novelden Chapter 166 Winter Flowers
Chapter 166 Winter Flowers
The dog-cobra is not a snake, but a creature that looks similar to a loach. It is completely naked, but it has four legs and snake-like scales on its body.
The dog snake has a pointed head and round eyes, which makes it look very cute. Children in the mountains have no toys and no entertainment, so small animals like the dog snake, which looks cute, is non-toxic and harmless and does not bite people, sadly become toys for children.
This little animal is very agile and extremely afraid of people. It will disappear without a trace when it hears the slightest movement from people, so children often return home empty-handed.
Occasionally, an unfortunate dog snake is caught by children and becomes their "toy" or a delicacy on the barbecue.
Wen Xi was not interested in this kind of thing, so she did not extend her evil hands to the dog snake, and she really couldn't bring herself to eat this kind of thing.
As Wen Xi was walking, the sign-in system suddenly released another task, and then she saw the arrow.
Wen Xi followed the arrow and walked in the direction it indicated. After walking for about ten minutes, he saw a little girl lying in the dense grass on the slope. The little girl was so thin that her bones were visible. Her arms and hands were no different from those of a chicken. Her clothes were so tattered that there was no place to patch them.
Wen Xi squatted down and saw that the little girl had a pair of big eyes open, but her eyes were as dull as those of an old person. Wen Xi asked in confusion, "Little sister, what's wrong with you?"
The little girl looked at Wen Xi who suddenly appeared, a little surprised, but her face showed no expression. She just spoke softly, "Sister, you are so beautiful, are you a fairy?"
Wen Xi shook her head. "I'm not a fairy, I'm a human. What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
The little girl shook her head weakly, her voice was weak, "Sister, I'm so hungry, I can't get up, am I dying?"
The system can guide Wen Xi here, which means that the girl is indeed dying, and the system asked her to come here to let her save the little girl.
So Wen Xi did not hesitate, but took advantage of the cover of the backpack to get a glass of water from the system warehouse, helped the little girl up, and fed her the water.
The little girl was really skinny. When Wen Xi supported her, he only touched her bones and not a single piece of flesh.
After the little girl finished drinking the water, Wen Xi quickly took out a steamed bun. Afraid that the little girl would choke herself, he soaked the steamed bun in water until it became a paste to make it easier for her to eat.
The little girl smelled the fragrance of the steamed buns and couldn't help swallowing. She hadn't smelled the fragrance of fine grains for many years. Wenxi fed the little girl one spoonful at a time with a spoon. Because she had been hungry for too long, Wenxi was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable if she ate too much, so he only fed her half. Then he helped her to a big tree and let her sit down against the tree.
"Little sister, how old are you? What's your name? I have been in the Harvest Brigade for several months, but why have I never seen you before?" Not only had she never seen her in this life, but she had also never seen this little girl in her previous life when she lived here for two years.
I don’t know what’s going on. Many things are different from before, and many people are also different from before. I don’t know what went wrong.
"Sister, my name is Donghua and I'm ten years old." The little girl's condition improved a little and a hint of admiration appeared on her face. I wonder who she mistook Wen Xi for.
"Winter flower? A flower that blooms in winter. What a nice name. Your family is good at giving you names." Wen Xi said with a smile.
Although Donghua is ten years old, her body is very thin. She seems thinner than a six or seven-year-old child. It is not normal at all. She looks like neither human nor ghost, which is a bit shocking.
"Donghua, why are you..." Looking at Donghua's miserable appearance, Wen Xi's voice was choked.
"I'm fine, sister." Donghua stretched out her hand to wipe away the tears from Wenxi's face, but when she looked at her black claws, she retracted her hand.
Wen Xi looked at his watch and saw that it was almost time to make lunch and he couldn't delay any longer, so he gave Dong Hua two steamed buns and a glass of water and asked her to hide them and eat them slowly. He also told her that he would come here again in the afternoon and asked her not to run around.
There are no large prey on this mountain, so it is very safe.
As for what exactly happened to Jin Changfeng that time, these are confidential matters and Wen Xi, an outsider, has no idea about them. Anyway, the mission was successfully completed and Jin Changfeng survived. This is the best result.
After returning home, Wen Xi cooked with a heavy heart. After the meal was ready, he did not wait for Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue to come back, but went directly to find Lin Yiwan and asked her if she knew about the child Donghua. After all, Lin Yiwan traveled through time seven years ago, and Donghua was already two or three years old at that time.
There is such a child in the team, Lin Yiwan must know something about him!
"Donghua?" Lin Yiwan thought for a moment and shook her head. "I have no impression of this name, and I have never heard of it."
After hearing this, Lin Yiwan's mother thought for a long time before she realized, "I remember now. It was Qian Chenggong, the man who lived in the seventh household in the first row. He worked at the quarry a few years ago when it was still open. He was with a woman there. Later, the woman gave birth to a child, Donghua. Qian Chenggong brought the woman and Donghua back home and wanted to marry Donghua's mother. However, Qian Chenggong's parents had already chosen a daughter-in-law they were satisfied with, so they naturally would not agree to them being together. Later, Donghua's mother was chased away by his parents, leaving behind a little baby, Donghua."
Wen Xi and Lin Yiwan were both stunned. They had never expected that even after the child was born, they still didn’t agree with them being together.
Both of them stared at Lin Yiwan's mother with wide eyes and full of expectation. Lin Yiwan's mother swallowed her saliva and continued, "Later, Qian Chenggong married the girl his parents chose for him under the arrangement of his parents. The girl didn't agree at first. After all, no one wants to be a stepmother after getting married. It was Qian Chenggong's parents who said that Donghua would be raised by the old couple. Only then did the girl agree to marry Qian Chenggong. Later, Donghua lived with her grandparents, but she was always at home. No one had a chance to see her. Even I didn't have any impression of her."
"Several years have passed, and Qian Chenggong now has four children, a son and a daughter. But the girl is pitiful. Even after giving birth to a child, she is still not accepted. The mother and daughter may never meet in this life. After she got married, no matter whether she told the truth to her husband or not, her husband would despise her and even treat her badly, because few men can accept that their wife had given birth to a child for someone else before marriage."