Village K
Village K
"Miss, we'll arrive in Village K. Do you want to walk around?"
"Yes."
Walking out of the carriage elegantly, Wei Liuying slowly scanned her surroundings. There were a lot of people who were already busy to do their daily work. Farming here would not yield much result, so most of them were breeder. They have a lot of animals that they took care. Once the animals were big enough, they would be eaten together with the villagers here.
"It's like one big family," Wei Liuying commented. She was using a veil to block her face, which would prevent anyone from seeing her countenance. As it was something normal even for the tribes, no one would find it strange.
"Shall we take a walk, Miss?"
"Sure."
Wei Liuying followed the road and looked around. There were many people there, but their work consisted of herding and taking care of the animals most of the time. The women were busy embroidering and also cleaning the fur of foxes that the men caught before winter.
Because winter was so cold, it was necessary for them to hunt foxes for the fur by using eagles. The meat would be given to the eagle as the reward.
Wei Liuying had never seen them hunting by herself, but she had heard of them a lot during her time in the border. In order to survive the harsh winter, they have to hunt foxes for the fur. As for the method, it was quite surprising for her too because it seemed to be pretty complicated.
"Do you also want the fur, Miss?" Yang Xian asked when he noticed Wei Liuying looked at it.
"Ah, no need. I already have enough fabric," Wei Liuying replied. Shi Yan practically shoved a lot of winter clothes for her inside her carriages. It was all some that was smaller in size and hard to sell because there were not many nobles here. Since it was all still good, he chose to just give it all to Wei Liuying rather than letting it rot in his storage room.
"Then…"
"I'm just thinking about the hunting method to earn the fur. I heard that it's very unique," Wei Liuying replied.
Yang Xian nodded in understanding. He smiled. "If you would like, I can explain the method to you, Miss."
"Do you know how?"
"I have read…." Seeing the annoyed gaze on Wei Liuying's eyes, Yang Xian resisted the urge to not laugh. Even though Wei Liuying had poker expression because she was hiding what she was really feeling, there were times when her eyes reflected what she truly felt when she was around those whom she was comfortable with.
"How about if I have the honor to tell the story to you, Miss?"
Wei Liuying and Yang Xian turned their head to the back as they saw Shi Mo standing there. He was dressed in the local villagers' thick brown robe. With the fur hat on his head, it made him look no different from the people here.
Yang Xian smiled. "You are?"
"Ah, my name is Mo," Shi Mo replied with a grin. "If you would like, I can tell the story until you're satisfied. Believe me when I say that the hunting method is something that you will never get bored of."
Wei Liuying giggled at Shi Mo's antic. Just like his cousin, he also loved to joke around. She nodded. "In that case, sure."
"Please come with me to my place. It'll be better to sit near fire rather than standing in the open like this."
"Alright."
"This way, Miss."
The two of them followed Shi Mo to his humble house. The place was simple, but there were a lot of skin and fabric that Shi Mo kept there. It was all used to make sure that he would not freeze to death when it was night time.
"Please take a seat," Shi Mo beckoned for them to sit down.
Wei Liuying took a seat, but Yang Xian still stood behind her. It only took one look from Shi Mo to understand the role that these two were playing. Internally, he felt that Yang Xian was more suited to stay in the capital city where he could make use of his acting ability to the fullest to make sure that he could survive.
"It's rare to see someone of high status to come here, Miss. I hope you'll enjoy yourself during your stay here," Shi Mo said with a smile.
Wei Liuying nodded. "I hope so too."
"Tomorrow, another high ranking noble will come to visit too. I'm sure that you can get along just well."
Yang Xian was resisting the urge to hit Shi Mo's head. He was being a bit too blatant in his words when he was telling them who would come. But since Princess Ji Xiaoli would come here soon, it meant that they would need to be prepared to welcome her coming too.
He had to make a way to make sure that they would be able to meet with each other and have a short chat.
"I see. Now, can you please tell me more about the hunt?"
"I'll start from taming the eagles first. The eagles are naturally proud and big bird, so it's only possible to tame them if you have raised them ever since they were young. In order to make them recognize you as their owner, you have to spit to their mouth…."
As Shi Mo began to tell all kind of story that he knew from what he had seen and heard, Wei Liuying was listening carefully. Here and there, Shi Mo inserted crucial information regarding this village and also the terrain around here. After living here for more than half a year, Shi Mo has grown familiar with everything.
He could easily pass as a local without doubt.