Ling'er carried her burden out of the village, all the way to the direction of the town, and then she walked around the town twice in a decent manner, bought and sold a lot of things, and at noon she went to the entrance of the town to find a carriage to go to the county seat, and staggered to the county seat with great interest in eating dry food.

After the carriage had gone four or five miles out of town, she took advantage of the convenience of someone to get off the carriage, took a few clothes and money that she usually wore and went into the woods, picked up the path and sneaked away, and everything else was left on the carriage. The way back was on foot, and she had to pick up a secluded path that no one walked, and by the time she stopped and returned to the vicinity of Wangjia Village, it was already dark.

Ling'er touched the boulder on the back slope of the hill that she had agreed with the old lady by the moonlight, where there was a small cave of five or six square meters. Although there are many people in the village who know about this place, because a child fell and died near the cave a few years ago, everyone feels that this place is unlucky, and they will no longer go there, let alone let the children approach, so this place seems to be relatively safe at present.

Ling'er pushed away the weeds at the entrance of the cave, explored with a stick, and soon found the burden that the old lady had prepared for herself.

She picked up the burden and patted the dust, went into the hole, groped for the flint, made a fire, sealed the hole with a large stone, and went back to the fire to count the things: a jacket, a coat, a cotton jacket, a comb, a head rope, a hoe, an axe, a wood knife, a saw, a bracer...... Even the old lady's homemade sauce is available!

Looking at a large pile of things spread out on the ground one by one, Ling'er shook her head funny, how does this look like fleeing? It's clearly a spring camping! The old lady got so many things, and she was not afraid of being seen?

Forget it, it's better to see it, you don't have to hide, you can go home openly, and the promise to hide out is completely for the sake of Daddy's heart. Even if the Yan family is considered a tyrant in Banlin Town? This is not Banlin Town, the so-called soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and their own strength and decades of modern wisdom can't deal with a few ground snakes?

I don't know what happened at home when I came out for a day, I hope my mother can really listen to my own advice, don't do stupid things, no, let's eat some dry food first, and sneak home after midnight to see.

Ling'er, who had made up her mind, packed her things, smeared the sauce and ate the cakes, wrapped in a cotton jacket and lay by the fire, planning to get up to see her father and mother after sleeping for a while. But she didn't know how long she slept this night, until she heard someone nearby whispering her name, she rubbed her mouth, wrapped her cotton jacket and turned over, and whispered: "Mother, don't make noise, people haven't woken up yet!" ”

But the call of Ling'er Ling'er was still continuous, she had to yawn and sit up slowly, and she was startled when she saw the flickering fire in front of her, by the way, she was driven out by her father and mother to flee as a savage, this is a cave, not her own room! Oops, didn't you say you were going to see your parents?

"Ling'er? Ling'er? Is it inside? The deliberately muffled call sounded outside.

That's right, it's the old lady! Ling'er hurriedly got up, added some firewood to the fire, and then slowly moved the big stone at the entrance of the cave, and the old lady's wrinkled face gradually became clear.

The old lady was full of excitement when she saw her, "Ling'er, are you back, are you injured?" Did someone bully you? ”

Ling'er helped the old lady into the hole, stretched out her head and looked out, there was silence all around, the moon had set in the west, it was estimated that it was almost ugly now, right? She retracted and moved the boulder to block the entrance to the cave, "Mother, why don't you rest so late?" Didn't you say okay, don't come, I'll find time to see you? What happened to Daddy? ”

"Alas, I can't sleep when I think about you going out alone, and I don't know if you've come back, I'm really afraid that something will happen to you halfway! Your father drank the medicine and fell asleep a long time ago, don't worry, I took a closer look, there was no one around, everyone slept! ”

The old lady looked around, carefully inspected the small cave, and her eyes were red: "Ling'er, my poor child, I blame my father and mother for not being capable, and I want you to live in the cave if I have a house at home!" ”

Seeing that the old lady was about to cry again, Ling'er hurriedly comforted: "Mother, don't be sad, you have brought me so many good things, there is no difference between here and at home." You have a good rest, wait for Ling'er to dig a few thousand years of ginseng in the mountains, our family will be developed, and in the future, we will build a big house for you and your father, and then ask a large group of maids and women to serve you, it will definitely be more beautiful than Wang Yuan's foreign home! ”

Ling'er made the old lady laugh with tears and feet: "You kid, you will make people happy!" Your father and I don't expect to be rich and rich, we just want you to be safe! ”

Ling'er said with a hippie smile: "Mother, you and your father are safe, Ling'er will naturally be safe, rest assured!" ”

Seeing her like that, the old lady sighed helplessly: "Ling'er, do you really want to go into the mountain?" In the afternoon, I heard that the old hunter of the next village took a few young people into the mountain a few days ago, and before he reached the halfway up the mountain, he met a black blind man, and three of the ten people came back, and they all hung up the lottery, I was scared when I thought about it, you still ......"

"Oh, it's okay, mother, you know that I am the best at climbing trees, and when I meet a black blind man, I will climb up the tree, prick his eyes, stick it in the throat, and maybe I can get some bear paws and bear skin and bear meat back!"

Looking at such an optimistic and joyful Ling'er, the old lady's heart gradually calmed down, but it was still indispensable to nagging and muttering to be careful like this, Ling'er should be happy on the surface, but in fact, the left ear went in and the right ear went out.

The mother and daughter sat by the fire for nearly two quarters of an hour, Ling'er was afraid that the old lady would stay up late and couldn't stand it, so she urged her to go back, and when the old lady left, she suddenly remembered the Yan family.

"Mother, how is the family today? Can someone in the Yan family come to make trouble? ”

"That's not true, but I heard that Yan Erniang's house came to a lot of guests today, and they closed the door when they entered the courtyard, and they didn't come out, and they didn't know what they were doing inside?"

"Guest?" Ling'er thought for a while: "What kind of guest?" Are they all men? ”

"No, there are men and women, and there are two old people, I heard that they are all relatives of Yan Erniang!"

"Relatives? That... Did they come to our house? Or... Is there anyone sneaking around our yard? ”

The old lady thought for a while: "This... There are a lot of people who come to our yard today, but they are all daughters-in-law from the village, come and sit, talk for a while and leave! ”

"What do they say? Did anyone ask me about my whereabouts? ”

"Yes, I agreed with us, but I just said that your father was very angry yesterday, his condition was getting worse and worse, and taking medicine didn't work, so I asked you to go to the town and sell all the things worth a little money at home, and then go to the county seat to find a better doctor to come back!"

Ling'er nodded: "Yes, that's it!" Mother, you go to the village tomorrow, just say that I went out yesterday and didn't come back for a day, I was worried, ask a few uncles to help go out to search, and by the way, inquire about the news of Yan Erniang's family, maybe they are getting together to discuss how to deal with our family! ”

"I know, that's what I thought too! Ling'er, be careful yourself, seal the cave when you're alone, don't come out, as long as no one guards your mother tomorrow night, come to see you again, ah! ”

"No need, mother, I plan to go to Cangmang Mountain early tomorrow morning to have a look, I may not come back in the evening, there must be a Yan family staring near our house these days, you can take care of your father at home!"

"O vast mountain! Ling'er, why don't you go to an old hunter and ask first, see what you have to bring into the mountains, and then you go when your mother has prepared all the things? ”

"No, no, I went to meet a few old hunters in the vast mountains a few times ago, just ask them! Okay, mother, go back quickly, I'll give you a while! ”

The mother and daughter sneakily went down the hillside behind their house by the moonlight, Ling'er kept sending the old lady to the halfway up the mountain, the old lady resolutely refused to let her send it again, she could only stand there and watch the old lady stumble home, the feeling in her heart was really uncomfortable, it turned out that there was a home and couldn't go back to this feeling!

When she saw the old lady go back to the yard and enter the house, she went back to the cave, counted the tools and dry food, cut her hair with a firewood knife, hastily combed a little boy's hair for herself, and when the sky outside was slightly shiny, she carried her things and headed towards the vast mountain.

When Ling'er arrived at the vast mountain, the sky outside was slightly bright, but the forest was so dark that he couldn't see his fingers. She stumbled through the woods on instinct for a while, and when she came to a big tree, she suddenly felt that the breath around her was wrong, it was so quiet, so quiet that her heart was furious!

She instinctively hugged the trunk of the tree and climbed up, and when she climbed the first branch, before she had time to rest, she heard the sound of the rope under the tree, and looked down to see that two small yellow lanterns were facing her eyes, what was that? Ling'er was still wondering, and suddenly heard a low howl below!

Oh, my God! It's a big cat! Ling'er was so frightened that her scalp was numb and her back was cold, she hugged the tree trunk tightly and remained motionless, and the big cat below snorted around the big tree twice, and then returned to her previous position and stared at the two small lanterns to confront Ling'er.

After a while, the big cat seemed to lose interest and walked away leisurely like a walk. Ling'er breathed lightly, accidentally touched the burden hanging on the branch, and saw that the burden fell down, she reached out to fish, and suddenly there was a whirl, a strong wind came to her face, she instinctively shrank up, and the big cat's paws grabbed the burden and pulled it down!

The big cat who got something was extremely excited, his front paws pressed the baggage, his sharp teeth bit the baggage cloth and shook his head for a while, and the baggage was torn to shreds in a few clicks, and then rummaged through the stuff with his paws!

Ling'er was so frightened that her whole body stiffened, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead, it was really hanging! Damn it! Who said that beasts only feed on the strength of their minions? Didn't this big cat just play with himself? For the first time, she felt that it was safer to walk in the direction of the county than to go into the mountains!

The big cat eats all the dry food in the baggage, and throws the rest aside without even looking at it, but it doesn't seem to be full, and lo and behold, it's still spinning under the roots! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )