Fu Man'er blinked and clasped her two little hands together.

There really aren't any left!

At the same time, people nearby ran over one after another. The few lackeys felt ashamed. Chen Ergou actually stole something from a little kid. How shameless!

Fu Man'er was very angry, and the consequences were serious. The big mushroom she wanted to show her brothers was snatched away by that big dog.

She casually picked up a clod of dirt from the side and threw it at Chen Ergou.

"Ouch!" Chen Ergou felt a sharp pain in his buttocks, and his legs almost gave way. If he hadn't grabbed the tree trunk in time, he would have fallen.

At that moment, he didn't bother looking back to see what was going on. He just wanted to run as fast as possible, so that no one would know that he had taken the big mushroom.

As he ran, he encountered Xu Yi, who was coming up the mountain. He quickly put the big mushroom into the bamboo basket, looking at the big trees and bushes beside him, but not at Xu Yi.

Xu Yi was preoccupied with the people on the mountain, so he didn't pay attention to Xu Yi's guilty look.

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Once Xu Yi left, Chen Ergou secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In case they came to snatch the big mushroom later, he would eat it as soon as he got home.

"Brother, I think I hear someone crying." Xu Mao listened intently, but it wasn't very clear.

"You must have misheard." Xu Yi felt the voice was like a thunderclap; who could cry so loudly?

But the closer the two got to the flat ground, the louder the sound became. When they finally reached the flat ground, this was what they saw:

Fu Man'er plopped down on the ground, spread her legs, clenched her fists, tilted her head back, and burst into tears, which flowed like pearls from a broken string.

Xu Mao and Xu Wu, at a loss for what to do, stood beside Fu Man'er, seemingly talking amongst themselves.

Xu Yi strode up and asked anxiously, "What's wrong?" He felt that his two younger brothers were unreliable.

When Fuman left, she was clean and smiling, but now she looks like a little mud figure.

"Brother." Fu Man'er squinted at Xu Yi, looking aggrieved, "Big mushroom, big dog, snatch." Her words were broken and unclear.

Xu Yi scooped her up in his arms, not minding the mud all over her backside, and asked, "What happened?" He was referring to Xu Mao and Xu Wu.

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The two brothers recounted what had just happened in detail. They were so busy picking mushrooms that they didn't realize the big mushrooms had been stolen until their sister started crying.

Xu Mao lowered his head in frustration, "They outnumber me; I'm afraid I can't beat them."

"Hmph, I'll go down and snatch the mushrooms back right now." Xu Wen was impatient. He had just run into Chen Ergou on the road, and if he chased after them now, he might be able to catch up with them.

"Hey." Xu Yi called out to him, his expression displeased. "No rush, there's plenty of time later. Now hurry up and pack the mushrooms."

Fu Man'er sobbed on his shoulder, and Xu Yi gently patted her back, trying to comfort her.

"Don't cry, we can find more big mushrooms. Other mushrooms are delicious too." He thought Fu Man'er was crying so sadly because there was no more food.

"Hiccup." Fu Man'er hiccuped, her little mouth pouting down. "I want to show it to my brother." That mushroom was so pretty, she wanted to show it to her brother.

Xu Yi didn't care whether the mushrooms were for eating or for looking at; as long as he could appease the little girl, that was all that mattered.

Fortunately, Fu Man'er was tired from crying. She snuggled in Xu Yi's arms for a moment and then thrashed to the ground. Without the big mushroom, she still needed to find other things.

When Xu Yi and his team came up the mountain this time, they brought two extra bamboo baskets, hoping to bring back more things. However, they didn't expect that there would be no mushrooms behind the flat ground.

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Even though Chen Ergou and his group hadn't found much, they were still determined to search the mountaintop after a thorough search.

"Man'er, let's go." Xu Yi walked behind Fu Man'er and kicked her bottom with his toe. Ever since they started picking mushrooms, the little girl had been kneeling under this crooked bamboo, playing with something.

Fu Man'er was digging with great enthusiasm, not even turning her head. She took a small step forward, leaving Xu Yi with a full view of the back of her head.

Xu Yi pressed his tongue against his back teeth, his patience about to run out, and then reached out to pull up Fu Man'er's collar.

"Brother, look." Just as she stretched out her hand, Fu Man'er suddenly turned around, holding a large bamboo shoot in her hands. The shoot was longer than her arm, and Fu Man'er was having some difficulty holding it.

Just as Xu Yi was about to take the bamboo shoots, someone beat him to it—it was Xu Mao. "Sister, did you dig these bamboo shoots?"

"There are bamboo shoots here, even though there aren't many bamboo stalks."

"Such huge bamboo shoots, they must taste amazing."

Xu Yi felt a sense of déjà vu about this scene. With a wave of his hand, he subtly brushed aside the people surrounding Fu Man'er.

“There are many more down here,” Fu Man’er pointed to the ground and said to everyone as if showing off a treasure.

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The group of people who were about to leave immediately started digging. There weren't many bamboo plants growing here, but there were many bamboo roots, and there were many bamboo shoots next to each bamboo root.

The color of its outer shell is not much different from that of rotten leaves, so it would be difficult to spot if the soil had not been dug up.

Xu Yi looked at the little girl with a puzzled expression. "How did you know there were bamboo shoots here?"

People usually don't come to this kind of place on purpose because they subconsciously assume there won't be any bamboo shoots or wild mushrooms.

"I knew it was here because it smelled so good." Fu Man'er said, sniffing the air. Her greedy expression immediately dispelled Xu Yi's doubts.

What is he expecting? She's just a gluttonous, silly girl who's never tasted anything good.

The group of people laboriously filled four bamboo baskets, their faces beaming with satisfaction. They used wild grass to cover the baskets, and then carried the heavy baskets down the mountain.

Bamboo shoots are not like mushrooms; they are wet and heavy, and the young men could hardly straighten their backs. Xu Yi saw that the little girl was having trouble walking and wanted to carry her.

"Walk by yourself, walk by yourself, brother is heavy." Fu Man'er waved her little hand; she could walk on her own.

It was rare for the little girl not to shirk her responsibilities, so Xu Yi let her walk. He could just carry her when she got too tired to walk anymore.

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The path down the mountain was even more slippery. Although Fu Man'er was very careful, she still slipped and fell to the ground with a thud.

It happened to be on a small slope, and I slid straight down it, only to be blocked by a fallen tree branch.

All of this happened so fast that in the blink of an eye, Fu Man'er had left them far behind.

She was overjoyed, "Brothers, hurry, hurry, I'm all down!"

Xu Yi and the others had no choice but to hurry after them. After what had happened, he dared not let Fu Man'er walk alone again. If she wouldn't let him carry her, then he would have to lead her by the hand.