nycdaug Chapter 170 If I'd known, I wouldn't have come.
Chapter 170 If I'd known, I wouldn't have come.
Your dad's here!
Yang Fenglan had just begun to drift off to sleep when she heard Long Aotian shout.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the sleeping Xu Yingying slap Long Aotian, saying, "Don't swear."
"It really is your dad."
"Yingying, yingying." Yang Fenglan shook her best friend, "Someone's really here."
Xu Yingying was half asleep when she heard someone coming. She sprang to her feet and shouted, "Bring me my forty-meter-long sword!"
"Something's happening! I think I'm seeing will-o'-the-wisps?"
Yang Fenglan: ...
Before Xu Yingying could react, Yang Fenglan heard shouts coming from down the mountain, "Yingying, is that you?"
"Yes," Yang Fenglan replied in a low voice.
"Great!" The ball of "ghost fire" increased its movement speed.
Lin Cuiniang and Xu Chunsheng were both exhausted and covered in sweat.
Xu Dazhu remained calm. He had been frequently traveling to Nanshan these days and was quite used to walking the mountain roads.
"Mother, come sit here quickly." Xu Yingying was startled awake, her head spinning, and patted the seat next to her.
Then, Yang Fenglan heard her snoring.
Zhou Jingyi was used to spending the night deep in the mountains and forests; he woke up for a while and then went back to sleep.
Yang Fenglan and Xu Yingying felt safe with Long Aotian around, and they quickly fell asleep.
Xu Chunsheng was young and didn't understand anything, so he snuggled up to his sister and fell asleep.
Only Xu Dazhu and his wife stared wide-eyed, like copper bells.
Even when sleepiness strikes, I quickly pinch myself awake.
They were terrified that if they weren't careful, they would be eaten by wolves.
They endured until dawn broke.
There were no wild vegetables left outside, and the group was worried that someone might come to Nanshan looking for wild vegetables. Fearing they would be discovered, they packed their things and set off as soon as they could see a path.
We arrived at the bottom of the cliff after noon.
Lin Cuiniang, who was visiting for the first time, looked up at the cliff with a pained expression, just like Yang Fenglan had done before. "How can we possibly climb up there?"
Xu Yingying said in a serious tone, "Swing the rope up, grab it with both hands, and climb up using both hands and feet."
"Ah?" Lin Cuiniang's expression changed drastically. "You want me to climb up here? That's like asking me to die! Why don't you go up yourselves and I'll just stay here at the bottom of the cliff?"
"Pfft~ Mother, Uncle Xiao said there are wild animals lurking at the bottom of the cliff."
"Maybe I should just go home," Lin Cuiniang said, backing down immediately.
Before going into the mountains, she had imagined the conditions there to be far too idealistic.
I always felt that it would be either by a babbling brook or in a desolate valley.
"Oh dear," Lin Cuiniang said, already having second thoughts. "It's my fault for not asking where you were beforehand. If I had known it was on the top of a cliff, I wouldn't have come."
At least in the village, we could still make a living.
If I climb this cliff, I'll probably die here today.
Xu Yingying suppressed a laugh, "Alright, you can go home now. If those refugees break into the village and kill or burn people, remember to hide well."
The thought of other villages being murdered, burned, and looted by refugees, with children killed and women kidnapped, made Lin Cuiniang's heart tremble.
dilemma.
"You brat, don't scare your mother!" Xu Dazhu slapped her across the face.
Xu Yingying stuck out her tongue.
Zhou Jingyi had already removed the dry tree branches at the entrance.
Lin Cuiniang then realized that there was a path.
She glared at Xu Yingying with annoyance, "Well, so you're teasing your mother now!"
"Hehe." Xu Yingying took her things and was the first to enter the passageway.
The others followed suit and crawled inside.
Zhou Jingyi covered the rear and used tree branches to block the entrance.
The path leading up the cliff is the most difficult to traverse due to its extreme steepness.
It took a long time to reach a flat area.
Yang Fenglan threw down her basket and lay down on the ground, saying, "I'm going to die, I have no strength left."
"Look at you, you're exhausted after walking so little." Xu Yingying put down her basket and sat down next to Yang Fenglan.
My hair was stuck to my forehead, and I was covered in sweat; I wasn't much better off.