"Don't worry, you and Brother Chen can just pick them up down there. I'll have a competition with Brother Zhao. Does Brother Zhao have the confidence to beat me?"

Zhao Hu just laughed. Let alone whether he could win or not, given how protective his partner was of the other side, even if he could win, he wouldn't dare to.

Before he could even speak, Zhou Yue started to hurt him again, saying, "An'an will definitely win, there's no need to even think about it."

Chen Jianguo patted his good friend on the shoulder sympathetically. There's nothing you can do about having someone who sides with you; it's just that he likes them.

The two simultaneously nailed the iron spikes on the front of their shoes to the tree trunk, and at Zhou Yue's command, they quickly climbed up.

Wow! An'an, you're so handsome!

Zhou Yue's eyes practically sparkled as she watched Gu An'an, whose speed rivaled that of a monkey.

Gu An'an wins the first round.

Both of them were nimble and agile. Once they reached the top of the tree, they secured themselves to the trunk and then started hitting it with the poles.

Before long, green pine cones began to fall. Luckily, the two people watching below were far away, otherwise they would have been smashed in the head.

"An'an, you're amazing! There are two more on that branch over there."

"You still have one on the top of your head."

Zhou Yue directed from below, while Gu An'an attacked from above; their perfect teamwork ensured that not a single pine cone was missed.

It was like a competition; after hitting one tree after another, Zhou Yue and Chen Jianguo would drag bags behind them to pick up the fallen trees.

Although pine cones are not completely solid, a single one may not seem very heavy, but when a dozen or dozens are gathered together, you can imagine the weight.

"Stop hitting it, pick it up, I can't pick it up anymore."

After not going up the mountain for a while, Zhou Yue felt that her physical strength had returned to square one, and she was panting heavily after taking just one step.

Seeing the pine cones piled up like a small mountain, Gu An'an stopped picking them up and scurried down the tree to help them.

The four of them filled three bags together, and along the way they also found two red Ganoderma lucidum, two pheasants, and a brood of wild rabbits.

They had barely arrived home when an unexpected person showed up.