Da Bao glanced at Chen Miao cautiously and said softly, "I'm sorry, Mother, we know we were wrong."
"Where did we go wrong?" Shen Miao asked coldly.
Da Bao pursed his lips: "I shouldn't have disobeyed my mother and secretly ran off to see the fish."
Shen Miao: "Why wouldn't I let you go see the fish?"
"Because it's dangerous."
"So you knew all along. So, are you going to do it again next time?"
Da Bao shook his head vigorously, "I won't do it again. From now on, I won't go to any places that Mom says are dangerous. Mom is protecting us."
Shen Miao was pleased, but she didn't show it on her face. She simply said, "Alright, you can get up now."
Da Bao hesitated, then said, "My younger brother and sister know they were wrong, Mother, could you...?"
"No!" Shen Miao interrupted him. "They haven't admitted their mistakes, nor do they know they're wrong, so they still need to continue to be punished."
Da Bao felt a little sorry for them and wanted to plead for them, but Shen Miao had Jiu Ying take him away.
The remaining children were in so much pain from the beating that they couldn't help but shed tears and sob. Shen Miao remained unmoved, saying, "Crying won't help."
Erbao couldn't hold back any longer and said through tears, "Mother, I know I was wrong. I won't do it again. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have made you sad. Waaah."
The three and four children cried and said, "Mother, I'm sorry."
Shen Miao's heart softened instantly at their crying. She felt bad for disciplining the children, but she couldn't not discipline them, or they wouldn't learn their lesson.
She only hopes that after this lesson, the children will truly learn to avoid danger.
...
Since the rainy season began, it has been raining every day, a light drizzle.
Since hunting in the mountains was out of the question, and Shen Miao didn't want to be idle, she made some blood tofu and took it to the animal farm to sell.
Walking on the muddy road, Shen Miao deeply missed the clean cement road of her previous life, but no matter how much she missed it, there was no way she could have one now.
Shen Miao could only sigh as she dodged the large puddles. There were so many puddles that she had to hop around like a kangaroo.
Even so, problems still arose.
Here's what happened: When Shen Miao returned, she didn't want to take the muddy path she used to take, so she went directly to the meadow next to her, which looked cleaner.
Who knew that the seemingly solid meadow was actually a mud pit underneath, and Shen Miao accidentally sank in.
She was so frightened that she dared not move.
I had read about swamps before; the more you move, the faster you sink.
Shen Miao could only remain in a position with half of her body exposed, waiting for rescue.
Fortunately, the cat-beastman was also selling blood tofu today. Seeing Shen Miao's miserable state, he quickly came over to help. Shen Miao cried out, "Brother Cat, don't come any closer."
The cat-beastman stopped in his tracks, puzzled, and asked, "How did you get out here?"
"Go to my house and find someone. Don't come over. You can't save me by yourself. Go find Jiuying and tell him to bring a long bamboo pole." Shen Miao said quickly.
Although the cat-beastman didn't understand, he did as he was told. Before leaving, he worriedly asked, "Are you alright? What if you get stuck after I leave?"
Shen Miao forced a smile: "No, as long as I don't move, I won't fall."
The cat-beastman dared not delay.
He knew the dangers of swamps; several orcs from the tribe had once wandered into a swamp and never made it out.
It was swallowed up by that land.
The cat-beastman ran non-stop to Shen Miao's house, shouting, "Jiuying, Jiuying, are you there? Shen Miao is in trouble! You must go and save her!"
This sound blew both Jiu Ying and Qing Chen out.
The two beastmen were about to rush out when the cat beastman stopped them: "Qingchen, don't go. Shenmiao is trapped in a mud pit. You can't go with your leg. Jiuying, come with me. By the way, Shenmiao asked us to bring a bamboo pole."
There were bamboo poles readily available at home, so Jiuying just picked one up and went.
The snow wolf rushed out and followed behind, trotting along. Jiuying patted it and said, "You can come along, but you have to be obedient."
The snow wolf snorted arrogantly. Of course it knew what to do. It wasn't stupid. Why should it be treated like an idiot?
The two men and the wolf arrived at the spot where Shen Miao had sunk. Shen Miao was even shorter than before, and the mud had reached her chest. If they had been any slower, the situation would have been even more dangerous.
She herself wasn't in a hurry, but told the others, "Stand far away and don't come over. Just extend your bamboo poles."
As instructed, Jiuying extended the bamboo pole, which Shenmiao grabbed and desperately pulled herself away.
The mud was very difficult to deal with, and it took Shen Miao a lot of effort to pull herself out. Taking advantage of the situation, the snow wolf grabbed Shen Miao's animal skin and dragged her to a safe place.
"You've worked hard." Shen Miao said to the cat-beastman and Jiu Ying, then patted the snow wolf's head, "You've worked hard too."
The snow wolf proudly shook its fur and then stuck out its tongue to lick Shen Miao's face, but Shen Miao dodged it. Ever since she learned that the snow wolf could turn into a human, Shen Miao had stopped letting the snow wolf get so close to her.
But for some reason, this kid rarely transforms into a human; he still prefers to be his snow wolf.
The snow wolf wouldn't give up and came closer, insisting on getting close to Shen Miao.
Shen Miao had no choice but to go along with him.
"Chen Miao, how are you?" Jiu Ying and the cat-beastman walked over.
Shen Miao took a breath and said with a smile, "It's fine, but the mud was so smelly that it made me smell bad all over."
It not only smells bad, but it also hurts a little.
Shen Miao thought she had been pricked by something in the mud, so she casually scratched her foot without paying much attention. But to her surprise, the more she scratched, the more it hurt, so she couldn't help but lift her leg up to look at it carefully.
She was stunned when she saw it.
It turned out that her exposed calves were covered with small wounds, and blood was still seeping from them, making it look as if someone had poked her countless times.
What's going on?
Shen Miao was extremely surprised.
Both Jiuying and the cat-beastman sensed something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"
Shen Miao showed them the wound on her leg, and the two of them were also surprised. "This, this looks like I was bitten by something."
Shen Miao, however, felt it wasn't that simple.
She walked back towards the mud pit, which startled Jiu Ying, who immediately cried out, "What are you doing? Don't come any closer!"
Shen Miao waved her hand, indicating that she knew what she was doing.
She stopped beside the mud puddle, squatted down, put her hand inside, and then took it out after a while.
He also noticed a wound on his hand, similar to the one on his calf.
Shen Miao stared at the mud pit, her expression inscrutable.
From the outside, the mud pit looked no different from anything else, and Shen Miao didn't think it could be any kind of insect, because she didn't feel anything. She felt it was more likely that there was something wrong with the mud.
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