"Sister, the Spring Festival is coming!"
The small village on the edge of Misty Mountain was brimming with joy because the Spring Festival was coming.
This year was different from the previous years. Since Wang Tianlei's return, the whole village had been driven by him for more than half a year. Not only did they hunt several times more game than in previous years, but there were also no casualties. More game meant more income. With more income, life naturally became better. Even the old liar in the village, because he was forced by Wang Tianlei to teach people how to read, could have several meals of meat during the Spring Festival. The girls and wives of each family could also pull a few pieces of floral cloth and make one or two new lined jackets. Even Little Shiba had a new set of clothes. With the improvement of the standard of living and the annual festival, the whole village was naturally filled with joy.
Zhou Hua's belly was bigger than a month ago. Her face was also rounder. Now, she had become the focus of Wang Tianlei's family's protection. The two elders didn't let her do any work. Every day, she just ate and slept, slept and ate. She was just waiting for the melon to mature and give birth to a big fat boy for them.
Zhou Hua's life was in danger.
As a little girl from a mountain family, she had been helping the family work since she could run at the age of four or five. After working for more than ten years, she was really not used to resting all of a sudden.
But there was no other way. Who asked the old couple to think that she was precious?
Therefore, these days, Zhou Hua could do nothing but sit behind the wall at home, stroking her big belly, squinting her eyes and basking in the sun. The weather was not good these days. It was gloomy and the north wind was blowing fiercely. It seemed that it was going to snow soon. Therefore, she also sat at home. She lit a stove and hung thick cotton curtains on the door. The stove was burning bright red charcoal, making the house as warm as spring. It was no worse than the air-conditioning in Little Shiba's previous life.
As for Little Shiba, he often came over to chat with her. In fact, he took the opportunity to read the Ignis Skill a few more times, for fear that his memory would be wrong and he would be in big trouble if he misread an acupoint.
Seeing Little Shiba bouncing toward her, Zhou Hua also laughed. "Yes, the Spring Festival is coming. You want your lucky money, right? Don't worry, you'll get it! "
"Hehe, I'm married, so you'll get your lucky money today!" Little Shiba said with a smile. In this mountain village, children's New Year's money was only one or two copper coins. Little Shiba didn't take it seriously at all.
The sister and brother sat in the warm room, chatting. Wang Tianlei did not go to the mountain, but was practicing punching in the open space in the north of the village with a group of strong young men. They did not go hunting in the mountain these days. First, they had a good harvest in the past few months, which was enough for them to eat. Second, the weather was cold, and the north wind was blowing. Soon it would snow, and the beasts in the mountain were very smart. Before the winter snow came, they had already stored enough food. Now they were probably already in their caves, waiting for the winter snow to come. Even if they went into the mountain, they might not be able to hunt, so it was better to take advantage of this time to practice punching skills and the coordination of the battle formation, in order to have a better harvest after the snow.
Time flew in this rich happy atmosphere. Little Shiba chatted with Zhou Hua for a while, and then he took out Wang Tianlei's Ignis Skill to read and put it back with a satisfied expression. Seeing that it was getting late, he wanted to go back.
"It's so late, why go back? Eat here!" Zhou Hua urged him to stay.
Little Shiba quickly shook his head and said, "No, if I go back late, mother will scold me again!"
Zhou Hua laughed and said, "You know mother will scold you. Then don't worry about me. Just be obedient in the future!"
"I know, I know!" Little Shiba shook his arms impatiently and ran out of the room.
He ran very fast because it was already dark. If he went back late, he would be scolded again. But just when he reached the woodshed and was about to go out of the yard, a loud noise came from the yard, followed by a scream.
"Sister?!" Little Shiba suddenly stopped, and his heart suddenly tightened. It was Zhou Hua's scream. What happened?
Without much time to think, Little Shiba grabbed a chopper on the ground, turned around, and ran into the yard.
As soon as he rushed into the yard, he saw Zhou Hua stagger out of the room with a frightened face. At the same time, hearing Zhou Hua's scream, Wang Tianlei's father also rushed out of the side room.
"What's going on?!"
Wang Tianlei's father was not very old, only about 40 years old, and his body was also very strong. When he saw Zhou Hua rushing out with a face full of panic, he immediately rushed to her side and steadied her staggering body.
"Bear, bear, bear!"
"Roar …!" A loud roar came from the room, and then the door and the walls of the poor hut all fell down, and a black bear more than 10 feet high rushed out.
"A bear?!"
It was really a bear!
Little Shiba felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
He knew that the worst thing had happened.
Living on the edge of Misty Mountain, he knew nothing about the bears that went down the mountain to hunt for food in winter.
In order to store enough energy for the winter, the bears were the most ferocious at this time. There had been such cases in the past when the hungry bears went down the mountain to hunt for food because they could not find enough food. Every time, the village suffered heavy casualties, and finally, the bears were driven away by human lives. But such things did not happen often, only once in a few years. Therefore, no one paid attention to it. Little did he expect to see it today.
"Ah —!"
Wang Tianlei's father heard a scream and two other screams. The scream came from Wang Tianlei's father. When he saw the black bear rushing toward Zhou Hua 'er, he rushed forward without hesitation. It was not because he had deep feelings for Zhou Hua, but because he was worried about the child in Zhou Hua's belly. Unfortunately, although he was strong, he had no advantage over the black bear. Before he could rush forward, the black bear slapped him on the shoulder and sent him flying. When he tried to stand up again, he did not have the strength to do so.
The black bear was not interested in him, either. It stared at Zhou Hua and her belly with its black eyes. It seemed that this strange creature with a big belly was very attractive to it.
Little Shiba took a deep breath and raised the hatchet in his hand. He was so scared that his legs and hands were trembling. However, when he saw Zhou Hua stumble and fall to the ground, and the black bear pouncing on her, a stream of hot blood rushed to his head. He did not know where the courage came from, but he shouted, raised the hatchet, and rushed to the bear. Little Shiba's heart was filled with anger. He did not know where his courage came from, but he shouted, raised the hatchet, and rushed to the bear.
The black bear didn't care about the little guy who was rushing towards it. Although it was a wild beast, it could still easily distinguish the strength of its opponent as one of the few experts at the edge of the Misty Mountain. This little guy was not even as strong as the skinny monkey who had just rushed over. He was not worth mentioning at all.
"Bang —!"
Without any suspense, just like Wang Tianlei's father, Little Shiba was hit far away by the black bear's palm. The black bear did not show mercy to him just because he was a child. His body was lighter than Wang Tianlei's father's, so he flew farther and hit the wall of the courtyard with a muffled sound.
"Uh — ah —!"
Little Shiba let out a strange cry. He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. His body bounced twice on the ground.
"Is it over? Is it over? "
Little Shiba, who was lying on the ground, did not lose consciousness. He also felt strange about this. With such a physique and such a serious injury, how could he not faint? It was really hard for him to understand and accept it.
He was never a person who would sacrifice himself to save others. At least, he didn't think he should be. When faced with such a situation, his first reaction should be to run away immediately. Even he didn't think that he would rush forward and fight the black bear head-on. He regretted it now, but even in this regretful state of mind, his body still had the urge to stand up and rush forward again.
However, this was only an impulse. Although he had practiced martial arts, after being struck by the bear's paw and falling so heavily, his entire body felt like it was falling apart. The only thing he could do was to lift his eyelids a little.
He struggled to open his eyes. In a daze, he saw that the black bear had opened its mouth and was about to bite Zhou Hua. Little Shiba did not know where the strength came from, but he pushed himself off the ground with both hands and stood up from the ground. Then, as he was about to rush over, his body suddenly stopped. He suddenly felt as if his head was about to explode. The pain was so intense that he could not help but bow his body, hold his head, bow his head, and howl violently.
"Ah —!" Little Shiba howled like a wild beast, which startled the black bear that was about to bite Zhou Hua. It raised its head in confusion and looked at Little Shiba, who had stood up and howled madly. It seemed that it did not understand why this little monkey was so strong. In the forest, a monkey of this size could basically be killed with one slap, but it had never seen such a tenacious monkey.
At this time, Little Shiba had fallen into a strange state. The headache was just the beginning. He could not figure out what was wrong with his body. All his muscles began to convulse and twitch. In front of his eyes, there was only darkness. No, it should be blood. He tried hard to open his eyes, but there was only blood in front of him.
"My eyes, why can't I see!" In the severe pain, Little Shiba tried hard to open his eyes, but no matter how hard he tried, all he could see was blood.
"Why is it like this? Am I blind?" A wave of extreme panic assaulted his heart, accompanied by an incomparably intense pain. He no longer had the time to think about anything else. At this moment, what he wanted the most was to quickly pass out or just die so that he would no longer have to suffer such pain. However, things did not go as he wished. He was still clear-headed, incomparably clear-headed. At least, he felt that he was clear-headed now, more than he had ever been before.
"Uh … Ah …!" Little Shiba howled again, louder than before, which made the black bear even more irritated. It was so irritated that it slowly moved away from Zhou Hua and slowly walked toward Little Shiba. It wanted to kill this monkey first and then go back to enjoy its prey.
It did not, and could not, notice the strange light flashing in Little Shiba's eyes. No one else in danger noticed it, except for one person.
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