Chapter 10 (1/2)

”Sister, it's the Spring Festival!”

On the edge of the Misty Mountain, the se ept up in an at Festival was just around the corner

This yearTianlei had driven the whole village since his return The gain had doubled several times with fewer casualties, whichconditions In the Spring Festival season, even the old storyteller of the village could treat hi Tianlei had found hi women could buy cloth of different colors to make one or t padded jackets and even Little shi+ba hiot one Noith the annual festival around the corner, happiness abounded in the prosperous village

Zhou Hua, whose belly was o, ell protected by the wangs Her husband's parents would not allow her to work at all All she had to do was eat, sleep and wait for the big ive birth to a fat baby boy andZhou Hua, aher fae of four

Over a decade's worth of daily routine made her unco about it

This was the reason Zhou Hua had nothing to do these days but sun-bathe, sitting by the wall of her yard, eyes closed, resting her hand on her big belly Lately, however, it seemed it would soon snoith the dark sky and fierce north wind In such terrible weather, she stayed indoors, sitting by the charcoal stove A thick cotton curtain hung on the door,it a warm haven

Little shi+ba visited and talked with his sister regularly for the chance to have a few nis Skill He could not afford the trouble he would get himself into if his memory failed and heher little brother bounce into the roo Festival Want your lucky et it”

”Now that you are ive hed and said Actually, in this village, kids were lucky to receive one or two copper coins as their lucky money He didn't really care about theto each other fro deep into thewith the youngin the woods for two basic reasons The first being that they already had enough animals for food and other basic daily necessities The second reason was that with the weather getting cold, the northern winds blowing and the first snow coo hunting The cunning beasts in the woods had already stocked enough food to get the in their caves and waiting for the first snow of this winter The e of this ti and combat tactics, and hope for better harvest when the snow stopped

Time flew by peacefully and happily Little shi+ba chatted with his sister for a little while, scanned wang Tianlei's Ignis Skill again when he had the chance and would then put it back, fully content It was alet dark outside

”It's too late Why don't you stay here tonight and have dinner with us?” Zhou Hua said

Little shi+ba shook his head immediately and said, ”No, thanks Moain”

Zhou Hua laughed and said, ”You don't say! You should be a good boy and not make her worry about you all the time”

”Sure!” Little shi+ba waved his hand impatiently and ran to the door

He ran fast because it was getting dark and his ain As soon as he reached the woodshed and was about to step out of the yard, he heard a loud ”Bang” co from the yard, and then, a scream

”Sister?!” Little shi+ba suddenly stopped, his heart fluttered That was Zhou Hua What happened?

There was no tiround, and headed back to the yard

The er fro Tianlei's father heard the big noise, and rushed out fro Tianlei's father was hardly an oldZhou Hua flee out in panic, he ran to her aid and helped her stand

”B-b-bear! Bear! A bear!”

ROAR!! A loud roar came from the room, the walls and door collapsed A black bear, over three h, rushed out from the ruins of the destroyed pitiful little house

”A bear?!”