assistirfilmes Chapter 15 is really useful!
Chapter 15 is really useful!
Yao Rongrong quickly found the small river at the edge of the village and found a clean and flat stone slab on the riverbank, which must have been the place where the villagers used to wash clothes.
She washed all the bedding here, and after thinking for a moment, she found a sturdy tree with a long, thick, and fairly straight branch that she could use to cover the bedding.
However, she did not intend to hang the bedding here to dry.
This place is too conspicuous. I'm not afraid of the living dead, but I'm worried about running into other people.
In this day and age, sometimes the living are more terrifying than the living dead.
Meeting a storyteller like Lin Xiu is actually quite lucky.
She drew her slender sword from her waist, cut off the forks in the branch, and after arranging the bedding, Yao Rongrong cut off the entire thick, long branch, took it in her hand, and carried it back home.
Back outside the house she had occupied the night before, before she even reached the door, Yao Rongrong heard Donkey Brother braying inside.
"Mmm~ Mmm~ Mmm~~"
The donkey brayed urgently, and there was a hint of annoyance in that urgency; it was unclear what had happened.
Did the storyteller provoke the stupid donkey?
Curious, Yao Rongrong quickened her pace to the door, peeked out and knocked. She saw Brother Donkey pulling a flatbed oxcart, circling around the yard in one direction.
As it spun around, its head tilted to one side in the direction of the spin, as if it had some kind of problem.
Lin Xiu followed the donkey, spinning around with it, singing as he went: "The donkey pulls the millstone, it can't get out of that circle, the frog in the well can see a tiny patch of sky..."
"Pfft..."
Yao Rongrong couldn't help but laugh.
That was awful singing!
It's rather amusing, though, as if it's mocking Brother Donkey. But Brother Donkey's own braying sounds like it's playing along with the storyteller.
That's really interesting.
Lin Xiu stopped abruptly upon hearing Yao Rongrong's voice, his eyes lighting up as he said, "Miss Yao, you've finally arrived."
"Come quick, help me! Brother Donkey isn't used to this oxcart and is protesting. I can't persuade him, and I can't pull him back."
Yao Rongrong gave Lin Xiu a smiling, disdainful look, and entered the courtyard. She first placed a thick, long tree branch at the corner of the courtyard wall, with a section on each side of the wall, before dealing with Brother Donkey.
Her method was very simple: she just went to the side of the donkey, reached out and pressed down on its back, and the donkey was subdued, which amazed Lin Xiu.
To the naked eye, it's truly unbelievable that such delicate hands possess such immense strength. With each lift and press, they move with such effortless grace—it's terrifying!
Yao Rongrong said, "Sir, if you can't hold it back, then you can't hold it back. Why are you going around with it? And singing this weird folk song."
Lin Xiu said, "Seeing it spinning around, I suddenly had an inspiration and casually sang a couple of lines."
I couldn't urge my donkey to stop, so I had no choice but to let it slack off. Otherwise, how could I dare to sing so casually? I'm in an unfamiliar place; what if I attract something?
Thank goodness for you, heroine! But I never expected that singing and breathing at the same time could be beneficial to cultivation. I feel that singing and spinning around with Brother Donkey is much more effective than simply breathing and walking.
When I was traveling before, I told stories to the female knight-errant while we were walking, but I would run out of breath as soon as I started telling stories, so I've never tried it this way before.
"Miss Yao, why don't you give it a try?"
"..."
Yao Rongrong was silent for a moment, then said, "Sir, you've really mastered a skillful art of unorthodox methods!"
Lin Xiu said, "Just tell me if it's easy to use or not."
Yao Rongrong: "..."
Lin Xiu then pointed to the oxcart behind Brother Donkey and said, "And this, heroine, take a look and see if it's any good?"
Yao Rongrong said, "I just saw it. I really didn't expect that the donkey cart would actually be fixed."
As she spoke, she patted the donkey's back and mocked, "Donkey, donkey, how can you be so stupid? The cart is already hanging on you. No matter how hard you try to turn around, you can't reach the donkey cart."
What's the point of spinning around and around? I'll just get laughed at by my husband!
She immediately changed the oxcart to a donkey cart.
But Brother Donkey flicked his mane and glanced at Yao Rongrong disdainfully, as if mocking her for knowing nothing.
Lin Xiu laughed and said, "Brother Donkey is not stupid, it's quite clever. It's not circling around to bite the back, but to brace against this shaft, so that the shaft will bear the weight and break because the rope I tied here can't withstand it."
The wooden shaft was broken, so I tied it up with rope.
Brother Donkey gave Lin Xiu a look, then glanced at Yao Rongrong, as if to say, "You understand me best. Look at this woman, she doesn't understand anything."
Then Lin Xiu added, "But it's really not that smart either."
I even used a knife to make several slits in the wooden shaft, specifically to wedge the rope in and secure it, and I wrapped it countless times. It's not like it didn't see it, but now it's wasting its energy.
"Pfft pfft pfft..."
Brother Donkey snorted at Lin Xiu, clearly expressing his dissatisfaction with Lin Xiu's statement.
Lin Xiu ignored it and said to Yao Rongrong, "But it's good to let it try. That way, I can be sure that I tied it securely enough."
"Once your bedding is dry, we can set off. Speaking of which, you washed the bedding a bit too early; what if the donkey cart won't work?"
Yao Rongrong gave Lin Xiu a pitiful look and said softly, "If that's the case, then I'll have to trouble you, sir, to help me carry some bedding for a while until we find a usable donkey cart."
"Sir, you are so kind and righteous. You cannot bear to see a weak woman like me without even a blanket, huddled in a cold corner all day, suffering terribly, can you?"
Lin Xiu said, "Actually, you should talk to Brother Donkey and ask him to carry more things. That would be better than talking to me about great benevolence and righteousness."
"Mmm~"
The donkey brayed, whether in agreement or not, it's unclear.
Yao Rongrong couldn't help but fall silent again, feeling that the storyteller's shamelessness had once again refreshed her understanding of the word.
You truly deserve to be called a teacher!
She couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration and respect.
Although the two of them were chatting for a while, it seemed to have diverted the donkey's attention, causing it to give up its obsession with the donkey cart behind it and gradually give up its resistance, obediently pulling the cart.
Yao Rongrong ultimately did not wash Lin Xiu's bedding. It wasn't that she was unwilling, but after some thought, Lin Xiu abandoned the idea of washing the bedding right now.
Washing at different times in this way is actually more beneficial.
I washed Yao Rongrong's clothes today. If they don't dry tonight, I can use Lin Xiu's clothes. Next time, if Lin Xiu's clothes don't dry after washing, I'll just use Yao Rongrong's clothes. Wouldn't that be better?
The two searched the entire village again that day, but found no other usable supplies, so they stopped wasting their time.
Yao Rongrong went to the river and caught a fish. Lin Xiu boiled it in hot water, and the two of them enjoyed a delicious meal.
Lin Xiu thoroughly enjoyed the meal; he hadn't eaten fish in ages. There was a river in Mengzhou City, but in his previous life he wasn't a fisherman and didn't know how to catch fish by hand or by catching fish; he'd tried several times without much success.
I never expected Yao Rongrong to have this skill; that's really impressive.
This female knight-errant Yao is capable of adventure, hunting, fishing, and even acting as a bodyguard—she's incredibly useful!