Children's play is always accompanied by casualness and nonsensical.

A moment ago, he was elated, and in the blink of an eye, Ling Xiang calmly switched between naughty and well-behaved babies, and he was at his fingertips.

Before it got dark, she followed her brother Ling Su to the gray-haired grandfather's house and borrowed some dry thatch.

It is used to repair roof leaks.

The fence and wood gate in the outer yard can be taken care of later, but the roof cannot be delayed.

Otherwise, if the weather changes tonight, the two of them may become soup chickens in their sleep.

……

Night falls.

Rushing and cleaning the house is a busy day.

Whether it was Ling Xiang or Ling Su, they both felt physically and mentally exhausted.

The flame of the candles lit up the hall.

After simply drinking some porridge to fill his stomach, Ling Xiang soaked his feet with his brother and prepared to wash and go to bed.

The feet of the brother and sister were squeezed into a small wooden basin, and as the water temperature slowly dropped, Ling Xiang, who was already a little sleepy, suddenly became interested again. The delicate little feet deliberately tread water, and played a game of "you step on me, I step on you" with Ling Su in the wooden basin.

There was a crackling noise, and the footwashing water was trampled on by the two of them and splashed everywhere.

The two of them, who were having a lot of fun, didn't stop until the water temperature was completely cool.

"Don't play like this next time, look at you, your trouser legs are soaked." Ling Xiang lifted her feet so that Ling Su could dry her, but her drenched trouser legs attracted her brother's reproach.

The tone is not harsh.

As if knowing that his brother wouldn't really be angry, Ling Xiang grinned at the corners of his mouth and nodded with a smile.

"Got it, brother!"

The crisp little milk sound is cute and lovely.

But there is always an illusion, as if she still has half a sentence left unspoken:

Dare next time!

"Little naughty!" Ling Su couldn't help pinching her Xiao Yao's nose with her hand, her face full of doting.

"Hee-hee...... That brother is a big naughty! "The little girl hehehehehe

Ling Su suddenly felt angry and funny.

But there seemed to be nothing to do about this girl, so I simply ignored her, got up and poured water.

Seeing this, Ling Xiang put on his shoes and went out with the candle on the table.

She's going to untie her hands.

"Don't go far, it's on the side of the road." Ling Su reminded.

He knew that Ling Xiang had the habit of relieving himself before going to bed, but the latrine at home hadn't had time to be repaired yet, so he could only deal with it on the side of the road tonight.

Anyway, it's night, and you don't have to worry about someone bumping into you.

……

After a while, the lights in the thatched hut quietly dimmed.

The moonlight like water shrouds the entire small mountain village, and the weeds on the roadside dance at night, like starlight, mottled and dotted.

The chirping of insects, accompanied by the occasional chirping of Zigui in the distant mountains and forests, plays a unique lullaby for those who are about to fall asleep.

On this night, the autumn moon hangs high.

This was the first day Ling Xiang and his brother spent in Baishan Village.

……

In the days that followed, Ling Xiang and his brother leveled the courtyard in front of the old house, re-inserted the fence, erected the wood door, and dug a new pit behind the house on the east side.

After some tossing, I finally have the appearance of a home.

At the same time, everyone in the village also knew that Ling Su had returned, and he had brought back a younger sister.

The villagers did not show any hostility towards Ling Xiang's arrival, but they were not very eager.

At the worst of all, it's a no-brainer.

……

After taking care of the residence, what was placed in front of Ling Xiang and his brother was how to survive.

Ling Xiang had just turned four years old, and he was in the stage of a four-legged gold-swallowing beast that could only enter but not leave.

As for Ling Su, he is only ten years old.

Although he was born with the strength to be as good as an adult man, when his parents died of illness two years ago, they did not teach him the skills of farming.

What's more, the few acres of mountain land that the family has had have long been deserted.

The only way is to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains.

Hunting, picking some mushrooms and herbs at the same time, and then regularly taking them to Qushui City to sell.

Hides can be sold to leather merchants in the city, and mushrooms and herbs can be sold to restaurants and pharmacies.

Making up his mind, Ling Su found the old man surnamed Fei in the village, made a bamboo bow under the guidance of the old man, and carried the bow into the mountain in this way.

"Brother, you have to be careful, I'll wait for you at home." Ling Xiang watched his brother go out, and his voice was full of tears.

Half worried, half reluctant.

Grandpa Fei said that it is dangerous to enter the mountains.

In the mountain, there are not only fierce insects that can be heard by the whole forest with white eyes and white foreheads, but also jackals and wild boars.

If you are unlucky and encounter those demons who have Taoism, it will be even more auspicious.

Ling Xiang wanted to go with his brother, but he knew that he couldn't help if he went, so he could only wait at home obediently, so as not to cause trouble to his brother.

"Nannan, be at home obediently, wait for my brother to catch a rabbit and come back to play with you!" At the intersection of the mountain, the young man turned around and beckoned to Ling Xiang, his delicate and handsome face was full of confidence.

After that, Ling Xiang spent the whole day in fear.

When the other children in the village came to shout and play together, she was absent-minded, and from time to time she glanced at the entrance of the village.

It wasn't until dusk, when he saw the young man with the bow on his back carrying two golden chickens back, that a smile finally bloomed on Ling Xiang's little face.

"Brother!"

She left her little friend who was hiding and ran towards Ling Su quickly.

"Look, what did I catch!"

Ling Su lifted the brightly feathered long-tailed golden pheasant in his hand and proudly showed Ling Xiang today's harvest.

However, Ling Xiang stared at the thorn-scratched clothes on his body, as well as the blue and purple blood marks on his face.

Obviously, as a fledgling little hunter, Ling Su was far from being able to catch such two golden chickens, and was even a little embarrassed.

"Brother, you're bleeding, you don't want a little rabbit, you will only eat one meal in the future, and you don't want my brother to go hunting." Ling Xiang raised his head and hugged his brother's wrist, the eyelashes on his little face trembled slightly, and the crystal tears were about to roll down.

"My brother is a man, where is there a man who doesn't shed blood?" Ling Su said with a smile.

"However, I don't want to see my brother get hurt." Ling Xiang pursed his mouth and whispered.

Ling Su half-knelt down, gently stroked the tears from the corners of the little girl's eyes with her thumb, and said with relief: "Don't worry, my brother is very powerful, this little flesh wound, just sleep for a while."

My brother went hunting for the first time today and returned with a full load, so I should be happy.

Let's go, go back first, we'll stew chicken tonight! ”

The young man pulled Ling Xiang and prepared to go home.

"Hello, are you going home?" One of the little girls who had been playing peek-a-boo with Ling Xiang asked before.

"Well, I'm going home, goodbye Sister Xiaoxuan!" Ling Xiang waved his hand at his little friend.

Because he was worried about his brother all day long, among the group of friends who played together, Ling Xiang only remembered this little girl named Xiaoxuan.

When you go home from the entrance of the village, you have to pass by the door of the old man surnamed Fei.

The brother and sister greeted the old man across the fence, and Ling Su handed the old man one of the golden chickens as a reward for instructing him to make a bamboo bow.

The old man was not polite, but he also told Ling Su that if he didn't understand anything in the future, just ask him.

Ling Xiang understood that this was the old man helping his brother, and before leaving, he said to the old man very obediently: "Grandpa, thank you for helping us!" ”

"Help? I'm just trying to eat a few more golden chickens in the future. The old man snorted, turned and went into the room, leaving the brother and sister with the back of their heads.

This made Ling Xiang unexpected, and he was stunned in place.

It turns out that Grandpa Fei didn't come to help them?

The simple and beautiful worldview in the little girl's heart was not lightly impacted.

This bad old man is a little bad!