in." Fortunately, the clan leader can also speak Mandarin.
"Clan leader, we are hunters. Two brothers are lost. We are looking for someone to pass by here." I opened the door and did not go in directly. Instead, I clasped my fists and explained my purpose.
"There were indeed two young men passing by a few days ago. It's getting late. You guys should stay here first." The patriarch didn't mean to invite us into the house, and his words really didn't convey any useful information.
Could it be that he heard the conversation between Heizi and I and really wanted to keep us here to contribute to this tribe?
"Mudan, please arrange for them to stay." I was still thinking wildly when the clan leader spoke again.
The dark-skinned woman who led us earlier stood behind us at some point.
If it hadn't been dark now, I wouldn't have dared to spend the night here, it was too scary.
"It's okay, they don't mean any harm." Wei Yucheng noticed my uneasiness.
"Thank you, patriarch." We thanked the patriarch and left, and we followed the woman named Mudan.
"Miss, do you have a boyfriend?" Heizi shamelessly approached her again.
But this peony is indeed beautiful. Apart from its dark skin, I basically can't find any faults.
"You guys can stay here tonight. This is where the teacher used to live." Mudan didn't answer Heizi's question, but just pointed to a small wooden house not far away.
This cabin was obviously newly built at the back, a short distance away from the village. It looked out of place and more like it was isolated.
"Thank you." I thanked Mudan with my fists in my hands.
Heizi was still frozen in place, watching him go away.
"Be careful of being poisoned..." I said sadly.
Heizi, who was originally smiling, suddenly froze, turned his head and glared at me, and ran over quickly.
"I finally met my sweetheart, and you're going to mess with me, right?" Heizi said angrily.
"Sweetheart? I don't want to visit your grave this time next year." I said it deliberately to be scary.
"That's not true. This village seems normal to me." Heizi finally gained some sense.
"Normal? Apart from this Peony and that child, have you seen anyone else?" I lowered my voice and entered the cabin sideways.
"There is also a clan leader...but I really haven't seen any other residents." Heizi frowned.
"If it hadn't been dark, I really wouldn't want to be here." I said, turning on my headlamp and looking for a place to light a fire in the house.
"Don't tell me that the people in this village are Gu farmers." After regaining his senses, Heizi started to panic and quickly closed the door.
"It's hard to say. Let's leave as soon as possible tomorrow." I said and lit a fire in the hearth of the house.
There's nothing to eat in this room, but even if there was, I wouldn't dare to eat it.
I originally thought I could find someone to eat with me, but now it seems that it is safest to bring my own dry food.
Although I didn't pick up any meat along the way, at least I could shelter from the wind and rain in this house, which was much better than sleeping in the wild.
I thought I would leave at dawn, but I didn't expect there was a knock on the door before dawn.
