Now that the mission on the mountain has been completed, Xiao Mu and Ye Luoxin are ready to pack up and go home.
I have been in the mountains for more than a month now, and I don’t know how my family is doing now.
Looking at the things they had saved these days, both of them felt worried.
"Otherwise, take the pickled rabbit meat, pheasant, and three rabbits home first, and take the rest with me when I come next time." Xiao Mu suggested.
Ye Luoxin looked around and saw that there were three baskets of dried mushrooms and dried fish. There was also a large basket of medicinal materials collected by Xiao Mu these days. With so many things, even if Xiao Mu came again, he would not be able to take them back.
"Don't you know how to weave bamboo baskets? The backpacks on the mountain are enough. You can weave the lids of these baskets and cover them tightly. Let's transport them back little by little." Ye Luoxin suggested.
"How's the luck?" Xiao Mu asked.
"There is a long rope in the backyard, so we use the rope as a ropeway and we slowly slide things down."
Hearing this, Xiao Mu's eyes lit up.
This is indeed a good idea.
Not only is it convenient, it also saves a lot of effort.
But he still shook his head: "This method won't work."
"Why?"
"In this way, we will stay in the mountains for a longer time, and there are often wild animals in the mountains. I can't be more than two meters away from you."
What Xiao Mu said makes sense.
The two of them weighed it up and decided to take some of their things back first.
The night before leaving, Ye Luoxin finally asked her doubts.
"Husband," she said after thinking for a while.
"Isn't your master a very powerful person?"
Xiao Mu nodded when he heard this.
"Then you..." Ye Luoxin didn't know how to ask.
She has been thinking about Yu Ming's words for the past two days.
According to Yu Ming's wishes, Xiao Mu will go to the capital in the future.
And Xiao Mu obviously knew the person the master wanted to save.
But didn't Xiao Mu grow up in Qingshan Village? How could he know someone from Beijing?
Could it be that he is not Xu Zhengxiang’s biological child?
She felt that her imagination was a bit big.
Xiao Mu also noticed Ye Luoxin's suspicion.
"There are some things I can't tell you yet." He pondered for a moment and said, "You just need to know that no matter what happens in the future, you will always be my wife."
"Okay!" Ye Luoxin responded.
She is not a very curious person.
Now that Xiao Mu said so, she stopped asking further questions.
In order not to starve on the way back, she prepared a lot of food just like when she went up the mountain.
Pies with rabbit meat and mushrooms, and steamed buns with wild celery and shrimps. There were more than twenty of them, enough for them to eat until they got down the mountain.
After Yu Ming left, Huzi flew to no one knows where.
Thinking that it was a wild bird living in the mountains, Ye Luoxin didn't want to take it home.
After they leave, the owl will probably go back to its original life if it can't find anyone.
The next day, they set off just before dawn.
According to the original itinerary, they still rested for two nights on the road.
Everything was normal on the first night. Before leaving, Xiao Mu deliberately left five dried fish in the small house.
When we arrived at the second rest stop, something unexpected happened.
Xiao Mu once said that the house on the mountain was a temporary resting place for mountain runners. Not many people knew about it, and everyone cherished this place.
But when they entered the cabin that afternoon, what they saw was a mess.
The things inside were turned over in a mess, the rice bag was torn open, the salt jar was broken, and even the straw on the bed was messed up.
"Who is so bad, coming to the mountain to cause destruction?" Ye Luoxin complained as she looked at the mess.
"It's not a human being." Xiao Mu said in a deep voice.
"Yes, it is indeed not human to be able to do such a thing." Ye Luoxin responded repeatedly.
"That's not what I meant." Xiao Mu knew that she had misunderstood and explained, "I mean, this was not done by humans."
"Really not a human?" Ye Luoxin was shocked.
It is said that there are wild beasts on the mountain, but she has been on the mountain for so long, let alone wild beasts, not even a shadow of a wild beast has been seen.
Do we still need to open her eyes before going down the mountain?
Xiao Mu vigilantly checked the house and walked around the house, but found no sign of the vandal.
It seems that he has escaped.
But when he was about to light a fire, he made a new discovery.
There was a little tiger with white fur and black stripes lying in the stove.
Xiao Mu was shocked and immediately pulled out the dagger.
The tiger seemed to be in a deep sleep and had no reaction in the face of danger.
Seeing this, Xiao Mu took a stick from behind and poked the tiger's head with the stick, but the tiger still didn't respond.
died?
Xiao Mu then stretched out his hand and pulled the tiger out of the stove.
The tiger was about three months old and already over two feet long. It was covered in plant ash and some dried blood.
He stretched out his hand and checked his nose. His breathing was weak, but he was still alive.
It looked like he was seriously injured and lost a lot of blood. If the ash at the bottom of the pot hadn't stopped the bleeding, he might have died a long time ago.
Ye Luoxin heard the movement and came over. When she saw the tiger, she was startled at first, and then she was pleasantly surprised: "This tiger is so beautiful, let's keep it by our side."
Xiao Mu's mouth twitched.
Luoluo's physique seems to have an inexplicable attraction to the animals in the forest.
Several times he saw foxes, hedgehogs, and snakes circling the house.
Because of the medicine, they didn't dare to get too close.
Since going up the mountain, they have raised rabbits and night cats, so forget it. Now, you want to raise tigers?
When the tiger grows up, two Loluos won't be enough for him to eat for one meal.
"This can't be raised." Xiao Mu refused sternly.
"But tigers are full of treasures. The tiger skin can be used as a mat, the tiger gall can be used as medicine, and the tiger bones can be brewed into wine. Although this tiger is so small, it should be sold at a good price to Shopkeeper Xu."
"But," Ye Luoxin looked at the little tiger's furry head and felt a little unbearable, "it's really cute."
"Don't be fooled by its appearance. Tigers are ferocious beasts after all." Xiao Mu did not relent.
Just when Ye Luoxin was about to give up, the white-haired tiger suddenly opened its eyes as if receiving guidance from God.
Its blue eyes were full of tears, and the corners of its downward-curved eyes revealed full of grievances. It stared at Ye Luoxin for a few times, and suddenly let out a few "wuwu" sounds from its mouth.
Who can withstand this?
Ye Luoxin's heart almost melted at the sight of this thirty-pound beast.
She took the tiger from Xiao Mu with some difficulty and winked at him: "This tiger is still young and cannot eat people. Keep it for a month. If it is no longer a relative, you can sell it, okay?"
Xiao Mu has never been able to refuse Ye Luoxin's request.
"Then try it. If it hurts someone, I won't show mercy."
"good!"
Ye Luoxin agreed.
Xiao Mu shook his head helplessly.
