Lin Wanwan felt that Master Bai was right. In ancient times, deep mountains and old forests were often uncivilized places.

The poisonous insects, snakes and ants in those mountains were more numerous and more diverse than those in modern forests.

Various colorful poisonous insects hide in the grass, crevices in the rocks, and trees, and you will be bitten by them if you are not careful.

Once poisoned, it is likely to be life-threatening in ancient times when there was no effective medical treatment.

There are countless snakes, including brightly colored venomous snakes, spitting out their tongues, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any time.

There are also huge pythons lurking in the dark, waiting for their chance to strike.

Ants should not be underestimated. Some ants travel in groups and leave no grass behind wherever they go. If you accidentally enter their territory, you will be attacked crazily.

The wild beasts in the mountains are even more frightening. The blind bear is huge and powerful, and can seriously injure a person with one blow.

Wild boars are extremely ferocious, with sharp fangs, and no one can stop them when they charge forward.

There are also various ferocious beasts such as jackals, tigers, leopards, etc., which appear and disappear mysteriously in the mountains and forests.

These beasts are not only powerful in attack, but also hostile to humans. Once you encounter them, you will most likely die.

What's more, it's a disaster year, which means these beasts are also looking for food. If they go into the mountains, won't they become the ones delivering food? This is absolutely unacceptable.

Master Bai looked at them and said:

"So what we can do now is to collect more firewood.

The carpenter is currently making a second wheelbarrow. When he does, let's pick up some more that can be used to make fire. They'll be useful in the winter!"

Zhao Qiaoniang nodded and said, "When the time comes, we'll go wander around the mountains again. When we get to the front, if we can find a store, we'll buy some more things."

Zhao Qiaoniang now has more than ten taels of silver, and the four families also followed them, living not far away from them, so they can take care of each other.

Old Mrs. Bai made a pot of wild vegetable porridge. After they finished eating, Zhao Qiaoniang took Mulan, Cui Ya and Lin Xiaoxiao into the mountains.

Because no one was taking care of the little hedgehog, it ran away with Toffee and no one knew if it would come back.

Among the five families, one was a hunter, one was a beekeeper, one was a peddler, one was a tofu seller, and one had only a grandfather and a grandson, and the grandson was about the same age as Lin Wanwan.

The grandfather and grandson looked very pitiful. The grandson cried heartbreakingly. The grandfather walked up to Mrs. Bai and said, "Mrs. Bai, can you give this child something to eat? I... I have money..."

He trembled and took out a string of copper coins from his pocket. Madam Bai was shocked and said, "You...you gave too much."

The old man sighed and said, "I have no choice. My son and daughter-in-law both died of illness, leaving behind this child. Woo woo woo... This child is suffering!"

Lin Wanwan looked at the children outside and felt really sorry for them. They were two or three years older than her and could already walk.

Madam Bai looked at Master Bai, and Master Bai said, "Go get a bowl of wild vegetable porridge and give the child some rice soup first. We can discuss the rest after Qiao Niang comes back! Qiao Niang is the one who makes the decisions in our family."

"Hey! Okay, thank you very much, thank you very much..."

Mrs. Bai gave them the only remaining bowl of wild vegetable porridge. The old man slowly fed him the porridge, and the boy kept sucking.

The old man's eyes were full of fatigue: "Drink more...drink more, Chou Chou, eat enough and grow up quickly."

The old man didn't drink a single sip, and gave the whole bowl of wild vegetable soup to the child. He frowned and said:

“To be honest, I have some copper coins on me. If you like me, please keep me here.

I have some strength and I know some martial arts."

Master Bai looked at him and said, "I remember your name is Lin Fugui, right? You just came back from Bianjing last year."

The old man sighed and said:

"I was originally a groom for someone else's family. Something happened in my master's family, so I had no choice but to return home with my grandson. I never thought I would encounter something like this.

If I had known this year would be like this, I would have never come back."

Master Bai nodded and said, "Isn't it?"

Lin Fugui continued:

"I know Lin Tugen better than anyone else. He used to be a bandit in the mountains. How could I dare to follow such a man?

So I decided to go with you guys. I still have some money, and I want to make sure my grandson has something to eat."

Lin Fugui has been observing these days. There are more than a dozen people in the family of Lin Datou who goes hunting. He always brings back game. His family is full of strong men and they will never take him and his little grandson with them.

Lin Hai, the beekeeper, is a very cautious person and there is no way he would take them in.

The peddler and the two tofu makers were both very petty, and he was not very willing to do so. Instead, he felt that although there were many women on Master Bai's side, they were all quite united.

And the people are quite kind, so I can only come here and try my luck.

Lin Wanwan couldn't comment on this. All she could do now was to eat and sleep, and then eat and sleep.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp..." A starling flew over and stood next to Lin Wanwan's basket.

Lin Wanwan turned over and said, "Hey! Hello, little starling!"

She was so bored! Usually she could talk to Naitang, but now that Naitang was not at home and Mrs. Bai was making cotton clothes, she could only chat with this mynah bird.

I don't know where this starling came from, it must be someone's pet.

The mynah bird made a "Ga..." sound and trembled with fear.

Lin Wanwan looked at the starling and asked, "Can you hear what I say?"

The mynah bird looked at Lin Wanwan in horror and made another "ga..." sound.

Lin Wanwan was happy. This was the third animal that could understand her. She didn't know where this mynah bird came from. It must have come here to avoid the wind.

Lin Wanwan quickly comforted him:

"Don't be afraid, I don't mean to hurt you. I'm just too bored and want to talk to you."

The starling gurgled a few times, but no one knew what it was saying.

Mrs. Bai saw Lin Wanwan and the staring eyes, and laughed:

"This is a mynah bird. Back in the days of Bianjing, many wealthy young men liked to raise mynah birds.

Because this mynah bird can talk, but mynah birds live in the south, so this one is probably someone's pet."

Lin Wanwan looked at the mynah bird and asked, "Do you have an owner now?"

The mynah bird shook its head and continued to stare at Lin Wanwan curiously.

Mrs. Bai smiled and said, "It seems that this little starling likes Wanwan very much. If Wanwan likes it, then we can stay."

Lin Wanwan also looked at the mynah bird and said, "Let's be friends, shall we? You can understand what I'm saying, right?"

The starling nodded again. Its comprehension was simply amazing. Lin Wanwan finally understood that the smarter the animal, the more likely it was to communicate with her.

Lin Wanwan looked at it and said:

"We are going to Bianjing, why don't you come with us?

After all, it's not safe for you to move around in the mountains alone... uh... it's not safe for you to move around in the mountains alone."

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