"OK."

Chen Xinyue was afraid she wouldn't stay here long, so she wanted to go up the mountain to play for a while.

"Let's go."

The two of them left as soon as they said they would.

He filled two jugs with water, and not only took a wood-chopping knife, but also two bamboo sticks to make fire tongs.

He called out to Xiao Heibing, then carried his basket on his back and headed towards the mountain ridge.

Chen Xinyue had never climbed a mountain before, but fortunately her physical strength was quite good.

After walking for almost an hour, the two finally arrived at a few chestnut trees.

"Climbing mountains is really tiring."

Chen Xinyue rubbed her calves and, seeing the chestnuts lying on the ground, couldn't help but ask, "Jingyu, why isn't anyone going up the mountain to pick chestnuts?"

"How could there be no one here?"

Lin Jingyu smiled and said, "There are quite a few chestnut trees on the mountain, and they have just ripened. Most of the people going up the mountain to pick them are children."

When the chestnuts are fully ripe and fall to the ground in a few days, everyone will make time to go up the mountain to pick them.

Chestnuts are a staple food for many people. They can be used in dishes, added to rice and cooked together, eaten as a snack, or used to make chestnut cakes.

"You can eat them however you like. Every year when the chestnuts ripen, everyone goes up the mountain to pick them and take them home."

Chen Xinyue looked up at the chestnuts hanging on the tree. "So the chestnuts aren't fully ripe yet."

"They're ready to eat, and they're ripe, but there aren't many chestnuts that have just fallen from the ground."

As Lin Jingyu picked up the chestnuts on the ground, she said, "In a few more days, more will fall, and everyone will no longer need to climb the trees to pick them."

"In that case, shall we start coming up the mountain to pick chestnuts every day?"

Chen Xinyue gazed at the heavy chestnuts hanging on the branches, wishing she could take them all home.

"Okay."

Lin Jingyu readily agreed, "If we can't finish them, we can make them into snacks and send them to our families."

"Jingyu, you're so kind, sending everything home."

Thinking about what she had done, Chen Xinyue couldn't help but exclaim, "Your parents and brother will definitely be proud of you. You are so capable."