Lin Xue tapped the nearby bushes with her cane before speaking to Li Shun.

"Just squat there and do your business. Don't go anywhere else, or there might be snakes nearby!"

After listening to Lin Xue's words, Li Shun obediently walked to the spot Lin Xue pointed to, took off his pants, and began to relieve himself.

Seeing her brother start using the restroom, Li Zhen seemed to feel something too.

"Grandma, I need to pee!"

The little dumpling's soft, sweet voice melted Lin Xue's cold, hard heart.

"Then you stay here, I'll watch over the people for you!"

He treats girls much more gently than he treats boys.

Lin Xue pointed to another open space, and she stood between the two children, looking around at the scenery.

Due to years of drought, the weeds on the surrounding mountains are not very lush.

The few that were available were sparsely tinged with yellow.

Only the thick, large tree, whose roots seemed to have penetrated deep enough, still retained a touch of green.

Looking around, all that could be seen was a vast expanse of withered yellow, with only the weeds in the low-lying areas stubbornly stretching out their greenness.

Look at that little pheasant with the flowery tail, isn't it flying up from the green grass and then landing again?

"Um?"

"Did something strange just sneak in?"

Lin Xue blinked her eyes, and after a while, she blinked again.

His gaze was fixed intently on one direction!

"Li Dagui!"

"Li Dagui, where the hell have you been? I haven't seen a soul in sight!"

Lin Xue imitated the original owner's tone and started howling at the top of her lungs.

"Mother, please stop calling me, I'm here!"

Hearing Lin Xue's call, Li Dagui emerged from behind a large tree, holding some grass roots and tree bark in his hand.

Lin Xue's eyes narrowed when she saw the grass roots and tree bark.

This silly child, is he trying to fill his stomach with these things?

Forehead!!!

Now is not the time to think about these things.

"Keep an eye on the two children. After they finish relieving themselves, take them to their mother!"

Seeing that someone had taken over her task of looking after the children, Lin Xue grabbed her cane and darted out like an arrow.

"Ah!"????ДO???

Only three figures remained, mouths agape, dumbfounded.

"Smooth, smooth, smooth~"

"Hey Xiaoshunzi, how did your grandma manage to run out just now?"

Li Dagui felt that he had wasted all these years, as he had never seen anyone with such speed.

He's even trembling when he tries to ask a question!

"Dad, Grandma runs much faster than you! What's she going to do running so fast?"

Having finished relieving herself, Li Zhen pulled up her pants and walked to Li Dagui's side.

Somewhat confused, he tugged at Li Dagui's finger.

Back in my hometown, my grandmother always walked slowly.

Take one step, rest three steps, look around, and sigh.

But was that person who just darted out really their grandmother who can't walk?

Li Dagui didn't care that his daughter complained about his slow speed.

He's a little worried about his mother now.

I'm worried I might hurt my back if I run that fast all of a sudden.

Li Shun had finished relieving himself and stood beside the two of them.

All three of them craned their necks, staring longingly in the direction Lin Xue had left.

"Giggle..."

"Fluttering~"

"You little brat, where do you think you're going? I'll stew you tonight!"

From the direction Lin Xue left, came the sounds of chickens running and dogs barking.

"Dad, Grandma caught a pheasant!"

Children don't have many thoughts; upon hearing the chicken's pitiful cries, they immediately became excited and wanted to go in that direction.

"Hey you little brat, stop right there! The weeds over there are too tall. What if you get bitten by a snake if you go over there?"

Li Dagui wasn't going to tolerate this brat. He grabbed the boy by the back of the neck and dragged him to his side.

"Ahui, take the two children back with you. I'm going to check on our mother!"

The two wives were cutting grass and hadn't paid attention to what was happening until Li Dagui called out, at which point they came over.

"Brother, what's wrong? Where's Mother?"

When Li Sangui returned from cutting bamboo, he noticed that Lin Xue was not in her usual spot. Hearing the commotion, he came over.

"Mom went over there to hunt pheasants, Third Brother, come with me to take a look!"

"Has the second son gone to find a water source yet? Second son's wife, keep an eye on him. If he comes back, tell him to wait for us here."

"Don't let everyone leave at once, or someone else might take your luggage!"

After giving instructions to everyone, Li Dagui led Li Sangui in the direction where Lin Xue had disappeared.

"Mother, how are you?"

When Li Dagui and Li Sangui arrived, they saw Lin Xue sitting on a pile of bent wild grass.

Beside her was a pheasant with its feet tied.

The pheasant's tail feathers were long and shimmered with iridescent colors under the sunlight.

"What could possibly be wrong with me? I was just waiting for you guys to come over!"

"He's so tall, yet he walks so slowly!"

After scolding her two sons, Lin Xue reluctantly moved her buttocks away.

"Hey, dig down this vine!"

What she was sitting on was clearly a yam vine.

If it weren't for Lin Xue's own fondness for yams in her previous life, and the fact that she had grown many varieties of yams in her own vegetable garden...

It's very difficult to recognize a yam vine as one that hasn't yet produced yam beans.

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