It's been ten days since the last time the bell came, and so many things have happened to Motoo in those ten days, and he is in a very eager mood to share it all with the bell. One by one, he counted his fingers to the fact that the bell would come to see him on this day, and Motoo came to the intersection of the mountain early to wait, he stood for a while, and then transformed into a mountain tiger, trying his best to restrain his heart-scratching restlessness.

From early morning to noon, until the sun in the sky has the smell of the westward slope, the figure of the bell appears in the distance on the mountain road. She came late this time because something happened at home that involved her.

According to the custom of Huangshi Village, girls are scheduled to marry at the age of fourteen or fifteen. Now the bell is just eleven years old, and it is said that there is still a certain distance from the wedding, but on the morning of this day, a matchmaker stepped into the door of her house early.

To the south of Huangshi Village, more than ten miles away, there is a soaphorn village. Compared with Huangshi Village, Baojiao Village is significantly richer and more populous. There is a wealthy family surnamed Zhao in the village, whose family background is not very prominent, but there are more than ten acres of fertile land and seven or eight long-term laborers are employed. It is said that the head of the Zhao family should live a good life, but there is a shadow in his heart that is difficult to remove, that is, the youngest son has been weak since birth, barely reaching the age of thirteen or fourteen, but it seems that he has reached the end of being unable to continue.

Seeing that his son was in such a situation, the head of the Zhao family naturally thought of a way, that is, to marry his relatives and find a daughter-in-law for his son in the spirit of treating a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

Although the Zhao family has some money, everyone knows that this daughter-in-law is the life of a widow, and who can push their children into the fire pit if they have a little way to live. Besides, although the little son of the Zhao family is bleak, his vision is very high, and ordinary girls really can't look down on it. The head of the Zhao family had no choice but to recruit matchmakers and cast a lot of nets in anticipation of satisfying his son.

There happened to be a woman married from Huangshi Village in Saojiao Village, she couldn't stand the temptation of the Zhao family's high salary, and her mind fell on the bell. Although the bell can't speak, but the appearance is outstanding, as long as the bell's parents agree, it is estimated that this family business will not be far from ten.

After a moment's hesitation, Bell's parents, that is, Motoo's uncle and aunt, agreed to the family business. After all, their own family is too poor, and Bell and his two brothers are in need of money to marry a wife and have children, and they think it is worth it to exchange the happiness of one person for the happiness of two people.

Bell is a smart man who guesses his future from the matchmaker's fanciful description. After being sad alone for a long time, she still quietly took away a few nest heads and went to the depths of Liangji Mountain to find the only brother who was compatible with her, Yuanwei.

Motoo didn't know the pain of the bell, and he greeted him excitedly.

"Bell, bell, do you know what happened to me in the last few days?"

Looking at Motoo's innocent smiling face, Bell's mood suddenly brightened, her big eyes smiled like a crescent, and she gestured with her hands to encourage her cousin to continue.

"I'm going to do tricks! I'm going to be a mountain tiger!"

Bell smiled and shook his head to show disbelief, on weekdays, in order to make her happy, Motoo also used to lie on the ground and pretend to be a puppy and kitten crawling around, Bell thought this was what he called a trick.

"I'll change, I'll change, then I'll change now, don't be afraid!"

Bell smiled and shook her head.

"Don't be afraid! I've changed! I've changed!"

As he spoke, Motowei pounced forward slowly, as if to let the bell see his transformation process clearly.

Although Motoo had done a good job of foreshadowing and explaining, Bell was still startled by the sudden appearance of the mountain tiger, she covered her mouth with one hand, and almost fell into the bushes.

The mountain tiger got up and turned back into the tail: "The bell is me." ”

Showing off the transformation several times again until the bell fully accepted the fact of this transformation.

Yellowstone Village is a small place, and Bell has never seen such a trick. In her cognition, even if a mountain beast is a mountain beast, a person is a human, and the ability to change between these two forms is indeed earth-shattering, probably only a legendary immortal can do it.

"Are you an immortal?" she asked, gesticulating.

"No, this is the important event that has happened to me in the past ten days, I have wanted to tell you a long time ago, let's go back to the wooden house first, let's talk as we walk. Yuan Wei was very excited, he held back for a long time, and he had long wanted to open a conversation with the bell.

"Will you transform again?" the bell gestured.

"Yes, yes. "Motowei has become a mountain tiger again.

After making sure that the ferocious beast was still his cousin, the bell became much more lively, and forgot the troubles in his heart for a while. She kept circling around the tiger, pinching the tiger's nose for a while, touching the shiny patterned fur for a while, and naughtily grabbing the long tail.

Motowei was kneaded and itchy and crispy, and I felt happiness that I had never felt before.

"Bell, come on my back, and I'll carry you away. ”

The children of Huangshi Village have been dealing with domestic animals since childhood, and Bell has an old donkey at home, and he also rode on the old donkey naughtily when he was a child. But she hadn't tried the taste of riding a tiger yet, and she jumped with joy and sat sideways on the broad back of the mountain tiger.

With the warmth of his sister coming from his back, Motoo carefully controlled his body balance. After more than ten days of trying, he has become familiar with the technique of running on four legs, and the bell at this time does not even feel the shaking when riding a donkey.

Yuan Wei ran faster and faster, he took the bell to inspect the mountains and forests around the cabin for dozens of miles, and introduced his sister to those mountain beast friends, and they even met the snake girl, the snake girl had tenderness in her eyes, which made the worried bell feel a lot more relieved.

At last they came to the wooden house, and Motoo described everything he had experienced in the past ten days, talking about broken clouds, about his confusion, and about his happiness.

Until the sun set, the bell reluctantly stood up and said goodbye to Motoo.

At Motoo's insistence, he once again turned into a mountain tiger and walked down the mountain with a bell. Along the way, Motoo felt abnormal, and the more he walked back, the lower the bell's mood became, as if he was full of reluctance.

The sunset, rendering the figures of a man and a tiger into gold, walking slowly in the jungle of the mountains.

At the end of the jungle, the bell jumped off the tiger's back.

"Brother, I can't come in the future. The bell gestured.

"Uncle and aunt know you're coming to me, so they won't let you come?" Motoo was very frustrated.

"No, it's because I... I'm getting married.... ”

"Marry, marry, marry?" Motoo's stunned mind was in chaos.

"It's said that it's a person who is about to die in Saojiao Village, and my father and mother decided it. The bell hung her head, and a tear spider slid down.

"No, you're only eleven years old. I disagree. ”

Bell's expression was even darker, and she understood that neither Motoo could change her fate if she agreed or disagreed. She waved her hand and wanted to leave.

"Bell, I—I'll go and talk to my uncle and aunt. Yuanwei, who had changed into his original appearance, was enthusiastic, he forgot his identity as being kicked out of the house, firmly pulled the bell, and limped back to Huangshi Village.

When twilight came, it was already dinner time, and there were few people on the streets of Huangshi Village. Gently pushing open the old wooden door of the bell house, Yuanwei Nuonuo, who had calmed down a lot, shouted: "Uncle!"

The bell family has actually fallen out for a long time, and after her marriage was decided, the girl who originally existed with little significance has become the cash cow of the family, and the happy life in the eyes of the two brothers is within reach. But at this critical moment, she disappeared. In the past, no one might have paid attention to the departure of the bell, but now, after only being away from home for less than half a day, it has made the family anxious.

"Bell, where have you been all afternoon? Hey, who is this child? Why are you holding Bell's hand?" Bell's mother, a woman with a vegetable-faced face, rushed up and pulled Bell into her arms;

"Auntie..."

"Isn't this a cripple? Are you still alive? Do you live in the mountains? I said how come the villagers saw the bell enter the mountain, and it turned out that they were looking for you! Get out of here!" Bell's brother pushed Motoo out of the door, and Motoo's thin body fell to the ground like a dead leaf under the push of the strong farmer.

"It's really a dead cripple, it's not good for the bell to find anyone, just go to him to play. Not to be outdone, the other elder brother also vented his anger on Motoo.

Under the fists and feet of the two elder brothers, Motowei only curled up tightly, and every piece of skin on his body had a tearing pain, he wanted to shout, but he couldn't. The mouth, ears, eyes, and nostrils were full of sticky blood coming out. The muddy floor was splattered with scattered blood in a matter of moments.

The uproar of the Yuan family has attracted the attention of the village, and the neighbors have come out to see that the lively people have been in a circle around them, and they are talking a lot, most of them are surprised by the arrival of Yuan Wei.

"Alright, alright. Don't kill anyone. Just get him out of the village. The bell's father frowned and commanded the two sons.

Motoo almost fell into a coma, he was like a chicken, he was carried by his cousin and thrown to the entrance of the village, and the strong farmer did not even forget to kick it hard before leaving, and then spit on Motoo's body.

After a long night, Motoo's stiff body twitched a little, and gradually came to life.

At the entrance of the village lived a family of the Yuan family, and the old man was a cousin of Yuanwei's grandfather, and he used to be kind to Yuanwei. For Yuanwei being thrown to the entrance of the village, he has been lying on the crack in the door for a long time. But I was worried that Motowei was dead at this time, so he didn't dare to come out to help. It wasn't until he saw Yuanwei wake up that he hurriedly greeted the old woman and helped the hard-working child into the house.

"Little Tail, is that you?" asked the old man, trembling.

"Third grandfather, it's me. Motoo tried to make a smile, but the bloodstained face looked hideous under the dim oil lamp.

"Why are you so ruthless? Why did you run back, I don't know if your uncle doesn't like you?" the old woman complained, but still brought him clean water and cleaned the blood stains on his face.

"Thank you, three grandfathers and three grandmothers. The bell said that she was going to get married, and I didn't seem to like her very much. That's why I came to talk to my uncle. ”

"How can she like such a marriage, the child is just dumb, and not stupid. "The old woman chattered.

"Third grandmother, what the hell is going on?" I asked the bell, but she just cried. ”

The two old men recounted the whole thing word by word, mixed with sighs about the fate of the bell.

"I know it's a fire pit, how can I still let the bell jump? No, I have to talk to my uncle. Motoo struggled to his feet.

"You kid don't want to live anymore, if you go again, your brother can really kill you!" the old lady slapped Yuan Wei on the head.

"What's the use of you going? You're just a little lame, and you can snatch the bell away? Besides, I wondered, maybe the bell will have a great life, and her husband will get better after she marries, and it will be a good thing for her in that case." The old man smoked his dry tobacco pouch and sighed deeply after speaking.

After cleaning Yuanwei's wounds, the two old men carried two more nests in his arms, and then took advantage of the night to send him out of the village. They didn't dare to stay at home for the night, and if they were discovered by Bell's brother, it was estimated that there would be more friction out of thin air.