[Ting Yu] Abandoned in the wild

59. Strange female

'It' seemed to be really hurting badly, Xiyu stretched out his hand and tried to help 'it', but 'it' dodged in panic.A pair of eyes protruding from the dark little face actually shone bright green in the dark night.

Chen Ting couldn't help being a little surprised. If he was told to see green eyeballs before, he would probably just sneer at 'foreign devils' or something.But in this barbaric era, this was the first time he saw another eye color besides black.

"Does it hurt?" Xiyu looked at 'it' humming, feeling pity in his heart.

The bamboo tube next to him was still clear water that Ah Ting had fetched before going to bed, Xiyu poured out some soaked animal skins from it, and gently wiped off the dirt on the face of the little guy lying on the ground.The facial skin that has been covered by black hair all year round has a brown luster, green eyes and firm brows, and a stubborn mouth with an unhealthy dark red color.When he screamed in pain, he showed his teeth slightly, and the four canine teeth were different from the sharpness of ordinary people.

Chen Ting took two steps forward, he wanted to take a closer look at this weird kid who appeared out of nowhere.Unexpectedly, as soon as he saw him approaching, the little guy immediately let out a defensive hiss from his throat, and his whole body tensed up.

Xiyu quickly raised his hand to stop Chen Ting's progress, and stretched out his hand to try to hold the child's little hand, "Are you hungry? Come to steal something, because you smell the fragrance?"

The fried meat cooked by Ah Ting for two consecutive days was very delicious. This little guy ran out at night and stole the meat in the bamboo tube, presumably he was also attracted by the aroma.

The little guy didn't dare to move, he shrank his head and ignored Xiyu's question.

Xiyu pursed his lips, looked at the little guy whose hair had been burnt and his body was naked, turned around and took out a piece of his own animal skin clothes from the tent and covered him with it.

"Is Xiyu good at cooking? You can eat enough. Don't steal things, that's bad."

He touched the little guy's bald head, turned around and started a fire on the stone slab, set up another fire on the other side, and hung a casserole for soup.At present, their ingredients are still leftovers from dinner. Xiyu shreds some vegetables and throws them into the pot, and kneads the powder of Tuo Tuo Guo with water into the dough. Stir in one direction, and soon the fruit powder will be fully integrated with the vegetables, and salt will be added into it, which is the paste that Xiyu and Ah Zhan used to eat.The stone slab on the other side was heated, and animal fat was put on it to melt into oil. The rest of the pork was fried on it, and seasonings were sprinkled on it, and the aroma spread out after a while.

The little guy who had been lying on the ground with an evasive attitude also smelled the good smell. He arched his nose and followed the scent.The soft-spoken man was cooking delicious food, and the smell was the same as the one he smelt yesterday.Unlike the meat of those animals in the forest before, there was a fishy smell when it was torn off, the food made by that person was delicious.

Xiyu fried the fragrant pork and put it in a bamboo bowl, and filled another bowl with vegetable paste, and brought them to the little guy together.

"Eat, don't steal when you're full." He put two bamboo bowls in front of the little guy.

From the time his partner started cooking, Chen Ting chose to retreat outside the tent and sit down against a rock, beside the Lihu who had obviously passed out.He has no intention of stopping Xiyu's kind behavior, as long as he is happy, he will not object to anything he does.He was just very curious about this child who appeared out of nowhere. Although he couldn't speak human language, he seemed to understand a lot of human behavior.He knew how to burn herbs to stun them, and how to remove fried meat from bamboo tubes.But the black hair all over his body showed that he didn't belong to any tribe with simple civilization, he seemed more like a wild wild animal growing in the forest.

'Where did this child come from? He stared at the child who was curled up on the ground and dared not look up, and couldn't help frowning.

On the other side, Xiyu also waited patiently for the little guy to put down his guard.He didn't force feed him anything, but just sat beside him with his knees hugged and let him bend down on the ground.The little guy was completely resistant at first, but when the smell of rice wafted into his nose, his instinctive physiological reaction still made him swallow his saliva.

Xiyu laughed, he heard it, and looked up at him strangely.

"Eat as much as you want." Xiyu put the food back in front of him again, "You can only be happy if you don't go hungry. The feeling of being hungry is not good. If you steal something to eat, Xiyu won't be angry, and neither will Ah Ting." Angry." As he spoke, he seemed to want to convince the little guy, and turned his head to ask his partner and smiled.

Chen Ting nodded slightly, expressing that he agreed with his words.

Xiyu was very happy, and stretched out his hand to rub the little guy's bald head again, "Does it hurt? Ah Ting thinks you are a bad person, don't be sad. You can eat now, and the pain won't hurt when you're full."

The little guy blinked his eyes, he couldn't understand what this man said, but he just didn't feel scared.The gentle voice and the smile of the man, he didn't drive him away like the others, and he didn't let out an ugly scream.

The little guy swallowed again, and tried to stretch out his hand towards the fried meat.Because his nails were not taken care of, they had grown very long, a bit like the claws of a beast.Xiyu looked at the pitch-black dirt in the sharp claws, and was a little worried about what the little guy ate into his stomach.But it was not easy for him to put down his guard and eat, and Xiyu didn't want to scare him, so he simply put this matter aside for the time being.

The voracious little guy who was quietly accompanying him finished his food, and the person who was still suffering from the burning pain at the moment let out a comfortable ☺☺ sound because of the full satisfaction in his stomach.

Xiyu was happy, and stretched out his hand to touch his head again.Unexpectedly, this time the little guy actually met his palm and pressed his face against it.Rubbing Xiyu's soft and warm palm, he showed a trusting expression.

"You are so good!" Xiyu felt sorry for him.

At such a young age, it looks like he has suffered a lot.If he didn't persevere at the beginning, I'm afraid his Ah Zhan would also suffer.

The little guy didn't understand what was going on in his mind. He glanced at the two empty bamboo bowls, and then at Chen Ting, who was leaning against the tent not far away, with his eyes closed and sleeping lightly. He turned around and ran into the forest behind him swallowed by the night middle.

"Ah..." Xiyu only had time to utter a single sound, and the little guy was no longer seen.

"Ah Ting." He turned his head to look at his partner.

Chen Ting smiled. In fact, he also guessed that this kind of wild child cannot be completely tamed.He can accept Xiyu's food is his greatest limit.

"It's okay, if he is hungry next time, he will come to see Xiyu again." Chen Ting smiled and comforted his partner.

"Oh." Xiyu pursed her lips.

He was a little bit reluctant to part with this child, and originally planned to wash him after dinner.

"Go to sleep." Chen Ting helped him pack up the slabs, pots and pans that he had cooked just now, and save them for cleaning tomorrow, "Tomorrow we will move to the Limo tribe, and we will also exchange things with their tribe by the way. .If it goes well, we will return to Yanxi after this time."

"Really?" Hearing what he said, Xiyu's eyes lit up immediately.

After being away for so long, he really missed everyone a little bit.And the most important thing is that he misses his baby, Ah Zhan, and wonders if his son will cry or clamor to find him when he is not at home.

"Of course." Chen Ting couldn't see what he was thinking, "Did Xiyu miss Ah Zhan?"

"Yes." The partner nodded without hesitation.

Chen Ting smiled, and said: "I also miss Ah Zhan, so this time I went to Limo, we will go to Yanxi. The harvest of this trip is not small. And now it is going to enter winter , I don’t know when it will snow, it’s better for us to go back earlier.”

"Well, Xiyu always listens to Ah Ting." My partner nodded obediently.

What Chen Ting likes the most is Xiyu's obedient appearance.Contentedly hugging Xiyu back to the tent, the two talked intimately for a while, then couldn't help being sleepy and fell into a deep sleep.

In the early morning of the second day, Xiyu made a simple breakfast and the two of them took a tiger to eat, then packed up the tent and headed towards the Limo tribe.

In fact, the character of the head of the Limo tribe was the main reason why Chen Ting was unwilling to live in it. It was probably because of the same-sex repulsion relationship. The ruthless killing and decisiveness used to be the temperament of Chen Ting, who was a porter.And because of this, he knew how dangerous a person with this personality would be.If he came to Limo alone, he must be fearless.But with Xiyu, he had to worry too much.

But fortunately, the patriarch of the Limo tribe has taken some powerful tribesmen to hunt far away to prepare food for the winter in the past few days. The person who came to receive Chen Ting and Xiyu was the priest of Limo who was over fifty years old——Huo Tan.

"Welcome to Rimo."

Most of the tribes on this continent are still enthusiastic, adhering to the survival principle of barter, they know that only by interdependence can they survive longer.Therefore, they are very welcome to any other tribes who are willing to exchange resources with themselves.

"I've heard about Ah Ting, the quasi-leader of the Yanxi Tribe. I didn't expect to see him today. He is really extraordinary." Huo Tan has been serving as a priest since the last leader, and his speech and behavior are naturally very different from those of ordinary people in the barbaric era.

"You are too polite." Chen Ting's expression was frank, "Because I was injured once before, I am no longer Yanxi's quasi-leader."

"Oh?" Huo Tan was taken aback.

Because the distance between the two tribes is too far, many details are relatively less well-informed.The last time he saw Ah Ting was when the old leader of Yanxi passed away. Although he only glanced at it from a distance, he was deeply impressed by this strong and powerful quasi-leader.

But now after listening to his words, he finally noticed that this person's posture along the way was indeed a bit weird.

Chen Ting didn't mind other people's scrutiny at all, and said with a smile, "Because of the timely treatment, it is considered to be recovering well now. It's just that this leg is destined to be lame, so it is somewhat inconvenient to walk."

What he said was straightforward, and Huo Tan naturally had no reason to ask further questions.After chatting away from other topics, I realized that they had traveled through three or four tribes all the way, and now they planned to exchange some of Yanxi's newly discovered ingredients for some of Limo's resources.

Huo Tan naturally had no objection to this, but they were in a hurry today and they still needed to prepare, so Chen Ting was asked to choose a place in the tribe to pitch a tent to live in, and when they were ready, the two parties could exchange.This result was already expected by Chen Ting, so he didn't refuse, and followed a member of Limo's tribe to the tribe, and chose a relatively remote place near a small river to set up a tent.

The tribe that Limo followed him was very enthusiastic. Seeing that Xiyu was thin, he took the initiative to help Chen Ting set up the tent, and enthusiastically said that the female in the family would send another animal skin quilt later.Now that the weather is cold, men don't care. If a thin female gets sick, it will be a big deal.

Chen Ting did not refuse the other party's kindness, and after expressing his gratitude, he even gave the other party the two eggplants he had brought.The people in Limo had never seen this kind of ingredients, so they were very happy.It's just that when the clansman was about to leave, he glanced at the rattan basket Chen Ting was carrying several times intentionally or unintentionally, and expressed curiosity about the bamboo bow and arrow inside.

Chen Ting didn't notice this, and seeing Xiyu busy building a fire, he got up and went to the side to help.Xiyu liked the slate that was in the forest before, so Chen Ting asked Lihu to stay with him, while he returned to the forest to bring the slate back.

After packing up the tent of my own house, a person came from a distance, it was the female from the clan's family just now.He not only sent the animal skin quilt that he promised them, but also brought a boxy thing.Xiyu looked at it curiously. Seeing that he didn't understand, the female smiled and explained to him that it was put under the head when sleeping, so that sleeping would be very comfortable.There is a magical golden seed in the Limo tribe. In autumn, the seed will grow a golden fruit with spikes. After peeling off the outer layer of hard skin, the white fruit inside can be ground into flour.And this boxy thing sealed with animal skin is filled with the hard shell of the golden seed. It is crushed and put in and sewn up. It is comfortable to put under the head when sleeping.

Xiyu called it amazing. After the female left, he sat in the tent and studied for a long time, planning to go back and make some for everyone after he learned it.After thinking about it for a long time, it was noon.Smelling the aroma of food coming from the tribe, Xiyu remembered that he hadn't prepared lunch yet.Except for the seeds, the ingredients they brought were almost enough to eat. Originally, this kind of food should be fresh. Seeing that A Ting couldn't come back for a while, Xiyu decided to carry the rattan basket and bring the hyena tiger on his back. Walk around in the tribe to see if you can find some edible vegetables to make vegetable soup. The staple food for lunch is to make pancakes with Tuo Tuo powder.

Limo is indeed the largest tribe in this piece of land, and the area it occupies is not small.The place where Xiyu and the others chose to set up their tents was originally in the innermost and remote place of the tribe, but they didn't expect to go deeper, and there was still a short distance before they reached the back of the tribe.It seems that there are not many people in this area, the grass grows very high, but there are quite a lot of various plants around.Some Xiyu had seen it in Sanliu's book, but some had never seen it.

He didn't feel relieved if he didn't know them, so he just found some edible ones he had seen and picked some, and planned to take them back to make soup.There were white mushrooms growing under some trees, their shapes were similar to some edible fungi recorded in the book, Xiyu picked some, and planned to take them back for Ah Ting to have a look at.If you can eat it, put a little in the soup.I don't know if it's because of the shade and humidity here, but the mushrooms grow special. Xiyu picked more and more, and suddenly he couldn't control it. He followed the mushroom growth route to the end of the tribe.

Suddenly, there was a coughing sound in his ear.Xiyu frowned suspiciously, looked up and followed the voice, and saw a beautiful tent under the low wall at the back of the tribe.It's just that it seems a little strange to put up the tent in this place where few people come.

Xiyu picked up the rattan basket and walked towards the tent.The closer you got, the more obvious the coughing sound was.

"Is anyone there?" He stood at the door and asked in a low voice.

The coughing inside stopped suddenly, and there was no sound inside for a long time.Just when Xiyu was wondering if he heard it wrong just now, the coughing sound came out again, and it became more intense.

Xiyu was really worried, so he didn't care whether it would be bad to break in.Leaving the hyena tiger outside the door, he opened the curtain of the tent and walked in.The inside of this tent is really not small, and the layout looks very delicate.It's just that in such a big tent, there was only one female lying on the animal skin quilt and coughing violently.

"Are you okay?" Xiyu walked to him and asked softly.

The man looked very weak. He watched Xiyu walk in, and wanted to hide behind while coughing.

Seeing his movements, Xiyu immediately stopped, "Xiyu heard your cough, and was a little worried. Don't be afraid, Xiyu is not a bad person." He pointed to the rattan basket behind him, "Xiyu has to do I found a lot of vegetables, and when I was picking mushrooms, I heard coughing."

Perhaps it was because of his unusual sincerity, or because Xiyu himself had a trustworthy and pure charm.The female's eyes were no longer alert, but the violent cough had exhausted his strength.He half bent over the animal skin quilt, panting weakly.

Seeing him like this, Xiyu went over to pour him a glass of water, but found that the water in the clay pot on the ground was cold.

"You can't drink this." Xiyu murmured.

Sanliu said that people who are sick should drink warm water, so as not to feel more uncomfortable.

He thought for a moment, then turned to the female and said, "Xiyu leave for a while, come back soon." After speaking, he turned around and ran away, not even having time to take away the rattan basket that had just been placed on the ground.

In fact, he was in a hurry because he wanted to go back to his tent to get the casserole they brought.He rushed back to the female's tent, built a fire, put water in the casserole and boiled it, and then poured a cup for the female.

"It's ready to drink now." Xiyu walked up to the female, held the bamboo bowl and blew lightly a few times until the temperature was confirmed, then helped the female to get up and bring the water to his mouth.

The female looked at him, seeing that he kept smiling at her, and then opened her mouth to drink the bowl of water.The warm water flowed down the throat, and the feeling of being dry and wanting to cough was much better.His body felt comfortable, and his whole expression calmed down.

Seeing that he no longer frowned sadly, Xiyu breathed a sigh of relief, and took out another bamboo tube from the side.

"Pour some of this in when drinking water. Sanliu said it is very effective for coughing."

What he gave was the honey he brought over, and he originally planned to make sweet cakes for Chen Ting occasionally on the way.Just in a hurry all the way, plus collecting ingredients to exchange supplies, he forgot about honey.But luckily I forgot, there is still a lot left, so the female can drink more.

"Thank you." Under Xiyu's warm care, the female finally spoke, but her voice was slightly hoarse due to illness.

"Are you sick?" Xiyu asked him.

The female nodded, "I was exposed to the cold in the snow in winter, but I haven't been able to recover well since then." Due to being bedridden for a long time, the female's body has also become weak.A glass of warm water relieved his cough a lot, but it didn't ease his symptoms either.

"Xiyu didn't see anyone taking care of you, where is your family?" Xiyu looked around the entire tent.

The strength of the Limo tribe allowed their members to enjoy a solid and warm stone house. It was only because he and Ah Ting were foreign guests that they lived in tents temporarily.But this female who lives deep in the tribe actually lives in a tent. Even though this tent is the most gorgeous I have ever seen, it still makes people wonder.

"Family?" The female's eyes were blank, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, "It's all gone, they're all gone." For some reason, the female's voice began to choke.

Xiyu pursed her lips, and realized that she seemed to be talking about other people's sad things.

"I'm sorry, Xiyu didn't know." He felt sorry, the female was not in good health, and now it made him cry.

"It's okay." The female smiled wryly and shook her head, "It's not your fault, I also want to thank you for your willingness to help me just now."

"It's okay." Xiyu smiled.

Suddenly, he noticed the angle of the sun outside.

"Ah, Xiyu is going to cook for Ah Ting. Xiyu is going back." He pulled the earthen pot that was refilled with hot water, "This is hot water, remember to drink it. The honey in the bamboo tube and Drink water together, and you won't cough." He reminded carefully.

"Yeah." The female nodded gratefully.

Xiyu stood up, put the casserole into the rattan basket, and carried it behind his back together with other things.

"You..." Just as he was about to walk out of the tent, the female stopped him again, "What's your name?"

"My name is Xiyu." He replied with a smile.

The female murmured the name twice, carefully memorized it, and said, "My name is Li Ya." He put his hand on his chest, "Thank you today."

"Well, Li Ya, Xiyu remembered." Xiyu nodded seriously, turned and left the tent.

Walking all the way to his tent in the tribe, he couldn't help but think of Zora in Yanxi's house.When he and Ah Ting left, Zora had a fever due to the humidity of the rainy season, and Zhiyuan was taking care of him hard.

"I don't know what happened to Zora and the others. Did Ah Zhan miss Abba?" He pursed his lips and muttered sadly.