I've run out of money to protect Arad

Chapter 40 The Girl Catching Crickets
To promote weaving, the scientific name is cricket, which is commonly known as cricket.

Cricket fighting has been a folk game in my country since ancient times. People often like to bring their own crickets to compete in their spare time.

A cricket that can only fight well can be sold for sky-high prices in the circle.

Since there are people fighting crickets, there will naturally be people catching crickets.

Now this [-]-year-old girl is catching crickets. Duan Chao is not familiar with this, but Cheng Lingsu can see it right away.

"Ha! Let's see where you go this time!"

At this moment, the girl let out a soft cry.

This girl is also a veteran, so she didn't make much noise.

But even so, this little sound was enough to make the nearby bugs run away, and the sound of insects could no longer be heard.

"Unfortunately, it seems that there is nothing to catch here for the time being, so I can only go to another place to have a look..."

While talking to herself, she turned her head, only to see a man and a woman standing side by side, looking at her with strange eyes.

"ah!"

She was taken aback. She had been concentrating on catching Zuzhi just now, but she didn't realize that anyone came near him.

Thinking of this, she looked at the two of them with vigilant eyes, and asked:
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"

This girl has a small round face with thin and fair skin, which is the typical appearance of a girl next door.

Hearing the girl's question, Duan Chao smiled slightly and took a step forward:
"Little sister, next to Duanchao, this is my sister-in-law Duan Ling. My brother and sister missed Sutou because we were on our way, and got lost at night and entered this valley by mistake. I don't know what to call it?"

Hearing Duan Chao say that she was his sister, Cheng Lingsu was slightly taken aback, and when he heard his words again, he immediately understood.

"I'm not a little sister..." the girl muttered in a low voice.

However, Duan Chao's appearance and polite behavior still won her favor, and her remarks sounded fine, so she immediately let go of her guard and happily introduced herself:
"My name is Bing Xin, and I grew up in this valley since I was a child. Don't worry, you go back to my place with me first, drink some hot tea and rest, and then I will send you out of the valley."

Duan Chao immediately beamed with joy when he heard the words, "Thank you so much."

Probably because she lived in a deep valley for a long time and rarely saw people, so this girl named Bing Xin was very enthusiastic towards Duan Chao and Cheng Lingsu, and her brother and sister called her very kindly.

She has a straightforward personality and a simple mind. Before Duan Chao even bothered to formulate words, she made it clear by herself.

It turns out that Bing Xin came to this deep valley with her adoptive father when she was seven years old, and has been living a life isolated from the world since then. This year she is 15 years old.

The valley is rich in various materials and can basically be self-sufficient, so Bing Xin hardly ever leaves.

The few times she went out of the valley was with her adoptive father, and it was all about her childhood, and she can't remember clearly now.

Under such circumstances, when she suddenly met two people from outside the valley, she felt like a person in a peach blossom garden, feeling fresh and curious.Cheng Lingsu basically didn't talk much, so she kept pestering Duan Chao asking non-stop.

"Living in a deep valley, isolated from the world, this setting seems familiar..."

Duan Chao thought while dealing with Bing Xin's various strange questions, "In my memory, there is no plot character named Bing Xin who lives in the valley with his adoptive father.

It can't be that old senior who travels three hundred miles across the mountains and forests with a strange weapon and a small orange lamp, and his mind will be changed if he gets a letter?

But judging from this setting, it's hard to say whether Bing Xin is the protagonist or not. Her adoptive father must be a master and has not run away.

Well, we will know this when we meet each other. "

"By the way, I think you seemed to be grabbing Zhizhi just now..."

Duan Chao asked as if inadvertently.

"That's right! It's obviously a bet with people outside the valley, but why are you pretending to have any reason!"

As soon as Duan Chao mentioned this, Bing Xin seemed to have found an outlet for her emotions, and immediately complained:
"I don't know what my adoptive father is thinking. Last month, I was asked to pick up many snails. This time, he asked me to catch snails again. Even if the wooden car at home was broken for so long, I didn't care about it. I repaired it by myself... "

"Oh?" Duan Chao's eyes lit up, "It was your adoptive father who asked you to catch Xu Zhi. How is it? Did you catch him?"

"I caught some, but they are not good things..."

Bing Xin sighed, and showed the crickets she had caught during this period, and Cheng Lingsu, who was on the side, also came over curiously.

"These 'oil gourds' are the most common songbirds. You can see that their whole body is as shiny as oil, and they like to eat oil, so they got their name. But despite their size, they can't be used for gambling at all."

Bing Xin pointed to the cricket in her hand and introduced it to Duan Chao and Cheng Lingsu.

"What about this one?" Duan Chao asked again, pointing to the one next to it.

"It's a 'fool', better than the oil gourd, but its lifespan is too short, and it's not very aggressive, and it's useless..."

Cheng Lingsu suddenly said, "It can be used as medicine."

"Hey, sister, you know too?"

Hearing what Cheng Lingsu said, Bing Xin nodded excitedly and said, "My sister is right. There is a saying in medical books: It can be used as medicine to dry up worms. It is warm in nature, pungent and salty in taste, poisonous, and diuretic.

Cheng Lingsu smiled slightly when he heard the words, "I didn't expect that although you are young, you know a lot."

Hearing what Cheng Lingsu said, Bing Xin's cheeks flushed slightly, and she actually lowered her head.

Hey, what are you doing, isn't it just a compliment, as for showing a shy expression?
Seeing Bing Xin's shy eyebrows and Xia Fei's cheeks, Duan Chao couldn't help complaining in his heart, the one who praised you is also a girl, well, your appearance can easily be misunderstood as wanting to fuck a girl, you wood have!
Fortunately, Bing Xin got out of this state after a while. She said to Duan Chao and Cheng Lingsu:
"Originally I planned to go back after a while, but now that I think about it, I have been away from home for a while.

After such a long time, I think my adoptive father must have been waiting impatiently. I happened to meet my brother and sister today. I will take you back now! "

"Huh? Have you been away from home for a long time?"

Hearing this, Duan Chao's heart moved, and he asked.

"Well, it's been about a month or so."

When he said this, brother Chao already understood something...

Not good, this kind of development is very bad...

This girl hasn't come home for such a long time, according to this development, when she returns home, she will probably find that her adoptive father was murdered by the enemy, and then the protagonist will go out of the valley in anger to avenge her father.

But he still wants to have a good understanding of the setting of this world with this "foster father"!
Although it can be done through other means, this is obviously the most convenient route!

It's just that Duan Chao has nothing to do now, who let this cheating golden arch bring them to this point in time?
Only one step at a time.

Along the way, Duan Chao discovered that the valley was quite large. They walked for more than 20 minutes, but the scenery they saw did not change significantly. It was difficult for Bing Xin to stay outside for more than a month without going home to catch crickets. Sincerely not easy……

Just when Brother Chao habitually started his unique divergent thinking, Bing Xin, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped and made a silent gesture towards the two.

(End of this chapter)