Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 729: Chapter 81: The Music Ends, but the People Remain

Xiao Xian and Zhou Ziang were discussing; tonight everyone in the cabin would have to make do for another night. As soon as dawn breaks tomorrow, Wang Fenglei would inform the military medics on the mountain side to take Mei Nian and Xiao Que down the mountain for treatment.

In the evening, when assigning sleeping accommodations, a minor friction occurred.

The cabin was not large to begin with, and now nine people had crowded into it at once. Wang Fenglei snorted and divided the room into two areas, allocating the zone near the stove exclusively for the sick.

On this point, the remaining people couldn’t raise any objections.

What was left was only the less than ten square meters of floor space around the perimeter of the cabin.

"How is anyone supposed to sleep here?" Aisha was the first to speak up. She had experienced stays in snowy mountains back in the United States, but those were in wooden cabins with thick blankets and a roaring fire. Not like this place with its floor covered in grass, trampled into a mess.

"Sleep if you want, or roll out if you don’t," Wang Fenglei was feeling quite guilty about Xiao Que’s illness. He had spent his life wandering, and only after settling down in the Changbai Mountain area did he find this child.

He had decided to take care of her at the beginning because she was a deaf-mute, and over the years, they had formed a bond. Wang Fenglei resolved that if they couldn’t cure Xiao Que once they were down the mountain, he would take her to Beijing, to the 411 Hospital, or even abroad; at least he wanted to see the child return to her lively and jumping self.

Aisha closed her mouth and, seeing Zhou Ziang just about to settle in a corner of the room, hurriedly sat down next to him, with an expression that said she would sleep wherever he did.

Zhou Ziang, unsure whether to sit or stand, with Yezi nearby finding it funny, reveled in his misfortune, wondering what the young man would do. Just then, Xu Lan Ya already took his arm and sat down, saying, "Ah Ye, you’ve also been busy all day, let’s rest early."

The tone, the affectionate voice, was just like that of a newly married couple, and Yezi now wore a bitter face.

"Boring," Xiao Xian muttered inwardly, feeling it would be better to go outside and look at the stars than to stew inside.

The location of their little wooden cabin was more than five hundred meters up from the base of the mountain, the air being much thinner.

One advantage of the thin air was that it made for particularly clear stargazing.

Without much effort, Xiao Xian jumped onto the roof of the cabin, sitting above all the noise inside.

The happenings of the day required her to sort out her thoughts; Xiao Xian lay flat on the roof, her head cushioned by the soft snow as if it were a natural down comforter.

"White Flood Dragon, do you know what a Spirit Infant is?" Xiao Xian was filled with questions.

"A Spirit Infant refers to non-animal and non-human Cultivators. Taking humans as an example, after birth, there is a period called infancy. Similarly, a very small fraction of plants or non-living entities, after absorbing Spiritual Energy from heaven and earth over a sufficiently long time, can also form a Spirit Infant. Once a Spirit Infant is formed, it can morph into various shapes." Since the White Flood Dragon had transformed into its current form, it had been focused on becoming human. However, with its current level of cultivation, it would need a long stretch of time to fully become human.

Thus, seeing the ginseng spirit baby today had filled it with a mix of envy and jealousy.

"Going by what you’re saying then, the ginseng spirit baby..." Xiao Xian pondered.

Someone approached; Zhou Ziang had come up. From inside the cabin, there was the noise of Aisha smashing things, followed by Wang Fenglei’s shouts of anger.

The cacophony of his deep voice and her high notes was quite lively.

Seeing Zhou Ziang, Xiao Xian humphed and did not glance at him, instead keeping her gaze on the stars above.

"Who were you just talking to?" Zhou Ziang touched his nose, sitting next to her.

"Talking to myself," concerned the matter of Little White Jiao, Zhou Ziang and others hadn’t asked afterwards, and she was happy not to explain.

"Are you hiding something from me?" Zhou Ziang had wanted to ask this question for a long time.

Xiao Xian turned her gaze towards Zhou Ziang’s face; under the starry sky and white snow, his features seemed as intricate as a jade carving, with her own face reflected in his eyes.

Her heart beating rapidly, Xiao Xian wrestled within herself – could it be that he had noticed something? The matter of the space, whether to tell him or to keep it secret.

"Who is that guy down there?" Zhou Ziang turned his head away, managing to force the question out while trying to keep his tone as relaxed as possible.

"Are you asking about this?" Xiao Xian groaned, almost scared to death, "He is my good friend from my time in Guizhou."

"A good friend? Doesn’t seem like it." When Zhou Ziang had just stormed out to find Xiao Xian, he could swear a gaze full of hatred followed him.

With a "thud," Zhou Ziang swiftly pulled back. The roof space was limited, and with this quick move, he slipped and fell off the roof.

He started to activate the Cloud Ascension Technique, his hands about to respond when Xiao Xian called out, "Don’t move; it’s one of us. Little Pig, what brings you up here to join the commotion?"

A plump red bird fluttered into Xiao Xian’s arms, its tail feathers sticking up proudly. Just now, it had been "following orders" quite well, leaving Yezi’s rival with a warm gift.

In the cabin below, Yezi watched the roof, wishing he could punch a hole through it, "Serves you right for being so smug, as long as I’m here, you’re not going to trick Xiao Xian that easily."

"Stop glaring at each other," Xiao Xian yawned, letting the Little Pig snuggle up in her arms for warmth, "It’s getting late, go back and make do with some sleep. We have to go down the mountain tomorrow. Master Mei’s issue has been delayed for too long, and Uncle Yu is probably going to develop heart problems from the wait."

After returning to the wooden cabin, Xiao Xian made a phone call to Xuerou, asking her to steady Yu Gang, saying that she would probably return to Beijing in a day or two. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with a monthly ticket and recommendation ticket at ReadNovelFull.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)