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Chapter 207: Thatched Hut

Xiao Cao'er walked slowly up the mountain alone and came to the place where Qiangzi and his friends often practiced martial arts.

They found a relatively open area surrounded by trees. Due to frequent trampling by them, there was no grass left, and the surrounding trees had also been damaged to varying degrees.

At that time, Xiao Caoer also said that they had chosen a good place. This place is still some distance away from the deep mountains, and villagers usually don't come here to collect firewood, which is really convenient for these monkeys.

After choosing a place, they built a straw shed beside the open space. When they were tired after training, they would rest in the straw shed before going back. Although it was called a straw shed, the materials used to build it were all waterproof. The outer layer was made of straw, and the inner layer was made of oilcloth made of grass.

In the past few years, I have slowly added a lot of things to the thatched hut, including tables, chairs, teacups, teacups, stoves and kettles. All I need now is a bed and a quilt to make this my home.

A few years have passed, and the straw hut is still intact and tidy inside, which shows that these naughty monkeys have taken good care of it.

Xiao Caoer put the backpack into the straw shed, found a big tree, climbed up in no time, and sat down on a comfortable branch.

She used to sneak up from time to time to watch Qiangzi and the others train and give them a sneak attack. If they failed to meet Xiaocao'er's basic requirements, they would be punished, and Qiangzi and the others received a lot of punishment.

The weather in the mountains is cool now. Xiao Cao sits on a tree branch, facing the cool breeze, closing his eyes, trying to empty his mind, but a cold and handsome face appears in his mind.

Although there is an adult's soul living in my body, I was probably only a few months old at that time, and I can't remember the first time I saw this handsome face.

In my impression, he always looked cold. He looked older than his actual age, about the same age as Yang Bolin. For some reason, this face often appeared in my mind these past two days and couldn't be shaken off. Xiao Cao shook her head, trying to get rid of that face from her mind.

Suddenly, she heard a noise coming from below. Looking down, she saw Qiangzi and a group of people walking towards her.

"Hehe, luckily I knew you were going up the mountain today. I could have seen you sitting on the tree after looking around. Otherwise, I would have been punished again today." Qiangzi shouted loudly.

"That's right. Every time Sister Xiaocao comes up to attack us, who among us doesn't get punished?" Xiaoxing said.

"It's good for you to know that staying vigilant at all times is a basic requirement for people who practice martial arts." Xiao Cao'er said and jumped down from the tree.

Everyone walked into the hut and sat down one by one. No one spoke, just like every time when Xiaocao taught everyone skills, waiting for Xiaocao to speak. Unfortunately, after Xiaocao sat down, he was lost in thought again.

The little grass was thinking about what to do in the future and which way to go. Just now, the wind blowing on the tree couldn't blow it out of any clue.

After waiting for a long time, Xiao Xing saw that Xiao Caoer didn't say anything, so he couldn't help asking, "Little Caoer, did something happen at home?"

Hearing someone calling her name, Xiao Cao slowly regained her composure and said, "Nothing happened."

"That day I saw Uncle Dashan chasing after Simao after Brother Damao finished the test in the martial arts arena. What was it about?" Qiangzi asked.

"My father thought that my eldest brother was about to take part in the imperial examination and should not do anything dangerous. The obstacles in the martial arts arena were so high that it was too dangerous for my eldest brother, a scholar. He thought that my younger brother had led him astray, so he chased him and beat him." Xiao Cao'er said with a smile.

"Brother Damao used to practice every time he came back. Doesn't Uncle Dashan know?" Ergouzi asked.

Xiao Cao shook her head and said nothing. I don't know if my father knew about it before, I only know that he didn't know about it yesterday.

"Is this also the reason why you don't want us to go to the capital with you?" Qiangzi couldn't help but ask this question.

"No, it's because my family felt that it would be difficult to explain to your family if something happened if we took a large group of half-grown kids like you to the capital, so they changed my mind." Xiao Cao'er briefly explained what her family said that day.

"Originally, my eldest brother, my youngest brother, and my brother Berlin all wanted to find two people in the village to keep by their side, so that when you become officials in the future, you will have someone to help you. But since you are still young, and all the people going to the capital are young men, we decided to buy someone.

There is another reason. Your family may not agree with you going on a long trip."

"Oh, I see."

After knowing the reason, everyone was silent for a while.

"I wonder what you brothers think of the suggestions my little brother made." Xiao Caoer asked

"We want to hear what our sister thinks." Xiaoxing said.

"I have no idea now." Xiao Cao'er said truthfully. She really had no idea now.

"If you and Sanmao don't have any ideas, we would like to go out with you and then come back with Zheng Dongjia's caravan. This round trip may take one or two months." Qiangzi said.

"Why don't you wait a few years before going out?" Xiao Cao'er asked puzzledly.

Er Gouzi chuckled and said, "Because in a few years we will all be grown up, and then our families will definitely arrange marriages for us. Without a valid reason, they probably won't let us travel far away easily."

Xiao Cao was stunned. Yes! In a few years, these brothers will grow up and be able to marry and have children. I will also grow up. I should not be able to go up the mountain with my brothers to practice martial arts.

Seven-year-olds are not allowed to sit at the same table together. I am already eight years old. Although in the countryside, the separation of boys and girls is not as strict as in wealthy families, it is not a good influence for a girl to mix with a group of boys every day.

Xiao Cao herself didn't care, in her previous life, men and women worked together. But in this era, if a man and a woman talked a few more words together, gossip would spread.

Xiao Cao'er thought, how about learning embroidery and cooking at home starting tomorrow and be a good girl?

Although the elders in my family don't ask me to be a lady who never goes out of the house, they have always been against me practicing martial arts. They used to indulge me, but they have become more and more strict with me as I grow older.

I feel a little reluctant when I think that even though we are all in the same village in the future, we can no longer practice martial arts together. After all, we have been practicing martial arts together for so many years and we are used to it.