From the conversation, Ye Ying finally understood the ins and outs of this matter.
This little girl named Zheng Yun'er has been suffering from body cold since she was a child. This time her mother took her to the mountains to find some medicinal materials that could cure her illness.
But yesterday, Zheng Yun'er's mother suddenly started to panic, and finally placed her in this small temple very nervously, asking her to wait for her here, and then left in a hurry.
After her mother left, she never came back. Zheng Yuner was worried that her mother could not find her. Worried about the wild beasts in the mountains, he hid in the small temple and did not dare to leave, which led to the scene Ye Ying saw.
Ye Ying guessed that Zheng Yun'er's mother must be the woman in the white dress he saw before. He just didn't know that she was out of trouble, so why didn't she come here to pick up her daughter?
It was already very late at this time, and Zheng Yuner, who was hungry and scared, had not dared to sleep all day. With Ye Ying's comfort, she finally relaxed and fell asleep on the hay spread on the ground.
Only then did Ye Ying have time to meditate. He wanted to digest the fight he saw today.
Zheng Yun'er slept soundly. When she woke up, it was already dawn. When she saw that she was covered with a thick bearskin, she was sure that meeting her big brother was not a dream.
When Zheng Yun'er walked out of the hut, he saw Ye Ying hugging his shoulders and leaning on the Buddha statue before he woke up. It seemed that this bear skin was the only thing this big brother had to keep out the cold.
Thinking of this, Zheng Yun'er quickly ran back to the hut, dragged the thick bear skin and put it on Ye Ying's body. Unexpectedly, Ye Ying woke up.
Seeing the little girl's movements, Ye Ying suddenly felt warm in his heart. The old man Liu who raised him passed away early. Except for a few masters, no one was so kind to him.
Ye Ying took out the last cake and gave half of it to Zheng Yun'er. Seeing the little girl devouring it, Ye Ying felt very warm in his heart.
"We'll go out and get something delicious later." Ye Ying looked at Zheng Yun'er and said with a smile.
"Yeah!" Zheng Yun'er, whose mouth was full of cakes, was speechless and nodded in agreement. This little girl with a lively personality has been really depressed these past two days.
Not long after, a burst of laughter like silver bells broke the silence in the mountain. Needless to say, the person who made the laughter was none other than Zheng Yun'er.
"Can this really catch a rabbit?" The little girl looked at a hole in the weeds and said with some disbelief.
Although he expressed doubts, Zheng Yun'er still followed Ye Ying's instructions and lit a pile of damp dead branches and leaves piled at the entrance of the cave. After a while, thick smoke was produced.
"Fan the smoke into the hole as hard as you can." Seeing that thick smoke was coming out from several places nearby, Ye Ying and Zheng Yun'er said, don't go to the place where the thick smoke is coming out, and blocked the entrance of the cave with stones and grass blades.
Next, Ye Ying stayed motionless at the last smoke outlet. Although Zheng Yun'er didn't know what Ye Ying was going to do, she still followed his arrangement and worked very hard to fan the thick smoke into the cave.
"Yes!" Ye Ying, who was not far away, suddenly shouted, and then ran towards Zheng Yun'er quickly, and in his hand, he was holding a gray rabbit that was struggling.
Seeing that Ye Ying had really caught the rabbit, Zheng Yun'er danced with joy, and when she looked at Ye Ying, her eyes were full of admiration.
However, what surprised Zheng Yun'er didn't stop there. Next, she watched with her own eyes as Ye Ying skillfully killed the gray rabbit, skinned it, cleaned it, then tied it on a tree stick and lit up a fire to roast it. . Not long after, the aroma of barbecue began to float in the valley, which made Zheng Yun'er's saliva flow uncontrollably.
"It's so delicious. The rabbits roasted by Brother Sixteen are much more delicious than those cooked by my cook!" Zheng Yun'er took a rabbit leg handed to her by Ye Ying. Although Zheng Yun'er's mouth was sore from the burn, she still refused to stop. Mouth.
"Slow down, be careful when burning..." Ye Ying advised with a smile. Looking at the little girl eating happily, he felt full of accomplishment.
The whole morning passed by in a hurry. During this time, Zheng Yun'er barely mentioned her mother. The happiness Ye Ying brought to him made her forget again that she was abandoned by her mother.
But in the afternoon, the little girl cried again because Ye Ying needed to go down the mountain. She began to worry that the sixteenth brother who brought her happiness would leave like her mother and never come back.
Since Ye Ying left, Zheng Yun'er has been looking at the door of the small temple, expecting to see Brother Sixteen.
Ye Ying lived up to the little girl's expectations. He came back in the evening, holding a quilt and other daily necessities that were obviously prepared for Zheng Yun'er.
"Brother Sixteen!" Seeing Ye Ying's figure, the little girl ran over happily, then transformed into a koala, wrapped around Ye Ying's arm, and never let go.
Seeing the little girl like this, Ye Ying also felt very warm in his heart. This was the feeling of family that arose in his heart again after meeting the three masters. In a short period of time, this little girl was already in her heart. occupies a very important position.
On this trip down the mountain, Ye Ying not only picked up some daily necessities that Zheng Yun'er needed, but also told several masters about the encounter with the woman in the white skirt and the three dwarfs in cloaks in the mountain, as well as the whole process. The black cloth was also given to the second master.
Although none of the masters told him the origins of these people in detail, it was not difficult to see from their solemn gazes that these people and the Yuntian Society they belonged to were indeed extraordinary beings.
Ye Ying also vaguely felt that the woman in the white dress should be Zheng Yun'er's mother. It seemed that she was seriously injured or even dead. Otherwise, she would not have been able to stay away from her daughter for such a long time.
Since Zheng Yun'er was unwilling to go down the mountain, Ye Ying did not tell the masters about it. Anyway, they usually didn't care much about what they had done.
Maybe because she was in a good mood, Ye Ying slept very soundly that night, but at dawn, a nasty "caterpillar" disturbed her sweet dream.
I swung my hands several times, but couldn't drive away the "caterpillar" lying on my face. I opened my eyes in a daze, originally wanting to catch this troublemaker and take care of it. But with the flowery smile in front of him, the anger in his heart immediately disappeared completely.
"Brother Lazy Pig, get up quickly. Didn't you say you would take me to catch fish today?" Seeing Ye Ying open his eyes, the little girl smiled like a fox.
Unable to fight against this little devil, Ye Ying had no choice but to get up, eat something hastily with Zheng Yun'er, and then walk towards the water pool in the valley.
Ye Ying grew up in the mountains, and he was accustomed to steep mountain roads, but Zheng Yun'er was not good at it. He skipped around for a while at first, and soon started to act bad.
In desperation, Ye Ying had to turn into a horse and let Zheng Yun'er sit on his neck, but he did not see the "knight" on his neck looking triumphant because his "plot succeeded".
"Oh my god, the water here is so beautiful!" Zheng Yun'er immediately became energetic when she saw a pool with rippling blue waves not far away. She immediately got off Ye Ying's shoulders and quickly came to the pool.
Zheng Yun'er first took a cup of the pool water and drank a few sips. The cool and sweet feeling made all her fatigue disappear completely. Then she washed her hands and face again. The cold water made the little girl feel refreshed immediately.
"Boom...", a voice suddenly sounded, which not only startled Zheng Yun'er, but also made her splash water all over her face.
Zheng Yun'er turned around and saw Ye Ying standing not far away with a smirk on his face. Why didn't she understand? Brother Sixteen is the "culprit" who brought disaster to him.
However, the little girl was not angry, but felt very happy. She picked up a large handful of water and chased Ye Ying.
The two were playing around by the small pool, and their joyful laughter scared the birds in the tree to flee. In the end, the two "drowned rats" couldn't help laughing when they saw each other's miserable appearance.
"I'm going to catch fish." After Ye Ying said this, he jumped into the small pool with a plop. Anyway, his clothes were already soaked, which saved him from taking off his clothes.
Thinking that there would be fish to eat soon, the little girl stood at the edge of the pool with expectation and kept looking at the water. But after a long time, Ye Ying was not seen coming out of the water.
After Ye Ying jumped into the water, he didn't come out for a long time. Slowly, the little girl's expectation turned into worry. In the end, her eyes began to turn red and tears began to well up in her eyes.
"Brother Sixteen, come out quickly, I won't eat fish anymore." Zheng Yun'er shouted to the water. In just two days, this little brother, who was not much older than herself, had become her support.
Perhaps hearing Zai Yun'er's voice, the water surface began to shake rapidly. Not long after, a figure emerged from the water. It was the sixteenth brother that Zheng Yun'er had longed for.
In Ye Ying's hands, he was holding a struggling fish.
"Don't worry, my water quality is very good." Seeing the sad look on the little girl's face, Ye Ying felt very warm in his heart. He threw the fish in front of Zheng Yun'er and said to her loudly.
Looking at the little girl crying, Ye Ying felt relieved and got into the water again...
An hour later, a bonfire was lit by the pond, and the two children began their great business of grilling fish.
The little girl was busy helping, but the help became more and more confusing, and she turned into a big painted face, but she was still as happy as a little bird
Seeing Ye Ying skillfully washing, killing, and grilling fish... Zheng Yun'er's eyes were filled with admiration. This little brother who looked not much older than herself could actually do so many things that she had never seen before.
The fish in the pond were not too big and not too fat, but the quality was indeed very good. Zheng Yun'er was eating the fish happily and temporarily forgot about the sadness of not being able to find his mother.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month passed. During this month, Zheng Yun'er lived very happily, and her cheerful laughter often came from the forest streams in the mountains.
For more than a month, Zheng Yun'er's mother never came to see her. Although the little girl never said anything to Ye Ying, Ye Ying still heard the little girl calling her mother in her dreams several times at night.
There was no image of his mother in Ye Ying's mind, and he always longed to see his mother. So he understood Zheng Yun'er's mood very well. Whenever this happened, he told himself in his heart that he should make the little girl happy and try to make her think less about this sad thing.
