The morning mist had not yet cleared, and the hazy sun had already revealed half of its face.

In late autumn, the weather is getting cooler, especially for these farmers in the mountains, some of the elderly and children who are weak have put on flower jackets, or lie on the wooden rocking chairs for morning tea and chat, or chase each other and play, enjoying the cool dew in the early morning.

Men and women, young and old, all got up early in the village, and some of the humble earthen houses were already lit with smoke at this time, and occasionally the voices of young children and mothers were heard.

After breakfast, the men would go out with quivers, a longbow in one hand, and a simple water bag in the other, and gather at the entrance of the village to chat and gossip, and when everyone had arrived, they would go into the mountains to hunt together.

The whole village is about half a hundred households, surrounded by mountains on three sides, only a small road stretches out of the mountain, some foot merchants will come here every spring, before the winter solstice, they will come here to take a walk, buy some unique beast furs and mountain medicinal materials in the mountains, etc., trade twice a year, basically can meet the family's food and drink for a year, so the people in the village are not rich, and the life is barely passable.

When the sun was fully exposed, more than 30 men had gathered at the entrance of the village, and the leader was a bare-chested man in his fifties, whose hair was already a little white, glanced at the crowd, and when he saw that it was almost there, he nodded, "Let's go!"

The voice fell, and the group walked towards the mountain with bows and arrows on their backs, and a group of small children behind them chased after their buttocks, holding wooden sticks and bamboo sticks in their hands, giggling and shouting to go along, and muttering about beating a tiger and leopard back.

For these children, the men just laughed and ignored them, and when they were about to reach the mountain pass, if there were still some leather children who refused to leave, they would be scolded by the adults a few times and forcibly driven back.

It's just that just as the leading man said the word "departure", a delicate female voice suddenly came from behind him, "Uncle Niu, wait for me!"

Everyone turned their heads to look, and shook their heads helplessly, in front of them was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, her hair was tied with a piece of flower cloth, her big eyes were very good-looking, coupled with a healthy wheat complexion, a beautiful embryo that was alive, in this big mountain, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a lily in the cracks.

Even though it was late autumn, the woman was still wearing a patched and slightly thin coat, which looked a little distressing, but those who knew her knew that this girl called Xun'er was as stubborn as her father.

Xun'er's family is also a native of Bainiu Village, and her mother passed away when Xun'er was born, leaving behind the father and daughter and her elderly grandmother, but since Xun'er's father died unexpectedly when hunting in the mountains three years ago, the days when the family could still have more than enough food and clothing are gone.

The distribution of rations by the people in the village is distributed according to how much they contribute, without the pillars, the rations distributed will naturally be less, Xun'er is stubborn, and has repeatedly refused the help of the village, since the death of his father, he has provoked the big beam of the family, and with these men going into the mountains to hunt, most of the money earned has also bought medicinal materials for his grandmother.

However, Xun'er will not often go into the mountains to hunt, only when the pot is really not open at home or the medicinal materials are not enough, will follow these uncles into the mountains, of course, these uncles also take a lot of care of Xun'er, and generally will not let him be in danger, and also sew and mend for the people in the village on weekdays, or plant some wild vegetables, which is all Xun'er's life.

At this moment, Xun'er was carrying a longbow that was quite incommensurate with his body bones, and he was accompanied by a soil dog, inseparable.

"Uncle Niu, I'm sorry, I'm late!"

Xun'er wiped the sweat from her forehead and said a little out of breath.

Uncle Niu smiled and waved his hand, "Let's go, you girl, after two months of filial piety, you will find a young man to marry, and save yourself from suffering like this." I think the Liang family kid is good, after this Spring Festival, the Liang kid becomes an official, you will get married, and Uncle Niu will call the shots for you......"

Hearing this, Xun'er just pursed her lips and smiled, and shook her head stubbornly, "Uncle Niu, you also know that Xun'er's husband must be like my father, a hero who can fight tigers and leopards, and I am not uncommon for those nerds who can only dance and write......"

Hearing what Xun'er said, Uncle Niu nagged a few more words, and the group went to the mountains.

There is a private school at the foot of Bainiu Village, some people who eat and drink are living well, and they want to send their children and grandchildren to the private school to know some words, although it is expensive, but these simple peasant men gritted their teeth and survived, if the mountain can produce a talent, lift people and the like, it is also the blessing of the whole village.

Among them, Liang Junfu is one of the best, only 21 years old passed the Tongsheng, township test successively, become a veritable master, it is because of this identity, the family moved out of Bainiu Village two years ago, bought a piece of land in the town, built two new wooden houses.

may be related to the fact that he has been reading and writing since he was a child, and he has never done rough work and heavy work, this Liang Dacai looks white and clean, and looks quite handsome, and he also got up early at the moment, and after worshipping the teacher, he started teaching in the private school.

It has been less than half a year since the Spring Examination, and when the examination is passed and he becomes a parent official, he will be able to soar in the future. It is the dream of every scholar to be able to benefit one party, win a fame, and even hang down in history, and Liang Dacai is naturally no exception, and the task of this private school professor is also taken over by him personally from the hands of his teacher, on the one hand, it is regarded as a review of the old and the new, and on the other hand, it is also a filial piety to the teacher.

After teaching at noon, Liang Dacai came to the town, carried two boxes of pastries, and walked all the way in the direction of Bainiu Village.

The town is not far from Bainiu Village, but the mountain road is rugged, and the mountain is rich in water vapor, muddy and slippery, which is quite difficult to walk, and it took two hours for Liang Dacai to come to the village. Some old people in the village greeted warmly, and some children who were crawling and rolling immediately surrounded them, leaving a "great talent" and another "lifting people" shouting, Liang Junfu just smiled, and took out two handfuls of nuts from his arms, "Take them all, take them all......"

With food, a group of children dispersed in a hurry, while Liang Dacai straightened his clothes and went straight to Xun'er's leaky house.

Although Xun'er has rejected the other party many times, Liang Dacai has a kind of stubbornness unique to scholars, and he has to come every few days, regardless of whether the other party is waiting to see him or not, he still goes his own way, and the villagers see it in their eyes, with mixed reviews.

Seeing that Xun'er was not at home, Liang Dacai visited Xun'er's grandmother, so he got busy working alone, helped clean the yard, carried two buckets of water, and weeded and fertilized the wild vegetables in a field in the backyard.

Just when Liang Dacai was thinking about whether to leave first, there was a sudden noise at the entrance of the village, and some men's scolding and children's laughter could be faintly heard.

As soon as he walked out of the courtyard, Liang Jun's mansion was at the foot of the house, but he found that the thin and small Xun'er was walking quickly with an unconscious young man about fifteen or sixteen years old on his back.

Behind Xun'er, a yellow wolf dog followed from afar, and after a while, he let out two fierce howls, and he also didn't dare to approach, as if he was afraid of something.

Seeing this scene, Liang Dacaizi's heart suddenly felt a little disliked, as a scholar, he attaches the most importance to secular etiquette, and he has heard the truth of not kissing men and women since he was a child, and it has been engraved in his bones, but the people in the mountains do not pay much attention to these, and no one cares about them; on the other hand, he is also a little angry at a group of men watching a young girl carry this person but no one comes forward to help. Thinking of this, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to step forward to take it, but before he got close, he was stopped by Xun'er.

"Don't touch him!"

Xun'er said, walked straight towards the courtyard, and when he passed by Liang Dacaizi's side, a blood-crowned snake head suddenly poked out of the cuffs of the unconscious young man, and the snake letter vomited, which made Liang Dacaizi startled.

Liang Junfu, who came back to his senses, looked at Xun'er's back, a layer of anger swelled up on his face, and he was about to say something, but he was slapped on the shoulder by a big hand, and turned his head to see that it was Uncle Niu.

"Liang boy, come to Xun'er again? Alas, how many times has Uncle Niu persuaded you, or die of this heart, you also know Xun'er's temper, since you were a child, you like those heroes who can carry the crown, you have a ...... bones"

Before he finished speaking, Liang Dacai had already shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I also know that I just grew up with Xun'er since I was a child, and I really can't untie this knot. By the way, Uncle Niu, who is that unconscious?"

Seeing Liang Junfu open the topic, Uncle Niu sighed lightly, and didn't say more, but when he said about that person, there was a hint of discoloration in his eyes, "That person was met in the mountains, and when he found it, he was already unconscious, and there were many wounds on his body, if it weren't for the protection of three small snakes, I am afraid that he would have been swallowed by the beasts in the mountains." ”

"Three little snakes guarding?"

Hearing this, Liang Dacai was excited, thinking of a snake head poking out of the young man's cuffs just now.

"That's right, with my experience over the years, the blood-colored little snake is extremely poisonous, the three little snakes are extremely spiritual, only Xun'er can get close, others don't dare to get close at all, and when I found out, there were already many beasts around this person who were bitten to death by the three little snakes, No, you see ......"

Uncle Niu said, pointing to the dozens of large beasts on the backs of those men.

"I don't know if the meat of these beasts can still be eaten......"

Liang Dacaizi's eyes widened, and sure enough, he saw some small fangs on the bodies of these beasts, which looked extremely small, but they made these beasts cry for their lives, and his heart was horrified for a while.

"Hehe, it may be that the snake keeper in the mountain had an accident when he entered the mountain, but the injuries on this person's body are too serious, and according to Xun'er, this person's bones are broken in many places, it seems to be like falling off a cliff, but the wounds on his body are not very similar, so he can only wait for him to wake up and ask to understand!"

After Uncle Niu finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a group of men carried their prey and walked towards a larger house in the village.