Outside the door, an eerie wolf howl suddenly sounded.

Whew――

The sound was so close that it shook the thatch on the roof of the house.

Soon after, the sound of claws scratching at the door panel was heard in the darkness.

Molly was so frightened that her hair exploded, and she didn't care about losing face, so she pushed the boy hard: "Hey, wake up!" There's something outside the door! ”

Before the words fell, there was another sound of paws scratching the door outside the door.

The young man turned over sleepily, changed his side to lie flat, and said sleepily, "What? ”

Molly tugged at his arm hard, pulled him up half-dragging and half-hugging, and then asked him to listen to the movement outside.

The boy rubbed his eyes in the darkness, and after a while yawned and said, "Oh, wolves. ”

After that, he yawned again, and seemed to have the intention of lying down and continuing to sleep.

Molly was in a hurry.

"It's all at the door, what are you sleeping!" She's scared to pee, isn't she?

It's not a cat or a dog scratching outside the door, it's a fierce beast, a hungry wolf that eats people and doesn't spit out bones!

"Don't worry, the door made by the mountain people...... It's sturdy. Qu Jincun wiped away the tears that flowed from yawning, patted her shoulder, and as if unintentionally, rested his chin on her shoulder, and muttered, "That beast can't get in." ”

Outside the door came the beast whispering, as if in response to his words, and suddenly there was a thud, and something slammed into the door.

Molly's brain roared, and the female instinct broke through the shell of the usual female man and attacked all her sanity.

She was blindsided by the sound of the knock on the door.

Completely subconsciously, she hugged Qu Jincun tightly with her backhand and hid in his arms.

I didn't even dare to breathe anymore.

"Afraid of what?" The young man smiled and hugged her gently, his voice was like fragrant chocolate in the dark, silky and intoxicating, "There is me." ”

Molly gritted her teeth, distracted by listening to his steady heartbeat, and didn't bother to speak for a moment.

The partial-born boy still refused to let her go, and he didn't forget to touch her with one hand, and said with some surprise: "Hey, why is your back wet?" Scareless out of so many cold sweats? ”

"Don't, say it!" It took Molly almost all of her willpower to squeeze out these words, "Find a way, let those things, go!" ”

Qu Jincun smiled again, his chest vibrating, conveying safety and warmth to her, he simply picked up the girl with both hands, flexibly avoided the obstacle in the dark, and walked into the kitchen across the door.

"Stand still." He lowered Molly against the wall, gently and carefully.

Molly blinked in fright and tugged at his sleeve.

"Don't be afraid," Qu Jincun said softly, "I will raise the fire, and the things outside the door will naturally leave." ”

He moved very quickly, first extracting the flint that Molly had been holding in his hand, lighting the firewood in three or two, and then quickly raising the fire with tongs, the flames lit up the whole kitchen, the darkness was driven away, the gloom was melted, and the whole kitchen soon became bright and warm.

Qu Jin accessed the brazier and brought the flame that was being lit to the door, the orange-red fire sprinkled through the crack in the door, and the beast that kept scratching the door panel retreated into the darkness with a wail, and finally only dared to howl a few times in the distance, and in the second half of the night, even the distant howl gradually disappeared, until a qiē returned to silence.

Molly was weakly supported by Qu Jincun and sat on the wooden pier in the kitchen, holding her forehead with her hand, she thought to herself: I thought that the real world was difficult enough, but who knew that entering the dream space was ten times more dangerous than the real world......

"Will this happen to other people?" Almost subconsciously, Molly asked softly.

The boy didn't speak, but added a few more pieces of red-hot charcoal to the brazier, and threw a few sweet potatoes into it by the way.

After a pause, he replied, "Pretty much, I heard that there are even children playing in their yards, but they are taken away by wild wolves who sneak in." ”

Molly shivered with a spirit, her teeth couldn't help biting up and down, and she looked at Qu Jincun with wide eyes.

"Mouth...... Walk?! ”

Qu Jincun saw her pale face, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little painful, he hurriedly hugged her in his arms, and said comfortingly: "That's all someone else's business, it's a legend, a legend - don't be afraid." ”

Molly raised her finger and bit her nails, fearful of the dream-making space on this level for the first time.

She imagined a little child with a face similar to Qu Jincun, crawling and playing alone in the fence wall, but was grabbed by a beast with a bloody mouth and dragged away......

It's horrific!

Molly didn't dare to think about it anymore, and bit her slender knuckles hard, trying to divert her attention.

"Hey, are you going to bite it off?" I only heard the boy cry out in pain, which pulled her sanity back a little.

Molly froze and saw that what she was biting was not her own hand, but Qu Jincun's finger.

…… There is also a good smell of firewood on it......

She hurriedly spat out, but there were already two rows of deep tooth marks on her slender fingers, and the depths were as red as blood.

"I'm sorry." She hurriedly stretched out her hands and rubbed her fingers, a little embarrassed, and the tense fear retreated a little.

Qu Jincun looked at her lowered head with a smile, gently pushed her on the forehead, and whispered: "It's okay, brother, you can bite it." ”

After eating the sweet, soft and hot roasted sweet potatoes, and the blazing brazier that kept blooming hot and shiny, Molly slept a little more soundly in the second half of the night.

She really didn't have the face to put those obstructive water bowls on the kang again, but she just slightly distanced the two of them from the bed, and fell asleep.

In order to avoid being frightened in her sleep, Qu Jincun deliberately stretched out his arm and put it on her forehead, and the warm fingers brought a sense of security, and after Molly fell asleep, her tense face relaxed a lot.

The next day was a sunny day, but as long as the people who were begging for a living in the mountains did not encounter the weather when the mountains were covered by heavy snow, they would not shrink and not go out.

Today, Qu Jincun is going to hunt roe deer on the slopes of wild mountains more than 20 miles away.

With a slender neck and large eyes and ears, roe deer do not appear lightly near crowded villages.

If you want to hunt prey with a high enough price, Qu Jincun needs to go further.

His little tail, Molly, really didn't dare to stay alone in the black hole hut, so she followed him up the mountain.

Roe deer has a cute appearance, silly character, as long as enough care and hard work, you can still find one or two, not to mention, in winter, male roe deer with two or three female roe deer and young roe deer, the goal is more obvious.

Qu Jincun hunted a small roe deer with a trap, couldn't wait to cut it open, took the meat, cut it into finger-square pieces with a knife, and let it marinate it with honey sauce salt and bay leaf powder, ready to eat roasted roe deer meat at noon.

Molly didn't leave him an inch, carrying a small bamboo basket in her hand, where Qu Jincun went, she went.

There is a small lake on the other side of the mountain, Qu Jincun holds an earthen bow and arrow, and keeps shooting the geese that pass by in the lake and forage for food, but unfortunately they are too cunning, and it takes more than half an hour to hunt a wild goose.

"The weapons don't fit," said the boy lamentingly, "and when you have money, you'll have to change your □□." ”

Molly always tugged at the corner of his coat with one hand, and from time to time she would look at the grass around her vigilantly, and she basically didn't listen to the young man's words that seemed to be talking to himself.

After catching geese and carrying roe deer, today's trip is worth it.

Qu Jincun left a roe deer leg, pickled the roe deer meat that was ready to be eaten at noon, and then sold most of the remaining roe deer to the Orion family, and got three or four taels of silver and most of the copper coins.

Back at home, when the red sun was high, he took off the geese and gave them to Molly to do.

Molly first boiled the chopped wild goose meat pieces and took them out, put the pork belly in the hot oil pan to refine the oil, and then added the wild goose meat when it was half a bowl.

The meat pieces are sizzling in the oil pot, and after adding the peppercorn and cinnamon, it is even more fragrant, and when the meat is burned to seven or eight maturity, she adds rice wine, miso soup, dried chili, green onions, garlic and ginger, and adds a spoonful of boiling water after stir-frying, and after the water is boiled and dry, the braised wild goose meat is ready.

The taste is simply fragrant, especially the garlic is extra put in a little more, the aroma is extraordinarily strong and mellow, and the bite is fragrant to the bones, and the aftertaste is endless.

After the wild goose meat was ready, the roe deer meat that Qu Jincun was roasting by the fire was ready.

For some reason, the piece of meat was stained with some fly ash, but that didn't affect its deliciousness.

The roasted roe deer meat is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, with a bag of salty and fresh juice, which is extremely smooth and slightly spicy, which is very appetizing, even if there is no extra seasoning, it is enough to be comparable to braised wild goose meat.

The dry food is a coarse grain bun that has been roasted over fire, although it is a little hard, but it is very greasy.

Even Molly, who was frightened last night, ate a lot of meat and half a coarse grain bun.

"Tomorrow I will go to the blacksmith shop in the town and choose a set of bows and arrows," Qu Jincun wiped his grease mouth, held the roe deer meat in his hand and gnawed it with relish, and said while eating, "I will make you a new set of clothes, we will have money!" ”

Molly was amused by his tone, three or four taels of silver is indeed a small fortune for a poor peasant family who spends no more than one or two taels a year.

"I don't need clothes, let's buy two traps." She discussed, and said with some palpitations, "At least put it in the yard, and then there will be wolves to cover it." ”

Looking at her pointed jaw and big watery eyes, Qu Jincun's heart was a soft mess, and there was a little bit of pain, and he said softly: "Okay, I'll listen to you, what the sister says is what it is." ”

Molly's eyes sparkled, and she was confused by his tone, and she always felt as if something was gently scratching her chest, and she had the illusion of being infinitely spoiled...... His tone was a little weird, a little weird.

She lowered her head, silently biting the thick bun, not daring to look at the boy again.