The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 222: Licking the Calf (I)

After making the chicken noodle soup, Qin Huai didn’t even have time to eat it.

I really want to see Qu Jing’s dream.

Other people's dreams and memories were either multiple or 0/?, but Qu Jing's was 0/1, which clearly showed that she only had one dream.

Moreover, the side quest also clearly states that after completing the quest and watching the dream, Qu Jing will wake up.

"Oh, my stomach hurts, I'm going to the bathroom first. You can eat first and don't have to wait for me!" Qin Huai left after saying this.

He walked very fast and ran as hurriedly as Zheng Da did after get off work every day.

In a flash, Qin Huai disappeared.

Tan Weian was holding the bowl of noodles and was very moved: "Qin Huai was so anxious, and he still had to finish making the noodles before going to the toilet."

I am so touched!

Tan Wei'an felt that he couldn't slack off and had to practice making minced fruit fillings. He worked hard quietly to give everyone a surprise.

Qin Huai didn't know that his simple words could make Tan Weian imagine so much. He walked quickly into the bathroom, hesitated for two seconds, chose the middle cubicle, went in, closed the door, and opened the game panel.

[A dream of Qu Jing].

According to the normal process, Qu Jing's side quest is completed and the dream is obtained. Qin Huai should notify Luo Jun and Chen Huihong as soon as possible to tell them the good news, and then the three of them go to Luo Jun's house to eat some nuts and fruits, hold a meeting to discuss, and finally look at the dream.

What? You said this is the process of watching Luo Jun's memory.

It doesn’t matter, anyone can follow this process.

But now the situation is urgent, Luo Jun and Chen Huihong are not around, and Qin Huai really wants to see it. In an emergency, Qin Huai directly ignores the process and watches it first.

Click on [Qu Jing’s dream].

Select Yes.

[Dream loading——]
What you see is a sea of ​​green.

The tree is not a towering one, but it has luxuriant branches and leaves. Because no one trims it, it grows wildly, some straight and some crooked.

The land was the most primitive and undeveloped land. It had just rained, the soil was moist, and the lush green grass seemed to have been stepped on by people, crawling on the ground.

Qu Jing is easy to recognize.

In this deep mountain forest, Qu Jing is the only living person within a radius of 100 meters.

Qin Huai looked at Qu Jing, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether Qu Jing was a powerful divine beast with great skills and courage, or a plant spirit who knew nothing and was just making random choices.

At this moment, Qu Jing actually looked like a child about 10 years old.

You know, whether it was Luo Jun or Chen Huihong, the form they chose in their first life was adulthood.

For most spirits, coming to the human world to survive is a dangerous thing. The elders often tell the spirits who have not yet survived how dangerous the human world is, with wars, hunger, plague, refugees... A strong one like Bifang can certainly be fearless, but most spirits are weak. In a dangerous environment, whether it is a child or an old man, they are absolutely at a disadvantage.

Even a plant spirit like Chen Huihong who has little common sense knows that when transforming for the first time, it should choose an adult who looks stronger.

When Chen Huihong was overcoming tribulations in her first life, she was beating refugees with her fists and trampling on robbers with her feet. If times had not changed and she had not been shot by a horse bandit, Chen Huihong might not have died so early.

Now Qu Jing looks like a thin girl about 10 years old. Qin Huai really doesn't know for a moment whether he should say that Qu Jing is talented and courageous, or that she is ignorant and fearless.

Qu Jing's clothes were very dirty and thin. The clothes were dirty, probably because she had been in the wild for a few days and had no way to clean them. When walking in the mountains and forests, it was inevitable that the clothes would be scratched by vegetation and branches. Qu Jing's clothes were full of small scratches, and there were many small cuts on her exposed arms and ankles. She looked very embarrassed.

Looking at the environment on the mountain, Qin Huai felt that it should be early spring now. It was not cold, at most a little chilly at night. Qu Jing's thin clothes were not outrageous.

In Qin Huai's memory of the first life of the monster, Qu Jing's appearance was considered the most normal.

Chen Huihong buried herself in the soil to sleep, and Luo Jun was a gangster with blood and gore. Compared with these two, Qu Jing's normal wilderness survival seems very rare.

Qin Huai followed behind Qu Jing.

He found that Qu Jing might really want to run deep into the mountains, and even if the spirits were in the form of children, their physical fitness was still good. Children's bodies were smaller and more flexible, and the rugged mountain roads were not difficult for Qu Jing to walk with his hands and feet. Sometimes Qin Huai even had to jog a few steps behind to keep up.

With the experience of dryland marathon in Chen Huihong's memory, Qin Huai now adapted to the map after changing it to the deep mountains and old forests. He followed Qu Jing silently, wondering in his heart what kind of monster Qu Jing was.

Qin Huai is more inclined towards plant and wood spirits.

She remembered that Chen Huihong seemed to have mentioned that although the ways that plant spirits and monsters survived the tribulation were generally rather confusing, there was one most cowardly way, which was to hide in a deep forest or mountain, hide for a few years to understand the situation outside, and then sneak out to survive the tribulation.

Compared with these plant spirits, Chen Huihong is considered a radical because she is afraid of contact with people, so she buries herself in the ground and doesn't get close to the main group, but only looks for lone people to try her luck.

Qin Huai followed Qu Jing for a whole day.

Qu Jing was not familiar with the environment in the mountains. He wanted to run deep into the mountains but took a detour and ran out for a while. In addition, he wasted a lot of time looking for edible wild fruits along the way. The two trips offset each other and his progress was returned to zero.

When night fell and the road was no longer visible, Qu Jing could only hold a few uneaten fruits in her pocket, find a tree to climb up and take a nap.

At the end of the day, the number of steps Qu Jing walked in the mountains could dominate the circle of friends, but she didn't say a word, not even the simplest soliloquy.

He kept searching for a way and food in silence, and looked very miserable.

Lone Ranger.

This is Qin Huai's impression of Qu Jing.

Qin Huai stood by the tree and could vaguely see the person on the tree in the moonlight. Qu Jing didn't sleep. She sat on the tree and seemed to be thinking about something. She thought for an hour or two before she fell asleep leaning against the tree trunk.

When the next morning light came, Qu Jing woke up, climbed down the tree, ate the fruit, and searched for fruit. She no longer insisted on running into the mountains, but looked for edible things first.

At this time, Qin Huai realized that although Chen Huihong's ability was not powerful, it was very practical.

Qu Jing still had to search all over the mountains for food, while Chen Huihong only had to pick some tree bark from her body.

Qu Jing searched for fruit for the whole morning but didn't find much, but she found finger-long fish in the stream. After trying to catch the fish with her bare hands without success, Qu Jing began to look for tools, found a few thin branches to use as a simple fishing rod, and lay down by the stream to fish.

This looks like a kitten using its tail to fish.

There is no extra emotion, just the desire for food.

While Qu Jing was concentrating on fishing, a faint sound came from not far away.

The sound was so soft that Qin Huai didn't hear it, but Qu Jing quickly became nervous and put himself on alert. He hid behind the nearest tree, quietly poked his head out, opened his eyes wide, and looked in the direction of the sound.

Is a hunter.

He looked old, with some gray hair that made him look very old, dry skin, strong arms, but his eyes were not cloudy.

From the eyes, we can tell that the actual age of this hunter is not as old as he looks, about 50 years old.

The hunter had a hunting rifle on his back and a long knife in his hand. After seeing the hunter's appearance, Qu Jing was so nervous that she held her breath and did not move. She hid stiffly behind a tree, very afraid of being seen by the other party.

The hunter was also very cautious, taking light steps and moving very slowly. If there had not been short and thin branches on the ground that Qu Jing had broken off for fishing, and the hunter had stepped on the branches and made a slight noise, Qu Jing would not have noticed him even if he had walked behind him.

The two of them were in a stalemate, and even Qin Huai, who was watching, became nervous. In Qin Huai's opinion, Qu Jing was a little too timid.

She was so timid and chose to take the form of a child. Qin Huai really couldn't figure out for a moment whether Qu Jing was making careful preparations or just recklessly trying to overcome the tribulation.

The two of them remained in a stalemate for about 10 minutes.

Finally, Qu Jing lost her balance and swayed slightly, and the sharp-eyed hunter discovered the tree where she was hiding.

"Who?" The hunter raised his gun vigilantly.

Qu Jing opened her eyes wide with nervousness, the fear in her eyes did not seem fake, her whole body was stiff from being too scared, she did not dare to move or come out, she just stood there stiffly without making a sound.

The hunter stepped forward quickly, pointing his gun at Qu Jing. He saw that the person in front of him was a thin girl with tattered clothes, messy hair, and two small fish in her arms that no longer jumped. He realized at a glance that it was the little girl who had stayed in the mountains for several days. He was stunned, put down his gun, looked at Qu Jing in surprise, but soon understood.

"What a sin! The girl is raised to this age and yet you still throw her into the mountains. Is this all she needs for food?" The hunter shook his head and sighed.

Seeing that Qu Jing was still looking at him in fear, the hunter softened his tone and stopped moving forward, asking, "Girl, which village are you from?"

Qu Jing didn't say anything.

"Did you run into the mountains by accident, or was someone brought you in? The mountains are very dangerous. Would you like to go out with Grandpa?"

Qu Jing still didn't speak.

No matter how the hunter asked, Qu Jing didn't say anything. He asked seven or eight questions in a row, but saw that Qu Jing didn't respond at all, but just hid behind the tree in fear, looking at him in horror. The hunter realized that something was wrong.

"Could he be mute?" The hunter muttered, and recalled some tragic past events in his mind. "No wonder."

"What a poor girl."

The hunter, who had already imagined Qu Jing's tragic identity, did not hesitate any longer. He stepped forward and grabbed Qu Jing's wrist. Regardless of Qu Jing's struggle and resistance, he wanted to take her down the mountain.

"Girl, there are tigers and black bears on this mountain. Last year, a tiger came down the mountain and killed several people. It's too dangerous for a little kid like you to stay on the mountain. Come down the mountain with grandpa first. Grandpa will help you find your home."

The hunter was undoubtedly a man of action. He took Qu Jing down the mountain as soon as he said he would. He gave up the rabbits in the backpack not far away and the backpack as well, and just pulled Qu Jing down the mountain.

Qu Jing tried to slip away but to no avail. In the end, he could only follow the hunter down the mountain with a fearless look on his face, as if they were not going down the mountain but to the execution ground.

The hunter led Qu Jing to the village at the foot of the mountain. At noon, there were many people in the village. When they saw the hunter leading a little girl, they greeted her and asked whose girl she was and why she looked like a refugee.

The hunter simply said that he had picked it up in the mountains and went straight to the village chief's house.

At the village chief's house, the village chief's wife took Qu Jing into the room, filled a basin with clean water for her to wash her face and hands, and washed her hair. Qu Jing wanted to resist, but the village chief's wife handed her a small boiled egg and half a corn.

Qu Jing did not resist.

Why resist when you have eggs and corn to eat? These things are much more delicious than fruits and raw fish.

Qu Jing had a look on her face that said, "Even if this is the last meal before execution, I'll accept it." She puffed up her cheeks and ate corn madly.

The village chief's wife felt a little amused and helpless when she saw Qu Jing's expression. She was afraid that she would choke, so she handed her a glass of water and took the remaining corn from Qu Jing's hand.

Facing Qu Jing's incredulous look, which was filled with "you won't let me finish my last meal", the village chief's wife smiled and said, "Lower your head and wash your hair first. There are sweet potatoes in the kitchen. We can eat them after you wash your hair."

Qu Jing lowered her head obediently.

Outside the house, the village chief was shocked as he listened to the hunter's story of how he found Qu Jing: "You just picked up a little girl in the mountains?"

"After raising it this big, someone still throws it away?"

"Who is so heartless? Which village is he from? How could they abandon such a big baby and throw it deep into the mountains?"

After saying that, the village chief frowned again: "But I haven't heard of any family in the nearest village with a girl who can't talk. If this girl can't talk, how can we find out who threw her away?"

The hunter said he was not the village chief and didn't know.

The village chief continued to frown: "Normally speaking, they have raised them to this size, and unless they really can't afford to eat, they won't just throw them away. They'll be thrown deep in the mountains and not given a chance to survive."

"I heard that Chen the Deaf from the next village became deaf due to a fever when he was a child. This girl is probably the same. She became mute due to illness and her family abandoned her."

"If that's the case, it's difficult to deal with. It might not have been thrown away by a nearby village, so there's no way to find it."

The hunter listened quietly.

"A ten-year-old girl can be married off for dowry after being raised for a few years. If she can work, being dumb won't affect her marriage. I don't know if there's anyone in this village who's willing to raise her. It's not a loss to give her food, anyway."

The hunter frowned when he heard this.

The village chief continued to ramble: "I'm afraid that besides being mute, she has some other illness. Otherwise, she just can't speak. Why would you leave such a big girl in the mountains?"

"I picked up the girl. Since no one else is raising her, I'll raise her," said the hunter.

The village chief nodded and said, "You can afford to raise a baby girl. If one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry. But you have never raised a baby girl before, so how can you raise one? You brought it to me as soon as you found it."

"If you want a child to take care of you in your old age, choose a boy. Girls are unreliable."

Orion:......

"Let it stay at your home for two days, and I'll bring the food later." The hunter said this and left angrily.

The village chief's wife heard the noise in the room and had no choice but to push open the door.

"You persuaded Lao Qu to adopt a child. Even when he's old, there's still someone who's filial to him. He's never listened to you. He finally found a girl in the mountains who has a connection with him. If you're so aggressive with him, will he be able to raise her?"

The village chief smiled meaningfully and said, "The food will be delivered later. Do you think we can feed them?"

"I'll have the eldest and second sons go to every household and ask them if they can afford to raise the child due to difficult conditions. Go find some old clothes that Sanni wore before and give them to the child to change into. Ask Lao Qu to send some more food later."

"The clothes of Sanni and Erni are all prepared and left for Lao Qu to exchange for food."

Village Chief’s Wife: …

Qin Huai:......

Qin Huai glanced around the room.

Qu Jing's hair was still wet, with water dripping down the ends of her hair. Her clothes were already wet, but she didn't care.

Because Qu Jing was taking advantage of the time to chew corn.

For a moment, Qin Huai didn't know whether to say 6 to the village chief or to Qu Jing.

In short, they are all very good.

Even if he was a plant spirit, Qu Jing should be one of those who had a miserable life.

How many days had she been hungry in the mountains? She was almost stuffing corn cobs into her mouth.

(End of this chapter)