The big shot, who had just been calmed down, suddenly sprang into action, striding into the bushes as if ready to fight to the death.
Bai Lu couldn't stop him even when she hugged his waist. Just as she was about to speak to persuade him, a loud "Croak!" suddenly came from the bushes.
Again: "Croak!"
Also: "Quack quack!"
That's absolutely outrageous and arrogant!
Bai Lu held tightly to Xiao Cheng, who was about to kill someone—no, to kill the frog. "Cheng, don't go! There are a lot of thorns in the grass. The frog must have been pricked by the thorns and is screaming in pain. Let's ignore it and let it get pricked into a hedgehog in the grass. Let's see if it dares to bump into people again next time!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a plump, green frog-like shadow leaped and flew past Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu.
And then, smugly, it opened its mouth and said, "Quack quack quack!"
Bai Lu: "..."
How can there be such an arrogant frog!
How could there be such an ignorant frog!
How could there be such a frog that doesn't cherish life!
"Splash." The frog clearly valued its life, and it bypassed Xiao Cheng, who was being blocked, and fell straight into the rice paddy.
Xiao Cheng lifted his foot to go down into the field to catch frogs.
Bai Lu couldn't stop him any longer, so she decisively turned around and stood in front of him, pushing against his chest with both hands to prevent him from moving: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, look, even the frogs are scared and have run away."
"It clearly knows you are an important person that you cannot offend. It ran away after hitting you, which shows how afraid it is of you and can only run away to save its life."
"Goodness, let's not stoop to the level of this cowardly, afraid-to-die frog. Let's ignore it and go back to pick lychees. Lychees are so delicious..."
It's unclear which of his words had the desired effect, but Xiao Cheng's gloomy and cold expression softened slightly.
Bai Lu quickly changed her grip and grabbed his arm, pulling him up the hillside.
Fearing that Brother Frog might rise from the dead again, he ran away as fast as he could.
The basket full of corn was still in the same place. There was a pile of dead branches under the lychee tree. You couldn't see it unless you looked closely. Even from a straight-ahead angle, you couldn't see it. Wang Cuihua and Li Hongying hadn't discovered it.
To prevent Xiao Cheng from turning back to seek revenge on the frog and getting into a fight, Bai Lu didn't pick many lychees. She only picked a small handful to take back to Xiao Wei to try, and then quickly returned the way she came.
They didn't forget to pull Xiao Cheng away, who kept glancing at the rice paddies.
The large bamboo basket was also in Xiao Cheng's hands, but his mind was on the rice paddies. He stopped by a stream.
Bai Lu thought he was going back to get revenge on the frog, but to her surprise, he simply put down the basket and asked her to help him wash his face.
To be precise, it was about washing off the mud that the frog had slapped on her face. Even though she had already wiped it clean, the boss was still not satisfied.
She washed it again and again, but she was still not satisfied.
Bai Lu looked at the boss's handsome face, which was red from being rubbed by her own hands, and felt both uneasy and helpless: "Alright, alright, it's clean now."
"No need to wash anymore." Bai Lu covered Xiao Cheng's reddened cheek and praised him, "You look a thousand times better now than when you came. No one can compare to your handsome and dashing appearance."
Ignore the left cheek that appears to have been slapped red.
Xiao Cheng could ignore it, Bai Lu could ignore it, but the people they encountered on their way back could not be ignored.
They wanted to look but dared not, wanted to ask but dared not, their curiosity was so strong it caused them internal injury.
Only Wang Cuihua, who had been waiting for a long time, widened her eyes and screamed, "What happened to Brother Xiao Cheng's face!"
Did Bailu hit you?
Not only Wang Cuihua thought so, but Yu Fugui and others also had the same idea, but when they thought of Bai Lu's gentle nature of talking but not fighting, they immediately rejected it.
Bai Lu definitely wouldn't hit Xiao Cheng, so what's with the redness on Xiao Cheng's face? Could it be that he was stung by a bee?
Just as everyone was racking their brains trying to figure it out, a loud voice rang out: "The corn is ripe."
"Everyone come and eat some corn! This is the first batch of corn this year, it smells amazing, everyone should try some."
Li Hongying and Xiao Guofu pulled a wooden cart with three large baskets of freshly cooked corn on it.
The aroma of steaming hot, soft, and sticky corn wafts through the air, powerfully drawing everyone's attention.
Yu Fugui and the others had finished harvesting chestnuts and loading them onto the truck. When they were about to leave, they didn't see Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu. They heard from the villagers that they had gone to pick corn, so they stayed behind to wait.
The Xiao family members had seen how much respect they had for Bai Lu and Xiao Cheng. This respect wasn't just expressed in their words; whenever someone had something good, they would bring it out early and present it to Bai Lu and Xiao Cheng when they returned home.
This is something they can only envy; what Bai Lu and Xiao Cheng did for Xiao Family Village is something none of them could do.
Surprisingly, they also got to eat some corn, a truly unexpected surprise.
Yu Fugui and Wen Xiuyun knew that following Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu was the right thing to do; they would have a head start in terms of food, clothing, and daily necessities.
Meng Youliang, Lu Shi, and the others shared the same realization. They looked at each other and smiled, seeing the same meaning in each other's eyes: none of them had boarded the wrong ship.
Fortune favors the bold, and the road ahead is long. I only hope that Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu can pave a brighter future.
Xiao Guofu generously invited everyone to eat corn, and a group of people gathered around the wooden cart, eating and praising it.
Li Hongying had taken out a few for Xiao Cheng and Bai Lu early on, saying, "After waiting for a long time and not seeing you come back, Afu and I thought you had gotten lost. We were about to go look for you when the corn was cooked and you still hadn't returned."
"I never expected that you would come back so soon after the corn was cooked. Your timing and luck are unparalleled. Even the corn is looking out for you. What reason do you have not to eat more corn and take more back with you?"
Bai Lu smiled and nodded, took the corn and handed it to Xiao Cheng, explaining, "We just went to pick lychees."
"I was so happy picking that I didn't watch where I was going, twisted my ankle, and slipped into the rapeseed field below, knocking down a whole patch of rapeseed flowers. I don't know which uncle or auntie owns that patch of land. Please apologize to the uncle and auntie for us."
"It's alright, it's alright."
Li Hongying waved her hands repeatedly: "That's Uncle Mugen's rapeseed field. Uncle Mugen also sells chestnuts. He's so grateful to you for bringing him sales channels and buyers, how could he blame you? Before you came back, Uncle Mugen even brought a basket of preserved eggs and asked me to deliver them to your car later."
"Uncle Mugen went to work in the fields. I'll talk to him later. Don't worry, he won't blame you."
Despite saying that, Bai Lu still felt a little guilty, after all, rapeseed can be pressed for oil.
"Have Uncle Mugen's chestnuts been sold yet?"
"without."
Li Hongying shook her head, her tone slightly worried: "Of the ten families selected this time, some are struggling to make ends meet, and others urgently need money for their children's education. They are all families facing difficulties. Uncle Mugen's family has some sweet potatoes in addition to chestnuts, so Afu and I will arrange for him to be included in the next batch."
Many people in the village still live in wooden houses and tiled houses. As the wife of the village chief and the clan chief, Li Hongying is more familiar with the situation in the clan and it is right for her to make arrangements according to the circumstances.
Bai Lu nodded slightly: "Then let's do the next batch. A buyer will come to collect chestnuts within three days. You and Uncle Fu can go with them and give them to Uncle Mugen."
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