Chapter 81

Pei Huai's mother was very happy that her favorite cats were still alive, and immediately thought of sending the cats a large gift package of snacks.

Pei Huai thought it was a good thing, so he didn't refuse directly. Instead, he asked Grandma Li for her opinion. Grandma Li thought about it and decided that since it was the little classmate's mother's good intention, she should accept it.

"Then please tell your mother thank you for me." Grandma Li smiled with her eyes narrowed, her tone very steady. Compared to young kittens like Li Miao and Li Xuan, Grandma Li's voice sounded like it had been through many years.

“Okay, I’ll forward it to my mom.” Pei Huai texted her mother: [Cat asked me to thank you on her behalf]

Upon receiving the message, Pei Huai's mother chuckled: "When did my son ever understand what his mother is saying?"

Pei Huai: [Ahem, Li Miao helped me with the communication.]

Pei Huai's mother had long ago come across a video on a short video platform featuring a pet blogger with millions of views who successfully rescued a cat in a dangerous situation using Li Miao's ability to communicate in cat language.

She also asked her son to confirm that Li Miao could speak cat language.

After receiving confirmation, Pei's mother quickly accepted the facts. After all, the world is full of wonders. Her son and Qingsong were rejected and disliked by many cats for so many years. It didn't seem so inexplicable that someone could understand cat language and communicate with cats.

Pei's mother: [Then could you ask Li Miao to inquire whether Xiao Xi still remembers me?]

Grandma Li had just seen their photo together and remembered the lady who had hugged her. Grandma Li nodded.

Pei Huai immediately replied: [Li Miao asked for me, and Maomao looked at your photo and said she remembers you.]

Mrs. Pei was overjoyed. Several years had passed, but Xiaoxi hadn't forgotten her. Cats, like humans, are very loyal.

"I really hope I'll have the chance to see Xiaoxi again in the future," Pei's mother sighed, holding her phone.

After chatting casually with her son for a while, the sound of a car came from outside the yard. It must be her husband returning. Pei's mother told her son that she would stop chatting for the time being and got up to go to the door to greet her husband.

***

Over here, Pei Huai, Li Miao, and Grandma Li also ate the firewood chicken they brought back for lunch. They chatted and enjoyed the sunset, having a very pleasant time.

As dusk fell, Pei Huai and Li Miao finished washing up in the courtyard and then went back to their room to sleep together.

Li Miao will sleep in there again tonight.

Li Miao threw back the covers and casually said, "I saw in the weather forecast that it will rain the day after tomorrow!"

"So what if it's going to rain? Why are you so excited about the rain?" Pei Huai took off his coat and draped it over the back of the chair along with Li Miao's coat before getting into bed and lying down next to Li Miao.

"I'm so excited! There will be more mushrooms in the mountains the day after it rains. You haven't forgotten my promise to take you mushroom picking, have you?" Li Miao pouted and looked at Pei Huai with dissatisfaction.

"I'm serious! I'm going to take you mushroom picking!" Li Miao was eager to show off her skills in front of Pei Huai.

"Oh, about that? I haven't forgotten." Pei Huai ruffled Li Miao's fluffy head, apologized in a deep, sexy voice, and kissed Li Miao's cheek. "Miao Miao, don't be angry, I remember everything."

“I didn’t eat any of the matsutake mushrooms that Miaomiao went to so much trouble to find last time. This time, no matter what Miaomiao picks, I’m going to eat a lot of them,” Pei Huai said with a smile.

"It's okay. Even though you didn't eat any, your aunt and uncle did. But I might not be able to find any matsutake mushrooms this time, since it's not the season for them."

Matsutake mushrooms are a seasonal fungus, and they are most abundant in Lingmaoshan from July to September, and the season ends in October and November. However, if you are lucky, you may still be able to find them.

"It's okay. Even if there are no matsutake mushrooms, I'll still look forward to eating other small mushrooms that Miaomiao picked."

Having picked mushrooms for many years, Li Miao said confidently, "Then you'll definitely be able to eat them. Just wait and enjoy the delicious treat."

Pei Huai responded softly, "Okay, I'll wait."

"But before I can eat the mushrooms, can I eat the adorable Miaomiao tonight?" Pei Huai's dark, deep eyes held a half-smile.

Li Miao's cheeks flushed red instantly.

They're still at Grandma's house, what are they going to eat? Besides, they didn't even bring condoms this time they came home.

"At home, you're not allowed to have any wild thoughts. You still want to eat me? No way!" Li Miao pulled the blanket tighter to cover herself, trying to hide, only revealing her delicate and beautiful face.

Pei Huai was immediately at a loss for words, both laughing and crying. Heaven and earth could bear witness that what he meant by "eat" was simply that he wanted to kiss Li Miao.

Pei Huai knew how to behave appropriately at his elders' house.

Pei Huai leaned closer, his long, strong arms encircling Li Miao's slender waist from under the covers, his warm chest pressed against her shoulder.

He deliberately lowered his voice and said, "When I said I wanted to eat, I just wanted to kiss Miaomiao."

"Hey, I didn't expect Miaomiao's mind to be full of lewd things. She immediately got the wrong idea."

As Pei Huai finished speaking, Li Miao's fair cheeks flushed bright red at a visible speed.

His big eyes were especially bright and expressive in the night.

"Hmph, that's because you didn't explain it clearly."

"If it's just a kiss, is that okay, Miaomiao?" Pei Huai's eyes were full of affection and doting.

Li Miao's fluffy tail popped out unexpectedly from under the covers, her excitement impossible to hide.

Li Miao nodded slightly, and the next second her lips were captured by the boy, her lips and tongue enveloped in his warm, moist lips.

She couldn't help but let out a soft, ambiguous, and alluring moan.

Li Miao's heart was pounding. When Pei Huai's hands caressed and stroked his back and spine, his mind went blank. He was completely swept away by the rhythm of Pei Huai's passionate kisses.

Their tongues touched, their lips lingered and intertwined, kissing for a long, long time. They kissed so intensely that even Li Miao felt a sense of dizziness and disorientation.

Li Miao, who was slightly hypoxic, was released.

When her lips parted, a thin silver thread appeared. Realizing what it was, Li Miao's face turned completely red, especially when she met Pei Huai's satisfied gaze, her shyness reaching its peak.

Li Miao simply buried her face in Pei Huai's arms, ignoring everyone else.

Pei Huai looked down at his wife, his heart melting at her cuteness. He could even feel her tail peeking out from his leg, so he reached out and pinched and rubbed it vigorously.

"This is really warm," Pei Huai said with a smile.

"Let go, release it." Li Miao whimpered and withdrew its tail, curling it up and hiding it behind its back, not letting Pei Huai touch it freely.

Pei Huai slept with Li Miao in his arms, as if he were hugging a large, soft pillow. His sleep quality was countless times better than when he slept alone before.

After playing around in bed for a while, they both gradually became sleepy and fell asleep in each other's arms before they knew it.

The next day, the two lying in bed could clearly hear the sound of rain falling outside.

Li Miao propped himself up and looked out the window, the rain blurring the view.

“Sometimes the weather forecast is actually accurate!” Li Miao said excitedly.

"Okay, then when the rain stops, I'll ask Miaomiao to take me mushroom picking." Pei Huai hugged Li Miao's waist with one hand, absorbing the warmth from the boy's body.

Li Miao readily agreed: "No problem!"

It rained all day, making it inconvenient to go out, so Pei Huai and Li Miao stayed at home with their grandmother to watch TV dramas.

The rain didn't stop until evening.

The next morning, before dawn, Pei Huai was woken up by Li Miao, who said that they had to set off for the mountain now.

Pei Huai was still half asleep and a little dazed after being forcibly woken up.

"Are we going to get up and go to the mountains now?" Pei Huai yawned.

“Of course, we have to go now. We still have a long way to go hiking, and if we go too late, the other tourists will have already picked everything they could with the help of the guides.” Li Miao threw off the covers and got out of bed.

Unusually, this time it wasn't Li Miao who wanted to stay in bed, but Pei Huai.

However, Pei Huai was already interested in mushroom picking, so when Li Miao urged him, he quickly got dressed and got up. After washing up with Li Miao, they set off immediately.

In summer, it gets light early. If we climb up the mountain now, we can see everything we need to see, even though the sun hasn't risen yet.

Li Miao carried the bamboo basket that her family always used on her back, and used a stick she picked up at the foot of the mountain to probe the way, while Pei Huai shone a flashlight to light the way.

"Will we run into a snake?" Pei Huai looked down at Li Miao, who was clearing the way for him.

"That's why I used a stick to probe the way and deliberately made noise, so that if there were snakes, they would hear the noise and run away," Li Miao explained. "But you don't need to worry about me getting bitten by a snake; it's not certain who reacts faster."

"The main reason is that my grandma and I don't like to eat snakes, otherwise I would definitely come to the mountains every year to catch a lot of snakes to make snake soup."

Li Miao's voice was very calm.

"Miaomiao's martial arts skills are superb; she's ruthless in destroying snakes," Pei Huai exclaimed.

"Hahahahaha." Li Miao couldn't help but burst into laughter as she continued exploring the path.

"Would you like me to carry the bamboo basket?" Pei Huai offered.

"Then let's forget it. I'm not even sure if you can keep up with my stamina," Li Miao said quietly.

Pei Huai, feeling looked down upon, choked up, but was powerless to refute.

When it comes to mountain climbing, Li Miao is actually a bit better than him.

"There are mushrooms here!" Pei Huai spotted a cluster of mushrooms with sharp eyes, and excitedly bent down to show Li Miao.

"This is poisonous, you can't eat it," Li Miao commented calmly.

"Ah, it's poisonous. What a pity." Pei Huai had no choice but to get up and continue searching with Li Miao.

The two rustled through the forest.

Pei Huai's excited voice could be heard every now and then.

"here!"

"They're here too!"

"Surely we can eat this."

And Pei Huai's answer was always the same.

"This one is also poisonous."

"This is a red-stemmed, white-umbrella-shaped, highly poisonous mushroom that will make you lie flat on your back if you eat it!"

"This is also an ICU mushroom! Didn't I explain to you guys in the dorm before that mushrooms in the Chlorophytum genus are not edible?"

...

"Okay, it's red again, so we still can't eat it." Pei Huai looked at the dense clumps of grass again, feeling quite disappointed.

"No, these red ones are very common red mushrooms, and they're edible! Quick, pick them!" Li Miao put down her bamboo basket and pulled Pei Huai along to pick mushrooms.

"Looks like picking mushrooms is a skill in itself." Pei Huai hugged Li Miao and kissed her. "Luckily, I have Miao Miao, my walking mushroom-identifying cat."

"Walking Mushroom Cat..." Li Miao wiped the kisses on his face and reluctantly accepted the new nickname Pei Huai had given him.

"And another thing, you thank me, but you even took the opportunity to steal a kiss while picking mushrooms. Aren't you ashamed?" Li Miao grumbled.

"Yeah, Miaomiao actually found out." Pei Huai laughed, not ashamed at all, but proudly admitting it.

"What a pervert." Li Miao shook her head, clicking her tongue. Pei Huai really liked him to an incurable degree!

After that, Li Miao very seriously led Pei Huai to try to find matsutake mushrooms.

Matsutake mushrooms are precious and rare; finding one still depends on luck.

After a fruitless search, Li Miao was almost ready to give up.

Pei Huai, seeing the mushrooms that resembled matsutake mushrooms, asked uncertainly, "Li Miao, are these matsutake mushrooms? They look somewhat like matsutake mushrooms to me."

"Let me see!" Li Miao ran over and looked down. She was so excited that she almost couldn't help but stick out her cat ears. She raised her hand and patted Pei Huai's shoulder hard: "These are matsutake mushrooms! They're all money! Money is scattered all over the ground. Let's pick them up quickly."

Hearing Li Miao's analogy, Pei Huai was charmed by her cuteness and squatted down to pick matsutake mushrooms with her.

Pei Huai: "Okay, let's hurry up and pick them up, otherwise the tourists will come up soon."

***

As dawn broke, more and more tourists came into the mountains to pick mushrooms.

During the official National Day holiday, the owners of farmhouses and guesthouses in the village have regular guides they cooperate with.

After such a long rain yesterday, this morning tourists were able to experience the activity of hiking and picking mushrooms.

The guide led the group up the mountain in an orderly manner. In a slightly flat area, he reminded the tourists not to wander too far, as there were mushrooms nearby, and everyone could look around by turning over the grass and leaves.

The tourists exclaimed with excitement after finding the mushrooms.

Pei Huai and Li Miao, who were descending the mountain, could hear the voices of the tourists.

After the two groups collided, the guide and tourists looked enviously at the young man who had harvested a full bamboo basket.

"These must be matsutake mushrooms. You're really lucky to have found them." The guide rummaged through Li Miao's bamboo basket.

Upon hearing that they had found matsutake mushrooms, the tourists were incredibly curious and crowded around to take a look. They also discussed enthusiastically what freshly picked matsutake mushrooms looked like.

One of the tourists said, "That's great. I hope we can find some matsutake mushrooms later, but it's okay if we don't. I've already picked quite a few."

At this point, the guide realized that the tourist who had spoken had also had a great harvest, except that he had picked quite a lot of mushrooms, but he didn't seem to have asked the guide if he could have any.

The guide was shocked: This is unacceptable! You can't just pick mushrooms randomly.

"Let me see," Li Miao said, joining in the fun and sticking her head out to take a closer look.

"Tsk tsk tsk." Li Miao took out some of the mushrooms from this tourist one after another and threw them all away.

"Hey, hey, hey?" The tourist tried to stop them.

“These are all poisonous and inedible. You need to be more careful, you stupid human,” Li Miao said.

Just as the tourists were about to speak, the guide glanced at the discarded mushrooms on the ground, nodded, and explained to the tourists, "These are indeed mushrooms that cannot be eaten."

The tourist then thanked the boy for helping him identify it.

Guide: But he has to carefully distinguish some of the mushrooms on the ground to recognize them, while the boy can tell at a glance that they are inedible? His ability is really strong.

"Alright, you guys keep picking them up. My friend and I are heading down the mountain." Li Miao clapped her hands and prepared to leave.

Throughout the entire process, Pei Huai felt incredibly proud and honored; his Miaomiao was truly the best little kitten.

After Pei Huai and Li Miao left, the guide and the tourists he was leading continued their mushroom picking activity.

However, the guide still had one question in his mind.

What did the boy mean by "stupid humans" just now?