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Dongying was still imagining, when suddenly the moonlight disappeared. It turned out that the hole was filled by the air flow above the bamboo forest.

In the dark abyss, Dongying's heart was filled with despair. Xiaoyanzi was lying beside him, dying, but he could do nothing.

However, just when he was about to give up, he saw the expression on Xiaoyanzi's face. Her eyes were full of desire for life and trust in him. Her lips trembled slightly, as if she was saying something.

Xiao Dongying leaned close to her ear and heard her weak voice: "Don't give up, we can definitely survive."

This sentence was like a flash of lightning, illuminating the darkness in Xiao Dongying's heart. He felt a powerful force surging in his heart, and he decided to fight hard to save Xiaoyanzi.

Dongying held Xiaoyanzi's hand tightly and told her: "I won't let you die. We will definitely get out." A smile appeared on Xiaoyanzi's face, and her eyes were full of gratitude and hope.

Dongying took a deep breath and used all his strength to start looking for a way out. He groped in the darkness and kept bumping into the wall, but he never gave up. Finally, he found a passage, and Dongying climbed out with Xiaoyanzi with difficulty.

When they finally walked out of the dark bamboo forest and saw the moonlight, Dongying and Xiaoyanzi both shed tears of excitement. After a while, Dongying and Xiaoyanzi looked at each other and laughed.

"Haha, we did it?!"

The two of them ran quickly across the entire mountain range as if they had survived a disaster. When they came to this road, they found that this place was completely different from the dark bamboo forest over there. The moonlight here was brighter, although there were still two relatively high hillsides around that blocked some of the moonlight.

But they still felt relatively safe. Even though there was a cool breeze blowing here, the two of them didn't feel cold at all.

Hoo ho ho! ! !

They seemed to have forgotten their previous fears and were singing and humming as they walked.

"Little bunny, open the door..."

"Hurry up, hurry up, we can reach Tao River after crossing the Tao Mountain ahead."

Xiaoyanzi was still walking in front carefree, and finally the two of them came to a hillside. As long as they climbed over the hillside, they would reach Taohe River.

Then Dongying and Xiaoyanzi also quickened their pace and came to the hillside. Looking at the lights of thousands of houses in the distance, Xiaoyanzi shouted loudly: "It's so beautiful! It's so beautiful! Brother Dongying..."

"Hey! Where's brother Dongying?"

Dongying was walking and found a piece of black ore. The slope here was full of this black ore, Dongying exclaimed.

"Oh, it turns out to be black carbon stone. I thought it was some kind of treasure."

"Black carbon stone can be found everywhere in every household, and wealthy families basically only use it for burning firewood."

Soon, Xiaoyanzi found Dongying, and they came to Tao River. Dongying then took out some vegetables from the side and washed them by the river.

It was autumn at that time, and the cool breeze blew the peach leaves on both sides of the river into the river.

At this time of year, the river water looks pink, hence the name Taohe.

At this time, after Dongying finished washing the vegetables, he pulled Xiaoyanzi and said anxiously, "Let's go, if it's any later! I guess we won't be able to have dinner until very late."

When talking about eating, Xiaoyanzi's mouth was watering. She said with an unsatisfied look, "I'm a little hungry. I'm going to go home and eat! This is the meal made by my uncle himself. I must eat my fill."

Then the two of them immediately walked towards home, and soon they came to the dark bamboo forest again.

At this time, Dong Ying saw the bamboo forest and was still a little scared, but looking at Xiao Yanzi, he mustered up his courage and said, "Let's... hurry through the bamboo forest!"

Just when Dongying was about to leave, Xiaoyanzi tightly grabbed his right hand. Dongying turned around and saw Xiaoyanzi's frightened expression, and he didn't know what to do.

Dongying held Xiaoyanzi's hand and stayed in front of the dark bamboo forest for a long time. Suddenly, a fire lit up in the most desperate darkness deep in the bamboo forest.

A familiar figure was getting closer and closer to them. At this moment, they were so close that even their breathing could be heard clearly.

"Xiaoyanzi, is Dongying you?"

The voice was getting closer and closer, and finally I could see clearly who it was. It was my mother.

Dongying immediately made a big turn and cried out, "Mom!" Dongying no longer had the courage he had before, and ran into his mom's arms and cried bitterly, saying, "I'm afraid of the dark, I'm afraid of the dark."

Xiaoyanzi was also frightened by the sudden change. She immediately came to the woman's side, lay on her legs and started crying, saying, "Mom, I'm scared."

Then, my mother said, "You two little ones, you were afraid of the dark and didn't say anything, but you came out anyway. Fortunately, I came out to find you, otherwise you would have been trapped in there again."

At this time, the woman did not continue to blame them, but hugged them tightly in her arms and comforted them.

"Okay, okay, everything is fine now."

Afterwards, Xiaoyanzi and Dongying, under the cover of their mother, walked out of the dark bamboo forest. Just after they left the black bamboo forest, suddenly countless pairs of red eyes emerged from the black bamboo forest, staring at the direction where the three of them had left.

“Finally home!!!”

At the same time, Wang Wushuang and Wang Shi in the kitchen of the thatched hut were not worried at all, because they knew that the phantom ghost would only cause hallucinations and would not harm the children, so they did not have any worries.

At this time, A-ma found Wang Wushuang and told him to take the children to cook. The two children were frightened by the phantom ghost, so they needed to be distracted to prevent them from suffering any sequelae.

At this time, Xiaoyanzi took the initiative to say: "I want to help uncle cook, and I also want to see why uncle's cooking is so delicious."

At this time, Dongying saw Xiaoyanzi being so positive, and thought to himself that this little girl is really carefree. She was not like this just now.

Little Swallow also said: "In the future, I will make grilled fish and peach soup by myself. I will make them myself!"

Only Xiaoyanzi's father was sitting in the corner, thinking about future tax issues.

Dongying's father said modestly: "Today I am here to ask you to make peach soup. First, we need to use peach wood as firewood. Peach wood has a special aura that can overcome evil. Its flame is more controllable than other woods. It can be said to be the most controllable flame among all flames."

Dong Ying then asked, "Are there good and weak flames?"

My father replied carefully and seriously: "Of course there are porridge and rice made with slow fire and high fire, of course they are different."

Dad brought over a pile of peach wood from the side and then added it in from under the stove.

He scooped a large bucket of water from the bucket beside him, then sprinkled some peach blossoms from the Peach Blossom Land into the water and stirred it continuously with a wooden stick.

Dad explained: "When the aroma is released, the flavor will also be released." Then, with this explanation, the peach soup was ready.

Wang Wushuang then taught the two how to grill fish.

"I caught some fish from the river. I'm going to pick up some firewood nearby to grill the fish. Here are some secret ingredients I made. Now I need some mochi."

At this time, Dong Ying, who was far away, saw Xiao Yan Zi was also so active and thought that he could not fall behind, so he said: "I will do it, I will do it, I know where the hemp fruit is, I will go to the field to find some."

Dongying then went to the field behind the thatched cottage alone, but stepped into a mud pit and complained angrily: "It's too dark here, I didn't pay attention, I have to wash it again when I go back!"

Finally, he found a tall plant in a corner. Upon closer inspection, he saw that it was the ephedra fruit. Dongying quickly picked several ephedra fruits.

After a while, my father gathered everyone together and said, "I will now combine these ingredients to create an exclusive secret recipe. Watch it for yourself!"

Wang Wushuang then began to add a little hemp fruit and three-heart-nine-lung vegetable, mixed it together, and finally ground it into dry powder and sprinkled it on the already grilled fish. A fragrant aroma wafted in the air.

It seemed that even the surrounding livestock smelled the scent and wanted to have a taste. At this time, the big yellow dog in the distance also came over.

Its hair is quite yellow, and it is actually a native dog, so it was named Dahuang. Also, it needs that thing much more than other dogs, so Wang Wushuang later called it Native Dog Dahuang.

In fact, Xiaoyanzi had fallen asleep a long time ago, but she woke up immediately when she heard that it was time to eat. Xiaoyanzi took a grilled fish, and just as she was about to eat it, she saw Dahuang squatting in front of her with his tongue sticking out.

The little swallow picked up a small fish and gave it to the cat to eat. Then she said, "I've only heard of cats liking to eat fish, but this is the first time I've seen a dog eating fish."

At this time, Xiaoyanzi said happily: "That's enough to show how superb uncle's cooking skills are!"

"Can I have another one?"

At this time, the uncle beside saw the little swallow and laughed and said, "Okay, okay, I'll give you another one, but you have to finish the porridge first."

Then Xiaoyanzi finished the porridge in the bowl. After finishing it, she licked the area around her mouth with her tongue and said excitedly: "It's... so delicious!!!"

At this time, Xiaoyan's father started chatting with his father and said, "We will have to pay double the tax for the crops we grow next year. We can still keep 50% to 60% of the food now, and we can eat 40%. We should sell the extra food now and save some money. I think the days ahead will be difficult again."

Wang Shi was delighted to hear that he could still get 10% or 20% of the profits. He said, "I can actually sell 10% or 20% of the profits. Isn't that killing two birds with one stone? I think it's okay."

The father at the side thought of something and said, "Alas! Taxes have become heavier recently. Let's save some food and give the saved food to the children. The current taxes are several times higher than in previous years. Now we can't even get enough food from farming. In the past, we could eat enough after paying taxes, and even have some leftovers to sell on the street. Now, even getting enough food and paying taxes is a bit of a problem."

"It's so sad. It seems the world is going to be in chaos again." Xiaoyanzi said jokingly when she saw the serious expressions on their faces.