The couple played at Green Pine Rock for a day before descending the mountain and returning home.
Ouyang Meihua came to ask about Tian Jing’s uncle.
Tian Jing told her that her uncle had asked some questions, taken the item from her hand, and then continued up the mountain.
Ouyang Meihua was surprised, "Does he have martial arts?"
Tian Jing shook her head, "Probably not. I took him to the Hot Spring Valley. But he has a gun."
"A gun?" Ouyang Meihua’s eyes widened, "Did he threaten you?"
"Yes."
Tian Jing nodded, "Otherwise, why would I take him to the Hot Spring Valley? Why would I give him what he wanted?"
Ouyang Meihua gritted her teeth, "How detestable! What kind of relative is he? Never mind them again."
"Mhm."
...
The couple went to the quadrangle courtyard on the east side of the village to pick up their child.
The child wasn't coming back with them, saying they wanted to learn with their older brothers and sisters.
Grandpa Xiao chuckled, "That’s right, Ranran can stay and learn. He’s very well-behaved and can sit still."
Li Weili disagreed, "Great Grandpa, I'm well-behaved too, and I'm better behaved than all three of my younger brothers."
"Yes, yes, Lili is the most well-behaved."
Li Weili proudly raised her head, "Of course."
Tian Jing bent down and tapped her daughter’s forehead, "When you go to school, if you argue like this, the other children will laugh at you."
"At home, everyone lets you have your way, and your younger brothers also let you have your way."
"At school, they are all classmates. What will you do if you argue with classmates?"
Li Weili rubbed her forehead, "What would I argue with them about? Argue for the teacher? If I study well, I don't need to argue; the teacher will praise me. What I argue with my brothers about is you."
Tian Jing was stunned.
"Hahaha."
Grandpa Xiao clapped his hands and laughed heartily, "Lili is absolutely right. What is there to argue about at school? As long as you study well, you will naturally be praised without striving."
Li Zhengguo stroked his daughter’s head, "My daughter is so smart; she even made her mother speechless."
Li Weili raised her head again, "That’s right."
Tian Jing straightened up, "Alright, Ranran is here too, Lili, you must take good care of your younger brother."
Li Weili already knew her younger brother was her biological brother, and she usually protected him more.
"Mhm, Mom, don't worry."
...
Without the children accompanying them, the couple went their separate ways.
Li Zhengguo went to find Mayor Ji.
It is worth mentioning that Mayor Ji had already dropped the title of Deputy, which was why there was the nomination for Deputy County Mayor.
Tian Jing, on the other hand, went into the deep mountains, intending to help Xiao Hei and the others conquer new territory.
Because, for the great development of Mount Ku, tourism and hot springs were the trump cards.
Wolves should maintain their wild nature, so migrating wolf packs were the top priority.
When Tian Jing said she wanted to help it conquer territory, Xiao Hei wagged its tail vigorously and whimpered.
"What do you mean? You don't want to leave?"
Xiao Hei lay on the ground motionless.
"But this place will be developed into a tourist destination, and your territory will be gone."
Xiao Hei jumped into the hot spring pool with a plop.
Was it unwilling to leave the hot spring?
"Xiao Hei, how about this? We can go patrol the mountain. Wherever you like, we will claim it as our territory. If you don't like any place, we will discuss another solution."
Xiao Hei ran out of the hot spring pool, wagged its tail twice, and then squatted, looking at Tian Jing.
It agreed.
Tian Jing breathed a sigh of relief, "Let's go."
Before, Tian Jing would fly over from above. This time, walking deeper into the mountains with Xiao Hei, she had a different feeling.
Especially when she saw Xiao Hei fighting a wild boar, its fierce biting was completely different from the Xiao Hei she usually saw.
Xiao Hei easily killed the wild boar and then looked at Tian Jing.
"What?"
Xiao Hei nudged the dead wild boar with its nose.
"Are you asking me to carry this dead wild boar back for you?"
Xiao Hei looked at Tian Jing with expectant eyes.
"Alright, alright, wait here. I'll be back soon."
Indeed, it was very quick, taking only more than ten minutes for the round trip. Tian Jing warned Xiao Hei, "We are here to find new territory, not to hunt. And I am not your porter."
Xiao Hei bolted away.
Tian Jing: "..." It's ignoring me?
Deeper and deeper they went, and they kept hunting along the way.
The 'porter' Tian Jing was exhausted.
They passed by the territory of the wild boar pack, the territory of the macaque group, and the territory of the leopard, and continued to go deeper.
Seeing the direction Xiao Hei was running, Tian Jing yelled to stop it.
"Xiao Hei, are you going to Xiaosong's location?"
Xiao Hei squatted in front of Tian Jing, wagging its tail slightly, its little eyes looking at Tian Jing wistfully.
"You are going?"
Xiao Hei wagged its tail.
"But if you run like this, there are countless dangers on the road. Xiaosong and I took a shortcut through the trees to get in."
As soon as Tian Jing finished speaking, Xiao Hei got up and went behind her. Before she could turn around, something landed on her shoulder. Caught off guard, she almost fell forward.
Tian Jing, who had regained her balance, was amused and angry, "You want me to carry you? Don't be ridiculous. Get down quickly, and I'll figure something out."
Faced with the method Tian Jing came up with, Xiao Hei hesitated for a moment, then crawled in.
Tian Jing pulled the mouth of the straw net bag, "Hmph, aren't you still caught in my net?"
"Whimper."
Xiao Hei protested unhappily, but Tian Jing ignored it, pulling the mouth of the straw net bag, "Let's go, let's go see Xiaosong."
Seeing Xiao Hei, Xiaosong was very happy, "Tiantian, why did you scoop it up like that?"
Xiao Hei, released by Tian Jing, circled Xiaosong a few times and lifted its leg.
It circled Xiaoqing a few times, lifted its leg, and then squatted beside Tian Jing.
Xiaosong's happiness turned into displeasure and disgust, "Tiantian, why did you bring this unhygienic fellow in?"
"I want to change its territory, and it doesn't want to leave, but I plan to open the Hot Spring Valley..."
"Then it kept running inside. I asked it if it was looking for you, and it just looked at me wistfully."
After listening to Tian Jing, Xiaosong became happy again, "This place is great. Letting Xiao Hei and the others come in and claim a territory is also a good idea."
"Didn't you also say this place is relatively safe? If the Hot Spring Valley is opened, Xiao Hei's life will be threatened."
Tian Jing looked up at the pine tree shaking its branches, "The key is, how did Xiao Hei know about this place?"
Xiaosong said cheerfully, "I told it. It can understand me."
"When did you tell it?"
"When it was transplanted, we were working together. Xiao Hei was watching under Green Pine Rock. I saw a question in its eyes, so I told it. Then, I saw envy and longing in its eyes."
Tian Jing playfully chided it, "You could be a psychologist."
"Provided I could turn into a human."
Tian Jing didn't banter with it and turned to ask Xiao Hei, "Are you planning to come here?"
"Wuwuwuwu."
Xiao Hei's tail wagged very fast, and Tian Jing couldn't understand it at all.
Xiaosong understood, "Tiantian, it wants to see if there is a suitable territory."
Tian Jing looked at Xiao Hei, who was now behaving and looking at her, and nodded, "Then go. I'll wait for you here."
"Awooo."
Xiao Hei howled up to the sky and immediately sprinted away.
Tian Jing was a little worried, "Xiao Hei is alone. Won't it get bullied?"
"Heh heh," Xiaosong chuckled slyly, "Tiantian, you've been fooled by Xiao Hei's obedient demeanor."
"I heard from other trees that Xiao Hei has taken on the big guys in that mountain range."
"Even leopards are no match for it. So, it didn't agree when you said you wanted to help it take territory. It wants territory; it doesn't need your help."
Tian Jing was surprised, "Xiao Hei can beat a leopard?"
"I heard they didn't fight; the leopard ran away as soon as it saw the wolf pack."
Tian Jing thought it was a smart leopard, one that wouldn't fight a pack.