He Heimian and Sister-in-law Lu each took a dead wolf, Leng Yi took one, took Zhuo Qiaoniang, and followed them forward.

Zhuo Qiaoniang has recovered from her fright. In the soft snow, he followed Leng Yigao and walked forward with one foot and one foot lower, and under the cover of the sound of wind and snow, he whispered to Leng Yi: "Are they really hunters?" Could it be a bad guy? ”

"Whether it's or not, with such a big snowstorm, we can only go with them, and act when the time comes."

The two men seemed to be very familiar with the area, and led them over a hill, turned a few corners, and then stopped, saying, "Alright, here we are." That's it. ”

Where they were, at the mouth of a black cave, there was only flying snow in all directions. Leng Yi's eyes were sharp, and he immediately saw that there seemed to be a figure in the cave, and said, "Are there any of you still here?" ”

"Yes, a man and a woman, with a child, escaped from the wilderness and wanted to live in this area and cultivate the land. Because I didn't find a suitable place for a while, I met us and stayed here temporarily. ”

Sure enough, a five- or six-year-old child at the entrance of the cave came out to take a look, with a scarf around his face. Seeing a few of them, he grinned, and turned back to the people in the cave: "Mother! Uncle Liu! Uncle He, they brought two more people! ”

He Hei turned sideways to Leng Yi and said, "Two of you, please!" ”

Leng Yi took Zhuo Qiaoniang's hand and led the way in, seeing that the cave was quite large, with a bonfire in the middle. Inside, a petite young woman was doing a handicraft on a bonfire, her face covered with a black scarf, leaving only one pair of eyes exposed. Seeing them come in, he hurriedly put down the work in his hand, stood up, and smiled a little shyly, but the smile was wrapped in a thick scarf and could not be seen.

A middle-aged man with a thin build, hunched over and squinting at them. He also wears a turban around his face.

He Heimian introduced the middle-aged man: "His surname is Liu, just call him Old Liu." He also introduced the young woman and said, "Her name is Xue, Xingsi, and her name is Xue Siniang." Then he introduced Leng Yi and his wife.

Old Liu Tou hurriedly beckoned the two to sit down.

He Hei looked around and said strangely: "What about the second child?" ”

Old Liu Tou said: "He went out to pick up firewood." Say that it is snowing, you have to quickly pick up some firewood, otherwise you will be soaked in snow water, and it will not be easy to burn. ”

Leng Yi said: "Who is this second child?" ”

"It's my younger brother, because people look like a cow, they all call him He Erniu."

Old Liu Tou looked at the three dead wolves on the ground and exclaimed: "He Heimi, your husband and wife's hunting skills are really amazing." Beat three wolves at once. ”

He said with a black face: "Two of them were fought by this Leng brother, and besides, people don't use bows and arrows, they use flying knives to directly pierce the top of the wolf's head!" Which of you has such skills? ”

Old Liu Tou immediately cast an awe-inspiring gaze at Leng Yi: "Brother Leng is a martial arts expert? ”

Leng Yi snorted, diverted the topic, and said, "I heard, the three of you are going to live here?" ”

"yes!" Old Liu Tou sighed and said, "There's no way, my hometown can't survive anymore, so I fled here and prepared to open up the wasteland here." ”

Leng Yi looked at it and said, "I've only heard of people fleeing to a rich place like Jiangnan, but I haven't heard of running to a poor place like our Yin Tomb. The three of you didn't get it in the wrong direction, did you? ”

Old Liu Tou smiled and said, "If you want to escape the famine and ask for food, indeed, it is best to go to those places." But we don't want food, we want to make ends meet, right? Xue Siniang. ”

Xue Siniang smiled and said, "Yes! There was a big flood in my hometown, and the land was flooded, so I couldn't do anything, so I came out to escape the famine. ”

Leng Yi said again: "That's not right! If there is no food, shouldn't we find a way to find food? ”

"This ......"

"If the field is washed away, as long as the field is still there, it can be cultivated in the spring!"

"It's just that the fields have been washed away!" Xue Siniang said with a bitter face.

"That's understandable." Leng Yi nodded.

Xue Siniang breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, Leng Yi said again: "However, if you rely on clearing the wasteland and farming, it is only early spring, and it will take at least half a year to have a harvest!" Moreover, the fertility of the land is not enough, and I am afraid that there will be no good harvest in the first two years, so it is better to restore the washed away farmland at home, isn't it more convenient than clearing the wasteland for farming? ”

Xue Siniang didn't expect Leng Yi to ask repeatedly. I don't know how to answer it.

He Hei's face rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Leng, they are willing to open up the wasteland!" You don't need to ask too much about these things, do you? It seems that the county magistrate is asking about the case. ”

Leng Yi and Zhuo Qiaoniang glanced at each other and laughed together. Leng Yi said: "That's right, when you meet strangers, there is no need to find out so clearly." He is not a prisoner tried by the government. ”

He Hei said with a black face: "It seems that this heavy snow will not stop for a while and a half, we have to be ready to eat and drink to be a good cat winter." Now we have beaten three wolves, enough for us to eat for a while. Break one first, barbecue and eat, how do you think? ”

Everyone agreed.

Zhuo Qiaoniang and Xue Siniang hurriedly went over to help.

He Hei grinned and took the knife, and began to peel the skin and cut the meat, looking at Xue Siniang from time to time while he was busy, his eyes especially fell on her small waist and buttocks. Some are unscrupulous.

Leng Yi coughed lightly, and He Heimian took his gaze back. Leng Yi saw that the old Liu Tou next to him was simply blind to the pig brother with He Hei's face, and he didn't feel a little curious, but after thinking about it, he immediately understood, and said to the old Liu Tou: "You guys, aren't you a family?" ”

Old Liu Tou hurriedly said: "No! No! We weren't familiar with each other, but we met on the way out of the wilderness. ”

"Oh!" Leng Yi looked at the child again and said, "What about him?" Is it your child or Xue Siniang's? ”

The boy rushed and said, "Of course I am my mother's son!" The child was behind Xue Siniang, leaning back against her, sucking his fingers.

"And what's your name?"

"Pig tail!"

Leng Yi couldn't help but laugh and said, "This name is beautiful!" ”

The child naturally didn't know the quality of the name, and said with a smile: "My father named it for me, because my father's surname is Zhu, and I always like to follow my father's buttocks, like a small tail, my father said, then it's called a pig's tail." ”

"I see, what about your father?"

The child's mouth deflated, and he cried: "Dead!" ”

"Ahh I'm sorry. Leng Yi said apologetically.

Xue Siniang turned around and said to the child, "You go to the entrance of the cave to build a snowman to play!" Don't mess around here! ”

"I didn't make trouble, but my uncle asked me, and of course I had to answer. Then I'm going to build a snowman! With that, he ran out.

"Right at the door, don't run far!"

"Hey!"

He Hei looked at Xue Siniang with a black face and said, "It turns out that the child's father is dead?" What the hell? ”

Xue Siniang did not speak. Still bowing his head to clean the entrails of the wild wolf.

He Hei leaned his head over and said in a low voice, "You are really pitiful." Orphans and widows, follow that old man, to open up wasteland and farm land in this uninhabited place, even if you are not afraid of jackals, tigers and leopards, you are not afraid that the old guy will have evil intentions towards you? ”

Xue Siniang shook her head and said, "No!" ”

"How not? Knowing people, knowing faces, not knowing hearts! The heart is separated from the belly! Girl, don't give up! It's not okay to trust people too easily! ”

Xue Siniang didn't speak.

He Hei looked at her face, and suddenly raised his hand over, Xue Siniang was startled, quickly got out of the way, and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Don't do anything!" He said with a hippie smile on his face: "What are you doing with a scarf?" It's very warm in this cave, and for the past few days, you've been around, and you haven't even seen your face, or take it off and we'll take a look? As he spoke, he stretched out his hand again.

"Don't!" Xue Siniang exclaimed, "You have to be strong, when your brother comes back, I have to tell him!" ”

He Heimian immediately retracted his hand and said, "Then why bother? I didn't do anything to you, I just said it's hot here, you don't need to wear such a thick scarf. Why bother to turn your face! ”

"I'm used to wearing it!"

"Good!" He Hei stepped aside, stupid, and glanced at Leng Yi. Seeing that Leng Yi also looked at him coldly, he knew that if he really wanted to take down the young woman's scarf by force, even if his brother didn't care, this mysterious flying knife man would not stand idly by.

At this time, I heard the voice of the tail at the door: "Uncle Erniu is back!" Uncle Erniu! ”

"Why? Are you here? A man's voice said.

"Build a snowman! I can't build it well, Uncle Erniu, you can help me build a snowman, okay? ”

"Okay! When Uncle puts down the firewood, I'll accompany you! ”

"Good! I'll help you carry it! So saying, the little one came in front and helped carry a bundle of firewood in. Of course, the tall man behind him was just letting the child pretend, and the firewood was under his armpit, lifting the weight like light.

The man threw the firewood beside the bonfire, looked at Xue Siniang and said, "What are you busy with?" ”

Xue Siniang had some shame on her face, and said, "Big brother, they beat three wolves, let's help prepare a barbecue to eat!" The man seemed to see Zhuo Qiaoniang and Leng Yi, glanced at He Hei's face, and said, "Big brother, ...... are they?" ”

"The medicine pickers, the cold brothers and their husbands, are hiding from the wind and snow in the cave. By the way, this Leng brother is very good at martial arts, and one person shot two wild wolves with a flying knife! - Brother Leng, this is my younger brother He Erniu. ”

The two bowed their hands.

He Erniu took out a piece of firewood the thickness of a child's arm, broke it into two sections without much force, and threw it into the bonfire.

Sister-in-law Lu walked over, squatted down beside him, and gently patted the snowflakes on his shoulders. He Erniu dodged away and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law, no need." ”

"Why don't you use it, you are a big man, you are in your twenties, you haven't started a family yet, your sister-in-law doesn't take care of you, who will take care of you?"

As he spoke, he pulled He Erniu and helped him pat the snowflakes on his body. He Erniu stood up with a snort, walked to Xue Siniang's side, and said, "I'll help you clean up!" ”

Sister-in-law Lu raised her hand in the air, looking a little embarrassed, she smiled, stood up, and followed, but no longer touched him.

(To be continued)