In the morning of late autumn, the sky and the earth were covered with layers of hoarfrost, and the howling cold wind rolled over the mountains, blowing on the two small backs.

The end of autumn in the south is bitingly cold, especially in the morning. The frost water melted by the sun at noon yesterday penetrated into the soil and was frozen again in the frosty morning.

The continuous mountain peaks almost isolate the village from the outside world. There are no means of transportation in the village. Whether going out of the village or going up the mountain, all walks are on two legs.

The muddy mountain road is covered with thin layers of ice, and the dirt road under the ice is harder than stones. Even if an adult walks on it, it may take three steps to fall over, let alone Zhao Xiaohua, who is only six. year old child.

After Zhao Xiaohua fell down again, Yun Lihan stared at the past, dark and indifferent.

Crystal tears kept swirling in Zhao Xiaohua's eyes, her voice was choked up, "Brother, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I must walk well, and I won't fall again..."

She was still young, she couldn't understand the emotion in those deep eyes, she was afraid that she would be abandoned by Yun Lihan because she was dragging her back.

Yun Lihan turned around and glanced at the rolling mountains behind him. It was so layered up that one could not see the end at a glance. The branches and branches all over the mountain were withered, and the leaves were all falling. Looking around, they were all withered and yellow, and there was no vitality in sight. .

In late autumn, there are few living things in the mountains, not to mention that the entire small mountain village relies on the mountain for food. After the busy farming season, the villagers have almost searched the mountain, and the food that can be used for it is becoming more and more scarce. .

9527 has just scanned the mountains, and there is almost nothing usable in the mountain near the village. The poisonous weeds and mushrooms that Yun Lihan needs need to climb two mountains to pick them.

Before Yun Lihan wanted Zhao Xiaohua to wait for him at the place where the pigweed was cut, but she insisted on following, Yun Lihan couldn't resist her so he let her follow her.

But now they found that as they gradually deepened, the road in the mountains became more and more difficult. In just this short time, Zhao Xiaohua had already fallen several times. According to her speed, it might be dark , they may not be able to reach places where poisonous mushrooms grow.

Yun Lihan had never been with such a young child before, and he was thinking in his heart, how to talk to Zhao Xiaohua so that she would not be so scared.

But what Yun Lihan didn't know was that he stopped at this moment and looked at Zhao Xiaohua quietly with his eyes. Such indifferent eyes made Zhao Xiaohua extremely panicky.

She was wailing inwardly, almost bursting into tears. In her memory, the last time she saw such indifferent and emotionless eyes seemed to be half a year ago.

That was the eyes of Granny Song after Aunt Zhao gave birth to a girl next door. All she knew was that after Granny Song looked at the baby girl like that, the little girl disappeared the next day. Zhao Jinbao once Tell her that the girl was thrown into the mountain by Granny Song and fed to the wild wolves.

Zhao Xiaohua was terrified in her heart, she knelt down suddenly, and her knee hit the hard dirt road, making a loud "boom--".

Her face was full of sadness, with deep despair in her eyes, "Brother, don't abandon me, I am very good, I will never fall again, I beg you, don't throw me away to feed the wild wolves, I am obedient , I don’t want to have a full stomach anymore..."

The girl's face was covered with tears, and she wept every word she said.

Yun Lihan was stunned for a moment, "Why did I ever say I was going to throw you away?"

Zhao Xiaohua blinked her eyes, "But when I saw Granny Song next door, I looked at the baby with such eyes, and the baby disappeared the next day. Zhao Jinbao said that she was thrown into the mountains to feed the wild wolves." gone."

Yun Lihan's eyes fell on Zhao Xiaohua's body, and there was a thoughtful look in his eyes.

The original owner, Zhao Sanyue, worked hard in the Zhao family like an old scalper. Since he was deafened by Zhao Yongyuan, he lost all communication with the outside world. What Yun Lihan obtained from the memory of the original owner was only to talk to the outside world. related to the original owner.

He originally thought that the Zhao family was the only ones who preferred boys over girls and didn't take girls' lives. Now it seems that in this ignorant and backward village, there are many people whose thoughts have been poisoned...

It seems...he will stay in this village for a while longer.

Yun Lihan rubbed Zhao Xiaohua's head, her cold voice was still colorless, but it made her feel at ease for no reason, "Don't worry, I won't leave you behind."

Originally, only Zhao Sanyue in this family treated Zhao Xiaohua as a human being. She had a natural trust in Zhao Sanyue. Since Yun Lihan said she would not leave her behind, she believed it.

Although Zhao Xiaohua felt that her older brother seemed to be different recently, her little head didn't have that much capacity for her to think too much, she only knew that her older brother treats her better now than before.

"En!" After receiving Yun Lihan's affirmative reply, Zhao Xiaohua came back to life with full blood, and she pointed to Yun Lihan's back basket that was only half filled with pigweed, "Brother, let's go, we have to go back before noon , or else you won’t have lunch.”

Yun Lihan took a look at Zhao Xiaohua, and because she fell and stained some dirty pants many times, he took her by the arm and walked to an open space without weeds, took out the pigweed from the back basket and spread it on the ground. On the ground, said softly, "Sit down."

Zhao Xiaohua sat down obediently, staring at Yun Lihan with big eyes without blinking, she didn't understand Yun Lihan's behavior, "Brother, are we not going to hunt pigweed?"

"Well, let's go later."

A few sparrows flew in the distant sky, bouncing and looking for food among the withered grass not far away.

Yun Lihan's eyes were cold, and he calmly picked up a few small stones from the ground, and when he saw the timing, his wrist shook quickly.

Zhao Xiaohua only heard a short sound of breaking through the air, and saw that the sparrow, which was still alive and kicking just now, was already lying on the ground without a sound.

In an instant, Zhao Xiaohua's eyes lit up, like stars twinkling in the dark night, "Wow! Brother, you are too powerful!"

She danced excitedly, looking at Yun Lihan's eyes full of admiration, "Can I eat this sparrow?"

"Ah."

The young man's cold and ethereal voice sounded, although the tone was indifferent, it did not hinder Zhao Xiaohua's good mood.

Until Yun Lihan deftly roasted a few sparrows and stuffed the stick with the sparrows into her hand, Zhao Xiaohua was still a little confused.

She originally thought that Yun Lihan would just take out a sparrow and share it with her, but she never thought that all four sparrows could be their property.

She looked at the deliciously roasted sparrows in front of her, and she couldn't believe it, "Brother... Big brother, are all these sparrows eaten by the two of us? Don't take them home, give them to Jin Bao?"

"No need," Yun Lihan turned the wooden stick, his voice was as cold as ever, "Eat quickly, you will have the strength to go down the mountain when you are full."

There is not much meat on the sparrows in late autumn, and there is no seasoning in such a remote place. Yun Lihan just roasted the sparrows, but Zhao Xiaohua ate them very happily.

Shiny oil stains filled her lips. Since Zhao Xiaohua could remember, this was the first time she ate meat so contentedly.

There were not many four sparrows, and they were quickly divided up by the two.

Yun Lihan extinguished the fire that was used for barbecue just now, lifted the basket and lowered his eyes to look at Zhao Xiaohua, his eyelashes hit his cheeks, casting a hazy shadow, "Wait here for me, don't run around."

Zhao Xiaohua panicked in an instant, and even felt that the sparrow meat she ate was no longer tasty, so she said miserably, "Brother..."

Yun Lihan: "..."

A little afraid of Zhao Xiaohua's tears.

Yun Lihan is not a person who can patiently coax girls, he will bring Zhao Xiaohua, and it is just to sympathize with her experience, but it does not mean that Yun Lihan will regard Zhao Xiaohua as his responsibility .

"Don't cry," he said in a flat tone from beginning to end, and there was no expression on his face. "I have already said that I will not leave you, but if you continue to follow me, you will only hinder me."

"I don't have to take you with me. You should think about it carefully, whether you want to continue crying."

9527 was stunned by Yun Lihan's operation, "Boss...Zhao Xiaohua is still a six-year-old child, isn't it a little too much for you to say that?"

Yun Lihan's expression remained unchanged, "I don't need a younger sister who can only cry and drag me down."

The tears in Zhao Xiaohua's eyes were suppressed by her, and she saw the seriousness in Yun Lihan's eyes. If she continued to cry like this, she might really lose this big brother completely.

Zhao Xiaohua seemed to be awakened, she suddenly came to her senses, wiped the tears off her face with both hands, looked at Yun Lihan and said solemnly, "I won't cry, I'll wait here for big brother, there is nowhere go."

Yun Lihan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Have you thought about it?"

Zhao Xiaohua answered firmly, "Of course."

-

No need to worry about Zhao Xiaohua anymore, although this body is still a bit weak, but Yun Lihan knows how to exert the maximum speed with the minimum strength, and it didn't take long for him to quickly cross the two hills .

As we walked deeper into the mountain, the air became colder and damper, and the surrounding area was completely silent, except for a few faint wails of crows not far away, there was no other sound.

Yun Lihan pushed through the thorns all the way, passed through the woods, and came to a swamp. There was a layer of yellow-green duckweed floating on the wet and sticky swamp, and on the edge of the duckweed grew a lot of what Yun Lihan needed. of fungi.

Mushrooms of all kinds, big and small, gathered together like a market, with a few poisonous mushrooms with particularly bright colors in the middle.

Yun Lihan pointed at those poisonous mushrooms and said coldly to 9527, "This is the poisonous mushroom I asked you to find?"

9527 froze for a moment, "It's a poisonous mushroom."

Yun Lihan's faint voice sounded, "Are you afraid that the Zhao family won't find out that these mushrooms are poisonous?"

"Ah..." 9527 finally came to his senses, the poisonous mushrooms he found were all brightly colored, and they were poisonous at a glance.

9527's voice weakened, "Boss, I'm sorry..."

"Forget it," Yun Lihan said calmly, "It's not easy to find poisonous weeds and mushrooms in this weather."

"Woo..." 9527 felt even more guilty in his heart, "If I put my consciousness farther away, I will definitely find it."

"No need," Yun Lihan said lightly, "I don't have time to collect it even if it's farther away."

"That's all for now, let's go back."

After Yun Lihan finished speaking, he first put those poisonous mushrooms into the basket, and then picked many non-poisonous mushrooms to cover them.

These poisonous mushrooms are not too difficult to identify for people who have lived in this small mountain village since childhood, and He Wanyue strictly controls the quantity every time she cooks, so she can only go back and look for opportunities.

However, before Yun Lihan took a few steps, he suddenly heard an unusually familiar howling sound.

He turned around and took two steps in the direction of the howling sound, and a dark shadow rushed towards Yun Lihan like an arrow.

A small black animal the size of an ordinary cat and resembling a fox in appearance rushed to Yun Lihan's feet through the messy withered grass.

Then he shook his thick hair and scattered the frost all over the floor.

The little beast was firmly pawing at Yun Lihan's trousers with its two front paws, tears were shining in its big eyes, and it looked abnormally wronged.

"Wow wow wow!" The beast was so scared to death that it didn't even know where it was. It took a long time for the beast to find its owner!

"Heh~" Yun Lihan chuckled lightly, rubbed his big head, and his tone became rare gentle, "So it's Xiaohuang."

At that time, the Lord God came too abruptly, Yun Lihan and 9527 subconsciously forgot about the Void Desolate Beast, he didn't expect that the Void Desolate Beast could still find it after a plane.

"Wow wow wow!" Master, you don't know that big villain is so hateful, the beast was almost caught by him again.

9527 curled his lips in a rare way. He floated out of Yun Lihan's sea of ​​consciousness, looked at the void beast that had shrunk many times and asked, "How did you find this place?"

"Wow wow wow!" I remember the scent of the master's soul!

I don't know why, but 9527 just saw a hint of pride in that beast's face.

The Void Desolate Beast couldn't bear to pay attention to 9527, hugged Yun Lihan's leg and kept acting coquettishly, "Wow wow wow." The master can't just leave the beast casually in the future.

Yun Lihan slightly hooked the corners of his lips, "Okay, don't leave it behind, but there is something you need to do now."

"Wow wow wow." The master respectfully ordered, the beast will definitely do it!

There was a faint smile in Yun Lihan's eyes, "Go and see where there are poisonous mushrooms in the mountains, and ask for the light-colored ones, the uglier they look, the better."

"Wow wow wow!" The Void Desolate Beast rushed out like an arrow after a reply, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

9527:"……"

Good guy, he's so happy that the big boss arranged tasks for him as soon as this stupid beast came.

Yun Lihan took out the poisonous mushrooms in the basket and threw them into the swamp, then walked towards the direction he came from.

-

In the late autumn in the south, it is difficult to see the sun, and the wind is like a knife blowing on the body, which is bitingly cold.

But today is a rare good weather, the warm sunshine seemed to dissipate the coldness in the mountains, and also melted the frost that had gathered overnight.

When Yun Lihan returned to the place he had agreed with Zhao Xiaohua, he found the little girl lying on the haystack he had laid for her, falling asleep with her arms under her head.

It seems that it is rare to have such a leisurely time, Zhao Xiaohua with her eyes closed has a slight smile on her face, and the golden sun hits her body, warm.

Yun Lihan gently woke her up, and handed her a fruit, which was discovered by the Void Desolate Beast when he was looking for poisonous mushrooms. He saw many sparrows surrounding a rotten fruit that fell on the ground, and he ate a fruit. Later, he found that the fruit had plenty of juice and a very sweet taste, so he carefully selected a fruit that was completely intact without worm eyes and brought it to Yun Lihan.

Zhao Xiaohua took it with both hands, her smile was even brighter than the sunshine that day.

She held the fruit and wiped it gently with the sleeves that were washed last night, then held it up in front of Yun Lihan, "Elder brother, eat."

Yun Lihan said softly, "I've eaten."

"really?"

"Eldest brother ever lied to you?"

"Well... that's right." Zhao Xiaohua stopped being entangled, so she held the fruit in both hands and ate it briskly.

-

"Two slobs! What use is it to you to collect such a little hogweed after going there all morning?"

"You know how to eat in one day! Let you do a job and you will know how to be lazy!"

When Zhao Xiaohua handed the basket to Li Meihua, she received another round of abuse as expected.

Zhao Xiaohua has long been indifferent to all this, but Yun Lihan's drooping eyes darkened in a place Li Meihua couldn't see.

Zhao Xiaohua didn't refute, and let Li Meihua yell and scold her loudly. Anyway, she would not lose a piece of meat if she scolded her. When Li Meihua got tired of scolding, she would naturally stop.

Yun Lihan mixed the mushrooms he picked with the poisonous mushrooms brought by the Void Desolate Beast, and gave them to He Wanyue who was cooking in the kitchen.

This poisonous mushroom is not fatal, but carries a toxin that can paralyze people's nerves, which has almost the same effect as a drug.

After eating it, you will fall into a coma, and after a few hours, the toxin dissipates, and you will wake up again.

Yun Lihan's original intention was not to poison the Zhao family to death at once, but to save their lives and torture them slowly to relieve their anger, right?

And the poisonous mushroom found by the Void Desolate Beast was exactly what he wanted.

It was rare for He Wanyue, who took the mushrooms, to have a good look at Yun Lihan. Although there was no longer abusive words on her lips, there was still some sarcasm, "Yo! Do you know how to dig mushrooms to subsidize the family? It seems that there was no such thing last night. It is right to give you food, and you will know how to work after a few more hungry meals."

Yun Lihan lowered his head, watching He Wanyue clean the mushrooms mixed with poisonous mushrooms.

He didn't take He Wanyue's sarcastic words to heart at all, he just hoped that she would still have the strength to curse after a while.

However, when He Wanyue finished speaking, she didn't see any reaction from Yun Lihan, she realized that this child was beaten deaf by Zhao Yongyuan yesterday.

She ignored Yun Lihan, but stewed a large pot with these mushrooms and the chicken brought back by Zhao Yongyuan.

When the chicken was brought to the table, it exuded a strong fragrance. He Wanyue first filled a bowl full of chicken for Old Zhao Tou, and then put two chicken legs into Zhao Jinbao's bowl, followed by Li Meihua and Zhao Jinbao. Zhao Yongyuan.

As for Zhao Xiaohua and Yun Lihan, they only had two steamed buns that were as hard as stones. The two of them were not qualified to eat such precious meat.

The mouths of the five people on the table were full of oil. After eating two big chicken legs, Zhao Jinbao also drank a big bowl of soup, "Mom, this mushroom soup is really delicious, I want more tomorrow."

"Okay, okay," He Wanyue gave Zhao Jinbao the chicken in her bowl again, "We Jinbao likes it, let Zhao Sanyue go to the mountain to pick mushrooms tomorrow."

Zhao Jinbao grinned, and squinted at Yun Lihan, who was not qualified to serve on the table, with a smug expression on his face.

Yun Lihan watched as their family ate up a large pot of stewed chicken and mushrooms.

Liu Meihua pointed at the mess on the table domineeringly, "Zhao Xiaohua, why don't you hurry up and clean it up, what are you waiting for?"

"Hey! Here we come." Zhao Xiaohua put down the half-gnawed corn bread and walked over slowly. She took a basin and was about to fill up the leftover chicken bones gnawed by the Zhao family and feed them to the pigs. The ferocious Li Meihua fell to the ground suddenly.

Li Meihua seemed to be the first card of the domino. As she fell, the Zhao family fell to the ground one after another.

Especially Zhao Jinbao, who ate the most, almost turned his eyes out.

Perhaps it was because Zhao Yongyuan's body was relatively strong, and the others had completely fainted, but he was still struggling, and his rough hands grabbed Zhao Xiaohua's ankle firmly.

Goosebumps crawled all over Zhao Xiaohua's body again, as if she had returned to that lonely night that day.

Zhao Xiaohua screamed, her trembling voice couldn't hide the fear in her heart, "You... let me go, big brother! Big brother!"

After a while, a figure appeared in Zhao Xiaohua's sight that made her even more frightened, and Yun Lihan was slowly walking towards her with a cold kitchen knife in his hand.

Zhao Xiaohua felt that her breathing was stagnant for a moment, and she could hardly find her own voice, "Big...Brother, what are you doing?"

Immediately after she realized something, Zhao Xiaohua tentatively said, "They all seem to be like this after eating mushrooms?"

Yun Lihan raised his eyes slightly, and met Zhao Xiaohua's without avoiding them, "Yes, mushrooms are poisonous."

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