Chapter 296: Going home
Cui Jiuyang and Li Mingyue spent ten days trekking and traveling before they finally crossed Taian Prefecture and returned to that remote little mountain village.
Nestled amid the mountains, the village was quiet.
Mountain gullies connected to ridges, and the ridges wound into deeper gullies, twisting and turning as though without end.
Ever since they had sent away the Drought Ghost, welcome rain had fallen to nourish the earth, water had flowed again through the dried-up riverbed, and the village spring had once more yielded sweet water. The villagers who had fled the famine had gradually returned as well.
After all, a golden nest or a silver nest was no match for one's own humble home.
However poor a place might be, it was still the native soil that had raised them.
As Cui Jiuyang passed the great locust tree at the village entrance, he kicked aside a big yellow dog barking wildly at him.
He nodded to the villagers chatting beneath the tree and mumbled a few smiling words by way of greeting.
In the depths of winter, there was little farmwork to do.
Today was also a rare, brilliantly clear day. Quite a few people had gathered in the clearing at the village entrance, chatting in little clusters, basking in the sun, or squatting by the walls to play village board games such as Anliu and Gefang, enjoying their leisure.
One glance told the villagers that this young fellow who had suddenly appeared belonged to the Cui Family.
With his thick eyebrows and large eyes, his features bore a strong resemblance to Cui Chengshou's.
What intrigued them even more, however, was that a young woman who looked like a fairy descended to earth was accompanying him!
The girl's skin was fairer than snow, and