God's Gift

"I think so too." Yu Youyou shook her head and answered without any modesty.

"Yu Youyou, why don't you catch up!" Ye Li walked to the front, but did not see Yu Youyou following him, so he turned around and shouted.

“Got it!” Yu Youyou jumped out of Lu Keming’s arms, looked up at Lu Keming who didn’t move, and said, “Let’s go.”

Lu Keming looked at his empty hand again, his eyes darkened for a second, then he raised his eyes as if nothing had happened, smiled at Youyou, and walked beside her, "Well, let's go."

Before leaving, Granny Li repeatedly pointed out the location of the clan leader's house to them, and they quickly found the place.

The patriarch's house is much more magnificent than other houses in the village.

The few people arrived too early. The clan leader's family was preparing to have breakfast. A little girl saw a stranger walking towards her house from a distance, so she turned around and ran back into the house to report the news.

Her mother took off her apron, walked out the door and took a look. Seeing Ye Li and the others, she smiled and greeted them: "Are you the young people who were trapped in the village yesterday?"

Ye Li walked in front, looking at the amiable woman, his expression softened, and he responded, "Yes, ma'am, we thought the road had not been repaired yet and we would have to stay in the village for some time, so we came to visit the clan leader."

"Oh, there's no need to be so polite. I asked you to make a special trip." The wrinkles on the woman's face were revealed by a smile. She waved her hand and said, "I am the daughter-in-law of the clan leader. Please come in and sit down. The old man is having dinner now. You can join us."

"This... Madam, we just finished breakfast." Ye Li didn't expect to arrive at such an unfortunate time and catch up with others eating.

"Then eat some more." The clan leader's daughter-in-law still invited enthusiastically, "What's the big deal?"

Yu Youyou was originally sitting next to Lu Keming, scratching her head with her paw. When she heard him calling her to eat, her eyes lit up and she stood up in a flash.

Lu Keming's eyes were always on Youyou. After seeing her actions, he raised his eyes to look at Ye Li and the clan leader's daughter-in-law.

It was hard to refuse such a kind invitation, and Ye Li was unable to resist for a moment. Before she could say anything, Lu Keming behind her suddenly interrupted her.

"Thank you very much, ma'am." Lu Keming stood at the back and nodded slightly to the clan leader's daughter-in-law.

"Okay then." The patriarch's daughter-in-law smiled even more and turned to walk into the door, "Come in."

Seeing that Lu Keming agreed, Ye Li didn't say much and followed the clan leader's daughter-in-law in.

Yu Youyou followed happily, her ears fluttering in the air. The clan leader's daughter-in-law looked down and saw a puppy following her, and she was happy.

"Isn't this Grandma Li's Youyou? She's here too."

Since Yu Youyou couldn't talk to her, she just nodded repeatedly, giving enough face to the clan leader's daughter-in-law.

The clan leader's daughter-in-law looked at the puppy nodding its head and praised him in amazement, "You can even understand human language. You're so amazing!"

Yu Youyou shook her ears and raised her head proudly.

Ye Li looked at Yu Youyou and was about to speak, but was blocked by someone.

Lu Keming took a step forward and blocked Yu Youyou's figure calmly. With a hypocritical smile on his face, he took the initiative to interrupt: "When I saw it yesterday, it nodded to everything I said."

"Very smart, right?" Lu Keming looked at the clan leader's daughter-in-law. The gloom on his face disappeared, and he smiled slightly like a sunny and energetic young man. However, the depths of his eyes were calm, with a bit of imperceptible temptation.

But the clan leader's daughter-in-law didn't think too much about it. She smiled and said, "Grandma Li is lucky to have such a spiritual dog."

Lu Keming paused for a second, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled faintly.

As they were talking, they walked into the main hall. An old man with gray hair was sitting on a mahogany carved armchair, smoking a pipe.

"Dad, a guest is coming." The clan leader's daughter-in-law called out to the old man, then turned around and explained to the others, "This is the clan leader. The old man has a bad temper, so please bear with him."

After that, she pointed to the dining table in the main hall and said, "You guys sit down. I'll go get the food."

Several people followed her instructions and sat down at the dining table.

The clan leader's eyelids drooped, and he saw Yu Youyou following Lu Keming in the mist. He stared at her for a few seconds, then stood up from the armchair, walked to the dining table, and sat down at the main seat.

He didn't talk to the others. He waved his pipe in front of Yu Youyou twice, teasing her.

"Uh-huh..."

Yu Youyou glanced at the swaying pipe. The tobacco on it was still burning. The choking smoke rose from the pipe and rushed into her nostrils.

She wrinkled her nose, took a step back, lay on the ground and covered her nose with her two paws.

What the hell, it tastes so pungent.

“Ha…ha…” When the old patriarch saw this scene, he grinned and laughed, revealing his teeth whose roots were blackened by smoke.

Lu Keming looked at the old patriarch's pipe that was constantly swinging in front of Yu Youyou, and slowly set his gaze on the old patriarch. The kindness he had pretended before disappeared completely at this moment, and he became gloomy again.

Yu Youyou moved closer to Lu Keming, avoiding the pipe that the old patriarch continued to extend to her.

The old patriarch wanted to continue teasing Yu Youyou, but the hand holding the pipe suddenly felt a pain. His trembling hand loosened, and the pipe fell to the ground, shaking out the ashes inside.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?" The patriarch's daughter-in-law had just served breakfast when she saw the pipe in the old patriarch's hand fall. She walked over, picked up the pipe and handed it to the patriarch.

Lu Keming calmly withdrew his hand, lowered his eyes to look at Yu Youyou lying on the ground, picked her up and placed her on the chair next to him.

"It's okay." The old patriarch coughed and withdrew his hand angrily.

"Okay then." The clan leader's daughter-in-law served all the dishes and called out in the direction of the yard. Immediately, a black ground pine ran over there.

Tusong ran into the main hall as if he knew the place well, jumped onto a chair in front of the dining table, and sat upright next to Yu Youyou.

After the clan leader's daughter-in-law served the dishes, she took a bowl, put some dishes on it, and sat on a low stool beside her to eat with the little girl who had run out earlier.

Seeing that Ye Li and the others were looking at them, the clan leader's daughter-in-law waved her hand and said:

"You guys eat, don't worry about us."

Yu Youyou sat on a stool, looking at the clan leader's daughter-in-law and her daughter who were sitting on a small stool on the side, with a puzzled expression and her head tilted.

She couldn't think of an answer, so she reached out and pulled Lu Keming.

Lu Keming glanced over there indifferently, without saying anything, and put a piece of meat into the bowl in front of Yu Youyou.

Fang Ziang had picked up the bowl, but put it down again after seeing this scene. The old patriarch did not react at all and just started eating.

"What kind of world is this? Dogs can sit at the table to eat, but people can't." Fang Ziang looked at the old man, muttered, lowered his head and took a mouthful of rice.