"Then why don't you see Yu'er coming over? She likes to play with children and ghosts the most." Granny Feng asked curiously.
"Um... Yu'er just came back and was too tired. She also needs to take a rest. Don't worry, she will come to our house for dinner tonight." Grandpa Lei replied.
"Really, that's just right. I caught a strange beast on the road. I'll make strange beast soup to recuperate her body later." Granny Feng murmured.
"What do you need me to do?" Sima Ao asked.
"Grandpa Lei, whose child is this? He is so handsome."
Granny Feng was shocked by the appearance of Sima Ao. Sima Ao was very happy to see the handsome Sima Ao. She felt that Sima Ao did not look like a child who grew up in the wilderness, so she asked Grandpa Lei curiously.
"This little boy is Sima Ao, Wenquxingjun, a subordinate of Emperor Wenchang. He was ordered by Emperor Donghua to escort Yu'er back to the wilderness." Grandpa Lei replied.
"My younger generation, Sima Ao, has met Granny Feng. Granny Feng is still so charming!" Sima Ao bowed to Granny Feng.
"Haha! You boy is really good at talking. Come and help Granny Feng skin this strange beast."
Granny Feng threw the lifeless strange beast in front of Sima Ao. She saw that this strange beast looked like both a deer and a sheep, and was smaller than a deer.
"This is the wild treasure beast." Sima Ao asked.
"Yes, even though it looks docile, it is actually very wild. I spent a lot of effort to catch it."
Sima Ao picked up a sharp kitchen knife and peeled off the strange beast's skin.
As a civil servant, Sima Ao was so good at swordsmanship that Grandma Feng was impressed.
"This good boy is really good at swordsmanship. I really can't tell!" Granny Feng praised with her thumb up.
"Being able to be the servant of Emperor Wenchang, and being admired by Emperor Donghua, how can you do it without two brushes? Right, kid." Grandpa Lei asked with a flirtatious look.
"Grandma Feng, Grandpa Lei, please stop making fun of me. If Sima Ao is compared with Grandma Feng and Grandpa Lei, the distance between a buffalo and a mosquito is like that between a buffalo and a mosquito."
"Don't tell me, sometimes buffaloes are not as good as mosquitoes, and they can still be stung by mosquitoes?" Granny Feng and Grandpa Lei laughed, and they liked Sima Ao from the bottom of their hearts.
"Grandpa Lei and Granny Feng, what are you laughing at?"
Dongfang Yu'er squinted for a while and then came over. She found that Sima Ao was not in the room, so she thought she must be Grandpa Lei, so she came over!
"We like you so much, your wishful husband! Haha..." Grandpa Lei smiled and deliberately took the opportunity to tease Dongfang Yu'er and Sima Ao.
Sima Ao was stunned for a moment, his face flushed slightly, and he cast a deep look at Dongfang Yu'er, the meaning was self-evident.
Dongfang Yu'er was confused and a little overwhelmed by Sima Ao's display of love, and shyly avoided Sima Ao's strange gaze.
"㖿! Isn't this a strange beast?" Dongfang Yu asked, changing the subject.
"It's a strange beast. Granny Feng caught it on the road. I will cut out the meat and fry it later, and make soup for you to drink from the bones." Granny Feng said happily.
"Then it will also replenish my father's health!" Dongfang Yu'er said happily.
"Okay, okay! You all need to replenish your health!" Granny Feng said with a cheerful smile.
"Sister Yu'er is back..."
The baby ghost shouted excitedly when he saw Dongfang Yu'er, and the youngest baby ghost burst into tears. Dongfang Yu'er picked up the youngest baby and coaxed: "Don't cry, baby, sister Yu'er doesn't like you..."
Dongfang Yu'er is responsible for playing with these little kids; Sima Ao is responsible for adding firewood; Grandpa Lei is responsible for cutting meat and cooking vegetables; Granny Feng is responsible for making a big pot of soup; the desolate Luohuang Village has not been so lively for a long time.
At meal time, Da Siming also got up and went to Grandpa Lei's house.
"You're here just in time, let's have dinner!" Grandpa Lei said with a smile.
"Dad, Yu'er will make you a bowl of soup!"
Da Siming nodded.
The children and ghosts were also clamoring for soup. Maybe the firewood soup made by Granny Feng was too delicious. Maybe it was difficult to get a bowl of soup in this barren wilderness.
The frame of Grandpa Lei's house is built with trees, and the roof is covered with thatch. If only Granny Feng and Grandpa Lei live in it, the house is still big enough. There are three rooms, a living room, a small kitchen, and a small yard.
However, it was a bit crowded when more than a dozen children and ghosts lived together. All three rooms were given to the children and ghosts to sleep in. Grandpa Lei and Granny Feng only slept in the living room, so they could only eat in the small kitchen.
There was a large round table and about a dozen benches in the kitchen. The children and ghosts all sat on the benches and ate around the big round table. Adults such as Dongfang Yu'er, Grandpa Lei, Granny Feng, Sima Ao, and Da Siming gathered around the stove to eat.
These baby ghosts are all reincarnated as hungry ghosts. They grab big pieces of meat with one hand and start wolfing it down. The little baby ghosts can't bite the big pieces of meat on their own. Seeing the big baby ghosts eating deliciously, they cry pitifully. got up.
"Oh! It's not easy to take care of you kids. Don't cry. Fortunately, Grandpa Lei fried a small piece of meat for you."
As he spoke, Grandpa Lei put small pieces of meat on the table. Grandpa Lei was afraid that these babies would not be enough to eat, so he fried some godmothers with the small pieces of meat. With the scent of Gangu, the little ghosts stopped crying and ate with their hands. In the end, these ghosts were full and their bellies were round.
It was already dusk after the meal, and it was time for Wagui to take a bath. Since the wilderness was in drought for many years, water was very precious. Grandpa Lei and Granny Feng could only use a few ladles of water to wipe the bodies of the children and ghosts, and then urged them to go to bed early.
Because the wilderness not only contains beasts and wolves, but also describes the intersection of other worlds, and the evil spirit of other worlds is very strong. The night is long and pitch-black, and it is not safe for children and ghosts to play there. For their safety, they can only be allowed to go to bed early.
All the children and ghosts have gone to bed, and Grandpa Lei and Granny Feng can now be free to do their own things. At this time, Grandpa Lei likes sharpening knives the most, while Granny Feng will sew clothes for the children and ghosts.
Da Siming, Dongfang Yu'er, and Sima Ao chatted with Grandpa Lei and Granny Feng for a while, then said goodbye to Grandpa Lei and Granny Feng and went back to their homes.
Da Siming is a quiet and serious person. After returning home, he went to his room to rest.
There are only two rooms in this house, and Sima Ao will be the director tonight. Dongfang Yu'er brought Sima Ao a soft quilt. Because the temperature difference in the wilderness is large, it is very hot during the day and becomes slightly cooler at night.
Sima Ao took the soft quilt from Dongfang Yu'er and stared blankly at Dongfang Yu'er, his eyes filled with heat. At this moment, Dongfang Yu'er's little heart was beating fast. Both of them wanted to say something to each other, but they hesitated.
Sima Ao lay in bed during the long night, tossing and turning without sleeping, wondering why he couldn't sleep at all.
Dongfang Yu'er tossed and turned but couldn't sleep. A gust of breeze blew in from the window, and Dongfang Yu'er simply climbed up from the bed. Take out the silk scarf from the lapel that says "For whom the gardenia flowers bloom, and for whom the gardenia flowers fall".
Dongfang Yu'er was not sleepy at all. Curious in her heart, she groped in the dark, quietly and guiltily like a mouse, and came to the living room to see if Sima Ao was asleep.
Unexpectedly, the small bed in the living room was empty. In the dark night, where would Sima Ao go?
