Yu Xiaocao led a younger brother by the hand, and followed Gray Wolf towards the dark cave. Fortunately, Lingshi water has been added to food, drink, and washing all these years, and her eyesight has been strengthened. Although the cave is very dark, she can still see the scene vaguely inside.
While walking, he reminded the two younger brothers if there were any stones under their feet. After stumbling for a quarter of an hour, the gray wolf leading the way stopped.
Yu Xiaocao blinked, and tried her best to look towards the place where Gray Wolf was standing. There was a smaller hole there, about half the height of a person, and she and her brothers could crawl through it with their waists bent. The humming of a small animal could be heard faintly from inside.
The gray wolf got in, took out a black animal from inside, and put it at Xiaocao's feet. Xiaocao squatted down and saw that it was a pure black wolf cub. Xiaocao looked under Gray Wolf's belly in surprise: "You gave birth to a baby? It doesn't look like you!"
Gray Wolf's blue-green eyes shone with contempt: the old paper belongs to the public, the public's! Then twisted its butt, went back into the hole, and pulled out a pure white wolf cub. Well, one black and one white, there is no one like it!
"What do you mean? Show me that you have a son and a daughter?" Yu Xiaocao guessed.
Gray Wolf gave her another look of disdain, and shook his head. Yu Xiaocao thought about the worries in the morning. Could it be that this gray wolf with only spirituality foresees the difficulty of hunting in the future, so she wants her to help raise its cubs
"Little wolf... you want to give the children to me to raise?" Yu Xiaocao stared into Gray Wolf's eyes and asked word by word.
The gray wolf gave the two cubs a loving look, and nodded slowly. The mother of the little wolf cub went out to hunt a few days ago and never came back. The little wolf cubs howled with hunger. The prey brought back by the gray wolves, the cubs are too young to eat, and have survived to this day only by licking the blood on them.
Without mother's milk, the blood of prey alone is not enough to feed two wolf cubs. Gray Wolf can only watch his children grow weaker and weaker, but there is nothing they can do. Unexpectedly, today I met a human being who gave it a delicious liquid a long time ago. After drinking those few drops of water, its physical fitness has improved significantly, and its wounds have also healed faster. Being wise, it instinctively thought that this female human could help it save the lives of its two children.
"Second Sister, if you have anything to say, let's go out and talk about it? It's too dark here, and little Fangping is scared!" Little Shitou didn't say that he was scared, but pushed Liu Fangping down.
And Liu Fangping was blinded for a long time, and he was also afraid, and he echoed: "Yes, yes! It's too dark, it's scary!"
Yu Xiaocao picked up the two frail little wolf cubs, and said to the two younger brothers, "Put my clothes on and don't get separated. And you, little wolf, come with me!"
After walking for a full quarter of an hour, the three of them, one wolf, and two wolf pups walked out of the cave and arrived at Yu Xiaocao's secret base—the hidden valley. The valley was not spared either. After the ravages of locusts, the scene of blooming flowers and verdant trees was no longer there. It was even more desolate than when she came in winter. The green vegetation has been eaten away, leaving only jagged branches or rhizomes, the ferocious ground is exposed, and the stones are abrupt. Fortunately, the brook is still gurgling.
The two little guys, who had regained their sight, saw that their older sister (cousin) had two black and white puppies in her hands, and chattered excitedly around her: "Second sister, where did the puppies come from? They are so cute! Let me hug!"
Liu Fangping also jumped up, stretched out his little hand, and screamed: "I want it too, I want it too!" But he was frightened back by the gray wolf guarding the cubs baring their teeth, and stood aside obediently, looking helplessly at Yu Yu. The "little white dog" in Xiaocao's hands.
Yu Xiaocao looked down at the two little wolves, they should not be full moon yet, they are so thin, you can see their ribs one by one. The little wolf's eyes have been opened, and the black eye is pure blue, like a clear and transparent sapphire. The white one had taupe eyes like shining opals. The two little guys lay obediently in her hands, looking at her trustingly with two pairs of cute big eyes. Because she has the same smell as her father.
The two little wolves were so weak that they lay motionless in her hands, without even the strength to raise their heads. If she came a day and a half later, the two little guys would be in danger.
Yu Xiaocao came to the stream with the two wolf cubs in her arms, dripped a drop of spirit stone liquid on the palm of her hand, diluted it with some stream water, and sent it to the cubs' mouths. The spirit stone water exudes a more alluring smell than wolf milk, and the two little wolf cubs, who haven't eaten for a long time, instinctively lick the spirit stone water with their tongues. The spirit stone water in his hand was quickly licked up, Yu Xiaocao didn't add more to them, because the little wolf cub was too young and too weak to bear too much spirit energy. If you drink too much Lingshi water, it will backfire!
During the whole process of feeding the spirit stone water, the gray wolf squatted beside Yu Xiaocao, watching the two cubs drinking the spirit stone water with loving eyes. Its throat moved, but it still resisted the temptation of Lingshi water.
On the other side of Yu Xiaocao squatted Xiao Shitou and Liu Fangping. Little Stone looked at the two cubs' emaciated appearance, and worried whether they could feed them. Seeing the little wolf cub licking his mouth after drinking the water, Xiao Shitou said, "Second Sister, are the dogs hungry? I'll catch some fish and roast them for them to eat!"
The unique small white fish in the creek, the meat is tender and very delicious, whether it is grilled or stewed, Xiao Shi likes it. This time when he came to the secret base with his second sister, he specially brought an earthen pot over, preparing to catch some small fish to go back.
Yu Xiaocao looked at him narrowly and said, "Okay! If you can catch it!"
Xiao Shitou was eager to try, but thinking of the embarrassing things that happened when he caught the little fish before, he squatted down resentfully, and said coquettishly: "I can't catch it, but there is second sister you? Second sister, I will help you hold the little fish." Dog, go catch fish and bring back some more."
Yu Xiaocao carefully handed over the two little wolf cubs to the younger brother. This time, the gray wolf did not react too aggressively, but followed the little stone step by step, staring at his cubs without blinking.
Xiaocao caught a few grasshoppers from the grass, cut them into sections, sprinkled a few drops of Lingshi water, and then put the grasshopper crumbs by the stream. Liu Fangping asked curiously: "Second cousin, are you making bait? Will the little fish take the bait? What if it doesn't eat the grasshopper?"
"You can tell if the small fish can eat it just by looking at it!" Not long after the grasshopper crumbs were put into the stream, a group of small white fish swam up. The shape of willow leaves.
Liu Fangping excitedly stretched out his hands to fish, and shouted: "Little fish, little fish! Quick, second cousin! Hurry up and catch the little fish!!"
Yu Xiaocao watched him trying to catch fish with a smile, and said, "Slow down! Don't fall into the water. Wait a little longer, when there are more small fish, we will catch them with nets."
Yes, it is not easy to come to the secret base, the siblings are well prepared. There are more and more small white fishes, huddled together in a white flower by the stream, shining like pearls in the sunlight. Impatiently, Liu Fangping picked up the net bag and stretched it towards the place with the most fish. Go down in a net and catch more than a dozen small fish.
Liu Fangping cheerfully put the fish into the earthen jar, and said, "These fish are so stupid, they don't know how to hide when the net bag comes! Maybe it's because there are no natural enemies in the valley, so it's too peaceful?"
Xiao Shitou curled his lips, thinking: If there is no bait made by the second sister, do you think the little fish can hide? I have tried it, and it would be nice to catch one or two in an hour!
But Xiao Shitou didn't say what was in his heart. He always knew that the second sister had secrets, and his intuition told him that if these secrets were revealed, it would be bad for the second sister. Therefore, at a young age, he buried this secret deeply in his heart to protect his beloved sister.
Two children, one is watching with a puppy on the shore, and the other is fishing for small fish with great interest. Seeing that there was no danger nearby, Yu Xiaocao took a stroll by the stream. Many flower clusters that used to bloom luxuriantly now only have bare stems left.
She remembered that the godmother said that many of them were very precious treasures. What a pity! Yu Xiaocao sprinkled diluted spirit stone water on the roots of some flowers, and she didn't know if they would grow again next year. She was also thinking that in the future, she would dig a batch and sell them to Fucheng, or sell them to the capital with the help of her godfather and mother-in-law, so as to make a small profit!
The valley is not too big, she walked around in less than half an hour, and then walked back and forth. This valley is surrounded by mountains, and only a hidden hole leads to the outside world, so it is a good place to take refuge. If there is war or something in the future, this place will be a paradise!
Yu Xiaocao was amused by her own thoughts. In this peaceful and prosperous world, the common people live and work in peace and contentment, so there is no war. Besides, if there is war, it will start from the frontier. When it reaches Dongshan Village, the Ming Dynasty will be considered destroyed. The Ming Dynasty has a strong army and many outstanding generals. There should be no wars in a few decades.
Yu Xiaocao never expected that her random guess would become a reality in the near future. This valley has also become a great hero for protecting the people of Dongshan Village. This is something.
After Liu Fangping filled the crock that could hold ten catties of wine with small fish, the three siblings bid farewell to Gray Wolf, went through the cave, traveled through the forest, and returned to their home at the foot of the West Mountain.
On the way down the mountain, I met a craftsman who built a villa on the mountain. Because of this plague of locusts, more than half of the construction of the Xishan Courtyard of Prince Jing's Mansion was forced to stop. The craftsmen were worried about the disaster at home, and had no intention of staying in Xishan anymore.
A few days ago, King Yang returned to the capital and brought Princess Jing back to the capital. The steward who oversaw the construction of Xishan Bieyuan had to go back to Beijing to report the suspension of work to his master in person.
The distant capital city was also swept away by the locust plague, and the surrounding farmland was severely damaged by the locusts. However, compared with Dongshan Village, where the locusts passed and there was no grass, this place is not bad. At most, the crop production will be reduced.