Although Xu Ning was only eight years old, she was a girl after all. Old Mrs. Xu didn't know whether the person hiding in the tree would see her, so she asked Zhang to cover her with a piece of cloth. She washed her hands with water before applying medicine to Xu Ning.

Xu Ning was negotiating with the treasure chest for an anti-inflammatory pill and for a moment he didn't pay attention to Old Lady Xu, and suddenly he grimaced in pain.

"Grandma! Be gentle, be gentle!"

"Don't move, Dayong's wife, hold her down!"

“Ouch, that hurts!”

"You silly girl, lie still. The medicine hasn't been absorbed yet! If you move any more, it will spill!"

“It hurts, ah it hurts so much!”

"Do you feel the pain? Will you be so reckless next time? I'll make you die in pain." Although Old Mrs. Xu looked fierce, she was actually wiping away tears while applying medicine to Xu Ning, for fear that her tears would fall into Xu Ning's wound.

Xu Ning didn't know, he just lay there howling, as if it would hurt less if he shouted.

By the time Xu Ning finished applying the medicine and got up, the tiger had already been almost dealt with by Li the Hunter and Xu Da.

In order to prevent the smell of blood from attracting other wild animals, Hunter Li covered the ground with soil.

The tiger had already been moved onto the cart. There weren't many things on the cart. Xu Da emptied half of the cart and found that it still couldn't hold all the things, so he took down the wild vegetables, dried meat, quilts and other things.

People couldn't sit up there, and the telescope was gone, so Li the Hunter could only rely on his experience to find a cave to rest.

Old Mrs. Xu held a quilt and carried a backpack of wild vegetables, while Zhang was responsible for carrying the backpack of dried meat and holding Xu Xiaobao's hand.

Xu Dabao supported Old Man Xu, Xu Da pushed the cart, and Xu Ning held her small box and walked behind with Feng.

Before I knew it, the sun was already hanging in the middle of the sky, and the sunlight occasionally shone through the leaves, dazzling my eyes.

Xu Ning felt dizzy and her throat was dry. She wanted to call out to Xu Da in the team to stop. She wanted to drink a sip of water, but when she opened her mouth, no sound came out.

Mrs. Feng's condition was not very good either. Her lips and face were extremely pale, and the sound of Old Man Xu coughing could be heard from time to time in the team.

The cicadas at the end of summer were chirping more and more ferociously, and along with their footsteps, the group was about to reach their limit.

Logically speaking, a baby over one month old would already love to cry, but the child in Feng's arms rarely cried, and even if he defecated, he only hummed twice.

At first, Grandma Xu was worried that the baby might be mute, because he didn't cry at all on the day he was born. But after a month, she found that this kid might be reincarnated to repay his parents. Except for eating and defecating, he basically slept all the time and didn't bother the adults at all.

"Auntie! We found a place to rest!" Li the hunter, who had gone ahead, came out of the woods in front. He found a very hidden gap, and behind the gap was a valley.

The valley is very large, with many small animals such as pheasants and rabbits. No large animal footprints were found, which was really good news for the group.

They had been holding their breath after the series of shocks, and they were exhausted after traveling all night.

When the Xu family members walked to the gap, they realized how hidden it was.

Fortunately, the group of people had become thin and hungry while fleeing the famine, otherwise they would not have been able to move sideways.

There was no hope for the tiger and the cart to get through, so in the end they gave up on the tiger's head and cut the tiger into pieces and moved them in.

The backpack couldn't get in at first. Old Mrs. Xu thought there were vines in the valley, so she flattened the backpack and barely brought it into the valley.

The cart was also dismantled into pieces by Xu Da and Li the Hunter and moved in. Finally, the two of them even went out to clean up all traces of their way back before returning to the valley.

Xu Ning knew that the Ninja Turtle had also come in, but she didn't care. Everyone was too tired. She simply processed the cut tiger meat. Old Mrs. Xu took out the dried meat and shared it with everyone. After eating, they found a cool place to lie down and fell asleep.

Xu Ning slept very uneasily in her dream. She repeatedly dreamed that a tiger was chasing her, and even chased her to her apartment in the real world.

In the evening, Xu Ning heard a rustling sound beside her ears. She opened her eyes and saw a squirrel looking into her eyes.

The squirrel tilted its neck to look at her, and Xu Ning also tilted his neck to look back at the little guy.

"Ah!" Xu Ning picked up the "weapon" that hit her on the head, which was a pine cone.

"Thank you, little guy!" Xu Ning greeted the little squirrel, and the little guy "clang bang bang" dropped several plump pine cones.

Xu Ning reached out to pick it up and laughed, not knowing whether the little squirrel regarded her as a friend or an enemy.

At this time, only a small part of the sun was left hanging in the sky. After two hours of rest, the Xu family had recovered their strength. Old Mrs. Xu was still muttering that she was too careless before the lunch break and fell asleep as soon as she lay down.

Xu Ning wanted to take out her telescope to observe for a while, but then she remembered that she had stuffed the telescope into the tiger's mouth.

Later, Hunter Li did not ask for the tiger's internal organs, and did not even bring in the tiger's head, so he naturally forgot about the telescope.

"Grandma, I'm so hungry. Let's cook some fresh wild vegetable soup tonight. The weather is too hot and I don't want to eat barbecue."

"I know you are greedy, so your mother picked a lot of purslane when she woke up. I'll crack an egg and make soup for you. Purslane is not bitter, so you should eat more." Old Mrs. Xu took a look at Xu Ning's back in the last light. There was a thin layer of pus on the wound, but now it has dried and formed a scab.

Old Mrs. Xu felt distressed when she saw Xu Ning sleeping on her stomach. She touched her prickly short hair and said a few words to comfort her.

The children of the Xu family also woke up one after another after Xu Ning woke up. On the road of fleeing famine, even the little kids had a bad sleep and often woke up. This was the deepest sleep they had ever had.

Li the hunter, who woke up first, went out of the gap again and found that a lot of the tiger heads that he and Xu Da hung on the tree had been eaten. He immediately woke up Xu Da and together they cut some branches and thorny plants to stuff into the gap.

The two families planned to stay in the valley for a while. Hunter Li was afraid that someone would discover the secret of the valley or that small wolves would sneak in, so he set up traps at the crevices in the valley.

"Daya, this fell out of a tiger's mouth. Do you think it can still be used?" Hunter Li went out and picked up a piece of telescope glass for Xu Ning.

"Uncle Li, this is useless." The glass lens was cracked by the tiger's bite and is completely useless, but it still looks pretty good.

"Do you want more?" Li the Hunter asked her.

"Uncle Li, I'll give it to you if you like it!"

"Hey!" With obvious joy on his face, Li the Hunter took out a tiger's tooth from his arms and gave it to her.

"Daya, this is for you!"

"Wow, it's a tiger tooth!" Xu Ning had completely forgotten about this thing. It is a symbol of honor!

"Uncle Li, can you help me dig a hole in the middle? Then I can string them together with a rope and hang them around my neck as a necklace!"

"That's a good idea. I'll give the other one to Xi'er when the time comes!"

Xu Ning nodded. Children with tiger tooth necklaces are super cool. "Uncle Li, remember to polish that tooth of your little brother."

Xu Ning was afraid that the little guy would bite when he grew teeth later, as the surface of tiger teeth is unhygienic. However, Li the hunter was concerned that the teeth were sharp and could easily scratch the delicate skin of a child.

"I'll polish it. Xier, I'll give him the necklace when he's older!"

"Okay! Thank you Uncle Li!" Xu Ning smiled with her eyes curved. Li the Hunter rubbed her short hair and went back to work.

The sky had begun to darken, and Xu Ning looked at the last ray of sunset thoughtfully.

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