Chapter 25 Four Seasons in the Mountains

As Xia Wu walked out of the room, she heard Yang Guojun say, "I'll go find Xiaowen's clothes for you to wear. Look what's happened."

In the yard, Shen Beiyang stood under the apricot tree, looking embarrassed, “I didn’t expect it…”

“Shen Beiyang, what’s wrong again?”

Qi Miaomiao changed into Xia Wu's dress, which was below her knees, and her long hair was neatly tied into a ponytail. This look made Shen Beiyang stunned, "Miao...Miaomiao?!"

I dreamed of junior high school.

Qi Miaomiao crossed her arms and looked at Shen Beiyang, “Why do you want to change clothes too?”

After Yang Guojun finished looking for his son's clothes, he came out and explained with a simple smile, "Just now, I was talking to Beiyang about digging the two acres of greenhouse in front of the door. He insisted on trying it, and ended up tearing his pants."

Upon hearing this, Qi Miaomiao and Xia Wu both burst into laughter.

"Let me see where it broke. I want to take a picture of it. If you don't obey me in the future, I'll tell everyone!"

"Don't!" Shen Beiyang snatched the clothes from Yang Guojun's hand almost as if escaping, and quickly went into the bathroom. If Qi Miaomiao really saw it, she would definitely laugh at him for the rest of her life.

"City clothes may look nice, but they're not durable," Liu Guizhen commented sharply, then called into the bathroom, "I'll sew them for you later."

Xia Wu took Qi Miaomiao to the strawberry field to let her experience the joy of picking strawberries herself. The newly built greenhouse had not yet been ridged and fertilized. The strawberry seedlings Xia Wu bought would arrive in the next two days, and Yang Guojun had already started working with his son.

There was a shortage of manpower, and Qi Miaomiao happened to be here again, so Xia Wu gave her a heads-up: "I might be a little busy these two days. The strawberry seedlings will arrive and they need to be planted. I need to prepare the land quickly."

"What are you afraid of? Don't we have Shen Beiyang? He works hard in the gym every day. He must be a good farmer if you ask him to plow the land," Qi Miaomiao betrayed Shen Beiyang.

Xia Wu: "Actually, that's exactly what I was thinking."

In the bathroom, Shen Beiyang didn't know that his fate had been arranged. After taking a shower, he changed into Yang Hongwen's clothes. They were a little tight, but it was okay. It was better than wearing clothes that exposed his underwear.

Yang Hongwen was wearing a somewhat loose short-sleeved shirt, which became a tight sweatshirt on Shen Beiyang, showing off his good figure trained in the gym. His nine-point casual pants became six-point pants, and he was wearing a pair of cloth shoes.

As soon as he came out of the bathroom, Yang Guojun saw him and exclaimed, "The young man is in great shape. He's obviously a good worker."

Shen Beiyang was praised to the point of laughing and crying, "Uncle, I know, let's continue working?"

Yang Guojun touched the back of his head in a simple and honest manner. "Okay, I just asked Xiaowen to borrow another shovel. Let's work hard. Your aunt will stew a chicken for you tonight to nourish you."

He also felt sorry for his daughter. If Shen Beiyang wasn't busy plowing the two acres of land, Xiao Wu would definitely be anxious.

The father and daughter had the same idea, and Shen Beiyang was "voluntarily" tricked into the greenhouse and joined the ridging army.

Now that he had found help, Yang Guojun didn't want Xia Wu to go to the fields anymore.

"Xiao Wu, it's okay. Take your friends out to play. We'll just stay busy here."

“Is Shen Beiyang capable? He has never done any work before.”

"A man can't say no! Go ahead and have fun, you two. I'll finish the job by tomorrow at the latest!"

Shen Beiyang refused to admit defeat in front of Qi Miaomiao and spoke boastfully without hesitation.

"Just brag, if you can finish it tomorrow, I'll call you Big Brother!"

"Okay, you wait!"

"Just wait, come on, Xiao Wu, take me somewhere else to hang out, it's a bit boring here."

"Xiao Wu, why don't you go to the mountain to find Master Pu and ask him to buy a chicken and stew it for them tonight."

Xia Wu's eyes lit up when she heard this. This was great. Ever since she last ate chicken in the mountains, she could never forget the delicious taste.

He excitedly pulled Qi Miaomiao to set off, "I'll take you to a nice place, I guarantee you'll like it!"

The two girls set off in a hurry, and Shen Beiyang was a little envious. While waving the shovel, he asked Yang Guojun curiously: "Uncle Yang, are there any fish in the water?"

Shen Beiyang has a hobby, he loves fishing, but he is also an air force guy and has a strong addiction to fishing.

In fact, he noticed the pond in front of the Yang family's door as soon as he arrived, and he had a hunch that there must be fish in it!

As expected, Yang Guojun said, "Of course there are, but I don't know if they've grown up yet. At the beginning of spring, someone in the village came to sell fish fry, so I bought some and poured them in."

"Uncle, what kind of fish are these?"

"A worthless fish, a grass carp."

"Do you have a fishing rod at home? If so, I'd like to catch a few."

"I don't have a fishing rod. Let me borrow one for you. If you want to eat some, I'll find a fishing net and catch a few for you."

"No, I just want to enjoy fishing."

The two chatted while working and soon became familiar with each other.

Shen Beiyang comes from a good family, but he is not arrogant. Yang Guojun joked with him, "You city people are interesting."

On the other side, Xia Wu took her sisters up the mountain and rode an electric tricycle to the foot of the mountain and parked it. The battery was low and she was afraid that she couldn't climb up, so she simply took Miaomiao up the mountain on foot.

Fortunately, Qi Miaomiao changed her shoes, otherwise she really wouldn’t be able to get up.

The mountain that Pu Ye Bao lives on is not very high, but it is very old. If you go up a little bit, you will see thick trees with vines winding around them and birds chirping in the forest.

Xia Wu held Miaomiao's hand, and the two chatted aimlessly.

Qi Miaomiao asked: "Has that person stopped contacting us after returning to the Xia family?"

"I don't know," Xia Wu shook her head honestly. She really didn't know, and she had never heard her parents tell her.

"She's so heartless. If she finds rich parents, she won't want to be here anymore. I'm telling you, I just don't like her. She's so nagging, she's just a scoundrel!"

"You were just standing up for me. She's not a bad person, and she's not like me. I bullied her, and she didn't do anything."

"It's so annoying that they don't do anything. Otherwise, why would Aunt Xia and the others be partial to her? And Fu Shilin and Xia Heng, I don't even want to talk about them," Qi Miaomiao rolled her eyes. Thinking of the previous farce, she suddenly felt that it might be a good thing for Xia Wu to come back here.

"Ah!" Something suddenly flew at her feet, scaring Qi Miaomiao so much that she screamed, "What is that?!"

Xia Wu looked over accurately and saw a squirrel lying on the tree trunk above his head. It had a slender body and its soft, dense fur made it look even smaller.

Its paws were empty, but it still maintained the holding posture. The pine cones that it had picked with great effort just fell at Qi Miaomiao's feet, and its expression looked extremely cute.

"Miao Miao, look."

Qi Miaomiao looked in the direction Xia Wu pointed and saw the little squirrel. The next second, she was so adorable that she called out, "Little Squirrel Xu! So cute!"

Xia Wu picked up the pine cone, shook it in her palm, and said seductively, "Come here, are you looking for it?"

She lifted the pine cone, but it was still far away from the branch of the big tree. The squirrel saw the pine cone it had lost and turned around in the tree anxiously, chirping.

"It looks like the squirrel in Ice Age, hahahaha, so silly and cute!"

"Walk this way, then come down from the tree, come..." Xia Wu was still patiently guiding the little squirrel. The squirrel seemed to understand what she said, and actually climbed up the tree trunk along the branches, and then jumped onto the grass on the ground.

The grass shook twice, but there was no sign of the little squirrel.

Qi Miaomiao and Xia Wu squatted on the ground, waiting patiently. She wondered if the squirrel had run away. When she turned around, she saw the sunlight shining through the leaves onto Xia Wu's face, making her facial features mottled.

The air seemed to be filled with fog, everything was blurry, only Xia Wu's patient and gentle face was particularly clear.

Qi Miaomiao didn't say anything, just stared at Xia Wu blankly. At this moment, Xia Wu seemed like the mountain goddess that only existed in the fairy tale books they read when they were young.

"Miao Miao, look!"

Xia Wu called her in surprise, calling back Qi Miaomiao's wandering mind.

Qi Miaomiao looked closely and found that the squirrel was actually called by Xia Wu.

Xia Wu placed her hand on the ground, revealing the pine cone in her palm. She then took a strawberry from the strawberry basket she had brought for Master Pu and placed it next to the pine cone. The squirrel cautiously approached, sniffing her hand, looking tentatively at the giant human, and then precisely grasped the strawberry with its furry paws.

It did not leave in a hurry. Instead, it squatted on the spot, holding the strawberry and chewing it with its teeth. Observing the squirrel at such a close distance was a new experience that the two had never had before.

"Xiao Wu, why isn't it afraid of people?" Miaomiao asked in a low voice.

"I don't know. Maybe it's just brave."

"Maybe a little silly too."

The squirrel seemed to understand what Qi Miaomiao said. It suddenly stopped biting, puffed up its cheeks angrily, and nimbly escaped back to the tree with the strawberry in its arms.

No matter how Qi Miaomiao apologized or talked to it, it refused to come down again.

"Damn it, I still want to touch it!" Qi Miaomiao stood up angrily with her hands on her hips.

Xia Wu laughed heartily, "Who told you to call it stupid?"

"Let's go."

Even after walking a long way, Qi Miaomiao was still savoring the cuteness of the squirrel. It was a pity that they never encountered such a friendly little animal again on the rest of the journey.

Mr. Pu lived halfway up the mountain. Xia Wu and the others walked for more than 20 minutes to get there. Turning left, they found Mr. Pu's residence.

There are more than a dozen beehives placed on the flat land in front of the door. Not far away are the blooming wild flowers, and there is a pavilion in the flower field.

A man in a white shirt had his back to them, drinking tea.

"Is that the Mr. Park you mentioned? So young?"

"Haha, he is not Mr. Park," Qi Miaomiao recognized the wrong person, which reminded Xia Wu of the first time she met Ji Yunzhou, and she also made a mistake.

Ji Yunzhou heard the noise, put down his book, turned his wheelchair, and saw Xia Wu. A smile appeared on his face: "Xia Xia, you're here."

Xia Wu raised the basket in her hand and said, "I want to buy a chicken from Mr. Pu and bring you some strawberries."

"Ji Yunzhou, this is my friend Qi Miaomiao. Miaomiao, he is Ji Yunzhou, the grandson of Mr. Pu's friend, and he has also been living in the mountains recently."

"Hello, Ji Yunzhou," Qi Miaomiao waved to greet him, and the next second lowered her voice and said to Xia Wu, "He is a very handsome guy, no worse than Fu Shilin."

She really deserves to be her sister. Even after returning to this damn place, she can still meet an extremely handsome guy.

Xia Wu poked her and signaled her to shut up.

It was not until Ji Yunzhou turned his wheelchair and moved closer that Qi Miaomiao realized something was wrong.

"Mr. Park should be sleeping in the house. I'll call him."

With nothing to do in the mountains, Mr. Pu was wearing an old man's shirt and sleeping soundly on a bamboo bed. There were two khaki dogs coiled at the head of the bed.

When the person approached, the dog raised its head alertly, and when it saw that it was an acquaintance, it lay back down lazily, looking at the person bored.

The old radio in the room was playing opera. Mr. Pu was fast asleep. Ji Yunzhou called out to him twice, and he woke up as if from a dream. "Ah?"

"Master Pu, Xiao Wu is here. I'd like you to buy a chicken to entertain the guest."

"Xiao Wu is here!" Grandpa Pu rolled out of the bed, so agile that he didn't look like an old man at all.

Xia Wu was waiting outside the door, his eyes already on the chicken in the tree. Mr. Pu came out, followed by Ji Yunzhou and two dogs.

When she saw Mr. Pu, Xia Wu hurriedly explained her purpose. She wanted to buy it with money, not beg for it shamelessly.

Mr. Pu picked up the bamboo pole leaning against the wall and said, "Why are you being so polite to me, an old man? How many do you want? I'll catch them for you right away!"

"One is enough."

"Okay, you wait."

The two dogs seemed very interested in Xia Wu. They came over and circled around her feet, wagging their tails like windmills.

Qi Miaomiao was a little scared. Xia Wu squatted down and petted the dog, "Good dog, it doesn't bite."

Ji Yunzhou came over and said, "These two dogs have been with Master Pu for a long time. They bite weasels, not people."

"There are weasels in the mountains?" Xia Wu asked in surprise.

Ji Yunzhou smiled and said, "Maybe there weren't many before, but ever since Master Pu started raising chickens in the mountains, there have been more weasels every year."

It can be said that of the one thousand chicks that Mr. Park releases every year, at least half end up in the stomachs of weasels.

Qi Miaomiao snickered, and Xia Wu felt a little sorry: "Such a delicious chicken, what a waste."

Mr. Pu took a long bamboo pole and walked to the tree where the chickens were roosting. He first drove the chickens down and then caught them. He was very familiar with catching chickens, but even so, it took him more than ten minutes to catch a rooster.

"It's at least eight pounds. This chicken is really good. If you hadn't asked for it, I wouldn't have sold it to anyone else!"

There are only dozens of chickens left in Mr. Park's family. The roosters and hens each have their own mission. The roosters can protect the flock, and the hens can lay and hatch eggs. He would feel sad if any of them were missing.

Xia Wu apologized, "Mr. Pu, thank you so much. How much is the chicken? I'll transfer it to you."

"Okay, why are you still talking about money? Don't you also want to subcontract the mountain? When you subcontract the mountain, you can also raise chickens. When you have nothing to do, just give one or two to Mr. Park to satisfy his cravings."

He really couldn't bear to eat the chickens he raised himself.

Xia Wu hadn't expected this kind of settlement, and knowing that Mr. Pu really didn't want to take her money, she simply agreed: "Don't worry, when I take over the mountain, I'll send you any delicious food!"

"That's a deal then!"

"A gentleman's word is as good as gold!"

Xia Wu, carrying nearly ten kilograms of stuff, hurried down the mountain to buy chickens for Yebazi. He hadn't gone far when Qi Miaomiao asked in a distracted manner, "Hey, what's going on with that guy named Ji Yunzhou?"

"What's going on?"

"It's you and him!"

"I didn't even talk much to him," Xia Wu said helplessly, pushing the gossipy Qi Miaomiao away. "Why are you asking that?"

"Women's intuition!" Qi Miaomiao said confidently, but also felt a little regretful. "But forget it. No matter how good-looking she is, she can't be in a wheelchair."

Xia Wu pulled her cheek and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Do you still have intuition?"

I secretly complained in my heart, poor Shen Beiyang had been at my service for so many years, but Miaomiao's intuition had never worked.