Chapter 016 The Idea of Leaving the Village
Chapter 016 The Idea of Leaving the Village
Zhou Yun asked with a serious expression, "How old is Old Zhao?"
Zhou Xiaoya lowered her head and replied, "I heard from Aunt Li that she's over fifty."
Zhou Yunshen then asked, "How old are you?"
"Fifteen," Zhou Xiaoya said softly.
"Would you marry this old man?"
"I don't want to." Zhou Xiaoya shook her head, her eyes red. "His grandson is older than me... I don't want to marry him."
Zhou Yunshen sneered, his eyes flashing coldly, and said, "That's right! How could my sister marry someone like that? Old Zhao is a scoundrel, and Aunt Li is the same—they do nothing but despicable things!"
In the game, she was already being courted at the age of fifteen. In the real world, she would be in high school at that age.
After hearing Zhou Yunshen's words, Zhou Xiaoya finally smiled: "Yes, I won't marry him, I'd rather die than marry him!"
Zhou Yunshen laughed and said, "Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. I just hunted some game in the mountains. Little girl, hurry up and start a fire; we'll eat meat later!"
Zhou Xiaoya was stunned when she heard this.
Going up the mountain to hunt wild game?
When did my second brother acquire this ability?
Zhou Yunshen urged, "Go, hurry up, I'm starving."
He was really hungry; if he knew how to start a fire, he would have done it himself.
Urged on by Zhou Yunshen, Zhou Xiaoya limped off to start a fire.
Zhou Yunshen went to the room and carried all the game he had hunted to the simple kitchen.
Zhou Xiaoya's eyes widened as she looked at what Zhou Yunshen was carrying.
Especially after seeing the large, dark green snake that Zhou Yunshen was carrying, she subconsciously took two steps back.
This is a human's instinctive fear of snakes.
Zhou Yunshen quickly said, "Don't be afraid, it's a dead snake, it won't bite."
Zhou Xiaoya then realized it was a dead snake and asked, "Second Brother, did you really hunt these things in the mountains?"
Zhou Yunshen said, "Of course, your brother is already a martial artist. It's very easy for me to go into the mountains and fight these things. It's not difficult at all."
"A martial artist?" Zhou Xiaoya's eyes widened again. "Second brother, you're saying... you've become a martial artist?"
"Yes, martial artists."
Zhou Xiaoya's expression gradually turned to surprise and delight. She murmured, "Second Brother has become a martial artist... Am I dreaming? They all say it takes at least a year of hard training to become a martial artist, but you've only been training for a few days... How could you be so fast?"
Zhou Xiaoya was so overwhelmed with surprise that she became somewhat incoherent.
Zhou Yunshen said somewhat helplessly, "Alright, alright, we'll talk about this later. Xiaoya, hurry up and start a fire, I'm starving."
"Oh, okay." Zhou Xiaoya hurriedly started a fire. While starting the fire, she would occasionally turn her head to look at Zhou Yunshen and the wild game he had placed on the ground, afraid that this was just a beautiful dream that might end at any moment.
Zhou Yunshen looked at the wild game on the ground, somewhat perplexed.
He didn't know how to deal with these things.
In the real world, he has never even killed a chicken, let alone a snake or a rabbit.
In the end, it was Zhou Xiaoya who limped over with a wooden basin and a kitchen knife to help deal with these things.
Zhou Yunshen, being sensible, went to the stove and added firewood to it.
Zhou Xiaoya was very quick and efficient. Before long, she had processed the wild game, then simply cut it into pieces and put it all into the boiling water in the pot.
The method is simple and straightforward, but it can't compete with the freshness of the ingredients.
The meat was cooked very quickly.
Perhaps because he was so hungry, Zhou Yun Shen ate the wild game with great relish, even though the pot of wild game was only seasoned with a little salt and some vegetable leaves.
After eating a large bowl of meat, Zhou Yunshen had a satisfied expression on his face. He turned to look at Zhou Xiaoya sitting next to him and saw that she was only holding a small porcelain bowl and sipping the meat soup. There was only a small piece of meat in the bowl. Without saying a word, Zhou Yunshen picked up a large chicken leg and put it in Zhou Xiaoya's bowl. Then he picked up a large piece of rabbit meat with fat for Zhou Xiaoya.
Previously, he couldn't distribute food to Zhou Xiaoya using his phone, but now he can.
"Second brother, this... I'm not hungry, I can't eat this much," Zhou Xiaoya said, and tried to take the meat out of the bowl.
Zhou Yunshen said firmly, "If I tell you to eat, then eat. Your brother is a martial artist now, and we can eat meat every day at home from now on. You don't need to be so frugal."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiaoya fell silent, lowered her head, and ate the chicken leg in her bowl in small bites.
"Is it delicious?" Zhou Yunshen asked.
"It's delicious." Zhou Xiaoya said without thinking, a satisfied expression on her face.
She hadn't eaten meat for several days, and when the meat was being cooked, she was secretly swallowing her saliva as she smelled its aroma.
"Eat more if you like it, make sure you're full," Zhou Yunshen said.
"Mmm," Zhou Xiaoya replied softly.
Zhou Yunshen filled a large bowl with meat, sat down on the stool, and began to eat heartily.
By this time, his hunger had subsided considerably, and he was able to think about other things.
He was preparing to leave Dazhu Village.
When he first entered the game, he had little strength and no feelings for his adopted sister Zhou Xiaoya. He just wanted to leave the village alone and go out to find opportunities to cultivate immortality.
Now that he has gained some strength and has gradually accepted the younger sister in the game, his thoughts have changed.
He wanted to take Zhou Xiaoya with him to Xiyun County.
Life in these mountains is too hard, and he doesn't want Zhou Xiaoya to continue suffering there.
What's more, some people in the village are already eyeing Zhou Xiaoya.
Although Zhou Xiaoya has a leg disability, if you look closely, she is quite pretty and the kind of person who is pleasing to the eye.
When he was in the village, those people still had some reservations. But if he's no longer in the village, it's hard to say what they might do.
Therefore, Zhou Xiaoya had no choice but to go with him.
"I have the strength now, but I don't know how to get to Xiyun County."
"I need to find a guide in the village who knows the way." Zhou Yunshen thought to himself.
The key issue is that he's out of money, and the villagers are complete strangers to him. Why would they act as his guide?
Zhou Yunshen ate three large bowls of meat and drank a bowl of meat soup, and finally he was full.
There's still some meat left in the pot; we can save it for a late-night snack or eat it tomorrow.
After they finished eating, Zhou Yunshen helped Zhou Xiaoya clean up the dishes and then stood outside to digest their food.
He looked up at the sky.
It's already afternoon, and it will be dark in another two or three hours.
It's definitely impossible to go to Xiyun County today.
"Tomorrow, I'll figure out how to settle things with the guide tonight, and then take Xiaoya with me to Xiyun County tomorrow," Zhou Yun thought to himself.
Having made up his mind, Zhou Yunshen turned and went into the house.
He's been in another world for so long, he's ready to return to the real world.
As soon as he entered the house, a voice called out from outside, "Erzhu!"
Zhou Yunshen turned his head and saw a young man walking towards him along the stone path.
Zhou Yunshen recognized the person walking over immediately; it was Dashan.
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