Looking at Xiao Sibao's little hand in his, Xiao Erbao said to Ning Huan, "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely take Xiao Sibao and stay with you."

Then Ning Huan said to Xiao Sanbao, "If you can't walk anymore, just hold my hand and I'll help you walk, okay?"

Little Sanbao nodded gently.

Da Bao watched Ning Huan arranging things for the little ones and thought to himself that this woman was going to abandon him in the mountains.

Although he was terrified, he outwardly remained silent, forcing himself to keep quiet.

But Ning Huan gently touched Da Bao's little face, then squatted down and said to him, "Your legs can't walk anymore, so Mom will carry you on her back. Don't worry, I will definitely bring you all home."

Da Bao stared at Ning Huan's crouching figure and heard what she had just said. He paused for a moment, hesitated for a long time, and then bent down and lay down on her.

The woman's back was thicker and more stable than I had imagined. Da Bao, who was on her back, could feel that she was starting to have trouble walking, and her steps were unsteady.

Although she was covered in sweat, Da Bao could still smell a pleasant fragrance on her body.

He had heard Xiao Taozi mention it before; it was a unique scent that came from a mother. A mother...

Da Bao's feet were throbbing, and he couldn't hold on any longer, so he leaned gently against the woman's back. Ning Huan felt this and gently patted Da Bao with her free hand to comfort him.

But Da Bao, who was on his back, silently had tears welling up in his eyes.

Little Sanbao held Ning Huan's hand and followed her forward. His little hands, which were initially cold from fright, were gradually warmed by Ning Huan's warm palms.

Xiao Erbao and Xiao Sibao followed closely beside Ning Huan. Ning Huan would occasionally turn to look at Xiao Erbao and Xiao Sibao, afraid that they might fall behind.

The four little ones and Ning Huan finally returned to the village before sunset.

Meanwhile, Madam Pang waited anxiously at home, pacing around the yard as she said to Ning Liang, "Son, why hasn't your sister returned from the mountain with the four little ones yet?"

Although Ning Liang was also a little anxious, he pretended to be dismissive and said, "Mom, don't worry about it. Who knows what good things are up on the mountain? My older sister is busy picking things and that's why she's wasting time."

"Besides, those four little ones will take a lot of time to look after, so it's okay if it takes a while."

Pang Shi remained unsettled by Ning Liang's lukewarm words of comfort. She continued to mutter anxiously, "The sun is already setting, and there's still no one in sight. Could they be lost?!"

Just as Ning Liang was about to offer some words of comfort, Xiao Erbao came running back breathlessly, pushed open the door, and shouted, "Grandma, Third Uncle, Dabao is injured! Come with me to pick them up!"

Upon hearing this, Madam Pang hurriedly called Ning Liang to go pick up Ning Huan, Da Bao, and Xiao Si Bao. As soon as she stepped out the door, she saw Ning Huan carrying Da Bao back.

When Pang saw her four little ones covered in dirt and grime, her eyes immediately welled up with tears: "Oh dear, my darling grandchildren, what have you been doing? Why are you all covered in this mess?!"

Ning Liang took Da Bao from Ning Huan's back and carried him into the house. He noticed that Da Bao's feet were swollen and assumed that Ning Huan had hit him on the mountain again.

She stormed out of the house and yelled at Ning Huan, who was sitting down catching her breath, "Are you even human? How could you hurt such a small child? His foot is so swollen, do you want him to never be able to walk again?!"

Pang stopped Ning Liang, then asked Ning Huan with some doubt, "Huanhuan, the injuries on these four little ones, you didn't do them, did you?"

Zhou Jing'an had already heard the commotion in the yard. Hearing Xiao Sanbao's voice, he became extremely anxious, wanting to see how badly Da Bao and the others were injured.

Ning Liang's words made him look even more serious.

Could it be that Ning Huan, after acting for several days, stopped pretending when she saw no one on the mountain today and started to harm the four little ones again?

Ning Huan felt a pang of grievance, but before she could explain, her little brother said, "Grandma, Uncle, you two have misunderstood Mom. She didn't hit us..."

Ning Liang paused for a moment and asked, "Then what happened to you? And how did Da Bao's foot get hurt?"

Xiao Sanbao explained, "We were playing today, and while Mom was gathering herbs, we ran off to pick wildflowers. Originally, Da Bao was leading us back the way we came, but Xiao Erbao and I got distracted on the way back and wanted to look at some pretty wild grasses, so we got completely lost..."

"Then we got so scared that we ran around and accidentally fell into a big pit. No matter how much we shouted, no one noticed us. Later, Mom found us with Xiao Sibao and pulled us out."

Then, Xiao Erbao, Xiao Sanbao, and Xiao Sibao recounted how Ning Huan rescued them and how she managed to bring the four little ones home.

Hearing these words, Madam Pang felt extremely distressed and quickly comforted the three little ones: "Grandma's dear grandchildren, you've suffered so much."

Then she quickly looked at Ning Huan: "My Huanhuan, how are you? Are you hurt anywhere?"

Then she noticed that Ning Huan's hands were covered in blood and blisters, and immediately cried out, "Good heavens! Girl, why are your hands covered in blood!"

Ning Huan waved her hand, and seeing how anxious Pang was about her, the grievances she had just felt instantly vanished.

She comforted Madam Pang, saying, "Mother, I'm fine, it's just a minor injury. Da Bao's foot injury is more serious, I need to go and check it out now, and then apply some medicine to it."

Looking at Ning Huan's hands, which were covered in scars, Ning Liang felt embarrassed when he thought about what he had just said to her, but he was too proud to say anything.

He watched as Ning Huan walked into the house.

After Ning Huan entered the house, she carefully examined Da Bao's foot and found that it was swollen very badly, like a sprain, and there were also minor abrasions.

She first cleaned Da Bao's wound, and then planned to apply some medicine to reduce swelling and treat the injury.

So Ning Huan picked some herbs from her consciousness space and filled a large bowl with sterilized spiritual spring water.

First, disinfect Da Bao's wound. Then, crush the herbs into juice, put it on gauze, and apply it to Da Bao's wound.

Her movements were very gentle, but when she looked up, she noticed that Da Bao's eyes were red. Ning Huan panicked and asked anxiously, "Did I hurt your wound?"

Da Bao shook his head. He wasn't crying because of the pain in his wound. The woman treated his wound very gently, and he couldn't feel any pain at all.

He was saddened and cried because he saw the wound on Ning Huan's hand. Thinking of how she carried him on her back on the mountain, Da Bao felt for the first time what it meant to have a mother's love.