jdhmnovel Chapter 204 Gummy
Chapter 204 Gummy
The elder's words filled his mind.
"Only the dead can't lie."
There was a flickering light in Ji Mo's palm, and countless memories flowed through his palm and into Ji Mo's mind.
That was the soul-searching method the elder taught him some time ago.
Soon, as he checked his memory, Ji Mo locked onto the location of the map.
Ji Mo gently lowered his head, turned and left the room. The wind and snow were still falling in the sky.
Except for the open wooden door, nothing seemed to have changed.
At the end of the season, he followed his memory and walked through the snow. His feet landed on the ground, but there was no trace.
Walking from the outermost part of Lin Village, Ji Mo discovered that there were many hunting lodges built on the edge of the village.
At the end of the season, he suddenly laughed.
He seemed to understand the elder's intention.
He did not specify a target.
There was no map of which room or house it was.
Lin Village is located at the foot of a high mountain and has no flat land for planting. The people have lived by hunting for generations.
Therefore, the elders’ command does not refer to one person or one family.
All he wanted was a map, everyone's map.
In other words, the entire Lin Village is his target.
"So, that's how it is."
Sigh at the end of the season.
Snowflakes are flying freely in the sky.
Cover everything on the ground.
It seems that there is only snow in the world.
……
"squeak"
"squeak"
"Mom, dad is back!"
In an earthen house, a seven-year-old girl wearing thick new clothes was jumping on the kang.
"Xiao Cui, your father just went out today and won't be back for a few days."
"Stop jumping on the bed and come to mommy so I can give you your favorite candy."
The girl pouted stubbornly.
"Mom, I heard footsteps, it must be Dad!"
The woman, wearing an apron, walked from the kitchen to the room and picked up the girl from the kang.
The woman took out a candy from her pocket, tore off the outer wrapper, and opened her mouth.
"Ah~"
The pouting girl reluctantly opened her mouth.
"Okay, stop making trouble. Mommy still needs to cook."
The sweet candy made the girl smile happily.
But she still said stubbornly.
"It must be Dad! If Mom doesn't believe me, just go out and see for yourself."
As she spoke, the girl left her mother's arms and pushed open the wooden door.
The woman hurriedly took out her hat from the kang and followed the girl out the door.
The woman squatted beside the girl and put a thick hat on her.
"Xiao Cui! Stop messing around."
White snow fell from the sky and landed on the woman's head, adding some embellishment to her pretty face.
The woman looked at Xiao Cui's smile and listened to the sound of footsteps on the snow.
I couldn't help but look over there.
My partner, who had just left this morning, was now carrying a fat hare and walking towards home with a smile on his face.
"father!"
The girl ran towards her father with light steps, regardless of the wind and snow.
When she got closer, she jumped high, and her tall father easily hugged her.
The man walked up to the woman with the hare and helped her up.
He chuckled, revealing that familiar and gentle smile.
The woman patted his palm gently.
"Hurry, put Xiao Cui on the kang, don't let her get cold."
"As you command! My dear wife."
The woman who was called like this blushed slightly, her brows relaxed, and she smiled a smile that she would never do again.
"Stop it, hurry up!"
The man walked into the room holding his daughter in one hand and his wife in the other.
Back on the kang, the man took off his heavy clothes and changed into a lighter cotton coat.
The girl was smiling foolishly on the kang, very happy about her father's return.
"Dad, here are the candies that Xiao Cui hid."
The girl held up a piece of candy in her hand, and the paper wrapping the candy was already wrinkled beyond recognition.
It seemed that the girl was still struggling for a long time over whether to eat it or not.
In order to give her father a surprise, she suppressed her greed and hid it.
She raised her forehead, as if waiting for her father's praise.
The man took it and was silent for a moment, then he smiled.
"Dad doesn't like sweets, so let's save them for our precious daughter."
As he spoke, the man peeled off the candy wrapper and put the candy inside to the girl's mouth.
Xiao Cui shook her head and looked at her father expectantly, "No, this is specially left for Dad."
Seeing the affection between father and daughter, the woman who was cleaning up nearby smiled.
Looking at the two people pushing and shoving each other, the woman said with a smile.
"Dad, just eat it. Xiao Cui has been hiding this for a long time. I've kept it here since last time, waiting for you to come back and give it to you."
"You came back late last night and left early the next morning. Xiao Cui was so worried when she didn't see you."
After hearing his wife say this, the man stopped refusing and ate the candy in his hand.
The candy is slightly sweet and feels soft and chewy when you bite it.
For their family, this is something they can only eat around the Chinese New Year.
I buy a little every Chinese New Year.
Children like this kind of candy very much. They have a smile on their faces every time they eat it, which makes people feel very happy.
"Well, Xiao Cui's candy is very delicious."
The man touched the girl's head. The expectant girl got the answer she wanted and jumped happily on the kang.
"Hehe~"
"Okay, Xiao Cui, Daddy still has some things to do, so I won't be with you for now."
"Ok!"
The girl nodded heavily, still immersed in joy.
The man walked out of the room and headed towards the kitchen with the hare.
My wife was standing next to the earthen stove, and something was stewing in the pot, bubbling.
"Where's Xiaohu?"
The woman heard her husband's voice and turned to look.
"Xiao Hu is at my second brother's house, playing with Xiao Yun."
The man nodded. "The little boy is really impatient. He ran out in such cold weather."
The woman nodded with her back to the man and answered with some emotion.
"Yeah, that's what kids do."
The man took out a chopping board from the wall, placed it on the ground, and put the rabbit, which had already frozen solid, on it.
Skillfully peel the skin and chop it into pieces.
"Little Tiger will definitely be very happy to have some meat today."
The woman turned her back to the man and murmured.
"Yeah, I'm lucky today. Not long after I left the house, I found a rabbit caught in my trap."
"It's winter now, and most animals don't go out, so it's really hard to catch them."
"Yes."
The two of them had a conversation from time to time.
The atmosphere gradually became gloomy.
The kitchen knife chopped at the hare again and again, making a "dong, dong, dong" sound.
There was a burnt smell in the air.
The water in the pot boiled dry at some point.
"Hey, Lao Lin."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
The man looked back and saw the woman holding the burnt pot. The flames behind her continued to rise with no object blocking them.
Her face was covered with tears and her eyes were filled with resentment and regret.
She looked at the man with a ferocious face, raised the pot high, and smashed it hard at her husband.
"Lao Lin! Where are you?"
A miserable howl suddenly rang in my ears at the end of the season.