Under Tang Yuan's reminder, they bypassed the villagers waiting at the crossroads to catch them.
Because of this detour, they walked around half the mountain before returning to the original direction.
When hungry, Baozi would climb trees to search for bird eggs and identify wild fruits he once knew.
The two children were growing thinner at a rapid pace.
Baozi and Tang Yuan, holding two sticks they had made, reacted quickly after Tang Yuan was bitten by a venomous snake. Thankfully, they had pills in their bags, and after swallowing a pill, while nothing happened to Tang Yuan, they were both frightened.
After all, they were still children, just three or four years old.
The two little brothers had no choice but to break branches to use as sticks to disturb the grass on the road, scaring away wild animals and venomous snakes.
They walked on, stopping now and then.
Tang Yuan could no longer walk; his grass-made sandals were worn out, and his toes were blistered and bloody.
