Amber's ears could still hear the sound, but the sound was too vague, as if her entire head was plunged into the water. Someone seemed to be saying something next to her, and then she felt someone touching her forehead. The person's palm was rough.
The sound became clearer and clearer.
"I don't know whose girl fell into the river on a heavy rainy day." An old lady's voice reached Amber's ears.
"Looking at his clothes, he doesn't look like a child from a poor family."
An old voice came again, but the voice was muffled and it was difficult to make out what was said.
The old lady continued: "My body is very hot... Just save it if you can. Let's also accumulate some virtue."
Amber used all her strength to open her eyes suddenly, and the turbid air that had been trapped in her chest suddenly came out. Then she felt something blocked in her throat and started coughing hard. Before she could see the person in front of her clearly, she turned sideways and started vomiting, vomiting out a lot of mud, and then she felt better.
"Girl, you're awake."
Only then did Amber have time to take a look at the current situation: she was lying in a broken wooden house with several holes in the roof and water on the floor. The wooden house was dark, but I could see an old lady sitting next to me. There was a bed not far from her, and an old man was lying on the bed. The old man looked at him sideways, but his mouth was crooked and his eyes were slanted, as if he was suffering from paralysis.
Amber frowned, swallowed hard, and spoke with difficulty: "Where... am I?"
"This is Shili Mountain," the old lady replied, "Girl, how did you fall into the flash flood?"
"Flash flood?" Amber recalled it for a moment and then remembered. The situation was urgent, and both she and Zhu Mingyu fell down. Amber used her last strength to push Zhu Mingyu up. Amber was a little lucky that she was not dead.
Amber asked: "Old man, how long have I been unconscious?"
The old lady looked at the sky outside the window: "I picked you up last night. It's already afternoon now. You must have slept for a day. Girl, how are you doing?"
"It hurts," Amber replied, "It hurts everywhere."
"It's good to know that it hurts. It proves that it's nothing serious. The little girl is in really good health. She looks so thin and frail, but she survived being swept through a flash flood. What a blessing."
Amber suddenly remembered something and said, "You said this is Shili Mountain... Could it be that you are Senior Lin Quan?"
When the old lady heard the name Lin Quan, she was a little surprised. The old man lying on the bed suddenly became excited, his eyes became very urgent, and he opened his mouth and babbling something.
The old lady asked, "How do you know this name?"
"I'm from Chaolan Valley."
Hearing the words "Chaolan Valley", the old man's body squirmed even more frequently. The old lady's eye sockets were actually moist and she wiped away tears.
"Girl," the old lady asked, "Is the host okay?"
Knowing that she was one of her own, Amber became a little excited and even seemed to have forgotten the pain in her body.
"Okay! The Valley Master is doing well now! Grandpa Jiu, Grandpa Hou, and the others are doing well too!"
The old lady said: "That's good, that's good...old man, did you hear that?"
The old man on the bed nodded vigorously, with tears on his face.
The old lady wiped her tears and said to Amber: "We thought we would never wait for news from the original poster... My wife is Lin Quan. Hey, he had a stroke two months ago. He can't get out of bed or speak. Already."
Amber sat up hard and said urgently: "You two, please come with me quickly, you are in danger!"
"Hey," the old lady sighed, "How to walk? My old lady's legs and feet are weak and she can't walk a few steps. The old man has never gotten out of bed since he became paralyzed. The mountain road was washed away last night. Girl, you are very injured. He's serious and still sick, so we won't be able to leave for a while."
With that said, he lay down again with Amber on his back.
"Let's stay here first. You said we are in danger. Someone is probably coming to kill us. Don't be afraid. The mountain road is broken. We can't go down and they can't come up. You need to take good care of yourself first... Hey, no It’s easy. In a blink of an eye... it’s been almost nineteen years, right? The wait has finally come
information. "
Amber still managed to sit up and said, "Everyone in the valley lives a good life and doesn't suffer."
The old lady smiled kindly and said, "That's good."
"We also bought a house in Luoyang for our scattered disciples to live in. Mother-in-law, didn't you receive the news?"
"I received a letter a few days ago, but it's a pity that the old man can't speak, and my mother-in-law can't read, so I don't know what was written. Stop talking, girl, and sleep a little longer. I'll make you something to eat. "
Speaking of food, Amber was really hungry and just vomited out all the last things in her stomach.
The old woman is not very good at cooking and the ingredients are not good, but fortunately she can fill her stomach. After eating, Kohaku regained some strength and could at least get out of bed. .
The place where Lin Quan and his wife live has three rooms, one bedroom, a warehouse, and a kitchen. Yesterday's heavy rain caused varying degrees of damage to all three houses. Granny Lin has limited use of her hands and feet and cannot repair it. After Amber regained some strength, she volunteered to repair the house.
"Girl, slow down, don't fall." Granny Lin stood on the ground and looked up at the amber on the roof.
Amber smiled and said, "I'm in good health, everything is fine." Even though he said this, Amber was still a little dizzy.
Standing on the roof, Amber looked around the yard. There was a large stove in the corner. There are also hammers, iron felt and other objects placed in the corner.
Amber asked: "Is Grandpa Lin a blacksmith?"
Granny Lin nodded: "When he was young, he always said that he was a swordsmith, but these years, he can do anything. There are some weapons made over the years in the warehouse. I think you are good at it. You can go inside later. Pick something handy.
The roof had been repaired and it was just getting dark. Amber was very interested in the weapons made by Lin Quan and jumped off the roof and ran into the warehouse.
Lin Quan has good skills. He studied under a master in Xuzhou back then, and the weapons in his hands are all of high quality. In the past, when Changfeng Tower was prosperous, he almost dominated the weapons of the brothers in the building.
Amber is very interested in these weapons. She has dabbled in all kinds of weapons and can play with any weapon in her hand. Hu Hui vaguely felt that this place was no longer safe. Ye Yu Xiaozhu knew the location of Lin Quan and his wife, and they would come to them sooner or later. Which weapon happened to be used to defend themselves.
While rummaging through the warehouse, Kohaku suddenly found a...huge sword in the corner.
Made of black iron, it is nearly six feet long, almost as tall as Kohaku. It's about eight inches wide and has already caught up with Amber's waist. The sword was uneven and had no edge, and the handle was just a piece of dirty white cloth tied haphazardly.
Amber asked: "Grandma, who was this sword made for?"
Granny Lin replied: "There used to be a child named Zhao Yuanyan in the building who was born with great strength. This sword should have been prepared for him. However... Yuan Yan was fatally injured when he broke out of the siege. He should have been... well, The old man is like this, he believes that those children can turn disaster into good luck."
Amber held the hilt of the sword and wanted to lift it up. But now her hands and feet are weak and unable to move it at all.
Granny Lin smiled and said, "Girl, be careful not to hurt yourself. You shouldn't exert your strength now."
He didn't pick up the sword, which made Amber sweat all over his forehead.
In the evening, the sky cleared and it looked like it wouldn't rain again in the next few days. Amber slept in the warehouse at night, and Granny Lin naturally refused. But there were only three rooms and two beds in total, so Granny Lin couldn't be allowed to sleep on the floor. Amber insisted on building a floor in the warehouse, but Granny Lin couldn't resist her, so she said nothing.
It was late at night, and Amber stared blankly at the ceiling.
"Miss, they... must be very anxious now, right?"
Amber's clothes were dirty and torn, and there were scratches all over her body. Fortunately, her muscles and bones were not injured. She should be able to recover after a few days of rest. She raised her right hand, then looked at the bandage on her arm in the moonlight, feeling inexplicably irritable.
How should I contact the ladies?
Amber has a good thing, when she doesn't know what to do, she will give up thinking.
In the next few days, Amber stayed with Lin Quan and his wife with peace of mind.
, helping Granny Lin with some work, repairing the house, tidying up the yard and so on. Amber, who had never done any labor since she was a child, found that she didn't seem to dislike doing housework. During this period, she went to see the mountain trail, which was seriously damaged. Heavy rains triggered landslides, and what used to be roads turned into cliffs. It seems that if you want to get out, you have to find another way.
