Ah Hua took a few fruits from the bamboo basket and handed them to Da Zhuang, saying, "Brother Da Zhuang, eat the fruits." ”

"Fruit, that's coming, I haven't eaten fruit in a long time."

Wang Qi packed a straw bag of fruit and handed it to Da Zhuang and said: "Da Zhuang, bring this fruit to your father and your mother to taste, by the way, let your father and your mother come to the stream the day after tomorrow, and Erniang found a fruit nest." ”

Da Zhuang carried the grass bag and said, "Erniang, I'll go back and tell my father and mother now." Wang Qi sent Da Zhuang away, she re-inserted the gate and returned to the cave, turned her head and saw Ah Hua crying, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Ah Hua, why are you crying?" ”

"Mother, do you really want to take the Da Zhuang family to pick fruits together the day after tomorrow?"

"The Da Zhuang family often sends meat to our family, and when we find a fruit nest, we should always tell them to pick it together, so that it can be regarded as repaying them."

"Mother, they picked the fruit, so what do we eat, you shouldn't tell the Da Zhuang family."

Wang Qi hugged Ah Hua into his arms and said: "Ah Hua has grown up, I know that I feel sorry for my mother, don't worry, my mother also knows that there is another fruit nest, there are more fruits there, and the size is bigger." ”

"Mother, really? Mother worked too hard for Ah Hua and Zu'er's sister. ”

Wang Qi gently held the righteous daughter Ahua in her arms, she glanced at the ancestor in the bamboo basket, slowly hummed a tuneless tune, and enjoyed the infinitely beautiful maternal love by the fire, how warm and real this love is, like a fire.

Late at night, the storm outside the cave woke up the ancestor in the bamboo basket, the ancestor woke up Wang Qi and Ah Hua with a cry, the mother and daughter opened the gate only to know that there was a storm outside the cave, with a series of lightning, Wang Qi seemed to realize something, she walked out of the cave with the torrential rain, looked in the direction of the West Mountain, followed by a lightning thunder, she suddenly covered her mouth, and ran to the West Mountain like crazy. Ah Hua watched her mother run to Xishan and shouted, but everything was immersed in the storm. In the cave, the ancestor couldn't stop crying, and the concubine Ahua ran into the cave, crying while coaxing her sister and ancestor.

After more than two hours, Wang Qi's back entered the cave with a person, and Ah Hua saw that it was Xishan Dazhuang's younger brother Xiaozhuang who was carrying back. Wang Qi changed his grass skirt and made some hot soup for him to drink, and he slowly came to his senses.

"Mother, what's wrong with Uncle Xishan's family? Why did my mother carry her little brother back? ”

Wang Qi looked at the trembling concubine Xiaozhuang and said: "At the foot of the West Mountain, your uncle's family is dead, but fortunately, my mother rushed in time to save your Xiaozhuang brother." She stared at Xiao Zhuang with stupid eyes, she knew what death meant, and how terrible death was. Wang Qi took Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang into his arms and patted them gently, tears suddenly flowing down his cheeks. The ancestor in the bamboo basket slept soundly, and the firelight reflected on the little face was warm. Wang Qi placed the sleeping concubine Ah Hua and the concubine Xiaozhuang, and sorted out a few back baskets in the cave.

The day dawned, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the mountains and forests after the rain were fresh and cold. Wang Qishi led Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang to look at the West Mountain, the scene in front of him was really terrifying, the whole half of the West Mountain slipped into the valley, the stream that washed vegetables and played in the water on weekdays was all gone, and the large maple forest in the West Mountain was gone.

Wang Qi stroked Xiao Zhuang's head and said, "Xiao Zhuang, kneel down and kowtow to your father, your mother, and your brother and sister." "Concubine Xiaozhuang cried, crying very sadly, the cry was full of the pain of a child's loss of relatives, but also full of the sorrow and helplessness of losing a loved one.

Wang Qi picked up Concubine Xiaozhuang and said: "Xiaozhuang, from now on, Erniang is your mother, Concubine, Ah Hua is your sister, you are a child with a family, remember?" Xiao Zhuang wiped his tears and nodded.

On the Nanshan Road, Wang Qishi led a pair of children, climbed on the ridge with difficulty on his back, the dew wet her skirt, and also wet the grass skirt of Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang, although the dew was cold, but the anxiety in Wang Qi's heart could not take into account the coldness of the dew. The four of them finally arrived at a mountain nest, and Wang Qi looked at the fruit nest from a distance and smiled, tears filled with happiness. She pointed out to her children and said, "Flower, Zhuang'er, look, what is that?" ”

Suddenly, the joyful cries of children could be heard from the mountains. It's a big fruit nest, cherry fruits, apricot fruits, and fist-sized red fruits. In a short time, a basket full of them was picked. Wang Qishi put the bamboo basket on his back and said: "Flowers, Zhuang'er, take care of my sister, my mother will carry this basket of fruits back first, remember, look good about my sister." Wang Qishi walked away with a basket of fruits on her back, and Ah Hua stayed by Zu'er's side and watched Xiao Zhuang pick the fruits, her heart itched very much. About half an hour later, she couldn't resist the pleasure and temptation of picking fruits, so she leaned her ancestor in the bamboo basket against the tree pole, and she climbed under the cherry tree with great interest.

When Xiao Zhuang saw that Ah Hua came to pick cherry blossoms, he glanced back at the ancestor who was leaning on the fork of the tree and said, "Sister Ah Hua, go back quickly, my mother asked you to look at Sister Zu'er." ”

Ah Hua said: "I'm here, don't shout, hurry up and pick your fruit." ”

At this moment, a hare sprang out of the forest, and the frightened concubine Ah Hua tilted her body and slid down the hillside, and happened to kick open the bamboo basket containing the ancestor, and the bamboo basket immediately rolled and rushed down the valley. Her feet were on top of the fork of the tree, and she looked back at the bamboo basket rolling down the valley, and she screamed in fright.

Concubine Xiaozhuang pointed at Concubine Ahua and smiled: "Sister, a hare can make you cry like this?" ”

Ah Hua cried: "Sister Zu'er, Sister Zu'er has fallen into the valley. One sentence frightened Xiao Zhuang, he ran to the fruit tree and pulled the flower, and the two of them searched down the valley.

In the cave, Wang Qi sat by the fire in a daze, his eyes staring straight at the fire. Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang leaned against the cave wall from afar, looking at the mother who was in a trance, and they didn't dare to come out. The ancestor was lost, lost for a whole day, and everyone knew what the result would be when the ancestor rolled down the valley.

In the past few days, Wang Qi's family went down the valley to look for her daughter's ancestor, and she searched for the ravines and ravines several times, but there was still no trace of her daughter. In despair, she suddenly saw an old man with a white beard walking from the top of the mountain and calling out to her, "Woman, are you looking for your daughter?" ”

Wang Qi knelt down and said: "Old man, the little daughter-in-law's ancestor is still in infancy, and she was lost a few days ago, has the old man ever seen it?" ”

The white-bearded old man stroked his beard and smiled: "Woman, old man Fengyang, the world calls me Fengyang Gong, the day before yesterday, I got a girl in the mountain stream, and I saw that her appearance was to save the saint, you have to take care of her without loss, ten years later, you can be sent to Jiupiling Jiaoshan kiln, I will teach her art, can ensure the prosperity of the world, remember, you go back quickly, I have sent the little girl back to the East Cliff Slope Cave." Wang Qi saw the white-bearded old man disappear into the mountain mist, she leaned down and bowed down and shouted: "Thank you old immortals, thank you old immortals." ”

Wang Qi ran to the east cliff slope, and an infinite smile appeared on her face. Outside the cave, Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang were playing with their daughter Zu, and Wang Qi hugged her Zu and cried: "My daughter, my daughter is still alive." Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang stepped forward and said with a smile: "Mother, just now a white-bearded ancestor sent Zu'er's sister back, and he also said that he ordered a rune for the two of us, mother, what is a rune called?" ”

Only then did Wang Qi see clearly that there was a bean-sized red dot on the tip of the eyebrows of Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang, and their faces seemed to be a little different from the past. Since it was a good thing that the little girl was lost and recovered, it made Wang Qi's family frightened. The words of the white-bearded old man in the mountains appeared in front of him again: woman, old husband Fengyang, the world calls me Fengyang Gong, the behavior of this woman is here occasionally, looking at its appearance is to save the saint, you have to take care of it without loss, ten years later sent to the Jiupiling Jiaoshan kiln, I will teach her the arts, can ensure the prosperity of the world.

Wang Qi said: "Old man, you gave the two sisters and brothers a rune, just to tell you to protect your ancestors and sisters in the future, and not let her make any more mistakes, do you know?" ”

Concubine Xiaozhuang said: "It turns out that the rune is used to protect Zu'er's sister, no wonder the old man said so, we will protect Zu'er's sister with our hearts in the future." Wang Qi's heart surged after hearing this, she looked at her daughter in her arms, and thought: Is there anything special about my daughter, her future is not ordinary people.

The east cliff slope ushered in the spring, summer, autumn and winter year after year, a dignified hero brother on the cliff platform is trying the stick method with a young woman, there is an extremely burly man standing in front of the two, but see that this person is thirty-seven or eighteen years old, more than one zhang tall, square face, big ears and nose, tiger back bear waist, wearing a slanted shoulder animal skin jacket, waist yellow and black spotted animal skin skirt, feet tied animal skin boots, holding an eyebrow iron stick, watching the flower and the small Zhuang stick competition.

A girl ran out of the cliff cave, about six or seven years old, wearing a shoulder-mounted animal skin jacket, a white animal skin skirt tied around the waist, and animal skin boots on her feet. I saw her carrying an eyebrow stick and walked up to the cliff platform and arched her hand: "Master Long is early." ”

Ying Long shouted: "The sun is red buttocks, hum, you will be punished to go over there to pull the stone a hundred times." ”

Concubine Ah Hua and Concubine Xiaozhuang listened and said, "Master Long, spare Sister Zu'er, or how about punishing the two of us?" ”

Ying Long pointed at his ancestor and shouted, "Can you two be hungry for her?" Anything more, she added a sin to the sins. The two stuck out their tongues and didn't dare to squeak anymore, so they could only obediently flash to the side and continue practicing.

Walking out of Wang Qi's cave in the cave, she looked at a few children who were practicing hard and smiled with relief. After a few years of hard work, Wang Qi finally saw her children grow up, and she also experienced a lot of vicissitudes with the years, and the wisps of silver on her head were the testimony of years of hard work, but her face was much redder than before. People into thirty, the body is not as good as before, hard work and worry only for the livelihood of the living, only for the children to live, now the children are growing up, her heart is relieved, this is the key to a hundred years of longevity, but also the foundation of life.

Three years ago, out of nowhere, a strong man named Yinglong, passing through the east cliff slope met Wang Qi's who went up the mountain to pick mulberry, the two passed by, but stopped looking back, at that moment, Wang Qi's heart was hollowed out by the man in front of him. The two shook hands and introduced each other, Wang Qi only knew that this man's name was Ying Long, from the East China tribe, because of the enemy's pursuit and fled to Middle-earth, no children and no daughters under his knees, but he had a good ability, the two of them confided in the mulberry forest after a passion under the mulberry tree, since then, Ying Long has become Wang Qi's man.

The arrival of Ying Long, breaking the original quiet and stable life, Ying Long knew that it was difficult for Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang to accept foreigners, so it was convenient to build a tree nest on the big tree in front of the cliff cave, the exquisite tree nest made the two of them feel very magical, coupled with Ying Long's superb stick skills, it melted the small hearts of Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang in a few days, and Wang Qi's secret maneuvering, the children quickly accepted Ying Long and worshiped as the master, saying that the master was actually a stepfather. Win Long took his children to run in the mountains and jungles on weekdays, hunting together and picking fruits, and also went up the mountain to find a huge iron tree, made martial arts iron sticks for each of the three sons, and set up the rules of martial arts, one year of practice, two years of stick practice, three years of training into a real warrior, since then, the three sons of martial arts out of control.

The ancestor began to practice martial arts at the age of three, she was both afraid and liked the stepfather in front of her, maybe the ancestor was Wang Qi's biological daughter, Yinglong was very strict with the ancestor's martial arts, but he loved it from the bottom of his bones. Spring, summer, autumn and winter, after three years of hard training, the children slowly grew up, and Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang slowly grew into young warriors, and they developed a good skill. Although the ancestor is seven years old, his fist and foot kung fu and stick skills are also vigorous.

On this day, Wang Qi's family felt that Yinglong was talking and slurred, and after asking hard, Wang Qi's family knew that Yinglong had the idea of returning to his clan to visit relatives, and Wang Qi's family was worried but didn't know how to understand it. It stands to reason that it is very normal for Yinglong to want to save his relatives, and I am afraid that Yinglong will never return once he goes. Yinglong also knew that Wang Qi's affection for him was very important, and he was reluctant to do so, but Donghai had his parents who gave birth to him, as well as his siblings and siblings, and he was indeed homesick.

Win Long left, so suddenly, there was not even room for maneuvering. Wang Qi sat at the mouth of the cliff cave all day long, expressionless and depressed, this kind of blow is fatal for a woman, who can predict that fate often plays tricks on kind people, which makes people helpless and cruel. Ah Hua and Xiao Zhuang are already sensible, and they know what everything that is happening in front of them means, but what can they do when they are still children, they can only practice martial arts according to the master's instructions and listen to the careful teachings of their mothers. The wind and rain are ruthless, life is affectionate, even if the heart is haggard, but the days have to go on. In the past few months, Wang Qi has finally come out of the predicament of loneliness, and slowly no longer depends on the existence of Yinglong.

It was another spring thunderstorm, and after the lightning in the distant black sky, a roaring thunder sounded after a while. Wang Qi picked a basket of white fruits from the mulberry tree in front of the cliff and returned to the cave, and she pondered something carefully.