Chapter 219 Leaving the village and starting to travel
After Du Ruo finished speaking, he handed the mobile phone and flashlight that had just been connected to the microphone to the captain, then bent down and half-knelt in front of Xiang Yuanyuan.
Xiang Yuanyuan was also very skilled. She put her arms around Du Ruo's neck, lay on Du Ruo's back, and wrapped her long, slender and plump legs around Du Ruo's waist.
Then, under the gazes of everyone, Du Ruo carried Xiang Yuanyuan on his back and walked towards the dark jungle path without looking back.
Du Ruo walked down the mountain very quickly this time, so fast that Xiang Yuanyuan could only hear the whistling sound of the wind around her and could not see anything around her.
However, this state did not last long, and Xiang Yuanyuan felt her eyes brighten.
The two have appeared at the edge of Fairy Lake.
"Hold on tight, we're taking off~"
Du Ruo did not stop, just said a few words, and then ran towards the Fairy Lake with Xiang Yuanyuan on his back.
It was very dark around me. Even after a little time to adapt, I could only see vague shadows around me under the light of the stars.
But Fairy Lake is completely different. The surface of the lake reflects the entire galaxy in the sky. However, when Du Ruo carried Xiang Yuanyuan on his back and walked into the lake, Xiang Yuanyuan felt as if Du Ruo was taking her for a walk behind the starry sky.
It was a pity that the time was too short. Even though Du Ruo had slowed down her pace while carrying him on her back, it didn't take him long to cross the lake, leaving only a few ripples on the surface.
"We are back again~"
As soon as they returned to the simple wooden house, Xiang Yuanyuan cheered and wanted to get off Du Ruo.
"Wait a minute~"
Du Ruo patted Xiang Yuanyuan's butt on his back with one hand, but did not put Xiang Yuanyuan down. Without explaining, he just bent down slightly, raised his feet, and reached down with his right hand.
Then Xiang Yuanyuan saw a golden ring snake being held by Du Ruo by its head.
Du Ruo was standing in the same place, holding the same snake. Xiang Yuanyuan even suspected that the snake was biting Du Ruo's big toe again.
"Okay, let's get ready to meditate and rest early."
Du Ruo threw the golden ring snake out with a flick of his hand, then stomped hard on the wood a few times until the ground made a rustling sound. Only after all the insects and the like had crawled away did Du Ruo put Xiang Yuanyuan down.
"Hey, wait a moment, go to bed later. Just now, that Quan brother followed my account and sent me a message and contact number. I'll save it for you."
Xiang Yuanyuan raised the phone in her hand and spoke happily.
Of course, what made her happiest was not that Brother Quan followed her, but that just when she came down from the mountain, her number of fans, which had skyrocketed after her last appearance in Uncle Mo’s video, had skyrocketed again by hundreds of thousands.
Xiang Yuanyuan is a person who is very easy to satisfy. Just like making money from selling wine, every time her fans explode, she is very happy.
Even though the cost of selling wine was paid by her mother and the increase in followers was due to Du Ruo, these would not affect her good mood.
……
The next day, the morning light illuminated the Fairy Lake, and the entire lake became lively. A group of beautiful birds were playing in the lake. Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan also woke up from their meditation. They sat in the simple wooden house and looked at the vibrant Fairy Lake.
It was not until the sun rose that Xiang Yuanyuan packed up her things. The two of them subconsciously looked at the opposite hillside, where the lights had been on all night last night, and now it seemed to have returned to calm.
I just don’t know how the police will handle this, and whether they will notify the descendants of the general’s tomb. But these have nothing to do with the two of them anymore.
After taking a look, Du Ruo carried Xiang Yuanyuan on his back and rushed towards the village.
The village was as quiet and peaceful as usual. Xiaoliang was moving bags of peanuts out to dry, while the old lady was sitting at the door picking peanuts.
"You're back~Have you eaten?"
When the old lady saw the two of them, she greeted them with a smile. The first thing she asked was not whether they had gained anything, but whether they had had breakfast.
"Nope."
Du Ruo replied with a smile.
"Then wait a minute, I'll go make you some noodles."
When the old lady heard this, she immediately put down the peanuts in her hand, dusted off her hands, and got up to go to the kitchen.
"Grandma, please add an egg for us."
Xiang Yuanyuan on the side spoke with a smile, then naturally sat where the old lady had just sat and helped pick peanuts.
"it is good."
The old lady responded.
"You guys are leaving now."
When the old lady brought out the two bowls of noodles, she was stunned when she saw the suitcase in the living room.
"Well, we'll leave after eating. We have something else to do in the city."
Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan sat at the eight-immortals table and ate rice noodles.
The old lady next to them didn't pick any more peanuts. She just sat there and watched the two of them eat noodles.
"Are you full? Do you want more?" The old lady asked only after the two had finished eating.
"I'm done. Thank you, grandma."
Xiang Yuanyuan burped after finishing the meal, with a satisfied smile on her face. The food had not been very good in the mountains for the past two days, so coming down here, she could have a bite of hot food and felt very happy.
"Grandma, I asked someone to appraise this knife yesterday. If you sell it to me for 5,000 yuan, you will lose a lot. I have some money and gold here. I don't mean anything else. Xiaoliang is getting married soon, so this is a small gift from me. Please accept it."
After Du Ruo put down his chopsticks, he took out the 15,000 yuan and a gold tag he had prepared from his pocket and placed them on the table.
This time they brought 20,000 yuan in cash, 5,000 of which had been given to the old lady. Du Ruo simply took out the remaining 15,000 yuan. Not only that, Du Ruo also took out a gold tag that he had bought for several women in his family last time.
The purpose of Du Ruo buying gold was just to keep it with him so that he could use it for emergency purposes when he needed money urgently. After all, gold is hard currency and is used all over the world. This time it just happened to be of use.
The cash and gold together amounted to about 40,000 yuan, which was Du Ruo's compensation to the old lady.
This is also because the old lady is really good to them, and Du Ruo is willing to compensate her as long as he is not short of money.
However, Du Ruo did not say it was compensation, but said it was for Xiaoliang's marriage. He believed that the old lady would not refuse this reason.
"How can this be good? How can this be good?"
The old lady looked at the money and gold on the table with a complicated expression. She wanted to push them away, but when she looked at Xiaoliang who was drying peanuts outside, she felt reluctant to do so. She seemed a little embarrassed for a moment and could only repeat one sentence over and over again.
"Okay grandma, the online taxi we ordered has arrived, so we'll go back and come back when we have the chance."
Seeing this, Du Ruo stood up with Xiang Yuanyuan, and walked out with the suitcase.
"Xiaoliang, hurry up and send your brother off!!"
The old lady stood up and looked at the money and gold on the table, thinking it was inconvenient to walk out, so she shouted at Xiaoliang.
"Hey, that's good."
Xiaoliang didn't know what was going on, but he listened to his grandmother and took the two of them towards the gate tower of the village where they came from.
……
Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan took an online taxi to the city and went to the Municipal Bureau immediately.
Du Ruo just stated the purpose of his visit at the gate of the Municipal Bureau, and immediately the deputy director of the bureau came out to greet Du Ruo in person, and even personally stood by to take Du Ruo's statement.
But that was all. He was polite throughout the whole process, but there was no excessive formality. He didn't even invite Du Ruo to dinner. The whole process of welcoming and seeing him off was extremely efficient and was completed in less than an hour.
Du Ruo was naturally happy about this, as it saved him the trouble of dealing with these people.
Noon was the delicious meal time for the two of them. They found a big restaurant and enjoyed all kinds of famous dishes such as Dong'an chicken, Yongzhou blood duck, snake soup, etc., which made Xiang Yuanyuan very satisfied.
The more you eat Hunan cuisine, the spicier it gets. The spicier it gets, the more you want to eat it, and you simply can’t stop.
The most important thing is that Xiang Yuanyuan can order whatever dishes she wants. It will be wasted anyway, and Du Ruo will take care of everything.
In fact, she hadn't noticed that Du Ruo's eating habits had become more normal recently. After all, Du Ruo's appetite had always been a mystery.
Of course Du Ruo would not spoil the fun. It was not like he couldn't eat it anyway. He also seldom ate spicy food before, so he really enjoyed it now.
After a short rest after lunch, Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan prepared to go to the high-speed rail station to take the high-speed rail to Hengshan.
"Honey, is this really okay?"
They were about to enter the high-speed railway station. Xiang Yuanyuan looked at the ancient Miao sword simply wrapped in cloth in Du Ruo's hand, and asked a question with some concern.
"It's okay. There's nothing to be afraid of. At most they will collect it and send it back to Huangshan for us."
Du Ruo looked indifferent, but in fact he also wanted to see if it was as he guessed.
Then when Du Ruo was going through security check, someone came over immediately after Du Ruo put the Miao Dao wrapped in cloth in his hand into the security check machine.
Originally, Du Ruo was supposed to take out the Miao Dao for questioning, but after the other party saw Du Ruo's appearance, he took out his mobile phone for comparison, and then just checked Du Ruo's ID card and did not do any further checks on Du Ruo.
Everyone pretended not to see the Miao Dao and thought Du Ruo was just an ordinary passenger.
Seeing this, Xiang Yuanyuan felt relieved.
After arriving at Hengshan, Du Ruo didn't need to worry about hotel tickets or anything like that. Xiang Yuanyuan had already arranged everything, and he just had to follow.
The two of them simply stayed for one night at the foot of Hengshan Mountain. However, when Yang Ling was reporting to Du Ruo about the daily balance of the homestay at night, she mentioned that a woman named Li Yu had come to see him once.
Du Ruo didn't say anything about this. He just replied, "I know," and ignored it.
The next day, the two began their journey to climb Hengshan Mountain. In fact, there are obvious differences between Hengshan Mountain and other places.
Take Mount Huangshan for example, most of the people who go to climb it are young people, followed by middle-aged people, and elderly people are almost nowhere to be seen.
But it is completely different when you go to Hengshan. There are very few young people, mostly elderly people, followed by middle-aged people. Moreover, these elderly people usually come in groups, speaking dialects that are not understood from other places, and are usually over 60 years old. Most of these people are not empty-handed, but carry things when they go up the mountain.
(End of this chapter)
