Xia Manni looked at Si Ni'er's serious profile. Don't say whether it was useful or not. At least at this moment she really looked like a hero who saved the dying and the wounded.
"Si Ni'er, you are really a little doctor, a hero of potatoes."
At this time, Si Ni'er had a thin layer of sweat on her forehead. When she heard Xia Manni say this, her face couldn't help but blush.
"Mom, we're back."
Xia Manni turned around and saw the eldest, second and third children coming back with a lot of things.
There were a lot of things, including plenty of water, firewood, wild vegetables and fruits.
"Thank you for your hard work, brothers. Take a break."
Xia Manni spoke to them while taking the things from their hands.
Erwa: "Mom, how are the potatoes?"
Xia Manni said comfortingly, "Si Ni'er just finished feeding Potato the medicine. We'll just wait for it to wake up."
The second child changed his previous active behavior and sat obediently with Potato.
Xia Manni didn't move the potato. She was worried that the potato was injured somewhere and if they moved it again, the condition would get worse.
"Erwa, I'll leave the care of Potato to you. Give it some water every half hour. If it can't drink, it can just wet its lips."
Erwa nodded seriously: "I understand, Mom."
Although Xia Manni said that, she knew in her heart that she could only leave it to fate and depend on Potato's luck.
"Let's heat up the water and prepare the meal before it gets dark. Big boy, come and help mom."
Sanwa said, "Mom, what should we do with this rabbit?"
Xia Manni took a look at the rabbit in Sanwa's hand. This rabbit was lucky enough to not die yet.
"Mother will clean it up in a while and feed the potatoes."
They haven't eaten meat for some time, so it's a good opportunity for everyone to have some nourishment.
There are many big stones and many small stones on the rock.
Big Brother found three regular stones and placed them underneath as a stove.
Big Baby: "Mom, what's in here?"
Sanwa: "Yes, mother, I wanted to go in and take a look just now, but my eldest brother wouldn't let me. What's in there?"
Xia Manni: "Mom just hit it with a stone, but there was no sound. Why don't you try again? But I think it's just a cave. After all, there has been no sound for so long."
When Sanwa heard Xia Manni say this, he became excited.
Sanwa prepared more than a dozen stones of different sizes and threw them into the hole one after another.
There was no echo in the cave, and Sanwa felt a little strange.
"Sanwa, come and help."
Just when Sanwa wanted to go in and find out what was going on, Xia Manni called him to help.
So Sanwa forgot about this matter.
Xia Manni planned to boil a pot of hot water, then scoop out some and set it aside to cool before drinking.
While boiling water, she planned to steam some vegetable buns and vegetable steamed bread.
Since leaving home, they have been eating homemade pancakes. Now that she has some time to rest, Xia Manni plans to change the taste for her children.
It was just right to chop up the wild vegetables that Da Wa and the others had picked and mix them in.
"The water is boiling. Big boy, please scoop some water for everyone to drink."
"Why."
After Da Wa agreed, he quickly scooped hot water into everyone's bowl.
Sanwa was watching the fire in the newly built stove, and he also found a not-too-high stone to serve as his "bench".
"The water is ready, come and have a drink."
The eldest boy found a larger stone, which he couldn't move, and placed the bowl and bamboo tube there.
There are two bowls and three bamboo tubes in total.
The eldest boy filled them all up.
Si Nier: "Okay."
Erwa: Nodded.
Sanwa: "Brother, I'll be right there."
Xia Manni: "Mom will go drink it soon."
When the eldest son saw that everyone was busy, he realized that although they hadn't had water for half a day and were a little thirsty, they really couldn't drink the water immediately.
So the eldest boy put it on the stone and wanted to wait a while before drinking it with everyone else.
Xia Manni felt that although she was a little thirsty, compared to the time a few days ago when the mountains were on fire and there was no water, she was already very happy.
Sure enough, happiness comes from comparison.
After fleeing famine, each of them has greatly improved their ability to endure hardship.
Even a kind-hearted girl like Miss Liu can become rational and calm. You can imagine how much impact this disaster has on human nature.
However, thinking of Miss Liu, I don’t know where they are.
"mother!"
Xia Manni was kneading the dough and thinking about random things.
Erwa suddenly shouted.
Following the second child's gaze, there was the stone where the eldest child had released the water just now.
It is very close to the cave, and can be said to be no different from the gatekeeper of the cave.
"What's wrong, Erwa?"
Xia Manni held the machete and asked Erwa loudly.
"Mom, I seemed to see a figure just now..."
Big Baby: "Where is it? A cave?"
Erwa nodded.
Da Wa whispered to Xia Manni: "Mom..."
"Don't be afraid. Big brother, go light the firewood and use it as a torch. Second brother, take your weapons and go in with mother."
There was no time to make torches, so we had to use thicker firewood.
Xia Manni held a torch in her left hand and a machete in her right hand, and walked towards the cave with the eldest and second sons.
Da Wa is on Xia Manni's left, holding his stick.
Erwa walked to the right of Xia Manni, holding his sword.
Sanwa and Sinier followed Xia Manni closely with their daggers in hand.
If we talk about not being afraid, no one in their family is not afraid.
But everyone knows that as long as they are together as a family, there is nothing to be afraid of.
When Xia Manni reached the entrance of the cave, she first lit a torch inside, and the scene inside the cave was instantly illuminated.
But it was only half lit because there was a bend inside the cave.
The cave is very big and there are several large stones inside.
"Mom, look at that..."
After Da Wa reminded them, they all looked over there and saw a red spot on the ground.
If I'm not mistaken, it should be blood.
"Who lives inside? We have no intention of disturbing them. We have only come here to escape the disaster. We would like to ask the wise to come forward and speak to us."
“Boom.”
"ah!!!!"
Screams echoed throughout the cave.
Even Potato, who was lying outside with his eyes closed, was frightened and his eyelids twitched.
Several children, including Xia Manni, were startled. Just as Xia Manni finished speaking, something heavy fell behind them.
Xia Manni quickly turned around with a torch to check.
Oh my God, otherwise how can you say that people scare others to death?
The person who fell behind him was actually a disheveled man.
Not far from him, there was a stone.
He probably had the stone in his hand just now, intending to attack them from behind.
"What are you looking at... hurry up... save me."
Xia Family: ...
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