Chapter 76: Stocking up, in progress!
Xiangying's hands and feet were restrained, and her head was covered with a sack, but this did not affect her ability to record the journey at all.
She counted the numbers silently in her heart, once, twice...
From the boat to the land, and then to the mountain road, the insteps were scratched by the grass.
Since the grass is no more than feet high, it must have gone into the ravine.
Soon, Xiangying heard the cry of the water thief beside him: "Open the door, the second master is back with a full load of people!"
Up to this moment, she wrote down the numbers in her heart, more than a thousand times in total.
According to the distance calculation, she is now not far from the original ship. Unfortunately, the mountain roads are crisscrossed. If you want to find it back, you have to wait and see when you get the chance.
Xiangying heard the door being pushed open, and noisy voices came.
The sack on her head was also removed at this moment.
Looking up, the houses in the village are lined up in rows, orderly in the chaos, like a small villa in a paradise.
The old women in charge of washing clothes passed by with wooden basins in their arms and greeted the water thieves with a smile.
"Second mother, please help me rub my pants soon!"
"I got it, you bastard, find a wife quickly and let me relax too."
Listening to the exchanges between them, they get along like a family.
Xiangying glanced back and saw that the gate he had just entered had been closed, and water was dripping down the gate.
That being said, the entrance to Water Thief's Village is likely to be in a mountain col near a water source.
Xiang Yuanxiao walked close to Xiangying's legs, his big eyes full of curiosity and not afraid at all.
"Second brother is back!" A thin man with a long face walked towards him, followed by some water thieves' helpers.
The man in front raised his hand in a rough voice: "Third brother, I'm just going to see my elder brother. Is he free now? Tell him to come and see what treasure I have brought back for him!"
The slender face laughed loudly: "Isn't it just gold, silver and jade? No matter how precious it is, our eldest brother has never seen many good things?"
"It's different this time, she's a big beauty." The second master clapped his hands, and Xiangying was pushed forward by the water thief behind him.
When Xiangying stood upright in front of everyone, everyone around him fell silent.
The children running around just now, the old woman doing laundry, and the young adults chatting under the tree all turned their attention.
Xiangying's beauty, like a thick rouge, suddenly hits everyone's eyes.
Black hair, snow-white skin, a pair of autumn-like eyes under fluttering eyelashes, and red lips.
The whole body is well-proportioned, and when the phoenix eyes are not smiling, they look more charming and cold.
"Beautiful, indeed beautiful!" The slender face was the first to praise, staring directly at Xiangying.
Xiang Yuanxiao ran to Xiang Ying to protect him, his soft little face showing the ferocity of a little tiger.
"You are not allowed to look at my mother!"
The long and thin face immediately looked at the second master, surprised: "Has this woman given birth to a child?"
The second boss waved his hand: "What's the matter? Maybe eldest brother likes such a charming and mature one."
"Besides, all the women in the village combined are not as good as this one. My eldest brother has not been married for a long time. If he meets her this time, he will definitely like her."
With that said, the second master wanted to drag Xiang Ying away: "I will take her to see the first master."
The lanky face immediately stopped him: "Wait a minute, second brother, now is not the time. The eldest brother is discussing important matters with the military advisor."
"You have been tired for a long time. Give them to me and I will arrange for them to be imprisoned. When the elder brother wants to summon her, I will take them there."
The second master thought for a moment and nodded: "That's fine."
He waved his hand, and Xiangying and the others were handed over to the Slender Face group of people like goods.
As soon as the second master left, Slender Face dragged them around to the back hill, where there was a row of rooms specially used to lock up the hostages.
Xiangying was particularly different. She was singled out, and her child, Xiang Yuanxiao, was locked in the house.
The remaining female prisoners who were robbed are in the room next door.
The lanky man retreated from the others, got into the room where Xiangying was being held, and closed the door behind his back.
Xiang Yuanxiao guarded his mother vigilantly: "What do you want to do?" The lanky face smiled lewdly: "I'm here to see if your mother is clean. Otherwise, how can you serve my elder brother?"
He stepped forward, lifted Xiang Yuanxiao's collar, and threw him aside.
The big hand came over and grabbed Xiangying's clothes first.
Xiang Yuanxiao fell to the ground. It was difficult to sit up because his hands and feet were tied.
He gritted his teeth angrily: "If you touch my mother, you will die!"
Don’t be afraid if you have a long and thin face.
He felt that the beautiful and weak woman in front of him was no longer perfect, so if he just enjoyed it, how could the boss find out?
The lanky face spat at him: "Kid, don't make any noise. My eldest brother is not a womanizer. Maybe he will give me your mother as a reward. Then you will kneel down, kowtow, and call me daddy!"< br>
Xiang Yuanxiao's face was young and full of anger.
His eyes were as fierce as a mighty little tiger.
"You will die in the hands of your boss, you will definitely!"
Xiangying looked sideways and saw bright red blood flowing from the little guy's nose.
The little guy was really angry.
However, because he was too young and had a long and thin face, he was not afraid at all.
"Eldest brother treats me as a brother and gives me the keys to the granary and treasury for safekeeping. He wants to kill me? Oh, stop dreaming!"
After finishing speaking, he smiled evilly and stretched out his hand to touch Xiangying's face.
By the way, he said: "Look at how well-behaved your mother is. She didn't make any noise along the way, and she still..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xiangying's hand behind his back suddenly turned into a fist and hit him directly on the bridge of the nose.
The lanky face screamed, and before he could react, Xiangying stood up and kicked him hard in the crotch.
At this time, the long and thin face could not speak even a single word. It was throbbing in pain, and its curled-up body was shaking like a caterpillar.
Xiangying stood up, her lowered phoenix eyes still showing no emotion.
"I don't speak because I don't want to talk nonsense to you."
"You, you...are here!" Slender Face was about to shout when he was kicked in the head by Xiangying, and he fainted instantly.
Xiangying searched him and found the key.
Only then did her red lips curl into a half-smile.
“It really takes no effort at all.”
Xiangying walked up to Xiang Yuanxiao and untied him.
Then he took out a water bag from his sleeve and stuffed four meat buns with sauce into the little guy's hand.
Xiang Yuanxiao was stunned: "Have you been ready?"
"That's right," Xiangying said after taking it out from the space anyway, "I'll go deal with this person. You wait for me in this room. I'll come back and pick you up soon."
Xiang Yuanxiao refused, so Xiangying comforted him a few words and wiped the blood stains under his nose for him.
"Obey Yuan Xiao, you can help me deal with it by staying here. If those people come to patrol and find no one in the house, won't they be exposed?"
"Then...then you must come back, otherwise I will not forgive you!" Xiang Yuanxiao's fierce tone made Xiang Ying smile.
She nodded and promised: "If you are hungry, just eat something to cushion your stomach."
After that, Xiangying dragged the lanky face out and locked the door outside with her backhand.
The house where they were locked up was in the back hill, and Xiangying threw the lanky face directly into the grass on the slope.
Before leaving, he also took away a jade pendant from his body.
Immediately afterwards, she took out the schematic diagram of the water thief's village from the space and went straight to the granary and treasury!
Stocking up, in progress!
(End of chapter)