Seven Strings in Dreams

Wu Na's journey up the mountain alone was relatively smooth, but she was a little nervous along the way. After all, she usually carried medicinal herbs or tools. This time, there was no one else on the road, which made her even more nervous. After stumbling and bumping, she finally reached the hidden cave. Wu Na put down the fish basket and bowed three times.

Wu Na: "Senior, please bear with it for a while. I will come back later and I will let you rest in peace. I will leave now."

Wu Na first covered the fish basket with weeds, then went out to find some branches and stones to seal the cave entrance. Wu Na made a note and hurried down the mountain to meet Meng Xianyu.

Meng Xianyu didn't walk far at first, just walked around a few times, but didn't get much. She only picked up some oysters, which were not big. Meng Xianyu saw from a distance that there were several people in front of Yixi, so she didn't go over. Yixi's eyes were sharp, and he waved to Meng Xianyu. Meng Xianyu also waved and left.

Meng Xianyu did not see the disappointment in Yixi's eyes, but Elder Jiayu saw it.

Elder Jiayu walked up to Yeshi, squatted down and said to Yeshi: "Yeshi, your sister Wu Na and sister Xian Yu are both very powerful people. You need to grow up quickly so that you can protect them."

Yixi raised his head and looked at Elder Jiayu, and nodded seriously.

Jiayu: "Yixi will definitely become a great hero one day! By then, your family, your sister Xianyu, and the people you need to protect won't have to work so hard every day."

Yixi: “Thank you, Elder.”

Jiayu: "Dear, it's almost your turn, don't worry, the sisters will be back to pick you up soon!"

Jiayu didn't know whether Yixi could understand, but he couldn't bear to let the child's eyes lose their luster. After all, his own life could not be changed.

Ge Le: "Jia Yu, stop worrying about it."

Jiayu: "This child looks cute, and is quite similar to Wu Na when she was a child. They also have similar tempers."

Ge Le: "Wuna was a crybaby when she was little. She cried every day. Could it be that this kid is also a coward?"

Jiayu: "Wuna wiped her tears and got up by herself. She didn't ask you to help her."

Geller: “That’s also a little crybaby.”

Jiayu: "Would you like to tell us about your first mission?"

Geller: "Shut up"

Jiayu: "Why are you getting angry when you can't argue with me?"

Geller: “Hmph”

The two of them started bickering, and it wasn't boring anymore.

Meng Xianyu walked around for a few times but didn't get anything. She was unwilling to give up and went to the reef again. Unfortunately, she couldn't do it on her own. Meng Xianyu had no choice but to keep going forward. This time she walked a little further. At least she found some crabs, starfish and the like. Meng Xianyu simply took off her shoes and turned over the rocks along the beach. She was so excited that she forgot to go back.

Liya started arguing with Wulan again.

So the first person to go back was Wu Na.

Wu Na saw Yixi standing in line like a little adult. There was only one person left in front, and there were a dozen villagers standing behind. Yixi was very small in the line, and Wu Na saw him at a glance.

Wu Na looked around but didn't see Meng Xianyu. She wanted to find Meng Xianyu first, but Yixi had sharp eyes and saw her.

Yixi: "Sister, sister"

Wu Na: “Hey, here it comes.”

Jiayu: "You've come just in time. It will be your turn soon."

Wu Na: "Well, is Yixi tired?"

Yixi: “Not tired”

Geller: "It's your turn, hurry up"

Wu Na: “Okay”

Wu Na carried the basket of seafood up, and the weight far exceeded the requirement.

The villagers queuing behind began to discuss in a low voice again.

Villager 1: "What's in here? Are they filled with stones?"

Villager 2: "Sometimes they cut in line, sometimes there are more people, sometimes there are fewer people, they just have too many family matters to deal with"

Villager 3: "Don't say that. Our village chief was elected by everyone. He just didn't marry the right wife and didn't educate his children well. But the village chief is a good man."

Villager 4: "I say stop making sarcastic remarks. You have no ability, but you blame others for trying to show off."

Villager 5: "To be fair, although Wulan is only half of the family, it is not her fault. We can only blame her father for insisting on marrying someone from another ethnic group. Wulan is really pitiful."

Villager Six: "You guys are going off topic. That was a long time ago. Will it ever end?"

Villager 2: "Wuna, what kind of treasure did you pick up that's so heavy? Please open our eyes."

Wu Na: "They are just some common seafood, nothing special."

The old village chief Nie Xing suddenly said, "Shut up, look at what you all look like. When Wulan offered you help, why did you say no? Why didn't you say these words when you begged Wulan to help you sell things? Do you all think I'm dead?"

The villagers who had been talking the most suddenly shut up and became as quiet as quails.

The old village chief, Nie Xing: "Wuna, your basket of seafood is too full. You have already given a lot to those ungrateful bastards. You can take the extra ones back. Come back later when you have enough."

Ge Le: "Wuna, listen to the old village chief. Come, I will personally pour out your seafood and let these grandsons take a look."

Elder Jiayu brought over an empty fish basket.

Jiayu: "Gele, pour it here first and weigh it. You don't need to pour out the rest."

Elder Gelu weighed the fish and returned Wu Na's fish basket to her.

Geller: "Let me show you what our Wu Na has handed over. Once you see clearly, shut up!"

Jiayu: "We all live in the same village and are members of the same tribe. We should help each other."

Wu Na held Yixi's hand and stood aside. Since she was a child, Wu Na had heard these words from the villagers so many times that she didn't care about them anymore. But Yixi was different. He had always been protected and had never heard these words. He wanted to say something to everyone, but he didn't know what to say. Wu Na felt Yixi's emotions, but Yixi was still young, and Wu Na didn't know how to explain these adult matters to him.

Elder Gele didn't care about anything else. He chose the most spacious place and poured out Wu Na's seafood.

There are special people who classify and pick these seafood. The good ones are picked out, part of which is used as offerings for sacrifices, and the other part is sent to those who have status in the tribe. Some seafood that can be sold at a high price are also picked out. After picking and choosing, the remaining ones are the seafood that the villagers can eat when celebrating at night. In fact, there are not many left. In order to have enough to share, the villagers will go to the mountains to find some mountain products and hunt some prey. However, hunting usually has to wait until the afternoon. But if there are enough seafood to eat, the men will not need to go to the mountains to hunt. They only need to slaughter some pigs, cattle and sheep as sacrificial offerings.

When people saw the basket of seafood clearly, everyone was shocked except Yixi and Wu Na.

Nie Xing: "Okay, okay!"

Gelu laughed loudly, turned around and looked at the villagers and said, "Open your dog eyes and see clearly. The things you handed over are just junk. I don't want them. This is the good stuff that can be shown off."

Jiayu: "Gele, please come back and rest! Someone, pick out some of the best crabs and leave some for the high priest."

Servant: “Yes”

Jiayu: "Wuna, go meet up with your friend! She doesn't know the place well."

Wu Na: "Okay, two elders, seniors, Wu Na and Yi Xi will take their leave first."

Geller: "Go ahead! Don't just focus on catching crabs! I want to eat fish!"

Jiayu: "Even if there are good ones, it's not your turn to pick them first. If you want to eat them, just grab them yourself!"

Geller: "No need, my good brother will be back in the afternoon!"

Jiayu: "Wuna, ignore him, go now"

Wu Na was also anxious and didn't know where Meng Xianyu had gone.

Wu Na took Yixi and left quickly.

Wu Na: "Yixi, are you sure Sister Xianyu is going in this direction?"

Yixi: "Well, it should be the same place as before"

Wu Na: "Then let's go and see, Yixi, are you tired? Do you want me to carry you?"

Yixi: “No need”

Wu Na brought Yixi to the previous place.

Wu Na: "Someone moved the rope! Xianyu, is that you? Xianyu!"

Yixi: "Sister Xianyu"

Wu Na: "Yixi, sister will climb up and take a look, you wait here"

Yixi: “Okay”

Before the brother and sister could finish their conversation, three little girls came.

Among the three girls, there was one named Nuomin, whom Wu Na had some impression of. Wu Na had little experience with the other two girls, so she didn't know who they were from.

The three of them are led by Nuomin. Nuomin is a brave girl with a boyish personality. He can get along with anyone and is not afraid of Wu Na.

Nuomin: "Yixi, Wuna, what are you going to do?"

Yixi: “Hello, sisters.”

Nuomin: "Yixi, where are Liya and the others? Weren't you together this morning?"

Yixi pointed in a direction and said, "They went over there."

Nuomin: "You are all separated! Then what are you and your brother doing here? Why is there still a rope?"

Wu Na: "We just arrived too. This rope was here when we got here. I just saw it out of curiosity."

Nuomin: "It's so strange, could it be that someone crawled over there?"

Wu Na: "How is that possible? Yixi, look there is a tide pool, let's go take a look."

Nuomin: "Then let's go back first"

Wu Na: “Okay”

Just as Nuomin and the other two were about to leave, one of the girls whispered something in Nuomin's ear.

Nuomin turned around and said, "Wuna, the foreigner your family rescued is in front of us. He is crazy and mad. You must keep an eye on him. Don't save him in vain."

Wu Na: “Okay, thank you.”

Nuomin and the other two had just walked a short distance when Yixi couldn't bear it anymore.

Yixi: "Sister, isn't this tide pool..."

Wu Na: "Yes, there is nothing in this tide pool. Let's go and meet your sister Xianyu."

Yixi: “Okay”

Wu Na took Yixi away.

Nuomin and his two companions left and returned.

One of them looked at the short Ah Xi and said, "You actually wanted to deceive us!"

Another innocent looking girl, Rejia, said: "There must be something good in this."

Nuomin: "This Wu Na is not simple"

Ah Xi: "Who cares! Let's climb up quickly!"

The three of them climbed up using the rope left by Wu Na and the others.