Chapter IV
On the back hill, Mingxiu sneezed fiercely.
She rubbed her nose: "Which villain is saying bad things about me behind my back?" β
Myeong-su wanders around the mountains, trying to find wild vegetables to eat.
She unconsciously walked into a forest, and Mingxiu remembered that this was the village's plough landβa common share of the village, and every two years a new family was responsible for planting.
But in recent years, due to soil erosion, this forest has gradually been abandoned...... There were only a few wild fruit trees left, and the villagers couldn't even call out their names.
The villagers don't know each other, but Mingxiu knows it!
These trees grew on one of the favorite fruits of later generations - apples!
Although it is not as full and round as the apples of later generations, it is enough for Mingxiu to be happy.
She jumped up and down and shuttled through the middle of the woods, and climbed the trees to pick a pocket.
It really was a surprise for today!
Mingxiu went down the mountain on the way back, and halfway through, Mingxiu also met the second aunt Niu of the Niu Tangzi family.
"Mingxiu came up to dig wild vegetables? It's really getting more and more capable," Aunt Niu greeted Mingxiu with a smile, walked a few steps to her, quietly grabbed a handful of wild celery and put it in Mingxiu's basket, and said softly: "Auntie knows that your family's situation has not been good recently, but my family's situation is ...... There's not much you can do to help, and if you take these dishes back, you'll be able to eat two meals. β
While talking, Aunt Niu quietly looked at Mingxiu's appearance, and said that this girl is not stupid, she seems to be too, she can help the family work, it seems that the Ming family husband and wife are really bitter.
Aunt Niu is one of the few people in the village who still spreads kindness to the Ming family.
Looking at the celery in the basket, Mingxiu's heart warmed slightly, she didn't mean to refuse, but she was still polite, and she also handed a few wild apples to Aunt Niu: "Auntie, this is the fruit I just picked from under the tree, it tastes sour and sweet, you can take it back, wash it and give it to the second dog brother to eat." β
"My second dog likes to eat these fruits, so thank you."
After they exchanged a few more pleasantries, Mingxiu went to pick up a handful of wild vegetables and planned to go back to prepare dinner.
"You are very bold, you dare to go up the mountain alone, you are not afraid that a fierce beast will swallow you in one bite?" Xie Zhan has been guarding the road back to the mountain, leaning on the tree as if smiling, and the smile does not reach the bottom of his eyes at all.
Thinking of the scene where she ran away quietly just now, Xie Zhan's heart was unhappy for a while.
He had never been ignored like this!
Mingxiu only felt a chill down her spine, she knew that she was at a loss, and when she saw that his face was not good, she immediately stepped forward and said with a smile: "I have the breath of your hero on my body, those fierce beasts and bad guys must be far away!" β
Hearing this, Xie Zhan snorted lightly in his nose, looking disdainful, but his facial muscles had already relaxed.
In the next moment, Xie Zhan's face became solemn, and he pulled Mingxiu to hide behind the tree: "I'm afraid that I didn't have the ability to let the bad guys hide away, but instead attracted these people." β
When Mingxiu was still stunned, Xie Zhan had already put his arm around her waist and walked to a small pit not far ahead.
"You ......"
As soon as Mingxiu spit out a syllable, Xie Zhan covered his mouth, there was no joke in his eyes, and he was extremely cautious: "If you don't want to die, don't speak." β
Entering the pit, the two of them poked their eyes out at the same time.
Mingxiu saw that there was a man in black behind the tree they had just stopped.
She turned her head and asked quietly, "This person is here to kill you?" β
Xie Zhan nodded heavily, and his hanging hands were already unconsciously clenched into fists.
He didn't expect them to chase after him so quickly.
Sensing Xie Zhan's emotions, Mingxiu stared at the entrance of the cave and patted him lightly on the back: "Don't worry, you are the eldest brother's person, and the eldest brother covers you!" β
When Mingxiu turned his head to Xie Zhan, the corners of their lips touched.
Her face was flushed, and a ** feeling instantly rushed from her lips to the center of her feet, and Mingxiu turned her head uncomfortably.
The atmosphere in the cave was inexplicably awkward.
I don't know how long it has been, Mingxiu's feet are soft, and he almost fell to the ground.
A pair of big hands held her waist, and both of them had a lot of mud on their sleeves: "Bear with me, I'll leave immediately." β
After waiting for nothing to happen above, Mingxiu hurriedly climbed up the dirt pit.
Before she could take a few breaths, she saw a figure flash behind the tree, and the dazzling cold light on the sword frightened Mingxiu's heart.
Mingxiu's pupils dilated in an instant, and he suddenly exclaimed: "Xie Zhan, be careful!" β
"Whoaβ"
Right in the middle of the hilt!
The sword that was originally going to stab at Xie Zhan was missed by Mingxiu with an apple.
It seems that her previous three years of bowling in junior high school were not practiced in vain.
"Xie Zhan, you are really going back more and more!" The man in black sneered: "Now you, don't you even have the courage to fight me?" I even have to hide behind the girl's house and rely on others to protect her! β
"You're a shrunken turtle!"
"Don't listen to his!"
Mingxiu stopped Xie Zhan, who was about to rush out, and she kept firing apples, holding all those words in his throat.
She threw an unknown number of apples in a row, and one of them deliberately hit a hornet's nest on a tree.
The hornet's nest was knocked down by Mingxiu, and the hornets buzzed in the air.
Thanks to the dirt they had just rubbed in the pit, the hornets chose to ignore them and only lay siege to the men in black.
Looking at the man in black who was entangled by a wasp, Mingxiu laughed a few times from a distance, and then led Xie Zhan and rushed out.
The two held hands all the way, running farther and farther, until they completely left the man in black behind, they stopped together, gasped for breath, and put aside the beauty in the hole for the time being.
Xie Zhan turned his face and stared at Mingxiu's side face without turning his eyes, and his heart was slightly moved: "Thank you for what happened just now." β
In that situation, Mingxiu could have thrown Xie Zhan there and fled alone, with this girl's cleverness, it was not difficult to leave him and escape, but she didn't do that.
This alone is enough for Xie Zhan to keep in mind.
Mingxiu didn't take it to heart at all, and teased Xie Zhan with a smile: "You will be my little brother in the future!" Of course, she won't leave her little brother alone.
"With the eldest brother here, I think who will dare to bully you in the future?"
"When will I ......"
Looking at Xie Zhan, who was confused, Mingxiu winked playfully, jumped up and hooked his shoulder: "Let's go, big brother will take you home for dinner!" β
didn't realize how he became a little brother, Xie Zhanbian was dragged away by Mingxiu.
Mingxiu lowered his head than him, it was not comfortable to be held like this, but Xie Zhan did not break free.
It should be regarded as repaying her for not leaving him alone for his kindness.