"Girl!"
Ning Que, who was mute and slightly deaf, continued to squat at the door of Miao Li's house without looking around, until Aunt Liu patted her shoulder and said, "Xiao Chong and you are coming to my house for dinner today. Come with me first."
Within a week, Ning Que had already known the way back and forth very well. She followed Aunt Liu back happily. There was a bunch of mugwort hanging on the lintel of the two-story wooden building. There were chickens and various flowers planted in the yard, and it was very clean.
"Ayi, come out and take care of me!"
"Hey, Eminem, come on!"
Ayi took out a small black jar from a small room, poured it into a small bamboo basket and handed it to her. Honghong came out instantly and dived into it.
Ning Que squatted at the doorway, clutching the fried silkworm pupae Uncle Liu had given her, occasionally popping one or two into his mouth. Ah, so fragrant, crunchy, and full of chicken flavor! Honghong, standing next to him, was in the same position.
Thinking back to the first time she came here to eat, you couldn’t imagine that two-thirds of the dishes on the table were made of insects, which made it difficult for her to pick up her chopsticks. In the end, it was Aunt Liu’s enthusiasm that melted her heart.
It was like, "Girl, don't be polite, eat more." Then he picked up a piece of fried silkworm pupa and put it in her mouth, and then looked at her with enthusiasm, and that gaze was so passionate that it could penetrate the iron plate.
Ning Que was stunned at the beginning. He held this thing in his mouth, not knowing whether to eat it or not. His saliva was about to flow out, not to mention Aunt Liu's gaze. So he chewed it, and chewed it again. It seemed a little crispy and fragrant, so he chewed it again. Hmm, it really tasted like chicken, salty and fragrant. In fact, ignoring its essence, it felt good to eat it like chicken.
So the plate of silkworm pupae that day was for her alone. Ning Que took a few bites of other dishes containing insects to taste them, but the fried silkworm pupae tasted the best. From then on, whenever she came, this dish would be on the table.
There was a table in the yard with four dishes already laid out. The aroma coming from the kitchen made Ning Que even more greedy. He looked up into the distance and asked, "Miao Li, why haven't you come back yet?" He was craving the big pot of food. It smelled so good!
Suddenly, he saw a figure rising and falling on the distant mountain road. Ning Que stood up and moved a little, continuing to hold the cicada pupa, waiting for everyone to arrive so that he could start eating!
"Dinner's ready!" Uncle Liu called out from the kitchen. A little boy of five or six came clattering down from upstairs and threw himself into Aunt Liu's arms. Honghong shrank back after she had eaten her fill.
At this moment, an unfamiliar man appeared at the door. He was carrying a bag and wearing local clothes. He saw Ning Que sitting at the door and greeted her with a smile before stepping in. "Dad, Mom!"
Ning Que had only been here for a few days and only understood a few simple words, such as "girl", "eat", "go"... When he heard the man calling "Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu" very familiarly, he didn't care.
Suddenly, Aunt Liu in the yard burst into a loud roar, "You, you get out!"
Ning Que turned his head out of habit, only to realize that he shouldn't have done that, so he went with the flow and turned back.
Uncle Liu glared angrily, veins popping up on his neck. He picked up a broom beside him and said, "Get out! Get out! Now that you've been carried out of our village, you can't come back."
The man put the things down and walked inside without caring about anything. "Dad, Mom, I just came back to get something. Please give it to me. I am the eldest son anyway!"
Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu's faces were already red. Aunt Liu was furious, her voice becoming sharp and bright, "You're dreaming. You're not my son. You don't deserve to take that thing."
The man pushed Aunt Liu hard, muttering a few words that Ning Que could hardly understand, and even picked up the sickle that was placed behind the door.
Ning Que stood by and could only extract one or two words from a sentence, taking things but not giving them.
OK, I figured it out. This guy is here to steal things!
So Ayi watched Ning Que stretch his muscles, and then she jumped out like a cannonball and pressed on him from behind. After a crisp click, the phone was removed and the sickle fell to the ground with a dull sound. She quickly turned him over when he was not prepared, slapped him hard and continued to beat him.
Aunt Liu turned around and asked Ayi to take her little son upstairs first. Uncle Liu threw down the broom, moved his fingers slightly, and then relaxed.
At this time, he screamed and threw a handful of ash paste into Ning Que's eyes, and said with a swollen face, "Ahahaha, you're finished. This is the red heart Gu that I, Xin, carefully cultivated!" Ning Que didn't understand what he was saying, but he just felt itchy on his face, which didn't affect his yawning and flat face. The sound of his fists hitting his mouth and the man's screams echoed in this small courtyard.
Honghong slowly moved her body, licked Ning Que's face gently, then moved around the man and arched out a few small boxes.
When Miao Li came back, he saw a woman with a ponytail sitting on a man, beating him like rice cakes. The man shouted drunkenly, "Stop, lunatic! Don't hit me!..." Ning Que seemed not to hear and continued to beat him!
The man's face looked like a spilled bottle of soy sauce, or rather, like well-fermented dough. Terrified, Miao Li quickly stepped forward and pulled Ning Que down. He looked at the man's face and wondered if this wasn't Uncle Liu's eldest son.
So after reiterating in Chinese that he didn't want to fight, he threw the man out. Out of sight, out of mind, he rubbed his forehead with a headache.
Soon, several nearby villagers gathered at the gate of Uncle Liu's house, "Village Chief, is everything okay?"
"It's okay, the unfilial son is back!"
Then the villagers came in shouting, asked a lot of questions to make sure there was nothing suspicious before leaving. They also tried their best to invite Ning Que to let Hong Hong out so that they could take a look. After being persuaded by Miao Li and Uncle Liu, the crowd slowly dispersed.
The food was completely cold, not even a hint of heat. Aunt Liu wiped her tears, her eyes red as she took the food back and reheated it. The atmosphere at the dinner table was very strange. Except for Ning Que, everyone sat at the table like wooden figures, their appetites simmering.
Ning Que held Hong Hong in his arms and watched quietly as Miao Li divided the blood evenly into several black jars, then covered them. He dared not speak until he left. "Miao Li, what's going on at Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu's house? If he comes over next time, will I have to beat him up?"
"Let me tell you this, Uncle Liu is what you call the village chief, and Aunt Liu is the retired witch, so there must be some inherited Gu seedlings in the house, usually given to the gifted people in the tribe."
"Now, let me tell you why we hate the Han Chinese. Aunt Liu's son returned from studying abroad and brought home a Han Chinese girlfriend. Everything was fine at first, and Aunt Liu liked her. She also said she liked the scenery here and wanted to stay. Later, Aunt Liu noticed that she kept asking about the inheritance of Gu insects and would often go to the Gu purification room that every household had, where Gu were raised. Uncle Liu didn't take it seriously at the time."
"Later, I discovered that my son had started worshipping a Buddha statue, and he frequently asked Aunt Liu to pass on the Gu seedling to him as soon as possible. Although he had good talent, this kind of inheritance usually requires a round of competition in front of the entire clan, and only after the person has acquired the necessary strength can he be granted the Gu. However, Aunt Liu was cautious and placed an Eye Gu in the Gu purification room. Sure enough, a few days later, she discovered that they were planning to steal the Gu seedling. Later, Aunt Liu's son was indeed poisoned by the Gu, and he even planned to attack his mother. When he came back again, he was expelled from the village..."
Ning Que pondered in his heart: "...Okay, why did you tell me this?"
Miao Li: Is this what a normal reaction should be like?
I made a joke, "Because you beat this man, if he comes back he will definitely make trouble for you first. I'm afraid he'll find the wrong room."
Ning Que smiled, revealing two rows of snow-white teeth. "If they come one at a time, I'll beat them one at a time. If they come a pair, I'll beat them a pair at a time."
After a few days of peace, one night, Ning Que, who had accidentally drunk a little wine, lay on Miao Li's bed and refused to leave. "No, let's play another game. I don't believe I can lose!"
Miao Li looked at Ning Que, who had already lost five games of chess, and said solemnly, "Please, Auntie, I've taught you three times, and you've played five times. I've already given you a few pieces. Don't you have any idea?"
At this moment, the window was blown open by the wind. Ning Que was rearranging the chess game and took a look. "Miao Li, the window is blown open. It's a bit cold. Go close it."
"Oh!" Miao Li followed her helplessly and stood up to close the window. "Why are you so lazy!"
He closed the wooden window and was about to lock it when a dark figure suddenly rushed out and he fell backwards. Ning Que glanced at him and stepped forward. Hong Hong pulled Miao Li behind her. She put down the chess pieces, bent down, and grabbed her hair. "You're finally here! I thought you could still hold your composure?"
It swam and swam on his body, swam out of Red No. 2, and then instantly merged back. In an instant, Ning Que felt a sudden surge of heat into her body, making her head throb with pain.
"Honghong, what on earth did you eat?" Ning Que released one hand and rubbed his head.
Honghong couldn't answer, and the man was furious. "How dare you say that? It took away the Gu I've been raising for five years..."
Ning Que glanced at him and glared, "Did I ask you?"
The man was frightened by her sudden outburst of temper, but he quickly got up, took the opportunity to escape Ning Que's grip, and retreated to the wall.
But suddenly, a piercing pain came from his arm. A high-speed rotating wire was inserted between his arm and body. Although it only scratched the skin, the blood still wet half of his clothes.
Ning Que said with regret, "What a pity, it's crooked. Let's try again!"
The man took out a bottle of medicine powder for free and sprinkled it on the wound. He covered his wound with his hands and the bleeding slowly stopped.
Ning Que kicked his feet and flew out, circling around the man and slapping him directly on the back of the head. OK, solved!
She jumped down, clapped her hands, and said to Miao Li, "Tied it up and carried it! I'm going back to sleep!"
Miao Li looked at the battlefield that was resolved in just a few minutes. OK, this woman is unbeatable. I should be glad that she didn't force me.
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