Chapter 36 Tracking

Looking at the wild boar not far away, and then at her brother holding a torch with a pale face and shaking hands, who was trying to pretend to be calm, tears unconsciously flowed out of Kani's eyes. She tightened the wooden knife in her hand, forcing herself to calm down. It didn't matter if something happened to her, but please don't let her brother get hurt.

Kani and Cardi siblings are from an old Tujia village on the edge of Shennongjia. The village is located in a remote area with no towns around. People in the village rarely go to towns outside the mountains because it takes two days to visit the nearest town. Most of the villagers in the village are self-sufficient, and sometimes they bring some medicinal herbs to exchange for things in other towns. Later, with the help of the government, a new village was built near the town outside the forest. Most of the villagers in the old village moved to the new village outside the forest, leaving behind some people who were reluctant to leave the old village. There were only about 10 households in total. And the Kani family is one of them.

There are only three people in Kani's family, Kani siblings and an elderly grandfather. Kani is 14 years old and her younger brother is 11 years old. Kani's mother fell ill and passed away shortly after giving birth to her younger brother. Kani's father also died in the mouth of a wolf pack three years ago while hunting in the forest, leaving Kani siblings and grandfather to rely on each other. The local department knew about the situation of the two siblings and took them to a school outside the forest for free to study. The siblings also achieved excellent grades in the school samples. This year, Kani happened to enter middle school, and Kani also reached fourth grade. If everything had continued to develop like this, it would have been considered good. Unfortunately, unexpected events happened. Kani's grandfather accidentally broke his leg while going to the mountains to collect herbs for the two siblings to make ends meet. If it weren't for an uncle from the same village who happened to discover it while collecting herbs, The two siblings may never see their grandfather again.

Grandfather had an accident, and the news was like a bolt from the blue for the siblings. If Grandfather really had an accident, the siblings would be orphans. At the moment of receiving the news, Kani and her younger brother rushed back to the old village for a day, smelling the strong smell of medicine in the hanging tower. Looking at Grandfather lying on the bed and injuring his body with scales, the siblings couldn't help but cry. Looking at the crying siblings, Kani Grandfather couldn't help but quietly shed tears. He was blaming himself for being useless, even getting injured after taking medicine, and the family didn't have much savings. What will happen to the siblings' living expenses in the future? The sentence is:?

Life is always full of helplessness. The siblings, who have lost their source of livelihood, bid farewell to school and returned to their old village. Although Grandpa's legs slowly improved, he could no longer exert himself. The burden of life fell on the young siblings, and Kani could bear it. The conditions at home were like this, and Kani had no choice but to pretend that nothing was wrong. However, in her free time, Kani could always see her younger brother quietly hiding books in a deserted place to study. Every time she saw her brother working hard, Kani couldn't help but cry. No matter how hard or tired she was, she had to let her brother read books. This is what happened to Kani after Grandpa's accident. The most hopeful thing in my heart.

Since then, after finishing her farm work every day, Kani would go up the mountain alone to pick some medicinal herbs, preparing to exchange money for her younger brother's education in the city. However, medicinal herbs are not so easy to pick. After generations of picking in the old village, there are no valuable medicinal herbs around the old village? If you want to collect valuable medicinal herbs, you have to go to places in the forest that no one has been to before,

Seeing that the new semester was about to start soon, every time Kani saw her younger brother who pretended to be indifferent and followed her to work in the fields, she couldn't help but shed tears quietly. After thinking for a long time, Kani finally made up her mind to take the risk of staying in the old woods for a few days, searching for some valuable medicinal herbs, and continuing her education with her younger brother no matter what.

Kani didn't tell her brother and grandfather about her decision, but quietly prepared what she needed to enter the old forest. The old forest was very dangerous, with bears, wild boars, wolves, and any of them could take her own life. But Kani really had no choice. After studying outside for a few days and seeing the gap between the outside world and her old village, Kani didn't want her brother to stay in this old village for the rest of his life.

Before dawn, Kani left a note at the bedside, telling her grandfather and younger brother that she had something to do and had gone to the city. Then, she took the bag she had already prepared and quietly left the house with some sweet potatoes. After walking a few steps, Kani turned around and looked at her dilapidated hanging tower, tears streaming down her face. She silently prayed in her heart for Niluoaba (the mother of the Tujia ethnic group) to bless her smooth journey.

Not long after Kani left, Cardi sneakily carried a bag and followed the wooden knife behind her waist. Although Cardi was only 11 years old, how could Cardi not have noticed her sister's abnormal behavior these days? When my sister was looking for those deworming medicines, Little Cardi had already started to wonder. It wasn't until yesterday that Little Cardi found the bag that her sister had hidden and saw the things that her grandfather often brought when he went out to collect herbs. Little Cardi couldn't help but understand her plans and secretly hated herself for being too young to take care of her. Little Cardi also secretly prepared some things and kept an eye on her movements.

Cardi's house lives in a hanging corner tower with a wooden floor. Walking on top of it, there is a constant banging sound. When Kari woke up, although she had already paid special attention to walking very lightly, she still woke up the little Cardi who was secretly watching. Little Cardi knew that she was running to find her sister now and would not get her consent. So little Cardi waited until her sister left the door before quickly jumping out of bed, putting on her clothes, and quietly running to her room. She looked at the note left by her sister and wrote a few words behind it quietly. The big idea was that she didn't trust her sister to go to the city alone and went with her sister. Why should she say? Big enough? Because Little Cardi doesn't know how to write several words and uses pinyin, I don't know if Grandpa can understand it.

Placing the note in a prominent place, Cardi quietly followed her sister with her belongings. Watching her walk towards the deserted old forest, the little one couldn't help but cry quietly. Although he had a guess in his heart, seeing that his sister was really walking alone towards the old forest, Cardi's heart couldn't help but go anymore. Didn't her sister know that her father had gone to the old forest and never returned? No, sister knows, sister, this is all for herself!

Kani's physical strength was very good. She didn't rest all the way until noon, when she found some dry wood to start a fire and roasted two sweet potatoes. She cooked the sweet potatoes and then found some water to put out the fire. Kani put the sweet potatoes in a bag behind her and ate them while walking. She used to collect herbs with her grandfather, and Kani had also been to the edge of the no man's land with him. She knew she still had a long way to go and had to get there before dark. There was a cave there where she could spend the night. Kani left a note with her grandfather and brother saying that she would be back in 4.5 days after going out, so she had only one. Two days were spent collecting herbs, so even if she was tired and wanted to rest, Kani held back and prayed hard in her heart for Nilobaba to bless her with some harvest.

Cardi hung behind her sister from a distance, as long as she didn't lose her sister. Kani in front didn't take a break along the way, but Cardi who was following behind was exhausted. When she saw her sister stop and start cooking sweet potatoes, Cardi couldn't help but sit on the ground and rest. After all, Cardi was only 11 years old. Although long-term labor made him stronger than his peers, Cardi was only 11 years old no matter how strong he was.

Suppressing the urge to light a fire and roast sweet potatoes, Little Cardi didn't want to give up all his previous efforts. If his sister found out at this moment, he would definitely be driven home. He took out a sweet potato from his bag and wiped it on his body, and started eating it like this. Little Cardi had just finished eating a sweet potato on one side, while Kani had already drawn water to extinguish the fire and set off on the road.

When his sister walked away, Little Cardi came to the bonfire that had been destroyed by her sister. Seeing that there was no more spark left, Little Cardi wanted to cry without a tear. He had originally planned to quietly grill two sweet potatoes after his sister left, but this time he couldn't think about it anymore. Little Cardi was disappointed for a moment. He told himself to hold on a little longer and wait until evening to meet his sister again. At that time, his sister couldn't force him to leave.