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"Father, I'll bring you lunch."

The mercury lamp held a wooden tray about the size of his own body in both hands, and on the tray was the food that was not beautifully styled, just a large piece of meat with a vegetarian dish and rice.

"Oh, thank you for the mercury lamp, let's put it on the table first."

Chen Xiaoyao raised his head slightly and smiled at the mercury lamp, then buried his head in the rough topographic map on the table, and then took the finger of a thin pen to mark something on it.

Seeing Chen Xiaoyao's attentive appearance, the mercury lamp did not answer, but gently put the tray on the table next to him, without making the slightest sound, and then the mercury lamp himself floated aside and looked at Chen Xiaoyao carefully.

"Huh? What's the matter, why are you looking at me like this? ”

Chen Xiaoyao felt the somewhat hot gaze from the mercury lamp, raised his head again, asked suspiciously, looked at himself directly, and then had some kind of very obvious nymphomaniac smile on his face.

"Huh?! It's nothing, Father, go ahead and leave me alone. ”

Facing the mercury lamp with a 'I won't say' look, Chen Xiaoyao smiled at her, and then continued to mark, and the floating mercury lamp on the side saw Chen Xiaoyao's focused appearance, although it was not unseen before, but every time she saw Chen Xiaoyao's expression, she felt very cool and handsome, eh. Or rather beautiful.

No wonder some people say. Men at work are the most handsome. Although it should be described as the most beautiful for my father, at least this sentence is not wrong at all, and my father, who looks light and serious, is like a blooming flower, showing a color that is more dazzling than the sun and the moon, and the warm dark fragrance is refreshing.

Looking at Chen Xiaoyao like this, the mercury lamp was once again immersed in this invisible charm, and he couldn't extricate himself.

And so it went on for a while. Chen Xiaoyao finally put down the fine pen in his hand and said, "Okay, that's it." ”

Then, I wanted to pick up the dishes and chopsticks on the top of the tray, but I didn't want to, but the mercury lamp took a step ahead of Chen Xiaoyao and snatched the dishes and chopsticks.

Seeing the mercury lamp like this, Chen Xiaoyao was puzzled again, what is the mercury lamp going to do? Why are you snatching my chopsticks? Are you going to let me eat pilaf with my hands?

Mercury lamp, you are too naughty!

And seemed to see the look in Chen Xiaoyao's eyes as if he was looking at a naughty child, and the mercury lamp pursed his mouth slightly dissatisfied. But soon he smiled again.

"Father, you just edited and modified this map. I must have been tired of my fingers. So, let your daughter take your place for the time being and serve you. ”

Hearing the very ** words of the mercury lamp, Chen Xiaoyao was even more puzzled, what is the service?

"Come, Father, ah~~~~"

Well, seeing the mercury lamp pick up a piece of meat with chopsticks in his small palm, and match the words in the mouth of the mercury lamp now, the fool also knows what the mercury lamp is doing.

Chen Xiaoyao was speechless, after all, the body of the mercury lamp was too petite, so the scene of the director feeding Chen Xiaoyao by himself was a little weird, but looking at the big eyes of the mercury lamp that were as pure as a fawn with a look of expectation, Chen Xiaoyao also opened his mouth 'ah~~~' and ate the food handed over by the mercury lamp.

"Hee-hee, father, ah~~~"

"Ah~~~~"

Although it is a little weird, in the small room, a warm and harmonious atmosphere arises spontaneously.

Outside the room, the cold north wind gently blew up the snowflakes falling from the sky, and the fluttering snowflakes passed in front of little Estes with the wind.

"Oh, Estes, are you watching the bugs fight?"

The patriarch of the Balutes clan walked over and asked with concern as he looked at his daughter, little Estes, who was squatting in the snow of his camp.

"Yes."

Little Estes nodded at his father, then continued to shift his gaze to the small ant-like bugs on the ground.

"That's right, but now the winner is decided, you see." The patriarch continued to point to the insects on the ground and said, "Their mother worms have been dragged out of their nests and are now being ravaged by enemy workers, this is the end of the weak." ”

"The end of the weak?"

Little Estes looked up at his father, and the patriarch nodded at Little Estes, and then pointed to a pile of bones not far away.

"Look, this is the big lizard I hunted earlier, you remember."

Little Estes nodded again, she clearly remembered this dangerous species, and she also remembered very clearly that she had also participated in the action of cramping and peeling it.

"Well, it screamed so badly back then."

"Haha, yes, this can't be helped, after all, do we take things from its body while it is alive, and it is natural to experience such pain and scream."

The patriarch smiled and touched little Estes's head, and then looked at the pile of bones with a hint of pity in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by firmness.

"This guy originally relied on cannibalism to make a living, this time I was stronger than it, so it became the one I killed, this is the reason why it is weaker than me, because it is weak, so it can only be dominated by the strong, and it is precisely because of weakness that we can do whatever we want to it, this is the respect of the strong, and the weak will destroy themselves."

"The strong are respected, and the weak are self-destructive."

Little Estes muttered to himself, and the expression on his face seemed to be pondering the meaning of this sentence, and the patriarch on the side saw the thoughtful expression on Little Estes's face, and showed a satisfied smile to her, and then the patriarch seemed to remember something, and looked at the sky slightly, the expression on his face was a little lonely, and his eyes flashed with memories and grief.

"That's right. Estes. That's how your mother was eaten by the super dangerous species. I can't even save her, and I can't avenge her at all, although this incident makes me very sad, but, because I am weak, because I am weak, I was caught, so I was cruelly eaten, that's all."

After saying that, the patriarch closed his eyes. I recalled the bits and pieces of my wife in the past, and the sadness in my eyes and the lonely look on my face became even stronger.

However, when the patriarch saw little Estes, these negative feelings were quickly swept away.

This is not only because as a father should not show weakness in front of his children, but also because the response to the deceased is not to be immersed in the memories of the deceased all the time, from being able to highlight the love for the deceased, and showing the happiness of his life like this, so as to say to the deceased, 'Look, I'm doing well now, you don't need to worry about me over there'. Carrying the deceased like this is also a love for the deceased.

looked at little Estes's little face that was almost seven or eight points similar to his deceased wife. The patriarch laughed silently.

Wife, don't worry, I'll have a good time with Estes, especially Estes, she not only inherited your beauty, but also inherited my strength, and I believe that Estes will surpass me in the near future, she is a natural hunter, even for those who run away or show weakness, she can not hesitate to start.

Although, this kind of Estes is relatively a little flawed, but as long as Estes can live, there will be no problem, and wife, I think you will bless Estes over there.

The patriarch looked at little Estes who had figured it out, and then looked indifferently at the way the workers on the ground beat the enemy's mother worm to death, and couldn't help but feel a little hesitant and uneasy in his heart.

"Daddy."

"Huh? What's up? ”

"Dad, you just said Mom, right, So, Dad, how did you get with Mom? Is the same by strength? ”

Looking at the sudden stern appearance of little Estes, the patriarch was stunned for a moment, but immediately reacted, nodded and said: "Yes, Estes, I will tell you more, your mother was the first beauty in the clan, not only has a gentle personality, but also laundry, cooking, weaving items, goods trading, etc., your mother is the first." ”

The patriarch immediately talked endlessly about how his wife was alive, and the happy look, and the little Estes on the side also showed a happy smile.

"At that time, your mother's reputation resounded in this place around us, not only other tribes, but even the Taishou of this place was attracted to your mother, so the person who proposed to your mother was called more than one, and later, it was your father and I according to the clan rules, uh, you know this, that is, when someone in the clan wants to marry a girl, and there is more than one person who pursues the girl, you can hold a martial arts ring, whoever wins, who marries this girl."

Hearing this, little Estes nodded again, looking at the patriarch father who was dancing on the side.

"At that time, your father and I fought with those suitors for three days and three nights, and finally snatched your mother into the hands, ahahahaha, you say, Dad, I'm not very strong!"

After saying that, the patriarch, who was immersed in the good old days, also made a classic action of a bodybuilder showing off his muscles.

However, little Estes on the side did not show any admiration for the patriarch's words and actions, but showed a look of 'so it is' suddenly realized, and then his little face was full of determination.

Dad, it's because I'm strong that I can snatch my favorite mom over, and I like Big Brother Xiaoyao, so I must become stronger than that mercury lamp, and then I snatch Big Brother Xiaoyao over, so that Big Brother Xiaoyao is mine.

In this way, a seed of longing for power was planted in the heart of little Estes.

However, the patriarch who is the culprit is still immersed in the memories of the past, and he didn't pay attention to the expression of little Estes at the moment, and at the same time, the patriarch didn't mention that he and his wife were two little guesses, childhood sweethearts, and they liked each other for a long time.

Therefore, this also makes little Estes's outlook on life a little distorted.

"By the way, Estes, lunch is ready, let's go eat together."

After a while, the patriarch, who had finally broken away from his previous memories, said to little Estes that he had come out to have dinner with little Estes.

"Uh, has Dad already eaten? Oh, then let's hurry up. ”

After saying that, little Estes hurriedly ran to the 'kitchen', and little Estes's action also made the patriarch very puzzled, what happened to his daughter, why didn't she be so anxious when she usually ate, and what was the use of being so anxious, the food of the two of them would not be snatched away by others.

"Estes, slow down, you slow down, no one will fight you for food."

"No, Dad, someone will be with me, forget it, I won't wait for you, by the way, Dad, I'll go and give the food to Xiaoyao to beat my brother, so I won't eat with you."

The words that appeared from the mouth of the running little Estes immediately made the patriarch stunned, and then looked at the little Estes who was obviously holding two meals in his hands, and the patriarch hurriedly spoke.

"Eh, Estes, you don't have to go and deliver food to Lord Xiaoyao, just now Lord Xiaoyao's daughter Mercury Lantern has already gone to deliver the food to Lord Xiaoyao."

Little Estes's originally galloping body stopped, and then looked at his patriarch father with a stiff expression and movements.

"Dad, you just said that that nasty ghost has already given the food to Big Brother Xiaoyao, when did this happen, why don't I know?"

"Not long ago, when you were squatting here to watch the insects fight, and then when it was time to eat, I was going to send it to Master Xiaoyao myself, but I met a mercury lamp on the way, and then I gave her the food."

Hearing his father's words, little Estes's face suddenly turned blue.

I squatted outside on a cold day not to watch the battle between insects at all, I originally wanted to serve the food to the big brother in the first time, but now this is a big loss!

Moreover, this loss is still led by his father, father, how can you help outsiders, if you want to help, you should also help your daughter!

The patriarch, who didn't understand his daughter's thoughts, looked at little Estes who suddenly changed his face in confusion.

"Estes, what's wrong, why is your face so ugly all of a sudden?"

"Dad, you super!"

Little Estes shouted at the patriarch, then held the tray in his hand and walked away angrily.

"Huh?! Did I do anything to her off? ”

Looking at the little Estes who rushed away angrily, the patriarch scratched the back of his head with his hand in confusion, and couldn't understand why his daughter was suddenly angry, and he didn't provoke her. (To be continued......)