Chapter 30: Rumors

Su Wu secretly looked under the bundle of firewood and straw, staring at it with green eyes and thinking: Is it also afraid...... After all, it is a beast, and man has a mind to find a way to defeat it. In that case, you have to leave yourself unfettered.

You have to be quick to act on your own. He slowly pulled his arms out of the haystacks, rubbed his feet against each other and strapped his skateboard-bound shoes, and grasped the scepter in one hand. He gritted his teeth, pushed away the bundle of haywood with all his might, jumped to his feet and stood up, waving his scepter at it.

When the wolf saw that it was a living creature that could be imported, he opened his jaw, and swooped down on him viciously, striking him on the head, which made it even more ferocious. He watched it pounce on him again ferociously

Swing your scepter and step back.

He took two steps back, then raised his foot and stepped back, his foot frozen together with the ice and snow, so numb that he could not move or dare to move. What to do? He waved his scepter in both hands, his mind racing...... Yes, Coach Hu Ren said that wolves are afraid of fire!

Fire, fire, I need fire, a bag on his waist, a fire in his waist! He waved a scepter in one hand, and took a fire from his waist with the other, and poured it down by the wood and grass, and lit the hay with a few clicks. For a moment, the flames grew larger, but the wolf retreated step by step......

He saw it retreating, and he stood up with the scepter in his hand, and hurriedly picked up the wood and grass to pull out the skateboard. The fire grew louder and louder, and finally, the wolf ran away with a roar. Then, several dark shadows in front of the sheepfold followed.

He breathed a sigh of relief, when the snow melted under his feet, and he put on his shoes and separated the unburned firewood and grass. I threw some hay into the sheepfold, cleaned up the outside, opened the door and walked into the room.

At night, it is not very dark when there is snow shining on it. He did not prepare an oil lamp, and even if he had a lamp, he had no oil to support it. Today is too tired, tired lying on the bunk, but his stomach is growling, he fills his mouth with grass seeds and chews and pouts...... I gradually fell asleep.

The government has not sent food. In order to find something that could satisfy his hunger, as long as it was not a stormy wind and snowy day, he was running for the lives of himself and a few sheep. In the snow and ice, there was not even a bird to be seen in this place, and he had to ask for something to satisfy his stomach in the forest.

He had learned the lesson of the last time he had entered the forest without making a mark, and now every few steps into the forest, he used his machete to make a mark on the tree, so that he could return quickly the way he came. such

Gradually, he walked into the depths of the primeval forest.

Deep in the forests along the hillside, in some leeward gullies, evergreen pines and cypresses grow. There are pine seeds and cypress seeds on the trees, and sometimes you can really catch a mouse or a rabbit or something, and use a fishy meat and tooth sacrifice.

Living creatures in the bitter cold were rare, and most of the time he spent his stomach chewing on tree and grass seeds. In his spare time, he collects birch bark and records what he has experienced here.

On the grounds that the heavy snow was enclosed, Wei Lu not only did not send food to Su Wu, but also spread rumors that Su Wu was dead. This rumor has reached Chang'an for the Spring Festival, and it has been February since the Spring Festival passed for Su Wu's mother's ears, and the family is afraid that the old man will not be able to withstand the blow.

When Su Wu's mother heard the news of her son's death, she recalled that there had been no news for most of the year, and she was sure that it was true. The old man was grief-stricken and bedridden.

Although Su Wu's friends came to visit, the old man still couldn't get better.

As long as Li Ling returned to the court, he came to visit the old man, and this time he came back to report the border situation to the court after the New Year, and came to visit the old man, and saw Su Lin, the fifteen-year-old son of Su Wu's third brother, accompanying his grandmother.

As soon as the old man saw Li Ling, he asked with tears in his eyes: "Eldest nephew, your brother is no longer there, is this true?"

He shook the old man's skinny hand and comforted him: "Auntie, the border pass and the imperial court have not received any news from the Xiongnu officials, this is just a rumor. Don't believe this, old man! A wise man like my brother will not die!"

"But, hopefully, so be!" said Su Wu's mother in a choked voice. She thought that if her son was not alive, the family would be over! Her grandson Su Yuan was only seventeen years old, and he did not seek advancement, even if he inherited the title of the family, he would not be able to develop.

Su Lin, the third son of the deceased in front of him, grew up in pampering, cowardly and not tough. Su Wu's daughter-in-law, who has been pampered since she was a child, and a woman who marries in the middle of the road will not stay at home.

Just as Li Ling was comforting the old man, Su Wu's daughter-in-law, Chou'er, came in with tears in her eyes and saw Li Ling, and asked, "Brother, your brother is gone, do you know?"

"Sister-in-law, these are all rumors!" Li Ling said, "Please believe my brother!"

"There is no wind and no waves, this person has not heard from him for more than half a year, and suddenly there is no news, I am afraid, yes, it is true. ”

When Su Wu's mother heard her daughter-in-law say this, she was angry: "Daughter-in-law, you can't talk nonsense!"

Although Chou'er is named Chou'er, she is not ugly, she is still one in a hundred beautiful, she has to have a look, and she has a figure. Although she is almost thirty years old, because she has never given birth to a child, and because Su Wu is doting, she looks only about twenty years old.

She was Gongsun Ao in her thirties before she had this only baby daughter, and according to the folk customs of her hometown, she gave her a cheap name in order to support the child.

She burst into tears and said, "I don't want my husband to be like that, but everyone in Chang'an is saying that he, he-"

She began to cry bitterly.

"Don't cry! we have to figure out the situation!" said the old man himself

It's very sad, but I have to persuade my daughter-in-law hard.

"This house is lifeless all day, I want to go back to my parents' house!" she wiped her tears and said to her mother-in-law, "Your son is no longer here, I won't go back to my parents' house!"

Without waiting for her mother-in-law's permission, Chou'er left.

"Y-you-"

Li Ling hurriedly stroked the old man's chest and called: "Auntie, aunt!"

Old Madam Su was so angry that she didn't come up in a breath, and died with her eyes staring.

Su Lin cried and shouted, "Grandma!"

Li Ling asked him to quickly tell his family to prepare for the future, and hurriedly entered the palace to report to Emperor Wu of Han. When the emperor's mother Su Wu passed away, he immediately issued a holy decree and allocated two pieces of silver to let Li Ling host the funeral of Mrs. Su.

Of course, Li Ling did his best, not only burying the old man beautifully, but also distributing the remaining silver taels to Su Wu's three brothers. Li Ling did good work for both parties, entrusting Su Wu's seventeen-year-old son to Su Lin's mother to take care of, and the two younger brothers were also companions.

Chou'er's father, Gongsun Ao, also knew that it was his daughter's mistake, so he didn't make any requests to the Su family, and after sending his daughter to attend Mrs. Su's funeral, he went home with his daughter and her clothes.