“I heard that this mountain is about 40 miles long from south to north, and 20 to 30 miles long from east to west.
The nearest village to Daheishan Village in the north is more than 100 miles away and is called Fuyutun.
The nearest village to Daheishan Village in the east is more than fifty miles away and is called Sijia Village.
The nearest village to the west is called Xiaoying Village, which is more than 120 miles away.
Because Daheishan Village is only relatively far away from the mountains in the south, there is another village in this place surrounded by mountains, called Shaoguo Village. The two villages are about five miles apart.
In fact, it wasn’t so close before, because after the news about the “heavy evil spirit” in this valley spread, the people of Daheishan Village were scared and moved south. If the people of Shaoguo Village hadn’t disagreed, they would have moved directly to that village.”
Even if he had not lived in Daheishan Village for seventeen years in his previous life, an ordinary eight-year-old child who grew up in this relatively special place would be able to roughly know these things.
"Why are the other villages so far away? Is it also because of this valley?" Xiang Wentian puzzled.
“No, actually. The main reason is that the land within a hundred miles outside the mountain is very poor and full of rocks. It is impossible to cultivate the land. The worst thing is that we can’t even dig a well.
There is no arable soil and no water, so it is impossible for people to survive in such a place."
"Is the soil in Daheishan Village and Shaoguo Village fertile?" It had been snowing since the day Xiang Wentian arrived, and the ground was covered with thick snow, so the soil quality could not be seen at all.
"Not really. There's not much land and we can barely fill our stomachs unless we encounter a major natural disaster." Leng You shook his head.
This is also the reason why the two villages are still in poverty and backwardness after so many years, and Leng You cannot feel the slightest sympathy for them.
During the seventeen years she lived here in her previous life, because the Leng family deliberately slandered and spread rumors, people from both villages were full of hostility towards her and regarded her as the most ominous existence.
There were even many children who often followed her and threw stones at her, calling her a jinx.
Such blows and isolation were injuries that she could never recover from throughout her life. They were also the reason why she wanted to escape all the time, and thus was easily deceived by Wang Zicheng.
Hatred roared out from the bottom of his heart, from his blood, from his bone marrow, and from every cell in his body. Leng You clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, but he could not stop the bone-chilling cold from permeating his entire body.
"Youyou?" Xiang Wentian stared at Leng You in astonishment.
This was not the first time he felt such overwhelming hatred from this eight-year-old child.
"I don't understand why they would harbor such great malice towards a child, especially my father." This is something that Leng You could never figure out or let go of in his past or present life.
She was not someone who easily revealed her emotions, but she would lose control of herself from time to time in front of Xiang Wentian.
"Because they are evil in their bones. And... there are indeed some fathers in this world who are not worthy of being called fathers.
For such a person, you should not try to change him, let alone hurt yourself, but make yourself stronger, and then punish evil with evil. Do you understand?"
Xiang Wentian squatted down and held Leng You's shoulders with both hands. There was a hidden anger and coldness in his dark eyes, and a hint of pity flashed across his firmness.
"I understand." Leng You slightly curled the corners of his lips.
The flash of bloodthirstiness that flashed by did not escape Xiang Wentian's eyes.
Xiang Wentian was stunned for a moment, but did not say anything. He just rubbed Leng You's head again with his big palm.
He couldn't say anything to ask a child who had suffered countless inhuman tortures and abuses at such a young age to repay evil with kindness. If he did so, the child would only become more and more cowardly in this environment.
Xiang Wentian also absolutely believed in his own judgment. Given the character of this child, such teaching would not cause her personality to be distorted or go to any extreme. Even if she eventually became a cold-blooded person, it would still be better than being a coward.
Besides, if one repays evil with kindness, how can one repay kindness?
The two checked at the bottom of the cliff and found nothing special.
"I wonder if there are any treasures hidden in this cave." After finding nothing, Leng You couldn't help but focus his attention on the entrance of the cave.
“The cave is too small, and the entrance has been filled with hot spring water, so there is no way there is anything inside.
Besides, that is the source of the hot spring water, the temperature inside must be extremely high, even if you can get in, it will be very dangerous."
Xiang Wentian rubbed Leng You's head lovingly again, with a hint of smile in his eyes.
No matter how precocious a child is, his fantasies will always exist.
"On the cliff?
It's impossible. Even if there is something, there is no way. The cliff is too steep and smooth. "
Leng You reluctantly turned his gaze towards the almost vertical cliff.
Before Xiang Wentian responded, he gave the answer himself.
When she looked away, she did not feel any disappointment. This valley was another great gift from God to her for rebirth.
"Go back!" Xiang Wentian turned around and squatted, presenting his back to Leng You.
He had read the word "satisfaction" in Leng You's eyes. The greed that many adults could not control was not seen in this child at all.
"No need to carry me, brother. I'm not tired. Let's go back through the forest and see if we can find anything new." Leng You refused and took Xiang Wentian's hand.
"Let's go." Xiang Wentian did not insist. After a few days of contact, he also found that this child had an extremely stubborn side.
Only when we walked deep into the forest did we realize that roe deer, pheasants and rabbits had become rampant. In addition to these species, we also found turtledoves, half-cocks, quails and other species that were equally rampant.
But this situation provided Leng You with the best training opportunity. Xiang Wentian taught her step by step how to use a slingshot to aim and capture these prey.
After dozens of training sessions, Leng You was actually able to hit a rabbit by himself. Although he was not able to kill the rabbit with one strike like Xiang Wentian, he was able to make the rabbit fall to the ground and struggle, unable to stand up again.
"My skills are still a long way off." Leng You found the problem himself.
"It's far beyond the level of ordinary people." In fact, Xiang Wentian had already been amazed in his heart.
Leng You's touch, strength and especially her spirituality were simply beyond belief. Others might need to practice for a month or even a year or two to reach that level, but she did it in less than a day.
"Will we come here to practice from now on?" Having achieved the first success, Leng You was actually excited and his confidence was greatly increased.
"Okay." Xiang Wentian had the same idea.
It was already getting dark. Not counting the four roe deer, the two men hunted six rabbits and eight quails. When they returned to the place where they had set the traps before, they caught nine pheasants in the traps.
"It's a bit too much." Leng You was worried about the problem of transporting it to the valley, and thought they had been very restrained.
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