The group then went to Uncle Lin's house.

Uncle Lin is waiting for them at home.

She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw them return: "Where have you been? You've kept me waiting. Have you eaten?"

If there's no food, I'll have someone bring it to you.

Everything is being prepared for lunch.

Xiao Xiao was too embarrassed to eat at Uncle Lin's house. She had just eaten steamed buns and wasn't hungry at the moment.

He then smiled and said that he had already eaten.

Uncle Lin didn't disbelieve it, after all, it was already this late, so they should have eaten it.

"Since you've already eaten, come with me."

Everything is ready.

The group then followed Uncle Lin to a rather remote place.

There were four oxcarts there, fully loaded, which I guessed were probably filled with grain.

There were eight people waiting there, including the cattle herder.

When they saw Xiao Xiao and the others arrive, the people began to load things onto their oxcart.

By the time Xiaoxiao and his companions had loaded their two oxcarts, the sun was already setting.

Uncle Lin opened the package he had brought; inside were steamed buns and some dried meat.

Everyone made do with what they had to eat to fill their stomachs.

Uncle Lin then told them to set off.

Xiao Xiao was still a little confused: "Uncle Lin, are they coming up the mountain with us too?"

Uncle Lin nodded: "Of course, how could your two oxcarts possibly carry so much grain?"

So I had them come up the mountain with you.

We also need to help with the moving.

If anyone asks, just say you came up the mountain to catch rabbits.

Xiao Xiao nodded and said to the four people who remained, "Thank you for your help, brothers."

The group felt a little embarrassed, as they often helped people move things around, and few people thanked them.

I didn't expect the host to be so polite.

Uncle Lin waved his hand: "Stop dawdling, let's go."

Remember to bring some rabbits back; come back for the money next time you come down the mountain.

After saying goodbye to Uncle Lin, everyone headed up the mountain.

They walked slowly; after all, the carts were loaded with so much grain that they couldn't go fast even if they wanted to.

It got dark as soon as we reached the foot of the mountain.

Xiao Xiao and her friends were prepared when they came down the mountain, bringing more than a dozen torches for light.

Those people must be people who often walk at night, and they were prepared.

Each cow had a cow cage over its mouth, and they were relatively well-behaved.

There was no shouting on the road.

It was an oxcart loaded with heavy loads, and its wheels made a particularly loud noise.

The creaking sound was unsettling.

It was especially loud in the quiet of the night.

When the oxcart slowly swayed into Laolin Village, it was basically midnight.

The village was pitch black and there was no sound.

It seems everyone has already gone to sleep.

Fan Tiesheng's home was closer, but he had several neighbors.

To avoid attracting attention, they went to Yuan Shitou's house first.

Yuan Shitou's house is a detached house, with no other houses around, so he is not afraid of being discovered.

Mr. Yuan, Mrs. Yuan, and their husbands had already gone to bed, but they were not asleep.

Hearing the noise, they guessed that they had returned.

Get up quickly and light the torch.

Mother Yuan opened the door a crack and saw that it was indeed them.

Quickly open all the doors.

Mr. Yuan came out at this moment.

Yuan Shitou and the other men started unloading the grain. After quickly washing their faces, they ran off to check on the children.

I haven't seen him all day, I wonder what kind of trouble he's causing.

Yuan's mother and father also hurriedly went into the kitchen to prepare something to eat for them.

Since they needed help arranging the grain, Yuan's mother simply brought out a basket of eggs.

Have Mr. Yuan boil all the eggs; it's simple and quick.

Anyway, they can't finish all the wild eggs from their farm.

Xiao Xiao and Ping An both said they were tired of eating it.

We also have a lot of salted eggs at home, all made from these wild eggs.

After entrusting the task of boiling the eggs to Mr. Yuan, Mrs. Yuan went out to help.

When Xiao Xiao entered the room, she saw that Yuan Ping'an and Yuan Gungun were sleeping soundly.

Xiao Xiao also wanted to say: Since you're asleep, let's take care of things outside first.

Before they even started walking, Yuan Gungun began to whine.

Yuan Ping'an was probably too tired, so he closed his eyes and gently patted Yuan Gun Gun.

Xiao Xiao saw that Yuan Gun Gun had opened his eyes, so she picked him up.

Yuan Ping'an woke up as soon as he was hugged. He rubbed his eyes and said, "Auntie, you're back?"

Xiao Xiao held Yuan Gun Gun in one arm and touched the diaper with the other.

If you find it's dry, you know this guy is hungry.

Upon seeing Yuan Ping'an get up, he said, "You should go to sleep. Gun Gun must be hungry."

Yuan Ping'an opened his big, blurry eyes and asked, "Auntie, have you managed to buy any grain?"

"We got it, they're unloading it now."

While answering, Xiaoxiao was thinking about going to another room to breastfeed.

Yuan Ping'an put on his shoes and ran outside: "Auntie, you can feed them here, I'm going out to check."

After saying that, he ran out in a flash.

The six grown men quickly unloaded the 10,000 jin of grain.

Mrs. Yuan quickly urged them to eat poached eggs.

They were hungry too, so they weren't being coy.

Each person grabbed a large bowl and started eating.

Little Yuan's mother also brought the food in and was feeding the child while she ate.

Seeing that everyone was eating heartily, Yuan Ping'an also ate two.

They went to Fan Tiesheng's house right after they finished eating.

It was already 5 a.m. when the grain was unloaded.

Some early risers also got up.

Seeing some commotion at Fan Tiesheng's house, he ran over to check on the situation.

"Tiesheng, what are you doing? It's not even dawn yet and you're already busy."

Fan Tiesheng, who had always been clever, said without batting an eye, "Didn't we go down the mountain to sell rabbits?"

"Look, they've found a big buyer, and they're installing it right now!"

The man went closer and saw that it was indeed pretending to be a rabbit; it seemed it would be going back soon.

They're selling rabbits, what's so interesting about that? They don't even have any.

On the contrary, it made me feel uncomfortable.

After finishing at Fan Tiesheng's house, they went back to Yuan Shitou's house.

After carrying two or three hundred rabbits and having breakfast at the hospitality of Yuan's mother, with twenty boiled eggs in his pocket, he was escorted down the mountain by Yuan Shitou and Fan Tiesheng.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

All the grain was stored in the cellar, and Yuan's mother locked the cellar door with a large padlock.

Their family's cellar had a special door, and the key was usually kept by Yuan's mother.

Fearing that her son would reveal that they had grain, Yuan's mother repeatedly reminded him by twisting his ear.

Yuan Shitou was speechless. He wasn't a three-year-old child; how could he possibly reveal that his family had grain?

I was generous before, but that was before I was married and had no children.

He still has a family to support, who would be so foolish as to tell others about this?

Besides, this grain was bought with money, it didn't fall from the sky, he wouldn't be that stupid.

Yuan's mother then gave Yuan's father and Ping An a good talking-to before they finally stopped.

Now that we have food at home, the whole family feels more secure.

I was exhausted and sleepy after a busy night.

Mother Yuan told everyone to go to sleep, and that they could talk about anything else after they woke up.

Yuan Shitou didn't sleep; he still had to take the oxcart back to the production team.