Chapter 258 Huh
It's almost evening now, it would be strange if Manbao could still be found.
The mountains near Qili Village are not very deep. Neither adults nor children will go deeper than the passages opened by adults.
It's not that they are more honest, but the deeper you go, the thicker the thorns and grass become, and the more snakes and insects there are. The road is very difficult to walk on. If you go deeper, not only can you not find anything, but you will also get a lot of scratches on your hands and faces.
The situation is better in the mountains northwest of Qili Village, where the trees are sparse and tall, and there are fewer thorny vines and grass in the forest.
However, not many people like to go to that area because it is said that there are not only wolves there, but also wild boars and tigers. If a child is disobedient and goes up the mountain, he will be snatched away in one bite.
So pitiful.
Manbao only started going out to play in the past two years, so naturally she got used to going wherever Datou and Daya took her.
Big Head was played by Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang. Before that, the two brothers were played by Zhou Silang. As for Zhou Silang...
Well, he never goes up there in the mountains.
Manbao dragged the bamboo basket and happily went down to the foot of the mountain.
Datou and Daya had already filled a bamboo basket with the collected goods and were carrying it down together.
There were leaves in the basket, mostly dead leaves, not heavy at all. When Daya saw Manbao, she immediately threw the bamboo basket to her brother and ran over to pick up Manbao, "Aunt, I'll take you up the mountain."
Manbao didn't come here for the dead leaves, she came here for the straw mushrooms, so she asked, "Have you found any straw mushrooms?"
"Yes, Fourth Uncle found a lot. Didn't he take them home this morning?"
"I'm still looking for it." But it's not something I found myself, so it's pointless.
Koko: "...Host, I don't mind if that's not the one you found, as long as you include that one."
Manbao refused, "No, I must find the straw mushrooms you mentioned myself, and I want to include what I find."
Koko was so helpless.
Although Daya felt that it would be difficult to find it now, she still promised to help. As for the big bamboo basket full of dead leaves, she asked her brother to drag it back by himself. Anyway, they were already at the foot of the mountain, and their manure pile was not far from here.
Daya helped her sister lift the other side of the broken bamboo basket and went into the mountains with her.
Big Head stood in the distance, watching the two of them walk away silently.
He sighed maturely and walked away dragging the big bamboo basket.
As for whether the bamboo basket will break, who cares? If it breaks, just let my second uncle fix it.
There were many children helping in the woods. Although it rained last night, it was not very wet inside. After all, it was summer now and the ground outside had dried up long ago. It was just that this was a forest and the moisture evaporated slowly, so Manbao could see that the ground was a little wet.
Daya took her to look for straw mushrooms.
But everyone had searched this area in the morning, so the possibility of it being missed was very small.
Manbao searched for a long time, but didn't find any straw mushrooms, let alone some inedible poisonous mushrooms.
Manbao sighed sadly and waved his hand, saying, "Forget it, I'll come back after I take a rest."
It seems that my sister-in-law was right. If you want to find mushrooms, you have to come in the morning. If you go in the evening, you won’t even see any shadows.
But she had to go to class, so she could only go up the mountain on the morning of her day off.
Having given up on looking for straw mushrooms, Manbao started to move her little head and began to pick dry leaves into her broken bamboo basket.
She has always been careful and would not let go of any dead leaves when digging up the ground. Sometimes when she saw black soil, she would tear off a large leaf from the side, dig up all the soil and put it in the bamboo basket.
Daya didn't want to form a team with her after seeing this, and said, "It's so hard to carry it back like this, little aunt, I won't be in the same team with you."
Manbao said: "What are you afraid of? I'll let my fourth brother and the others carry it back later."
Daya thought so too. She couldn't order her fourth uncle and the others around, but her aunt could definitely do it. So she happily dug mud into the broken bamboo basket. To prevent the black mud from leaking out, she even thoughtfully surrounded the bamboo basket with leaves...
In the end, Manbao couldn't pull the bamboo basket anymore, so he simply gave up on it. He took a wooden stick and piled the dead leaves and soil into a pile, and asked his fourth brother and others to load them later.
Manbao just lowered her head and ran to where there were more dead leaves and better soil. Soon she and Daya walked a little further away.
Daya had been keeping an eye on her. There were people in the area anyway, so as long as they were within her sight, it would be fine. Several people in the village who got along well with Daya also came to join in the fun.
They are all the same age as Daya and rarely play with Manbao. Moreover, Daya's aunt is a very different person in their eyes, so they are still a little afraid of her.
So I watched her from a distance and whispered to Daya, "Why does your aunt do this kind of work?"
Daya asked curiously, "Why doesn't my aunt have to do this kind of work?"
"My grandma said that your aunt is the darling of your family, and my younger brother is also the darling of the family, so he doesn't have to do this kind of work."
Daya tilted her head and thought for a moment before saying, "My grandma never said that. My grandma and my mother only told us not to take my aunt to dangerous places. We never told us that my aunt didn't have to work."
The girl said, "Your grandmother and your mother are so kind."
Daya glanced at her aunt and saw that she had walked a little far away, so she called out, "Aunt, don't run too far."
Manbao responded while lowering his head to pick up the dead leaves. He thought Daya was really stupid for calling so many friends over. What if they snatched the dead leaves and good soil from them?
Of course we have to quickly get together and take it first.
Manbao worked hard for a while and felt tired, so she wanted to sit on the ground. However, there was no place she had swept, and there was some rain on the dead leaves, so she didn't want to sit. The places she had swept were all exposed soil, so she didn't want to sit even more.
She looked around and saw the stumps of several cut down trees not far away.
Although there are some tender branches growing on the wooden stakes, it is still possible to sit on.
Manbao ran over and sat down, letting out a long sigh.
Daya and the others were picking up dead leaves while talking not far away. They would occasionally glance at Manbao, and after making sure she was sitting not far away, they would continue to work.
Manbao became interested in the tree stump under her butt. She learned from the book she read from Koko that one could tell how many years a tree had grown by looking at the circles on the stump.
One circle is one year.
Manbao found it very strange. He thought that this tree was more interesting than humans and could remember its own age better than humans.
Manbao moved her little butt and lowered her head to count the tree rings. As she was counting, she accidentally sat down on the ground. Her hand subconsciously reached towards the tree stump and grabbed a black tree root. Of course, at this time Manbao thought it was a tree root.
But when she pulled hard to gain leverage, she broke it instead. The "black root" broke off, revealing the white flesh inside.
Manbao and Keke exclaimed "Huh" at the same time, one of them went to look curiously, while the other went to scan curiously.
(End of this chapter)
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