[Ting Yu] Abandoned in the wild

16. Crisis 2

"Zhiyuan, Xiyu has never been to this place before." Xiyu bent over and focused on pulling weeds, while saying to Ning Zhiyuan beside him.

"Of course, I'm the only one who knows about this place." Zhi Yuan was a little complacent about this.

After coming out of the tribe, turn a corner to the right and walk for a while, and you will find this private paradise that belongs to Ning Zhiyuan.Before my uncle disappeared, he often took him here to collect herbs. This place is located at a small angle between the big river next to the tribe and the back mountain. The naturally dense forest is not as dark as the mountain forest, and it is fully exposed to sunlight. As a result, many precious herbs that are not even found on the mountain grow here, as well as some delicious fruits and weeds.In the past, people never thought that the weeds that can be seen everywhere on the roadside were of any use. It was not until Ning Zhiyuan dried the weeds according to the method left by his uncle and made the first pair of shoes that these weeds became treasures in the tribe. , before the spring season when the vegetation recovers and grows, everyone will come to collect a lot of weeds and go back to dry, so that they can weave more shoes in summer.

"(*^___^*) Hee hee, there are a lot of weeds here, much more than in front of Xiyu's house."

Xiyu was overjoyed, he was not as smart as others, and he was not good at finding things.After he learned how to weave shoes last time, he began to look for this kind of weeds that could be turned into shoes, but the grass at the foot of the mountain in front of his house was too thin and too short to make shoes at all.Xiyu took a lot of effort, took advantage of Ah Ting's effort to go up the mountain and ran far away to find some, and they were almost snatched away just like that at the door of their house preparing to make shoes.But I didn't expect to follow Zhiyuan out today and find that the weeds here are growing so well.He plucked more, and after he went back to dry, he could make a few more pairs of shoes for Ah Ting and Ah Zhan.

Feeling happy in his heart, Xiyu started to work harder, and he didn't care how painful the jagged thorns on both sides of the weeds were in his hands, just pulled out more.

"Be careful." Ning Zhiyuan looked at him angrily, and gave him a warning warning.

"Okay." Xiyu readily agreed, but his subordinates did not slow down at all.

Ning Zhiyuan rolled his eyes helplessly, turned around and continued to pick the herbs he needed.Spring is the best time for all things to grow, and the herbs in the woods on the mountain are also growing gratifyingly. Take advantage of this time to gather more and store them well, and you can also use them when you really need them in autumn and winter.

"Fruit." A Zhan, who was more and more articulate, saw a small lush raspberry tree in the depths of the grass. The red raspberries were covered with branches, making people salivate.

Ah Zhan walked over and picked one, put it in his mouth and said, "It's so sweet." The little guy looked happy, stretched out his short arms and tiptoed to pick the raspberries he could reach, and picked a raspberry after a while. pocket.

"Abba, eat." He walked back to Xiyu and put one in his mouth.

"It's so sweet." Xiyu also looked surprised, and turned to look at the raspberry tree. "We'll pick some more in a while, and bring them back to Daddy to eat." No matter what good things he has, he will also think about it. Let Ah Ting eat it too.

"Okay." Ah Zhan naturally had no objection, turned around and planned to pick a few more by his own strength.

Ning Zhiyuan looked at the father and son from the side, and shook his head helplessly.

The morning passed quickly with their respective busy schedules, and when the three of them returned to the tribe, the animal skin bags they carried with them were all filled to the brim, and they all returned with a full load.

Ning Zhiyuan had a lot of herbs, some of which were needed by the old priest.So Xiyu and Azhan followed Zhiyuan home first, and asked him to put down the herbs and then deliver the old priest's things, and then the three of them went back to the stone house at the foot of the mountain to prepare lunch and dry the weeds by the way.

"Father, this is delicious."

Xiyu and Azhan sat on the rocks in front of the thatched hut and waited for Zhiyuan. The children were very greedy. The raspberries were delicious and sweet. Delicious.

"I'll try it." Xiyu picked out a dark one from his bag and put it in his mouth. It tasted sweeter than those light red ones. "Ah Zhan is so smart and delicious." He rubbed his son's Small head, proudly praised.

"Azhan is smart." The little guy also nodded proudly, and shook his head with a thumbs up happily.

The father and son were talking, when suddenly a man came running from not far away, wearing very unremarkable grayish-yellow-yellow animal skins, and came all the way towards Xiyu and his son.

"Xiyu." The man looked at Xiyu and yelled, sweating profusely and anxiously, "Go and see, Ah Ting and the others were attacked by wild beasts at the edge of the forest, and they seem to be injured."

"What?" Xiyu stood up in astonishment, and spilled a bag of raspberries on his knees, "How... how... back... Ah Ting... hurt?" He became confused when he got up in a hurry When I got up, I didn't organize a sentence for a long time.

"Oh!" The other party seemed to be very anxious, seeing him stammering, he pulled him angrily, and said, "What are you talking about, hurry up and have a look. I saw it on the way back from picking the fruit just now, I I didn't dare to go in, so I ran back to find you in a hurry."

On the way to pick fruit?

Xiyu suddenly remembered what Ah Ting said last night, saying that the place he was going to today was just near the forest where he was going to pick fruit, and it was closer than there, so there was no danger.

But now...

The more Xiyu thought about it, the more anxious he became. He bent down and handed all the things to Ah Zhan, telling him: "Ah Zhan, be good, wait here, I'll go find Daddy."

"Father." Ah Zhan was still young, seeing the anxiety on his face, he was terrified in his heart.Seeing that he was about to leave at this moment, she subconsciously grabbed the hem of his animal skin skirt, her small face was full of fear and worry.

"Ah Zhan is not afraid." Xiyu knelt down and kissed his son's little face, "Daddy is fast." He made a fist-clenching gesture to his son, which Ah Ting taught them a few days ago.

Encouraged, Ah Zhan nodded his head firmly, and let go of Xiyu's hand.Seeing that his son was well-behaved, Xiyu felt relieved, turned around and ran towards the exit of the tribe regardless of the person who reported the letter.

The person who stayed behind watched Xiyu leave, and the worry on his face gradually disappeared.He took one last look at Ah Zhan under his feet, and found that he hadn't noticed him at all, so he breathed a sigh of relief, turned and left from the other direction.

Zhiyuan sent him the comfrey and witch hazel he wanted for the sacrifice and hurried home. When he was about to reach the door, he saw only Ah Zhan sitting on the ground pitifully, wanting to cry but not daring to cry.

"Azhan, what's wrong with you?" He reached out and hugged the little guy in his arms.

"Abba, Daddy, wow..." Ah Zhan, who had been holding back tears and pretending to be strong, was hugged by Zhiyuan, and burst into tears instantly, sobbing and unable to say a word.

"What's wrong? What are you crying for? What's wrong with your father?" Zhiyuan was confused by his crying, but he also heard that it seemed to be related to Xiyu and Ah Ting, and he became anxious.

The animal skin curtain of the thatched hut next to him was lifted, and a man with the same slender figure as himself, with delicate features and a totem tattoo on his chest came out.

"It seems that someone came to report that Ting went hunting and encountered a beast. Xiyu was anxious and rushed to find him." The female named Zhuo La said.

"Beast?" Zhi Yuan panicked when he heard it, "The three of them went out together, did they all encounter danger?"

"The person who heard the letter said so." Zora nodded.

"Report the letter?" Zhi Yuan frowned and asked, "Who reported the letter?"

Zora shook her head, "I didn't see it either. I just woke up and vaguely heard what they said."

"I see." Zhiyuan felt that the matter was very strange, but he didn't have time to think about everything right now, he was only worried about the three people who were in danger and Xiyu who ran out alone, "I'll go and tell the priest about it. Help me take the things back into the house." He pointed to the things that the previous three people had picked up on the ground.

"Don't worry." Most of the females who live alone are orphans without father and mother. They are used to taking care of each other on weekdays, so it's okay to be busy.

Zhiyuan nodded his thanks, and ran to the priest's house with Ah Zhan in his arms.Passing the main road in front of the tribe far away, he saw three people walking back, talking and laughing.

"You..." He looked at the three of Ah Ting in astonishment.

"What's the matter? Are you frightened when you see us coming back?" Lueshang teased, looking at his blank look.

"You..." A bad premonition suddenly flashed in Zhiyuan's heart, he opened his mouth and asked in a trembling voice: "Have you encountered a beast?"

"Beast?" The three of them froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's right." As they said that, they slightly staggered away, just in time for Zhiyuan to see the kitten who was held in Chen Ting's arms and was only a little bigger than an ordinary kitten. A silver-gray animal.

"Tiger?" Zhi Yuan looked at the little tiger who was sleeping soundly.

"Yes, we met when we were about to leave the forest. We were shocked. When we saw that it was this little guy, we searched around but couldn't find the tigress. Ah Ting wanted to bring it back with Xiyu and Ah Zhan is your companion, so..." Lue Shang was talking, and suddenly noticed that there seemed to be one missing from the original three.

"Where's Xiyu?" Chen Ting was keenly aware of Zhiyuan's abnormality, and also found that Xiyu was not here, and suddenly felt bad.

"Oops..." Zhi Yuan bit his lower lip fiercely, only then was he sure that his guess and premonition had come true.

"..."