Chapter 12 Encountering Danger, Expressing Gratitude
"Have you eaten enough for dinner?"
After making the bed, Song Li handed Song Xiaoxiao a bare piece of chicken cake.
To avoid making Song Xiaoxiao suspicious, she had already removed the plastic packaging bag from her spatial storage.
The Zhao family deliberately pretended to be poor, and their dinner was ordinary. The black flatbread was so coarse that it scratched their throats, and the millet porridge was not delicious either. The pickled vegetable shreds were crisp and refreshing, but they were too salty and not filling.
But Song Xiaoxiao is very sensible; she eats everything and isn't picky.
"Sister, you can have some too." Song Xiaoxiao obediently divided most of the cake for Song Li.
A warm feeling washed over Song Li.
Isn't this little sister so adorable!
Fortunately, I didn't abandon her and run away yesterday.
Money can be earned back, but where can you find loved ones when they're gone?
Song Li was immersed in self-satisfaction when Song Xiaoxiao suddenly asked, "Sister, where did all these good things come from?"
She had never seen such delicious noodles and meat at noon, and now there were sweet pastries. Even the village head's family never ate so well. Yet she, a poor girl living under someone else's roof, was enjoying such good food.
That's a bit strange!
Song Li: "..."
"I bought it in town," she lied.
"Sister, you have money?" Song Xiaoxiao was even more puzzled.
"Yes." Song Li couldn't make up lies on the spot, so she told him about how she beat up Wang Laocai yesterday and forced him to give her money.
Actually, it's good to say it out loud, so that Song Xiaoxiao can understand the necessity of resistance as soon as possible.
Sure enough, Song Xiaoxiao said with great admiration after hearing this, "Sister, you're amazing now."
Song Li hugged Song Xiaoxiao tightly, "Of course, I will definitely protect you well from now on."
The original owner's wish was to protect her younger sister and take her away from the Song family's hellhole. Since she had promised the original owner to take care of her sister, she would definitely do it.
The two sisters were enjoying a cozy moment when suddenly everything went dark. A large moth flew towards them and landed on the cracked earthen wall.
Song Xiaoxiao was startled, screamed, jumped up, and raised her hands—
"etc!"
Song Li thought to herself that drinking the spiritual spring water would make her incredibly strong, and she was worried that she might knock a hole in the wall, making the house uninhabitable. However, as soon as she shouted the words of protest, Song Xiaoxiao had already picked up the sole of her shoe and decisively slapped it down. She had lived in a livestock shed since she was a child and was always attacked by snakes, insects, and rats, so slapping was a conditioned reflex.
"Smack!"
The moth fell to the ground with a thud, and upon closer inspection of its body, it was merely flattened.
The wall was completely intact!
Song Li was stunned. What happened to the promised superhuman strength?
She only drank one sip yesterday and was able to crack granite with a single punch. How come Song Xiaoxiao had no effect at all?
Song Li touched her chin, still puzzled.
Does the spirit spring water not work on anyone other than her?
...
That night, the two sisters slept in each other's arms. They weren't cold, and nothing was said that night.
The next day, Song Li got up before dawn as usual.
Her whitening foundation requires morning dew collected from orchid flowers on the back mountain to make. She was busy all day yesterday and it was delayed, so she has to go up the mountain again today.
Perhaps due to their biological clocks, Song Xiaoxiao woke up as well, so Song Li took her up the mountain as usual.
Without that guy bothering me today, the hike up the mountain went smoothly, finding the orchid flowers went smoothly, and collecting dew was incredibly easy.
In no time, she had collected three jars.
Although Song Xiaoxiao is small, she is just as fast as her and has also collected a jar.
As dawn broke and the sun peeked out from behind the mountain, Song Li figured the dew would soon evaporate, so he decided to stop and head down the mountain.
"Let's go home."
These four jars are enough for her to make a batch of foundation.
Since it's her first time making it, she can't be greedy and make too much. The original owner of this body couldn't even afford to eat before, so she had no idea about the market for rouge and face powder. Therefore, her memory of this area was blank. She had to test the waters first.
Song Li was worried that Song Xiaoxiao was too young to walk, so she carried her on her back when they went down the mountain. Song Xiaoxiao obediently lay on her back, holding a jar full of dew tightly in her arms.
Song Li secretly stored the three jars she had collected in her spatial storage, otherwise carrying them around would be too heavy.
When we reached the middle of the mountain, we suddenly heard rustling sounds coming from the woods ahead.
Song Xiaoxiao had sharp hearing and heard it immediately.
"Sister, wild boars are coming!" she whispered to Song Li.
Um?
Song Li opened her eyes wide and scanned her surroundings, but saw nothing, nor did she see any unusual movement in the grass or leaves.
"Where?"
Song Xiaoxiao: "I heard it, the wild boar is coming."
Song Li then strained her ears to listen, but heard nothing but the whooshing sound of the wind.
Moreover—
How did you know it was a wild boar?
This is a low mountain area where wild animals rarely roam.
Song Xiaoxiao: "..."
Yes, how did she know?
Qingliu Village was poor, and only the village head and Niu San could afford to raise pigs, but they were stingy and wouldn't let her see them. She didn't even know what pigs looked like, let alone wild boars.
But strangely enough, she had a thought in her mind that told her the wild boar would charge out.
"Sister! Sister! Believe me, it's a wild boar, charging towards us!" she urged urgently.
Song Li, with the mindset of "better safe than sorry," quickened her pace down the mountain.
Wild boars may sound like they're just one word different from pigs, but they're far more ferocious than domesticated pigs, and their bristles and tusks are formidable weapons.
Song Li carried Song Xiaoxiao on her back and hurried down the mountain.
But the wild boar was much faster than her.
A moment later, she also heard the wild boar's grunting.
Immediately, a dark figure darted out from the bushes beside her, leaping forward to block her path.
Sharp tusks, barbed dark brown bristles, and fierce scarlet eyes—it really is a wild boar!
Song Li quickly changed direction.
The wild boar was hot on their heels!
As autumn deepens and many animals begin to hibernate, wild boars, lacking food, seem to have decided that these women are their meal!
Song Li hurriedly ran forward.
She saw a narrow passage not far ahead; if she went through it, the wild boars wouldn't be able to get in.
Upon arriving at the destination, Song Li first tucked Song Xiaoxiao into the box on his back, and then tried to squeeze in himself as well.
But the wild boar was much faster than she had imagined. She heard grunts as it rapidly approached from behind, and at the same time, she could hear the crisp sound of tree trunks being snapped by the wild boar.
In an instant, the stench of the wild boar was sprayed onto the back of its neck.
"Hmph—"
The wild boar opened its foul mouth and bit Song Li's collar, its hot, wet saliva soaking her clothes.
The wild boar flung Song Li to the ground, its large mouth, adorned with sharp tusks, open wide—
"sister!"
Song Xiaoxiao screamed and struggled to crawl out of the narrow passage.
At the critical moment, suddenly with a "whoosh," an arrow shot through the wind and pierced straight into the wild boar's forehead.
The arrow was extremely powerful, with half of it deeply embedded in the wild boar's skull.
puff--
A stream of warm blood splattered all over Song Li's face. The wild boar collapsed to the ground with a thud, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The beast twitched weakly a few times and then stopped moving.
Song Li snapped out of her panic, wiped the blood from her face, turned to look in the direction the arrow had come from, and solemnly thanked him, saying, "Thank you so much for earlier!"
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