XVIII. Concerns
Hearing Lin Xiaozhu's words, Wu Caiyun felt a lot better. He glanced at everyone proudly and said loudly: "I saw Childe smiling just now, and he smiled very well." ”
"Oh, is it? I didn't pay attention, I just knew I was scared. Lin Xiaozhu smiled absently. A girl like Wu Caiyun has seen a lot in her previous life. Because he looks good and has a good family background compared with others, he is a little vain, jealous, and always likes to compare with others. But if you want to say it's bad, you can't say it.
"You're scared!" Wu Caiyun looked at Lin Xiaozhu exaggeratedly, and his voice was so loud that everyone couldn't hear it. This fire was a foot away from Yuan Tianye's side, and she was not afraid that Yuan Tianye would hear it. Seeing that Lin Xiaozhu was silent, she asked again, "How do you know how to cook porridge?" How did Childe know you could cook porridge? ”
"I was born with a cold body, so I am not suitable for martial arts. Childe bought me because I could cook. When I was in our village, I cooked a bowl of porridge for my son, so he knew. Lin Xiaozhu is very patient and knows everything, and his attitude is very good. In the days to come, she will probably have to be with these children. Some things are said to be half hidden and half hidden, but it is easy to cause associations, misunderstandings, and unnecessary trouble. It's better to make it clear. Twelve or thirteen-year-old girls are also in love. Yuan Tianye looks like a disaster to the country and the people! If she was treated as an imaginary enemy by these girls for no reason, wouldn't she be too wronged?
"That's it!" Wu Caiyun was thoughtful.
Seeing that she didn't ask any more, Lin Xiaozhu breathed a sigh of relief, pulled his hand out of her palm, and returned to Xia Shan to sit down.
Xia Shan glanced at her with concern and asked in a low voice, "Are you okay?" ”
It was rare that this indifferent Xia Shan took the initiative to care about her, Lin Xiaozhu was in a good mood, raised his head and smiled at him: "I'm fine."
Seeing this smile, Xia Shan turned his head in a panic. After a long time, he cautiously turned his head and glanced at Lin Xiaozhu again. saw that Lin Xiaozhu had untied his belt, sewed the neat hole with the needle and thread he carried, and then put all the copper coins into it.
"Lin Xiaozhu, where did you get so much money?" Wu Caiyun saw it, and couldn't help but ask.
"This is my sale money." Lin Xiaozhu didn't raise his head, and wrapped the belt containing the money around his waist. In fact, it is easier to lure people to commit crimes when this money is placed in her arms, but if she is attacked by a thief in the chest, she will suffer a big loss. Although her small body has not yet developed, and her chest is as flat as an airport, the girl's sacred territory must not be violated. Anyway, if anyone steals money, the hundred dollars will be rewarded to her, so why not make it more difficult? She wished no one had come to steal the money. For her, more is better than less.
After a day of walking, everyone was tired. Lin Xiaozhu's incident diluted everyone's homesickness, so when they saw her come back, there was nothing new to talk about, and everyone lay down on the spot.
"Girl, you can make another fire." A man in fancy clothes came over and mentioned it. Seeing that everyone was looking at him with their eyes open in confusion, he shrugged his shoulders and turned back to his place.
In the past, they also considered the difference between men and women, and wanted the girls to set up another place. But those girls were bought with their fellow villagers or relatives, and once they were separated, they felt insecure. Besides, it is not appropriate for the girls to sleep in another pile in the middle of the fire, and it is easy to be dangerous to sleep in the last position. So he reminded him that he had fulfilled his obligations. Anyway, so many people are together, and they are all children, so there is nothing to do.
Lin Xiaozhu glanced at Xia Shan beside him, and also lay down in place. She was originally at ease with what she encountered, and she knew that Yuan Jiu would stare at this side to prevent herself from being in danger, so she was at ease, and she fell asleep after a while. Xia Shan lay beside her for a while, and after hearing Lin Xiaozhu's even breathing, he got up again, took out a piece of clothing from his package, and gently covered her, and then lay down again.
At this time, it is the ninth month of the lunar calendar, in the late autumn season, the frost and cold dew are heavy, Rao is lying by the fire, the side of the fire on his back is also cold, and the place that touches the ground is even colder, although there is a thin shirt covered by Xia Shan, Lin Xiaozhu was still woken up in the middle of the night. Listening to the "crackling" sound of the dry wood burning, as well as the sound of even breathing not far away, and touching the men's shirt that she had seen on Xia Shan, she smiled, turned over, and fell asleep in a daze.
By the time she woke up again, it was already dark. At this time, the dew was at its heaviest, and although she was still sleepy, she did not dare to lie down any longer, rubbed her eyes and sat up.
Except for the fire next to Yuan Tianye, which was still burning vigorously, the other fires had been extinguished. A misty mist shrouded the four fields, and the occasional sound of birdsong could be heard in the distance. Lin Xiaozhu reached out and touched his belt, and found that the copper coin was still inside, and there was no theft, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
She gathered her hair, gently covered Xia Shan with the clothes on her body, and was about to solve the internal emergency problem when no one was around, but saw a person falling silently from the big tree next to her, but it was Yuan Jiu. He saw Lin Xiaozhu staring at him, smiled at her, and then touched his fingers with two fingers and snapped his fingers lightly. As soon as this voice sounded, two other trees also floated down one after another. Lin Xiaozhu understood that this should be the person on duty at night. Staying overnight in the wilderness of the mountains and forests, if everyone sleeps like pigs, they don't know when they lose their lives.
Yuan Jiu saw his partner get off the tree, walked to Yuan Lin's side again, and pushed him twice. Yuan Lin quickly got up. I didn't know where to find a small wooden basin, ran to the mountain stream to get a basin of water, and then woke Yuan Tianye up.
Seeing this, Lin Xiaozhu knew that he was going to wake everyone up in a while, so he hurriedly walked to the bushes next to the mountain stream. Yuan Tianye caught a glimpse and signaled to Yuan Jiu, who quickly swept in front of Lin Xiaozhu and blocked her way.
"What's wrong?" A person suddenly appeared in front of him, and Lin Xiaozhu was startled.
"There are a lot of insects and snakes in this jungle, and Childe is worried about you. Wait, I'll go check it out. Yuan Jiu betrayed Yuan Tianye with a bad heart, and then walked forward for a short time, beating it along the road with a branch, and then turned around and said to Lin Xiaozhu who was following him: "Okay, it's here, don't go far." Without looking back, he returned to the fire.
Lin Xiaozhu touched his nose, saw that there was a commotion, looked left and right, saw that it was still quite secret, quickly solved the problem, and returned to the mountain stream to wash up first.
After everyone finished washing up one after another, the man in Chinese clothes threw over another bag of cakes. The children instinctively wanted to come forward to scramble again, but Wu Pingqiang said loudly: "Each person will take two first, and then give a large amount of food when there is leftover." ”
The strong boy listened, hesitated for a moment, looked at Yuan Tianye's side again, and finally took two cakes first according to Wu Pingqiang's words. This time, there was no more contention over the sharing of food.
"This is the material of the squad leader!" Lin Xiaozhu looked at Wu Pingqiang and secretly admired it in his heart.
Yuan Lin over there also gave Yuan Tianye the leftover porridge from last night. After packing up, everyone was back on the road.
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