"It should be so, how can I blame you." The clan leader responded repeatedly.
Cheng Yuanxi is not as confident as the patriarch. People are selfish and everyone has two sides. It only depends on whether the positive side can outweigh the negative side. A person will let out the positive and negative sides. It only depends on whether he can Be aware of all thoughts that arise in you immediately.
One thought of demons, the other thought of Buddha.
"Well, after breakfast tomorrow, let brother and sister Ming Li and Ming Yi take you to the places they often play."
"Okay, thank you, Yuan Xi."
The clan leader turned around and left with a smile. Cheng Yuanxi stared at his back, his mind wandering, and he couldn't bring himself to regain his consciousness for a moment.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?" Cheng Mingli came over holding his sister's hand.
Cheng Yuanxi was forced to come to his senses, lowered his head to look at his children, and smiled faintly, "It's okay."
"Dad, my brother and I have called you several times." Mingyi looked probingly, wondering what the clan leader said to his father to make him become like this.
Cheng Yuanxi said: "It's not a big deal. The clan leader just came over to say something; I need you to take a trip to the grassland you found tomorrow. If there is anything that needs to be collected, go and collect it in the evening."
If the children still have meat to dry, no one can find it.
Cheng Mingli shook his head, looking confused, "We have nothing left, but there is a small pool over there, and the water quality is very good. After my sister and I took the clan leader there, many people will go there, and the pool will not be saved."
There were too many people, and no one knew who had done what in there. He and his sister did not dare to drink anymore.
Mingyi nodded, agreeing with her brother's words.
There was a hint of warmth in Cheng Yuanxi's smile, "It doesn't matter, it's just a pool. You can dig wild vegetables these two days and prepare more food for the family. Your parents will also dig wild vegetables together. It's time to leave the forest in a few days." .”
"Are you leaving?" Mingyi's eyes brightened slightly.
We have almost finished shopping around, and there is no point in going further afield; the mountain forests have been depleted due to severe drought. Unless there is a heavy rain, the vegetation in the mountain forests will become extinct.
In the past few days, she has placed two 100-year-old ginseng plants, two 200-year-old ginseng plants, three 300-year-old ginseng plants, and one 500-year-old ginseng plant in her space.
With this, when she arrived in the next town, she planned to sell ginseng; the ginseng in her parents' hands was to be sold, and the ginseng in her hands was to be sold separately. With the money, she could buy more grain, seasonings, and cooking tools.
Otherwise, every time I need a knife or an iron pot, I have to go to my parents, which would be really troublesome.
"It's time to leave, you might as well leave early." Cheng Yuanxi narrowed his eyes slightly and looked up at the place where the clan members gathered on one side; it was just a period of comfortable life, and the clan members were not so united anymore.
"Okay, then my brother and I will go to the mountains more and see if we can still find ginseng."
Cheng Mingli nodded solemnly, "Sister, I'll accompany you; teach me how to identify ginseng."
Mingyi naturally has everything he needs.
Cheng Yuanxi touched their little heads and said, "Go back to the cave and sleep. There is no need to rush out early tomorrow."
"I know, dad and mom should go to bed early."
Mingyi and Mingli first went to boil hot water, took a comfortable bath and changed into clothes before going back to sleep. As for the dirty clothes, Chen Daya collected them and washed them to dry together.
In the cave.
Cheng Dazhu and his wife were lying on the stone bed, and Mingyi and Mingli were lying on their own small beds. They slept with their eyes squinted, but no one fell into a deep sleep. The tacit understanding during these days made Mingli understand that her sister would not be restless at night.
Turns out, he was right.
The moment Cheng Mingyi turned over, Cheng Mingli also stood up quietly.
Mingyi looked at Mingli, and Mingli looked at Mingyi; in the darkness, their eyes met, Mingyi was silent, and Mingli smiled.
Both of them have good eyesight and can see each other's expression clearly in the faint moonlight.
Mingyi walked down the stone platform, and Mingli followed.
When there was no one outside, Mingli said, "Where do you want to go, sister?"
"I want to go to the grass and have a look." Mingyi didn't expect that her brother had already understood her to this extent. She didn't know when he discovered her strange movements.
Or maybe her brother had noticed something strange about her when she was talking to her father.
However, she was confident that her every move would not reveal her thoughts.
"Then go."
Cheng Mingli agreed, and Mingyi didn't ask any more questions. The brother and sister fell silent and walked out of the valley in tacit agreement. After leaving the valley, Mingyi said, "Brother, are we still hunting tonight?"
"You can do whatever you want. My brother will help you and protect you." Cheng Mingli said.
Mingyi lowered his eyes and smiled, "Then let's go."
He took his brother's hand and ran towards his destination.
Stopping in front of the grass, Mingyi looked at her brother, "Brother, let's look for game on the grass separately."
"I don't worry about you alone. The grassland at night is very dangerous." Cheng Mingli frowned and refused to agree.
"Brother, my kung fu is great, it's okay. We can no longer come here at any time like before. If we can find game, we can find it. If we can't find it, we don't force it. We have caught a lot of game before, and there is game on the grass. Not much anymore.”
Cheng Mingli hesitated a lot, but still didn't agree.
Mingyi had no choice but to take a step back, "Then let's keep some distance. Is that okay?"
"OK."
Afterwards, the brother and sister wandered on the grass while maintaining a distance of 100 meters.
Mingyi walked to the position of the pool intentionally or unintentionally, and when she reached the edge of the pool, she squatted down to collect the water source without leaving any trace. In an instant, all the water sources in the pool entered the space, expanding the pool in the space.
She stood up and ran to the other side. When she saw Cheng Mingli looking for prey seriously, she had already moved two hundred meters away.
When Cheng Mingli found out, he could hardly see Mingyi anymore.
Cheng Mingli was worried and ran to her side; only to see her suddenly using Qinggong and floating to the right. She lay on the ground for a breath, and when she got up again, she stopped.
She also carried a lively wild rabbit in her hand.
"Brother, I caught it." Mingyi smiled happily.
Cheng Mingli stepped forward to pick up the rabbit, "Naughty, deliberately left my sight."
"No, brother can't accuse me wrongly." He firmly refused to admit it.
"Okay, we caught a rabbit, let's go back; give the rabbit to mother and cook it for tomorrow." But she can't let go of her sister's hand anymore. It's more than two hundred meters.
Mingyi didn't want to go back because she went out to look for more game at night.
Starting from tomorrow, this will no longer be her and her brother's secret base.
"Brother, I don't want to go back."
"No, it's too late; go back and get some sleep, and bring the clan leader to show you the way tomorrow, and then my brother will accompany you for a walk deeper into the mountains, okay?"
Facing his sister, Cheng Mingli also made some concessions.
Mingyi pursed her lips and was not happy, but she did not refuse, "Then it's settled."
