Xiaolu stopped singing abruptly and sighed.

In fact, he hoped that Long Xi would understand his intention of singing this song, especially the lyrics behind the song, "You have come into my heart, although just standing here, the stage rises for me, and I am only for you. Won't you be my lady?"

"Well, which young man is this? So handsome!" Outside the fence, came a coquettish voice.

Xiaolu looked up and saw a young woman with flowers on her head, dressed in a printed dress, and was quite pretty. She was eating sunflower seeds and looking at him. Her eyes were darting back and forth as if she was trying to tempt him.

Behind her was a little girl, about five or six years old, with untidy hair and dirty clothes, looking very bedraggled.

The girl kept her head down, as if she was playing with something in her hand.

The young woman pushed open the wooden door and came into the yard. She smiled and asked, "Little brother, are you from the city?"

Her eyes roved over Xiaolu's body, making him feel like he was being molested, and he was at a loss for words, for a moment.

Instead of following the young woman in, the little girl continued to lower her head and play with the item in her hands.

Long Xi heard something from the kitchen. So she came out and looked the woman, and said with a smile, "Is it Sister-in-law Ma? Long time no see."

Sister-in-law Ma smiled and said, "Is it Little Xi? You're getting older and more beautiful. Oh, you don't have any birthmarks now. Did you go for cosmetic surgery? Don't call me Sister-in-law Ma. My man has been dead for half a year already. They call me Widow Ma or Sister Yuzhen."

Long Xi felt that something was not quite right, so she thought for a while and then said, "I seem to remember you were known as Yu Xiaotu! Have you changed your name?"

Widow Ma said bitterly, "That stupid name really gave me so much problems, so I don't want it! I've changed the name on my household register and I'm ready to start a happy, new life!"

Long Xi wondered what was wrong with her original name. "Wasn't Yutu a cute name?"

She looked at the little girl and said, "Dong'er has grown as well. Come in and sit down"

Widow Ma rolled her eyes at Xiaolu, making him feel uncomfortable.

Even Long Xi felt a little embarra.s.sed and felt ashamed for Sister-in-law Ma. But Sister-in-law Ma herself didn't seem to feel anything, and even made it worse, by reaching out to touch Xiaolu.

Xiaolu was unhappy. "Who was this person?"

Long Xi said to Xiaolu, "The water should be boiling. Put the dumplings in the water and stir it up."

Xiaolu took the opportunity to flee from Sister-in-law Ma.

Sister-in-law Ma's sight was fixed on the Xiaolu's back. If her eyes were electric drills, there would have been two large holes on Xiaolu's back by now.

Long Xi was a little impatient and asked, "Sister Yuzhen, don't you have anything else to do?"

Widow Ma said, "It's all right. I am just taking Dong'er to the latrine at the front of the village. Our village is so poor, each family doesn't even have a decent toilet. There is only one public latrine in our village, and there are only two rooms, one for men and another for women. After using it, we have to shovel the soil and bury it ourselves. It's better for you, city dwellers. My Dong'er is so old, but she still cannot not go to the latrine by herself, no wonder the children in the village call her an idiot!"

Long Xi didn't want to waste any more time with her, so she said, "If there is nothing else, I won't keep you. I still have a lot of things to do!"

Widow Ma was embarra.s.sed and said, "Oh, please go ahead and do your stuff!"

She went to the wooden door and took her daughter away.

Dong'er never looked up and was still intently playing with something in her hand.

Dong'er was the only daughter of the widow and was autistic. The children in the village didn't know what autism was, and they all laughed at her, labeling her as an idiot child.

Long Xi felt somewhat sorry for Dong'er. This little girl was so beautiful, but unfortunately, she was autistic.

She remembered the description of autistic children from a magazine. They were a group of children who could not communicate with others, were not interested in external things, and always repeated certain actions.

They were autistic children, known as "children from the stars", because they were like stars in the sky, each person lived in their own world, s.h.i.+ning in it alone.

The medical term for autism was autism spectrum disorder. It was a congenital nervous system disease, characterized by lack of communication with people, rigid behavior, language barriers, imbalanced intellectual development, lack of interest, and, in severe cases, a tendency to self-mutilate or become violent.

She watched Dong'er walk away. Waiting until she was out of her sight, she made her way to the kitchen, and heard Xiaolu saying "Ouch".

She went in and saw Xiaolu holding the lid of the pot. He smiled bitterly and said, "I've made broth!"

She looked over and saw that it was really broth.

She asked, "Did you not stick the dumpling wrappers tightly together? All of them broke!"

Xiaolu said, "It seems to be the case!"

Long Xi tasted the broth and said with a smile, "It does not taste too bad, though. We'll make do with it. It's soup with pork residue, minced pork, and wrappers. Hha, it's quite unique!"

She ladled the soup into three big bowls and carried it out. When the broth cooled, she went to wake Mo Kun.

Lord Mo Kun had slept for almost an hour and felt much better.

The three people ate up the three bowls of soup with pork residue, minced pork, and wrappers.

Mo Kun wiped his mouth and asked Xiaolu, "Have you booked the train tickets yet?"

Xiaolu said, "Master Xi says that we should book tickets for tomorrow at noon. She wants you to rest first and recuperate."

Long Xi said, "The air here is so fres.h.!.+ Anyway, we asked for three days off from Mrs. Lin, who now knows what the Red Envelope Game is about. And don't you have a headache? I want to take you to the hot springs in Little Mount Emei."

Mo Kun smiled and said, "Since you love me so much, how can I not appreciate it? The White Ape and Mountain Ghost that villagers are talking about are just superst.i.tions!"

Long Xi said, "Yes, I don't believe it either! As long as we sneak up the mountain and don't let the villagers see us."

She smiled and asked Xiaolu, "Would you like to take a bath, too? Look at you, sweating so much, through chopping firewood!"

Xiaolu sniffed at himself, frowned and said, "Wow, what a sour smell! Last night, I didn't take a shower, nor change my clothes. I sweated a lot, and smell a bit bad."

Mo Kun put forward a good suggestion, "Let's ride the golden eagle up to the mountain."

Long Xi immediately agreed, "That's great. The mountain road is very rugged, and there is a large area of virgin forest, in the middle of the road. If we can fly directly there, we don't have to hike through the virgin forest."

Xiaolu laughed and said, "Yeah, yeah, I'm going to fly too!"

Lord Mo Kun said solemnly, "Okay, but the golden eagles only follow my orders. They have bad tempers." "Even I dare not ride them unless it is a special situation. If you ride it, it may suddenly get angry and throw you off. Why don't you carry a parachute first?"

Xiaolu smiled and said, "Who are you trying to scare? I take it that Master Xi will be riding as well?"

Mo Kun said solemnly, "Of course, I am the host, and Xixi is the hostess!"

Xiaolu smiled and said, "No, it's because Master Xi is Xiaolongnv! Aunt, I'm Guoer, but not Yang Guo, it's Lu(Lu) Guo! Pa.s.sing through your world!"

Long Xi was amused by him. Xiaolu was born with the ability to make people happy!

Suddenly she wanted to go to the toilet, and said shyly, "Please wait for me. I need to go to the public latrine at the end of the village."

Mo Kun smiled and said, "That's nothing to be embarra.s.sed about. Shall I accompany you?"

Long Xi glared at him and went away with a smile.

After walking for about five minutes, she was stopped by a group of people.

These were five or six tall and strong men, all with non-mainstream, killing Matt's hairstyles. Long Xi was immediately on the alert.

"Are you Long Xi? We brothers, have been waiting for you. I'll just say this, even though you're a fairy, you still have to go to the toilet!" The leader wore a thick gold necklace, was dressed like a ruffian, and looked at her l.u.s.tfully.

"What do you want? Let me tell you, both of my friends are waiting for me nearby! As soon as I shout, someone will come to save me immediately," Long Xi tried to bluff her way out.

In fact, she had no confidence in her heart, because it was a little far away from her ancestral home.

"Beauty, what do you want us to do?" The boy touched the beard on his chin and laughed obscenely.

"Since we saw your photos, we have fallen in love with you. Look at them, drooling, one by one," said the "golden chain", turning his body and pointing to the three big men standing behind him. These three men looked alike, probably three brothers.

Obviously, this group of people had come looking for Long Xi, and they were prepared for it!

Long Xi pretended not to understand their meaning. She nodded and said with a dull smile, "Well, I know. Thank you for your love. Big brothers, can you excuse me? I'm going to meet my friends now. They've been waiting for me for a long time already." And this big brother… It's usually women who fall in love with people."

Several of the men thought she was cute. They could not help laughing, and also let down their guard.

"Your little face is really cute, let me touch it," The "golden chain" said, and reached out to touch Long Xi's face.

Long Xi's body recoiled and she nimbly avoided his hand.

She smiled and said, "Big brothers, my friends will be here soon. One of them has strong martial arts skills and the ability to train animals. Another is a member of the X City Dart Sports a.s.sociation. You'd better let me go, or you'll be in trouble."

She was not lying. Mo Kun's martial skills were really good and he was able to train animals, and Xiaolu was indeed a member of the X City Dart Sports a.s.sociation, known as the "king of darts. .h.i.tting every time"!

The "golden chain" laughed and said, "Hha, do you think we came without checking out the situation, first? They're in your ancestral home now and even if they could fly over, it'll be too late!"

The man behind him burst into laughter.

One of the men said, "Brother Fenggou, don't listen to her nonsense! I think she's deliberately wasting time! Let's take her to a good place first, and then we'll serve her well and taste what this little girl is like!"

Another man said, "A'nan, you're wrong to say that. The first one must be Brother Fenggou, and I will be the second. Who do you think you are?"