The two chatted for a long time, and the sun was already shining high.
"Why didn't Steamed Bun come over to hug Sister today?" Awan's voice came from outside the door.
Su Ming stood up from the straw mat, supporting his body with his hands.
"I'm back. I didn't see you this morning. Where have you been?" Su Ming asked softly.
Awan didn't answer. She was stunned for a moment, then smiled gently at Su Ming and came to Mantou's side.
"Sister, you're back." Steamed Bun sat up from the straw mat and said sleepily.
"Well, have you behaved well today?" Awan said, holding her long hair.
"You are good." Steamed Bun smiled and hugged Awan and said.
Awan took out the papaya from her cloth pocket. There was one more papaya today than yesterday. The steamed bun took it very wisely.
"Papaya is a specialty of Bashu, so it's hard to get it," Su Ming said.
"It's indeed a bit difficult." Awan said with a smile.
Awan came to Su Ming, sat down, looked at Su Ming and said, "Why has your appearance changed again?"
"Well, my situation is a bit special. I was prone to getting into trouble the way I was before." Su Ming said awkwardly.
"Ahem, water..."
A cough broke the awkward atmosphere. Su Ming looked to the other side and saw that Duan Zhanlu had woken up.
Su Ming staggered to Duan Zhanlu's side. Awan took the bowl with a gap and handed it to Su Ming.
He helped Duan Zhanlu up and handed the bowl of water to Duan Zhanlu.
"Brother, I thought I would never see you again." Duan Zhanlu finished drinking the water, hugged Su Ming and cried.
"Okay, haven't we seen you? How do you feel about your body?" Su Ming said softly.
"It's okay, but I just can't use the strength." Duan Zhanlu tried to hold his fist and said.
"Sister, here." The steamed bun held two cassava and handed it to Awan.
"This is..." Duan Zhanlu said, looking at the two people beside him.
"This is Awan. She saved the two of us. That's her brother, Mantou." Su Ming said.
"Thank you for saving my brother and I. I will thank you deeply in the future."
Duan Zhanlu was about to stand up and thank him, but Awan Awan stepped forward and interrupted: "It's nothing, let's have something to eat first."
Two pieces of cassava were divided into four portions. Duan Zhanlu ate them all in two bites. He looked at Su Ming and said, "Brother, I'm not full."
Su Ming broke off a piece of cassava in his hand and handed it to Duan Zhanlu, "I have a small appetite and can't finish it. Here it is."
"Thank you, brother, haha." Duan Zhanlu looked at the cassava handed over by Su Ming and smiled happily.
"Awan, let's go for a walk and be back soon," Su Ming said after finishing the remaining cassava in his hand.
"Yeah." Awan responded softly.
"Brother, why are you going!" Duan Zhanlu stood up and said after Su Ming.
After walking out of the house, the two came to the woods. Su Ming turned around and asked, "Are you full?"
Duan Zhanlu touched his belly and said with a mean smile on his face: "Hey, no, that little cassava won't be enough."
"That's serious. Why did you come out? Of course you're looking for something to eat!" Su Ming said helplessly.
In the past few days, he had carried Duan Zhanlu on his back for several miles and had not eaten at all. Yesterday and today, he only ate less than one piece of cassava. Su Ming was already very hungry.
"You want it?" Duan Zhanlu looked at Su Ming and understood the meaning.
"Don't look at me. It's good if I can move now. Go quickly." Su Ming kicked Duan Zhanlu's butt. It may have caused the wound, and Su Ming felt pain.
"Brother, I'm going right now, right now, hey hey hey." Duan Zhanlu touched his butt and ran towards the woods.
After a while, Duan Zhanlu picked up two hares and walked back. The two of them walked towards the house.
Inside the thatched house
"Well, it smells really good. My craftsmanship is better." Duan Zhanlu said flatteringly.
"Go to the side, don't get splashed with saliva." Su Ming said.
Duan Zhanlu didn't expect that his flattery would be slapped on the horse's hoof, and he scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Haha." Awan looked at Su Ming from the side, covering her mouth and laughing.
The aroma of barbecue was overflowing. Su Ming held the barbecue and handed it to Awan: "Have a try."
Awan reached out her hand, caught the roasted meat, and ate it together with the steamed buns.
"Miss Awan, that's where your arm injury came from. Who bullied you? Tell me and my brother will avenge you." Duan Zhanlu tore off a piece of meat from the barbecue and put it in his mouth.
After hearing Duan Zhanlu's words, Su Ming looked at A-wan's arm, and then discovered that there were several bruises on A-wan's arm. Su Ming felt that there seemed to be more bruises than yesterday.
"No, it's okay, I did it accidentally." Awan looked at Duan Zhanlu with a smile and said.
"Awan, don't worry. If someone really bullies you, we will never let him go." Su Ming said.
"Thank you." Awan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Su Ming with a smile and said softly.
Su Ming looked at Awan. He felt like he had seen this familiar smile somewhere before.
Seeing the oil stain on the corner of Awan's mouth, Su Ming reached out and wiped it away gently.
"Little dirty boy." Su Ming said softly.
Awan looked at Su Ming blankly, her face instantly turned red, like a ripe red apple, making people want to take a bite.
After regaining her composure, Awan glanced at Su Ming tentatively and found that Su Ming was still looking at her. Her eyes involuntarily avoided Su Ming's gaze and she buried her head in eating the barbecue in her hands.
After eating, a few people sat on the straw mats and chatted.
"Miss Awan, why don't you take your brother to Jinling?" Duan Zhanlu asked sideways while lying on the straw mat.
"I'm waiting for someone, a very important person." Awan said softly, looking at Su Ming aside for a moment, then looking at her bruised arm, her expression a little gloomy.
Su Ming glanced at Awan and said for a long time, "Do you have a dream?"
"A dream? I hope I can no longer worry about a meal." Awan said softly, as if she was talking to Su Ming, but it felt like a luxury wish.
"Isn't this simple? The place here is so big. It would be nice to grow some food. Unfortunately, there are no seeds. If that were the case, it would be good to stay here." Duan Zhanlu looked at the roof of the thatched house and touched his body.
The straw mat underneath said.
"The seeds..." Awan lay down and murmured.
Late at night, several people had already fallen asleep. Steamed Bun stood up holding his stomach and said softly: "Sister, my stomach hurts."
After calling for a while, there was no response. Steamed Bun opened his sleepy eyes and saw that Awan was not in the morning room, so he got up and walked out.
When he walked out of the door, under the moonlight, Mantou saw Awan behind him from a distance.
"Sister, where are you going?"
Steamed Bun's shout did not make Awan stop.
Mantou followed A-wan from a distance, first wading through a stream, and then walking into the bushes. Before taking a few steps, Mantou could no longer see A-wan.
wilderness
The Nanman army was stationed here.
Awan came to the bonfire and greeted the man in front of her.
"You don't want food this time, do you want seeds? Okay."
The man who spoke was a man in his thirties. The armor on his body was placed next to him, but his clothes showed that he was a soldier of the Southern Barbarians.
The man searched for a long time, took out a bag and handed it to Awan. Awan opened the bag and looked at the various seeds inside, and she smiled happily.
After searching for a long time, Steamed Bun suddenly heard singing not far away. Looking for the singing, Steamed Bun looked not far away. Where the singing was, there was this fire.
Steamed Bun carefully peeled back the bushes, exposing a small gap, and stuck his little head out to take a look. He saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.