Chapter 19: Footprints
He and Gu Xixuan were idle early, but the rest of Tonghua Village was still busy. Breaking corn, planting sweet potatoes, pulling peanuts, all of them are enough to keep people busy.
Wei Xiaopa's family planted a lot of corn, and he tenanted ten acres of dry land from the official family, and another five acres from the Liu family. The sandy land that has been backed by the mountain is full of small stones, and ordinary people are not very willing to plant them.
Cheng Wei's sharp eyes saw Wei Xiaopa's yard starting to build a shelf to dry corn in the yard, although he didn't speak, but Cheng Wei finished his work and went out early to help. He has always kept the matter of the two rice seedlings in mind.
The Wei family has many children and has become a family, and Wei Xiaodad divided the fields early according to everyone's share. Wei Yinzhi's share he said he didn't want early in the morning, and now Wei Xiaodad's land belongs to his own family, and Wei Dongliang and Wei Yinzhi and Xiaoliu's three shares, and the rest are tenants.
The four brothers jointly managed the fifteen acres of paddy fields in the tenants, and after paying the rent of the Liu family and the taxes of the official family every year, all the remaining rice was sold. The money from the sale was divided into five equal parts, and the brothers were convinced.
"Daddy Wei." Cheng Wei shouted on the ground.
"Whoa! Why are you here? There was a loud noise, and Daddy Wei came out with a basket of corn on his back, with a square scarf tied on his head and his hair tied in it, and a piece of his face covered. Seeing Cheng Wei, he untied the cloth.
"I'll help you start, I'm afraid there will be rain in two days, and many people will move faster." Cheng Wei also took out two square scarves from the back basket as he spoke, and the corn leaves were hairy, and walking back and forth was the same as rolling in the rice pile.
Cheng Wei didn't lie, Wei Xiaodad looked up at the large clouds, which was a sign of rain. He hesitated, but didn't refuse.
"Brother Wei, you can help me cut off the corn stalks." Daddy Wei stopped Cheng Wei, turned out the suppressed knife from the back basket and handed it to him.
Someone broke corn and someone cut seedlings to work, Cheng Wei also knew, he put the scarf back into the back basket, and went down to the ground with a knife.
The one Gu Xigong was carrying a small back basket, and after crossing the low slope, he identified the direction and walked quickly towards the destination. Today, he wanted to see where he had fallen.
It took him four hours to walk from Tonghua Village to the place where he fell, and as he went deeper, the stratification of plants and animals in the forest was unusually noticeable.
He has a good sense of direction, although it was already dark when Cheng didn't take him down the mountain last time, it didn't prevent him from finding it back the way he came.
The big tree was still the same, the broken branches were still lying under the tree but they had dried out, and the weeds around him had already grown tall.
Gu Xicheng walked around carefully, there was nothing special. He leaned against the tree and glanced deep into the dark forest, his brow furrowed slightly.
He always felt that the further he went, the more familiar it became.
Gu Xixuan didn't stay for too long, the place where he was was was already on the edge of the hinterland of the forest, and he had no intention of continuing to walk inside.
He lifted the basket he was carrying and went back the way he came.
He had just left, and a large colorful tiger came out of the depths of the forest. The tiger raised its head and looked in the direction where Gu Xicheng had disappeared for a long time, and his red and black ears moved slightly.
Clansman?
No. The slightly reddish tiger sharpened its claws on the tree, and the next moment I saw its bones rapidly shifting, its hair fading, and a man of the same height as Gu Xixuan stood up in the bushes.
There was no smell on that person.
His pupils were only a thin line, and the whites of his eyes shone like golden amber in the occasional leaking sunlight. He shook off his fluffy soft hair and let out an inexplicable snoring in the direction in which Gu Xixuan had disappeared.
It can't be considered a clansman, it's a waste that can't even transform.
When Gu Xixuan came out of the forest, he always felt that something was following him, and he kept observing it for a long time, and the feeling of being watched slowly disappeared when he climbed over a mountain.
He glanced back behind him, and the plants of the forest showed a clear division in this area, and the further down he went, the fewer towering trees there were, and the bushes slowly disappeared, and low weeds stretched from here.
Is it because the terrain is open and you can't hide your body? Or is it because if you follow it, you will have to cross the territory?
In the fringe galaxy of Blue Star, there is a slightly petite animal called the Velvet Cat, the so-called petite is just a comparison with the Spine Beast, they have a thick layer of fur and are felines, hence the name.
These animals usually congregate on a single planet, but each has its own strict territorial range, and even invading its own species will not hesitate to expel them.
Moreover, the velvet cat is one of the most intelligent galactic species found so far. After following him for so long without attacking him, and without feeling the killing intent, Gu Xixuan felt that the animals that followed him probably also had intelligence, and maybe he stepped into its territory first.
When he thought about it, he didn't take it to heart.
When Gu Xixuan returned home, it was dark in the rare room. He threw an animal he had caught in the yard and fumbled to light the oil lamp.
The cooked food was covered with a hood on the table in the hall, and the bowl was still warm to the touch. Gu Xixuan glanced into the room, and Cheng Wei was not inside.
At this time, Cheng Wei and Wei Xiaodad had just come out of the village chief's house, and the village chief sent the two to the door and whispered: "I'll let Old Man Zhang take a look tomorrow, don't make a noise about this matter first." ”
"We can save it." Father Wei nodded, and left the village chief's house with Cheng Wei with a heavy heart.
When they were breaking corn in the low slope near the mountain today, Cheng Wei found a special series of footprints. Everyone in the village knows that whenever this kind of footprint appears, it means that the Cloud Mirror Kingdom is about to start arresting people again.
Gu Xixuan couldn't find Cheng Wei inside and outside, he sat for a while and didn't see anyone come back, just about to go next door to ask Daddy Wei, he saw two figures coming over.
"Daddy Wei." Gu Xixuan stopped and shouted.
"Well, I won't leave you to talk after a busy day, let's go back to dinner." Wei Xiaopa said to the two.
Cheng Wei responded, and walked back with Gu Xicheng to cover the door of the courtyard. He went to help Daddy Wei break corn today, and the people he knew well in Tonghua Village usually only went to have lunch. Cheng Wei had a meal at Wei's house at noon, and no matter how Daddy Wei invited him, he refused to go to dinner.
"What did you bring back?" There was a black thing in the dark yard, and Cheng Wei couldn't see it clearly, so he asked.
"I didn't know, but when I was going down the mountain, I jumped in front of me, and I caught it." He wouldn't say that he saw this thing bouncing cutely among the rocks and grass, so he couldn't help but chase after it and catch one.
Cheng Wei went into the house and took the lamp out, he laughed and said: "It's hard for you, this mountain jumps fast on weekdays, but in the blink of an eye, there is no shadow on that rocky mountain, and even Uncle Zhang has to think for a long time before he dares to put down the trap if he wants to catch it." ”
What Gu Xicheng caught back was a wild goat, which was injured in the leg by the dagger, and it was still panting at this time. Because the rabbit he caught last time was bloody, he caught it alive this time.
Cheng Wei thought about it for a while, it was too late, anyway, if he didn't die, he would be tied up and killed the next day.