Chapter 163: Preemptive Strike
Duran didn't dare to hesitate, pulled up his bow and arrow and shot at the tiger's head again, and Du Mi on the tree was already frightened and cried.
Xu Hening came back to his senses this time, hurriedly dodged to the side of the tree, the tiger lay on the trunk with a bang, saw that he pounced, and jumped up again, Xu Hening felt that his heart was about to stop, and his fierce eyes saw the direction of Xu Hening, and it was another swoop.
"Brother Xu, hide!" Duran shouted, and immediately tightened his bow and arrow, and shot another fierce shot at the tiger's head.
The tiger was facing Duran, at this angle, Duran shot the tiger in the right eye without fail, the tiger was injured and a tiger roared violently, deafening, and his whole body fell to the ground with a thud, and he spun around on the ground before standing up.
This time, the tiger launched a fierce attack, and took off in the air at Xu Hening, Duran did not dare to hesitate, and when the tiger opened its mouth pouring blood, he swooped and shot at its mouth.
Whoosh! Several silver needles passed through the tiger's throat, and the next moment the tiger pounced on Xu Hening and remained motionless.
Du Mi and Du Liang were so frightened that their souls were gone, but the tiger fell to the ground and never got up, so Du Lan breathed a sigh of relief and slid down from the big tree to quickly check on Xu Hening's situation.
Seeing Xu Hening come out from under the tiger's belly, Du Lan let out a long breath.
Call...... Scared her to death, but fortunately her archery skills were acceptable, otherwise it would be ...... now
For a while, the surroundings seemed a little quiet, and Du Mi saw Xu Hening standing up unharmed, and cheered happily on the tree: "Great, Brother Xu is fine, great!" ”
Du Liang also shouted excitedly in the tree: "Sister is so amazing, even a tiger can be killed!" ”
In addition to the excitement, I hurriedly slid down the tree.
Du Mi was trapped under the branch and couldn't come, so she hurriedly said to Du Liang: "Hey, why don't you get me down, you go down first, it's too immoral, right?" ”
Hearing this, Du Lan smiled helplessly at the tree, rubbed against the tree with agility, grabbed Du Mi's hand, and tied her whole person down from the tree, Du Liang answered under the tree, reached out to hold her legs, and let her stand on the ground steadily.
Xu Hening leaned against the trunk of the tree, panting in shock.
Du Liang stepped forward to support him: "Hey, are you okay?" ”
Xu Hening shook his head, slowly left the tree trunk, looked at Du Lan who was sliding down the tree trunk, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Du Lan is so powerful, fortunately she killed the tiger, otherwise I would have become the tiger's belly." ”
Duran jumped down from the trunk of the tree and stood still, patted the dust on his hands, and said disapprerovitically: "It's your great fortune, don't praise me so much, my shooting skills are not so good, look, the silver needles are all used up!" ”
Saying that, Duran really asked a few of them to look at the needle box, and sure enough, not a single needle was gone.
Xu Hening was afraid to open his eyes wide, if the last few needles were not enough to get rid of the tiger, then he ...... The consequences are unimaginable.
"Okay, let's hurry up and pick some fragrant fruits and leave early, there are tigers in this barren mountains and forests, maybe there are other beasts in the evening, and I won't be able to save everyone by then."
"And the beasts?" Xu Hening looked around in a panic, what would they do if there were any more poisonous snakes and beasts.
"Liangzi, come up the tree with me, Du Mi, Brother Xu stays here." As he spoke, Duran climbed up the trunk of the tree with his hands and feet.
Du Mi looked at the behemoth beside her who had lost her breath, her face turned pale with fright, for fear that the tiger would not die completely, and then jump up and eat them.
Xu Hening also looked suspicious, looking around vigilantly.
Du Liang patted Xu Hening on the shoulder and comforted: "It's okay, there are often people on this mountain who chop firewood and collect medicine, if there were so many fierce beasts, the villagers under the mountain would have known about it a long time ago." Something must have happened to this tiger, and it was only when we heard us shouting and yelling that it appeared around here. ”
Xu Hening nodded, glanced at Du Mi, and began to wait for Du Liang and Du Lan from a distance away from the tiger corpse.
About half an hour, Duran, Duliang slid down the trunk.
Du Mi urged in horror: "The fragrant fruit is picked, let's hurry down the mountain." ”
"Okay." Duran glanced at the dead tiger with pity, but pity the fur.
Back at home, Zhao had already cooked all the soybeans at home, dried them on the grate in the yard, and put the prepared lunch on the dining table.
She glanced at Xu Hening, only to see that his face was pale and panting, as if he was tired, and said politely: "Master Xu is tired, hurry up and go into the house to eat." ”
Xu Hening smiled unnaturally: "Auntie, it's not too early, the winery still has business to take care of, so I won't bother you." ”
"This ......," Zhao looked at Duran hesitantly.
"Mother, Brother Xu is a busy man, we have delayed him a lot of time, let him go back and rest early." Duran knew that he was scared a lot today, so he should go back early to get some rest.
Xu Baoqing had the strength of his eyes and noticed that the eldest son was different from the past, but he thought that his son-in-law had never suffered hardships since he was a child, and he was tired of going up the mountain this time.
"Eldest son, I'll help you." Xu Baoqing stepped forward diligently and stretched out his arm.
"No, you don't." Xu Hening glanced at him with disgust, is he so weak that he can't help it?
Xu Baoqing saw Gongzi's dissatisfaction, hurriedly withdrew his arm, and waited quietly behind Xu Hening.
Du Lan put down the basket and said to Xu Hening with a smile: "I'll make the food in a few days, and let Chen Jingting send you some tasting." You should have eaten enough today, so don't eat at all. ”
"Okay." Xu Hening responded, raising his hand to say goodbye to Duran and his family.
"Walk slowly!" Durland Road.
"Stay safe on the road!" Zhao waved his hand.
"Brother Xu, goodbye."
Du Liang and Du Mi waved at him one after another.
In the courtyard, Aunt Zhang also got up and waved her hand to Xu Hening, saying goodbye, and Aunt Lao Gen only looked back and forth between Xu Hening and Du Lan with a puzzled look, and couldn't help but have a little suspicion in her heart.
Duran personally sent Xu Hening out of the house, Xu Hening was ashamed to say something: "The matter of the restaurant is ......"
"I understand, Brother Xu doesn't need to say much, this is good, I can concentrate on making seasonings." Duran smiled with relief.
"Hmm." Xu Hening nodded lightly and stepped into the carriage.
There was a sound of horses' hooves, and the carriage gradually left the village.
Walking back to the courtyard, Duran came to Aunt Lao Gen's feet, looked at Aunt Lao Gen condescendingly, Aunt Lao Gen was weak by her, and said hesitantly: "Duran...... You look at me like this, it makes me feel so uncomfortable, hehe......"
"Aunt Laogen, I have something to say to you."
"You can just say anything, it's so formal, I get nervous." Aunt Lao Gen glanced away uncomfortably.
Duran smiled and said politely: "The peppers in the yard are almost picked, you can rest tomorrow, and my mother and sister will pick the rest by yourself." ”
"Huh?" Aunt Lao Gen's eyes widened in surprise, she looked at the pepper in the yard, and Duran was pushing her away.
Aunt Lao Gen's face drooped, and she thought unhappily, okay, when employing people, go to the front, and when you don't use people, stay behind, isn't this crossing the river and demolishing the bridge?
"Then the ...... of my sons"
"The pepper is finished, and it still needs to be grinded, and your two sons are still working with me." Duran replied happily.
In this way, Aunt Lao Gen deliberately made things difficult for Duran, and thought to herself, hmph, since you don't need me to do it, then don't use my son to do it, you can find whoever you want.
Aunt Lao Gen stood up, angrily glanced at Aunt Zhang, who was working with her head bored, and told her two sons to finish their work early and go home early to rest, and after speaking, they turned around and left.
Looking at her back as she left angrily, Duran shook his head and smiled, this kind of thing is not happy for anyone, and if she wants to blame it, she doesn't know how to cherish it.
Zhao Cong watched from the sidelines, and waited for Aunt Lao Gen to leave the house, before he walked to Du Lan's side and asked puzzledly: "Lan Lan, so decent, why did you drive people away?" ”
Duran motioned to Zhao to look at Aunt Zhang with his eyes, and when he saw it, Zhao instantly understood, no wonder, but the mother still didn't want her daughter to offend people.
Du Lan saw that her mother was preoccupied, and hurriedly changed the topic: "Mother, don't bother about work, you still tell me, what happened to grandma moving home?" ”
Aunt Zhang originally didn't like to listen to gossip, but she knew that the Zhao family had been bullied by her mother-in-law since she married Du Er, and now she heard that her mother-in-law had moved to her house, so she asked with concern: "What?" Big sister, your mother-in-law moved to your house? ”
Du Mi didn't know it before, but now she looked at it with confusion.
"Hey, my mother-in-law has been saying that she is not in good health recently, and she invited a doctor to show her, and she couldn't see anything wrong, and she prescribed a few pairs of decoctions to nourish her spirits, and she didn't get better after drinking it for a while, and I don't know what she always thought, so she had to move here, Du Er is also a filial person, so she discussed with me and moved her bedding and clothes over. I thought that she was old and inconvenient, and we could pick her up when we came here. ”
When Du Lan heard this, he felt angry, and said to Zhao Shi at the top of his voice: "Mother, how can you agree to let that old fool move in, have you forgotten how she tosses you on weekdays?" I don't believe that she can live in the past and not trouble you. ”
Zhao looked embarrassed: "Lan Lan, she is your grandmother, she is old, and it is indeed inconvenient to be alone." Besides, she's old, and I can't eat it. ”
When Du Lan heard this, he became angry, "Mother, it's not that I stop you from being filial, it's that she won't want to see you in her life." Anyway, if she dares to make it difficult for you, I will never bypass her, relying on the old and selling the old will not work in me. I still say the same thing, people respect me, I respect people. If she is disrespectful to the old, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”
"Lan Lan, don't say that in front of your father, is this a big rebellion?" Zhao enlightened her.
Duran squinted at Zhao, he really couldn't figure out how this woman was so pedantic, no wonder she had been bullied by the old guy all her life.
No, she must preemptively scare the old woman, otherwise it will be difficult to ensure that she will not make the Du Erjia uneasy.
Thinking about it, Duran raised his foot and walked out angrily.
"Lan Lan, why are you going, come back to me!" Zhao didn't have to think about it, he could guess from Du Lan's face that she was going to find the old woman again.