Qin Junyao nodded and said to Sheng Yining, "Okay, but don't call me Sister Yao."
"You can call me by my name, Sister Qin, Sister Junyao, or Sister Yaoyao."
Sheng Yining tilted her head, confused, and asked, "Sister Yao sounds very nice."
Qin Junyao looked at the girl with clear eyes and didn't know how to explain the meaning of "yaojie" (which sounds like "prostitute").
"But if you don't like it, I'll change it. Hmm~~ I'll call you Sister Jun then," Sheng Yining's eyes curved into crescent moons again as she smiled.
"Sister Jun, can you take me to see the horse now?" Sheng Yining thought they should be familiar with each other.
Qin Junyao nodded again in agreement, she also wanted to see the horse.
The two arrived near Xiao Fei and happened to overhear Dengzi Tui muttering to himself.
"Fei, that's an old lady. We can't argue with an old lady, you know?"
"It's just sweet potatoes, isn't it? I'll get you a basket when we get back."
"Yes, yes, yes, I know our sweet potatoes aren't as big as hers, but they're sweeter."
"You, yee~~ya!" Dengzi Tui's word "you" was interrupted by Sheng Yining's pat on the shoulder, changing his tone.
"Uncle is so amazing, you can tell what it's thinking!" Sheng Yining's eyes widened, looking at Dengzi Tui with adoration.
Seeing the young girl approach him, Dengzi Tui patted his chest with his right hand. "I'm the smartest among my brothers. You like our Xiao Fei?"
"Yes, it's the first time I've seen a completely black horse." Sheng Yining took a small step, looking Xiao Fei over, and didn't see any mixed-colored hairs.
"Of course. Our boss picked this one from over a hundred foals. You can touch him if you like, Xiao Fei doesn't bite." Dengzi Tui was so praised by Sheng Yining that he lost his bearings and let them touch the horse.
Xiao Fei was always a spirited horse, not one that could be casually touched.
He shook his horse head and stepped back, not allowing them to touch him.
Hmm, but the soybeans in Qin Junyao's hand were really delicious. Let them touch him.
"I want to feed him what Sister Jun is feeding him too."
Qin Junyao placed the remaining few soybeans in her hand into Sheng Yining's palm, then reached out and rubbed the horse's face, which was covered in saliva.
"Is your name Xiao Fei? Are you hungry? Wait a moment, if we walk another hour into the mountains, there's a small spring. I'll take you there to drink water, and there's also green grass there."
"A spring?" Qin Junyao was wondering what excuse she could use to wash her face, and this excuse just appeared.
"Yes, my grandfather and brother and I often go into the mountains between the northwest city and Anshun Prefecture to gather herbs. We've been to most of the mountain tops here."
"But that spring is a bit small, and the water comes out slowly. After this mountain, there's a stream, and after that, the mountains are green."
The information in Sheng Yining's words made Qin Junyao overjoyed. With water, grass, and trees, she could dig up plants in the forest and plant them in her space.
Planting more wild vegetables wouldn't seem out of place. Now that there were strangers, she didn't dare to take out cabbage or radishes.
"You know a lot, little girl. I'll thank you on behalf of Xiao Fei. Do you want to see the other horses?" Dengzi Tui was also hearing about the spring in the mountains for the first time.
If he talked more with this little girl, he might learn more about the situation in the mountains.
Qin Junyao followed Sheng Yining, listening to her chat with Dengzi Tui.
It turned out that Sheng Yining had started going into the mountains with her grandfather and brother at the age of six. Her brother also had a nice name, Sheng Huaijin.
The three of them had come to Anshun Prefecture this time because Elder Doctor Sheng wanted to inquire about the symptoms of the plague in Yongning Prefecture.
They had asked among the refugees for two days, and to enter the city, they needed money. So the three of them stayed.
There was no plague at the city gate, but there were many other illnesses.
Elder Doctor Sheng was just bringing the two children to gain more experience.
Dengzi Tui smacked his lips after hearing Sheng Yining's words. "You guys are really brave. Aren't you afraid of being robbed by the refugees?"
"Heh heh, watch this move!" Sheng Yining said "watch this move" but didn't make any large movements.
Only her right index finger moved slightly, a movement so subtle that even Qin Junyao standing next to her didn't notice.
Watch what move?
Dengzi Tui immediately gave the answer, "Yaya, my arm can't move! What's happening?"
"Heh heh, I'm very powerful. It's fine now." Sheng Yining was still smiling happily. She stepped forward and took something off Dengzi Tui's immobilized arm.
"Huh? It's really fine. What did you use? I didn't even feel anything." Dengzi Tui's face showed surprise, but his heart was already wary.
Such a young girl, looking harmless, without any trace of malice or killing intent, could disable his arm with a single move. It wouldn't be difficult for her to take his life, would it?
"It's this. I haven't practiced it well. My grandfather and brother are the really powerful ones." Sheng Yining showed them something held between her two fingers.
Qin Junyao looked closely and saw it was a needle made of fine cow hair, only an inch long and pointed at both ends.
Could a girl using such a fine needle make a grown man lose his combat ability instantly?
Were people of this era different, or did such strange cultivation techniques truly exist?
Qin Junyao suddenly became curious, wondering if she would have a chance to learn a move or two for self-preservation in the future.
After chatting for a while and seeing the remaining six horses, Mother Qin announced that it was time to eat.
Although there were three groups of people, they didn't eat separately.
Elder Doctor Sheng took out a small bag of rice, and Dengzi Tui's group brought out flatbreads.
Grandma Qin, who enjoyed the finer things and was also competitive, saw that Elder Doctor Sheng had brought out rice and had her sons pound the rice Qin Junyao had brought back, adding more rice to the sweet potato porridge.
On a clear and sunny morning, these people had fragrant rice and sweet potato porridge with flatbreads.
They took a bite of flatbread, a sip of rice porridge, and then a bite of the sweet potato cut into large pieces.
The sweet potato was soft and glutinous, the rice was sweet, and the flatbread was chewy. The food was truly amazing.
While everyone was savoring the rare delicacy in silence, faint crying could be heard from the foot of the mountain.
Dengzi Tui was the first to put down his bowl and led his men to investigate.
Old Man Hou also had his daughters-in-law bring the children closer. Hou's youngest child, Old Man Hou's two-year-old great-grandson, even started crying because he couldn't get any of the delicious porridge.
As the crying from the foot of the mountain grew louder, the people on the mountainside didn't even hear Dengzi Tui's warning.
After a cup of tea, everyone finally saw Dengzi Tui. Following his smiling face, they saw Zhao Liangcai, whose hands were covered in blood and had an axe tied to his chest.
Following Zhao Liangcai were the three disheveled individuals, the Qian family, who were scrambling and crawling, along with the reinforcements and the escorted Divine Doctor Mo.
The ones crying were precisely the three Qian family members.
As the crowd, who were holding bowls and eating, saw the blood on Zhao Liangcai's hands, his subordinates' bodies, clothes, and weapons, the porridge in their bowls instantly lost its appeal.
Mother Qin and Aunt Qin the Second saw the state of the three Qian family members and wanted to go forward to help them, but Grandma Qin kicked them back twice.
Grandma Qin narrowed her triangular eyes, sipped her porridge, and sized up the three people sitting on the ground and sobbing. Her lips curled up and then pursed again.
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She had to give her son and grandsons a good talking-to. This kind of woman, the old lady didn't like to see them around. They should all stay away from them.