Chapter 168: Picking Up Someone Ah Shu, you guys just stand still and don’t move, I’ll…
Seeing that He Guixiang still frowned slightly, Lin Shu changed the subject very smoothly, turning her attention to Aunt Lin's move to a new home, and then followed her to Aunt Lin's house to help prepare dinner.
Dinner was a hearty meal. Lin Zhaodi had cooked all the wild delicacies she had learned from Lin Shu over the past few days, preparing a table full of dishes. She also asked Old Man Liao to buy a few ounces of rice wine from the town.
Lin Dashan, Old Man Liao and Old San Zhao, the three men got together and drank a little. After drinking, they chatted much louder than Ping'er.
While the men were chatting, Lin Zhaodi also talked to Lin Shu about the ice jelly business and finalized all the details.
A warm meal makes everyone happy.
Lin Dashan couldn't drink much, and a little bit of rice wine would make his face red. When he went back, his cheeks and neck were red. People who didn't know him would think he had drunk some strong liquor.
There happened to be some kudzu flower tea prepared by Lin Shu at home that could sober people up, so she quickly made a bowl of it.
He Guixiang fed Lin Dashan some kudzu flower tea and then helped him back to the house to lie down.
"If you can't drink, don't drink. Why are you joining in the fun?" He Guixiang scolded him a few words, but she wiped him clean carefully.
"Hehe, I'm in a good mood. Third Brother Zhao and Old Brother Liao are both loyal people. We must interact more often in the future. And Ah Ye, hehe, when Ah Ye and Ah Shu get married, we'll have another child. There's no child more reliable than Ah Ye. We'll have someone to take care of us in our old age."
He Guixiang laughed and scolded: "Why are you still thinking about this? Even if Ah Ye doesn't marry Ah Shu, he is still half of ours."
As she said this, she didn't know what she was thinking about, but her eyes secretly turned red. She blamed her for not being able to give the head of the family a son, which made him miss her all these years.
Despite feeling guilty, she was content. Having two loving daughters, Ah Shu and Xiao Pu, was enough. She was better off than many other people in the world. People like Old Man Liao and Lin Zhaodi each had their own hardships, but they were still living their lives with dedication. Why should she be dissatisfied?
While the two were chatting, sisters Lin Shu and Lin Xiaopu were also chatting. However, even when Lin Xiaopu fell asleep, Lin Shu was still not sleepy at all, and her mind was full of A Ye.
This was the second night that Aye was away. Since she was alone these two days, she did not go to the river to bathe, but just wiped herself with warm water as usual.
Lin Shu sighed softly. She suspected that she was a potential love-brained person, but she just hadn't had the opportunity to awaken before. Otherwise, why would she miss Ah Ye so much that she couldn't sleep after only two days of his departure?
I think about it not only at night, but also during the day.
When she was teaching at her third aunt's house the next day, Lin Shu was distracted several times.
But that was only during breaks. When she was lecturing and Lin Yushu was asking questions, she had no chance to get distracted. The child's questions were so sophisticated that sometimes Lin Shu had to search her mind carefully before she could answer his questions.
After teaching Lin Yushu, Lin Shu did not leave immediately, but chatted with Zhang Qiaohua for a while.
"Now that your mother has someone to chat with, she doesn't like to come to me anymore." Zhang Qiaohua muttered, but she didn't really mean to blame me.
Lin Shu laughed. "Mother has been helping Aunt Lin prepare meals these days. It's not good to leave Aunt Lin behind to go look for Third Aunt. After all, no matter how nice Aunt Lin is, she's still an outsider. She's not as close as Third Aunt. The relationship between our two families is unmatched by anyone else."
Just a few nice words can make everyone happy, and Lin Shu has never been stingy in this regard.
Sure enough, Zhang Qiaohua felt very relieved after hearing this.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with being alone except that it is a bit lonely. During the days when her second sister-in-law was not around, she just worked hard and didn't need to be distracted by chatting with her. She wove a few more pairs of straw sandals and embroidered a lot of silk handkerchiefs than usual, and took them to the town to sell at the market at the end of the month, which made her save a lot of money.
"Ah Shu, is it time for Ah Ye to go back today?" Zhang Qiaohua asked. She knew Ah Ye had gone into the mountains. Ah Shu's several moments of daze today must have been because of this.
Lin Shu replied: "If nothing unexpected happens, I should be back today."
Zhang Qiaohua quickly responded, "That's definitely not a surprise! Before you came to our village, Ah Shu, Ah Ye often went into the mountains. I know his abilities, and so do everyone else."
However, nothing is certain. Aye did not come back until the sun went down.
Now even Lin Dashan was a little anxious.
The last time Ah Ye returned late, he was delayed on the way after hunting a wild boar. A wild boar weighs 400 to 500 kilograms, and a small one can weigh 200 to 300 kilograms. The mountain roads are difficult to navigate, so the return trip is naturally slower. Could Ah Ye have hunted another wild boar this time?
Lin Shu also frowned slightly. If Aye couldn't come back before dark today, he probably wouldn't come back today, because walking in the mountains at night is extremely dangerous, and breaking a leg is no joke.
She believed that Aye would not let anything happen to her, at least her life would not be in danger. He must have been tripped up by something.
"Dad, I want to go to the deep mountains and take a look. It's just at the edge of the forest, but I won't go in." Lin Shu suddenly said.
Lin Dashan thought for a moment and said, "My daughter, wait at home. Dad will call a few people to go with you."
Lin Shu insisted, "Father, I want to go. Also, let's not disturb others. Just call Uncle Zhao."
In the end, Lin Dashan couldn't persuade Lin Shu, so he had to agree.
The two of them hurriedly finished their dinner, called Zhao San and headed towards the mountains.
They said they would not alert the villagers, but Lin Dashan and Zhao Laosan were both holding torches. Even though it was still dark and the torches were not lit, they were still conspicuous. Furthermore, they were heading towards the mountains, so how could they not attract attention?
Seeing the few people, the villagers tactfully did not ask any questions, but they had already started to guess the worst in their hearts.
Speaking of which, Zhou Ye, the kid from Lin Laoer's family, has not been seen for several days. I'm afraid something happened to him in the mountains!
Three or four enthusiastic villagers followed with torches, "Dashan, let's go and take a look."
"Did Zhou Ye say when he would be back this time? But it's past the time?"
Lin Dashan sighed, knowing they meant well, so he didn't hide it. "They said we'd spend two nights in the mountains, but if you don't come back tonight, it will be the third night."
The man who asked the question offered soothing words, but he had a bad feeling in his heart. He felt it was dangerous to spend two nights, let alone three. Could Zhou Ye have really gotten into trouble in the mountains?
If something happened to Zhou Ye, the village head would call on more people to go to the mountains to look for Zhou Ye tomorrow morning. Tonight, they could only shout a few times from the outskirts of the mountain, and it was impossible for them to go inside.
Lin Shu, who had been silent all the way, suddenly spoke, "Uncles, please don't worry. Aye must have been delayed by something. My father and I came to the deep mountains just to see if we can be lucky enough to meet Aye. We are not going to the mountains to look for anyone." She said this in a calm tone and sounded quite calm.
When the uncles and aunts who had come with her heard this, they agreed with her, but they sighed inwardly. They just hoped that Zhou Ye would be blessed with good fortune and a long life, just as Lin Shu had said.
Zhou Ye had come out of the mountains safely many times before, so there was no reason for an accident to happen this time.
But who can say for sure about such things?
As they talked, they reached the edge of the deep mountains and it was getting dark.
One person lit a torch, and the others borrowed light. Soon, five or six torches were lit.
"Dashan, let's go a little further inside." said an older man.
Lin Dashan was grateful. "Okay, but don't go in too far. Just shout a few times in the area where Ping'er often goes. If Ah Ye can hear it, that's good. If he doesn't respond, then... forget it."
Now he was a little regretful. He shouldn't have agreed to let Ah Ye spend two nights in there on a whim. If Ah Ye really got into trouble in the mountains, he would regret it for the rest of his life!
"Don't worry, Dad, Aye is fine." Lin Shu comforted.
Seeing her so confident, Lin Dashan wondered, "How do you know he's okay?"
Lin Shu: "I can't explain it, but I just know he's fine."
Lin Dashan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but his mood was not as heavy as before.
Lin Shu added, "Maybe it's because Ah Ye hunted two large wild boars this time, and he couldn't carry them alone, so he had to carry them out in two batches, so he was delayed on the way?"
She didn't deliberately lower her voice when she said this, and Uncle Zhao San and several other uncles heard it. They were speechless at Lin Shu's simple and straightforward words.
Lin Shu really dared to think that if wild boars were so easy to hunt, then Zhou Ye would have nothing to do all day and could just go to the mountains to hunt wild boars.
A wild boar can weigh several hundred kilograms. According to the market price, a wild boar can be sold for more than ten strings of money! Even if the price is suppressed, it can still be worth a few strings of money!
If the wild boar he hunted last time wasn't just luck, but Zhou Ye had the knack and skills to hunt wild boars, then why didn't he specialize in this? If he sold a few wild boars, he could become a wealthy man in the village.
But thinking that Lin Shu was a lady from a wealthy family, they just thought she was naive and ignorant.
When they were almost deep in the water, the group did not go any further. Lin Dashan yelled at the top of his voice, "Aye——"
Others followed suit and shouted.
I didn't expect to get a response, but before I could shout a few times, a familiar voice suddenly came from the depths of the forest, "Uncle, I'm here——"
Lin Shu's eyes lit up immediately when she heard the voice, and she shouted loudly: "Aye Aye!!!"
The person on the other end seemed to pause, then responded with a slightly louder voice than before, "Ah Shu, just stand still. I'll be right over!"
The group of people were extremely shocked. They never expected that they would actually call out to someone to respond!
Just by hearing Zhou Ye's voice, you can tell that he is full of energy and nothing is wrong.
However, although he could hear the other party's voice clearly, the experienced one knew that there was at least a mountain between them, and Zhou Ye could not get close to them for a while.
They were not Zhou Ye, and they did not have Zhou Ye's ability, so they just listened to him and waited there. During this time, the two sides occasionally exchanged a sentence, and Zhou Ye's voice became closer and closer.
About half an hour later, the sharp-eyed Lin Shu saw sparks appearing in the woods ahead.
It’s Aye!
Aye was actually holding a torch in his hand!
It was precisely because he had one hand free to hold the torch and was carrying such a shockingly huge object on his back that his speed was greatly affected.
When they saw clearly what he was carrying on his shoulders, everyone widened their eyes in shock. Some people gasped after they realized what was happening.
"That's... why does it look like a black blind man?!"
"It seems there's a wild boar underneath the black bear!"
"Oh my god, Zhou Ye actually hunted a wild boar and a black bear!!!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
