Chapter 056: Surrounded
"What's wrong, Master?"
Seeing Ye Qing with his hands on his hips, his cheeks puffed up with anger like a puffer fish, Gu Weinan couldn't help but ask curiously.
Ye Qing pointed at the grass and almost cried:
"I just caught seven or eight trout and threw them all on the grass. A cunning fox spotted me and stole most of them while I wasn't paying attention!"
"Originally there were three left. Gu Weibei was beating the stupid roe deer just now, so I ran with you guys to watch the fun. When I turned around, the remaining three were gone! They were all killed by that little thief!"
"I'm really pissed off. Come again if you dare. I'll destroy you with one blow! I just happen to need a fox cloak for the winter!"
Ye Qing walked around in the woods at the back but couldn't find the thief, so he went back to his original place cursing.
Originally, she thought that since she was so angry, the three people around her would stand up for her. However, she didn't expect that when she turned around, she saw the trembling Gu siblings. Even Meng Jia looked as if he was afraid of death.
"What's wrong?" Ye Qing felt confused.
Gu Weinan looked around and stammered:
"Master, this is Changbai Mountain. You can't scold Fox Immortal like that. Hurry up and apologize to Fox Immortal, or you'll be retaliated against."
Ye Qing: ??? A black question mark face.
What the hell? That little thief stole my fish and I have to apologize to him?
Seeing that Ye Qing didn't believe him, Gu Weinan became a little anxious:
"Here, foxes, yellow, white, willows, and grays are all not to be messed with easily, especially the Great Fox Fairy. Everyone is in awe of him and dares not offend him. But there are those stubborn ones who refuse to listen and insist on offending him, and they all end up in disaster!"
As he was talking, Gu Weinan mentioned that there was a man named Wu Fulai from the Wu family in the village. It was said that he used to be a militiaman with Wu Yongbing and Gu Zhenxing. He was also a tough guy. After liberation, he made a living by hunting. He finally got married and had a son and a daughter. However, he injured a fox while hunting in the mountains and was later avenged by a fox spirit.
"He had two children. His son suddenly fell ill and died. His daughter inexplicably became a fool. He fell off a mountain and broke his leg. His wife couldn't stand the beating and jumped into the river with her foolish daughter."
"It is said that he fell off the mountain because of a fox spirit behind his back. People in the village also said that his wife was bewitched by the fox spirit and jumped into the river with her children. In just a month, his family was destroyed. After that, Uncle Fulai never recovered. He is still the poorest bachelor in the village. He has nothing at home. I am afraid he will never be able to turn things around in his life."
"Is it so mysterious? Is it true?"
Ye Qing was a materialist who didn't believe in evil at all. How could she believe this? But Gu Weinan said it with great confidence, and Gu Weibei and Meng Jia beside him nodded in unison, with nervous expressions on their faces, which made her feel a little uneasy.
It was impossible for her to apologize to the yellow-haired thief. She could only pretend to be calm and said stubbornly:
"Alright, alright, I respect your traditional customs, and I don't mean to offend you local gods, but respect should be mutual, right? I worked so hard to catch the fish, but you stole all of them without even saying hello. Isn't that a bit too much? Forget it this time, just consider it a generous gift from me, but next time it will be impolite!"
Ye Qing deliberately raised the volume of his voice, and it was unclear whether his words were addressed to Gu Weinan and the other two, or to the "Fox Immortal" who was hiding in some bush.
No matter how you look at it, she has surrendered, and the three people who came with her all breathed a sigh of relief.
All the fish were stolen, so Ye Qing had to sit down again and continue fishing. However, this time she was smarter. After catching a fish, she threw it directly to Gu Weibei and asked him to kill the fish quickly, remove the internal organs, and put it back into the backpack and hide it, for fear that the fox would sneak up on her again when she was not paying attention.
By the time she caught six or seven more fish, Gu Weinan and Meng Jia had already cleaned the pheasant's body.
Ye Qing was no longer greedy. He put away his fishing gear and joined in preparing the ingredients. He washed the various fruits, chicken offal for soup, and wild mushrooms. Then the three of them quickly left the mountain stream.
After going around a mountain pass and finding a flat place, making sure they were far away from the mountain stream where the jackals, badgers and coyotes were foraging, the four decided to make a fire and have a barbecue.
Ye Qing didn't need to get involved in the camping as Gu Weinan and Gu Weibei were experts in this area. One of them dug a hole and built a stove while the other collected firewood to make a fire. Their movements were very skillful and quick, and Ye Qing and Meng Jia couldn't help at all.
Upon seeing this, Ye Qing hurriedly took out a small bamboo jar from her bag, which was filled with the marinade powder she had prepared before entering the mountain. She also washed and chopped the wild ginger and green onion she had dug up in the mountain, spread some on the trout, and stuffed the rest into the pheasant's belly.
The pickled pheasant is wrapped in large leaves, then covered with a layer of mud, and then buried in a pit filled with red charcoal. After it is buried securely, a fire is then lit on top.
Ye Qing also brought a few sweet potatoes with him this time when he went up the mountain. Originally, he planned to eat them on the way to fill his stomach if there was not enough food on the mountain. Now that he had made a fire to cook, he had to arrange to roast the sweet potatoes.
So when she buried the beak chicken, she also buried the sweet potatoes with it.
Both beggar's chicken and roasted sweet potatoes take time to cook, especially the beggar's chicken, which will probably take an hour or two to bake.
The few people were not in a hurry. They left Gu Weibei to watch the fire while the other three went their separate ways and continued wandering around the area. Ye Qing was busy looking for the two medicinal herbs she had not found, while Gu Weinan was wandering around in the woods with a gun on his back, hunting for game. As for Meng Jia, she did not dare to go far and just picked mushrooms and wild fruits within a hundred or two hundred meters around.
You know what, Ye Qing's luck is pretty good. After digging around in the woods for so long, she actually found another medicine.
This medicinal herb is relatively rare, so it is not always easy to find. This one, thanks to her sharp eyes, might not be found. The key is that the one she found is actually less than half a foot tall and is a seedling that is less than a year old.
Such small medicinal seedlings are definitely not going to have much medicinal effect. It would be a waste of resources if we just dig them out like this.
Ye Qing looked around and confirmed that the three people were still busy with their own affairs in other parts of the forest. They were at least two or three hundred meters away from her. Under the cover of various trees and shrubs, not even a single figure could be seen.
She immediately felt relieved, quickly reached out her hand, and started to output madly at the seedling.
As soon as the wood-type power was injected, the small medicinal seedling quickly grew very tall, growing to the thickness of an arm, and quickly branched out, bloomed and bore fruit. Then the fruit exploded, and the seeds inside fell to the ground. The fallen seeds began to take root and sprout quickly, and a large medicinal field grew.
Only then did Ye Qing withdrew his hand with satisfaction.
She was just about to call Gu Weinan and Gu Weibei to come and help dig herbs, but when she looked up, she met the familiar willow-leaf phoenix eyes in the woods.
Oh my god! Ye Qing was frightened by this thing.
Those eyes, that golden fur, who else could it be but the fox that stole seven or eight trout from her before?
Ye Qing really didn't expect that, after they had left the mountain a mile or two away, this guy had actually been following her stealthily, and quietly crouching in the bushes not far away, staring at her with his big eyes.
Apparently, the fox had seen everything about her catalyzing the medicinal seedlings just now.
At this moment, the fox's eyes flashed with a cunning light, and its pointed mouth was even slightly curled up, as if it really had a spirit and was planning something evil. Its weird look made Ye Qing feel scared.
She cursed inwardly, wondering if Gu Weinan's prediction had come true. She had threatened to kill the thief, and this guy had heard it. So he had been following her secretly, waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on her, right?
When Ye Qing thought of this possibility, he suddenly felt goosebumps all over his body.
Worried that this thing would suddenly attack her, Ye Qing subconsciously reached into her bag, took the whip in her hand, and prepared to defend herself at any time.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the fox suddenly turned around and disappeared into the jungle in a graceful and fast manner.
Ye Qing was really confused by the reaction of this fox. He had no idea what this thing was here for. It came without anyone noticing, and now it was walking in such a heartless manner. What did this mean?
After staring at the woods for a long time and making sure that the fox was not pretending to leave and then secretly shooting back, Ye Qing finally felt relieved.
Without dwelling on the incident, Ye Qing quickly called Gu Weinan and Gu Weibei, who were in the woods not far away, to come over for help.
Earlier, she was too excited and did not calculate the output of her supernatural power, so she catalyzed the small medicinal seedling into an old tree stump. Now the main root under the tree stump is probably more than one meter deep, and it is not easy to dig this thing out.
When Gu Weibei and Meng Jiayi heard Ye Qing shouting, they rushed over immediately. However, Gu Weinan had disappeared and they couldn't find him at all.
Seeing that Ye Qing actually found such a large medicinal herb, Gu Weibei was stunned, especially when Ye Qing emphasized that this medicinal herb was one of the last two missing herbs she mentioned before, he was even more surprised and couldn't help but give Ye Qing a thumbs up.
Ye Qing was not polite to this boy. He directly handed the hoe to him and signaled him to stop talking nonsense and start digging.
Fearing that Gu Weibei would not be able to perform his skills, Ye Qing first instructed him to dig up some of the small medicinal seedlings that were catalyzed by the seeds nearby and clear the empty space first.
The old tree stump was not easy to dig, so three people took turns digging a large hole more than one meter deep before they pulled out the medicinal herb.
After putting the herbs into the basket, Ye Qing replanted the small seedlings he had dug out, leaving only two for himself.
She planned to open up a small medicinal garden in Grandma Zou's backyard after she came down the mountain, specifically for growing medicinal herbs.
So this time when she went into the mountains, she dug out all the herbs with their roots, no matter how big or small they were. When she got to the foot of the mountain, she planned to use her supernatural powers to catalyze a batch of medicinal seedlings and plant them in her medicine garden.
By going into the mountains a few more times and accumulating slowly, she will be able to have all kinds of medicinal herbs in her medicine garden in the future. As long as the mother plants are not dead, she can ensure that her health station will initially achieve freedom of Chinese medicinal herbs.
After digging up the herbs, Gu Weinan returned to the campfire and sat by the fire for another twenty minutes before finally coming back panting, carrying the basket on his back.
"Where have you been? I called you for a long time but you didn't respond. I was about to go look for you." As soon as he saw his sister coming back, Gu Weibei hurriedly asked.
Gu Weinan rolled his eyes in annoyance: "Why are you looking for me? I can find my way here even with my eyes closed, how could I get lost?"
As she said this, Gu Weinan put down her backpack and smiled at the few people:
"Look what I found!"
The three of them went over to take a look and were also stunned.
I saw that Gu Weinan's basket was filled with pine nuts, which weighed about dozens of kilograms.
"So many, where did you find them?" Gu Weibei asked in surprise.
Gu Weinan smiled as if he had won the first prize in the lottery:
"I went to the woods to hunt for prey and saw a ground squirrel sneaking out of the ground. I hurried over to check it out. Guess what I saw? A huge squirrel hole connected to a big camphor tree. It was full of nuts. I estimated that there were more than a hundred kilograms of nuts!"
"Hahaha, I just laid there digging out squirrel holes for almost half an hour, and look, I found so many. How about that, a good harvest, right?"
Several people nodded repeatedly, all stunned.
Gu Weibei looked at his sister's basket and couldn't help asking:
"You've only filled one basket, so there must be quite a lot left in the cave. I'll get another basket, and you and I can go together to get the rest. These pine nuts are really good. We can use them to make oil!"
As he said that, the boy was actually going to touch the basket next to him.
This time they went into the mountains they brought four backpack baskets and several hand baskets. Now the backpack baskets were all filled with things, and they needed to pour the things into the baskets to free up an empty basket.
Seeing this, Ye Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly reached out to stop the excited brother and sister:
"I say you two should stop. This basket alone must be more than 10 kilograms, which is equivalent to stealing most of the other person's belongings. You should at least leave some for him, otherwise how are you going to let him survive the winter? If you really empty the food reserves in the cave, the squirrel will be so angry when it comes back!"
Ye Qing had dealt with a group of squirrels in the dense forests of Sheshan Mountain in Shanghai before. Those little creatures were like elves in the forest. Although they were not big, they were quite clever. Ye Qing quite liked this species.
Ye Qing also remembered that she had seen a popular science video about squirrels. It was said that squirrels had a very bad temper. They had many caves where they hid food, and they often forgot where they hid their food. But once they found that the caves had been hollowed out, they would get very angry. Refusing to eat or drink was the least of their anger. In serious cases, they would even find a tree branch and hang themselves.
Ye Qing's words made Gu Weinan and the other two feel very surprised and fresh.
At this time, the generation gap can be seen.
Ye Qing was educated with the concept of a hundred years from now. In addition, there are too many endangered or even extinct species in the future, so she has always adhered to the principle of maintaining the diversity of species in the world, and all creatures have spirits and can coexist harmoniously. In most cases, she has kindness and respect for wild animals and is unwilling to kill them easily.
But in comparison, the Xia Kingdom during this period had not yet been affected by environmental pollution, and the animals and plants in the mountains and forests had not been excessively hunted and dug up, so the species were extremely rich. However, the people were hungry every day, and all they thought about was how to fill their stomachs. They only thought about living off the land and the water, and they did not have much awareness of protecting species diversity and sustainable development. Anyway, as long as there was meat and no poison, they would hunt and eat any species.
Therefore, in the minds of Gu Weinan and others, they were already very merciful for not catching the squirrel for its meat. As for how much impact stealing all its pine nuts would have on the squirrel, they did not consider it and did not think it was a big deal.
However, although the three of them could not understand Ye Qing's ideas and consciousness, since Ye Qing insisted, they would not insist on going against Ye Qing.
After all, going against Ye Qing's wishes would definitely make Ye Qing unhappy. They came to the mountains for an autumn outing happily, and there was no need to make the atmosphere awkward over such a small matter.
At this moment, the roasted sweet potatoes in the fire pit began to emit a rich sweet potato aroma, which made everyone dizzy.
It was almost noon by now. After running around in the woods for the whole morning, they all felt a little hungry. So they didn't bother to go and pick pine nuts and quickly sat down to fill their stomachs first.
Ye Qing quickly found a stick and turned out a few long sweet potatoes from the fire pit, giving each of them two.
Ye Qing secretly added some wood energy into these sweet potatoes, making them sweeter and softer than ordinary sweet potatoes. When they were broken open, the smell instantly made them greedy. They didn't care whether the sweet potatoes were hot or not, and couldn't wait to open their mouths and take a bite.
"Wow, this sweet potato is really delicious!"
"But they are obviously the same variety of sweet potatoes as ours, so why do these taste so good when baked?"
"I don't know, maybe it's because baked sweet potatoes are best eaten when camping?"
“That makes sense!”
None of the three thought much about it, they just felt that the sweet potatoes were roasted to perfect perfection and tasted so good that they simply couldn't stop eating them.
Ye Qing was not very interested in sweet potatoes. Her eyes fell on the trout that had been roasted to a crispy outside and tender inside. The mountain fish at this time was plump. The roasted fish marinated with barbecue seasoning was sizzling with oil. Just looking at it made people salivate.
Ye Qing was just about to pick up a big delicious fish when he suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right. The three fish opposite him that had been chattering just now suddenly closed their mouths and sat there motionless.
"What's wrong?" Ye Qing couldn't help but pause in his chewing and asked in confusion.
Gu Weinan froze, while Gu Weibei pointed behind her and winked at her:
"Fox, the Fox Fairy is here!"
Ye Qing was stunned and turned back suddenly.
This time, hey, the yellow-haired fox that had run away before came back again!
Ye Qing almost laughed out of anger. Over and over again, what on earth was this thing for? Was he trying to scare her? She, Ye Qing, was not scared!
Originally, out of respect for local customs, she had no intention of taking action, but if he insisted on coming to ask for a beating, then she would not be able to control her supernatural power. She was not picky about the color of the fox cloak, so yellow was fine!
Ye Qing was just about to roll up her sleeves to engage in direct combat with this devil, but what she didn't expect was that at this moment, the smiling fox tilted its head and actually picked up something from behind.
When it came to Ye Qing's feet, it put the thing down, and then kept wagging its long and fluffy tail at Ye Qing. It even came up to Ye Qing and gave him a hug, and let out an extremely flattering and devilish laugh.
That laughter was exactly the same as Daji's laughter in Investiture of the Gods. It sounded like it was about to take shape and suck away people's yang energy, making people tremble with fear. If you heard it late at night, it would probably kill you on the spot.
Ye Qing could understand why poor scholars in ancient times wrote about their outdoor encounters. In most cases, the monsters they encountered were foxes or fox spirits. Hearing such sounds in the wilderness, one had to throw all science and reason out the window. It was really too creepy.
The fox didn't realize how scary his laughter was. Seeing that Ye Qing remained indifferent, the fox actually showed confusion and grievance in his eyes.
After hesitating for a moment, it stretched out its claws again and pushed the thing on the ground towards Ye Qing.
Ye Qing then came to his senses and looked at the thing at his feet.
When she saw clearly what it was, her eyes almost popped out of her head.
???!!!!!!
Oh my god! A huge red Ganoderma lucidum! It was so red that it was almost turning black and purple. It was as big as half a washbasin and weighed several kilograms!
This big red Ganoderma must be at least fifty or sixty years old. It has a dark and shiny color, a perfect shape without any worm eyes, a thick and hard texture, and is so large. Judging from these appearance features alone, it is enough to show that this is a top-quality wild red Ganoderma!
Red Ganoderma is the king of Ganoderma. If this big one were to be auctioned in a hundred years, it could be directly sold at an auction house. The estimated starting price would be seven figures!
Ye Qing was almost dumbfounded at this moment. After figuring out the fox's intention, she looked at the fox in front of her in disbelief:
"Did you pick this Ganoderma lucidum specifically to give to me?"
The fox raised its head and glanced at Ye Qing, then used its pointed beak to nudge the Ganoderma lucidum towards Ye Qing and gestured to him.
Now Ye Qing was certain that this fox fairy really came to give her something!
Ye Qing was shocked. Oh my god, she thought this guy was here to fight her. Who could have expected such a sudden turn of events?
She quickly squatted down and picked up the Ganoderma lucidum.
As soon as I picked it up, I felt it was heavy, and the rich aroma of Ganoderma lucidum filled my face.
Ye Qing became more and more certain that this was the ultimate product among Ganoderma lucidum. It was undoubtedly the red Ganoderma lucidum that ranked at the top in terms of nutritional value and medicinal efficacy!
Now Ye Qing no longer cared about the fact that the immortal had stolen her few trout. Not to mention eating her fish, she would even let her call him daddy on the spot!
Ye Qing was absolutely unwilling to admit that she was a shallow-skinned person who was blinded by money, but with the money power brought by this Ganoderma lucidum, she felt that she had opened her filter instantly, and the treacherous and cunning fox face in front of her immediately became pleasing to her eyes. She inexplicably felt that its features became handsome, and even its laughter revealed a clear sense of stupidity and cuteness. It was not scary at all, but rather a little cute.
"Boss, just tell me how many fish you want to eat, and I'll go catch them for you right away. You can eat as many as you want!"
Ye Qing patted his chest without any principles, with a worthless smile on his face, even more fawning and cunning than this fox.
Seeing that the fox ignored her and just stared at the aluminum lunch box she placed not far away.
Ye Qing was stunned for a moment, thinking that the fox wanted to eat her grilled salmon, so she quickly handed the fish and the stick over:
"You didn't smell the grilled fish and came here just to have some barbecue with us, did you?"
But what Ye Qing didn't expect was that the fox was completely indifferent to the grilled fish she handed over. Instead, it kept staring at her aluminum lunch box stubbornly.
In a flash, Ye Qing suddenly realized.
She slapped her forehead suddenly, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Well, she finally understood what was going on. There were two roasted sweet potatoes just pulled out of the fire in her aluminum lunch box, and she hadn't had time to eat them yet. It turned out that this fox, like the weasel she met at the foot of the mountain, also took a fancy to her sweet potatoes with added ingredients!
It is estimated that this guy had smelled the scent of wood-related supernatural powers long before.
So when Ye Qing used the water plants with supernatural powers to fish for the trout in the mountain stream, the guy mistakenly thought that the trout had spiritual energy, so he took away all the fish she caught;
Later, he was attracted by the special smell of the sweet potatoes in her bag, so he followed her secretly after she left the mountain stream and entered the woods.
It was probably because the fox saw Ye Qing so furious after snatching away those small salmon in front, and it also knew that it might not be easy for it to ask Ye Qing for sweet potatoes again, so it came up with such a roundabout way to save the country, using a decades-old wild red Ganoderma lucidum to exchange for sweet potatoes from Ye Qing!
Ye Qing almost laughed out loud, this deal was too good of a bargain, such top-grade red Ganoderma lucidum had immense medicinal value, let alone two roasted sweet potatoes, she would be willing to pay even for 200 or 2,000 kilograms!
Without saying a word, she took the two sweet potatoes from her lunch box and handed them over.
The fox laughed so hard that his eyes almost narrowed into a slit, and he picked up the two sweet potatoes and ran away.
They thought it was over, and Ye Qing, Gu Weinan and others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Ye Qing was afraid that the other party would go back on his word, while Gu Weinan and the other two were so nervous and frightened facing the Fox Immortal that they didn't dare to breathe heavily.
But what the four men never expected was that this guy had already jumped into the woods, but he actually came back and shot them.
After putting the two sweet potatoes down, he rubbed against Gu Weinan and the others and ate all the sweet potato peels that they had thrown away at their feet, chewing them with relish and a look of great enjoyment. Gu Weinan and the other two were so frightened that they were petrified on the spot.
After eating all the sweet potato skins without leaving any, the fox picked up the two sweet potatoes given by Ye Qing and left. This time it really went into the woods and never looked back.
After a long while, Gu Weinan and the others finally came to their senses:
"Master, this...this fox fairy, isn't he a carnivore? How come he's eating sweet potatoes?"
How could Ye Qing explain it? She couldn't say that because I added something to the sweet potato, she couldn't resist the temptation and became addicted to her supernatural power, right?
"Oh, maybe he's tired of eating big fish and meat every day, and wants to change his taste with some light porridge and side dishes." Ye Qing spoke nonsense with an expressionless face.
The three people present are not fools, it would be strange if they believed this.
However, no matter how hard they tried, they could not imagine that Ye Qing had supernatural powers. They could only once again conclude that the Fox Immortal was indeed psychic. At the same time, they automatically thought that it must be that the fox heard Ye Qing scolding it in the mountain before, so the fox ran over to warn Ye Qing in this way. This must be the case!
"Master, you see what I said is right, this fox fairy is really powerful. You must never speak carelessly in the future, or be careful that it will really come to retaliate against you."
Gu Weinan believed in the stories and legends left by the older generation, and was afraid that Ye Qing would break the taboo again, so he hurried to warn her again.
Ye Qing is the only one who knows the truth: ...
This feeling of loneliness, of being the only one sober while everyone else is drunk, really made her feel uncomfortable.
"Hurry up and eat. I think the beak chicken should be almost cooked. After we eat, let's take a quick walk around the mountain to see if we can find the last ingredient of the medicine."
Changbai Mountain is not as safe as She Mountain. After all, it is connected to a large tract of primeval jungle, which is full of various unknown dangers. There may be ferocious creatures hiding somewhere. Even if a tiger or leopard suddenly appeared, Ye Qing would not find it strange.
"What if I can't find the medicine?"
Gu Weibei was quite worried. He couldn't find the medicine and his brother's treatment would have to be postponed again. What should he do?
Ye Qing shrugged, "If we can't find it, we can only think of other ways. We can go back to the county to ask Dean Gu. If that doesn't work, I'll ask Director Zhao or Professor Qiao from the army farm next door for help and ask them in the provincial capital. If we can't find fresh ones, we must have prepared herbs. Don't worry, it won't be a big problem."
After hearing Ye Qing say this, Gu Weibei finally felt relieved.
After eating the grilled fish and sweet potatoes, the three of them dug up the fire again, turned out the beggar chicken buried inside, and knocked open the burnt mud, revealing the tender, juicy, sweet and rich beggar chicken inside.
As soon as the chicken was opened, the two people who were eating in front were instantly outshined. The four people who had almost finished eating, after seeing this beggar chicken, their taste buds were awakened again, and they couldn't wait to share their meals and start eating.
A chicken was divided into four parts, two chicken legs and two chicken wings. No matter how I ate, I just grabbed them and started to eat them.
Pheasants roam in the mountains every day, and their meat is naturally more delicious than that of pheasants. Coupled with this special cooking method, it was so delicious that the four of them almost swallowed their tongues.
In the end, Gu Weibei sucked the chicken feet, chicken butts and even the entire chicken rack clean. The four of them burped while eating and accidentally swallowed.
They were each carrying an aluminum lunch box and slowly drinking the stewed chicken and mushroom soup, when suddenly Gu Weinan beside him cried out "ouch!", holding the back of his head and shouting at Gu Weibei beside him in grievance:
"Gu Weibei, why did you hit me? Are you looking for a beating?"
Gu Weibei was holding the lunch box in both hands, savoring the exquisite taste of the flower chicken. He was still figuring in his mind that he had already learned the cooking method of Ye Qing's flower chicken. Next time when he followed his father and brother-in-law into the mountains, he would find an opportunity to show off his skills so that they could also broaden their horizons and taste this divine dish!
Just when he was immersed in it, he was suddenly pushed by Gu Weinan, and his sister threw a mouthful of black pot at him.
Gu Weibei was confused and pointed at the lunch box in his hand:
"I didn't hit you. I was drinking soup. Why would I hit you?"
Gu Weinan didn't believe it. Usually, Gu Weibei loved to do such wicked things. He would always sneak up on her when she wasn't paying attention and give her a slap on the back. Then, when she came to settle the score with him, he would pretend to be innocent and say that it was not him. After so many times, Gu Weinan became immune to this trick. Anyway, whenever he was beaten, he would think that it was Gu Weibei who did it!
Gu Weibei was really wronged this time. He was just thinking about how to cook the beggar's chicken, afraid that he had missed a step. He was even going to ask Ye Qing for more advice. How could he have the time to play tricks on his sister?
"Who hit you? Hurry up and drink your soup. After you finish, we will continue to look for herbs in the forest. After we finish, we must hurry back before the sun sets!"
Gu Weibei said a few words to his sister in an unpleasant tone.
Gu Weinan was almost mad with anger. She felt so wronged. It was obviously that bad guy Gu Weibei who did it. He was so strong that she felt her forehead was swollen and it hurt so much that she was seeing stars. But this guy refused to admit it. It was too much!
Just when Gu Weinan was suppressing her anger and planning to settle accounts with the culprit after finishing her soup, another object flew over and hit her directly on the head. The object even bounced into Gu Weinan's lunch box, and the chicken and mushroom soup splashed all over her face.
“Ah—is this the end?!”
After seeing clearly that there was actually a huge pine cone floating in the aluminum lunch box, Gu Weinan was immediately furious. He stood up and glared in the direction where the thing came from.
Unexpectedly, she was dumbfounded when she saw this.
The one who threw the pine cone at her was not Gu Weibei, but an angry black squirrel!
On a tall and straight old pine tree about four or five meters away, a dark squirrel was jumping angrily on a branch. When it saw Gu Weinan looking at it, it took out a pine cone from its bulging cheeks and threw it at Gu Weinan again.
Gu Weinan could not stand there and take the beating this time, so he quickly dodged. Then, his face turned blue with anger, and after wiping the chicken soup off his face, he started to curse at the squirrel:
"I was wondering who hit me, and it turned out to be you, little bastard! If you have the guts to hit someone, come down and fight me in a duel. Do you believe that I will kill you today?"
Hearing Gu Weinan's angry curses, everyone followed his gaze and looked towards the pine tree.
Seeing this, Ye Qing couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Well, I stole food from their warehouse, so now they are here to settle the score, right?
"You are still here swearing, but the squirrel is even angrier than you. If he returns home and finds that most of his belongings have been taken away by thieves, how can he not come and beat him up? If it were me, I would probably be so angry that I would die with you!"
Ye Qing said something fair for the squirrel in a unpleasant tone.
After hearing this, Gu Weinan was stunned. Only then did she realize why she was being targeted by a strange squirrel. It turned out that the squirrel came specifically to seek revenge on her.
"Is this the ground squirrel whose hole I dug?" Gu Weinan asked in surprise.
Before Ye Qing could say anything, Gu Weibei couldn't help but roll his eyes:
"What else could it be? There are four people sitting down there. Why didn't they hit anyone but you? It must have been because you were seen stealing from their house before, so they thought you were their enemy and are targeting you for revenge!"
Gu Weinan suddenly stopped caring about swearing and touched her nose feeling guilty and embarrassed. She had done the wrong thing first, so how could she confront the squirrel with a clear conscience?
"What do we do now?"
Gu Weinan looked at the dozens of pounds of pine nuts in her basket and was reluctant to return them. Pine nuts have a high oil content. With so many pine nuts, she could produce almost ten pounds of pine nut oil!
But the real owner had come to her door, and she had no choice but to do so. Ye Qing was just about to ask Gu Weinan to return the basket of pine nuts to the pine tree's nest, but at this moment, the pine tree suddenly made a sharp cry.
The voice sounded familiar, and Ye Qing's expression changed drastically.
Sure enough, the next moment, a rustling sound was heard, and soon, dozens or even hundreds of pine trees suddenly appeared in the surrounding pine forest, all shouting and jumping on the trees angrily, and they actually surrounded the four of them!
My goodness, this squirrel is really shaking!
The Gu siblings, who had never seen such a situation before, were stunned.
The corners of Ye Qing's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
It looked like her previous worry that the pine tree would get so angry after being robbed that it would find a branch to hang itself was unlikely to happen.
Who would have thought that the Sheniu comrade Gu Weinan had provoked a Sheniu squirrel! This guy must have some status in the forest. He called out a few times and he actually summoned so many companions!
The scene before her was very similar to what she had encountered in Sheshan. The only difference was that in Shencheng, the group of squirrels came to her to ask for peanuts and their attitude was relatively friendly. But now, this group of squirrels came to ask for compensation. Each of them was extremely angry and there was a danger that they would attack them at any time!
The fighting ability of a single squirrel may not be very good and it basically cannot hurt a person, but if there are dozens of them it is a different story. If these guys really rush up and bite you one by one, it will be troublesome.
After all, this thing grows in the wild and may carry viruses. If Gu Weinan doesn’t get the rabies vaccine in time, he will probably die or be seriously injured!
But it was the 1970s now. Where could we find rabies vaccine in Kaoshantun?
When he thought of the possible serious consequences, Ye Qing put away the nonchalant look on his face and his expression unconsciously became solemn.
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