Cute Beast Food Garden

Unexpectedly, such a relaxed and cute-sounding name "Pine Tree Fairy" actually hides such an embarrassing past behind it.Qi Yan learned in his previous life on the earth that for nature, human beings must combine development and protection, not blindly asking for nature, but also considering all kinds of creatures living in nature.

Songying's territory was violated, they ate the villagers' children, and they themselves were driven out of the area.This is undoubtedly a lose-lose ending.Even though pine eagles no longer appear in this pine forest, and the pine cones are left to be picked by the villagers, these "pine fairies" are left as victims of human-hawk battles. They hang high on the trees and occasionally It scares the pickers who climbed the tree, but in Qi Yan's view, these pine fairies are not only scary, but also have a sad warning meaning.

Si Dongmo couldn't help but look up at the top of the tall tree.

"In the past few days, we have climbed so many pine trees, but I have never seen a skeleton."

"It's been many years since pine eagles cannibalized people. A few years ago when I went to the mountains, I occasionally saw pine fairies hanging on the trees, but now, I can hardly see them in this area."

Le Bo said in a low voice, "Dongmo, our ancestors set a rule that if the villagers picking pine towers see a pine tree fairy on the tree, they must stop immediately and stop climbing to the top of the tree, otherwise they will be punished." The curse of the pine tree fairy. Because the children who were eaten by the pine eagles were innocent, and when they died, they had a lot of resentment. On the people or strange beasts who climbed the tree to disturb."

A Sheng also added: "This is true. Speaking of which, our family has an uncle who saw it on a pine tree five or six years ago, but he was knocking on the pine cone at that time, and he killed the pine tree if he didn't pay attention. He was knocked down from the tree. As a result, he began to be in a trance after he fell from the tree, and he was still talking nonsense. The whole family took him to seek medical advice. It took him more than a year to barely get better. ' Both words can make people tremble with fear."

So mysterious!Qi Yan raised his head, looked up at the tree that was so tall that it couldn't see its top, and felt dazed.He had also rashly climbed a tree once after pecking the little squirrel's head. Fortunately, he didn't see anything at that time, otherwise he would have been scared to death.

Just as he was lost in thought, suddenly, Qi Yan felt hairy on his belly.Looking down, he suddenly found that the little bear lying in Si Dongmo's arms quietly stretched out its front paws to him at some point.The little bear looked excitedly at the bird above the man's head, and stretched out his chubby paws, trying to catch the bird from above.

"Guji Guji!" The little bird flapped its short wings, pushed away the little bear's paw, and looked at it sternly.

"Aww, aww!"

The little bear climbed up Si Dongmo's strong and sturdy body like climbing a tree.Seeing that the situation was not good, Qi Yan stepped back again and again, but after all, there was only such a large space on the top of the man's head, and he would soon be unable to retreat.

"Cuckoo!" The bird flapped its small wings and issued a warning sound.

"Aww!" This little bear is a real "bear boy", and he ignores the warnings of the birds.Seeing the little bird's fat body swaying on top of the man's head, making a provocative posture of swaying from side to side, the little bear was suddenly enraged, and boldly jumped up.

"Hmm..." Si Dongmo groaned - his face was completely embraced by the little bear, and his mouth and nose were pressed under the little bear's stomach by his fluffy body.The fluffy thick fur scratched his face and made him want to sneeze.

Seeing the limp bear's paws coming towards him, the little bird jumped up, his plump body was unexpectedly agile, and did a crisp front flip, narrowly avoiding the little bear's capture, and landed on the ground. on its head.

The next second—

"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"

A peck without hesitation.

The little bear howled after being pecked. It waved its paws wildly, and fought fiercely with the little bird ball, hitting the top of the man's head very lively.

After a burst of squeaks, the two little beasts finally got rid of it, and fell from the man's head one after the other.

The little bird struggled a few times, barely grabbed the man's cuff, and was caught in the palm of the man's hand.But the instigator of the incident was not so lucky—the mischievous little bear clutched the back of his head, fell face down on the man's lap, and fell on all fours.

The little bear lay blankly on the man's lap, staring blankly at the little bird and the man who was holding it tenderly.A moment later, a burst of wailing resounded through the entire forest.

"Aw... Aww!"

The little bear cried loudly.

Here, Uncle Lo approached half annoyed and half amused, and lifted it from the man's lap: "Bad boy, you deserve it, who told you to move around, huh?"

Little Bear cried harder.Seeing Uncle Lober scolding him, it puffed its mouth angrily, waved its soft little slap, and slapped Uncle Uncle's arm hard several times.

"Smelly bear, you dare to hit your master. I don't think you will have a good meal tomorrow!"

Loeb lifted the bear upside down and stuffed it into the package, and flicked his fingers on its belly a few times, causing another random kick.Both Ah Sheng and Ah Jin laughed: "Father, you always say you have to discipline Xiao Dai well, but everyone knows that you, the old man, won't do it!"

After one night, they walked out of the mountains and returned to the long-lost village.At the entrance of the village, Le Bo helped count the pine nuts and put them into cloth bags for Si Dongmo. The two groups parted ways on the small road in the middle of the village.

Si Dongmo was carrying a full cloth bag on his back, humming a little tune, and with a bird on his head, he seemed to be in a good mood.He walked into his small yard and met his mother who was working in the vegetable garden.

"Hey - Dongmo!"

Mrs. Le looked very pleasantly surprised. She put down the work in her hand and ran towards Si Dongmo, and threw herself into the arms of Gao Da son, her eyes suddenly became moist, "That's great! If you go out this time, mother can't sleep day and night, because I'm afraid of you Something went wrong..."

"Mom, I'm back! Nothing's wrong, don't worry!" Si Dongmo patted her on the back, comforting her softly, and then patted the bulging cloth bag on her back, "You Look, this big bag is full of pine cones I picked, which is very valuable! The peeled pine nuts can be sold for dozens of copper coins per catty, and the town is buying them vigorously!"

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back... You went up the mountain this time to save Hong'er and get rid of the painted wolf. Mother has heard about it. Everyone in the village says you are a hero who kills wolves. Mother really cares for you." Proud!" Mrs. Le was so moved, she cried and laughed at the same time, leading her son into the house.Suddenly lowered his voice, and said quietly: "Hong'er is in the room, he seems to have become a lot more honest."

Si Dongmo walked towards the back room.In the open space between the front hall and the stove house, Le Hong was sitting on a small stool scrubbing and washing his clothes.Hearing the sound of footsteps, he raised his head and softly called to Si Dongmo: "Brother, you're here."

Si Dongmo was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Well, I'm back."

Le Hong opened his mouth.Xu Shi didn't know what to say, he swallowed unnaturally, nodded at Si Dongmo, and went back to his work.

The little bird looked at him from above Si Dongmo's head.Le Hong is unexpectedly honest and docile today, which is surprising.

Si Dongmo and his mother poured out the pine cones in the open space in front of the house. Mrs. Le asked him, "Should we send these pine cones to Lao Tan's house for help, or like last time, let's shell them ourselves?"

"Mother, I haven't figured out how to deal with these pine nuts yet, let's put them in the house first."

"Okay, let's pile it up here."

Looking at the pine cones piled up on the ground, Mrs. Le showed a faint smile.

"Dongmo, are you tired? Mother will pour you a glass of water. By the way, is there anything you want to eat at noon? Mother will cook for our hero."

"It's okay, I'll pour the water myself. I'll eat whatever you do, but..." The man pointed to the flaming ball squatting on top of his head, "Birds like to eat fruit, I don't know about it in the vegetable garden in the front yard. Is there?"

"Yes, yes, fresh strawberries, mother just picked them this morning." Mrs. Le smiled at the bird, and walked outside the house as she spoke.Si Dongmo put the little bird on the ground, and tapped on its little furry head, "There will be something delicious later."

"Guji." The bird looked at him with big bright eyes, looking very excited.

Afterwards, the little bird came to the pile of pine cones and started its old job - peeling the husks.

The shell of the pine cone looks more complicated than ordinary nuts, but now, Qi Yan has learned the skill of peeling the shell of the pine cone from the little squirrel, so he works very quickly.He had already done part of the work in the woods, and now he had the other half left.

When it was near noon, Si Dongmo was helping his mother cook in the stove, while the little bird continued to stay in front of the house, concentrating on peeling the pine cones.Amidst the evenly rhythmic sound of tuk tuk tuk, it suddenly saw a pair of cloth shoes standing in front of itself in the corner of its vision.

Looking up, it was Le Hong.

Seeing the demon brother standing in front of him, Bird immediately stopped shelling and stared at him nervously with wide eyes.This young man plotted against him when he first met him. He once planned to catch Xiaoniao secretly. He also had a weird personality and a capricious temper. Even his elder brother often contradicted him without any scruples. He was a very bad boy.

In Si Dongmo's words, Le Hong still hasn't adapted to the poor life after his family's downfall, and still retains the arrogance of the young master of the Le family in his heart.

Le Hong squatted down in front of the bird.The little bird stopped peeling the pine tower, opened his big light blue eyes, looked at him tremblingly, and was already thinking about his retreat in his heart.

Suddenly, I saw the young man pick up a pine cone from in front of it, and asked hesitantly, "Little bird, how do you peel off this pine cone?"

Does the boy want to eat the pine nuts in it?The little bird picked up a few peeled pine nuts from the side and handed them to him with its small wings, but Le Hong just shook his head: "No, I don't want to eat pine nuts. I'm asking, how to peel these? I, I I have nothing to do now, I want to help you or something..."

He tried to twist the hard shell with his hands, but to no avail.

"Guji Guji."

Qi Yan wanted to tell him that even his shelling skills were copied from the little squirrel, but Le Hong couldn't understand the cooing birdsong.They communicated for a while, but to no avail, Le Hong could only frown, staring at the pile of dried pine cones on the ground in a daze.

At this moment, Si Dongmo walked over from the back room.

"Honger, Xiaohong, what are you doing?"

Si Dongmo held a small wooden basin in his hand, which contained fresh strawberries that had just been picked.The strawberries are bright red in color and plump, with drops of freshly rinsed water on them, and they look very appetizing.

He walked closer and handed the small wooden basin to Le Hong's eyes, "Come on, the bride picked it off, try it."

Le Hong glanced at him carefully, then reached out and took one, and put it in his mouth.Seeing this, Si Dongmo shook the tub: "Eat a few more, there are plenty of strawberries here."

Le Hong took two more strawberries carefully, and said in a rare low voice: "Thank you. Brother, you can eat too."

Si Dongmo smiled and stuffed one into his own mouth. Feeling that the sweetness was just right, he squatted down again and placed the small wooden basin in front of the bird.

"Thank you, Qi Yan." He picked up the little bird, put the whole one in the small wooden basin, and gently stroked the little bird's body, "I remember you like to eat sweet and sour fruits. Right? "

"Guji!" The little bird's small beak kissed his slender fingers, and then jumped towards the strawberry.Those strawberries are very red naturally, completely different from those on the earth that rely on potions to produce strawberries.There is a sweet strawberry aroma floating in the whole small wooden basin.

The bird picked up a strawberry with its small wings and pecked at it. The bright red juice immediately oozed out from the gap in the strawberry.It put its small pointed mouth into the gap, and the sweet and sour strawberry juice immediately flowed into its mouth.

So sweet!

The little bird squinted his eyes, smacked his mouth, and had an expression of endless enjoyment, which made the man couldn't help laughing; "Is it really so delicious?"

"Cuckoo!" The bird hugged the strawberry, danced in the tub, and turned around happily.

A ball of fiery red twirled nimbly among the red strawberries, which dazzled Si Dongmo. He hastily tapped the bird's little head: "Hey, don't stop, stop spinning around. You, you are so fat, Be careful to squeeze the other strawberries in the pot!"

"Guji..." The bird looked at Si Dongmo aggrievedly.Looking down at its chubby body, it found that the man had told the truth straightforwardly, so it had to sit obediently in the small wooden basin and began to concentrate on eating the strawberries it held in its arms.

Si Dongmo's vegetable garden is not large, but it grows a rich variety of vegetables and fruits, and there are suitable dishes to eat in every season.Le Hong stood there dumbfounded, and took a few strawberries and ate them slowly.

Si Dongmo patted his younger brother's shoulder lightly, turned around and was about to go back to the house, but suddenly felt his sleeve being pulled.

The man turned his head: "Hong'er?"

Le Hong just lowered his head, grabbed Si Dongmo's sleeve with two fingers, and called softly, "Brother."

Sensing that he had something on his mind, Si Dongmo walked to the corner of the yard and asked, "What's the matter, what's the matter?"

Le Hong still lowered his eyes.He stared blankly at his brother's sleeve, his mind obviously wandering.

"Le Hong, are you alright?"

Lehong nodded: "I'm fine, I'm not hurt."

Si Dongmo waited patiently until his younger brother finally plucked up the courage to say, "Brother... Thank you, this time. You saved me."

The man smiled lightly and said, "Brothers, there is nothing to thank. Hong'er, don't think too much about it."

"No, it's not like that." Le Hong's voice raised a little, and he said, "Brother, actually..." His words were muffled in his heart for a long time, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "Actually, I...I I'm so sorry!"

Si Dongmo looked at him in surprise.This younger brother has always had a bad temper and doesn't listen to his elder brother very much.This time he took the initiative to apologize to him, which really surprised him.

Le Hong took a deep breath, looked into his eyes hard, and said stammeringly: "Brother, ever since our family was ruined because of gambling debts, I have never forgotten the superior life in the past. Very resentful, decadent, with a bad temper, living like a dead pig... I used to always blame you, thinking that you are honest and can't make money, but in fact, every time I blame you and my mother, I I hate myself even more..."

Si Dongmo grabbed his arm: "Hong'er, don't say that..."

But Le Hong closed his eyes and just shook his head: "No, brother, please listen to me. Brother... I haven't called you brother for so many years. I blame you, look down on you, and deliberately cause trouble for you , I just want to see your utterly devastated look when you are cleaning up the mess... I finally realized it now-I don't know anything, I don't do anything, and I am desperately causing trouble and dragging my feet. I almost took your life, brother, I am really not a thing!"

At the end of the sentence, Le Hong bit his lips tightly, his voice trembling with a little crying.

"Brother, I want to ask you..." Le Hong raised his head, choked up and said, "I treat you so badly, why are you still willing to stay in our house and take care of me and my mother? Mother always says I'm ignorant , is always a burden on the family, and my mother is also weak and needs to be taken care of. To you, we are actually... a burden. If it is not for the two of us, with your ability, you can be outside very quickly. earn a living."

He looked at the man with complicated eyes, "I know, before you fell alone at the gate of our yard, it was my mother and my grandma who saved your life. Even if it was to repay favors, after you had nothing in Lejia The past few years of taking care of my mother and I have already paid off. As for the property... Lejia used to be rich, but now, we have nothing. Brother, I want to know, why did you stay?"

Si Dongmo looked at him quietly.

That's right, Le Hong has never called him brother for so many years.However, Si Dongmo never really cared about it, and was angry at his rudeness, which made Le Hong feel that his brother was a docile and honest gourd.

But in fact, Si Dongmo was never ambiguous when farming, cooking, and taking care of the family, and he was even more powerful with his fists and kicks.Le Hong knew very well in his heart that this elder brother was not the honest and honest one he appeared on the outside.

"Hong'er, I stay at home. First, I don't want property, and second, I don't want to be human. It's just because this is my home, and I regard this place as my home, and you and mother are my family."

Seeing Le Hong's surprised gaze, Si Dongmo said in a deep voice: "I'm not sure what I am in your heart. But no matter whether you treat me as a family member or as someone living together Regardless of the outsiders in the house, my mind will not change. In my heart, you will always be my family, even if there is no blood relationship, not blood siblings and biological mother and child, I always think so."

"Brother..." For the first time, sadness gradually emerged in Le Hong's eyes, "Will you one day, also leave here suddenly like father left me and mother?"

This is probably the trouble that has been bothering him all this time.He and his mother do not have much ability to earn a living. Le Hong knows very well that he can live without worrying about food and clothing to this day, all thanks to his brother's hard work and careful care. He has to rely on his brother to live. This forced dependence makes him More restless.

A few years ago, he was a son of a rich family. The son of a landlord who had a good life, suddenly became a poor man in debt because of his father's gambling and debts. The good life he once had disappeared instantly.Although his elder brother managed the family thriftly and worked hard, allowing him to live a peaceful life again, the huge gap with the past was still deeply imprinted in his heart.

As time went by, he became more and more unable to get rid of anxiety, fearing that one day the only pillar of his family would leave, and this hard-won stable life would repeat the same mistakes, and he would lose everything again.

Therefore, because of this insecurity and worry, he became restless, his temper became more and more irritable, and because he was eager for success, he couldn't do anything well, his heart became more and more rebellious, and his whole person became more and more violent. Decadent, turned into heartless waste.

However, he was wrong.He didn't treat Si Dongmo as a good brother worthy of his trust and fight with him, but Si Dongmo has always taken care of himself as a brother without complaint.He was overwhelmed by a heavy sense of guilt, what was the difference between his behavior and repaying virtue with resentment?

Le Hong raised his eyes and looked at his elder brother who was taller than him, and sighed softly, "The burden of the whole family is on your shoulders, but I don't share it at all. On the contrary, it brings you trouble... It's just that I A complete white-eyed wolf, only today did he really admit this..."

Seeing that Si Dongmo was about to speak, he lightly pressed his elder brother's wrist, and continued: "Actually, this time I have been enchanted by Painted Wolf. On the surface, I am confused and don't know anything, but in fact, My mind is very clear, it's just that my body is bound by spells and I can't act independently.

I know that in order to save me, you left Ah Jin and his father and son, and went to the woods alone with a knife, bow and arrow to fight against the wolves.I can see clearly that when you confronted the painted wolves, you were always protecting me, and you didn't flinch until you knocked them all down.Brother, I want to say, you are really amazing.If you weren't here this time, my big bastard might be eaten up by the painted wolf, leaving me on the mountain and never coming back. "

He looked into his brother's dark eyes sincerely, and said word by word: "Brother, I feel from the bottom of my heart that you are a hero."

The man watched him silently.Although there was no emotion on his face, there were mixed feelings in his heart.The two brothers looked at each other silently, and all emotions were communicated silently in the intersection of eyes.

"The painted wolf is dead, and there will be no such evil things on the mountain in the future." Si Dongmo held his wrist with his backhand, "If you go up the mountain in the future, you should pay more attention. With my brother here, you don't have to be afraid of anything .”

Seeing his younger brother crying bitterly and regretting, the man dragged him into the house.

"Hong'er, it's also my fault that I was busy working all day before, and never considered your thoughts." He dragged a wooden chair, let Le Hong sit down, and stuffed a towel into his hand, and said to Le Hong earnestly He said: "The past is in the past. My brother never cares about you, nor does he have any complaints about doing things at home. I regard myself as a member of the family. You and mother are my brother and my mother." Mother, how could I leave this house so easily?"

The brothers sat quietly, relatively speechless.

Le Hong's eyes drifted to the distance.

"Brother, compared to you, I am nothing."

"Hong'er, you still have a long way to go," Si Dongmo said flatly, "You are still young, and you still have a long way to go. So, don't look back at the road you have traveled, and focus on moving forward."

"elder brother……"

"Ok?"

"Thank you."

They faced each other frankly, showing candid smiles.

The grievances and knots that had been buried for many years had been resolved, and Si Dongmo looked at his younger brother in relief.Before that, he was busy with work, turned his head in circles, and had been negligent in communicating with his family, ignoring the thoughts of his sensitive brother.This time the brothers were finally able to speak, which was as happy as saving Lehong's life from the painted wolf.

Si Dongmo didn't care about Le Hong's previous bad behaviors, but this kind of tolerance and indulgence just happened to make his temper worse and worse.This time, Le Hong finally tasted the bitter fruit for his own mischief, and almost died in the belly of a wolf, but he was frightened soberly, and he also deeply realized his mistakes, and began to face up to the status quo of his life.

Le Hong wiped the tears from his face, tried his best to calm down, and said to Si Dongmo: "Brother, speaking of it... what are your plans in the future? Do you want to do mountain goods business with Ah Jin and his family?"

The man smiled: "Compared with these, I plan to make further use of the ingredients I got in the mountains. I can make more copper coins by making them into various delicacies and selling them in the town. Lehong, you have a little You are right, I should take a long-term view and go to the world outside the village to take a good look.”