"Ahem, ahem..."

In the room, there was a violent coughing sound that lasted for a long time without stopping. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yin Niang quickly wiped away her tears and ran to the back room with bare feet.

Wu Xiaoming followed behind with a tiger's head, and saw a woman in her thirties, leaning against the corner of the wall sickly, her face white without any blood.

"Mother..."Yin Niang went up to beat her mother's back, with a deep worry on her face.

The woman coughed for a while before stopping, her face was a little sickly flushed, and she asked in a hoarse voice, "Yin Niang, whose family is this child?" ”

"His name is Wu Xiaoming, and he is the young master of Master Wu's family." Yin Niang replied ignorantly, not noticing her mother at all, and after hearing the name Master Wu, her hands trembled in fright.

Who is Master Wu, that is a murderer who started as a lending, and he has never done anything to kill people and set fires.

Jiang Laohan's family, who lived in the next village, was forcibly taken away because they borrowed three taels of silver from Master Wu and were sold to the town as maids, and they were killed in the compound of a wealthy family within half a year.

"Mother, why are your hands shaking?" Yin Niang didn't know that her mother was frightened, and asked with a puzzled face.

With a reluctant smile on the woman's face, she was just about to whisper a few words of warning, when the two little daughters beside her begged, "Sister, we are so hungry..."

One of the two little ones was four or five years old, and the other was even younger, and he looked like he was three or four years old.

The long-term malnutrition made the two little ones as thin as monkeys, and they were weak when they pleaded, so that the woman swallowed back what she wanted to say.

"Sixth sister, seventh sister, my father went to buy food, and soon there will be something to eat." Yin Niang took the two younger sisters in her arms and kissed the foreheads of the two younger sisters.

The two little ones looked at their sister pitifully, their eyes were full of pleading, and said, "Sister, we are so hungry now, you can find us something to eat." ”

Faced with the pleas of her two younger sisters, Yin Niang really couldn't refuse, so she could only look back at her mother and whispered: "Mother, Liuniang and Qiniang are hungry, I want to go to the mountains to look for them and see if I can find some wild vegetables to come back." ”

Hearing that there were wild vegetables to eat, the two little ones swallowed and foamed, and looked at the woman expectantly.

The woman bit her lower lip tightly, there were wild boars and wolves in the mountains, and no one dared to go up except the hunters, and it was too dangerous for Yin Niang to dig wild vegetables.

As the hostess of the family, before Liu's illness, he also went up to the mountains to pick wild vegetables to subsidize the family, knowing that there were no wild vegetables left in the periphery, and it was impossible to go to the mountains if he wanted to have a harvest.

has the heart to dissuade, but is powerless to return to heaven.

Liu Shi was silent for a long time and did not speak, and only after a long time did he speak: "Don't go to the river, the river in the mountains is where the wild boars drink water." ”

"I know Mother, I'll be back soon." Yin Niang got off the kang and walked out, only to hear the sobbing sound of her mother coming from behind her.

"It's dangerous in the mountains, it's even more dangerous by the river, aren't you afraid?" Wu Xiaoming followed out the door and asked in a whisper to Yin Niang.

Yin Niang shook her head lightly, looked at Wu Xiaoming seriously, and said, "I'm afraid, but I'm even more afraid that my two younger sisters will starve to death, they are too young." ”

Wu Xiaoming nodded as if he didn't understand, but he felt that Yin Niang was very powerful, as if he was much more powerful than himself.

After all, he never dared to go to the mountain, Yin Niang dared to go, which shows that Yin Niang is even more powerful.

"I asked Aunt Liu to send the food box back, I knew that I wouldn't send it, just so I can give it to your sister. You play with me in the future, and I'll bring you something to eat, so you don't have to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables. Wu Xiaoming looked at Yin Niang and felt that this method was very good.

Yin Niang just shook her head, thinking of her father's admonition, and replied: "Daddy said that I would rather starve to death than ask for food, and Daddy will not ask for your family's things." ”

Carrying a small bamboo basket, Yin Niang walked out of the courtyard to the west, and Wu Xiaoming followed him quietly.

After walking for a while, she was about to leave the village, and Yin Niang turned her head and asked, "Why are you following me, don't you go home?" ”

"I haven't been to the mountains yet, I want to go with you." Six or seven-year-old children, when they didn't know how to be afraid, Wu Xiaoming thought to himself that Yin Niang dared to go up the mountain, wouldn't it be too embarrassing for him not to go.

On weekdays, Aunt Liu followed, and many places could not be visited.

It just so happened that Aunt Liu went back to deliver the food box, if she didn't go up the mountain with Yin Niang this time, she wouldn't have such a good chance next time.

"I haven't seen a wolf in the mountains, but I've seen a wild boar, so if you're not afraid, follow me." Hearing Yin Niang's words, Wu Xiaoming shook his head again and again, saying that he was not afraid.

One after the other, two and a half children walked together towards the mountains to the west.

It is said that it is a big mountain, but it is not steep or famous.

Yin Niang looked for it at the bottom of the mountain first, and after seeing that there were no wild vegetables that could be eaten, she took Wu Xiaoming to the mountain and said that the wild vegetables could be eaten.

"Yin Niang, where is the river you are talking about?" Looking at Yin Niang's empty bamboo basket, Wu Xiaoming, who hadn't seen the harvest for a long time, couldn't help but say: "This mountain is next to the village, and the wild vegetables on the mountain have been harvested, let's not go to the river to have a look." ”

"To see that river, you have to go over two hills to the west, and you may encounter wild boars." Yin Niang opened her mouth worriedly, and she shuddered a little when she thought of the wild boar.

Wu Xiaoming had never seen a wild boar, but he had heard that it was very powerful, so he picked up a wooden stick from under the tree and threatened: "Don't be afraid, Yin Niang, I will protect you, and I will kill a wild boar when I encounter it." ”

"Poof..."Yin Niang smiled like a blooming flower, continued to move forward in disbelief, and said without looking back: "Bragging..."

Whether she wanted to or not, she rummaged through the two mountains close to the village, but Yin Niang didn't find many wild vegetables, so she could only continue to search for them in the depths of the mountains.

After crossing the three mountains, Wu Xiaoming finally saw the small river that Yin Niang said.

At the foot of the mountain, a small river leads from south to north, leading deep into the mountain.

There are reeds more than a man high in the river, a few wild ducks roaming happily, and occasionally you can see pheasants flapping their wings and flying out of the reeds.

There are ducks, there are pheasants, which represent that there must be their nests in the reeds.

Yin Niang was barefoot, and looked carefully inside by the river, looking for the location of the wild eggs.

Unfortunately, the river gets deeper and deeper, and pheasants and ducks, instinctively, prefer to lay their eggs in the depths of the reeds, where the water is too deep.

After walking around the river a few times, Yin Niang found two eggs, plus a duck egg.

Wu Xiaoming didn't find anything, only found a hare hiding in the grass, but with the ability of the two of them, it was impossible to catch this hare.

"Three eggs is a lot, let's dig up some wild vegetables and mushrooms and go back." Yin Niang sat by the river and kicked the water, counting the harvest while looking at Wu Xiaoming.

The sun in the sky shone on the water of the stream, shining with a golden light.

Against such a backdrop, Yin Niang's white and tender little feet, and the splashing stream, seem to form a perfect picture.

"Hmph..."

Suddenly, the scroll was broken, and the grass behind him shook, and with a snort, a wild boar with fangs poked its head out of the grass.

Actually, this wild boar is not big, it looks like it should have just become an adult, but for Yin Niang and Wu Xiaoming, this wild boar is still too big.

Seeing the appearance of the wild boar, Yin Niang's little face turned pale with fright, and Wu Xiaoming's situation was not much better.

Wu Xiaoming touched his wooden stick in a panic, but unfortunately the wooden stick had long been lost and lost, and how could it be found in a hurry.

"Run, run into the water, the last time I met a wild boar, that's how I shook it off." Yin Niang grabbed the bamboo basket with one hand and Wu Xiaoming with the other, and the two of them hurriedly ran towards the center of the river with the water.

Adult wild boars are very aggressive and have a strong sense of territory, making it easy to attack outsiders who come into its sight.

Wu Xiaoming and Yin Niang ran in front, and the wild boar also seemed to be crazy, chasing after them.

The further you go to the center of the river, the deeper the water becomes.

In a few moments, the river was up to their chests, and the boar stayed in the shallow water by the river, looking at them angrily.

"The boar doesn't go into the water, we just stay in the water and after a while it's gone." Yin Niang and Wu Xiaoming held hands, and the heat coming from the palms of their hands could bring peace of mind to the two.

A minute, ten minutes, half an hour...

The confrontation continued, the wild boar did not go into the water, and Wu Xiaoming and Yin Niang could not go ashore.

Almost an hour later, the cold river water made the two of them shiver, and Yin Niang said in a trilling voice: "The last time I met a wild boar, I hid in the river for half an hour, and the wild boar left by itself, why didn't it leave?" ”

After all, Yin Niang is still a half-old child, where does she know the habits of wild boars.

In fact, wild boars have a very strong ability to wait, and they are easily provoked, which is relatively resentful in the animal kingdom.

The wild boar in front of me has just reached adulthood, and I am afraid that it is the first time it has encountered an intruder, and it will not give up if the intruder is not driven away.

There was once an old hunter who was blocked by a wild boar in a tree, and a wall was a situation overnight.

For wild boars, Yin Niang and Wu Xiaoming are enemies, and the enemy is confronting him, which is simply an insult to the pig.

It's a pity that Wu Xiaoming and Yin Niang don't understand the beast language, and they can't pass through the center of the river, so they can only stare at the wild boar with big eyes, so they play a war of attrition.

"You go to the left, you go to the right, and every reed will be searched!"

Two hours later, there was a sudden shouting and barking of hounds on the mountain.

Wu Xiaoming hurriedly looked up, shook Yin Niang vigorously, and said happily: "Yin Niang, that's Steward Zhang's voice, someone has come to save us!" ”