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After walking in the inner circle of Qianyao Forest for nearly an hour, the scene changed.

The valley was full of broken walls and ruins. Eleven years had passed, and they were worm-eaten, rotten, and overgrown with weeds.

The entire valley was once the place where the Qingye Valley people lived.

The place they came in through the cave was the residence of the strange old man, in the deepest part of Qingye Valley, at the entrance of Qianyao Forest.

Zhang Hu'ao saw the broken walls and guessed what had happened, so he calmed down and walked to Ye Qing.

Ye Qing: "When I turned seventeen, I buried the remains of 132 members of my clan alone. It took me more than two months, every day... every day..."

Before he could finish his words, he was pulled into a warm embrace.

Ye Qing rested his chin on Zhang Hu'ao's shoulder, "Every day... we move those... unrecognizable corpses..."

Zhang Huao was at a loss. He didn't know how to hug anyone, and he was too clumsy to comfort them.

Listening to Ye Qing still saying those horrible things in his ear, he covered Ye Qing's mouth with one hand and carefully wiped his tears with the other hand.

"Miracle doctor! I will protect the miracle doctor!" Zhang Huao said stiffly.

He pushed the person away, wiped his tears, then pulled the person into his arms, then pushed the person away again and wiped his tears... Back and forth, Ye Qing was completely stunned.

Seeing that the miracle doctor had stopped crying, Zhang Hu'ao picked up the two rabbits that had fallen on the ground and were eating grass, stuffed them into Ye Qing's arms, and then picked him up horizontally.

Ye Qing's voice trembled a little: "Let's go... take that road. I want to go pay my respects to my parents and my clansmen..."

Zhang Hu'ao carried Ye Qing steadily and walked forward. Soon they saw a cemetery. It was full of small mounds of earth and many more graves, dozens of them.

It was probably that the strange old man and the Gu old man found the bodies of the tribesmen who were buried somewhere unknown and buried them.

The tombstones are all wooden boards that were removed from somewhere. From a distance, the words on the tombstones can still be seen clearly after so many years.

How could the ink be preserved for so long? It must have been repaired by a strange old man.

Zhang Hu'ao put Ye Qing down and said, "Wait for me, doctor!"

Ye Qing didn't know what Zhang Hu'ao was going to do, so he stood there and watched Zhang Hu'ao run down the hillside.

After a while, Zhang Huao came up with a big bunch of wild flowers.

The valley was poor, and Ye Qing came in a hurry, so he didn't prepare any gifts for his parents.

Zhang Hu'ao is quite smart... Ye Qing was satisfied for three seconds, and immediately discovered that there were many rare herbs among the wild flowers...

Zhang Hu'ao's eyes are full of stars and he's begging for praise.

Ye Qing said expressionlessly: "Very good."

A large bouquet of flowers was placed in front of the joint tombstone, and Zhang Huao stayed with Ye Qing in the cemetery for a long time.

After staying long enough, the two of them returned with two furry rabbits and three pheasants they had shot.

It was almost noon when they arrived at the old man's residence. Ye Xiao cooked some rice and Zhang Huao started cooking as soon as he returned. Ye Qing stayed with the four children and watched them play with rabbits.

After lunch, Zhang Huao found the strange old man, took out a sharp knife, and took the children into the mountains to chop firewood.

Several children ran several times carrying the small backpacks, and Zhang Huao carried it back and forth more than ten times.

The little firewood the children carried was nothing at all; they were just going along to play and pick up some mountain products.

The firewood that was almost used up was piled up high under the shed next to the kitchen, which could last for several months.

After carrying the chopped firewood and taking a short rest, Zhang Huao started chopping wood to smoke the meat. After chopping a pile of firewood, he chopped some fresh preservatives and insect-proof raw trees and mixed them with five-spice soul incense to smoke the meat. He was busy all day long.

They were busy until very late, so Ye Xiao was asked to watch the fire of smoking meat while Zhang Huao went to make dinner.

Ye Qing's medical skills were tested by the strange old man, and he was labeled a quack. After returning from the cemetery and having dinner, he went to the strange old man's house to practice his medical skills.

It was dark and time for dinner. Ye Qing helped the old man out of the house, listening to the old man's scolding while pretending to be a grandson and nodding.

After going out, the two finally knew what the thick smoke that had been burning outside the window for several hours was. They went to the kitchen and saw Zhang Hu'ao busying around in the kitchen. Ye Guai reluctantly accepted this country man who had slept with his own grandson.

Several children chattered about what they had seen and heard in the past few days, and showed their grandfather and the valley master the wild vegetables and mushrooms they had picked today under the leadership of Brother Tiger.

Ye Qing entered the kitchen, and Zhang Huao was so busy that he didn't even notice him enter the kitchen.

"Thank you."

A cold voice sounded, and Zhang Huao looked at the miracle doctor leaning against the door. He walked over and wanted to say that the kitchen smelled strong and asked Ye Qing to go out, but he was suddenly kissed on the mouth lightly.

They separated as soon as they touched, and Ye Qing laughed.

Zhang Hu'ao had never seen Ye Qing smile like this before, and was stunned for a moment.

"Cook quickly! I'm hungry!"

Zhang Huao chuckled foolishly and continued to work.

Fried chicken, steamed pork with rice flour, braised pork... every time I cooked a dish, I fed Ye Qing a bite...

The smoked meat fell into the fire. Ye Xiao hurried over to inform Zhang Hu'ao, and saw Zhang Hu'ao feeding the Valley Master meat...

Ye Qing took a bite of meat, still feeling unsatisfied. Ye Xiao saw him and both of them felt embarrassed about being caught.

Zhang Huao picked up a piece of braised pork and fed it to Ye Xiao's mouth.

Ye Xiao chewed and said incoherently: "Brother Tiger, the meat fell off!"

Zhang Hu'ao was about to put down his work and go out to see what was going on, but Ye Qing went out first and said, "I'll go, you do your work."

After dinner in the evening, Ye Qing took the children to a bath and continued to study medicine with the strange old man. Zhang Hu'ao cleaned up the dishes and went with Ye Xiao to watch over the smoked meat.

It takes a long time to smoke the meat, and someone needs to watch over it to prevent it from falling into the fire. Late at night, Ye Xiao went to sleep, and Zhang Huao was alone guarding the smoked meat.

The meat was smoked until it was golden and oily. At midnight, the meat was already covered with a layer of golden smoked color. Zhang Huao removed the firewood and let the residual heat from the fire continue to smoke the meat.

After packing up my things and returning to the kitchen, I saw Ye Qing from afar.

Zhang Hu'ao ran over excitedly. Ye Qing was disgusted when he smelled the smell of cooking smoke on him.

"I've boiled some bath water for you, take a bath quickly."

Unexpectedly, the miracle doctor was still waiting for him. Zhang Huao nodded happily.

When he washed up and returned to the Valley Master's temporary residence, Ye Qing was exhausted and had already fallen asleep. Zhang Hu'ao looked at the sleeping Ye Qing for a long time under the moonlight before crawling back to his own bed to sleep.

After sleeping for five hours, Zhang Hu'ao got up early in the morning before dawn and went into the mountains to chop and carry firewood. He ran five times while the people in the valley were still sleeping. When he came back with the sixth load of firewood, he saw Ye Qing drinking water at the kitchen door.

Ye Qing was shocked when he saw the mountain of firewood on his back, and hurriedly brought him a glass of water.

"Isn't it heavy?"

Zhang Hu'ao took the water he brought and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, doctor. I'm very strong!"

Ye Qing wiped his sweat with a handkerchief and said sternly, "Don't be so lame. You'll be in trouble if you develop a chronic illness!"

Zhang Huao chuckled foolishly, and a group of children also ran over and shouted "Brother Tiger, Brother Tiger".

Zhang Huao smiled and unloaded the firewood on his back. He wiped his sweat with a towel and cooked food for everyone.

The chubby Ye Shan was interested in cooking and ran in to watch Zhang Huao cooking.

After a simple breakfast, Zhang Huao took a group of children to the nearest destroyed yard.

A group of children were standing in the yard. The yard was very large and it was obvious that it was one of the largest in Qingye Valley in the past.

Ye Xiao: "This is where the old valley master's family lives. Grandpa told me about it."