That evening, the little beggars returned dejectedly. Big Brother A Xiong even had a bruise on his face. When they arrived in town at noon, they discovered that their usual begging spot had been taken over by other beggars. A Xiong tried to reason with them, but they were unreasonable and, relying on their older age, forcibly occupied their spot.
There were rules even among beggars, one of which was that one should not take another's spot. Clearly, the others saw A Xiong and his group as young and didn't bother with the rules. When A Xiong saw that they wouldn't budge, he started a fight. But unfortunately, although A Xiong was the oldest among the five, he was only ten years old and no match for them. He even took a few punches to the face. If he hadn't been tough since he was a child, he probably would have passed out.
But tonight, they would have to go hungry, though they were already used to it.
"A Xiong-ge, are you okay? Have something to eat to fill your stomach." The little girl A Wu took out the half of a steamed bun that was carefully wrapped in leaves. She was the youngest of the group and the only girl. The others always looked after her, but she also knew how to repay kindness. So, she offered her dinner to A Xiong, who was injured and needed to eat something to replenish his strength so he could recover faster.
But A Xiong refused, saying, "It's okay, it's always been like this. You eat it. You're still growing and need the nourishment, you can't go hungry."
"Yeah, yeah, A Wu, you eat it."
The others also chimed in, though their eyes revealed a longing gaze at the bun in A Wu's hand, they still insisted that she eat first.
Seeing that A Wu was reluctant to eat, A Xiong said with a smile, "A Wu, think about it, if you eat well now and grow up big and strong, you'll become a beautiful young woman and marry a rich young master. Then you can compensate us."
"Is that so?" A Wu asked.
A Xiong nodded. Seeing this, A Wu believed him and said, "Then I'll eat it. When I marry a rich man in the future, I'll let you eat meat every day."
The others all agreed with a laugh. Eating meat every day was a difficult dream to realize.
On the way back, they found the Golden Ancient Emperor sitting cross-legged on the ground again.
"Uncle, wake up, there will be wolves at night."
Seeing that the Golden Ancient Emperor was still motionless, they reminded him, but the Golden Ancient Emperor had already entered a deep state of enlightenment. His six senses were automatically closed, and he couldn't sense anything from the outside world.
"Oh no, could he have fallen to his death?" A Wu exclaimed in alarm. The other children's faces changed upon hearing this. A Xiong mustered his courage and walked towards the Golden Ancient Emperor, checking his breath, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"He's still alive! But if this goes on, it won't do. He'll be carried away by wolves," A Xiong said.
"A Xiong-ge, why don't we carry him back?" A Gou suggested.
"Okay, you guys stay here and watch him, I'll go find something." After A Xiong finished speaking, he ran off. Not long after, he returned with a long vine.
"A Xiong-ge, what are you going to do with these things?" Another little boy asked.
"A San, look at us kids, if we don't tie him up with something, how are we going to drag him home?" A Xiong explained.
"Oh, oh." A San nodded. Then, the five of them tiptoed and tied the vine around the Golden Ancient Emperor's waist. Then, the five of them used all their strength to drag the Golden Ancient Emperor towards their home bit by bit, leaving a long mark on the ground.
Logically speaking, even if the Golden Ancient Emperor entered a deep state of enlightenment, his body would still have autonomous defense capabilities. Ordinary people approaching him would have been crushed by his imperial might long ago, but his body sensed the kindness of A Xiong and the others and did not attack them. Instead, he allowed them to commit such an act that would be an insult to a Supreme Ancient Emperor.
Being dragged home like a piece of cargo by several unarmed mortal children, the Golden Ancient Emperor could be said to have created a historical precedent.
A Xiong's home was actually a dilapidated courtyard overgrown with weeds, the height of which was even taller than them, but the surrounding fences showed signs of repair, obviously to prevent wolves.
The group worked together to carry the Golden Ancient Emperor into the remaining half of the house, and then slumped to the ground, panting. They hadn't eaten dinner and had dragged the Golden Ancient Emperor back, their physical strength was completely exhausted.
"Grumble, grumble!"
At this time, a sound rang out. A Si, who was called a glutton by A Wu, looked embarrassed. To avoid embarrassment, he grinned foolishly.
"Grumble, grumble!"
"Grumble, grumble!"
...
Except for A Wu, who had already eaten half a steamed bun, the stomachs of the other four were rumbling.
"Let's go to sleep!" A Xiong said.
"Okay!"
The others nodded. This was their way of dealing with hunger. As long as they fell asleep, they wouldn't feel hungry.
They all found their beds. The so-called beds were just a few rotten wooden planks with some dried thatch on them. Even the blankets were made of thatch tied together. Fortunately, this was the Southern Wilderness and there would be no cold weather, otherwise, they would not be able to survive the winter.
Just as the five were falling asleep, several hungry wolves followed the trail left by them dragging the Golden Ancient Emperor and found this place.
In the darkness, several pairs of eyes stared eagerly at the courtyard. They had already smelled the scent of prey inside, but the fences and doors were blocking them outside.
But the Golden Ancient Emperor "swish" opened his eyes, his eyes still a little dazed. Where was the big pit beside him?
"Hmm?"
He looked around and found five children sleeping soundly. The little boy named A Si was still talking in his sleep, saying things like how delicious meat was. The glutton was really something, even dreaming about eating.
"Grumble, grumble!"
The Golden Ancient Emperor heard some sounds, his face froze, and then he said, "Sleeping on an empty stomach is not good for the body."
With that, the Golden Ancient Emperor flashed out of the house and came to the outside of the courtyard. When the wolves saw the Golden Ancient Emperor come out, they immediately pounced on him.
"Ordinary beasts, but it's okay, their bodies can't withstand demon beasts either."
After saying that, the Golden Ancient Emperor waved his hand, and several wolves lost their breath. They fell to the ground with a "thump thump thump", the sound was especially loud in the silent night.
"Uncle?"
At this time, A Wu's voice came from the courtyard, obviously the sound just now had woken them up.
"I'm here, I'm here!!"
The Golden Ancient Emperor carried a few wolves and lightly crossed the fence, entering the courtyard.
"Uncle, what are you doing?" A Xiong asked.
"What else can I do? Of course, I'm going to hunt some game. It just so happens that these stupid wolves are so sensible, they personally delivered themselves to my door."
The Golden Ancient Emperor chuckled, then cleared a spot in the courtyard and started working as a butcher in front of the children.
Gu Changsheng often grilled meat, and under his influence, he believed that his skills were good enough to graduate.
A Xiong and the others looked at each other.
"Are we dreaming?" The glutton A Si murmured.
"Ouch, A Gou, why did you bite me?" A Si looked at his arm in pain.
"If you feel pain, then it's not a dream. We're going to have meat to eat tonight!"
"Oh, oh!"
The children instantly became excited. They didn't care why the Golden Ancient Emperor was able to hunt wolves. All they knew was that they would have meat to eat tonight.
(Sleep, sleep, I can't hold on anymore, it's important to save my life!)
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