Chapter 31: The Mysterious Courtyard
PS: The description of the little fox was a little sloppy before, and today I checked some information, and the front was slightly modified to make it more reasonable, but it doesn't affect the storyline, and you don't have to look back if you don't care.
……… Today's second update, relatives with pink tickets support one or two.........
After working for a long time, his body finally recovered his temperature, but looking at a trembling little fox Beibei in his arms, Fan Xiaoyu was worried.
In a hurry to come out today, Bei Bei didn't drink a mouthful of the dog's mother's milk and ran around, although she fed it some water along the way, and also found a little mollusk to eat, but after all, there was no milk it needed most to fill her stomach, and she was only so hungry that poor Bei Bei couldn't stop whimpering like a puppy.
"Bear with me, let it drink some water first, and we'll set out early tomorrow morning to find the bugs." Fan Tong was also very helpless, the owner of this house clearly asked not to disturb, it was already very kind to give them a little food for people, how could he trouble people for a little fox?
"Little fox, let's go to bed early, we won't feel hungry when we fall asleep." Fan Cabbage touched Beibei's pointed ears, which was very experienced and authentic, which caused everyone to laugh for a while.
Everyone took turns, washed their faces and soaked their feet in two basins, and then Fan Tong carried the sister and brother to the only bed one after another for them to rest, while he and Fan Dai started to bake clothes and shoes on the brazier.
Fan Xiaoyu looked at the pair of wet little shoes in Fan Tong's hand, and remembered that it was inevitable that he would be soaked when he went out tomorrow, and he couldn't help but feel very depressed. Although her body will be particularly light when she walks with light work, because she herself has not cultivated internal strength, she will be exhausted after running for a while, and she will not be able to support it for a long time, so as long as the rain does not stop and the ground is not dry, even if the shoes are baked today, they will still be wet tomorrow morning.
Alas, the clothes could be thinner and the stomach could be flattened, but the feeling of having both feet immersed in cold water was really uncomfortable.
Fan Xiaoyu sighed silently, although his body was tired, he was depressed and didn't feel sleepy when he thought of continuing to run like this tomorrow, so he looked at the room of this firewood room and utility room through the dim oil lamp, and suddenly accidentally saw a few thick and forked firewood among those firewoods, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he immediately sat up excitedly and asked Fan Tong to bring the firewood.
Fan Tong took it according to his words in confusion, Fan Xiaoyu asked Fan Tong to split the small branches, leaving only one or two forks at the bottom, and then roughly cultivated a stick of similar height, stepped on it with bare feet on one side, and walked up crookedly.
"Sister, do you want to play on stilts?" Fan Cabbage also climbed up with interest.
"No, my sister wants it to replace my sister's feet." After trying a few steps, Fan Xiaoyu returned to the bed, jumped down, pointed to the shoes next to the brazier, and said, "If I can walk on stilts, I don't have to worry about my shoes getting wet." ”
"Ah, Xiaoyu, you're so smart." Fan Dai first shouted in surprise, but then said suspiciously, "But just like these two branches, you won't be able to step on them for long!" The mountain road is not like flat land, if you step on this thing, you will fall if you are not careful, and it will be even worse when the time comes? ”
"So we need to improve it." Fan Xiaoyu sat down and gestured at the height of the fork, "My stilts are different from other people's acrobatics, it doesn't need to be too high, as long as you are a few inches tall and don't step on the mud, in this way, your shoes won't get wet, and you can jump down in time even if you lose your balance." And if you can find a way to make one more fork at this fork point, you can go more steadily. Besides, don't we still have my father and second uncle by our side, and we are not afraid of wrestling. ”
"Okay, okay, so Dongdong doesn't have to carry his father's back, and he can walk by himself." Fan Cabbage clapped happily.
Fan Tong hurriedly shushed and signaled him not to shout so as not to alarm the master, Fan Cabbage immediately covered his mouth and smiled mischievously at Fan Xiaoyu.
"Xiaoyu's idea is really good, then leave the rest to Daddy to figure it out," Fan Tong took the thick branch, asked the sisters and brothers to lie down, stuffed the quilt corners for them, and said softly, "Go to bed early, when you wake up, Daddy promises to make the stilts." ”
"Dad, I want it too." Fan Cabbage shouted softly.
"Okay, Dongdong has it too, both of you." Fan Tong gently touched Fan Cabbage's head, watched the sister and brother close their eyes, and then looked at the little fox curled up next to Fan Xiaoyu, smiled and walked back to the brazier.
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The biggest problem was solved, Fan Xiaoyu finally fell asleep in a daze, the ground under him was unfamiliar at any time, but fortunately, the people next to him were familiar, and the quilt was also his own broken quilt, so there was no insomnia.
I don't know how long I slept, Fan Xiaoyu was suddenly awakened by a rush of urgency, and just wanted to get up, he suddenly heard a soft squeak in the door, followed by a cold wind rushing in, blowing the small flame of the oil lamp swaying, and then Fan Tong's reproach sounded, and he subconsciously stopped moving.
"Er, where have you been? Why did it take so long to come back? ”
"Hehe, I didn't go anywhere, I just followed the old man who came to watch me and walked around, not to mention, I really discovered a secret."
Secret? Fan Xiaoyu couldn't help but feel a little curious.
"I don't want to hear it, and you don't have to tell me." Fan Tong interrupted him with no interest at all, and said in a low voice, "No matter what kind of people come from and what kind of secrets they have, they provide us with a shelter from the wind and rain today, and give us hot water and food, and don't charge a penny, we don't think about how to repay people, how can we still secretly listen to other people's secrets?" ”
"But, big brother ......," Fan Dai said urgently.
"Okay, needless to say, if you're tired, rest early, don't disturb the two of them." Fan Tong said in a low voice, Fan Xiaoyu opened a gap in surprise slightly, it turned out that her father was also a little majestic!
"Okay!" Fan Dai shook his head indifferently, took his clothes and roasted them.
Fan Xiaoyu was about to pretend to be asleep, but the urge to urinate in his lower abdomen became short, so he simply got up, but his movements were as light as possible, so as not to wake up Dongdong.
"Little fish? What do you get up to sit on? Fan Tong immediately turned his head.
"I want convenience." Fan Xiaoyu was a little forgiving.
"Oh, good." Fan Tong hurriedly took the shoes in his hand, squatted down and naturally put them on her, "This fire is small, the shoes are not all dry yet, you wear them first, and wait for Daddy to continue to bake, do you know where the thatched house is?" Do you want your dad to accompany you? ”
"No, no, I know where the hut is." Fan Xiaoyu hurriedly shook her head and said, she had already written it down when the old man pointed out, and it was less than a few dozen meters away from this wing.
"Okay, take the lamp, be careful not to let the wind blow it out."
Fan Xiaoyu responded again, put on his clothes, took the oil lamp and walked out.
I don't know when the rain has stopped, because the ground is paved with small stones, but it is not very wet, Fan Xiaoyu quickly solved the internal urgency, carefully holding the fire and walking back.
A gust of night wind blew by, and the small flame shook again, Fan Xiaoyu hurriedly protected it, and then subconsciously glanced at the courtyard, because she had taken out the only lamp just now, so the side room was almost dark, only the brazier revealed a faint faint halo.
The courtyard is very quiet, looking up at the sky, it is dark, there is neither a little starlight, nor a little moonlight, and through the main hall of the high wing, I can't see whether there is any light in the courtyard inside, and it has a unique tranquility in the mountain.
Fan Xiaoyu was already accustomed to this kind of quietness when she was on the mountain, but she was not afraid, she just glanced casually and was about to go back to the house, but just when she was about to retract her gaze, she suddenly caught a sharp glimpse of the roof of the wing house between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard seemed to be haunted by a figure, but the other party obviously did not expect that there was a person with an oil lamp on the ground in the outer courtyard, and immediately leaned on the roof vigilantly.
"Ah......" Fan Xiaoyu deliberately yawned almost reflexively, and then saw that the oil lamp was blown by the wind, and hurriedly protected it, and walked towards the door with slanted eyes.