Chapter 57: Growing Up

Seeing that Xia Geng had passed, no one else in the Zhuangzi came back. Hong Bo was adrift in his early years, accustomed to wind and rain, and was prepared in his heart. Therefore, although he was bitter in his heart, dreamed back in the middle of the night, and often wet the pillow towel with old tears, but his face was not revealed.

As for the sweet girl, the influence of the bloodline is invisible and huge. After sleeping and waking up, the next morning, she accepted Humber again. The little girl is a good guy. The better Humber treats her, the more she sticks to Humber. As a result, the old and the young are all happy and inseparable. Gradually, the flesh on the sweet girl's face grew back and became as delicate and cute as before, and Hong Bo's smile increased, and his spirit was obviously better.

Shen Yun saw a tremendous strength from Hong Bo's body. This kind of strength, he has also seen from the eldest sister before-no matter how big the disaster is, he is brave to face it, strong to come out of great grief, and continue to enthusiastically embrace the future life.

According to the eldest sister's words, it is "must live". And Humber said, "As long as you live, there is no obstacle in the world that cannot be overcome."

Seeing that Shen Bo had changed back to his previous happy appearance, Shen Yun was deeply moved by this invisible power in his body.

Yes, life is hope, what hurdle can't be overcome!

Thinking about this, Shen Yun only felt that his body was full of strength. Even the ruins around him don't look as desolate as they used to be. Their existence all shows his weakness and urges him to work hard all the time.

The fields were all barren, and Hong Bo was afraid of recruiting immortal mansions and immortal rune soldiers, so he didn't even dare to plant vegetables. Therefore, every day, their work is: picking wild vegetables, collecting firewood, and preparing three meals a day.

Hong Bo was old and the sweet girl was too young, so Shen Yun took the initiative to take over the work of picking wild vegetables and collecting firewood. However, Humbor was very worried about his safety, after all, there are many wild things in the mountains in autumn. In the past, every autumn, worried that wild animals would come out and harm people, he would organize tenants to go up to the mountains to hunt wild animals. And this year, there are only three of them in Zhuangzi, and they can't take the initiative to attack, so they can only hide from wild things.

"Don't go into the mountains, just find some in the Zhuangzi. Every time Shen Yun went out with a bamboo basket on his back, he had to follow behind and advise.

Shen Yun used to follow the bolt and they were used to running several hillsides around Zhuangzi, and in addition, when he fled, he took the sweet girl alone, and he was also in the mountains and waters, and his heart was already wild, where could he listen to it? And how many kinds of wild vegetables can you find in Zhuangzi? Wild fruits are even more pitiful!

Shen Yun only needs to enter the mountain once a day, and it takes an hour to pick a basket of wild vegetables and fruits, as well as a large bundle of firewood. If you're lucky, you might even be able to catch one or two hares or something and bring them back with you for the "Tooth Beating".

At first, Humber still nagged him, but later, seeing that he was very measured, only walking around the surrounding hillside, and every time he was unharmed, he did not say anything more.

There were so many wild vegetables and wild fruits, and the three of them couldn't eat them all. In this regard, Humber has a very good plan -- isn't there no vegetable planting, so he will dry or dry the leftover wild vegetables and fruits every day and store them together as winter food.

Sweet chicks love meat as always. Every time she "beats the tooth sacrifice", she is very happy, often eating her mouth full of oil and her belly is round.

Shen Yun saw this, and was inspired by Hong Bo's winter grain reserves, so he added another job to himself: he went into the mountains to hunt once a day at noon, so as to store meat for the winter.

Why did you choose to go into the mountains at noon? Because Humb had to take a nap every day. He crept into the mountains, and if he caught his prey, he lied to Humber that he had caught it on the slopes of the surrounding hills, and if he returned empty-handed, he would say nothing.

Of course, the game is delicious, but his little life is even more precious, is it good! In the past, Shen Yun had heard the bolt say that there were powerful wild animals in the old forests in the surrounding mountains, and they could not be provoked. Therefore, he did not dare to rush into the mountains recklessly, but tried to go in little by little.

Moreover, his target was limited to small game such as hares, badgers, pheasants, and birds.

Well, he's always self-aware.

When picking wild vegetables and fruits, you also need to prepare a basket and other tools in advance, not to mention hunting wild animals! Shen Yun prepared several tools for himself: a knife, two homemade large slingshots, a woodcutter, and a long fork

In addition, there are bamboo back baskets, cowhide water bladders and half a thick steamed bun for bait.

At noon on the first day, he chose the most familiar south slope.

At the top of the hillside, there is a pine forest. Brother Bolt used to like to go to the woods to catch rabbits. He begged for a long time, but in the end, Brother Tiezi couldn't bear it, so he promised that he would not go to the forest privately in the future, so he promised to take him once.

I have the impression that there are many birds and hares in the forest. So, this time, his destination was this pine forest on the southern slopes.

It's probably been a long time since anyone came up. In the forest, the sound of birds is endless. Shen Yun was sharp-eyed, used a slingshot to hit birds, and climbed trees to dig birds' nests. In less than half an hour, he harvested a nest of brocade eggs and a nest of blackback eggs, a total of seventeen. In addition, there are three broketails, two blackbacks, and six red-billed finchs.

No more—despite his caution, he eventually scared the birds away.

At this time, Humber should also wake up from a nap. Shen Yun was very content, and with satisfaction, he took the prey and returned home.

Sure enough, when Humber saw the game, the first thing he did was to interrogate him: "You went up to the mountains to dig for it?"

Shen Yun naturally wouldn't admit it: "No, it's just going around on the south slope." ”

The southern slopes are indeed full of birds. In addition, Hong Bo has a good impression of Shen Yun and has always thought that he is an honest and good baby. Hearing this, he didn't pursue it again, but emphasized again: "There are big wild things in the forest, don't go up, do you hear?"

"yes, yes. Shen Yun deserved it well in his mouth, but he didn't plan to do it in his heart.

Humber sighed, touched his head and said, "Humber has money." If you want to eat meat, when the market reopens, we can buy as much as you want. "Because of the war disaster, many old cases in the past have disappeared. Among them is the market on the fifteenth day of each month. No matter how much money he had, he wouldn't be able to cut the meat. Otherwise, he wouldn't have fed the two babies vegetarian like a rabbit.

"Wow. Shen Yun nodded again.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that for a while, the market would not be able to reopen: first, on the way back, he could see very clearly that all the surrounding villages had been destroyed. Everyone is busy with summer ploughing and tidying up their homes, how can they have the leisure to come out to catch up with the big market; second, the market here is not as good as the market in the county. The market sells its own products. And who has just suffered a catastrophe, who has surplus grain and livestock to sell? Even if they do, they have to keep their own family for the winter, and they still have to cope with next year's spring famine. Having managed the running accounts of the gym for a while, he knows that at the moment, nothing is more precious than food.

So, every day at noon, he continued to hunt.

Homber noticed that he only went for an hour at a time, and that he brought back some small game, so he guessed that he had not gone to the old woods. In addition, seeing that he came back with a full beard and tail every time, he slowly relaxed and no longer restrained him.

You don't know, Shen Yun's courage is getting bigger and bigger. In less than two months, he had already covered all the nearby mountains.

Didn't you see any big wild things? It's not the same as what Hong Bo and Brother Lianzi said! He muttered in his heart.

He decided to go a little further into the mountains:

First of all, he became more and more fond of hunting. Wild game is delicious, but it comes second. The main thing is that he found that hunting is beneficial for practicing vajra. In order to improve his boxing skills, no matter how hard it is, he must persevere;

Secondly, he brought back more and more game each time, and felt that his hunting skills were much better than before, and he was no longer interested in small wild animals such as brocade finches and hares. He was eager to find something bigger, such as pheasants and muntjacs, to try his skills. And these will only be available in the mountains a little farther away;

What's more, Sweet Girl and he are tired of eating those little game meats and want to change their tastes - it's really not blowing. Now he is hitting birds with a slingshot, and he doesn't dare to pack a ticket and say that he will hit every shot, in fact, he is also eight or nine out of ten. At most, he brought back more than sixty birds of all kinds. Steaming, boiling, roasting...... Humber simply tried his best to deal with these birds. However, Sweet Girl and him are no longer interested. Rabbit meat is just as tired. In the end, Humber had no choice but to dry up all the game he brought back and keep it for the winter.

The first time or two, Shen Yun returned empty-handed.

In this regard, Humbor is more relieved. He has lived in Zhuangzi for more than ten years and is very familiar with this area. There are also a number of wild things, and if you hit one, you will have one less. And Brother Yun brought back more and more birds, hares and other small things every time. According to this style of play, he came back empty-handed, which showed that Brother Yun listened to his words in his heart and did not break into the old forest.

In addition to being relieved, he made a fried rabbit meatball, and rewarded it with the most fuel-intensive fried meatballs. In normal times, this is also a very luxurious way to eat.

This time, Tianniu and Shen Yun both ate deliciously, and they didn't dislike rabbit meat at all.

However, Humber was not happy for a few days. Because after two days, Shen Yun's luck suddenly improved, and he actually hit two fat pheasants.

"Have you entered the old forest?" Humber could see at a glance that these two were not wild creatures that could be found in the nearby mountains.

Shen Yun hehe: "I just went around at the foot of the mountain." ”

Humb looked at him and was speechless for a moment. If it weren't for the fact that he was old and couldn't enter the old forest, where would the baby take this risk for a bite of delicious food?

"Humber, I'll be careful. Seeing this, Shen Yun hurriedly assured.

Seeing that he was serious, like a little adult, suddenly, Hong Bo realized that the baby had really grown up - this time when he came back, he found that Yun Ge'er had grown a lot taller and acted more sophisticated. And after coming back, Brother Yun'er's size swished again. No, both trouser legs were more than an inch shorter! The head flattened his shoulders, which was significantly taller than the usual seven or eight-year-old boys. This size looks more like a teenager. Of course, Yun Ge'er's ability is even more sky-high.

That's it. It's a good thing that the baby is older and has its own opinions.

He patted Shen Yun's shoulder happily: "It's good that you know it in your heart, don't be reckless." ”

Shen Yun was overjoyed and replied loudly: "Yes, I will!"