Chapter 8 Return to the Village
Cheng Zhen was on the side, just smiling and watching, without the slightest intention of stepping forward to relieve his son.
He knew that the old guys of these hunter teams had been completely convinced by Cheng Kun after this battle.
Whether it was the calmness and courage he showed when he killed the wolf and broke through, or the wisdom and determination to resolutely return after the breakthrough to sweep away the hidden dangers, they couldn't help but admire. To be honest, Cheng Zhen himself was a little emotional, and it was still the same sentence: How did he give birth to such a demonic son? !
After everyone calmed down, Cheng Kun broke free from the "claws" of a group of rough men.
He checked the situation of the crowd, and when he broke through before, although he took the lead and took on a large part of the pressure, the others still inevitably encountered the "fish that slipped through the net", and most of them were painted all the way down.
In this day and age, there are no antibiotics or anything like that, and if you get a wound infection or tetanus or something, it's really unreasonable.
Fortunately, the situation is much better than Cheng Kun expected.
These uncles have been going up the mountain all year round, and all of them are experienced, and after they settled down temporarily, they found some common herbs nearby, and treated the wounds simply, and there should be no problems in a short time. For the rest, you can wait until you return to the village to find a professional doctor to solve it.
The group rested for a while to make sure they had regained their strength, and then they got up and headed back towards the village, where they were already at home.
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In Cheng's village, Cheng Li's family is tending to the family's vegetable garden as usual.
Anyone who has studied history knows that the most significant feature of the small-scale peasant economy is self-sufficiency, and all the daily vegetables of Cheng Kun's family come from this small vegetable garden, so Cheng Li spends a lot of time on the vegetable garden every day, watering and fertilizing...... Never get tired of it.
But in the past few days, Cheng Li's has always been unable to calm down, and he often wanders when taking care of the vegetable garden, and he didn't even notice that he stepped on the cabbage (cabbage) under his feet at this moment.
It has been nine days since my husband went up the mountain, and I don't know how long it will take to return. Before the change, she didn't think much about it at all, but after being a husband and wife for so many years, she knew her husband's ability very well and didn't worry about what would go wrong.
But this time it was different, Xiao Kun also followed up the mountain, but such a young child had to follow a group of adults to fight with wild beasts in the mountains, she couldn't eat well, she couldn't sleep well, how could she, a mother, not worry about it.
In the evening, smoke rises from every household in the village, "the smoke from the fields and houses often covers the wilderness, and the residents do not leave their homes." "From a distance, it's peaceful.
Three- and four-year-old children run around in the open space, frolicking wantonly, and the older ones miss "Brother Kunzi".
Since Cheng Kun followed the hunter team up the mountain, his life has become a lot more boring, whether it is going up to the tree to dig out bird eggs or catching fish with his jaw, Brother Kun Zi is a good player. And for Cheng Kun to be able to join the hunter team, they are also full of envy.
Children always want to prove to adults that they have grown up, but as everyone knows, this idea itself is very childish.
At this time, someone saw a figure appear behind the village near the mountain, and when he got closer, he recognized that it was the hunters who had returned, and immediately shouted with joy: "The hunters are back, the hunters are back!"
At this moment, the women in the village couldn't sit still, didn't care about the vegetables that were being fried in the pot, and hurried out of the house, wanting to see their husbands as soon as possible.
As the hunters approached, some people began to exclaim. At this time, the image of Cheng Kun and the others was quite embarrassed, the clothes on their bodies were tattered, and there were brown blood stains that had dried up and coagulated, and their hair was unkempt like a bird's nest, and the whole person exuded an unpleasant smell, like a group of beggars asking for food.
It's been a long time since the people in the village have seen the hunters so embarrassed, and some of the weak women already have tears in their eyes, but after counting the number of people, they found that they have not decreased, so they hurriedly welcomed back their men and prepared to help them clean up.
Cheng Kun and his father Cheng Zhen also went home with Cheng Li's, Cheng Li's didn't cry, but a pair of eyes looked at one big and one small fiercely, the father and son were uncomfortable by this "death gaze", and they both understood that his wife (mother) was really angry now, and the consequences were afraid that it would be very serious.
When Cheng Kun and his party returned, it took a total of four days, because they were in a hurry, and they didn't need to search for prey, and the speed was much faster than when they went. If it weren't for the injuries on everyone's body that slowed down the speed, it could have been faster, but in this way, it would inevitably be a little embarrassed.
At the dinner table, both father and son were gobbling up. Although Cheng Kun brought back the loot and tent after killing the wolf king, he was inexperienced after all, and when he ate on the way back, he found that the salt was not brought back!
After four days, they could only dig up the exposed mineral salt in the mountains to deal with it, this mineral salt is generally used by animals to supplement the lack of salt in the body, and the taste is really not very good, and the bitterness is not good, so that the tongues of the two are tortured.
Cheng Li looked at her husband and son as "starving ghosts", and she was a little angry and a little unbearable.
Forget about the husband, it's not a big deal for such an adult to suffer a little, but poor Xiaokun suffers with it. Cheng Li, who fell into the mode of "mother's love overflowing", has long forgotten that it was his son himself who strongly requested to join the hunter team a few days ago.
When she angrily asked her husband why he made her son look like this, Cheng Zhen told her what had happened in the past few days with a wry smile.
The more Cheng Li listened, the more surprised he became, when he hunted and killed the black bear, it was his son who killed him with a spear, and when he was surrounded by wolves, it was his son who led everyone to break through safely at a critical moment, and even the last wolf king was killed by his son!
She can't believe it anyway, her son, who is still young in her eyes and needs to be taken care of by her father, has done so many "big things" once he goes up the mountain, and it feels like the protagonist in a certain story, but it doesn't look like her own son!
Cheng Kun quietly listened to his father help him brush up on the "forced grid", and he honestly pretended to be a good baby, he knew his mother too well.
No matter how wicked she is, she is still just a child in her eyes, and if she doesn't pretend to be a good girl now, she will wait to be locked up at home for the next few days. When did my mother forget this, when would I be able to regain my freedom.
After a while, Cheng Li reluctantly convinced himself to believe her husband's words.
She knew that her men would never lie. It's just that in this way, if she imagines that she has prepared before, forbidding her son to go up the mountain, she will be a little lacking in confidence. If things are really as dangerous as her husband said, if there is no son, you don't know how many people you have to sacrifice to get out of danger this time.
She was a little conflicted for a while, but she couldn't help but be happy when she looked at her son again. It turned out that this stinky boy was secretly looking at her with his eyes, his face full of nervousness, waiting for the final verdict.
After laughing, her expression calmed down: "Xiao Kun, it seems that you have really grown up." Mother is not unreasonable and will not lock you up at home. It's just that you didn't know where to practice this martial art at such a young age, you can't just be a hunter in the future, have you ever thought about what you will do in the future?"
Hearing his mother ask, Cheng Kun understood that the critical time had come.
He frowned, thought about it seriously and replied: "The child didn't think about what he wanted to do in the future, he just wanted to practice martial arts, and go out of the mountain village in the future to see the scenery of the world." ”
Cheng Kun didn't lie, he was only ten years old in his life, and the farthest place he had ever been to since he was a child was Xinfeng County, the closest to the village, and there were not a few times. To some extent, this world is still full of mystery for him.
At this time, he didn't know what he would do in the future, and asked his parents to practice martial arts, on the one hand, he wanted to find a reason to practice boxing in a bright and bright way, and on the other hand, he also knew that the stronger his strength, the more he could grasp the trajectory of fate, rather than being drowned by the waves in this strange world in vain and becoming an insignificant pawn.
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Hearing their son's answer, Cheng Zhen and his wife were not surprised, knowing that their son Mo Ruo's father (mother), they had already discovered that Cheng Kun was different from other children of the same age in the village.
No matter how young Cheng Kun is, he will always inadvertently reveal an adult look, mixed with the children, and even stand out from the crowd. In the eyes of his parents, such a Cheng Kun is much more mature and sensible.
Hearing that his son wanted to practice martial arts, Cheng Zhen just sighed and did not object.
This hunting, Cheng Kun's strength at a critical time has already shocked him deeply, if killing bears can still be explained with Cheng Kun's calm mind and natural divine power, then when he was surrounded by wolves and broke through, Cheng Kun's marksmanship with a spear on behalf of him made him puzzled.
He knew very well that no one around his son from childhood to adulthood had such superb marksmanship, and neither could he himself.
But since his son didn't say it, he didn't ask, but he understood that after Cheng Kun showed his excellent talent in martial arts, it would be a pity to let him stay in the mountain village and repeat other people's old ways.
In fact, he was already thinking about the brother he knew in the army before, and he was ready to find a good master for his son!
Cheng Li was also a little relieved in her heart, although she was just an illiterate village woman, those who knew her knew that she was actually a very knowledgeable woman.
Before, it was only because of her love for her son that she couldn't take care of it for a while, but now, her son has said his thoughts, although her husband didn't speak, but he seems to agree, and all she can do as a mother and wife is unreserved support.