"Alright, you must return safely." Seeing that they were unwilling to tell the truth, Madam Zhong did not ask any further questions.
"Goodbye, Grandma Zhong. We all need to take good care of ourselves, and you need to take good care of yourself too." Xingxing suddenly said this, which made Mrs. Zhong pause for a moment. Was she overthinking it?
She sensed that the little girl was hinting at something, but before she could ask, Xingxing and Zhao Guihua had already boarded the carriage and waved goodbye to her vigorously.
After leaving Nanyang Prefecture, they traveled for ten days straight towards Quanshui Prefecture without seeing any villages, so the group had to spend the night in the wilderness.
The carriage carried a lot of rice and flour, as well as some dried vegetables and cured meat. However, none of these tasted as good as fresh ones. After eating cured meat and dried vegetable porridge for ten days, the five brothers Fu were starting to feel the strain.
When they passed through a forest, before it got dark, the brothers asked to stop and rest.
Zhou Erfu said, "Let's go into the woods and catch some wild rabbits and pheasants for a treat. We've been eating dry rations and porridge every day, and we're all going to stop growing tall."
"You're not allowed to go. You can't run around. What if some bad guys come out and attack?" Zhao Guihua said nervously, firmly disagreeing with her sons going hunting in the woods.
"Nothing happened along the way, so it shouldn't be that something bad happened today, right?" Zhou Erfu said this, but he seemed a little unsure of himself.
"It's precisely because things are so calm that we need to be even more careful. This is no joke; one wrong move and you could lose your life. If you don't want to die, behave yourself and stop causing trouble," Zhao Guihua scolded.
Xingxing tugged at her sleeve and reassured her, "Mom, don't worry, there's no danger here for now. Catching a few rabbits nearby won't hurt. There are no bad people here."
Looking into Xingxing's clear eyes, Zhao Guihua hesitated for a moment, "Then, then wander around nearby, but don't go too far. I'll give you 25 minutes. If you can't catch any wild rabbits, come back."
"Alright, I'll definitely be back early." Zhou Erfu shouted with a grin, then called a few of his brothers to go to the woods together.
Sure enough, the five returned to their lodging in less than 15 minutes, with a bountiful harvest: three rabbits and a pheasant. The carriage had an iron pot and a clay pot. They used the pheasant to make porridge and roasted the rabbits. Everyone enjoyed the meal immensely.
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