Chapter 8 Daddy was eaten by a big tiger
Ye Yanping was delighted: "Then I will set off before dawn tomorrow!"
Yunniang walked towards the door. "How could I not let you go? You're so capable! Wild Bear Ridge is just a piece of cake for you! I'll go talk to my parents and make them happy too!"
Then he shouted outside: "Mom——"
Ye Yanping covered her mouth with his hand, "Don't scream, don't scream!"
If my mother knew about this, she would probably break my legs.
Yunniang shed tears: "Do you still want to go?"
Ye Yanping: "No, no, no!"
"Are you serious?"
"Seriously! When have I ever lied to you? I did have that thought just now, but I don't anymore." Ye Yanping said, "We can't take that risk. There's always a way out. If nothing works, the worst that can happen is that our whole family will flee the famine."
Yunniang stared at him, and seeing his sincere face, her heart settled down. She knew this man, and he had never lied to her.
…
The stars hang low in the sky, and the summer night breeze blows away the heat of the day.
The only sound in the room was the deep and shallow breathing. In the faint starlight, Ye Yanping looked at the beautiful profile of the woman beside him and whispered, "I'm sorry, Yunniang. This is the first and last time I'll lie to you."
…
In the early morning light, the day in Heihe Village begins with the sound of people drawing water.
The river has long been dry, and the only water left in the village is in the ancient well, but the amount of water is far from meeting the drinking, washing and irrigation needs of the entire village.
Before, villagers were fighting over water, so the village head came up with a solution: each household would get water based on the number of people. Every morning, he would personally open the lock on the manhole cover and supervise everyone drawing water, so as to prevent the conflict from escalating.
As soon as the sun rose, Ye Yan'an picked up the bucket and walked out of the house. At this time, there were already many people queuing up by the well to draw water.
As luck would have it, the person standing in front of Ye Yan'an was Huo Zhongnian.
"Oh, today is Zhongnian's day to fetch water!" Someone greeted Huo Zhongnian.
Huo Zhongnian was wearing a green long gown and smiled elegantly, "It's rare for me to come home, so I should share some of the burden with my brother and sister-in-law."
Both the Huo and Ye families have eight people, and they used to draw two buckets of water.
Huo Zhongnian filled two buckets of water and was about to take them away when the village head suddenly said, "Wait!"
The village head picked up the large wooden ladle by the well, scooped four scoops of water from the Huo family's wooden barrel, and poured them into the Ye family's wooden barrel.
Huo Zhongnian: "What does this mean?"
The village head said, "From yesterday on, there are only seven people in your family. Remember to draw water for one less person from now on."
"Okay, Uncle Lizheng, I'll remember it!"
Huo Zhongnian smiled faintly, picked up the bucket and left.
When he saw Ye Yan'an, he even nodded, as if what happened yesterday had never happened.
But the moment he turned around, a gloomy and vicious look appeared on his face.
You little bastard don’t deserve to drink water!
You old man, just wait for me!
Wait until I pass the imperial examination, and see if you still dare to treat me like this!
…
As Ye Yan'an entered the yard carrying water, he saw his sister-in-law running out in a panic: "Yan'an, have you seen your brother?"
"No. What's wrong?"
"Your brother is missing!" Yunniang turned pale with anxiety. "He must have gone to Wild Bear Ridge!"
"What! Wild Bear Ridge!" Ye Yan'an's legs went weak and the bucket on his shoulder pole almost fell to the ground.
…
Xiaojiu is dreaming.
In the dream, my new father was running in a dense forest.
Behind him, the beast's roar was so close that Ye Yanping suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground. The beast's huge shadow was approaching step by step, and soon covered his entire body. Under his terrified gaze, the beast opened its bloody mouth, and Ye Yanping let out a shrill scream...
"Wow, wow, wow..." Xiaojiu was so frightened that he broke out in a sweat and burst into tears after waking up.
But no one paid any attention to her.
"This troublemaker! He's going to piss me off to death!" Luo Qiuyue's loud voice came, and Xiaojiu was a little confused. What happened?
The little baby crawled to the edge of the bed while crying, but found that the bed was too high, so he turned around and lay down, swinging his two short legs with great effort, and slid down the edge of the bed with a grunt.
With a "bang", he finally fell on his butt. Xiaojiu rubbed his butt firmly and walked out staggeringly.
In the main hall, Ye Buwei's voice was low and calm. "This morning at the hour of Yin, I heard the door of Aping's room open. He must have left then. Now it's the hour of Mao, only an hour after he left. If we catch up with him now, we can stop him."
Ye Yan'an frowned and said, "Father, I'm afraid it's difficult. Big brother is very strong and fast, he walks like flying, no one in Heihe Village can compare to him!"
Ye Buwei slowly stood up: "I."
Yunniang was so frightened that she forgot to cry.
Luo Qiuyue was suspicious and asked: "Old Ye, you——"
"Woo woo woo, so happy!"
A soft baby voice was heard, and everyone looked over to see little Jiuer with a messy head of hair, standing outside the door sobbing.
Yunniang wiped her tears and hugged her. "Xiaojiu, why are you crying? What did you just say?"
Ye Xiaowen stammered, "My sister, she, she said, Daddy is dead!"
The whole family turned pale.
Luo Qiuyue's voice trembled: "Xiao Jiuer, do you know something?"
Xiaojiu was so anxious that her hands were waving: "Big axe, Qi, bang bang!"
This time everyone understood.
Xiaojiu said Ye Yanping was eaten by a big tiger!
"Husband!" Yunniang rolled her eyes and was caught by Luo Qiuyue before she fell to the ground.
"Don't be anxious, the little kid is talking nonsense!" Luo Qiuyue comforted Yunniang, but she was extremely anxious.
She had already witnessed Xiaojiu's magical powers, so there must be a reason why he suddenly said this.
"Xiaojiu must have had a nightmare. Why are you so nervous?" Ye Yan'an felt that his mother and sister-in-law were making a big deal out of nothing.
"Let's go now." Ye Buwei's voice was firm and powerful, "But I need someone to show me the way."
"Dad, what are you talking about?" Ye Yan'an was confused.
How many years has his father not left the hospital? And how could a blind man like him chase after his elder brother?
But he also knew that his father was a man of his word and never spoke nonsense, and what he said was as good as done in history.
Ye Yan'an suddenly realized that he seemed to know very little about his blind father.
"I'll go with you!" Luo Qiuyue said.
"I'm so rough!" Xiaojiu raised his hands and shouted anxiously.
Ye Xiaowen: "My sister said she will go!"
"Xiaojiu?" A gentle look appeared on Ye Buwei's serious face.
"Brain bag, brain bag!" Xiaojiu opened his little hand.
Ye Buwei walked towards her with firm steps and picked her up accurately.
Xiaojiu climbed up his back with a hum, sat directly on his neck, and grabbed Ye Buwei's ears with his two little hands.
"Brain bag, Jie Ben!"
Xiaojiu pulled his left ear, and Ye Buwei took a step with his left foot and walked towards the courtyard gate.
"Old Ye!"
"Father!"
"Xiao Jiuer!"
When the people in the house chased out, Ye Buwei and Xiaojiu were already several feet away.
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