Chapter 277
"Baosheng, go down the mountain." said the aunt walking in front.
"Yes." Ding Baosheng said with a smile.
The aunts noticed Ye Fuyue and the other two following behind Ding Baosheng. They looked at them with scrutiny for a while and asked Ding Baosheng, "Who are they?"
Ding Baosheng explained with a smile: "They are my relatives. It's a rare opportunity for them to come here, so I brought them to the mountain to play."
"Oh, it's your relative in the city." said one of the aunts.
Ding Baosheng nodded: "Yes, aunt."
"You have quite a harvest." Another aunt peeked at the bamboo baskets that Ding Baosheng and the others were carrying and said with a sour tone.
In those days, everything was planned, and everyone was short of food and clothing. Life was difficult for everyone. Wild products from the mountains could help the villagers improve their diet.
Although this mountain is public, it is close to the village, so the villagers naturally regard the things in the mountain as shared property of the village.
They took things from other villages. It would be fine if they were not seen, but if they were seen, the people in the village would naturally be unhappy.
"Actually, not much. They are all girls and can't carry much." Ding Baosheng smiled naively.
Ye Fuyue rummaged through her pockets, luckily there were still a few fruit candies in her pocket.
She placed a piece of fruit candy in each aunt's palm and said, "We're here just to have fun and pick some game to taste. Big Brother Ding specifically told us not to pick too much, otherwise we wouldn't be able to carry it down the mountain. Luckily, we listened to Big Brother Ding and didn't pick too much, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to carry it down the mountain."
When the aunts saw the fruit candies in their hands, they thought that this girl was capable and they all looked at Ye Fuyue with more favor.
"You are so generous, little girl. You even gave us candy." One of the aunts said with a smile.
"There are so many things in this mountain. If you like them, let Baosheng bring you here to pick them next time." Another aunt also said happily.
"Be careful when you go down the mountain. You are carrying things, so be careful of the slippery road and don't fall." Another aunt reminded.
"Thank you, aunts. We will pay attention to it." Ye Fuyue said with a smile.
Yu Wanying and Wu Qiaoer also said "thank you" repeatedly.
After the aunts passed them and walked away, Ding Baosheng scratched his head and muttered quietly: "Should I bring some candies with me next time?"
After muttering, Ding Baosheng said to Ye Fuyue and the others, "The aunties in the village are just straightforward and mean-spirited. They don't actually have any malicious intentions."
Ye Fuyue and the others all smiled.
After slowly descending the mountain, Ye Fuyue and the others carried bamboo baskets and went to Ding Baosheng's house.
Ding Baosheng took out a few urea bags and asked Ye Fuyue and the others to put everything they picked into the urea bags.
Ding Baosheng also emptied the contents of his bamboo basket, divided them up, and gave them to Ye Fuyue and the others: "Put all these in bags and take them back."
"Cousin, you picked all these and gave them to us. You have nothing left." Yu Wanying said.
Ding Baosheng grinned: "If I don't have any, I can go to the mountains to pick some. It's a rare visit for you, so bring some back."
As he said that, he put the things he had divided into the urea bags of Ye Fuyue and the other three.
Ye Fuyue and the others could only thank Ding Baosheng repeatedly.
Ding Baosheng's wife came out of the house and said to them with a smile: "You can eat first before going back. The food is already cooking."
Yu Wanying quickly refused: "No, cousin, our family is waiting for us to go back and have dinner."
Every household now has a ration of food. They had already picked so much mountain produce this time, so if they stayed for dinner, it would be very ignorant.
Yu Wanying and the others tied the urea bag to the back seat of the bicycle. The three of them said goodbye to Ding Baosheng and his wife and rode their bicycles back to the city.
At first, they were immersed in the joy of picking so many mountain products, but later, after riding for a long time, they gradually felt hungry.
"I'm so hungry." Yu Wanying sighed after her stomach growled for who knows how many times.
"I'm hungry too." Ye Fuyue said.
"Me too." Wu Qiaoer was not as energetic as before.
"Do you have anything else to eat?" Yu Wanying asked.
Wu Qiaoer and Ye Fuyue both shook their heads.
"I gave all the cakes and pastries I brought to your cousin."
"I gave my last few pieces of fruit candy to those aunts."
Yu Wanying sighed: "Let's go back to the city and buy some buns from the state-owned restaurant to fill our stomachs."
With so many mountain products, they couldn't afford to sit down at a state-owned restaurant for a full meal. They could only buy a few buns and eat them while sitting on their bicycles.
When they thought about eating hot buns soon, the three of them pedaled their bikes even harder.
After returning to the city, they bought some buns and sat by the roadside guarding their bicycles until they had filled their stomachs. Then the three of them went home.
Ye Fuyue rode her bicycle back to the compound and met Aunt Donghong.
"Fu Yue, where have you been? What did you tie to the back seat of your bicycle?" Aunt Dong Hong asked curiously.
"My friend took me to the mountains to pick wild goods." Ye Fuyue said.
"You picked a lot!"
"Yes!" Ye Fuyue smiled.
Zhou Jinmei and Ye Fuyun, who were sitting at the door, also heard the conversation between Ye Fuyue and Aunt Donghong.
When Zhou Jinmei heard the word "wild goods," she asked Ye Fuyue, "What wild goods did you pick?"
Ye Fuyue didn't even look at Zhou Jinmei, pretended not to hear, and rode her bicycle back to Shen's house.
This made Zhou Jinmei furious. She cursed, "You little bastard, you don't have ears. She can't even hear me when I talk to her!"
"Mom, I'll go and hear what wild goods she picked." Ye Fuyun said.
Ye Fuyun leaned against the door of the Shen family and eavesdropped for a while. Then he came back and said to Zhou Jinmei, "I heard them say that Ye Fuyue brought back chestnuts, dates, and mushrooms."
"So many?" Zhou Jinmei was surprised.
"Yeah, I heard that the Shen family is very happy."
"Do you know where she picked it?" Zhou Jinmei asked.
"I heard from Ye Fuyue that her friend took her there. It was in the mountains near a certain village. I didn't hear it clearly." Ye Fuyun said truthfully.
Zhou Jinmei glared at her: "You are useless! You didn't hear a single word that you should have heard clearly. At least you heard where she picked them. You can go pick them too!"
Ye Fuyun felt a little aggrieved. After all, she was eavesdropping from the door, so how could she hear every word clearly?
Zhou Jinmei hadn't finished scolding him yet and continued, "You two are obviously sisters, yet you're no match for her in any way. Why don't you know some friends who know where to pick local produce and bring it back to our family?"
Ye Fuyun muttered softly, "You ask me to do laundry, cook, and look after the house every day. Where can I go to meet friends?"
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