Time flies, three or four years pass slowly, and the dolls in the village have grown up, and occasionally they will form a small team to go out hunting, just around the village, not too far. The people in the village were very strange, in the biting cold winter, Ling Tian only had a single coat, the cold was like a kind of enjoyment for him, no matter how much others persuaded him, he refused to wear more, stretched out his hand, and the scorching temperature surprised everyone.

The older Ling Tian gets, the more he looks like Ling Hu, at the age of twelve or thirteen, his height is already comparable to that of most of the men in the village, with a handsome and sharp appearance, an angular body, and his eyes are still as fierce as an imperial eagle, which is the most pleasing to the eye among the children in the village.

The ladies in the village praised them when they saw them, and in a few years they should find a daughter-in-law.

At the turn of spring and summer this year, the rich plants dyed the whole forest green, the sunset lay softly on the head of the mountain, the curling smoke mixed with the hazy mist swirled around the mountainside, Ling Tian and his companions came back from hunting, shouted and ran down in the mountains, and the owls and bats who came out to forage cautiously were frightened by this group of mountain kings and flew everywhere.

A few children play in the open space on weekdays, rest for a while and then go home.

"Taro, do you think that sour Zhou Xi will come to see us?" the hook asked, looking at the sky with an envious look.

"Will come, we've been together for so long, we're all like brothers, if you don't come, then wait a few more years, let's go to the place where the immortal lives to see him, and see what the brothers were doing back then" Ling Tian said.

"Then let's wait a few more years. A partner said.

"Well, let Zhou Xi make a few spells. Another friend followed suit.

"Then we must go, and we must also go to see what is different between the gods and us. The remaining children came back one after another, all wanting to see what Zhou Xi was doing now, and several children were looking at the sky, thinking blindly.

"Taro, you say, what does Zhou Xi eat in that immortal gate?" asked Fat Dui'er, although he had lost a lot of weight, he was used to it on weekdays.

"The immortals are in the fairyland of the sky, then they must eat the clouds, eat the clouds in the morning, and eat the clouds in the evening," Ling Tian said.

The faces of all the children were full of yearning, and they all thought about the question in their hearts: "Clouds, is it sweet?"

As the sun set, the night became darker, and Ling Tian and the others all went home.

Ling Tianniang has been very happy during this time, and Ling Tian's eyes are also better, although Ling Tianxian has been selected to be on the list, but in the future, she will be able to be by her side, there is nothing that can be happier than the child by her mother's side, and even she has thought about what will happen in a few years, build a big house for Tian'er, don't marry a too beautiful daughter-in-law, and it is not good to work delicately, and she will give Tian'er and their little family to take care of their children.

Ling Hu has hunted a lot of good things recently, just like the mountain god alms, every day there are a lot of wild beasts running out, before reaching the depths of the mountains and forests, the hunt is full of bowls, the prey can not be loaded, and there are some common prey, bears and lions, tigers and leopards and the like, the body is huge, teeth and claws, Ling Hu's bones and bows are sacrificed, invincible, but after the prey is an arrow, only half of it is left. The whole border village is very strange, why the wild beasts have run to the periphery, which has reduced the burden of hunting, why not do it?

"Grandma, is Dad back?" Ling Tian asked when he entered the door, took out the wild fruits he had picked, and sent them to Aunt Zhao first.

"Huzi hasn't come back yet, maybe he's on his way back?" Aunt Zhao looked at Ling Tian with a loving face, her face was also covered with the ravines of the years over the years, showing her old age.

"Godmother, it's also strange, the man said to come back early today, why haven't you come back at this hour. "The mother-in-law was a little worried.

"Don't think about it, Huzi is very clever, and with that bow and arrow, even if he encounters something powerful, he is not afraid. Aunt Zhao said, comforting her mother-in-law.

"Then let's wait a little longer, Tian'er, the meal is ready, you eat first, it will be cold later, and your grandmother and I will wait a while." The mother-in-law said.

"No, I'll wait for my father to come back first, he hasn't eaten yet, how can I eat first?" Ling Tian said.

"That's a nice thing to say, I'm waiting for your dad to bring you something new. The mother-in-law said, every time Ling Hu entered the depths of the mountains and forests, he would find some delicious wild fruits, which were several times more delicious than Ling Tian's own, fat and tender. Ling Tian remembered it, waiting for Ling Hu to come back and see what was going on this time.

Ling Tian smirked, obviously guessing correctly.

Dark clouds shattered the moonlight and scattered it to the ground, the smell of cool earth and grass wandered around in the air, the light of the fireflies blinking in the forest, the owl's "cooing" set off the silence of the mountain forest, the stream was immersed in the thick of the night, its slender and rugged waist was quietly flowing, as if it had also fallen asleep. Behind the high mountains, the sparse moonlight finally broke through the layers of dark clouds, and a piece of silver poured down, rising to the middle of the sky, and the lonely stars were also glued to the black curtain, faintly flickering.

The time has passed midnight, Ling Tian couldn't stay up in the morning, he slept alone, the food on the table was still that neat, Aunt Zhao and her mother-in-law began to sit still, Ling Hu has always said that he has never broken his promise, he goes out by himself on weekdays, never comes back overnight, goes out with everyone in the village, and takes care of each other, so he naturally does not worry. In this way, Aunt Zhao and her mother-in-law waited for a night, and when the next day was about to dawn, the mother-in-law hurried to the village chief's house.

"Sister-in-law of the Ling family, is there something wrong with it so early," the village chief asked when he heard a hurried knock on the door, rubbing his eyelids.

"Brother village chief, my man went hunting yesterday and didn't come back one night, I waited with my godmother for a night, I was so anxious, I didn't come early in the morning to trouble my brother, see if I could take everyone to the forest to find my man?"

"What, the Ling family brothers didn't come back overnight? Why didn't you say it earlier, I think Lin Zi seems to have something going on recently, I always feel weird, come, enter the house and wait for a while." The village chief welcomed the mother-in-law into the house, took out the whistle himself, and walked into the courtyard.

The sharp and loud whistle sounded, piercing through the mist, startling the sleeping animals in the forest, and after a while, all the men in the village gathered around, and their clothes were not very neatly dressed, obviously in a hurry.

"Brother village chief, what's so urgent?" asked the Chen family's man.

"The brothers are here, and the sister-in-law of the Ling family said that Ling Hu went out hunting and didn't come back for a night, so he didn't call the brothers over, and everyone went to the forest to look for it. The village chief said, looking worried.

"I think it's been a bit uneasy in the woods lately, and my brothers have found out that they can't go far, and there are prey. The Chen family man said.

"That's right, I had to walk for a while before I barely hunted it, but now I just got out of the village, and there are all over the place, and I can't wait to step on a few when I walk by. The man of the Li family replied.

"I didn't think about it too much, but it was worry-free, the elder brother of the Ling family was just hunting in the periphery, how could he enter so deeply. The Chen family man asked.

When the mother-in-law heard them, her face became more anxious, her tears were full of tears, and she almost fell, and said: "I don't know, the man said early in the morning to go to the forest to have a look, but I didn't pay attention, I didn't know that I didn't come back one night. ”

"Could it be that the elder brother of the Ling family got lost in the forest, or got some big guy who couldn't come back, and was dragging him home little by little. The man of the Liu family asked.

"My man will definitely not get lost, he grew up in the woods, he is the most familiar, if he hunts any big guy, he will definitely come back first, he hunted a dragon bear a while ago, it was too late at that time, and he got it back the next day after hiding. The mother-in-law rejected this conjecture.

Doctor Xu looked at the restless mother-in-law and said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, although the elder brother of the Ling family is reckless, he is not a brainless person, did he meet any acquaintances or went somewhere else and forgot to tell you." ”

"Brother Xu, my man doesn't know anyone except our village, if he goes out of the house, he will be the first to tell me that the man didn't come back overnight, my godmother and I are in a hurry, please brothers, I ......" The mother-in-law's tears flowed.

"Brothers, don't guess, go back and clean up immediately, half a pillar of incense, and gather into the forest. The village chief said categorically.

After hearing this, everyone immediately went home and packed up.

"Sister-in-law, why did the Ling family's brother go?" Doctor Xu asked an innocuous word, Doctor Xu didn't go home, and he had already packed up before coming.

"It was early in the morning, I drank some porridge and ate some dry food, and before leaving, I filled the water bladder with sorghum, and went with the bone bow, and said that I would definitely come in the afternoon. The mother-in-law said, tears falling again, and her hand wiped her tears. She remembers very well that she still filled the sorghum wine.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, there are brothers who are responsible for big things, this time you can rest assured, the brothers will definitely bring the Ling family brother back." Dr. Xu looked at her teary-eyed appearance and persuaded on the side.

"I'm tired of my brothers. The mother-in-law wiped the tears on her big face, a little relieved.

Doctor Xu walked to the village chief and said in a low voice: "Brother village chief, what the Chen family brothers said just now makes sense, I also think that the forest has been a little uneven recently, at this time in the past few years, how could there have been this meeting, just entered the forest are prey, those pheasants and hares on weekdays run when they see people, and now they are not afraid of people." ”

"What do the Xu brothers mean?" the village chief was a little confused.

"I'm afraid that something terrible has come in this forest, and these beasts are so frightened that they have taken refuge at the edge of the forest. Dr. Xu said.

"Could it be that the Ling family brothers have also thought of this?" said the village chief, his eyes widened.

"Well, I'm afraid that's the case, I'm thinking that the elder brother of the Ling family has that ancestral treasure bow and arrow, and he has no ......fear," Doctor Xu said, and the village chief opened his mouth, obviously surprised.

"You mean that the Ling family brothers went to find that awesome thing on their own?" the village chief said in horror. Dr. Xu hurriedly came over and covered his mouth, looking at his mother-in-law, for fear that she would hear.

"Yes, I guess the elder brother of the Ling family went by himself, probably because he was afraid of hurting our brothers, so he drank to strengthen his courage and went alone with a bow and arrow. Dr. Xu said.

"Hey, why is Ling Hu so sloppy, taking such a big deal on his own, why don't you discuss it with your brothers. The village chief was moved, distressed, regretful and a little angry.

At this time, the brothers in the village all came back, and Dr. Xu gave everyone some pills, and the brothers swallowed them, shook their spirits, and entered the forest.