Chapter 1375 Ah Ah Ah
The four men dismounted, led the horses to the grass and tied them to a tree.
Today is only the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and most people are still celebrating the New Year at home. Merchants also want to celebrate the New Year, so there is no one on the official road at this time.
Manbao took off her cloak and placed it directly on the tree. She glanced into the woods and said, "Let's go find some firewood."
Bai Shan nodded and took off his cloak and placed it on the tree.
The two guards looked at each other, one followed them in, and the other stayed behind to watch the horses and things.
This was a wild forest, very messy. After walking for a while, Bai Shan and Man Bao saw a lot of dead weeds on the ground, so they pulled some dry grass to use as kindling.
This part of the forest seemed to be frequented by people, so there were not many dead branches on the trees. They walked quite a distance before they saw any dead branches.
Both of them had done the work of breaking dead branches and picking up firewood. Bai Shan was taller than Manbao, so he jumped up and broke the dead branches and threw them to her. Manbao pulled some straw and twisted it into a rope to put the firewood on it.
The guards who followed them in also reached out to pull at the dead branches.
Manbao was picking up dead branches, and then he followed Koko's explanation to dig a hole under a big tree.
She slowly slowed down her movements, and after she had enlarged the hole, she subconsciously glanced at the guard. Seeing that he had his back to her and had walked some distance to pull out dead branches, she took a branch and reached into the hole.
Bai Shancai pulled off a dead branch and threw it on the ground, then subconsciously went to look for Manbao. He saw her looking nervous and cautious as she used the dead branch to pull it out.
Just as he was about to go forward, he saw her pull out a coiled snake.
Bai Shan's body stiffened and he couldn't help but stare at her with wide eyes.
Manbao's body stiffened. She swallowed and stepped back cautiously. She saw that the snake had woken up and was shaking its head and slowly getting up. Her stick was still on the snake. She didn't have time to go back to check on the guards, so she asked Koko to put it away along with the stick.
Bai Shan was considering whether to call the guards to help him when he saw the stick in Man Bao's hand and the snake at the entrance of the cave disappear together.
His pupils shrank and he subconsciously took two steps, just enough to block the guards behind him.
The guard still had his back to them, but it seemed that he hadn't heard any movement from them for a while, and he couldn't help but look back.
He saw their young master looking at Miss Man with his back to him, while Miss Man was squatting on the ground, doing something unknown.
He smiled and shook his head, then turned back to breaking his branches without disturbing them.
Bai Shan stared for a long time, and after making sure that the wooden stick and the snake would not appear out of thin air again, he turned his head to look at the guard, then walked forward and squatted beside Manbao.
Manbao and Keke were screaming "Ahhh..." until Keke assured him that the snake was no longer in the system space and had been directly included in the encyclopedia and had been transported to the relevant research laboratory. They were not in the same spatial dimension at all. Only then did Manbao stop screaming "Ahhh..."
Bai Shan came close to Man Bao and stared at her, "Your face is pale. If you are afraid, why do you want to provoke it?"
Manbao asked quietly, "Did you see everything?"
Bai Shan nodded.
Manbao exhaled and said, "It's not what I want, it's someone else who wants it."
"Uncle Zhou?"
Manbao shook his head, "No, it's for someone else."
Bai Shan then said, "The underworld is really strange. Instead of giving paper money as gifts, is it popular to give snakes?"
Manbao: ...
Bai Shan had already found a reason for himself, "Yes, snakes are yin, can eating snakes increase the power of ghosts?"
Manbao: ...
"Should we find some snakes for Uncle Zhou as well?"
Manbao was about to refuse, but Bai Shan said, "But it's too dangerous for us to catch snakes ourselves. We can hire someone to do it. There should be someone in the countryside who is good at catching snakes, right?"
Manbao immediately said: "You are right, we can find someone."
How come she couldn't think of it at that moment?
"But if we buy a snake, will our family know?"
It would be fine if Bai Shan knew about this, but if other people knew about it, she would definitely not be able to hide it from her parents. Koko's existence cannot be told to others.
But if everyone thought that the person next to her was her biological father...
Manbao felt suffocated just thinking about it. Her parents would definitely go crazy if they knew, so this matter must be kept secret.
Bai Shan didn't think this was a problem, and patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, leave it to me."
The guard pulled out a lot of dead branches. When he turned around, he found that the young master and Miss Man were squatting together with their heads close together, whispering. He couldn't help but shout loudly: "Young Master, Miss Man, do you think this is enough?"
They both turned their heads and nodded, "That's about it. We have more people, so let's talk a little more."
Then continue to huddle together and whisper.
The guard scratched his head. The old lady only said that they should keep a close eye on the young master and Miss Man, not let them be in danger, and not let them overstep the boundaries. But getting a little closer and whispering to each other shouldn't be considered overstepping the boundaries, right?
He turned around hesitantly and continued to break off the dead branches.
Bai Shan and Man Bao had already made plans, so they happily got up to sort the firewood. At this moment, Man Bao found that her feet were numb due to nervousness and squatting for too long, and she almost fell on Bai Shan.
Bai Shanban hugged her, and after she calmed down for a while, he helped her walk back slowly.
Manbao walked a dozen steps, and after the numbness wore off, he and Baishan picked up all the firewood on the ground and tied it up.
The three of them finally dragged four bundles of firewood back.
The guards who stayed behind quickly rolled up their sleeves to help.
The four of them built four fires, but they had only put the firewood in place and hadn't started the fire yet.
They waited for a long time but no one showed up. The guard looked up at the sun, estimated the time, and said, "Master, how about I go and take a look?"
Bai Shan nodded, "Go ahead."
The guard rode back on horseback to look for him, but he returned in less than a quarter of an hour, with the carriage following him at a distance.
He reported loudly: "Master, the old lady and others have arrived."
Bai Shan and Man Bao walked hand in hand to the roadside to wait, while the other guard turned around to make a fire.
The convoy slowly approached, and then stopped after moving forward for a while. The car in the middle happened to stop in front of Bai Shan and the others.
Bai Shan went to help his grandmother and mother, while Man Bao went to help Mr. Zhuang.
The servants brought a few stools for Madam Liu and Mr. Zhuang to sit on, and the others could only squat or sit on the grass.
Zhou Wulang also stopped the car. Santou, Sanya and Sitou had no experience of traveling far, so they listened to Zhou Wulang and Manbao and took some food out of the car. The three families heated it up together and shared it.
Madam Liu took a reheated white steamed bun from Manbao, took a bite, and smiled at Mr. Zhuang, "It's strange. These steamed buns are all made the same way, but her sister-in-law's are chewier than others."
Mr. Zhuang smiled and nodded. This was also the thing he regretted most about leaving the school.
Manbao smiled and said, "If Grandma Liu likes it, please eat more. My sister-in-law made a lot for us."
Madam Liu smiled and nodded. After taking a look at the official road, she said, "We should be in Mianzhou in about an hour. We'll stay there tonight."
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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