Come to think of it, it might be because of this incident that he was chosen as the mountain guard, guarding the border between the village and the forest...
Having said that, Xie Mingchi also clearly expressed his meaning.
He just wanted to find that child, the child who was lucky enough to survive like him. Even if he hated the village and didn't want to go back, he still had to find that child...
After all, he is only a twelve-year-old boy. As long as he is willing to return to the village to live, he will take her back. If she is unwilling, he will not force her.
Afterwards, the two of them joined hands and returned to the stream. The mountain elves that were supposed to stay by the stream had already run away and no one knew where they were.
Only a pile of river crabs given to Hua Shi remained on the ground, and there was no trace of the mountain spirit.
Hua Shi looked around for it but couldn't find it.
It was quiet all around, with only the birds in the woods chirping on the branches, making clear sounds.
Xie Mingchi jumped into the water and washed all the blood off his body.
After the thin clothes were hung by the fire and dried, the sky gradually darkened...
The two of them packed up their things and went back down the mountain together.
Returning to the fork in the village road, Hua Shi held her basket of small fish fry and waved goodbye to Xie Mingchi.
Too many things happened today, and her mind was in a mess. She just wanted to go back quickly and rest...
When Xie Mingchi was about to leave, he suddenly grabbed her wrist and said, "Wait..."
"Huh?" Hua Shi was stunned. "What's wrong?"
Perhaps it was because of today's conversation, Hua Shi felt that the relationship between them seemed to have suddenly become much closer...
Xie Mingchi stuffed all the river crabs wrapped in leaves and seven or eight fish hanging with straw ropes into Hua Shi's hands.
Hua Shi was stunned for a moment, then quickly said: "I don't want it..."
Xie Mingchi paused, looking at her and said, "Take the fish home and cook it for your brothers and sisters. It's delicious. The river crabs don't have much meat. You can chop them up and feed them to the chickens. These are useless to me."
His eldest brother would go out to work every day and bring back one or two taels of meat, or his father would do some odd jobs for others and get some meat in exchange. Wanqing and Wanyuan were both at school and not at home, so there were only the eldest brother's two children at home. They could eat meat and didn't have to eat fish.
Xie Mingchi made up his mind to stuff the things into her hands. Without waiting for Hua Shi to say no, he stuffed the things into her hands and turned around and left without giving Hua Shi a chance to speak.
Hua Shi looked at the thing in his arms helplessly and chuckled.
How to say it... Ever since Xie Mingchi got engaged to her, he started to be honest with her little by little, telling her almost all the secrets, things, things that can be said and cannot be said.
Especially this time, he had exposed almost all of his past to her, without any defense at all...
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"Bang--"
The courtyard door was pushed open, and then, Hua Shi's voice came in.
"I'm back."
Huh? Where are the people?
Hua Shi looked at the empty yard, feeling a little confused.
What about the four people who usually stay in the yard whether they have something to do or not? Now, it's almost dinner time, so it's even more impossible for them to go out...
"Hua Yu? Hua Xiao?..."
Hua Shi put everything in his hands on the dining table, clapped his hands, and shouted twice towards the main hall.
Maybe he's sleeping in the house? ...
The sun has just set below the horizon, it shouldn't rest so early.
Hua Shi thought about it and looked towards the main room. He pushed open two doors, but the room was empty and there was no one in sight.
Even the three of Xiao Hei and Shiyi were nowhere to be seen...
Hua Shi walked around the yard, and finally, he headed towards the bamboo forest in the backyard, feeling a little hesitant.
Because before leaving today, Hua Shi specifically told a few people that while she was gone, they could move around freely and have a good rest, and that they didn't need to go to the backyard to weed the pond. They could wait until she came back to do it...
In addition, in the past two days, she had been taking the four of them around busying around, tidying up the bamboo forest in the backyard, and doing a lot of "useless work" that the four of them did not understand.
As a result, they all showed indifference and confusion at the same time, and seemed not to want to continue to deal with these things, but because it was her who asked them to do so, they did not show other emotions too much.
So, when Hua Shiyi came back and didn't see anyone in the yard, the first thing he thought of was not that there were people in the backyard, but whether they had gone back to sleep, or something else...
As I walked into the bamboo forest, I could hear the familiar noises of Hua Xiao and Hua Li from afar. They came from the direction of the abandoned pond.
Surprisingly, it really is here...
I really didn't expect it when I first saw Hua Shi.
There was a rustling sound of footsteps coming from behind the bamboo forest. The twin brother and sister who were arguing did not notice it at first, but Hua Yu, who was on the far right, was the first to hear the sound. He turned around and looked over... and saw Hua Shi walking towards them step by step.
Hua Shi also noticed Hua Yu's gaze.
Their eyes met, the latter's eyes were cold, while the former's eyebrows moved slightly, revealing a look of surprise.
At Hua Yu's feet, squatting on the ground, pulling out the grass one by one, the little flower shadow noticed that his second brother had paused and felt strange. He looked up, then turned his head to follow his second brother's gaze...
I noticed Hanashi standing not far behind.
The little fellow's eyes suddenly lit up, and his stomach growled at the right moment. He pursed his lips and said in a baby voice, "What a surprise!"
“Eh…? Ah, sister, you’re…back!”
The sound was neither too loud nor too soft, just right for Hua Xiao and Hua Li who were standing nearby to hear it clearly.
Coming back…?
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