Duofu then advised, "Duolu, don't think about these things. Uncle Guojing is much stronger than me. You can't even beat me, so don't even think about defeating the bad guys."
"If bad guys kidnap you and don't give you food every day, or make you eat really bad food, you've already tried food from outside. If they made you eat something even worse every day, would you be willing to accept that?"
After hearing this, the gluttonous Duolu said with a serious face, "I don't want to be captured, I don't want to eat other people's food, I want to practice martial arts well, defeat my big brother, and defeat the bad guys."
Duoshou glanced at Duolu with disdain. So stupid, so easily fooled, how could he have mastered martial arts so well?
Duo Shou steered the conversation back on track: "Uncle Guo Jing, when are you coming over next time?"
Gao Guojing: "We'll have to wait until the Lunar New Year. We'll have a holiday then. You guys wait for me."
Duoxi tiptoed among her older brothers, grabbed Gao Guojing's hand, and said in a childish voice, "Uncle Guojing, don't go."
Gao Guojing: "Uncle Guojing is going to learn knowledge so that he can become a useful person in the future. When you are older, you will have more knowledge to learn. Once you have learned it, you will be able to do many things."
Yu Rujia looked at the person who had come in and said, "Duofu, Auntie is going to see Uncle Guojing off later. How about you go stay at Erdan's house for a while?"
Normally, Yu Rujia wouldn't ask; the kids have already learned to find places to play on their own.
She was worried that some people had come to her house just two days ago, and that they might not give up and would harm the kids while she was away, so she sent them to Captain Huang's house for a while.
Duofu nodded and said, "Auntie, let's go to Erdan's house."
After settling the children in, Yu Rujia took Gao Guojing to town.
As soon as she left, Erdan said mysteriously, "I know a place with a hornet's nest and lots of bee larvae inside. How about we go and get some?"
In those days when everyone was poor, if you wanted to eat some snacks, you had to go up mountains and down rivers. Bee pupae were one of the most popular snacks among children.
No ingredients are needed; simply grill it over a fire, and it becomes sweet, delicious, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside—a rare delicacy.
Duofu and the other little ones had never seen this thing before, but having lived in the countryside for a long time, they knew that wasp stings were very painful, and he didn't want his younger brothers to get hurt.
Duofu shook his head: "Ma Feng's stings are really painful, so it's better not to go."
Erdan said nonchalantly, "Hey, what's wrong with being stung? It'll go away quickly. Roasted bee pupae are delicious, tender and fragrant. Have you guys tried them?"
As children from the countryside, few of us haven't been stung by wasps. Older kids even know what kind of grass to use to wipe away a wasp sting.
Erdan, being one of the most mischievous kids in the brigade, had been stung a few times before and didn't take Duofu's words seriously.
Upon hearing about the delicious food, the warrior Doroo couldn't resist asking, "Is it even tastier than the food at my house?"
Erdan: "They taste different, but they're all delicious. If you've tried them, you'll definitely like them." As he spoke, he licked his lips as if reminiscing about how many times they had eaten bee pupae.
With Erdan's vivid description of the deliciousness of bee pupae, Duolu immediately kicked his little legs: "Let's go, let's get some bee pupae, where?"
Erdan: "Let's go find Dawa and the others first. Once we've gathered everyone, we'll go up the mountain together to stir up the hornet's nest."
Duoxi was small in stature but had a big heart. Seeing her second brother leave, she lifted her short legs and chased after him.
Duofu and Duoshou had no choice but to follow.
After gathering their friends, the group, led by Erdan, found the hornet's nest he had mentioned, though there were quite a few hornets flying around outside.
However, no difficulty could stop them when faced with delicious food. The group divided the work and dragged long sticks toward the hornet's nest.
The initial progress was going well, but when the hornet's nest fell down, a swarm of hornets flew out and flew towards the group of people, causing the little guys to flee in panic.
Duoxi was small and had short legs, so he couldn't run fast on flat ground. On the mountain, where there were many weeds and rocks and things were chaotic, his legs became even more cumbersome. He hadn't run more than a few steps when he fell down.
Seeing this, Duofu, who was always keeping an eye on his younger brothers, quickly went back and pulled Duoxi up to run.
Unfortunately, Duoxi delayed them for a moment, and the wasps caught up. The other wasps had already run far away, and the flying wasps targeted the two brothers.
Just when the two brothers thought they were about to be in trouble, a figure ran over, picked them up, and ran in another direction.
Once they were far away from the wasps, Xia Jingsheng finally put the two brothers down in a secluded spot.
The secret agents' visit a couple of days ago made the Xia family pay more attention to their home, and they would go up the mountain for a stroll whenever they had free time.
It was lunchtime, and Xia Jingsheng, who hadn't been up the mountain long, spotted a few little guys heading uphill and followed them. Unexpectedly, he saw the two brothers almost get stung by wasps.
Once Duofu was free, he reached out and moved Duoxi behind him, his eyes warily fixed on Xia Jingsheng.
When Yu Rujia first arrived at Shangfen Brigade last year, she took several children to the cowshed to meet the Xia family. Later, Han Meifeng said that if Yu Rujia dared to go to the cowshed again, she would kill herself in front of her.
Yu Rujia then stopped going to the cowshed, and the little ones naturally stopped going to the cowshed to see the Xia family.
However, when the father and his sons separated, Duofu was already three years old. He had some impression of Xia Jingsheng, his father, and his wariness relaxed a bit. He tentatively called out, "Dad?"
Although Xia Jingsheng often went to the cliff behind Yu's house to see the little ones, they were still quite far away. This was the first time in more than a year that he had such direct contact with them.
Duofu's cry of "Dad!" brought tears to his eyes. Xia Jingsheng responded, wiped his wet eyes, and embraced the two brothers.
Duoxi was only six months old when he was separated from Xia Jingsheng, and had no memory of him at all. Suddenly being hugged by a stranger, his little face showed some trepidation. Seeing that his older brother did not struggle, he obediently shrank back and did not move.
But soon, Xia Jingsheng pushed the two brothers away: "Duofu, Duoxi, Dad is leaving. Remember, if you see Dad outside in the future, act like you don't know him. Listen to your aunt and uncle. Dad will come to pick you up when he is free."
Duofu didn't understand why Xia Jingsheng was saying these things, but he keenly sensed that something was wrong: "Dad, where are you going?"
Xia Jingsheng: "Dad is also in the village, but we can't recognize each other. Dad can't stay with you for too long. You'll understand when you grow up. If you still have questions, go back and ask your aunt."
"Wait here for a moment, Dad will go and bring you that hornet's nest."
Having followed them all the way, he had seen the purpose of the children going up the mountain and naturally did not want them to take any more risks, so he went to retrieve the hornet's nest himself.
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