Village Chief Zhang carried a basket on his back and pulled a climbing plow. and Zhang Cheng followed behind Li Xiao. Li Xiao led the way vigilantly.

When I went down the mountain, I saw that many villagers were outside. When he saw the Zhang family's father and son, he rushed up. He said nonchalantly: "Village Chief Zhang, I heard that Zhang Cheng hunted a lot of prey yesterday, and your son is really good." Let's see all of them". Another person said: "Is this a tiger fight, when did the village chief have this skill"? Village Chief Zhang said: "I just came down the mountain, go back and clean up first, and then talk to everyone after I finish eating." With that, he hurried home with his things.

When I entered the door, I saw a few village aunts sitting at home, chatting and saying that they were sad this year and needed help from the village. Village Chief Zhang entered the house and coughed and said, "Sisters-in-law, please go back if you're fine, I haven't eaten lunch yet." When the people saw that the village chief was driving away, they all dispersed. When Mrs. Zhang heard that her husband hadn't eaten yet, she asked, "I haven't eaten at this time, I'm hungry, I'll go do some." Village Chief Zhang said: "We ate dry food at noon, you can get some ginger soup for us to drink." Mrs. Zhang sighed and went to the kitchen. Village Chief Zhang and Zhang Cheng moved the wild things to the backyard.

Then he called Siya and Li Xiao into the room. said: "Let's keep some of these things, and send the rest to the Li family."

Li Xiao disagreed: "Those were originally brought back by my brother-in-law and uncle, and my grandmother and aunt cleaned them up for two days. Just leave it all behind. There are still two big things on the mountain, just go back to my house. What's more, just looking at the situation in the village, Uncle will give some to the village, and those pheasants and rabbits will be the ones who call the shots."

Village Chief Zhang was embarrassed to see Li Xiao so sensible and said, "This is not good, those are all you worked hard to call." Seeing that her father-in-law didn't want it, Siya said directly: "Daddy, just listen to my sister, those are what she doesn't eat, if it weren't for me and Zhang Cheng going up the mountain, most of those would be rotten on the mountain." Li carefully thought, are you my own sister? So dismantled the stage. Village Chief Zhang suddenly understood what Li Xiao meant, she would rather waste than publicize it. If it weren't for Zhang Cheng and their husband, these would really rot on the mountain.

Zhang Cheng also said: "Dad, so much is taken to the father-in-law's house, and the father-in-law's family can't finish it." And it gets into trouble. You're still the village head, and everyone in our village is still like this."

Village Chief Zhang nodded, thinking: This child is not simple.

Siya pulled Li Xiao and said, "I'll do what you want for you, can you see if it's okay?"

Li Xiao replied: "It's okay so soon."

Siya said: "It's just a few sets, what's so difficult."

Li Xiao went to Siya's room, saw three covers made of gray cloth and sighed: "It's really good."

Siya said: "Let's go, I'll show you, if there is anything inappropriate, I'll take it back and change it."

Siya followed Li Xiao into the house. Li Xiao took a rag bag and took out a beautiful quiver from it. Then in the quiver he said, "It's so pretty."

Siya's eyes stayed on the rag bag, then looked at it and said, "Don't tell me, you made this yourself." Oh my God, just this stitch, what have you been doing at home this year. This needlework is absolutely not good, you start tomorrow, you must come back for dinner at noon, and I will teach you how to do needlework in the afternoon."

Li Xiao sighed, "Will you learn to do it in the future?"

Siya definitely told her no. Siya thought to herself, after the New Year, she was ten years old, and at the age of twelve, she was married, and she only had two years to learn needlework and cooking. Although the time is tight, it should be urgent. 'Is it too late?' I guess this is just Siya's wishful thinking. ’

Li Xiao looked at her sister's deep gaze and could only accept her fate. Then he took the bow from the wall, put it in a sleeve, and hung it back on the wall.

Seeing that Li Xiao didn't move, Siya asked, "What about the other one?" Li Xiao cautiously took out a big knife from under the mattress. Untied the cloth on the outside of the knife. Siya saw the big knife that was dangling, and said with a trembling heart: "These are all given to you by your master?" Li Xiao nodded and said, "My master said that he will not accompany me in the future, and he will leave these things to save my life." Li Xiao was afraid that the fourth sister would not let her stay and said: "Master said that he has no children and no daughters, and he treats me as his own child, and this bow and knife are his ancestral things, let me keep them properly." “

Siya heard that it was an ancestral heirloom and something for Li Xiao's life, so she nodded and said, "I didn't know that this was a knife." The cloth is too thin to seem to fit."

Li Xiao nodded, shook Siya and said coquettishly: "What the fourth sister said is that today is not to fight a tiger, the fourth sister will tell Uncle Zhang later, I want to take the tiger skin to make a vest and a pair of gloves." Fourth sister, by the way, make me a knife sleeve, okay"? Siya was dazzled by Li Xiaohuang and agreed: "Okay, okay, I'll tell my father-in-law later, and my father-in-law will agree when he sees those pheasants and rabbits." They both laughed at the thought of the clawless creatures.

In the evening, Siya told Village Chief Zhang that Li Xiao wanted to use the tiger skin to make clothes. Village Chief Zhang agreed without saying a word. The tiger was beaten by someone else. Village Chief Zhang also instructed Zhang Cheng and his wife to send half a tiger and a few hares and pheasants to Li's house. Finally, he said: "Tomorrow the clan will come over when they hear the rumors, and you can also tell me how to say this."

The three of them discussed until dark, but they didn't discuss a result. Zhang Chengcheng said: "Otherwise, if you call the fifth sister over, she has a lot of ideas." Village Chief Zhang nodded in agreement. Siya went to call Li Xiao, Li Xiao lay on the bed and said, "Come and ask me about such a small matter." Siya glanced at Li Xiao, and as before, pulled Li Xiao up and put on his clothes. Li Xiaoxin went to the village chief's room sweetly.

Li Xiao entered the room and immediately said obediently: "Uncle Zhang's explanation is very simple."

Everyone listened carefully to Li Xiaodao: "Uncle Zhang said that the three of us went up the mountain to play and saved a passerby who fainted, and that person was very strange, and the prey he hit only ate his claws, not his body." As a token of appreciation, he gave us all of this before leaving. We went to his place for two days. The tiger explained it better, and said that the man who you met when you were moving wild things was shot to death by the man. If someone asks about that person, they will say that they cannot afford to offend that person, and that we cannot say it." The crowd opened their mouths wide, and the matter they had been thinking about all night was settled.

Village Chief Zhang said: "I will take those pheasants and hares to the clan, and when our Zhang family donates them to the clan this year, we will go back and let the elders of the clan share them." Li thought carefully: Uncle Zhang is ruthless enough. Then he said, "Well, I'll go back to sleep." Seeing that the village chief nodded, Li Xiao went back to the house to sleep.

Village Chief Zhang stripped the tiger skin in the middle of the night, split half of the meat and kept it for Zhang Cheng and his wife to send to Li's house. Zhang Cheng and his wife were afraid of meeting people in the village, so they went out before dawn the next day.