Believes

"I hope so Wu Liang, I hope so too" Ao Nan replied softly.

"Come on, don't be like that, we better take a short walk to where the aunts take care of the ground bees"

"Huhh, I remember, my father told me to tell my mother to come back sooner." After letting out a cloudy air filled with his grievances, Ao Nan recalled his father's order from this morning.

"Well that you remember, don't be sad bro, Ao Nan is my family's most enthusiastic and responsible hehehe"

"hehh, let's go"

In a moment they both rise to their feet, and left their spears resting together under a large humpback tree nearby.

"I can't believe they actually learned so much from that guy" said the old man from the edge of the wheat field far away from where Ao Nan and Wu Liang were.

Uncle Lin Wen suddenly approached Uncle Zhou from behind who was alone watching Ao Nan and Wu Liang's training session that had ended.

"uhh uncle Zhou, it's no use talking about other families from behind"

"It's no use to me, so what, I have to speak openly, I'm satisfied if you just listen to my complaints" said grandpa Zhou in a mocking tone.

"Ehh? Your uncle is so strange, Why are you being so mean to our own family?" replied uncle Lin Wen feeling strange.

"Lin Wen, you are young and thoughtless, now you listen and learn, Wu Liang and Ao Nan will learn from that person then when they grow up they might pass down the knowledge gained from that person and teach Bei Zhang and Bei Zheng what they received" said grandpa Zhou in a serious dismissive tone.

"Gosh uncle, I also know that, I think you are indeed overreacting, you better apologize to Ge Wuan immediately"

"Hey! Don't mention his name in front of me"

"Uncle! What kind of grudge do you hold against him that you'd be so cruel to your own family?"

"Huh even if I tell you, you won't understand, my story is long"

"Alright alright, since uncle insists, I'd better listen to it on another occasion" Lin Wen's uncle replied in a resigned tone.

"I also think so, you're suitable for me" in a mocking tone clearly heard in Lin Wen's uncle's ears.

"Uncle, please, I'm not a place where you can berate me to your heart's content, I can also get angry and annoyed" Uncle Lin Wen said a little threateningly.

"Oh is that so, if that's the case why don't you ever get angry, or even show an expression of annoyance?"

"Uncle! Stop, I'm going to go bring the ready grain to the village"

"Hahaha you don't even dare to speak out loud when you tell me to"

"Uncle I'm going to get really mad at you!, ah forget it there's no point in arguing with you"

"Basic urghh, hey this part of me you haven't helped"

"Uncle never mind, I've helped you a lot, now help yourself" shouted uncle Lin Wen who then disappeared among the wheat grass that was still tall and not cut by grandfather Zhou.

"Tch, i hate this" said grandfather Zhou.

*****

"Tch, i hate this" said Yong Chun complaining.

"Why Yong Chun?" asked Hong Ling on his left.

"Why should I be in the back?" Yong Chun replied.

"You want to switch positions with me? Come on!" Feng Ge offered.

"That's not it, I mean I'm also experienced and have been through many patrols."

"Huh geez, the envy thing again, are you faster and more agile than Hei Xing?" asked Hong Ling.

"No, huh, I think I'm more suitable for the role of a helper"

"Come on guys, you are not as bad as you think, Yong Chun, without you, the back position will be empty and we will also be a force of strength, remember, the more people the better they are" replied Feng Ge.

"Yes, but strangely our village never has more than 100 people, even 50 people" Hong Ling added.

"Hahaha you are right too, it seems that before our current period, people were more courageous and desperate to go out there" Feng Ge replied.

"Hahaha you're right, even now the elders will be outright angry if anyone wants to go outside the village" said Hong Ling's uncle.

"Urgh especially Ming Qi's grandfather, he's the one who's most against it" said Uncle Yong Chun adding his two cents.

"Hahaha, I know how Grandpa Ming Qi feels, he is the oldest person in our village, he definitely has the most impressions about this village" said Uncle Feng Ge.

"Hmm you are right Feng Ge, especially about his wife" replied uncle Yong Chun.

"Hush, don't talk about the past" Feng Ge's uncle interrupted him.

"I understand, I'm not even jealous" replied uncle Yong Chun.

"What person envies suffering?" Hong Ling uncle added.

"Hahaha you're right too" Uncle Feng Ge replied to Hong Ling's answer while laughing casually.

The three of them walked quickly while chatting lightly about what they were thinking at that moment, in front of them only a dozen steps, there was uncle Bei Shen who was silent while carrying uncle Cang Yan, uncle Bei Shen was silent because he wanted to save his energy by staying silent and while listening to the conversation of the three people behind him, Likewise with Uncle Cang Yan, he didn't care much about the three people, he just endured the pain and sting he experienced, after pulling out the few splinters that could be pulled out, he was carried by Bei Shen and directed by Hei Xing to return to the village.

Passing through a small path surrounded by tall and densely leafed pine trees, causing the light to not enter all but still be able to see clearly, except for a few spots, this path is also surrounded by shrubs, sometimes there is a red-spotted berry bush, this is a parasitic plant that lives together with ordinary berry bushes.

This road is small, but because it has been passed almost frequently in the past, it has been cleared of fallen and scattered pine trees, and also of piles of pine tree leaves that have accumulated.

Suddenly they heard the sound of Hei Xing laughing out loud from the direction in front of them, then the sound turned into a hysterical scream that sounded loud to their ears, they all immediately fell silent in their respective places while assessing the current situation.

"Arghh, what's wrong with that kid?" asked uncle Yong Chun in shock.

"No it's not Hei Xing, it's a Voice-mimicking mole, you listen carefully" said uncle Bei Shen trying to explain.

"Yes, you're right Bei Shen, that kid wouldn't have acted strangely like that just now" said uncle Feng Ge.

"H-hey doesn't the mole mimic the sounds it hears?" asked uncle Yong Chun doubtfully.

"Huh, then what happened to Hei Xing?" said uncle Hong Ling.

"Oh my, even though we've been in the hunting lodge for a long time, we still can't get used to the new atmosphere that comes suddenly" said uncle Yong Chun.

"That's why you guys often join Ao Qi" Uncle Bei Shen replied. A few moments later, as they were walking, Hei Xing came running towards Uncle Bei Shen's group.

"Uncle Bei Shen, in front of the safe, earlier there was a group of mimicking moles who held a marriage contest, then I laughed at their funny behavior during the marriage, so they laughed along with me, then I sighed softly because my position was discovered, they screamed hysterically."

"That's what it was like, you heard it yourself, right?"

"I'm sure the other uncles are not familiar with the mimicking mole, they are like that, rarely encountered, but when they accidentally meet, they will gather in large numbers and that is a sign that they are mating" Hei Xing explained as he walked with the group.

"Why do they mate when it's almost the cold and snowy period?" asked Hong Ling's uncle seriously.

"I don't know much uncle, but I think that they mate before the snowy cold period because in this period most living things like them prefer to spend their time lazing around, I don't know any solid basis to support me but I think that's what they are hehehe"

"Hoo, but doesn't that mean that their children are not taken care of?" asked Uncle Yong Chun in surprise.

"Uncle, I'm just a watcher, not a voyeur."

"Hahaha, you said it well Hei Xing" said Uncle Feng Ge laughing lightly, so did the other two uncles behind, while Cang Yan smiled a little down as he endured the pain and sting that almost stimulated his entire body, as well as Uncle Bei She who only smiled, he did not want to laugh to save his energy while walking.

"Uncle, do you smell something? Oh no, the smell is coming from the direction of Uncle Cang Yan, the wound on Uncle Cang Yan is giving off a distinctive odor."

Immediately, they all stopped.

"oh no" in an instant Uncle Bei Shen gently placed Uncle Cang Yan in a sitting position.

"I knew it, what I thought is right" Hei Xing said in surprise while swallowing his saliva, with his eyes wide open in shock at the terrible condition of uncle Cang Yan.

They all saw Uncle Cang Yan unconscious, his body cold and limp, his face deathly pale, with fresh blood flowing from wounds and scratches on the skin of his abdomen, arms, and legs, the edges of which were relatively dark green and gray and looked like creeping roots on each side where the scratches were.

"Is he going to die?" asked Uncle Yong Chun with a slightly regretful expression painted on his middle-aged face with no hair except for his rather long sideburns past the ear line.

"No one will die today" Uncle Bei Shen replied firmly after putting Uncle Cang Yan down.