In midsummer, the valley is always green and humid. Lei Jin has to go out early every morning and walk a long way to find food. After all, the valley is big, but there is not much to eat. It is growing day by day, and he has to reserve some in case he needs it from time to time, so unless it rains, he really can't be lazy for a day. Although Rong Chuan mentioned many times to give him his own prey, Lei Jin He felt that he was a big man with hands and feet, but he hadn't reached the point where he needed to be supported by irrelevant people.
Ama Rong Chuan has lived in the valley for nearly four years. Now that he is old and has no one to talk to, he understands that no matter how difficult it is for Rong Chuan to have children, he treats the two clever and mischievous little guys very well. Sending some fruit and sewing small clothes is also a common thing, so Lei Jin usually entrusts the two small ones to him to look after when he goes out. Of course, he does not forget to send some delicious meals every time.
"Come into the house, it's cool in the morning, don't be cold." Rongchuan's Ah Ma was sitting on the stone at the entrance of the cave and was weaving a wattle basket. When she saw Lei Jin coming with the child in her arms, she hurriedly got up to say hello.
"Father, you have to come back early." As soon as Lei Jin put them down, Yuzu rubbed his sleepy eyes with feeling, barely opened a crack, Chengzi fell asleep from the beginning to the end, without moving a muscle.
Lei Jin gave a soft "En" and continued: "Look at my brother here and listen to Grandpa. Dad will be back in the middle of the afternoon." But seeing Yuzi's dazed look, I don't know if he listened.
"How can you sleep like this? A pair of lazy pigs." Lei Jin smiled and squeezed their little noses before getting up.
"Children are like this. If you sleep more, your body will grow stronger. Rong Chuan was also like this when he was a child. Sometimes he can sleep all day..."
"Uncle, these two packs are the steamed meat I just made this morning. One pack is for you to taste, and the other pack is for them to make lunch." We have been together for three years, and Rong Chuan has not heard much about the shitty things from childhood to adulthood. It's been repeated eight times, and it's okay to accompany me to relieve boredom when I have nothing to do. Now I'm so busy that I don't have such leisure time. It's the right way to leave as soon as possible.
Ama Rong Chuan sighed routinely, held Lei Jin's hand and did not let go, repeating the old saying: "Lei Jin, I also know that Rong Chuan used to bully you, and you don't like him, but you see that three years have passed. , he treats you well, his body is also good, and he can catch a lot of prey, why do you bother yourself so tired as a female, besides, you can’t get out even if you miss your partner, and it’s not that uncle wants to Say, but that’s what happened in itself.”
You don't want to say that I didn't beg you to grow old, and I hope that one day you can stop talking. Lei Jin is a little impatient, but this person can still persuade Rong Chuan, he can treat himself well, and he doesn't want to quarrel with them So I had to force myself to improve my acting skills, and I was able to put on an affectionate look with ease: "Uncle, everything is fine in Rongchuan, but I still can't forget Yuzu and their father." Well, it's getting worse and worse recently, but it's a day if it can be delayed for a day.
Don't think he didn't notice that Rong Chuan was hiding beside him, and today he dodged again. Lei Jin cheered secretly, and threw the basket outside on his back as if it had nothing to do with him.
Lei Jin looked up at the sky. The sun hadn't come out yet, but it was already bright. When would those three idiots come over? If they gave up, would he have to wait for the grapefruits and oranges to grow up before going out. He still remembered that Rong Chuan proudly showed off to him that it was difficult to find this valley from the outside, and only he knew the entrance, so it was no wonder that this place was so close to the Tiger tribe, but there was not even a single outsider in the past three years. Haven't seen it.
"Ah, didn't you say that he would definitely agree?" Rong Chuan walked out of the hole next to him with a sullen face.
"Don't worry, you've been waiting for three years, and he won't be able to get out anyway. Sooner or later, it will be yours." Lei Jin is too difficult to talk, he has said everything, why has he not let go in the past three years? Well, my son looks much better than that Xiya from the leopard clan, I really have no vision.
"You say that every year." Rong Chuan complained dissatisfiedly, he has been waiting for three years, when will he wait, he doesn't want to wait anymore.
"Pao, do you miss our father? I almost can't remember what he looks like." Pao Pao is over four years old this year, and his golden fish tail is slapping the river surface, reflecting the sun, which is extremely dazzling.
"I hate him." Probably because I haven't spoken for a long time, the immature voice sounded rustling.
"My daddy said that daddy won't leave, he must be somewhere and won't come back." Bubbles scratched his blond hair, thought for a while and then said: "My daddy also said that daddy loves grapes the most, no I'll be willing to leave." Bubbles grasped Grape's limp little hand, and taught him what he heard from Berg.
"Everyone in the tribe said that he left and that Dad and I were no longer needed." Even though he was young, he still understood a lot of words.
"Father is gone, and so is Uncle Lan Qi." Bubble said dejectedly.
Putao blinked away tears and asked, "What happened to Uncle Lan Qi?" He also knew Uncle Lan Qi, and every time he met, Uncle Lan Qi would give him a lot of things, and it was hard to forget.
"I'll tell you secretly, Putao." Seeing that there was no one around, Pao Pao whispered, "I think it's because Uncle Lan Qi provoked my father.
"Uncle Berg?" Putao's attention was temporarily diverted.
"Once, I saw Uncle Lan Qi put my father on the bed. My father seemed to be in pain and kept screaming. I rushed in to save my father. Later, Uncle Lan Qi was kicked out by my father."
"Uncle Lan Qi bullies Uncle Berg, then he is a bad person." Putao puffed up her face and clenched her fists.
"I don't know either, but Uncle Lan Qi said that he planted a younger brother for me in Father's stomach." Bubble wrinkled his face, looking rather embarrassed.
"Brother Kind?" The two little heads muttered together for a long time, but no one could figure it out.
"Grape, Bubble, it's time for lunch." Ming Ya was coming down from the mountain road.
"I thought you should be here in a few days. You sneaked out today. I haven't told Dad yet. I'm going back. I'll come to play with you tomorrow."
"Then this is for you. Inside is the delicious food I brought you. Putao took off a small bag hanging from his waist.
Bubble took it, hung it around his neck, waved to Mingya and said, "Uncle Mingya, I'll come back tomorrow, Putao, I'm leaving."
After Mingya told Bubble to be careful on the road, she leaned over to pick up Putao, wiped his face, and asked, "Is Putao crying? Did Bubble offend you?" There were tears in the corners of his eyes.
Grape shook his head.
"That's good. Otherwise, little daddy will be very distressed. I'll walk back with the grapes in my arms, okay?"
Putao rubbed his face affectionately, agreeing.
Ming Ya chuckled lightly, and said with nostalgia in her voice: "Did little daddy meet you back then, and he walked with him in his arms like this. Putao misses him, and little daddy misses him very much." , slowly lowered down.
"The dishes are all ready, I'll just wait for you two." The dining table was set in the yard, and Haochen was serving the dishes from the kitchen. He looked at the red circles under the eyes of the father and son, and was taken aback for a while, opening his mouth after all. ask.
"Uncle Haochen, there are so many dishes." Mingya said with a smile.
"Well, some of them were found by Lei Jin from the mountains back then, and many people in the tribe have planted them this year." Calling Brother Lei Jin, Jing Yue was still not used to it.
"Eat your meal." Muyue put a chopstick of food into his bowl, and didn't let him talk anymore. Many things can happen in three years, for example, he and Jing Yue already have a child, and Jing Ping has also found himself The orc companions, the constant is probably the guilt of their family, and the three of Xi Ya and the others have never given up.
"Uncle Haochen, I'll go out after lunch." Mingya has grown up now, and she also knows that she can pretend not to hear some words.
"Go, I'll take a nap with Putao later." Haochen replied with a smile.
Putao was tearing Ming Ya's clothes under the table.
"The sun is very poisonous, will my little daddy take you out tomorrow morning?" Although it doesn't look obvious on the outside, Putao's body is weaker than other children after all.
Despite the reluctance on his face, Grape nodded.
Near noon, Lei Jin sat down by the lake, kicked off his straw sandals, soaked his feet, and took out his own steamed vegetable steamed buns, broke them in half, and could eat two or three with clear water.
The harvest is not very good, there is nothing in the traps set up, today I only dug up a little wild vegetables, two handfuls of asparagus, and a big brown root, which can be used as seasoning, and the squeezed juice has a slightly hot and sour taste. Put a little bit to improve the taste.
After eating, wash your hands, face the lake and cut off part of your hair that has grown a lot. Fortunately, the three of them are not around, otherwise they will be stopped. I don’t know how they are now, and I don’t want to That's fake, but more often he has to think about how to fill the bellies of himself and his two children, and how to prevent Rong Chuan from succeeding. In fact, according to his previous temperament, Rong Chuan is not good at the front anyway, cheating. It's not difficult for him to take the back to relieve himself, but I don't know what's wrong with me. The lower body has been so honest in the past three years, relying entirely on self-sufficiency. I thought there would be something wrong? Lei Jin touched it himself, and it was good, quite energetic.
Pulling aside the reeds by the lake, there is a large field of wild lotus here. The pink flowers are mixed with the dense aquatic plants and bloom very vigorously. This was discovered by Lei Jin a long time ago. According to estimates from previous years, there should be tender and vigorous The water chestnut and lotus root can be eaten. Lei Jin jumped into the water, and sure enough, he picked half a basket of water chestnuts and two washed large white lotus roots in a short time. not enough.
Last year he raised two little horn sheep, but he accidentally fed this kind of sorrel, and he was paralyzed for two days before he could move. Lei Jin thought that this should be regarded as a drug, and since then he has always kept it with him. Recently, Rong Chuan has become more and more The dishonesty, maybe it will be used soon.
At noon, the sun was at its strongest. Lei Jin just wanted to take off his clothes and swim around in the cool lake, but he felt something was wrong. As soon as he turned around, he saw Rong Chuan standing on the bank with great interest, his eyes were so dark that he could not see Light.
"It turned out to be you. It scared me. Why did you come here?" Lei Jin held the basket with his left hand and greeted him with a smile. He had to be polite, and the bronze knife in his right hand under the water was ready ready to go.
Rong Chuan stared at the water-wet neckline of the female in front of him. He touched it, and the skin underneath was very slippery, making people want to touch him.
Lei Jin's eyes narrowed, and murderous intent suddenly appeared. Damn, even if I am so handsome and angry, I didn't prepare it for you. There is no end to it.
The orc's natural and keen intuition told Rong Chuan that Lei Jin can't get close now, but there is a fire burning in his body, so he still couldn't control himself and jumped into the water, approaching Lei Jin step by step.
Lei Jin threw his basket on the bank, kicked the water and turned his head in one go, and jumped into the lotus like a fish. He knew in his heart that even in the water, he was not Rong Chuan's opponent face to face, so he could only adopt a roundabout tactic.
Rong Chuan saw that he was in the air, and he roared and chased after him.
The lotus is dark and airtight from the inside. Lei Jin, relying on his agility and familiar terrain, dodges to a blind spot and stabs into Rong Chuan's body with a knife. In this area, he still has a sense of propriety, knowing that he can't really kill Rong Chuan, but if he doesn't teach him a lesson, Rong Chuan is clearly ready to use force. After this fight, it took at least an hour, Rong Chuan was covered in injuries, and Lei Jin himself didn't look much better, bloodstained, and Rong Chuan tore out countless deep and shallow wounds on his body, but looking at Rong Chuan The concern in Chuan's eyes has finally disappeared, and the meeting should be able to stop in the near future.
Lei Jin spit out the blood foam in his mouth, washed the blood on his body indiscriminately, climbed ashore, turned his head and waved kindly and friendlyly to Rong Chuan who was still in the water, and said with a smile: "I'll take a step first, don't worry , wash slowly."
Rong Chuan was so angry that he punched the water surface, hurting the wound on his body, and he could only gasp, cursing inwardly: Lei Jin, let me see how long you can escape.
"Daddy daddy… "
Youzi and Chengzi saw Lei Jin's figure from a distance, and ran towards him one after the other.
"Did you have a good meal today?" Lei Jin held each other, his arm hurts, and he couldn't hold it anymore today.
"Yes, I ate the meat at Grandpa's place. Dad, my brother and I caught a big fish today." Cheng Zi stretched out his two short arms and gestured.
"It's really big, Dad." Speaking of this, Yuzu's eyes lit up.
"What did I tell you? You are not allowed to play by the lake, didn't you hear it at all?" The lake was so deep, and there was no one around, if the two little guys accidentally fell, he would not even dare to think about it.
"Didn't go to the lake, Dad, my younger brother and I caught the meat and went to the mountain." After all, he was still young, and the expression of grapefruit was not very clear, but Lei Jin understood it. They picked it up on the mountain when they went hunting. , there is the surface entrance of the dark river, and some fish may be washed up.
"Really, really, Daddy, fishes have big tails."
"Well, where's the fish?"
"Grandpa doesn't know what's in our family's pot." Yuzu said triumphantly. Although Aunt Rong Chuan treated them well, the two children seemed not to be very close to him by nature.
Lei Jin chuckled, seeing how they were swaying, the injuries on his body seemed to be less painful.
"It's all on fire?" As soon as Lei Jin came home, he saw that the fire was burning at the bottom of the pot. He habitually left some kindling at the bottom of the pot. First, it can warm the water, and second, it is easy to ignite when cooking Just add a handful of hay and it’s done. The two little guys watch it every day, and even the clumsy ones can order it.
"Dad, fish soup." Cheng Zi smiled and rolled her big purple eyes.
Lei Jin thought about a pot of water, a fish, and the fish was not cleaned up, what kind of fish soup should he drink, but the child is so capable, he can't blame him face to face, so he went to lift the lid of the pot.
"Bubbles?" Lei Jin exclaimed, and a golden mermaid fell asleep on the bottom of the pot. His face was flushed with heat, and there were strings of blisters spitting out of his mouth. Although he hadn't seen him for three years, this familiar little mermaid The face should be a bubble.
He hurriedly carried him out. Fortunately, the stone pot heats up slowly. If he came back late for the meeting, the two little bastards would have boiled Pao Pao. , but not deep, he guessed that he should have bumped into something in the dark river and passed out temporarily.
The two little guys seemed to know that they had made a mistake again, and lay all four paws side by side in the corner from a distance, for fear of being beaten by their father.
"Come here, this is brother, you stay with him, dad cooks."
Then they crawled over obediently, looked curiously at Bubble who hadn't woken up, Chengzi poked lightly with his small paw, tilted his head and asked Yuzi: "Brother, brother Putao is a fish." He only knew There is an older brother who has never met, named Putao.
"Yuyu is delicious." Dad's fish is delicious.
"Is Brother Putao delicious?" Cheng Zi bit his little paw and asked.
Yuzu saw that her father outside the cave was still busy cooking, so she didn't pay attention here, so she suggested in a low voice: "Why don't we take a bite, just one bite."
Chengzi swallowed, and felt that Brother Yuzi's words made sense, so he gnawed on Bubble's face by himself.
"Ah..." Bubble screamed, covered his face, and woke up in pain.
"What's the matter, Bubble?" Lei Jin rushed in.
Yuzu and Chengzi stared, trying to put on an innocent look that was none of my business.
"Father?" Bubble called tentatively, he couldn't remember Lei Jin's appearance, but the smell was very familiar.
"It's me, Pao Pao, I'm Dad. I haven't seen you in three years, and Pao Pao has grown up." Lei Jin said excitedly.
"Father, where have you been? We couldn't find you." Once confirmed, Bubble immediately revealed the intimacy he was familiar with in the past.
"Father can't get out here, how did Bubbles get here?"
"Puputao and little uncle Mingya are here. I slipped out to look at Pupao. I didn't tell Dad. I wanted to take a shortcut and go back to the sea. Later, there was a rush of water. I don't know why I came here. Dad, what is this?" Where is it?"
"Does Bubble mean that Putao and Mingya came to the Tiger Clan?" Lei Jin asked a little excitedly, but his face darkened again when he thought that he couldn't meet each other so close.
"Uncle Xi Ya, Uncle Mo Ya, Little Uncle Ming Ya, they will accompany Putao here every day."
"Really?" Lei Jin replied without energy.
"They've been looking for Dad, but they can't find it. Putao also misses you very much. Look, this is what Putao brought." Bubbles untied the small bag around his neck.
Speaking of his children, Lei Jin cheered up and asked a lot about Putao carefully. Knowing that everything is fine with them now, he felt a little relieved.
Originally, I wanted to ask a few more questions, but the "gurgling" sound coming from Paobao's stomach could not be ignored.
"Father will cook something delicious for you tonight. Pao Pao shouldn't have eaten since noon, right? There's meat stewing in the pot." Lei Jin said with a smile.
Bubble agreed embarrassedly, but the two little guys jumped up and down happily when they heard that there was something delicious.
"It's not for the two of you, what did you bite brother Pao Pao's face for?" Don't think he didn't see the two rows of neat teeth marks on Pao Pao's face.
It was only then that Pao Pao discovered the two chubby fluffy balls that had shrunk aside a long time ago.
"Dad, who are they?"
"This is Yuzu and Chengzi brothers." Lei Jin grabbed them one by one and placed them in front of Bubbles.
"Ah, Dad, they look exactly alike." Bubbles exclaimed in amazement, looking at this and that, he couldn't tell which was a grapefruit and which was an orange.
"Come and tell Brother Pao Pao, which of you is a grapefruit and who is an orange."
Yuzu rolled her eyes and said loudly, "I am Cheng Zi."
"Then I'm Yuzu."
After speaking, the two nodded to each other in a tacit understanding.
"Say it again, Dad didn't hear clearly." Lei Jin asked word for word.
"I'm my elder brother Yuzi, and he's my younger brother Chengzi." Facing her father's almost fierce eyes, Yuzi could only tell the truth obediently, since grandpa and Uncle Rongchuan couldn't tell the difference, why didn't dad always I will admit my mistake.
"Stay here and play with Brother Pao Pao, if you lie again, Dad will use a knife to carve your names on your foreheads." Lei Jin threatened with a knife in his hand. I have to say that Lei Jin is really good. Even his own son did not forget to intimidate him.
That night, I cooked water chestnuts, stewed lotus root with cooked meat, stir-fried shredded chicken, and steamed two fish specially for grapes. The three little guys ate their mouths full of oil, and Lei Jin was busy knocking water chestnuts for them. , I didn't eat much, and besides, he was in severe pain, and he really lost his appetite.
After they were all asleep, Lei Jin went to boil a pot of hot water to wash them, took advantage of the moonlight, went out and mashed two handfuls of green vegetables nearby, and applied them on the wound.
After seven or eight days in the valley, Bubble and Yuzu Chengzi had already had a good time, but he began to think about going home.
"But Paopao has no exit here, and Dad doesn't know how to get out." Lei Jin knelt down and tried to explain to him.
"Father, I can go out by the original river."
"No, that undercurrent is too urgent, what if you are rushed to another place?" Lei Jin refused. Although Pao Pao couldn't get out if he stayed here, at least he could take care of him with himself.
"It doesn't matter, Dad, look, this is the pendant given to me by Uncle Lan Qi. He said that as long as you hold it in your mouth and stay in the water, you won't be afraid of any waves."
"Is that so?" Lei Jin turned over and couldn't find out what material it was, but Lan Qi was Pao Pao's father, so he would never harm Pao Pao.
"Then, Dad will tie a rope around Pao Pao's waist. If Pao Pao can't get out, just yell loudly, and Dad will pull you back." Lei Jin was just in case.
"Father, I'll go out and find my father and little uncle Mingya to rescue you." He saw that bad guy come to fight with father at night.
"Bubble, good boy." It seems that Rong Chuan came to attack continuously in the past two nights and was seen by Bubble. He didn't expect Bubble at first. He said a few simple words in his ear, which were too complicated for the child to remember.
"Father, I remember everything." Bubble repeated it completely.
"Okay, don't cry. When we go out, we can see Brother Pao Pao." Lei Jin pulled the rope back and tied a small bag to it. This was agreed with Pao Pao. If we can go out safely, we will Attach the pouch to the other end.
"Dad, I want Brother Pao."
"Me too, Dad."
"We will definitely see you." Lei Jin carried them home. The two little ones had been detained here for three years since they were born, and they didn't have any playmates of the same age. Seeing that Bubble left, their eyes were swollen from crying.
Lei Jin took the chicken and meat smeared with salt and hung them up in the cave at the back. It was strange to say that although the valley here was humid, the cave was unusually cool and dry, and the food rarely spoiled on weekdays. To preserve freshness, he stepped on stones, hung the meat in a cool and ventilated place above the cave, and waited for it to dry, so that it could be stored for a longer period of time, and he would not be afraid of running out of food in winter.
It seems that things may not be going smoothly. It has been more than half a month since Bubble left, and there is still no news. Is there something wrong in the middle? I managed to trick Rong Chuan out today, I hope they You can give me a chance, just worrying about this matter, I feel a tight waist, two thick arms have wrapped around him tightly from behind, and easily pulled away the knife that was always attached to his waist.
"Let go, Rong Chuan." Lei Jin turned his elbow back and hit him hard on the head.
Rong Chuan let out a muffled snort, but his arms still didn't relax at all, he directly hugged Lei Jin off the stone, pressed against the wall, and licked it when he came up.
"Rong Chuan, we have something to discuss." Lei Jin tried his best to keep calm, thinking that the two little guys had gone out.
"I won't listen to you again this time." He had already taken Lei Jin's secret losses countless times, and he would never be fooled again this time.
"It's been a long time since you were there, you're a big-headed ghost." When Rong Chuan touched him, Lei Jin finally couldn't help shouting.
"Just let me touch it, just lick it." Rong Chuan panted.
"Damn it, you mean to be disgusting, don't you?" Lei Jin struggled to dodge, thinking of that scene, his scalp went numb, you don't want to send me off like this, and you dare to take advantage of me.
After finally being able to move his arm, Lei Jin reached into his pocket, took out a handful of powder, and threw it behind him.
Rong Chuan coughed, let go to wipe his face, Lei Jin quickly turned around, pressed his arm, and punched him hard in the eyes.
"Does the drug feel good? You should sleep here." Rong Chuan was lying on the ground now that the drug was taking effect. Lei Jin kicked him mercilessly in the chest and took him back knife, clapped his hands and planned to leave.
"If you leave today, I'll kill those two brats if I can move." Rong Chuan didn't give up.
But after he finished speaking, he immediately regretted it, because he saw Lei Jin's face changed, and he no longer had the usual teasing and teasing, and his whole body suddenly became fierce.
"Let's not mention the holidays three years ago. In the past three years, no matter what, you and your aunt have helped me a lot. I know how to repay you, so I have tolerated you again and again, and I didn't hurt your life. , do you think I really can't kill you?" His physical strength is naturally inferior to that of an orc, but some things are not only based on physical strength, but also on brain.
"No, I'm not..." Rong Chuan felt Lei Jin's knife slipping around his neck, and he also became nervous. He couldn't understand how beneficial this knife is.
"I really don't want to kill you, but if you have to choose between the child and you, I can only let you... die!"
"Lei Jin, Lei Jin, where are you?"
Lei Jin trembled, wondering if he heard it wrong, did he finally find him
"Lei Jin, I'm Mingya, where are you?"
"It's Mingya's voice."