This year, Lu Ying's belly slowly grew again, and with previous experience, Shi Lan knew that she was going to have a child.

Ten months, it should be almost the second year, is it grandpa and grandma? I don't know who it is, but Grandma left early, it should be Grandma.

The more Shi Lan thought about it, the more he looked forward to it.

It's just that the sky is unsatisfactory, and in this winter, the child is a male baby.

Everyone was overjoyed, even Qiao Qing'er, who had a cold face, was also happy, she was holding the child, as if she was born together, the frost on her face melted, revealing a rare smile.

Only Shi Lan was a little disappointed.

After all, there are no two months to reach the eighteen-year period, and now it's good, everything has fallen through, can you not be disappointed?

But there was no way, it had become an established fact, and Shi Lan had no choice but to continue waiting.

This year, the winter snow came late, and it didn't snow for long, and it was already the second year.

Shi Lan's eyesight is very good, far away in the mountains, he can see most of the scenes in the village, and everyone is alive and calm as before.

There are no pot-bellied women, and there are no newborns, and everyone seems to deliberately avoid this year.

Shi Lan was not disappointed, and was still waiting slowly.

Spring goes to autumn, time flies quickly, and Qiao Yang's family came to worship the second elder again.

Although he had already found that the tree in front of the tomb was gone, he was still very unaccustomed to not seeing the tree when he worshiped again, and when he saw the tomb without the shade of the tree, Qiao Yang was in a trance, and only came back to his senses after a while and repaired the surroundings.

Lu Ying was helping on the side, while Qiao Qing'er was holding her younger brother, who was less than a year old, and was teasing him.

It's all fun.

"Sister, there's a mountain plum over there." The second brother, Qiao Zhao, came out of the forest and said happily.

Although he lives in the mountains, he is not allowed to go deeper into the mountains, and this time he wants to play around.

"Where? I haven't eaten it in a long time. ”

The second brother pointed to the road, and Qiao Qing'er followed with the child in her arms.

"Don't go too far, stay safe." Lu Ying exclaimed with some concern.

"Got it, mother."

Thinking back to when they were children, a group of them went up and down the mountain, almost everywhere, and they already knew Dalin Mountain well, no different from in their own home, how could they worry about any danger.

Qiao Qing'er recalled the past, and was in a little trance, just picking wild strawberries all the way.

"Well, it's delicious, sister, I heard that there are big insects in the mountains, is it okay for us to go so far? You won't meet it in a while, will you? ”

"That's all the old man lying to you, when I was a child, where did I never go? There are no big insects, but the mountains are quite dangerous, and snakes, insects, rats and ants are not necessarily much safer than big insects, but with your sister here, don't be afraid, but next time you can't run alone in the mountains. ”

"Oh, got it."

Suddenly, the baby in her arms cried loudly, Qiao Qing'er had already experienced, her arms shook, and she coaxed and said, "Oh, Ye'er, don't cry, don't cry,." ”

The baby's cries drowned out other sounds, including the sound of beasts skimming through the grass.

The second brother picked a full embrace of wild strawberries, and was just about to show off to his sister happily, when he looked up, he found a behemoth slowly approaching in the woods not far away, and he was so frightened that he scattered the wild strawberries on the ground.

"Ah, sister, big worm!"

Qiao Qing'er looked at him with disdain and said, "Sister Ah is not a child again, you can't scare Sister Ah." ”

"No, it's true, look at the back." Qiao Zhao pointed with a trembling finger.

"Okay, I'll just think it's enough, I'll let you succeed today." Qiao Qing'er was helpless, and glanced behind her casually, this look almost scared her soul, only to see a two-meter-tall tiger slowly approaching this side.

Qiao Qing'er's legs were weak and she almost fell to the ground, but when she heard the cry of the baby in her arms, she forced her mind and supported her body strongly.

"Zhao'er, come here, take your brother and leave quickly, Sister will stop it."

"But, Sister, how can you stop it."

"Don't worry, Sister has her own way, you go quickly!"

Qiao Zhao gritted his teeth, hugged the baby and turned around and ran.

The tiger looked at the boy who fled with his back and roared, his tense body was about to move, but he heard Qiao Qing'er roar.

"Hey, big guy, look, your ......"

Qiao Qing'er just mustered up the courage to shout, but when she met the tiger's gaze again, her mind suddenly went blank, her body trembled, and she froze there, her body was cold, and she couldn't say anything she wanted to say.

The tiger kept approaching, Qiao Qing'er felt a hot current in her lower abdomen, her brain was instantly clear, and she wanted to climb a tree on the side, but her legs were very weak, and as soon as she took a step, she fell to the ground, suffered cardiopulmonary arrest, her eyes were dark, and she almost passed out.

The tiger moved the moment Qiao Qing'er turned sideways, and one flew over, even if Qiao Qing'er didn't fall, it was impossible to have a chance to climb the tree.

A fishy wind blew, Qiao Qing'er turned her head, and in the world that gradually regained its light, a bloody mouth appeared so suddenly, and the sharp teeth were like sharp knives, densely packed, reflecting the cold light.

At this moment, Qiao Qing'er suddenly stopped being afraid, and only a figure appeared in her mind, tall and majestic, exactly the same as the figure in her dream, but now this figure did not go away, but stopped in place and smiled at her.

Qiao Qing'er smiled back and slowly closed her eyes.

The wind swept through the trees, blowing away the fallen leaves and bending the weeds.

Shi Lan stepped on the trunk of the tree, borrowed his strength to fall, hit the ground, slid his feet out of a distance, and just stopped in front of Qiao Qing'er, stretched out his right hand forward, and resisted the tiger's chin, but the tiger rushed too fast, pressing Shi Lan backwards, and Shi Lan's other hand had to be against the tree behind him.

Suddenly, the trunk of the tree shook, and the tiger was stopped.

The tiger was furious, and with a flick of his head, he swung Shi Lan's little hand away, and quickly twisted back and bit Shi Lan.

Shi Lan didn't have time to make more movements, so he could only bend his hand in front of his head, but he was bitten by the tiger.

A dull roar came from the tiger's mouth, and it bit as before, but this time it was different from the past, it didn't feel like biting flesh and blood, it was hard, like biting on a tree, it was very weird.

The tiger's head was very close, just enough to look at it, so Shi Lan glared at it.

The tiger's nose twitched slightly, and a familiar breath poured into it, and it suddenly let go of its mouth, roaring and slowly retreating.

"Qing'er, are you alright?" Qiao Yang rushed over with a scythe, and just saw the scene of the tiger retreating, and was stunned for a moment.

Shi Lan shook his arm, his skin had been bitten, and several rows of tooth marks were clearly visible, but there was no flesh and blood, only wood.

It's been nearly a year and a half of wind and sun, Shi Lan's clothes are even more tattered, but the more serious ones are her shoes, although she was handsome when she skated just now, but the straw sandals couldn't bear the burden, the toe of the shoe was open, and both shoes slipped to the calf, and now it was no different from bare feet.

Qiao Qing'er heard the old man's voice, and subconsciously opened her eyes, but what she saw was a dirty back, and in an instant she recalled the "beggar" woman who saved her in her mother's mouth last year.

Is it really her? Why is she here again, has she been protecting me?

The tiger turned its head to look at Qiao Yang, and its roar increased a few points, trying to scare the human away, but it was ineffective, so the tiger had to give up, turned around and ran deeper into the woods.

Shi Lan saw that this big guy had run away, and he didn't want to stay, so he was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Qiao Qing'er.

"That, hero, thank you for saving me."

Shi Lan turned around, Qiao Qing'er could vaguely see a beautiful face under the tattered straw hat, compared to her clothes, it could be said that there was a world of difference, and she was stunned for a moment.

Qiao Yang also came over, hugged his fists in thanks, and at the same time raised his eyes to look at the person in front of him, and suddenly noticed the knife that Shi Lan was carrying, and his brows suddenly furrowed.

"This knife?"

Before Qiao Yang could ask a question, Shi Lan held the hilt of the knife and said, "This is mine, Grandpa gave it to me." ”

"Can you show me?"

Shi Lan hesitated for a moment, but still took the knife from behind his back and gave it to Qiao Yang with the scabbard.

Qiao Yang stroked the handle of the knife, his hands couldn't help but tremble, he held the handle of the knife and pulled out the knife a little, a cold glow came out, and the two words engraved on the knife gradually appeared.

Break the army!

"That's right, that's it! It's an old man's knife. Qiao Yang burst into tears, and a man who was almost forty actually held a knife and cried.

"This is mine, Grandpa gave it to me." Shi Lan stubbornly repeated this sentence again.

Qiao Qing'er tried to stand up, looked at the old man's appearance, and couldn't help but go over and help him: "Old man, what's going on?" ”

Qiao Yang waved his hand, looked at Shi Lan again, and finally handed the knife back to her.

"So, you are the girl adopted by the old man eighteen years ago?"

After coming back for a long time, Qiao Yang had already heard about the events of that year, although the government issued a ban to prohibit the people from spreading the matter, but there were many people in the city at that time, and they also talked about it in private, plus Qiao Yang was the son of the old woodcutter, so it was naturally easy to find out.

Shi Lan nodded, after so many years of observation, Shi Lan knew what the old man meant.

"Shi Lan?"

"Well, Senior Brother's teacher, not the blue of the little flower basket."

Qiao Yang looked at Shi Lan in front of him with a complicated expression, whether the rumors were true or not, the old woodcutter had indeed been protecting her, it stands to reason that even if it was really a monster, it could be regarded as half a family, and she had saved her daughter twice.

"Old man, this is a little lady, right?" Qiao Qing'er saw her father's embarrassment, and took the initiative to go over and hold Shi Lan's hand and said.

Qiao Yang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Ah, yes, let's go back first, this is not the place to talk." ”

Seeing her mother, Qiao Qing'er instantly cried, and flew over to hug her mother.

"Sister, it's great that you're okay, I thought I'd never see you again." Qiao Zhao cried.

"It's all right, it's all right." Lu Yingqiang held back tears and comforted the two children.

After a long time, the crying gradually stopped.

"Is that you?" When Lu Ying saw Shi Lan, she instantly remembered last year's beggar.

"This is a girl adopted by my old man eighteen years ago, called Shi Lan."

Lu Ying was startled, and couldn't help but show a little scared look in her eyes when she looked at Shi Lan, but she quickly covered it up, turned her head to look at Qiao Yang, and stopped talking.

The husband and wife have lived together for so long, Qiao Yang understood what his wife wanted to say, so he said to Qiao Qing'er: "Dirty, Qing'er, you can take your little mother back to take a bath first." ”

Qiao Qing'er blushed, pulled Shi Lan and trotted back.

"Husband, what will I do in the future?"

"I don't know, let's stay at home for now."

"But what if, what if, what if the rumors are true?" Lu Ying approached and whispered.

Qiao Yang glared at Lu Ying, and quickly softened again: "Don't talk about that incident in the future, after all, she saved our daughter twice, and she can be regarded as a person who has a great favor to my Qiao family." ”