Chapter 8 The Little Boy’s Gift

The full-moon celebration was ruined by Cao Chen Shi, and the Shen family and the villagers were all unhappy. Although Cao Chen Shi was dead and the Cao family had paid compensation, everyone still looked down upon the Cao family.

Whenever Cao Wen’s family went out, they would be met with scornful glances from the villagers. The children in the village also refused to play with the Cao family’s children. The Shen family members would beat Cao Wen whenever they saw him, and many people would spit at him or throw rotten vegetables when they passed by the Cao family’s house, muttering curses.

After half a month, Cao Wen’s family could no longer bear the villagers’ scornful looks and left Lanhua Village. Before leaving, they sold the last acre of fertile land they had.

After that, Lanhua Village became completely peaceful and harmonious again. A month after Cao Wen’s family left, their house suddenly collapsed on its own!

Shen Nian didn’t care about the Cao family’s affairs. She only cared about growing up quickly and about the little boy.

How could such a small child be in the deep mountains and be able to control animals?

After all, he had helped her, he was her savior, she had to repay him in the future.

She just didn’t know if she would have the chance to see him again.

That night, Shen Nian slept in the room with Old Man Shen and Old Lady Shen.

In the middle of the night, Shen Nian suddenly felt something and opened her eyes wide, seeing a small figure.

In the darkness, she couldn’t see the figure’s appearance, but she could feel that it was the little boy.

The little boy stood in the room, seeing Shen Nian open her eyes and look at him, he grinned, took out something and placed it next to Shen Nian, poked her little face with his finger, then climbed out the window and jumped down, gently closing the window behind him.

Shen Nian was very confused. This little guy actually came out of the deep mountains, came in without saying anything and left again, he was so elusive, it was scary!

What did he put next to her?

Shen Nian couldn’t see it, but she could smell it.

She sniffed, and her small body trembled.

Good heavens, this was…

At dawn, Old Man Shen saw the thing on the bed and cried out: “Ah! Ah! Such a big Ganoderma lucidum! Where did this Ganoderma lucidum come from?”

His voice was a little loud, waking up Old Lady Shen, who slapped him: “Don’t wake up my precious granddaughter!”

After that, every half a month or so, the little boy would come once. Every time, he would come in the middle of the night, quietly sneaking in, touching Shen Nian’s little face, leaving a gift, and quietly leaving.

The gifts were either Ganoderma lucidum, wild fruits, or small snakes, yes, that’s right, small snakes.

One morning, seeing the half-dead snake wrapped around Shen Nian’s hand, the Shen family was almost scared out of their wits.

It was the first day of the twelfth lunar month, Shen Nian turned one year old. The Shen family, following the example of wealthy families, held a first birthday ceremony for her.

Looking at the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, wooden knife, wooden pots and bowls, real silver, and other things in front of her, Shen Nian pulled them all in front of her and said domineeringly: “Fist bite!”

She wanted them all!

She could speak, but her tongue was not straight and her pronunciation was unclear.

The Shen family were surprised, then they praised her endlessly.

“My daughter is amazing, she wants them all, she’s going to be a versatile talent in the future!”

“My precious granddaughter is amazing!”

“My little sister is cute and amazing!”

The villagers who came to attend the first birthday ceremony also followed suit, praising her without thinking, and they were all used to saying things to please children.

Shen Nian looked up at the ceiling.

This year, the weather was good and the harvest was plentiful, the villagers all said it was because of her good fortune, and her family members doted on her every day, praising her for everything she did, she was already numb to it!

That night, Shen Nian slept in the same room with her parents.

Her parents were both asleep, but she couldn’t sleep.

She calculated the time, the little boy hadn’t come to see her for more than three months.

Did he die in the mountains by accident?

Or was he not interested in her face anymore?

She hadn’t seen him for a long time, she missed him, but she was too young to go into the mountains.

Just as she was thinking about this, Shen Nian’s eyes turned and she saw a small figure skillfully climbing in through the window.

Her eyes lit up, she got out of bed and walked towards him, her little legs wobbling.

The little boy was about to come over when he saw Shen Nian walking towards him first. He was a little surprised and gestured.

Little one, you can walk!

Shen Nian nodded at him, took her little cotton jacket from the side, clumsily put it on, walked over and took his hand.

Suddenly having his hand grabbed, the little boy was a little uncomfortable, but feeling the softness of the little one’s hand, he didn’t shake it off.

Shen Nian pointed to the window and whispered, “Island outside cotton speak.”

Let’s talk outside.

Grandpa and Grandma are sleeping, this is not the place to talk, she had a lot to say to the little boy.

Seeing that Shen Nian could actually speak, the little boy was even more surprised. He understood her meaning and immediately reached out to hug her and climb out the window.

The window was closed again, and the two elders were completely unaware that their little granddaughter was missing, sleeping soundly with loud snores.

Being carried out by the little boy, Shen Nian saw the white wolf, which was actually guarding under the window.

The little boy said something to the white wolf, then carried Shen Nian and ran all the way, the white wolf following closely behind.

The little boy’s body was clearly very thin, but he was very strong. He didn’t feel tired at all carrying Shen Nian, and he ran very fast, like a wild animal.

After leaving the Shen family’s house, they arrived at a hillside. Seeing that the little boy was still going to run, as if he wanted to take her into the deep mountains, Shen Nian quickly shouted to stop.

“Stop!”

The little boy stopped and looked at Shen Nian in confusion: “You not mountain?”

Shen Nian struggled out of his arms and stood firm before saying softly, “Jin mountain left kidney what? Bedroom let you stay nest come out chat!”

Why go into the mountains? I want you to take me out to chat!

Wow! Since she could speak, this was the first time she had spoken so many words at once, it was tiring.

The little boy scratched his head: “Oh, material sky.”

He was one year older, but he still spoke with a lisp. Only Shen Nian could understand him, because she also had a lisp!

The two children with lisps sat on a stone and chatted, the white wolf guarding nearby.

It was very cold on the winter night, Shen Nian couldn’t help but shiver. Seeing this, the little boy took off the fox fur scarf around his neck and put it on Shen Nian’s neck.

Shen Nian smiled at him: “Rest!”

What a little sweetheart.

The little boy grinned.

Shen Nian asked: “You good old beautiful come find me, why?”

You haven’t come to see me for a long time, why?

The little boy didn’t speak, but pointed to the white wolf’s right hind leg. There was a wound on the leg, although it had already healed, it was no longer covered by white fur, and it looked very ugly.

Then he took off his fur coat, revealing his right arm, which also had a hideous scar.

This was to tell Shen Nian that he and the white wolf were injured, so they couldn’t go out of the mountains.

Shen Nian felt very heartbroken.

Although the little boy had the skills to survive in the wild and had the protection of the wolf pack, he was too young. In the mountains, besides wolves, there were all kinds of ferocious beasts, and the dangers were everywhere. His life in the mountains was very difficult, and he was in danger at any time.

He was a human, not a beast!

He couldn’t stay in the deep mountains forever. If he stayed there for too long, he would forget human language. Otherwise, he wouldn’t still be speaking unclearly after a year, and he wouldn’t be able to express many things with language.

Shen Nian looked at the boy’s clear and bright eyes and smiled: “I want let nickname micro my price recognize!”

I want you to be my family!

……

In the morning, Old Lady Shen woke up and saw the snow falling outside through the window crack. She frowned and muttered to herself, then turned to look for her little granddaughter. When she saw her little granddaughter at the corner of the bed, she suddenly widened her eyes and let out a scream: “Ah!!!”

Old Man Shen was startled awake and jumped out of bed. When he saw his little granddaughter, he also exclaimed: “Ah!!!”