Chapter 129： never give up

In midsummer, the valley is always dark green and humid. Lei Jin has to go out early every morning and walk a long way to find food. After all, although the valley is large, there is not much to eat. It's getting bigger and bigger, and he has to reserve some in case he needs it from time to time, so unless it's raining, he can't be lazy for a day. Although Rong Chuan has mentioned many times to give him his prey, but Lei Jin A big man who thinks he has hands and feet has not reached the point where he needs to be raised by irrelevant people.

Ame Rongchuan has lived in the valley for nearly four years. He is very old now, and he has no one to talk to. He somewhat understands that it is difficult for Rongchuan to have children, so he is not bad for two naughty little guys. It is also common to send some fruit and sew small clothes, so when Lei Jin goes out, he usually entrusts two small ones to him to take care of. Of course, he does not forget to send some delicious meals every time.

"Come into the house, it's cold in the morning, don't freeze." Rongchuan's Ah Ma was sitting on the stone at the entrance of the cave and was weaving a vitex basket. When he saw Lei Jin carrying the child, he got up in a hurry to say hello.

"Dad, you have to come back early." As soon as Lei Jin put them down, Yuzi rubbed his drowsy eyes with a feeling, and barely opened a gap, while Chengzi was soundly asleep from beginning to end without moving.

Lei Jin gave a soft "en" and continued: "Look at my brother here, listen to Grandpa, and Dad will be back in half an afternoon." But looking at Yuzi's dazed appearance, he didn't know if he heard it.

"How can you sleep like this? A pair of little lazy pigs." Lei Jin smiled and pinched their little noses before getting up.

"Children are like this. When they sleep more, they can grow strong and strong. Rong Chuan was like this when he was a child. Sometimes he can sleep for a day..."

"Uncle, these two packs are the steamed pork I just made this morning. One pack is for you to try, and the other pack is for them to make lunch." After three years of being together, Rong Chuan's little things from childhood to adulthood, he has not heard ten times. I've done it eight times. It's okay to accompany Jiejiezi when I have nothing to do. Now that I'm busy, I can't have such a spare time. It's the right way to leave quickly.

Rongchuan sighed, holding Lei Jin's hand and not letting go, repeating the old saying: "Lei Jin, I also know that Rongchuan once bullied you, you don't like him, but you see it's been three years. , he treats you well, his body is good, he can hit a lot of prey, why do you tire yourself so much as a female, besides, you can't get out even if you miss your partner, and it's not uncle willing Said, but that's what happened."

You don't want to say that I didn't ask you to grow old, and I wish you wouldn't say it one day. Lei Jin is a little impatient, but this person can still persuade Rongchuan. I was stiff, so I had to force myself to be good at acting, so I could put on an affectionate look: "Uncle, everything is fine with Rongchuan, but I still can't forget Yuzi and his father." This reason was used two years ago. Well, it's getting worse and worse recently, but it can be delayed for a day.

Don't think that he didn't realize that Rong Chuan was hiding next to him, and he dodged again today, Lei Jin cheered secretly, and threw the basket outside on his back.

Lei Jin looked up at the sky, the sun hadn't come out yet, but the sky was already bright, when would the three idiots come over? If they gave up, would he have to wait for the grapefruit and orange to grow up before going out? He still remembered that Rongchuan had proudly shown him that it was difficult to find this valley from the outside, and only he knew the entrance. It was no wonder that this place was so close to the tiger tribe, but in the past three years, there was even a shadow of an outsider. Haven't seen it.

"Ah, didn't you say he would agree?" Rong Chuan walked out of the hole next to him with a sullen face.

"Don't worry, I've been waiting for three years, and he can't get out. Sooner or later, it's all yours." Lei Jin is too hard to talk. Well, his son looks much better than that Leopard Clan's Xia, he really has no vision.

"You say that every year." Rong Chuan complained dissatisfiedly. He had waited for three years, and he didn't want to wait any longer.

"Grape, do you miss our father? I almost can't remember what he looks like." Bubble is more than four years old this year, and the golden fish tail slaps the river surface, reflecting the sun, and it is very dazzling.

"I hate him." Maybe because he hadn't spoken for too long, his young voice sounded rustling.

"My daddy said that Dad won't leave, he must not come back somewhere." Bubble scratched his blond hair, thought about it, and said: "My daddy also said that daddy hurts grapes the most, no I'll be willing to leave." Bubble grabbed the grape's soft little hand and learned from Berg what he heard.

"Everyone in the tribe said he's gone, don't let me and Dad and the others go." Although he was young, he still understood a lot of words.

"Dad is gone, and so is Uncle Lan Qi." Bubble said in frustration.

Grape blinked away his tears and asked, "What's wrong with Uncle Lan Qi?" He also knew Uncle Lan Qi. Every time they met, Uncle Lan Qi gave him a lot of things, and it was hard to forget.

"I told you secretly, Grape." Seeing that there was no one around, Bubble said in a low voice, "I think it's because Uncle Lan Qi is offending my father.

"Uncle Berg?" Grape's attention was temporarily diverted.

"Once, I saw Uncle Lan Qi pressing my dad on the bed. Dad seemed to be in pain and kept screaming, so I rushed in to save Dad. Later, Uncle Lan Qi was kicked out by Dad."

"Uncle Lanqi bullies Uncle Berg, then he is a bad guy." Grape pouted and clenched his small fists.

"I don't know either, but Uncle Lan Qi said that he planted a younger brother in my father's belly." Bubble frowned, looking rather embarrassed.

"Brother kind?" The two little heads whispered together for a long time, no one could understand.

"Grape, Bubble, it's time for lunch." Mingya was coming down from the mountain road.

"I thought you should be here in the past few days. I sneaked out today. I haven't told my dad yet. I'm going back. I'll come to play with you tomorrow."

"Then this is for you, I brought you the delicious food in it. Grape took off a small bag hanging from his waist.

Bubble took it, hung it around his neck, waved at Mingya and said, "Uncle Mingya, I'll come back tomorrow, Grape, I'm leaving."

Mingya told Bubble to be careful on the road, leaned over to pick up the grapes, wiped his face, and asked, "Did the grapes cry? Did the bubbles bother you?" There were still tears in the corners of his eyes.

Grape shook his head.

"That's good, otherwise, my little daddy is so distressed, I'll walk back with the grapes, okay?"

Grape rubbed his face affectionately, agreeing.

Mingya chuckled lightly and said with nostalgia: "When my little father met you, he was walking with his little father like this. The grapes miss him, and the little father misses him very much." , slowly lowered.

"The dishes are ready, just wait for you two." The dining table was placed in the yard. Haochen was serving the dishes from the kitchen. Looking at the red eyes of their father and son, he froze for a moment, and opened his mouth after all. ask.

"Uncle Haochen, there are so many dishes." Mingya said with a smile.

"Well, some of them were found in the mountains by Lei Jin back then. This year, many people in the tribe have planted them." Calling Brother Lei Jin, Jingyue was still not used to it.

"Eat your meal." Mu Yue put a chopstick in his bowl and stopped him from talking. Many things can happen in three years. For example, he and Jing Yue already had a child, and Jing Ping also found himself. Their orc companions, the constant is probably the guilt of their family, and the fact that Xia and the three of them have never given up.

"Uncle Haochen, I'll go out after lunch." Mingya has grown up now and knows that some words can be pretended not to be heard.

"Go, I'll take a nap with Grape later." Haochen replied with a smile.

Grape tugged at the corner of Mingya's clothes under the table.

"The sun is very poisonous, will my little daddy take you out tomorrow morning?" Although it's not obvious from the outside, Grape's body and bones are worse than other children.

Despite his reluctance, Grape nodded.

Near noon, Lei Jin sat down by the lake, kicked off his straw sandals, soaked his feet, and took out the steamed veggies he steamed. Once he broke it in half, he could eat two or three of them with water.

The harvest is not very good, there is nothing in the traps set up, only a little wild vegetables and two handfuls of asparagus were dug today, and there is a large brown root, which can be used as a seasoning, the juice squeezed out is slightly sour and spicy, cooking Put a little more to add some flavor.

After eating, I washed my hands, and shaved off some of my long hair in front of the lake. Fortunately, the three of them were not around, otherwise I would have to stop them. I don’t know how they are now. That's fake, but more often he has to think about how to fill the belly of himself and his two children, and how to prevent Rong Chuan from succeeding. In fact, according to his previous temperament, Rong Chuan can't do anything in front of him anyway. It's not difficult for him to take the back to relieve himself, but he doesn't know what's wrong with him. In the past three years, his lower body has been so honest and self-sufficient. Lei Jin touched it himself, not bad, quite spirited.

Pull aside the reeds by the lake, there is a large lot of wild lotus flowers, pink flowers are mixed in the dense water plants, which are very vigorous. This is discovered by Lei Jin a long time ago. According to previous estimates, there should also be tender and fresh The water chestnut and lotus root can be eaten. Lei Jin jumped into the water, and it didn't take long for him to pick half a basket of water chestnuts and two large white lotus roots that were washed. When he saw a kind of sorrel with purple flowers on it, he also picked up a large handful, although there were already some at home. not enough.

Last year, he raised two small-horned sheep, but he accidentally fed this kind of sorrel. He was paralyzed for two days before he could move. Lei Jin thought that this should be considered a drug. Since then, he has always been around. It's not honest, maybe it will be used soon.

At noon at this time, the sun was at its strongest. Lei Jin just wanted to take off his clothes and swim in the cool lake for two laps when he felt something was wrong. As soon as he turned around, he saw Rong Chuan standing on the shore with great interest, his eyes were dark and dark. Light.

"It turned out to be you, you scared me, why did you come here?" Lei Jin grabbed the basket with his left hand, raised his smiley face to say hello, be polite, first salute before soldier, the bronze knife in the right hand under the water is already poised pending.

Rong Chuan stared at the water-wet neckline of the female in front of him. When he touched it, the skin underneath was very slippery, making people want to stick to him.

Lei Jin's eyes narrowed, and his murderous intention suddenly appeared. Damn, even if I was handsome and angry, I didn't prepare it for you. It's not over yet.

The orc's innately keen intuition told Rong Chuan that Lei Jin could not approach now, but there was a fire burning in his body, and he still couldn't help jumping into the water, approaching Lei Jin step by step.

Lei Jin threw his basket on the shore, kicked the water and turned his head in one go, and rushed into the lotus like a swimming fish. He knew in his heart that even in the water, he was not Rongchuan's opponent face to face, and he could only adopt detour tactics.

Rong Chuan saw that he was in the air and chased after him with a roar.

The lotus flower was dark and airtight from the inside. Lei Jin, relying on his flexible skills and familiar terrain, dodged to a blind spot and stabbed Rong Chuan with a slash. In this place, he was somewhat measured and knew that he couldn't really kill Rong Chuan, but if he didn't teach him a lesson, Rong Chuan made it clear that he was going to use his strength. After this fight, at least it took an hour. Rong Chuan was covered in injuries, and Lei Jin himself was not very good-looking. He was covered in blood, and Rong Chuan had torn out countless deep and shallow wounds on his body. In Chuan's eyes, it has finally disappeared, and it should be possible to stop the meeting in the near future.

Lei Jin spit out the blood foam in his mouth, washed the blood on his body indiscriminately, climbed ashore, turned around and waved his hand kindly and friendly to Rong Chuan who was still in the water, and said with a smile, "I'll take a step first, don't be in a hurry. , wash slowly."

Rong Chuan was so angry that he punched the water, and the wound on his body was sore, leaving only the air-conditioning left, and he cursed inwardly: Lei Jin, I see how long you can escape.

"Daddy daddy…"

Youzi and Chengzi saw Lei Jin's figure from a distance, and ran over one after another.

"Have you had a good meal today?" Lei Jin held one in each hand, his arm hurt, and he couldn't hold it today.

"Yes, the meat I ate at Grandpa's place, Dad, my brother and I caught a big fish today." Cheng Zi stretched out his two short arms and gestured.

"It's really big, Dad." Speaking of this, Yuzu's eyes lit up.

"What did I tell you? You're not allowed to go to the lake to play, you didn't hear it at all, did you?" The lake was so deep and there was no one nearby, if the two little guys accidentally fell, he wouldn't even think about it.

"I didn't go to the lake, Dad, my brother and I, caught the meat and the mountain." After all, he was still young, and the grapefruit's expression was not very clear, but Lei Jin understood it. They picked it up by the mountain when they went out hunting. , there is the ground entrance of the dark river, and some fish may be washed up.

"Really, really, Dad, Yuyu has a big tail."

"Okay, where's the fish?"

"In our family's pot, Grandpa doesn't know." Youzi said triumphantly. Although Rongchuan treated them well, these two children seem to be not very close to him by nature.

Lei Jin chuckled, looking at their swaying appearance, the wounds on their bodies seemed to be less painful.

"It's all on fire?" Lei Jin saw the fire at the bottom of the pot burning as soon as he got home. He habitually left a kindling at the bottom of the pot. First, he could keep the water warm, and second, it was easy to ignite the fire when cooking. , add a handful of hay, and the two little guys watch it every day, and the clumsy one will order it too.

"Dad, fish soup." Cheng Zi giggled as he rolled his bright purple eyes.

Lei Jin thought about a pot of water and a fish, and the fish hadn't been cleaned up, what kind of fish soup to drink, but the child was so capable, he couldn't blame him face to face, so he went to lift the lid of the pot.

"Bubble?" Lei Jin exclaimed, a golden mermaid fell asleep at the bottom of the pot, blushing so hot, and spit out a string of blisters. Although he hadn't seen him for three years, this familiar little man The face should be bubbly.

He hurriedly took the person out. Fortunately, the stone pot heated up slowly. If he came back later, Bubble would not have been cooked and eaten by these two little bastards. Lei Jin checked it up and down and found that Bubble had some scratches on his body. , but not deep, he guessed that it should have hit something in the dark river and fainted temporarily.

The two little guys seemed to know that they had made a mistake again, lying side by side in the corner from a distance, for fear of being beaten by their father.

"Come here, this is brother, you guard him, dad cooks."

Then they crawled over obediently, looked at Bubbles who had not woken up curiously, Cheng Zi stretched out her small paw and poked it gently, tilted her head and asked Yu Zi, "Brother, Brother Grape is a fish." He only knew There is an older brother named Grape.

"Fish and fish are delicious." Dad's fish and fish are delicious.

"Is Brother Grape delicious?" Orange asked while biting his little paw.

Grapefruit saw that the father outside the cave was still busy cooking, and he didn't pay attention here, so he suggested in a low voice: "Or, let's take a bite and try it, just one bite."

Cheng Zi swallowed his saliva, feeling that what Brother Yuzi said made sense, so he took a sip on Bubble's face.

"Ah..." Bubbles screamed, covering his face, waking up in pain.

"What's the matter, Bubble?" Lei Jin flew in.

Grapefruit and Orange stared at each other, trying their best to look innocent and none of my business.

"Dad?" Bubble called tentatively. He couldn't remember what Lei Jin looked like, but the smell was familiar.

"It's me, Bubble, I'm dad, I haven't seen each other for three years, and Bubble has grown up." Lei Jin said excitedly.

"Dad, where have you been? We can't find you." Once confirmed, Bubbles immediately revealed the familiar closeness.

"Dad can't get out here, how did Bubbles get here?"

"Grape and Mingya's uncle came, I slipped out to see Grape, I didn't tell Dad, I wanted to take a shortcut and go back to the sea. Later, there was a lot of water in a hurry, and I didn't know why I came here. Dad, this is Where is it?"

"Does Bubble mean that Grape and Mingya are coming to the Tiger Tribe?" Lei Jin asked a little excitedly, but his face darkened when he thought that he couldn't meet so close.

"Uncle Xiya, Uncle Moya, and Uncle Mingya will accompany the grapes every day."

"Really?" Lei Jin replied indifferently.

"They've been looking for Dad, but they haven't been able to find it. Grape also misses you. Look, this is what Grape brought." Bubbles untied the bag around his neck.

Speaking of his own children, Lei Jin cheered up a bit, and asked a lot about grapes carefully. Knowing that they were all right now, he felt a little relieved.

Originally, I wanted to ask a few more questions, but the sound of "gurgling" coming from Bubble's stomach couldn't be ignored.

"Dad made something delicious for you tonight. Bubble shouldn't have eaten since noon, right? The meat is stewing in the pot." Lei Jin said with a smile.

Bubble agreed embarrassedly, but the two little guys jumped up and down with joy when they heard that there was something delicious.

"Without the two of you, what did you just bite brother Bubble's face?" Don't think he didn't see the two neat rows of teeth marks on Bubble's face.

Only then did Bubble discover the two chubby fluffy **** that had shrunk to the side.

"Dad, who are they?"

"This is the younger brother of grapefruit and orange." Lei Jin grabbed it with one hand and placed it in front of Bubble.

"Ah, Dad, they look exactly the same." Bubble shouted in surprise, look at this, look at that, can't tell which is a grapefruit and which is an orange.

"Come and tell Brother Bubble, which of you is a grapefruit and who is an orange."

Yuzu rolled her eyes and said loudly, "I am an orange."

"Then I'm Yuzu."

After speaking, the two nodded in agreement with each other.

"Say it again, Dad didn't hear clearly." Lei Jin asked word by word.

"I'm brother Yuzi, he's brother Chengzi." To his father's almost vicious gaze, Yuzi could only tell the truth obediently. It was clear that Grandpa and that Uncle Rongchuan couldn't tell the difference. will admit wrong.

"Let's play with Brother Bubble here. If you lie again in the future, Dad will use a knife to engrave your name on your forehead." Lei Jin threatened with a knife in his hand. I have to say that Lei Jin is really good. Even his own son did not forget to intimidate.

That night, I cooked water chestnuts, stewed lotus root cubes with boiled meat, stir-fried chicken shreds, and steamed two fish for grapes. , I didn't eat much, and besides the pain in his body, he really lost his appetite.

After they were all asleep, Lei Jin went to burn a pot of hot water to wash and wash. Taking advantage of the moonlight, he went out and smashed two handfuls of green vegetables nearby and applied them to the wound.

After seven or eight days in the valley like this, Bubble and Yuzu Orange have played well, but he began to think about going home.

"But there is no exit from Bubble, and Dad doesn't know how to get out." Lei Jin crouched down and tried to explain to him.

"Dad, I can go out with the original river."

"No, that undercurrent is too urgent, what if you are rushed to another place?" Lei Jin refused. Although Bubble stayed here, although he couldn't get out, he could at least take care of him if he was there.

"It doesn't matter, Dad, look, this is the pendant that Uncle Lan Qi gave me. He said that as long as it is in the water, he will not be afraid of any waves."

"Is that so?" Lei Jin turned around and couldn't see what material it was, but Lan Qi was Bubble's father, and he would never harm Bubble.

"That's it, Dad ties a rope around Bubble's waist. If Bubble can't get out, shout loudly and Dad will pull you back." Lei Jin just in case.

"Dad, I'm going out to find my father and uncle Mingya to save you." He saw the bad guy come to fight with his father at night.

"Bubble, so good." It seems that Rongchuan has been attacking continuously in the past two nights and was seen by Bubble. He didn't expect Bubble. After all, he is still a four-year-old child, but at this time, it is inevitable that his heart will be moved, and he is attached to it. He simply said a few words in his ear, which were too complicated for the child to remember.

"Dad, I remembered it all." Bubbles repeated it completely and unmistakably.

"Okay, don't cry. When we go out, we can see Brother Bubble." Lei Jin pulled the rope back and tied a small bag to it. This was agreed with Bubble. Tie the pouch on the other end.

"Dad, I want brother Bubble."

"Me too, Dad."

"I'll see you." Lei Jin took them home. The two little guys had been detained here for three years since they were born, and they didn't have a playmate of the same age. Now that Bubble left, his eyes were swollen from crying.

Lei Jin hung the salted chicken and meat in the cave behind. It was strange to say that although the valley was damp, the cave was unusually cool and dry. To keep it fresh, he stepped on stones, hung the meat in a cool and ventilated place above the cave, and waited for it to dry, so that it could be stored for a longer time, and there was no fear of no food in winter.

It seems that things may not be going smoothly. It has been more than half a month since Bubble left, and there is still no news at all. Did something go wrong? Today, I managed to deceive Rongchuan out. I hope they You can give me a chance. Just as I was worried about this, I felt a tight waist, two sturdy arms had tightly wrapped around him from behind, and he took the knife away from his waist at all times.

"Let go, Rongchuan." Lei Jin turned his elbow and hit him **** the head.

Rong Chuan snorted, but his arms still didn't relax at all, he directly hugged Lei Jin from the stone, pressed it against the wall, and licked it when he came up.

"Rong Chuan, we can discuss something." Lei Jin tried his best to keep calm, thinking that thanks to the two little guys, they went out.

"I won't listen to you again this time." He has already suffered from Lei Jin's numerous secret losses, and this time he will never be fooled again.

"You can't do it there long ago, you're a big bastard." When Rong Chuan touched in front of him, Lei Jin finally couldn't help shouting.

"Just let me touch it, just lick it." Rong Chuan said panting.

"Damn, you're disgusting, aren't you." Lei Jin struggled to dodge, and when he thought of that scene, his scalp was numb, you don't want to give me a gift like you, and you dare to take advantage of me.

After finally being able to move his arms, Lei Jin reached into his pocket, took out a handful of powder, and raised it towards the back.

Rong Chuan coughed and let go to wipe his face. Lei Jin quickly turned around, pressed his arm, and slammed his fist into his eyes.

"Does it feel good to be addicted to the drug? You have a good night's sleep here." Rong Chuan was lying on the ground now that the effect of the drug was on, Lei Jin kicked him mercilessly on the chest and took back himself The knife, clapped his hands and planned to leave.

"If you leave today, I will kill those two cubs if I can move." Rong Chuan still didn't give up.

But after he finished speaking, he immediately regretted it, because he saw that Lei Jin's complexion changed, and he was no longer accustomed to teasing and laughing, and the whole person suddenly became fierce.

"Let's not mention the festival three years ago. In the past three years, no matter what, you and you have helped me a lot, and I know how to repay the kindness. That's why I tolerated you again and again and didn't hurt your life. , do you think I really can't kill you?" His physical strength is not as good as that of an orc, but some things depend not only on physical strength, but also on brains.

"No, I'm not..." Rong Chuan felt Lei Jin's knife sliding around his neck, and he became nervous. He couldn't know how useful this knife was.

"I really don't want to kill you, but if you have to choose between the child and you, I can only let you...die!"

"Lei Jin, Lei Jin, where are you?"

Lei Jin was shocked, suspecting that he heard it wrong, did he finally find it?

"Lei Jin, I'm Mingya, where are you?"

"It's Mingya's voice."