Three and a half women in four courtyards

Chapter 2

The Xiaoxia River twists and turns like a little silver dragon, leaps down from the Daxigou River, reaches the mouth of the junction of Qingyang Mountain and Danan Mountain, and encounters the Chile River running down from southwest to northeast.

The Xiaoxia River merged into the Chile River from this place, and lost itself, leaving only a spacious ice surface.

As soon as the sun came up, the big mirror was a bit harsh.

Bao Yat-sen put Beiji on his back down.

She took Wulaqin with one hand, pointed at the ice with the other, and said, "Oh, after crossing this river, it will be the territory of the Han people. You two remember it for me. When we reach Daxigou River, we have to pretend to be dumb. If you want to ask For a way or something, just use your hands to make gestures."

"Oh?! Sister Xian, why do we pretend to be dumb?" Beiji blinked her big eyes and looked up at Bao Yixian, her puzzled look was cute.

"Call me mom! Don't call me sister. We've been out for more than a month, why can't we change our words?" Bao Yixian didn't answer Beiji directly.

She repeatedly emphasized how the two children called her: "Wulaqin, Beiji is only five years old and not sensible. You are already eight years old. You are an older child. You have to give your younger brother a head start and call me mom! This involves our relationship. Live!"

"Oh! Xian--sister, sister, mom! Okay! Mom!" Wu Laqin groaned twice, finally broke through the barrier of changing her mouth, and whispered the word "Mom".

"Oh, Mom! Mom——" Seeing that his brother changed his words, Becky also yelled out the word that he had held back for so many days——Mom!

Bao Yixian was so happy that his face suddenly bloomed like a flower. Under the sunshine, the optimism and simplicity of a typical Mongolian girl bloomed.

"Alas! Alas! Ang, come, Wulaqin, Beiji, let's cross the river!" Bao Yixian bent down to carry Beiji on his back.

"Ang, I can walk by myself!" Beiji shook off Bao Yixian and ran to the ice surface by himself.

As soon as his Zing Gada touched the ice, he fell down.

Bao Yixian and Wu Laqin ran over laughing and pulled him up.

"Stop making trouble, we're not suitable for running on ice in Zing Gada, I'll carry you across the river." Bao Yixian swung Beiji on his back like a chicken, "Crossing the ice, don't Lift your feet high, you have to drag your feet."

Bao Yixian freed one hand to hold Wu Laqin: "Oh, tell me, why do we have to pretend to be dumb when we cross this river?"

"Why?"

"Oh, we Mongols and Han people have been fighting for a hundred years over this piece of land. Neither of us will accept the other, and we have become feuds. Although we can speak Chinese fluently, when we go to other people's borders, we can open our mouths. Let people know that we are Mongolians. If people know that we are Mongolians, it will be troublesome. I can’t even find a place to stay. There is no place to live at night, and I will be fed if I don’t freeze to death. It's evil!"

"Oh! Mom, I understand!" Wu Laqin weighed the bag on his shoulders and said to Beiji, "Hey, Beiji, from now on, you are not allowed to speak!"

Bao Yixian carried Beiji across the river, put him on the ground, and led the two children along the path.

She suddenly felt some discomfort in her left foot.

She squatted down and lifted Tizengada: "Oh! The catfish inside is almost gone, and it's a little bit wobbly (there is a gap, shaking)."

"Uh, Mom, there are still some weeds in the bag, why don't you put some on it?" Wu Laqin was about to put the bag down.

"Don't move! Look quickly—" Bao Yixian's hand stopped suddenly.

Wu Laqin followed her gaze to the left and back, and found a head sticking out of the woods a hundred paces away.

"Xiaoai!" The two shouted almost in unison, "Run!"

Bao Yixian carried Beiji on his back, dragged Wu Laqin and ran away.

Running and running, Bao Yixian stopped suddenly: "Ah - ah - we can't run, we won't be able to run like this."

She looked back and saw that the three gangsters were chasing after them.

When the gangsters saw them stop, they also stopped and watched.

At this moment, Bao Yixian took a closer look, it turned out to be a mother and two sons.

One is a half-grown cub, and the other is a small cub, who seems to have just been born.

"Wulaqin, take a look around (take a look) and see if there are any other evil spirits."

"Oh! I've searched around, but nothing. It's just the three of you."

"Oh, then, let's walk around, don't run. It seems that they dare not pounce on them easily."

In this way, they walked two steps quickly, and the three of them followed closely.

They took two steps at a slow pace, and San Xie stopped, waited a while, and chased after another two steps.

But the distance seems to be getting closer.

One hundred steps, eighty steps, sixty steps, forty steps...

At last there were only twenty paces left.

Wu Laqin took out his whip and flicked it in the air. There was a crisp sound and the gangsters turned around and ran for more than ten steps.

The gangsters saw that there was nothing unusual, then turned around and chased after him.

"Oh, oh! Then, let's go hide in the tree first! Wait a minute, someone might pass by. We can go together."

Bao Yixian saw an old elm tree beside the road, so he let the two children go up first.

She broke the back herself to prevent the gangsters from attacking.

She didn't climb up the tree until both children had climbed up the tree.

Seeing them climbing the tree, San Xi simply came under the tree, sat on the ground and looked up at them.

In this way, the two sides confront each other, you look at me, I look at you.

The sun is lazily watching the excitement in the sky, and the time is just like this.

Soon, several hours passed.

Bao Yixian glanced at the sun.

The sun is already westward.

During the several hours they were hiding from Xie Ai in the tree, they didn't see a single person passing by.

"Oh! What, the old man (the sun) is still a pole high, and it is about to set. As soon as it gets dark (night), it will be over. In this cold day, we will not be eaten by evil spirits on the tree , will also be frozen to death." Bao Yixian said to the two children.

She took a look into the distance: "I looked at it, and the road goes all the way to the west. If you (approximately) walk three to five miles, you will reach the camp called Xiadi."

She pulled out the Mongolian knife: "I'll go down and lure you away. No matter if I hack my mother to death or let her eat you, don't look back and run straight down. Remember, when you see People in the camp, pretend to be dumb, don't speak, and make gestures to let them take you two in."

"Oh? No, you can't go by yourself. I'll help you and help you cut down the evil!" Wu Laqin said.

"Be obedient! Let's go together, I'm afraid it's all going to happen. Listen to Mom, your lives are worth more than mine."

Bao Yixian touched Wu Laqin's face, then turned around and touched Beiji's face again.

Holding the Mongolian knife tightly in her hand, she frowned and slipped out of the tree to the ground.

Seeing someone coming down, San Xie stood up suddenly, and made a charge gesture.

Bao Yixian held the saber, stood under the tree, and approached the mother-in-law step by step.

San Xie also looked nervous, stepping back step by step.

"Mom, I'll deal with the little one, you deal with the mother!" At this moment, Wu Laqin also slipped down from the tree.

His whip made a crisp sound, and the three gangsters scattered.

As expected of Wu Laqin, who grew up on the grassland, he beat the whip extremely methodically.

"Ah-ah! What are you doing..." Bao Yixian frowned, just about to complain about Wu Laqin.

Suddenly, the sound of a branch breaking was heard.

Then, Becky fell from the tree.

I don't know if it's because the time is too long and the hands are numb, or the branches can't hold his weight.

Beiji fell to the ground and stood up with a Gulu (rolling), waving the Mongolian knife with his little hand.

Just when Bao Yixian was stunned, the mother suddenly jumped up as high as a person and rushed towards Beiji.

It bit Becky's neck in one bite...

(End of this chapter)