There was a violent coughing sound in the room, which lasted for a long time and did not stop.
Yinniang quickly wiped away her tears and ran towards the back room with her bare feet.
Wu Xiaoming followed him eagerly, only to see a woman in her thirties leaning against the wall in a sick state, her face white and without any blood.
"Mom..." Yinniang went up and beat her mother's back, with a look of deep worry on her face.
The woman coughed for a while before she stopped. A sickly blush appeared on her face, and she asked in a hoarse voice: "Yin Niang, whose family does this child belong to?"
"His name is Wu Xiaoming, and he is the young master of Mr. Wu's family." Yinniang answered ignorantly, not noticing her mother at all. After hearing the name Mr. Wu, her hands shook with fear.
Who is Mr. Wu? He is a murderer who started his career as a loan shark. He has never done anything like murder or arson.
The old man Jiang's family living in the next village, because they borrowed three taels of silver from Mr. Wu and failed to repay it, their daughter was forcibly taken away and sold to the town to be used as a maid. She was beaten to death within half a year.
In the courtyard of a wealthy family.
"Mom, why are your hands shaking?" Yin Niang didn't know that her mother was frightened, so she asked with a puzzled look on her face.
With a forced smile on her face, the woman was about to whisper a few words of warning when the two little daughters beside her begged: "Sister, we are so hungry..."
One of the two little guys is four or five years old, and the other is younger and looks to be only three or four years old.
Long-term malnutrition made the two little guys as thin as monkeys, and they became weak when begging, causing the woman to swallow back what she wanted to say.
"Sixth sister, seventh sister, daddy went to buy food. There will be food soon." Yinniang held the two sisters in her arms and kissed their foreheads.
The two little guys looked at their sister pitifully, their eyes full of pleading, and said: "Sister, we are so hungry now, please find us something to eat."
Facing the pleading of her two younger sisters, Yinniang really couldn't refuse. She could only look back at her mother and whispered: "Mom, Liu Niang and Qiniang are hungry. I want to go to the mountains to look for some wild vegetables."
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When they heard that there were wild vegetables to eat, the two little guys gulped and looked at the woman expectantly.
The woman bit her lower lip tightly. There were wild boars and wolves on the mountain. No one except the hunters dared to go up there. It was too dangerous for Yinniang to dig wild vegetables.
As the hostess of the family, Ms. Liu used to go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables to support her family before she got sick. She knew that there were no wild vegetables left in the surrounding areas, and it would be impossible not to go to the mountains if she wanted to harvest.
I have the intention to dissuade you, but I can't help it.
Mrs. Liu was silent for a long time without speaking. After a long time, she said, "Don't go to the river. The river in the mountains is where wild boars drink water."
"I know, Mom, I'll be back soon." Yin Niang got off the earthen bed and walked out, only to hear her mother's sobs behind her.
"It's dangerous in the mountains, and even more dangerous by the river. Aren't you afraid?" Wu Xiaoming followed out and asked Yinniang in a low voice.
Yinniang shook her head slightly, looked at Wu Xiaoming seriously, and said, "I'm afraid, but I'm even more afraid that my two sisters will starve to death. They are too young."
Wu Xiaoming nodded in understanding, feeling that Yin Niang was very powerful, much more powerful than himself.
After all, he never dared to go to the mountain. Yinniang dared to go, which means that Yinniang is more powerful.
"I asked Aunt Liu to send the food box back. I wouldn't have given it away if I had known better. It's just right for your sister to eat. If you play with me from now on, I will bring you delicious food, so you don't have to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables." Wu
Xiao Ming looked at Yin Niang and thought this method was very good.
Yinniang just shook her head, thinking of her father's warning, and replied: "Dad said that I would rather starve to death than beg for food. Daddy will not want anything from your family."
Carrying a small bamboo basket, Yinniang left the yard and walked west. Wu Xiaoming followed him quietly.
After walking for a while and almost out of the village, Yinniang turned around and asked, "Why are you following me? Why don't you go home?"
"I haven't been to the mountain yet. I want to go and see it with you." As a six- or seven-year-old child, Wu Xiaoming thought that even Yin Niang dared to go up the mountain. Wouldn't it be too embarrassing for him to have never been there?
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On weekdays, Aunt Liu is with me, so I can't go to many places.
Just in time, Aunt Liu went back to deliver food boxes. If she didn't go up the mountain with Yin Niang this time, she wouldn't have such a good opportunity next time.
"I have never seen wolves in the mountains, but I have seen wild boars. If you are not afraid, just come with me." After hearing Yinniang's words, Wu Xiaoming shook his head repeatedly and said that he was not afraid.
They walked one behind the other, and the two half-year-old children walked together towards the mountains to the west.
Although it is said to be a big mountain, it is actually not steep and has no reputation.
Yinniang first searched at the foot of the mountain, and after seeing that there were no edible wild vegetables, she took Wu Xiaoming up the mountain and said that the wild vegetables were edible.
"Yinniang, where is the river you mentioned?" Looking at Yinniang's empty bamboo basket, Wu Xiaoming, who had not seen a harvest for a long time, couldn't help but said: "This mountain is next to the village, and all the wild vegetables on the mountain are harvested.
Come on, why don't we go to the river to have a look."
"To see the river, we have to climb two hills to the west, and we may encounter wild boars." Yinniang said worriedly, and she shuddered a little at the thought of wild boars.
Wu Xiaoming had never seen a wild boar, but he had heard that the thing was very powerful, so he picked up a stick from under the tree and threatened: "Don't be afraid, Yin Niang, I will protect you. If I encounter a wild boar, I will kill it."
"Pfft..." Yinniang smiled like a blooming flower, continued forward with a look of disbelief, and said without looking back: "Bragging..."
Regardless of whether she wanted to or not, she searched the two hills near the village, but Yinniang couldn't find many wild vegetables, so she could only continue to search deeper into the mountains.
After climbing three mountains, Wu Xiaoming finally saw the small river Yinniang mentioned.
At the foot of the mountain, a small river leads from south to north to the depths of the mountain.
There is a reed marsh as high as a person in the river. A few wild ducks are wandering happily. Occasionally, you can see pheasants flying out of the reed marsh with fluttering wings.
There are ducks and pheasants, which means there must be their nests in the reeds.
With her bare feet, Yinniang stood by the river and carefully looked inside, looking for the location of the wild eggs.
Unfortunately, the river gets deeper and deeper. Pheasants and wild ducks instinctively prefer to lay their eggs deep in the reeds. The water there is too deep.
After walking around the river several times, Yinniang found two eggs and a duck egg.
Wu Xiaoming found nothing, only a hare hiding in the grass, but with the abilities of the two of them, it was impossible to catch the hare.
"Three eggs are already a lot. Let's dig some wild vegetables and mushrooms and go back." Yinniang sat by the river kicking the water, counting the harvest, and looking at Wu Xiaoming.
The sun in the sky shines on the stream, casting a golden brilliance.
Against this backdrop, Yinniang's white and tender little feet and the splashing stream water seemed to form a perfect picture.
"Hmph..."
Suddenly, the scroll was broken, the grass behind him shook, and with a grunting sound, a wild boar with tusks poked its head out of the grass.
In fact, this wild boar is not big and looks like it has just grown up. However, for Yinniang and Wu Xiaoming, this wild boar is still too big.
Seeing the wild boar appear, Yin Niang's little face turned pale with fright, and Wu Xiaoming's situation was not much better.
Wu Xiaoming hurriedly touched his wooden stick, but unfortunately he lost it and threw it somewhere. How could he find it in such a hurry?
"Run, run into the water. This is how I got rid of the wild boar last time." Yinniang grabbed the bamboo basket with one hand and Wu Xiaoming with the other. The two of them waded through the water and ran towards the center of the river in a hurry.
Adult wild boars are very aggressive and have a strong sense of territory and will easily attack outsiders who enter their sight.
Wu Xiaoming and Yinniang ran in front, and the wild boar went crazy and chased after them.
The further toward the center of the river, the deeper the water inside becomes.
In a short time, the river water was up to their chests, while the wild boar stayed in the shallow water by the river and looked at them angrily.
"The wild boar won't go into the water, so we just need to stay in the water, and it will go away after a while." Yinniang and Wu Xiaoming held hands, and the heat from their hands brought them peace of mind.
One minute, ten minutes, half an hour...
The confrontation continued. The wild boars were unable to enter the water, and Wu Xiaoming and Yinniang were unable to go ashore.
Almost an hour later, the cold river water made the two of them tremble. Yinniang said in a trembling voice: "I met a wild boar last time and hid in the river for half an hour. The wild boar left on its own. Why didn't it come back?"
Let’s go?”
After all, Yinniang is still a half-grown child, so she doesn't know the habits of wild boars.
In fact, wild boars have a very strong waiting ability and are easily angered. They are relatively vindictive in the animal world.
The wild boar in front of me has just grown up, and it is probably the first time it has encountered an intruder. It will not give up until the intruder is driven away.
An old hunter once encountered a situation where a wild boar stuck him in a tree for a whole night.
To the wild boar, Yinniang and Wu Xiaoming are enemies, and the enemy is confronting them. This is simply an insult to the pigs.
Unfortunately, Wu Xiaoming and Yinniang didn't understand bestiality and couldn't cross the middle of the river. They could only stare at the wild boar and play a war of attrition.
"You go to the left to search, you guys go to the right, and every reed field will be searched!"
Two hours later, shouts and the barking of hounds suddenly came from the mountain.
Wu Xiaoming quickly looked up, shook Yinniang vigorously, and said happily: "Yinniang, that's the voice of Butler Zhang, someone has come to save us!"... Friends who are reading, you can search for "", that is,