They listened intently for a long time, but all they could hear was the continuous patter of rain.
She was worried and stayed up most of the night, fearing that her mother hadn't returned and that danger had struck the house again.
The sound of rain was so soothing, and the weather wasn't as hot as during the drought, making it a perfect time to sleep.
They both stayed up until late at night, but eventually couldn't hold on any longer and fell into a deep sleep.
Da Zhuang was half asleep when he saw Shuangshuang leaning against the kang (a heated brick bed) without being covered by the quilt. He groggily pulled the quilt over to cover her stomach.
The next day, the group was awakened by Yuanyuan's incessant crying.
Sanyuan hadn't even opened her eyes yet when she skillfully picked up Yuanyuan and began to soothe her, her voice still soft and sweet from half-awake: "Little sister, be good, don't cry, don't cry, Mommy will be back soon."
Dazhuang got up, pushed Shuangshuang, who had been up most of the night and was still not awake, into the bed, and quietly got off the kang (a heated brick bed) to go to the kitchen to make breakfast.
The heavy rain continued unabated, as if a flood had been released.
Sanyuan sat blankly under the eaves, holding Yuanyuan in his arms, his face full of worry.
What awful weather! After months of drought, it suddenly started raining nonstop.
The lake at the bottom of the cliff, which was half dry, is almost full. If this continues, the lakeside path will probably be flooded.
I don't know where my mother spent the night last night; there wasn't even a place to shelter from the rain around.
well.
"Go and wake Shuangshuang and Siwang up to wash their faces; it's time to eat."
Dazhuang's voice came from the kitchen. Sanyuan came to his senses and was about to go inside to call for help when he suddenly heard several cries for help through the rain curtain.
Sanyuan was startled and instinctively hugged Yuanyuan tightly before running into the kitchen: "Big brother! Big brother! There's a voice calling from outside the valley, it doesn't sound like Mother's voice!"
"What?" Dazhuang put down the spatula, took two burning firewood from the stove and extinguished them, then picked up the kitchen knife. "I'll go check out the mountain path."
Shuangshuang woke Siwang and got out of bed, stopping Dazhuang: "No. I heard similar sounds last night. I'm afraid someone wanted to enter the valley but was stopped by the trap set by Mother. We can't go."
Da Zhuang frowned as he listened to the unusually loud wails: "We can't not go. We can't just let him keep yelling like that. What if he attracts other people?"
They can manage with traps and weapons when there's only one person, but if they attract others, it becomes much more difficult to deal with.
Shuangshuang thought about it and realized it made sense, so she quickly changed her tune: "Big brother, I'll go with you."
"Alright, take your dagger and call Big Goose too."
Dazhuang and Shuangshuang quickly made up their minds, and after preparing everything, they opened their bamboo umbrellas and prepared to leave.
"I want to go too." Sanyuan, holding Yuanyuan and dragging the still-sleepy Siwang, looked at her older brother and second sister with a wistful expression.
Da Zhuang hesitated for a moment, worried that the newcomers would be fierce and hurt the three children, and also afraid that the three of them would be powerless to protect themselves if they stayed in the valley. After thinking it over, he decided to bring the people along.
*
Hanging on the cliff, Wang Liehu's eyelids were almost drooping from the rain, his whole body was numb and weak, and his lips were purplish-black. He was only half an hour away from hanging to death.
As he desperately shouted for help, he couldn't stop regretting why he had risked going up the mountain for such a small amount of meat.
Wang Liehu, who prided himself on being a renowned hunter in the surrounding area, accepted a whole leg of lamb as a deposit from the He family, who were looking for their son. He braved the wildfire to enter the mountains to search for him, but unexpectedly, less than a day after entering the mountains, a heavy rainstorm extinguished the wildfire.
He knew there was a bandit stronghold in the surrounding mountains and dared not go there. He also understood that the He family was cowardly and would never dare to provoke the bandits, so he painstakingly avoided the bandit stronghold.
Whether it was divine intervention or not, Wang Liehu did not encounter a single bandit along the way.
Even luckier, after walking into the mountains for less than half a day, he unexpectedly discovered the tracks of tigers, two injured tigers that couldn't run fast!
Even in these chaotic times, tigers are still worth a lot of money. Tiger penises and bones can be used in medicine, tiger meat and tiger paws can be eaten, and tiger skins can be used as bedding...
Wang Liehu had determined the location of the two tigers in advance. He tracked them all the way to the outside of a valley, and in the time it took him to urinate, the tigers disappeared.
He was certain that the tiger had hidden in the valley, but worried that there might be miasma or poison in the valley, so he took an antidote pill and carefully walked into the path. Little did he know that people can slip and fall... and he ended up hanging on the cliff for a whole night.
Wang Liehu was filled with regret. He knew the mountains were fraught with danger, so why couldn't he learn his lesson?!
"Brother, don't go any further. Mother said she scattered poison ahead, some of the most poisonous ones left by the master. We have to be careful."
A crisp sound rang out.
Wang Liehu shut his mouth, struggled to open his eyelids and looked up; there were several young children.
His eyes flickered a few times. In addition to asking him to find someone, the He family also specifically instructed him to keep an eye on a widow with five children.
If we can find out where the widow's family is staying, even if we don't find Boss He, we'll still get a tael of silver as a reward after we go down the mountain.
Wang Liehu tilted his head back and counted twice. When he looked down at him, there were four children: "Help! Help! Please save me! I happened to be passing by here and was curious to go in and take a look, but I didn't expect... I'm about to die, please save me!"
He can't fool a few silly kids?
Dazhuang stood up straight, expressionless, his hand holding the kitchen knife itching to strike: "Oh? But this place is very secluded, most people can't find it, how did you find it?"
Passing by in such heavy rain?
He doesn't believe it.
They both crouched down, took out their short knives, and were about to chop at the vines that were suspending the man.
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