The fierce peasant woman is busy farming

They walked for a while and came to a valley.

He stopped, put the sheep into the valley, and let Pingsheng fly to the top of a nearby mountain.

He observed from above for a while and then flew down.

Jun Mo looked at Teacher Ren's agile figure and felt extremely envious.

"Aunt Zhou, they all went home.

Look, can we sneak back in?

Zhou Yue nodded: "Yang Mo, Jun Mo, Brother Dao, you stay here and take care of the sheep.

Hero Ren and I will go back to pick them up."

Qing Mo and Jun Mo both pouted to express their dissatisfaction.

Such exciting things are not easy to come across.

"It's also important to look after these sheep, okay?

This is almost all our wealth.”

The two children suddenly realized that what they were doing was of great significance, and nodded carefully.

Brother Dao couldn't speak, but he tried to nod his head to show his agreement.

"Good dog, Brother Dao is a good dog." Zhou Yue touched its head.

After resting here for a while, they didn't dare to light a fire, let alone fall asleep.

Just get up and jump a few times every once in a while to stretch your muscles and prevent frostbite.

After waiting until midnight and giving the children instructions, Zhou Yue and Ren Pingsheng set off.

At the agreed time, they arrived at the courtyard where they had spent the night.

This small courtyard is divided into two parts, front and back.

According to the village chief, it is the public property of the village.

It has been idle and piled with some miscellaneous items.

The woman and the girl lived in a yard next to this yard.

Because they were afraid that the woman would poison them, the villagers were afraid of her and were unwilling to live in the same courtyard with her.

Including the man who bought her.

Therefore, the village chief placed her in the second entrance of the courtyard.

Last night Zhou Yue and his friends stayed in the outer courtyard.

There is a newly built wall in the middle.

It was built later and completely encloses the second courtyard on all four sides.

There was only a small door left in that wall, with a thick wooden door and a big lock.

There was another person guarding the door, and the strong men in the village took turns on duty.

According to the little girl, all the strong men in the village are bachelors.

There are benefits to being willing to come here and work for free.

As for what the benefits were, the little girl didn't understand and Zhou Yue didn't ask.

I guess girls don’t understand some of the dirty things adults do.

Staying deep in the mountains for the past few days, Zhou Yue truly felt what barbarism is.

Since imperial power did not extend to the countryside, the imperial court was unable to govern many places.

Local affairs are mostly managed by local clans.

The clan leaders and elders in these clans are equivalent to local emperors.

In the village, they are omnipotent and their words are law. Even if the emperor comes, his words are not as effective as theirs.

Zhou Yue and Ren Pingsheng hid in the dark and imitated a few bird calls towards the courtyard.

In the silent night sky, the bird calls seem so abrupt.

Soon, a few bird calls were heard from the other side.

Zhou Yue imitated a few cat's meows, and the other side meowed three times in return.

After confirming the voice, it was the one we were waiting for.

Soon, two figures, one big and one small, appeared under the night sky.

Zhou Yue was about to go forward but Ren Pingsheng stopped her.

When I got closer, I could see clearly that the little figure was the girl from yesterday.

The two then emerged from their hiding place.

Zhou Yue was about to step forward to help them with the things in their hands, but was stopped by the woman.

Her voice sounded soft and slightly hoarse.

I guess he was tortured in this inhuman place.

Zhou Yue saw that Xu Jiaqi's body was covered with dirt and grass just like that day, but the woman's body was very clean.

As he walked hurriedly, he looked at them curiously.

The woman saw her looking at her and said:

"Auntie, my name is Xu Rumeng, you want to ask why there is no dirt on my clothes.

And is Xiao Jiaqi covered in dirt?"

"Yes. What's going on? Aren't you taking the same route?

She wasn't beaten by the guards, was she?"

“Hehe, no.

The reason she has so much dirt on her body is because she crawled into a dog hole."

It turned out that ever since Xiao Jiaqi accidentally ran into the yard that time, Xu Rumeng had taken care of her as her own child.

The two of them depended on each other and helped each other through the most difficult moments in such a cold hell.

Xiao Jiaqi relied on her small and thin body to make herself unnoticeable.

Every time she entered or left the yard, she would go through the dog hole.

At night, she often wandered around the village.

Steal some food to sustain them both.

Xu Rumeng applied medicine on her body. Not only did people not dare to touch her, even dogs did not dare to bark when they smelled her.

Therefore, she knew the whole village well and was never discovered.

Aunt Rumeng told her to tell her if she saw any outsiders.

Last night, it was Xiao Jiaqi who discovered Zhou Yue and the others.

I went back and told Xu Rumeng.

Xu Rumeng then made a detailed plan, wrote a letter, and sent out the first call for help.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yue and his team were so helpful and really agreed to rescue them.

What she didn't expect was that among them, there were both soft-hearted women and kung fu masters.

There is also a magical dog that never barks.

They walked quickly to Qing Mo and Jun Mo's hiding place, then caught up with the flock of sheep and rode down the mountain without stopping.

As they were walking, Ren Pingsheng called Zhou Yue.

"Aunt Zhou, we can't leave like this.

We have to take the path that no one takes.

Also, sheep love to poop, and the sheep droppings along the way will soon be discovered by people.”

"Okay, Master Ren, you have experience, I'll listen to you. Tell me, how do we go?"

"Well, there's a fork in the road below, and I'll try to collect some sheep dung and spread it on the main road.

Then we can take the small road. Although it is a little harder to walk, it is better than being caught up."

"Row."

They looked back and saw that the mountains and fields were quiet. In winter, everyone went to bed early, so they estimated that the time was around one in the middle of the night.

Most people are asleep.

They walked to the fork in the road that Ren Pingsheng pointed out, and according to his instructions, they told the children to drive the sheep through the small road first.

Zhou Yue and Ren Pingsheng stayed behind to set up the maze.

Zhou Yue looked at Xu Rumeng and Xu Jiaqi, both of whom were wearing straw sandals, and felt relieved.

Remind them to be careful, as it is dark and the road is bumpy, so walk slowly as there is still time.

A few people agreed, called out to the sheep in a low voice, and walked slowly away.

Zhou Yue and Ren Pingsheng used the faint light from the fire stick to set up a trap at the fork in the road.

Then they followed the sheep's footsteps, covering their footprints with soil as they went.

After struggling for half a night, it was almost dawn when we caught up with the main force.

Zhou Yue breathed a sigh of relief as he watched a flash of orange appear on the horizon above the mountain top.

However, the weather soon changed. A large dark cloud came up and the sky became dark.

Soon a gust of wind blew, and the sky became increasingly gloomy, as if it would snow at any time.

"God helps me!" Ren Pingsheng laughed.

At this time, the dark sky became brighter, shining on his face, making it sparkle.

Xu Rumeng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, "Senior Brother?"

(PS: Several NPCs were introduced at once, hehe, it was lively.)