Duofu turned around and looked around, but he didn't see the familiar little figure: "She was with us just now. I'll go look for her."

Gao Shujing: "The water's been poured. You take Duoshou and Duoxi to bathe first, before the water gets cold. Duolu should be in the backyard; I'll go check on him."

Gao Shujing came to the backyard and saw that little Duolu was still practicing martial arts diligently, taking each move seriously.

Although the little guy is the most lively child in the family, he has always been very serious about martial arts training. Today, his moves were more stable than usual, as if he had washed away his usual restlessness.

As Gao Shujing watched him grow from a tiny little boy who couldn't even walk steadily to his current promising future, he couldn't help but sigh with admiration, feeling a surge of satisfaction as if he foresaw the little guy's extraordinary future.

Gao Shujing slowly walked up: "Duolu, it's time to go back and take a shower."

Doro continued his movements: "Uncle, I want to practice longer to improve my strength."

It's good that children study hard, but it's also important to strike a balance.

Gao Shujing's lips curled up slightly: "You're still young. The most important thing is for you to be happy every day. There's no need to rush to improve your strength."

Duolu said earnestly, "Uncle, I've thought it through. The reason you don't want me to go up the mountain is because I'm too weak. If I were as strong as my older brother, you wouldn't have stopped me from going up the mountain, and Duoshou wouldn't have had a reason to drug me."

Gao Shujing asked softly, "Why have you been so eager to go up the mountain?"

Doro tilted his small chin up: "There are many prey on the mountain, and I want to compete with them."

Gao Shujing bent down and picked up the little guy: "But you haven't beaten any of your rivals at home, except for your younger brothers. If you can't even beat the people around you, how can you beat outsiders?"

"Those around you will hold back when fighting you; but if you go outside, those people won't worry about you getting hurt like we do, they will do everything in their power to defeat you."

Doro insisted, "Uncle, I'm not afraid of getting hurt or failing; if I fail, I can win it back through hard work."

Gao Shujing patiently analyzed it for him: "Duolu, when you encounter outsiders, you will not only get hurt; when you go outside, it's like entering a forest."

"Uncle will tell you a law of the forest: there is only victory, no defeat. Because defeat means death, means becoming meat in someone else's mouth."

"Just like the pigs, cows, sheep, and deer we eat, they lost to us, so they became the meat in our mouths. The day you lose to them, you will become the meat in their mouths."

Duolu said confidently, "Uncle, I've killed wild boars before, although I did it with Duoshou and Duoxi. But my martial arts skills are much better now. I have a feeling that if I encounter a wild boar again, even if I can't kill it, I can at least escape."

Gao Shujing: "The wild boar is not even ranked among the prey in the mountains. Above it are cattle, wolves, tigers, leopards, bears, and pythons. Even these are not the most powerful. There are many more powerful creatures beyond them."

“Your eldest brother, who has never won against you, was almost killed by a cow the other day when he was slaughtering it. He wouldn’t have been able to go up the mountain without our help.”

“We won’t stop you from improving your strength, but when you get permission, can you promise your uncle that you won’t sneak up the mountain? It’s dangerous in the mountains, and you’re too weak right now. We don’t want anything to happen to you, and we don’t want you to become someone else’s prey.”

Little Dorjee never imagined that things would be like this on the mountain; he thought the most formidable creature was the wild boar he had killed before.

He had heard of tigers and wolves in the mountains, but having never seen them, he couldn't imagine their strength, which is why he decided to go up the mountain to try.

Unexpectedly, his older brother, who was supposed to be more skilled than him, was almost killed by a bull while on the mountain.

Gao Shujing's words gave Duolu a more direct understanding of the prey on the mountain. If his elder brother was considered weak, then he was even weaker.

Duolu thought of Gao Shujing's theory of the law of the jungle: victory means survival, defeat means death, and one becomes meat in someone else's mouth.

Gao Shujing held Duolu quietly, not disturbing his thoughts. He knew the child he had raised; Duolu wasn't stupid, he was only smart about things he cared about.

After much thought, Duolu finally said seriously, "Uncle, I won't go up the mountain now. I will practice martial arts diligently, and I will go up the mountain again when you think I am capable or can beat my elder brother."

Gao Shujing rubbed his little head and said with satisfaction, "That's the kind of good boy your uncle is. Let's go take a bath, then go to sleep. Tomorrow will be a new day."

After that, Duolu practiced his skills even more diligently.

Of course, the little guy also holds grudges. Duo Shou drugged him several times and lied to him. Normally, he couldn't do anything to him, but Duo Shou couldn't use drugs during their daily battles. He seized this opportunity to teach Duo Shou a lesson.

Duo Shou was no pushover. When he discovered Duo Lu's intentions, he didn't want to get beaten up, so he began to study Duo Lu's moves and try to counter them with skillful techniques.

In the midst of their rivalry, Doki, not wanting to fall too far behind, also began to work hard.

After finishing his morning exercise, Erdan stepped out of the Yu family's gate, feeling as if he had escaped death. He wiped the sweat from his face; despite the cold weather, he was covered in sweat.

Erdan: "Has Duolu finally been driven crazy by Duoshou? The fight is so intense, and Uncle Guojing and Duofu aren't even stopping it."

Duo Shou and his friends all knew about Duo Lu's drugging, which is why Er Dan made this guess.

Da Wa: "But Duo Lu and Duo Shou are improving so fast! Their moves are so fast we can't even see them clearly."

“Even Duoxi is much better at beating people. He beat me so badly that I couldn’t fight back. If he were a real enemy, I would have been dead long ago.”

Hua Zi: "Those guys are monsters. They're several times stronger than us, and they spend more time training every day. I heard that Duolu hasn't been out playing for a long time."

"It would be strange if their martial arts skills didn't improve after all this hard work."

Dog Egg: "I think Duolu won't be in the mood to go out and play until he defeats Duoshou."

Hua Zi: "Anyway, I won't mess with Duo Shou anymore."

Several of the friends shared this thought: Duoshou, who knew medicine, was not someone to be trifled with. Although they hadn't tried it themselves, they had seen Duolu's miserable state many times and dared not risk their lives on Duoshou.

In fact, Duolu and the others were not allowed to use their internal energy in the morning matches; they relied purely on their physical strength. However, at night, they used their internal energy and fought even more fiercely.

During this time, Duofu, accompanied by Gao Shujing and Gao Guojing, went into the mountains and brought out a wild deer and a wild boar, but the wild sheep were still nowhere to be found.

However, with the wild boar and wild deer, they finally managed to gather two or three hundred catties of cured meat. The remaining meat was made into jerky, which can be eaten directly or stir-fried with some seasonings.