After searching for a long time, neither of them found it. Seeing that Tiedan was a little discouraged, Jianshu slowly walked towards the place where he had placed the eggs before.

After hesitating for a long time, she turned over a piece of grass and suddenly exclaimed, "I found it!"

Tiedan on the other side was sharp-eyed and immediately ran over, "No, no!"

"Wow - so many!" He exclaimed when he saw the nest of pheasant eggs inside.

"Hurry up, let's separate and then look for it again. There might be more nearby!"

"Yes, yes, yes, look again, maybe there are more!" Pheasants only lay one clutch of eggs a year.

Although there may be only one nest nearby, who can say for sure? Maybe the pheasant just likes to lay eggs here.

"Pretty sister, I'll leave the pheasant eggs with you first. We can share them together after we finish finding them."

"Okay, I'll keep it for now."

The two of them even shared the pheasant, and they trusted each other so much that they didn't care who kept the pheasant eggs. How could anyone embezzle them?

Jianshu carefully collected the pheasant eggs, padded them with some grass, and put them in his backpack.

The two of them continued searching, and with the eggs as a foundation, they were much more motivated.

After searching for half an hour, and after searching the entire surrounding area, I finally found a nest of six. Together with the twelve from the previous nest, there were eighteen in total.

They piled the pheasant eggs they found on the ground, and the two of them divided the loot between them.

It’s not that Jianshu can’t count, it’s just that Tiedan doesn’t know how to count. You tell him that there are eighteen in total, and divided by two is nine per person, but he doesn’t understand at all.

So Jianshu was too lazy to teach the children, and they just sat in a row to eat fruit, taking turns to share it.

There weren't many eggs anyway, so they were all divided quickly.

The basket was almost full of mushrooms. The two looked at the sky and decided to fill the basket before going back.

The two of them had almost searched the surrounding area, so they packed up and started to move to a place they had never been to and continued searching.

But this time we are not just looking for mushrooms, we have to pay attention to other things as well. Maybe we will be lucky enough to pick up a pheasant or a wild rabbit?

Of course, Jianshu felt that he definitely wouldn't have such luck.

But it’s worth looking for it. If there are no pheasants or rabbits, some wild vegetables and fruits will do.

Adhering to the principle of not missing any possible opportunity, the two began a carpet search. Wherever they went, anything edible was taken into their pockets.

As time passed, the two people's backpacks gradually became full.

Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, the two of them had no choice but to stop and go back home with their backpacks on their backs.

The things they were carrying were heavy, including fragile items like eggs, so the two of them walked down the mountain more carefully this time.

Even Tiedan had lost his previous lightheartedness. It wouldn't be a big deal if he fell, but if he broke an egg, he would definitely regret it.

The top layer of the backpack is tightly covered with wild vegetables and fruits to ensure that no one can see the real situation inside.

But the two of them still avoided other people's sight along the way and tried not to walk with others.

After all, it is better to be safe than sorry. Although people turn a blind eye to the pheasants they catch in the mountains, these are unspoken rules and should not be publicized.

Who knows if there are any jealous people out there who might be deliberately doing something bad? People's hearts are complicated, so it's best not to test them.

After you catch a pheasant, you can just eat it secretly at home. The real way is to make a fortune quietly.

The two carefully avoided the crowds along the way and finally reached the foot of the mountain. They breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Looking at the house not far away, the two of them looked at each other with silly smiles.

"Sister Shu, let's go up the mountain after dinner." Tiedan tasted the sweetness of going up the mountain and couldn't help but suggest.

Jian Shu shook his head. "No, we have to clean up the mushrooms we picked at home quickly, otherwise they will rot if left for too long."

In fact, this is not the point at all. If she was worried that the mushrooms would rot, she could just put them in storage. The most fundamental reason was that she was tired. She ran up and down the mountain like a busy market all morning, and had to concentrate to avoid falling while walking. It was really tiring.

"Oh, I see." Tiedan was a little disappointed.

Jian Shu patted his head and said, "Tiedan, you have to know that we were just lucky today. We ran into a dead pheasant. But how many times can we have such luck? Once in a lifetime is the best. We need to live a down-to-earth life. We can't always dream of these pie-in-the-sky things, and we can't always rely on luck."

What's more, this is not luck at all, and some of it is not pie in the sky, but man-made.

After she said this, Tiedan was a little confused and didn't quite understand what he meant.

Jianshu can only give a simpler and cruder example, "Let me ask you, how old are you this year?"

"Seven years old."

"Have you ever caught a pheasant before?"

Tiedan shook his head, "No."

"Look, you're already seven years old, and you've been playing in the mountains every day and never caught one. And now you've just gotten lucky and caught one. Doesn't that mean these kinds of opportunities are rare?"

"Um--"

"In that case, do you think you'll have this kind of opportunity again next time?"

After hesitating for a long time, Tiedan finally shook his head slowly, "No, right." Perhaps he was unwilling, so he added the word "right" in the end.

"So, don't have too much hope in the future. Just do what you have to do. It's a good thing if you can meet him. If you don't, don't be disappointed. After all, other people can't meet him either. We at least met him once, which is already very impressive." Jianshu counseled and comforted him.

After hearing the last sentence, Tiedan's originally droopy face suddenly brightened up again, "I'm awesome?"

"Very awesome!" Jianshu gave a thumbs up without hesitation.

"Hehe - as expected, the cute and smart Tiedan is the most powerful!" The narcissist started to show off again.

Seeing that no one was thinking about going up the mountain anymore, Jianshu finally felt relieved.

Seeing his smug look, she shook her head and laughed, patting the back of his head. "Alright, now that we know our cute and smart Tiedan is the smartest, can you go home now? Don't you want to show your mother how smart you are?"

Speaking of this, Tiedan became excited, and pulled Jianshu towards home, "Go home, go home!" Go home and eat meat!

Thinking of the aroma of chicken, he couldn't help but slurp his saliva.

"Slow down, be careful with the backpack!"

It would be bad if the eggs broke if you run so fast.

Tiedan braked quickly, took off the backpack and checked it, then patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, it's not broken!"

Then he slowly put on the backpack, and this time he walked much slower.

The two parted ways at the fork in the road and went back to their respective homes.