Lin Changgeng sighed, "Yingzi, this trap is too deep. You can't pull me out. You should go back and get someone to help you."
Lin Cuiying looked around and found that the trap was surrounded by hard rocks, making it difficult to pull Lin Changgeng up by manpower.
So she nodded: "Dad, wait for me."
Lin Cuiying turned to the system and asked, "Do you have any way to save my father?"
She knew that if she went back to the village to call for help to rescue Lin Changgeng, it would take a lot of time to go back and forth, and there were many wild animals in the back mountain at night, so it would be too dangerous for Lin Changgeng to be alone there.
"Host's urgent request for help detected." The system's mechanical voice finally sounded, "Side quest triggered: Obtain the Bloodvine Grass from the cliff in the back mountain."
"Why are you picking grass at a time like this?" Lin Cuiying asked anxiously, chopping at the vines on the ground with a machete.
Suddenly, the system projected a 3D map onto her retina, with a flashing red marker pointing northwest: "Bloodvine Grass can stop bleeding and promote tissue regeneration. Two hemp ropes are included. Countdown: Two incense sticks."
Lin Cuiying turned her head and caught sight of the scattered hemp rope beside the trap.
She grabbed the rope and quickly tied it to the nearest pine tree, then tossed the other end to Lin Changgeng: "Dad, hold on tight! I'll pull you up."
Pine resin mixed with cold sweat slipped through Lin Cuiying's fingers, and the hemp rope left two bloody marks on her palm.
Lin Changgeng suddenly groaned at the bottom of the pit, and Lin Cuiying watched as the rope suddenly dropped half an inch—the knot she had tied to the pine tree was slowly sliding down.
[Does the host wish to activate spatial anti-gravity?] A mechanical voice prompted in his ear.
Lin Cuiying didn't have time to think: "Open!"
A strange tremor suddenly came from his palm, and the hemp rope, which originally weighed more than a thousand pounds, suddenly became as light as a feather.
She used the momentum to pull him backward, and Lin Changgeng's mud-covered figure was lifted up as if by an invisible giant hand, and he fell to the edge of the trap in an instant.
Lin Changgeng, clutching his bleeding right leg, was about to speak when Lin Cuiying cut a piece of her garment to bandage it for him: "Father, stay here. I'll go gather herbs."
After saying that, he grabbed the rope and ran wildly in the northwest direction.
Soon, guided by the system, the blood vine was harvested.
Lin Changgeng, clutching his bleeding right leg and catching his breath, suddenly asked, "Yingzi, when did your strength become so great?"
Lin Cuiying paused as she bandaged her father's wound, and bits of coarse linen cloth fell and clung to the scabs.
She suddenly pulled the strip of cloth tight and tied it into a knot, so strong that Lin Changgeng's calf muscles twitched.
Then she said that during her years at her husband's family home, she had to do everything, so naturally she became stronger.
Lin Cuiying squatted down, grabbed Lin Changgeng's arm and pulled him toward her shoulder, the smell of decaying leaves mixed with blood assaulting her nostrils.
As she bent over and strained, she heard Lin Changgeng gasp: "Yingzi, don't push yourself, Dad can climb..."
"Father, hold on tight." She interrupted, gripping Lin Changgeng's wrist tightly with her ten fingers.
A warm drop suddenly fell on the back of her neck, a choked sob mixed with the scent of pine needles, landing in the folds of her collar.
The night air, carried by the mountain breeze, brushed past his ears. Amidst Lin Changgeng's rapid breathing, he suddenly blurted out, "Tian Dong, he's been bitten by a snake!"
Lin Cuiying's feet slipped, and the gravel kicked up by the tip of her boot rolled down the steep slope.
She grabbed the withered vine to steady herself: "When I got home, I had already applied medicine to my brother's wound."
At this point, Lin Cuiying recounted how she had broken off ties with the Wang family, bringing along Daya and Xiaoya.
Lin Changgeng suddenly grabbed his daughter's wrist, his rough fingertips pressing down on her wrist bone, causing her pain.
The mountain wind swept pine needles across the two men's arms as they stood locked in a stalemate, while the mournful cry of an owl echoed from afar.
"Would the Wang family agree?" Lin Changgeng's Adam's apple bobbed as his voice mingled with the sound of snapping twigs.
When Lin Cuiying's husband died, Lin Changgeng had the idea of bringing Lin Cuiying home.
But her own daughter had already given birth to two little girls. How could the Wang family possibly let Lin Cuiying take the two girls away?
Unexpectedly, the Wang family actually allowed Lin Cuiying to take the two girls away and even signed a letter severing ties with them.
"Yingzi, did the Wang family make things difficult for you?" Lin Changgeng was still a little worried.
Lin Cuiying then revealed that the Wang family had sold her to Zhang Ergou, because if she didn't tell them, her parents would find out sooner or later.
It's better to tell people the story yourself than to hear it from someone else.
Lin Changgeng gritted his teeth in anger: "How dare the Wang family!"
They initially let their daughter marry into the family because they thought the family was good to her. However, after their daughter's husband died, the ugly side of this family was revealed.
"Father, it's all in the past now," Lin Cuiying comforted him. "I'm living with Daya and Xiaoya now, and it's all good."
Lin Changgeng looked up at the moon hanging in the sky, his eyes filled with heartache: "Yingzi, you've suffered so much."
“Father, I’m not suffering.” Lin Cuiying shook her head. “As long as I can be with Daya and Xiaoya, I’m not afraid of anything.”
Looking at the back of his daughter's head, Lin Changgeng felt both heartache and relief: "Alright, stop talking, let's go home quickly."
When Lin Cuiying carried Lin Changgeng back home, Chen Shi and Lin Tiandong were anxiously waiting in the yard.
Upon seeing Lin Changgeng injured, Madam Chen turned pale with fright: "Husband, what happened to you?"
"I'm fine, I just accidentally fell into a trap," Lin Changgeng explained.
Chen rushed forward to help Lin Changgeng up, and when she saw the wound on his leg, tears streamed down her face: "How could you be so careless?"
"Mother, don't cry, Father is back now, isn't he?" Lin Cuiying comforted her.
The medicine on Lin Tiandong's leg had unexpectedly been so effective; he was now able to move around with the help of a wooden stick.
So at this moment, he also came over and looked at the wound on Lin Changgeng's leg: "Dad, does it hurt?"
"Father doesn't care," Lin Changgeng shook his head. "Don't worry."
Only then did Madam Chen notice the wound on Lin Cuiying's hand: "Yingzi, your hand is injured too. Quickly find some medicine to apply to it."
"It's alright, Mother, this little injury is nothing," Lin Cuiying said nonchalantly.
Looking at Lin Cuiying, Chen's eyes were full of heartache: "Yingzi, you have really suffered."
Lin Cuiying smiled first, then briefly explained the matter of severing ties. Before Chen Shi and Lin Tiandong could react, she whispered something mysteriously.
The people in the courtyard heard that when Lin Cuiying was searching for Lin Changgeng on the mountain, she discovered a black bear in another trap.
Moreover, Lin Cuiying took a closer look and realized it was a forgotten trap, so it couldn't have been set by a hunter.
"A black bear?" Chen and Lin Tiandong exclaimed in surprise.
Lin Changgeng also looked over in surprise.
Lin Cuiying nodded: "That's right, it's a black bear, and it's quite big."
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