Tang Miao supported Tang Sihuang who was sliding upwards, turned her head to see that he hadn't been woken up, relieved, turned her head to look at the road, and her eyes involuntarily slid to the old man and the young man again. They not only wear animal skins, but also straw sandals on their feet. The conditions in the mountains have been so difficult? However, the complexions of these two people are very rosy, which shows that there is no shortage of daily diet. The two of them went deep into the mountains alone, so they must both be good hunters. Nowadays, this is also a great skill.
After a while, Tang Miao suddenly realized that the old man and the young man were walking very smoothly, without any pause on the way, as if this route had been walked countless times. After careful observation, he found that there are very clear marks on the trunks or branches along the way, but it is difficult to find if you are not careful or unfamiliar.
All the way downhill, after more than half an hour, I finally saw the shadow of the village. The village is not small at all, and it can be seen that many wooden houses on the periphery were built later. As soon as they approached, at first glance, everyone noticed the big and small beast meat drying under the eaves, shaking gently in the morning breeze. People in the village are either washing clothes or chopping firewood, and children are running barefoot on the ground. Almost everyone was wearing animal skins, and when they saw the old man and the young man bringing a stranger in, they all looked over curiously.
The old man smiled and said: "I will take you to meet someone first, and then entertain everyone."
The old man's face is full of wrinkles, but his smile is very kind, making these soldiers seem to see kind people from their hometown. Ye Lin quickly thanked him, stepped forward and stood side by side with the old man, chatting with the old man from time to time. As for the young man who was at the end just now, he is gone now, and I don't know when he left.
The old man led everyone to a brick house and knocked on the gate of the yard.
"Early in the morning, who is it?" Someone inside asked impatiently.
"It's me, Old Man Jiao."
The door was pulled open, and a very handsome young man greeted the old man with a smile, "Oh, it's Mr. Jiao, how's your harvest today?" The man probably just got up from the bed, wearing a slightly oversized top A very old black long-sleeved T-shirt, a pair of crumpled boxer shorts, and a pair of cheap plastic sandals.
Tang Miao noticed that the old man Jiao's expression was a little unnatural, and he couldn't help but start to think about it again. Could there be something suspicious here? He only supported Tang Sihuang with his left hand, but his right hand was hanging down, ready to take action at any time. The current passive state made him feel slightly restless.
"Xiao Li and I were going to collect prey this morning, but when we encountered these lost People's Liberation Army, we brought them here."
"Soldier?" The handsome man's eyes lit up, he hurriedly opened the door, took two steps back, "Please come in quickly.
There was a table and three or four wooden chairs in the yard, and he asked a few people to wait a moment, saying that he was going in first to call someone.
Liu Dong said to Tang Miao: "Let's put Mr. Tang down first." Seeing Tang Miao reciting all the way without saying a word, he also admired this child a little.
Now that the situation is unclear, Tang Miao dared not put Tang Sihuang down easily, and quickly said: "You guys should sit down, this journey has already troubled you enough."
He was actually very anxious. Since Tang Sihuang was injured yesterday, Tang Sihuang has hardly eaten much. The calories in his body are not enough. How can he heal the injury? He hoped that he could stay here for a while, even if it was only half an hour, or an hour. In that case, he could exchange his things with them for some rice to cook some porridge for Tang Sihuang.
Liu Dong felt that Tang Miaoqian had given in too much, but he didn't force him. He let the others sit, but he still stood.
At this time, the door of the main room opened with a "squeak", and the handsome man from before came out quickly after changing into a slightly neater set of clothes, and said with a smile, "Guys, come in and sit down. The head of the house welcomes you."
Seeing that he had nothing to do, the old man said hello and left.
A few people were a little confused by the word "head of the family", but they didn't have to think too much. When they entered the room, they saw a tall and strong man sitting on the top seat. The man was very handsome. After asking them to sit down very politely, he said to Tang Miao, "This brother is injured? How did you get hurt?"
Tang Miao repeated what he had said to the old man before, the man nodded, and then introduced himself: "I am a native of the village, Qin Tianfu. I am trusted by everyone and recommended me to be the village head. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me Say, we will help if we can.”
Ye Lin is the oldest among them, and he has performed well along the way. Everyone is willing to take him as the leader for the time being and look at him.
Ye Lin also gave Qin Tianfu a smile, and said: "We are a large army, from the capital base. But after entering the mountain, we accidentally lost our way. Fortunately, we met Uncle Jiao before we came out."
Qin Tianfu chuckled, nodded and said: "Fortunately, you met him. Uncle Jiao even knows how many ants there are in the forest. But how did you come all the way from the base in Kyoto to this place? City B is not close to here."
As soon as Tang Miao heard this, she felt bad. She only heard Ye Lin say, "Our mission this time is to hunt in Feiwang Mountain. Otherwise, we wouldn't go deep into the strange mountain."
Qin Tianfu's eyes seemed to have changed, but before he could speak, the handsome man said disappointedly: "Hunting? I thought your army was here to pick up the survivors and go to the base in Kyoto."
Ye Lin's heart skipped a beat, knowing that he had revealed himself too early, and quickly said: "Of course, we will find ways to bring the survivors we met along the way back to the base. We can see that your life here is too much. Bitter."
Tang Miao secretly paid attention to Qin Tianfu, only to see him pause for a while, then smiled again, and said lightly: "It's fine if you get used to it. It's not difficult to get out of the mountain, I'll send you off."
"Brother Tian." The delicate man was taken aback, got up and walked to Qin Tianfu's side, and pushed his shoulder.
Tang Miao was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly noticed that Qin Tianfu was wearing black clothes under his coat, and looked away clearly.
Qin Tianfu glanced at the handsome man, but said nothing.
After all, Ye Lin is not good at playing with people's minds. Seeing that Qin Tianfu didn't welcome them, he didn't want to say much. He just thought it was a good thing to leave quickly, so he nodded his thanks.
Everyone else stood up and was about to leave, but they heard Tang Miao say: "Brother Tian, my dad hasn't eaten much since yesterday, I want to borrow your pots and stoves, and a small handful of rice for me. Daddy cook some porridge. Of course, I will exchange things with you."
Qin Tianfu was going to find an excuse to refuse, but he hesitated when he heard that he was offering something in exchange.
Ye Lin and the others were very surprised by Tang Miao's sudden move, and looked at him disapprovingly. They all saw that Qin Tianfu did not welcome them, and they had been in the village for a long time, and they were afraid that things would change.
"Xiao Tang, Mr. Tang looks good. I think we should leave as soon as possible. If we stay in the woods until dark, it will be dangerous." Li Kai persuaded.
Tang Miao shook her head resolutely: "No, my dad hasn't eaten for a long time, and it will affect the healing of the wound." What's more, if these people are willing to cooperate with him, even if Qin Tianfu doesn't send someone to send them out of the mountain, he has a way.
Seeing that they disagreed, Qin Tianfu asked Tang Miao, "What do you plan to exchange?"
Tang Miao took out two almost brand-new clothes from her bag, and handed them to the handsome man, "This is my clothes, and I have only worn them twice. I bought the loose version on purpose when I bought it, and you should be able to wear it."
The delicate man looked happy, looked at Qin Tianfu, saw Qin Tianfu nodded, and quickly took it, "Yes, it looks very new, and I like the color very much."
When Li Kai saw that they had reached a deal, his face darkened.
Tang Miao knew that they were dissatisfied, but she was sure that they did not want to leave Tang Sihuang, so she said a few words of comfort, "It will be soon, and it won't take too long."
Li Kai and others didn't want Qin Tianfu to know that Tang Sihuang had space, so they could only keep silent.
As soon as Qin Tianfu clapped his hands, a person came in outside, very respectful to Qin Tianfu.
"Brother Tian, what are your orders?"
Tang Miao secretly thought: This is not the village chief, he is just like a king of the mountain.
Qin Tianfu said: "Take this little brother to the kitchen and give him a handful of rice. He will use our stove to cook porridge."
"okay."
Tang Miao went to the kitchen with Tang Sihuang on her back, and Ye Lin and others followed. After Tang Sihuang had eaten the porridge, they could go straight away.
The leader ordered the people in the kitchen to scoop out a small handful of rice for Tang Miao. It was really very small, and it couldn't fill a disposable paper cup. But the rice is still good, probably harvested last year. Tang Miao secretly added some, and let Tang Sihuang continue to sleep leaning on the backpack, while he squatted in front of the stove and set firewood to cook porridge.
Li Kai and the others watched his face flushed red by the fire in the stove, the feeling of anxiety gradually dissipated, and they all fell into silence. If it was their son, would they treat them like this when they were in danger? If something happened to their father, would they be able to stay together
The person who scooped rice for them did not leave, probably because he was afraid that they would steal something from the kitchen.
It was not easy for a few people to talk, and they waited silently for the porridge to be cooked.
Liu Dong stepped forward, picked up the spatula and stirred the pot.
Tang Miao smiled at him: "Thank you Brother Liu."
"You're welcome." Liu Dong shook his head.
After the porridge was cooked, Tang Miao filled two bowls, picked up one bowl and kept stirring it until it was not hot, then squatted next to Tang Sihuang and called him softly, "Daddy, wake up, wake up, eat something before going to sleep." .Daddy...,"
Tang Sihuang woke up slowly, but was taken aback when he saw Tang Miao, his voice was slightly hoarse, "Why are you so thin?"
Tang Miao laughed and said, "How is it possible? It's only been one night. Drink some porridge before going to bed."
In the process of serving the porridge, Tang Sihuang turned his head, looked around, and roughly understood their situation. He didn't say anything, and slowly finished the bowl of porridge, feeling a little strange, why did Ye Lin and the others behave like this He waited patiently for his porridge.
Tang Sihuang signaled for another bowl, Tang Miao was happy, and two dimples appeared on his face.
There was still some left in the pot, and Tang Miao asked Ye Lin and the others to drink it, and none of the Tai family wanted it. Tang Miao put the porridge in a bowl and drank it all. Tang Sihuang didn't sleep any more, leaned on his backpack, watched the little guy's furious look quietly, and smiled softly.
"Daddy, I'll carry you, let's go now." Tang Miao flushed the bowl with water, licked his lips, and said.
Tang Sihuang laughed: "Miao, I hurt my shoulder, not my leg."
Seeing that he insisted, Tang Miao had to give in, helped him stand up, and then lifted their backpacks.
Before a few people walked out of the door, they heard a burst of noisy footsteps outside, as if a group of people ran past the kitchen.