Xue Bao gripped his broadsword tightly and chased after the direction in which the black dog had dragged Tingyu away.
When he caught up with Black Dog and Tingyu, he saw Tingyu clinging tightly to a small tree beside her, kicking Black Dog with all her might.
He kept shouting and cursing loudly.
"You damn dog! Let me go, release me! You bad dog, I'll beat you to death! When I catch you, I'll knock your teeth out!"
But the black dog held on tightly to her arm and wouldn't let go.
Seeing that Tingyu's pace had slowed down, the black dog released its grip on Tingyu's arm.
It took a breath, then opened its blood-red maw and was about to bite at Ting Yulu's slender neck that was exposed.
Just then, Xue Bao arrived and slashed at the black dog's head with his sword.
Then he kicked the black dog's body.
The black dog was kicked away, howling and trying to escape.
Tingyu rolled over and got up, grabbed a stone in her hand, and smashed it hard while shouting loudly.
"Don't let the black dog go, don't let it go, kill it!"
Otherwise it will eat the children again!
Even if Tingyu didn't say he wanted to kill this black dog, Xue Bao would have ended its life!
Xue Bao noticed that the black dog had bloodshot eyes and bald patches on its fur.
He would rush over and kill the man-eating black dog with a single blow.
Hearing the rain, she rushed over angrily and smashed the stone in her hand hard on the black dog's head.
"You damn dog! You want to eat me? Humph! I'll smash you to death!"
After letting out a sigh of relief, Tingyu clapped her hands before turning to Xue Bao and grinning.
"Big brother, thank you so much! If you hadn't saved me, I would have been eaten by this black dog!"
Suddenly, she remembered something, turned around and ran down the mountain, shouting in a sobbing voice as she ran.
"Big brother, come with me quickly to save my little brother! Come quick!"
Xue Bao looked at the bundle behind her, which had been torn open by bushes and rocks, and its contents were scattered all over the ground.
He didn't even have time to run as fast as he could.
Xue Bao didn't run after her because he knew that Aunt Lanzhen would definitely save her brother.
He followed Tingyu, bending down to pick up the things that had fallen out of her bundle.
A few pieces of bread, a small water pouch, a few pieces of clothing, a small earthenware jar, and a small wooden box.
Tingyu hadn't run far when she encountered Li Lanzhen carrying her younger brother.
"Little brother! Little brother, are you alright? Did you get bitten by a dog? Where does it hurt? Your face is bleeding, but I'll blow on it for you. Don't cry, don't cry, let's go find Daddy!"
Tingyu rushed to Li Lanzhen's side, looking at the boy with concern and heartache.
Seeing how Tingyu treated her younger brother, Li Lanzhen felt a pang of sympathy for the little girl.
She was still a child herself, but she bravely pretended to be an adult and loved her younger brother.
Li Lanzhen bent down and put the little boy down. "Tingyu, your brother is fine. His hands and face were just scratched by rocks and branches. He'll be fine in a few days."
"I've killed that mangy dog, so don't worry. We're going to find your father; he must be very worried about you."
Seeing Xue Bao come over, Li Lanzhen handed the little boy to him.
"Xue Bao, hold him."
After saying that, he bent down and hugged Tingyu in his arms.
"Let's go, Grandma will carry you to find your father."
Although Li Lanzhen saved the siblings, Tingyu remained wary.
Because Li Lanzhen felt that when she picked up Tingyu, her body was very stiff, and she was stiff and straight, trying to get away from Li Lanzhen's body.
She said something dryly.
"Thank you for saving my brother."
But you're my grandfather!
After hearing Tingyu's words, Li Lanzhen realized that she was still dressed as an old man and had not changed back into her original attire.
She laughed and said to Tingyu, "I'm a grandma, but I pretended to be an old man for convenience, hahaha."
Tingyu relaxed a little, nodded, and pointed ahead.
“My father and the others are there.”
Holding Tingyu in her arms, Li Lanzhen walked uphill for more than ten meters and saw the man holding his wife, looking around in this direction with a panicked expression.
Li Lanzhen discovered that he was actually extremely tired and weak.
However, he still didn't let go of his wife's hand, which he was holding tightly.
"When I came up to them," Li Lanzhen said.
"Don't worry, your two children are fine. They've just cut their skin and bled a little; nothing serious has been done. You can rest assured."
The man was relieved to hear that his two children were alright.
He gently placed his wife on the ground and tucked her in.
He patted his clothes and stretched out his sleeves.
He then turned around and bowed to Li Lanzhen and Xue Bao.
"I, Lu Boyan, greet my two benefactors!"
Li Lanzhen waved her hand and said, "You're welcome. Where are you headed?"
Li Lanzhen didn't want them to know that she had followed them all the way, so she didn't reveal what had happened to their family.
Li Lanzhen and Xue Bao left their two children behind.
Tingyu quickly took her younger brother's hand and squatted down next to her mother who was lying on the ground.
While watching her father and Li Lanzhen talk, she clutched the corner of the quilt that was always open, which was wrapped around their mother.
Lu Boyan turned to look at his wife and children, and said to Li Lanzhen with a wry smile.
"I... I really don't know where I'm going. I have no destination. I just left my home in Youzhou City."
Tingyu overheard her father, Lu Boyan, saying these words to Li Lanzhen.
She stood up angrily and looked at Li Lanzhen.
"Grandma, my dad carried my mom and us and we escaped!"
Hmph! My stepmother knew perfectly well that my mother was pregnant with a little brother, yet she deliberately pushed my mother down.
My mother's baby brother died. She bled a lot.
At this point, Tingyu's face was streaked with tears.
She raised her hand to wipe away her tears and said stubbornly.
"Hmph! My stepmother even said she was going to sell my brother and me to human traffickers."
They even said they had no food left at home and were going to sell me to get money to buy more.
Tingyu stomped her feet hard, put her hands on her hips, and continued speaking in a huff.
"Grandma, you have no idea how wicked that old woman is!"
The small courtyard that my grandmother left to my father, as well as all of my grandmother's dowry, were all taken over by that wicked woman!
They even took over the study that my grandmother built for my father.
The entire room full of books in the study was bought by my grandmother for my father.
They were all given to her fat grandson by that wicked woman!
I'm so angry!!
As she spoke, she puffed out her cheeks, waved her little fist, and stomped her foot hard.
After expressing her anger, Tingyu looked at Li Lanzhen and said.
"Grandma, where are you going?"
Lu Boyan stopped Tingyu from asking questions.
"Yu'er, how can you talk to your grandfather like that?"
Tingyu said, "Father, it's Grandma. Grandma dressed up as an old man so that it would be easier for her to travel to Youzhou City."
Li Lanzhen nodded and smiled.
“Tingyu is right. I disguised myself as an old man so that it would be easier to get into the city.”
Then, she said to Tingyu.
"Grandma wants to go home. Grandma's home is in these mountains, a very beautiful place."
There is a group of children there who are your age.
Oh, Tingyu, Grandma saved nine children in these mountains.
The leader is called Stone, and there's also Yan Ming, Douhua…”
"What?! Grandma, you saved Brother Stone?!"
Before Tingyu had even finished listening to Li Lanzhen's words, she jumped up and down with joy.
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