Fate, that is, there are some things that you can't hide from no matter how you dodge, and fate will always lead you to the road you don't want to embark on.

At this time, Gao Meng, standing by the river between the village and the mountains and forests, would inevitably have such feelings in his heart.

"It's been more than four years. It was here that I was carried away by the flood, and now I am back here. My mother always said that when a man is alive, there is always a meaning for his existence, and now that I am back here, what is the meaning of my existence? I guess I found my brother and father. ”

Gao Meng looked at the shallow river in the river at this time, and thought in his heart.

The river, which had taken itself so mercilessly, did not take his own life, but it took his mother's life. At this time, he didn't know whether to repay the river with a river mentality, whether it was gratitude or resentment?

"What do you think? Do we want to cross the river? ”

Cai'er was very honest all day yesterday, and she stayed in the yard with Gao Meng all the time, and it was rare that she didn't feel bored after watching it for a day. At noon, he was very active in helping Gao Meng cook, but when he saw Gao Meng's level of cutting vegetables, he chose to stay and watch obediently, not knowing what he was thinking.

Before leaving in the evening, Gao Meng finally told him the next day's arrangements under her constant questioning. After hearing this, Cai'er spread the news to the village like a little sparrow. As a direct result, there are now more than 20 children of all sizes behind Gao Meng.

Gao Meng still got up very early today, and his arrangement this morning was. Let's go up the mountain first and collect some wood. There is no shortage of iron tools, and many farm tools are made of strong wood. He was able to purify as much iron as possible. However, there is no guarantee that the wood will be hard enough. Anyway, he couldn't knock in the morning, so he wanted to put an end to the wood problem first.

The wood used to make agricultural tools is generally taken from a type of tree called "Wanghachi Bone". The tree, as its name suggests, is as hard as the eight shells of the king. Trees are very dense and decay slowly. In this way, the iron tool can be used for a long time without having to be replaced.

But he forgot something. Cai'er was the child king of the village before. Last night she raised her arms, and all the children about the same age were excited to join in this fun-sounding action. These kids really woke up earlier than the chickens this morning. When Gao Meng packed up and went out, he saw this group of people as soon as he opened the door.

"Of course, but how does the river go to the other side of the river?"

Gao Meng's words were finished. They all rushed down the embankment and quickly followed the small bridge to the other side of the river.

For the next task, there is no need for Gao Meng to say anything, these children have grown up here. Naturally, I am very familiar with the environment in the mountains. After crossing the river, they went into the woods in groups of three and five to complete the task given to them by Cai'er.

"I didn't expect you to be very good at talking among them."

Gao Meng looked at Cai'er beside him and said seriously. Once upon a time in the village, he didn't seem to have much interest in children other than his younger brother, although they often played together, but he never thought about leading anyone or anything like that, as long as no one provoked Gao Cong, he was a very good talker. But. Maybe it's because I've been away for too long, and my body has grown too fast. The children here don't seem to know themselves anymore. On the contrary, Cai'er, who was soft and weak at the beginning, didn't know when, actually became the leader of this small group.

"That's right, you don't look at who I am. If you want me to say, you don't need to come at all. They can complete this task very satisfactorily, we often play in the mountains, where there are "eight bones" they know very well. In a little while everyone will be pretty much up and you can go back and do what you have to do. ”

"Forget it, since it's out, let's go together."

As he spoke, Gao Meng led the way in front. Although he hasn't been back for some years, he is also very familiar with this mountain forest. His father was the only blacksmith in the village, so he knew best where to find the best materials.

"Just find a few logs, you don't need to run this far, do you?"

The two of them had been walking for a while, but they hadn't arrived yet. Cai'er complained tiredly. It's not that she's tired of walking, but Gao Meng is too silent along the way, if it weren't for Cai'er constantly saying this and that along the way, it would be impossible to see that these two people were fellow travelers.

But it's always easy to get tired when singing a one-man show, and now Cai'er feels very tired psychologically.

"It's coming soon, and it's in front of you, you know, the more the tree grows in the depths of the forest, the longer it grows, and the longer the thought, the more compact its texture becomes, and the more suitable it is for making tools."

When he spoke, Gao Meng still didn't mean to stop and rest, Cai'er complained a few words in a low voice, and reluctantly followed. Now that she's gone so far, there's no way she'll ever go back.

"Huh! How can there be a forest of "eight bones of kings" here? Well, it looks like I've been thinking about it for a long time. There are also tree stumps here, which must have been cut down for a long time. ”

Due to their own characteristics, the "Eight Bones of the King" are not very stout, and their growth years cannot be judged from their thickness, but only by their stumps.

When she finally arrived at her destination, Cai'er's previous fatigue disappeared completely, and she began to look back and forth on the stump on the ground.

"My father brought me to harvest these trees when I was young."

As he spoke, Gao Meng began to take out the tools from his back, began to pick them up, and then began his own work.

"Wang Ba Bone" is not very useful in other aspects, and if it is used to burn firewood, it is difficult to ignite. In other ways, it's too 'slim' and takes a lot more time to harvest. So usually, very few people care about them. Except for the handles used to make farm tools, few people would go out of their way to find them in the woods.

But in the blacksmith's opinion. This kind of tree is very valuable. This is why Gao Meng knew about the existence of this forest.

Cai'er was obviously not good at this work, and after just two attempts, she gave up and began to browse the scenery. Gao Meng naturally didn't have the slightest opinion, and he didn't think about asking others to help at all, because this was supposed to be a task to be completed by himself, because it was a thank you gift to the villagers.

"Gao Meng, it's almost, right? Can you get these back alone? I can't get it back once. I'm not going to accompany you a second time. ”

Cai'er said this obviously, she had no intention of doing coolie labor at all. And, now these woods. In her opinion, it is indeed a bit much, and it is indeed difficult for a person to get it back at one time.

"It doesn't matter. I can do it alone. I'll sort it out. We can go back. ”

It's almost noon, and it's time to go back. Gao Meng began to gather all the wood, found some rattan, and tied them all up.

"Can you do it?"

After collecting it, Cai'er strengthened her previous judgment, there is no way for these people to take it away at one time, and two people may not be able to close the trapped wood together, and these woods are still more than one person long. This kind of wood is inherently heavy. This weight may not be able to withstand even an adult strong man.

Gao Meng didn't explain anything. Directly stood once, bent down, grabbed the two pieces of wood in the middle of the front, grasped the ground with both feet, and with a force of his waist, he directly carried the bundle of scary-looking wood to his back, and then walked leisurely in the front, in the direction when he came and went.

"You ......"

Cai'er looked at this scene in surprise, and it took a while to come back to her senses. This bundle of wood is not to mention a relatively weak person like his father, even if the woodcutter comes, he will probably frown. But the boy carried it so easily, and, as you could tell from his steps, he didn't seem to take it seriously at all.

"Hey! Wait for me. You're still not human! Even if you're a blacksmith, this power is a bit amazing, isn't it?! ”

Cai'er quickly ran to Gao Meng's side and asked with interest. Gao Meng has always been evasive about her intrusion before, she also thought that this guy was just a stupid big man, after watching this scene today, Cai'er really understood, this guy didn't want to see her in general at all.

Women, even girls, are extremely delicate in their minds, otherwise, it would be impossible for her little girl to make those bastards obediently recognize themselves as bosses. So she knew very well that Gao Meng was obviously letting herself go before. And the thinking of women, especially the thinking of 'strong women', is to be let by others, which makes her a little unhappy.

"It's nothing, I've been 'doing coolies' all these years, I'm used to it. Don't get so close to me, in case it won't be good to run into you, you better lead the way in front, so we can go faster." ”

Gao Meng is still the same harmless smiling face.

However, this seems to be a light and breezy sentence, but it has set off a monstrous distance in Cai'er's heart.

How much she had to suffer before to have such great strength, of course, she didn't know, some people are born like this. Therefore, she naturally thinks that Gao Meng must have suffered a lot outside before. This couldn't help but remind her of Gao Meng's miserable appearance when she first met him.

Knowing this, she felt that she had really done too much before.

Indeed, as Gao Meng said, the speed of the two of them walking back is much faster, Cai'er seems to have something on her mind, she didn't say a few words along the way, in order to make Gao Meng suffer less, she walked very fast, but even so, Gao Meng still kept a very stable distance from her.

"Oh no! Cai'er! Where are you?! Something big is going on in the village! Cai'er! Where are you?! ”

The two of them were walking in silence, but the shouts of others were faintly ringing in their ears. In the woods, the direction of sound travel was very unstable, and they did not know where it came from. However, despite the increasing voices, they finally understood what was being said and began to respond loudly.

The two sides echoed each other from afar, and soon converged. It was one of the children who came before her. This child is much younger than Cai'er, and he is extremely thin, and others call him 'Little Monkey'.

"Little monkey! What did you just say? What's going on in the village? Didn't you say you were here to help? How did you sneak back to the village? ”

Cai'er looked at the little monkey's sweaty appearance and asked as if she was pretending to be angry.

"Sister Cai'er! Something is wrong! ”

Unexpectedly, after listening to Cai'er's words, the little monkey actually said 'wow' and cried. Tears began to slide down with sweat on her face, and this cry suddenly stunned Cai'er from crying.

"Bang!"

Cai'er was startled when she heard a muffled noise behind her. Quickly looked back, it turned out that Gao Meng had already thrown the wood on his back to the ground.

"Don't cry yet, speak quickly. What's going on! ”

Gao Meng didn't look at Cai'er's reaction, but walked quickly in front of the little monkey, put his hands on the little monkey's shoulders, and held them slightly.

This subconscious action. Gao Meng didn't feel anything. But the little monkey seemed to feel a strong sense of security and dependence, and actually stopped crying and began to tell the truth of the matter intermittently.

It turned out that as Cai'er said, the little monkey ran back secretly, but not to be lazy, but to go back and get some fruit or something for his companions to eat. After all, they are all children from the growth period, and the body's need for energy is relatively large. Always hungry easily. And I still do physical work today, so I naturally need to replenish it in time.

But. When he sneaked home, packed his clothes, and went to the orchard to start picking, bad luck struck.

The tug-of-war between the Immortal Realm and the Netherworld has lasted for an unknown amount of time. There was never a winner. Both sides are constantly consuming their own manpower and material resources. However, no one is willing to compromise. Although each has its own damage, this loss is relatively stable.

But recently, for some unknown reason, the backlash of the Netherworld has begun to become more frequent, and it has become violent. The pressure at the barrier is getting bigger and bigger, and the wear and tear is getting bigger and bigger.

If there is a loss, it must be filled. The biggest loss here is people, and naturally more people need to fill it.

Obviously, the people who are attrition in the war are the so-called inferior people. Therefore, the village has attracted scourge.

Before the little monkey could start to move, chickens and dogs began to jump in the village, and a large number of officers and soldiers rushed into the village unreasonably, completely breaking the tranquility in the morning light. Many villagers who had not yet gotten up had their doors unreasonably rushed open, and everyone was quickly pulled to the market in the middle of the village.

This scene happened once, although the little monkey was still very young at that time, but the impression was extremely profound, he immediately understood the seriousness of the problem, and then ran back desperately. He immediately thought of Cai'er, hoping that Cai'er, the eldest sister on weekdays, could come up with a way to solve the current crisis.

He didn't think about it, Cai'er was just a child a little older than him, and what could she do. This is just an inexplicable sense of dependence that arises on weekdays.

After listening to the little monkey's narration, Gao Meng withdrew his hands, his eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the distance of the woods, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, Cai'er is not the same as before, she also understands the seriousness of the situation, at this time, she is like an ant on a hot pot, she begins to pace back and forth, and she doesn't know what to say.

On weekdays, if she takes these bastards to make trouble for the people in the village, she will definitely have a lot of ideas, but now she is facing cold-blooded and ruthless officers and soldiers, and these people will not tolerate themselves like the villagers.

The fear of officers and soldiers has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and she has no idea in her heart at this time.

"Gather everyone quickly, if they rush back to the village without knowing it, something will definitely happen!"

After a while, Gao Meng retracted his gaze, looked at the little monkey with blazing eyes and said.

The little monkey's mind was blank at this time, and he wished that someone could let him do something. The more you have nothing to do, the more bottomless your heart is. After hearing Gao Meng's words, the little monkey didn't have the slightest hint at all, and immediately followed Gao Meng's instructions and rushed out in other directions of the forest.

The little monkey did not disgrace his nickname at all, and he shuttled through the woods, as dexterous as a little monkey, and after running a distance, he began to shout, and after shouting, he stopped and listened for a moment, and then continued to move.

"Now, what are we going to do? I've heard my dad say that your dad was ...... If this time it is really to arrest people, then the people in the village don't know how many people will suffer, my father...... Will my dad ......?"

Seeing Gao Meng calmly commanding the little monkey, Cai'er couldn't think of any good way by herself, so she turned to Gao Meng for help. It's just that she hesitated, she said the wrong thing as soon as she opened her mouth, and when she saw Gao Meng's brows, she quickly changed her tone, but as she spoke, she talked about her father, and her eyes suddenly moistened. Tears seemed to come out of the spring, blurring her vision for a moment, and she bit her lip so that the tears did not slip down, but they kept rolling in her eyes.

"Don't be afraid, they have standards for arresting people, and every time they arrest people, there are regulations. And it's based on physical fitness, your father is a weak doctor, so he shouldn't be fine. Don't worry, we'll see what happens when they're all over. (To be continued......)

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