Zhen Lian of the Red Chamber

This day, Zhen Lian was working in the yard with a needle and thread, looking at the gate from time to time, hoping that Liu Xianglian would knock on the door and come back.Time passed little by little, from morning to noon, and then in the afternoon, Liu Xianglian was still nowhere to be seen.

Zhen Lian couldn't carry on with the purse anymore, and opened the door to look at it from time to time, but there was no sign of him.

Seeing her anxious look, Mother Zhen comforted her, "Don't worry, I must have been delayed on the way, and I'll be back later."

Zhen Lian nodded absent-mindedly, and looked at the door again, but there was still no one there.

When night fell and everyone had dinner, Liu Xianglian was still nowhere to be seen.Zhen Lian ate a few mouthfuls indiscriminately and went out to wait at the door.

Looking at where she came from, she couldn't stop feeling flustered, Liu Xianglian is a person who keeps her promise, she will come back on time if she said she will.It was dark and the gate of the city was closed, maybe it was the reason for not catching up late, Zhen Lian kept comforting herself.

The night was a bit cold, Zhen Lian lowered her head and stomped her feet, and when she looked up, she saw a figure walking slowly from the night in the distance from the street.Unable to see her face in the dark, Zhen Lian was overjoyed, and tentatively called out: "Liu Xianglian!"

Liu Xianglian was walking quickly with her prey on her shoulders, when she heard someone calling him, she looked up and saw Zhenlian standing at the door of Feng's house looking at her.Bathed in the lights of the night, it made her extraordinarily warm and soft.Liu Xianglian could clearly see the surprise and hesitation on her face, like a wife anxiously waiting for her husband to come home.My heart is filled with infinite warmth, and I will have a home in the future, and my whole body is filled with strength, and the fatigue of the past few days has disappeared.He replied loudly: "It's me, I'm back!" He couldn't help but quicken his pace a little.

Seeing that it was really Liu Xianglian, Zhen Lian cried out in surprise and hurried over.Grabbing Liu Xianglian's arm, he asked, "Why did you come back so late, I was so anxious to wait!"

Liu Xianglian stood still, pointed to the prey on her body, and said, "It's coming in the afternoon, and I deliberately waited until the city gate was about to close before coming in. At this time, there will be fewer people to meet."

Zhen Lian looked and noticed that he was carrying a big prey on his back, and Liu Xianglian was surrounded by it.Taking a closer look with the light in the distance, Zhen Lian couldn't help exclaiming "Tiger!" Her heart tightened, her face turned pale with fright, and she took a few steps back quickly, only to realize that this must be dead. Then he boldly stepped forward and said, "Is it really a tiger?"

Liu Xianglian smiled and said, "It's a fake!" She stretched out her hand to hold Zhen Lian's hand, and said softly, "I scared you."

Zhen Lian held his hand back. She had a close encounter with a tiger once before, when the young Zhen Lian was so frightened by the tiger's roar that her face turned pale, her whole body trembled and she almost fell down.After returning home, I was a little dazed for a few days, and I was afraid when I heard louder voices, and I couldn't sleep at night.The whole family was so anxious that they went to the hospital several times, but the doctor couldn't do anything. They just prescribed calming medicine, but it didn't improve after taking it.It was grandma who found a folk remedy for Zhen Lian to get better. Since then, Zhen Lian has never dared to go to the zoo again.

The two walked towards Feng's house side by side, and entered Feng's house after a while.

For a moment, the fact that Liu Xianglian had hunted a tiger caused a sensation in the Feng family, and the whole family came out to watch, chatting with each other around the tiger.

Feng Su looked around for a while, then stretched out his hand to open the tiger's mouth, touched the sharp teeth, and said with a smile: "I don't think you still have this ability, little brother, I have lived for decades It’s only now that I’ve seen this big worm. I’ve heard people say that someone has hunted it before, but only experienced hunters can hunt it. It’s not easy for you to be able to do this at such a young age!” Praise nodded and stood up.

Liu Xianglian said: "It's just luck! How can I hunt a tiger by myself!"

Everyone doesn't believe it, how can this be done by luck?Everyone only said that he was modest, and asked how to deal with this big bug.

"I'll sell it tomorrow." Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Liu Xianglian didn't explain anymore.

"The whole body of this big worm is full of good things, and there are only a few small holes in its fur. It will definitely sell for a good price." Feng Su nodded, "It would be best if you can sell the whole one, but the price will be greatly reduced if you split it up. Can you find a buyer?"

"I know an official in the yamen. I will ask him tomorrow to see if he can contact a buyer." If not, I have to find another place to sell it. However, the big bug can only be kept for a few days, otherwise it will rot.

Everyone nodded, and looked at it for a long time before returning to their room to sleep when it was late.

Seeing that Feng's family members had entered the house, Zhen Lian took Liu Xianglian's arm and said, "Go and wash, there is still hot water in the kitchen. I left some food for you tonight, and it's still in the pot. I just watched it." It’s still hot. You eat after washing, and go to bed quickly, you won’t be able to sleep well in the mountains.”

Liu Xianglian grabbed Zhen Lian's hand and held it, smiling all over her face and said, "I'm hungry as soon as you say that, I'll eat first."

The two went to the kitchen, and Liu Xianglian went to get the food by herself. Zhen Lian said: "I made you an inner suit, you can change it in a while. There is also an outer suit that is not ready, I will give it to you in a few days." you."

"Clothes? You specially made them for me?" Liu Xianglian looked up in surprise and couldn't help but say, "Where is it! You go and get it and I'll change it right away."

"It's in my room! I'll go get it right away." Seeing his happy face and anxiously wanting to change it right away, Zhen Lian was extremely happy, so she turned and went back to her room to get it.

Liu Xianglian finished her meal with a few mouthfuls and washed her hands specially.Waiting for Zhen Lian to come back, she took the clothes and made gestures, and said with a smile, "It's just right, I like it very much!" She was about to fetch water for a bath.

Zhen Lian hurriedly stopped him, "You just finished your meal, take a break before going, it's not good for your health."

"Okay, it's all up to you!" Liu Xianglian had to sit down again, carefully folded the clothes, and held them in her hands.

"Tell me about your hunting this time!" Zhen Lian sat down opposite Liu Xianglian, curiously.She was very interested in how Liu Xianglian beat the tiger.

Liu Xianglian smiled and started talking.

On the first day he arrived at Qingming Mountain, he only observed the environment and inquired about the distribution of prey nearby.Because I remembered Zhen Lian's words, I only moved around the mountains and never entered the deep mountains.He didn't see these ferocious prey in the outskirts of Qingming Mountain, only some rabbits, pheasants, wild sheep and the like, none of which could be sold for any money. His target was bigger prey like deer.So Liu Xianglian didn't go hunting for these, and continued to search slowly along the mountainside.

At night, I found a big tree and laid some branches and leaves on the trunk to sleep. I continued to search the next day.Liu Xianglian was not in a hurry, this time she came here with the mentality of exploring the way, and didn't necessarily want to gain something.On the third day, if there is no satisfactory prey, a sheep will be beaten for a tooth sacrifice.

In the afternoon, Liu Xianglian found the footprints of a herd of deer in a wet place, looked carefully, and based on her own experience, Liu Xianglian concluded that it was just left.So she followed the footprints quietly, and the footprints that appeared from time to time on the road pointed Liu Xianglian in the direction.As I walked, I slowly went deep into the mountain without knowing it. At night, I hid carefully in the tree and slept well.

As soon as I woke up the next day, I heard a tiger roar in my ears, and the whole mountain forest trembled.Liu Xianglian was startled by the sound, her face turned pale, and she almost fell from the tree.

He hurriedly turned his head to look at the place where the sound came from, only to see that there was a lot of noise in the distance, and all kinds of animals were frightened and fled desperately.Countless birds in the mountain forest flew into the sky and scattered everywhere.

Liu Xianglian didn't dare to stay, let alone go to find out.He hurriedly climbed down the tree and ran on the way he was going back and forth quickly. Just after running not far away, he heard the rustling sound of animals fleeing from behind.In a blink of an eye, many unfamiliar animals passed by Liu Xianglian and quickly fled away.

Liu Xianglian didn't stop walking, her heart jumped into her throat, and she didn't care about looking at the road, so she lowered her head and ran wildly when she knew the direction.At this time, there was another tiger roar from the forest behind him, and the sound was closer than before!Immediately afterwards, a deep and deep howling of a bear came to mind, and the two sounds intertwined. Liu Xianglian's scalp was numb with fright, and she ran even faster.

More and more animals passed behind him, and the voice behind him became clearer instead of far away. From time to time, the sound of trees falling to the ground could be heard.Liu Xianglian knew that she was running slowly, and there was no way to go on like this, so she looked around while running.

After running a long distance, I saw a huge tree in front of me, which was the size of three or four people hugging each other. Liu Xianglian hurried over, untied the rope around her waist and swung it vigorously. The end of the rope was tightly wrapped around the branch of the giant tree. Liu Xianglian Grabbing the rope, he climbed up, and followed this method to gradually climb up to the place where the end of the giant tree was shot from the ground and stopped.

Only then was he able to breathe a sigh of relief, sitting on the tree trunk and looking into the distance, he heard the sound of fighting getting closer and closer from where he ran.After a while, I saw a big worm chasing a black bear, and the two were biting fiercely.

Liu Xianglian couldn't help holding her breath and watching carefully, and saw the big bug flying towards the black bear, opening its mouth to bite; .

Just like this, the two fighting back and forth, Liu Xianglian watched intently.Time passed, and the two fought for another half a day. The black bear was bitten bloody, and the tiger was also beaten until several bones were broken.Gradually the black bear was defeated, and the tiger took the opportunity to jump up and hold it down, biting his neck tightly, and the black bear stopped moving after a while.

Liu Xianglian quietly took off the big bow on her back, took out an arrow and put it on the string to aim at the tiger.She didn't look at the tiger, but just stared at its surroundings, and when it relaxed, Liu Xianglian focused her attention on aiming, and the arrow shot out with a "swoosh!"Then he drew two more arrows and shot them down.

When the tiger heard the sound of piercing through the air, it turned sideways to avoid it, and the arrow shot to the ground with a "poof!"Unexpectedly, another arrow was shot at this time, and he dodged sideways, but his neck hurt, and an arrow shot straight into his neck, and blood flowed out.

Liu Xianglian saw that she had hit the target, so she hurriedly shot two more shots, and hit another one.Seeing the tiger turn around and fly over to look around, he took out an arrow and aimed at its eyes and shot.The tiger let out a howl, and shot it right in the eye.

Blood flowed all over his body, and his eyes were shot again. Gradually, the tiger felt that his strength was slowly losing, and he was about to run away. He didn't want to suffer another pain and fell down.

Liu Xianglian saw that the tiger was completely motionless on the tree, so she climbed down from the tree and approached vigilantly with a bow in her hand.Seeing that it hadn't moved, Liu Xianglian kicked it with her foot, but there was still no response, so Liu Xianglian was sure that it was indeed dead.

I looked at the black bear again, it was already dead.Although I am much stronger than the average person, I can only bring one back.After thinking about it, he cut off the black bear's paws, took out the bear's gall, and put the two away.Walking to the side of the big worm, he slowly lifted it up and put it on his shoulders, got up and walked away quickly.

After going down the mountain, I was afraid that it would be too conspicuous to enter the city, so I waited on purpose, and only entered the city when the city gate was about to close. Sure enough, there were not many people on the streets in the city.