Lou Xiaoyi followed the grassland people's caravan. However, there were two more people in the caravan on the way back. One was a scholar, and the other was an official-looking man.
The grassland people's caravan had no shortage of fine horses. The horses in the cultivation world were different from those in the mortal world. It was not a dream for them to travel thousands of miles in a day.
The grassland in the Northern Region was actually not far from the Xiao Mountain. The distance of six to seven thousand miles to the west was nothing for cultivators. Even for mortals, it would take them less than ten days to complete the journey if they ran at full speed.
Fang Zihui spent most of his time with his wife. Grassland people were more straightforward and open-minded, so he was not surprised at all. However, he did not like the official-looking man Lou Xiaoyi. On this point, Fang Zihui had inherited the Fang family's tradition of having a bad view of cultivation. In his opinion, since Fang Zihui was sent by the Taoist Club, he must be related to cultivation in countless ways.
Fang Zihui's guess was not wrong.
On the contrary, the grassland people were more enthusiastic about him. As businessmen who had been away from home for a long time, they certainly understood the importance of communicating with officials. Every day, they drank good wine and made merry.
When the caravan came, they were loaded with furs and herbs. When they returned, they were carrying all kinds of ironware and tea leaves. Of course, their speed was not fast. Fortunately, there were few accidents on this route. In the vicinity of the snowy mountains and grassland, no robbers dared to act openly.
A month later, the caravan entered the grassland and returned to their homes. Their food began to become more abundant. The yurts of the herdsmen were their supply points. Lou Xiaoyi finally ate an authentic roasted whole lamb. To be honest, it tasted very good. It was much better than cooking by himself.
After the caravan entered the grassland, the team of dozens of people began to disperse gradually. In groups of three or five, they ran back to their own tribes. The grassland was a whole to the outside, but there were countless large and small tribes inside. However, they did not gather together like human cities. This was decided by the grassland environment. The herdsmen would always go to the place with abundant water and grass.
Qing Duo was Xiao Fang's wife from the grassland. She came from the large tribe of Raiding Tribe and was a famous flower on the grassland. However, she married an outsider. Actually, many young men from the grassland regarded her with hostility. The closer they were to the Raiding Tribe, the more obvious they felt it.
But the three of them didn't take it seriously. Qing Duo had a big heart and was already used to the men from the grassland fighting and killing for her. Xiao Fang was full of wisdom. Although he wasn't good at fighting, but in terms of knowledge, who could be better than him? Lou Xiaoyi really didn't care …
Of course, the school would also be opened in the Stab Tribe. For most of the year, they would probably have to chase after water plants and move. Only when winter came would they settle down in the camp and endure the long winter.
Therefore, it was actually a seasonal school. There were only four or five months in a year where there were conditions for learning. Children couldn't be gathered during the herding.
Fang Zihui was the same! Most of the time, he had to herd the sheep and horses with Qing Duo's family and experience the wind and rain of the grassland. When winter came, when other people started to sing and dance and enjoy the happiness of the grassland people, he would start his own education!
Ideals and love should not come into contact with reality. In most cases, they would be broken into pieces by cruelty. But these things couldn't be taught. They could only feel it by themselves. It was normal if they couldn't bear it. If they could bear it, they would grow up.
If it was difficult, Fang Zihui would have to bear it. Lou Xiaoyi wouldn't provide any help to him! Because for him, the best result was that this guy couldn't bear it and sent him back to his parents in Snow City. That would save him a lot of trouble.
Finally, it was Qing Duo's and the other two's turn to leave the group. The group now was less than half of the original group. These merchants would often stay in the camp and wouldn't herd the grassland. But Qing Duo wasn't a merchant. She was just a young woman who followed a family elder to the Central Plains for fun. She was also the best merchant.
Now, it was time for her to go and find her family's herds!
She was as happy as a child. Beside her, Fang Zihui was also foolishly happy. It was just that his smile was twitching a little. That was the heart-wrenching pain of his inner thighs after riding for a long time. Every time the horse moved up and down, the pain would follow. But he still persisted, clenching his teeth and enduring it. Sometimes, although the persistence of a scholar was a little unreasonable, it was also terrifyingly tenacious. It had nothing to do with whether the body was strong or not. It was a test of one's will!
In the future, there would be a lot of tests like this!
A few days later, the three of them caught up with Qing Duo's family's herds. Qing Duo ran towards her family members whom she hadn't seen for a long time. At this time, Fang Zihui was very embarrassed, glaring at Lou Xiaoyi.
"How long are you going to follow us? We have already reached home! Do you think an ordinary herdsman's family can support two men who don't care about herding?
You have done your duty, you can go back now. Don't you think what you are doing is making everyone embarrassed? "
Lou Xiaoyi shrugged and said some nonsense that was completely irrelevant, "Did you see that? Their family only has one yurt! It's impossible for them to set up another yurt for you during the journey. Don't you think it's awkward for such a big family to squeeze into one yurt? Sheep's breath, farting, smelly feet, cow dung, snoring … You have your own bedroom since you were young, right? "
Fang Zihui was trembling with anger, but that hateful guy was still going on.
"What do you do at night when the passion is strong? Endure it or? To be honest, your voices are a little loud … "
After dodging the whip that the angry Fang Zihui threw at him, Lou Xiaoyi turned his horse around.
"Even if you beg me to stay in this yurt, I won't be willing to! Unless there are eight or ten grassland widows in it … My task is to record your experience in the grassland, as a guide for the future generations. So I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm afraid I will stay here for a while … Just pretend that I don't exist. You don't have to care about my basic necessities. "
He rode out and his voice came from afar, "By the way, I have already bought this horse from your wife, so it doesn't count as occupying your family's property!"
Providing protection to a mortal was a very simple and troublesome task. If it was within the territory of his own cultivation force, it would be a very simple task and he would just need to hand it over to the local cultivators. But in the grassland, it was obviously not feasible!
Of course, he couldn't protect them for a lifetime. In Lou Xiaoyi's view, one year was enough for Fang Zihui to really adapt to life in the grassland. After all, there was no war here.
He hoped that when he saw his senior sister, he could play it down and say that the Fang family's bloodline was flourishing and the inheritance was endless.
One year was nothing to Jin Dan, and it was a good chance for him to relax here.
The grassland stretched as far as the eye could see, with herds of cows and sheep. The wind blew the grass low, and it was blue as if it had been washed. It was completely different from the beautiful scenery of the snow mountain.
He had already adapted to the beauty of the snow mountain, but this didn't mean that he couldn't appreciate other beauties.
As long as it was nature, it was beautiful.
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