SFS Chapter 50 A Warm Dinner
Chapter 50 A Warm Dinner
Lu Yuan looked in the direction of the sound.
A small figure was running towards him.
It was Ya Ya.
Not far behind her, a middle-aged man was slowly following.
His physique was the same as on the arena, but his appearance had changed to how he looked when he met Lu Yuan on Suzaku Street that day.
Lu Yuan looked down at Lele in his arms.
It was peering intently at the little girl running towards it, its tail swaying slightly.
He walked in that direction.
Approaching Ya Ya, he asked, "What are you doing here? Aren't you from Qingzhou City?"
The Iron Bone Sect is quite far from Qingzhou City.
Lu Yuan subconsciously felt that no matter how far he walked in the cave, he shouldn't be able to reach Qingzhou City.
Ya Ya turned around and pointed at Chen Da Gou: "It was Daddy and Second Uncle who helped us move here."
move place?
Lu Yuan looked up at Chen Dagou.
Chen Dagou had already walked up to him and nodded.
He politely cupped his hands and said, "Greetings, Young Master Lu."
"No need to be so polite, Brother Chen, just call me Lu Yuan."
"Brother Chen, may I ask where this place is, and how far it is from the Iron Bone Sect? ...And why did you move here?"
Before Chen Dagou could speak, Ya Ya blurted out, "This place is called Four Sacred Mountains."
That day, after my father and second uncle returned from the city, a group of bad guys broke into our house, hurling insults and even injuring my grandmother.
The bad guys said things like betraying the gang or something...
Fortunately, my father and second uncle chased them away.
Later, my father said we couldn't live in the city anymore, so he moved here with my grandmother and me.
Lu Yuan was silent for a moment, then looked at Chen Dagou.
"Brother Chen, thank you for what happened on the stage..."
Chen Dagou shook his head, a bitter smile appearing on his rugged face.
His voice was hoarse when he spoke, and he spoke slowly.
He recounted in detail how the Blood Wolf Gang had initially arranged for him and his brother to deal with Lu Yuan, and how they later let the gang down, only to be discovered and chased all the way here.
"The boss told us to go all out in the election and destroy you."
Chen Dagou spoke with utmost seriousness.
"The Zhao family was also watching from behind... But Er Gou and I discussed it. Young Master Lu, you saved Ya Ya's life, and we can't forget to repay this kindness."
"Releasing water was our own decision, and it has nothing to do with anyone else."
Lu Yuan did not speak immediately after hearing this.
On the stage, Chen Dagou told him to go all out...
Looking back now.
Perhaps Chen Dagou was determined to take a life in return and wanted him to kill himself...
He remained silent for a long time, then cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Chen Dagou.
"Brother Chen's kindness will be remembered by Lu Yuan."
Chen Dagou grinned, his smile somewhat憨 (simple and honest).
But he stood ramrod straight.
He didn't say anything else, just nodded.
After a moment of silence, neither of them mentioned the matter again.
Lu Yuan seized the opportunity to ask again:
"Brother Chen, do you know how to get from the Four Sacred Mountains to the Iron Bone Sect...?"
Chen Dagou raised his hand and pointed north, saying that following the ridge would lead back to the official road, and then following the official road would lead to the direction of the Iron Bone Mountain Range.
Lu Yuan memorized the direction Chen Dagou pointed out and was about to bow and take his leave.
My stomach suddenly rumbled.
Having been starving in the cave for countless days, I hadn't even realized it until now, my nerves were on edge.
Standing in the sunlight, I can smell the fragrance of grass all around me.
A wave of hunger washed over me, and my stomach rumbled loudly.
Upon hearing the sound, Ya Ya grabbed Lu Yuan's sleeve.
He looked up and said with a grin, "Big brother is hungry, Daddy, please take big brother back for dinner."
Lu Yuan was about to decline.
Chen Dagou quickly added, "Young Master Lu, it's lunchtime. If you don't mind our simple meal... why don't you have it before you leave?"
Chen Dagou's tone was very sincere.
Lu Yuan looked down at Ya Ya again—the girl was looking at him with her round eyes.
The little face with missing teeth smiled so brightly that it was impossible to refuse.
He patted her head and looked at her tenderly.
"good!"
"Hey! Big brother's here for dinner!"
Ya Ya had a big smile on her face.
Children's happiness is sometimes very simple.
......
The three people and their dog walked slowly along a path in the woods.
Chen Dagou led the way, while Ya Ya skipped and hopped along beside Lu Yuan, pointing to the distant mountain valley as they walked and saying that their new home was over there.
He kept muttering to himself.
Lele peeked out from Lu Yuan's arms and stared at Ya Ya's back for a while.
Ya Ya turned around and saw the puppy. She was stunned at first, then reached out her hand in surprise to touch it.
Lele snuggled closer to Lu Yuan's arms. Ya Ya wasn't in a hurry; she just followed beside him, glancing at him every now and then.
After walking for a while, Lele moved its head closer to her hand, and she touched the loose fur on its ear.
It comfortably squinted its eyes and yawned.
Passing through the woods, a few simple wooden houses appeared in the valley.
It was clearly built on the site of a previously dilapidated house and had only recently been repaired.
There was a small vegetable garden in front of the house, and an old woman was sitting on the threshold sunbathing. When she heard footsteps, she looked up and her face was covered with wrinkles.
She recognized Lu Yuan and insisted on standing up to bow, but Lu Yuan rushed forward to help her up.
Chen Ergou came out from behind the house, carrying two freshly skinned wild rabbits.
Upon seeing Lu Yuan, he paused for a moment, then grinned.
The smile was genuine; he didn't say any polite words, just waved the wild rabbit in his hand, turned around, and went back to the kitchen.
That evening, smoke rose from the wooden house.
The wild rabbit was roasting over the fire, sizzling and dripping with oil, when Chen Ergou carried out a jar of cloudy old wine from the house.
The dining table was set up under the old pine tree outside the house.
Several rough earthenware bowls were also placed on the table, filled with wild vegetables and wild mushrooms.
Lu Yuan sat under a pine tree and ate his first full meal since leaving the cave, so he ate very slowly.
Lele lay down at his feet and gnawed on a rabbit bone, engrossed in the task, its tail occasionally brushing against his ankle.
The old woman sat opposite Lu Yuan.
Her legs were wrapped in thick cloth bandages.
The injury was clearly new.
The movements are still somewhat inconvenient.
She kept piling food onto Lu Yuan's plate, her chopsticks trembling as she placed it into his bowl.
While piling the food up, he said, "Eat more, eat more. There's not much good stuff in these mountains, Young Master Lu, please don't mind."
Lu Yuan's bowl was already overflowing with food, and she was still adding wild vegetables on top.
Lu Yuan, however, was not averse to it.
This action reminded him of his grandmother from a previous life.
When I eat alone, I also like to pick food for myself like this.
Therefore, Lu Yuan was eating very comfortably.
Ya Ya squatted down next to Lu Yuan, clutching a rabbit bone in her hand, her mouth glistening with oil, and mumbled something to her grandmother.
"I can help my older brother finish his food."
Chen Ergou brought out a plate of freshly roasted sweet potatoes from the kitchen and placed it on the table.
"Young Master Lu, you haven't tried my roasted sweet potatoes. Let me tell you, the red-skinned sweet potatoes from the Four Sacred Mountains are even sweeter than the sugar cakes in the city when roasted—brother, don't you think so?"
Chen Dagou sat opposite Lu Yuan, not touching the wine in his bowl, just nodding with a smile.
We ate dinner as it grew dark.
Chen Ergou, drunk, leaned against a pine tree and dozed off. Ya Ya was asleep on the old woman's lap, still clutching the cleanly gnawed rabbit bone in her hand.
Lu Yuan got up to say goodbye, and Chen Dagou looked up at the sky.
Chen Dagou noticed that the mountain mist had already risen, obscuring the forest path.
"Young Master Lu, please don't leave tonight."
Chen Dagou downed the remaining wine in his bowl in one gulp.
"The night path on the Four Sacred Mountains is difficult to traverse. Once the fog rolls in, you can't see anything more than ten steps ahead. It's not too late to continue our journey tomorrow morning."