[Host...I want...]
"No, you don't want to!"
She knew what the system wanted to do the moment it made a sound. Without even thinking about it, she had no interest in separating someone else's own flesh and blood.
The system snorted and silently retreated into seclusion; its dream ultimately became a pipe dream.
Carrying a silly roe deer she had picked up on the road, Gu Zuozuo quickly descended the mountain.
This roe deer looks quite clever, so why does it always make such a fool of itself at crucial moments? Getting itself stuck in a tree branch and unable to pull its head out must be pretty shocking even in the animal kingdom, right?
When she saw it, its neck was covered in wounds from its violent struggles, and the roe deer was frozen to the point of near death, allowing her to get free meat.
"Gu...Gu the educated youth?"
Gu Zuozuo turned around and saw that not far behind her, Ma the hunter's wife was looking at her with a look of surprise and delight.
"I was just thinking of bringing you the tanned wolf pelt when I ran into you? You went up the mountain?"
As he spoke, he looked her up and down with concern, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was indeed alright and her clothes were neat.
"It's dangerous up in the mountains. You're strong, but you can't fight four legs with just your hands. You still need to be careful. Are you cold? Come on, come on! Let's go to my house to warm up. I'll also get you the wolf skin while I'm at it."
Gu Zuozuo was so caught off guard by her barrage of words that she didn't even have time to reply before she was grabbed by the arm and dragged towards her house.
The wooden door to the hunter's house, which had been damaged by wolves, has been repaired and replaced with a thicker, sturdier one. The surrounding fence has also been replaced with a new one.
As soon as the door opened, a blast of hot air hit her. Gu Zuozuo had just stepped one foot in when a tiny little bundle of flesh grabbed her leg.
"elder sister."
The adorable little dumpling rubbed against her leg, clearly overjoyed.
Li Yang brewed her a large mug full of brown sugar water, and when he saw his son looking so cheap, he burst out laughing.
"Ever since you gave him candy last time, he's been thinking about you every day. I don't know how such a little guy has such a good memory. He talks about you several times a day."
Gu Zuozuo picked up the little boy at her feet, took out a few more milk candies from her pocket and handed them to him. She was amused when she saw him drooling.
Ma Dongdong was someone she got to know when she often came to change Ma the hunter's bandages. Over time, they became very close, and she would call him "sister" all the time.
"Glutton."
With candy in her mouth, Ma Dongdong hugged Gu Zuozuo's neck and started rubbing against him, laughing with great satisfaction.
Seeing them laugh, Li Yang took out the leather he had already tanned.
"Let's see if you're satisfied?"
Gu Zuozuo took the tanned leather and touched it with her hand.
It feels soft to the touch, the fur is glossy, and there's a faint herbal scent on the tip of its nose.
"Sister-in-law, you have excellent cooking skills!"
It was indeed excellent; not only was there no trace of the original fishy stench, but even the cuts from the knife had been treated exceptionally well.
Before they could exchange more than two words, Gu Zuozuo had to get up and stop Li Yang, who was busy going back and forth.
Because the kang table in front of her was already full of all kinds of food, there was no room to put any more.
Even the baskets used to hold the wolf pelts were filled with cured meat and sausages, as well as their homemade pickled vegetables, frozen pears, frozen persimmons, and so on...
"It's getting dark, I have to hurry back to the educated youth settlement. I can't finish all this meat, and besides, I can't cook, so there's no need to give me so much meat."
Li Yang shook his head, firmly pressing down on Gu Zuozuo's hand that was trying to reach out. His gaze was gentle, and his expression was full of tolerance.
"Take it. You saved the lives of our family of three. How can these dead things count? If you weren't too old, I would have asked Dongzi to call you godmother."
Upon hearing this, Gu Zuozuo immediately let go and stopped stopping her. She was much more unwilling to be a painless mother than to carry large bags of things for someone else. Of course, she couldn't bear to be a mother in pain.
If you can take something and then return it, that would be terrifying for a mother.
[Host, there's something amiss outside.]
Gu Zuozuo's eyes turned cold, and the lazy, smiling expression she had been leaning against the wall slowly faded into a cold demeanor. She immediately stood up straight.
Who is it?
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