Although we encountered a mountain peak last time, one can't always be so unlucky!
Fu Wan was convinced that she would not encounter that thing again, so after a quick lunch, everyone was fully armed and headed up the mountain.
Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu were naturally not brought along, as the situation on the mountain was complicated and it would be inconvenient to bring two children.
Li Chunhua volunteered to stay home and look after the children, and also cleaned the small fish she had brought back at noon, preparing to stew them together for dinner.
Ye Jianguo was the leader of this trip up the mountain. He was originally supposed to be looking after the homestead there, but when he heard Ye Lin say at noon that they were going up the mountain in the afternoon, he decided to go with them.
Ye Jianguo was, after all, an old hunter, and he was extremely familiar with the flowers, plants and trees on the mountain.
His presence up the mountain not only put Fu Wan and the others at ease, but also put his own mind at ease.
There aren't many villagers on the mountain in the afternoon. They usually prefer to go up the mountain around dusk, not to hunt, but to gather firewood or dig for wild vegetables.
The chestnut tree that Fu Ming mentioned was something he and Ye Jianguo discovered by chance when they went up the mountain. Because the tree was close to the deep mountains and had a lot of pine trees and other things to cover it, not many people found out that there was a chestnut tree on the mountain.
After walking for a while, following Ye Jianguo, turning left and right, they finally passed through a cave and discovered a chestnut tree laden with fruit behind it.
"So many chestnuts!"
Fu Ming, holding the fire tongs he'd taken from Li Chunhua's kitchen, picked up a spiky ball from the ground.
The yellowish-green spiky ball had split open, revealing the brown chestnut inside.
Fu Ming used fire tongs to pry open the chestnut ball, and then took out the chestnuts inside by hand.
There are three chestnuts in total, and one of them has a tail with two forked chestnut thorns at the end.
Fu Ming didn't care about the dirt. He bit into one of them hard, and the chestnut broke open. He then peeled away the outer shell and fuzz to reveal the golden flesh inside.
He wasn't in a hurry to eat the fruit; instead, he handed it to Fu Wan, peeled off the other half, and put it in his mouth.
Crisp and sweet, that's the taste!
"tasty!"
This was Fu Wan's first time eating chestnuts since her rebirth. To be honest, she had always thought that raw chestnuts had a unique flavor.
Ye Jianguo and Ye Lin originally just wanted to bury themselves in picking chestnuts, but seeing how much Fu Wan and her brother were enjoying them, they picked one up and tried it too.
But while raw chestnuts are delicious, the fuzzy outer shell is really hard to peel.
Let's pick all these chestnuts first; boiled or roasted chestnuts are delicious!
Everyone was engrossed in their work, and at this moment, apart from the sound of the wind, the only sounds in the mountains and forests were the occasional chirping of birds and insects.
Fu Wan quickly filled her snakeskin bag to almost full, and she had also picked most of the chestnuts on the other side.
So she took the fire tongs and dragged the snakeskin bag to the other side of the chestnut tree. There were also many chestnuts on the ground on the other side, and even a lot of chestnuts were scattered on the ground, so Fu Wan didn't have to dig them up.
That's after the chestnuts ripen, the spiky shell splits open, and the chestnut falls directly to the ground.
Fu Wan simply tossed the fire tongs aside and bent down to pick up the chestnuts on the ground.
As she picked them up, not far in front of her, there was a chestnut the size of an egg, its dark brown skin looking quite beautiful in the sunlight.
Just as she was about to pick up the chestnut, she saw a blur before her eyes, a furry thing flashed by, and the chestnut on the ground disappeared.
? ? ? ?
A ghost story in broad daylight?!
Immediately afterwards, Fu Wan heard a rustling sound. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw Big Tail hiding behind the leaves.
That's hilarious! This thief is hiding so well he doesn't even care about his backside!
Perhaps because there was no sound from Fu Wan's side for a while, the little creature in the tree slowly turned around, hiding its fluffy tail and revealing its true form.
It was a small, brownish-yellow squirrel.
It held the large chestnut in its two paws, its eyes warily meeting Fu Wan's curious gaze.
Just as Fu Wan was about to greet it, she heard a thud, and a chestnut fell from the tree and slid down to Fu Wan's feet.
Hey, these chestnuts look familiar!
Before Fu Wan could even pick up the chestnut, the squirrel in the tree, too anxious to be afraid, squeaked loudly, making a commotion that Fu Ming and the others nearby could hear.
"Ah Wan, what's wrong?"
Fu Wan waved her hand and whispered, pointing to the tree, "It's nothing, we just ran into a squirrel!"
Squirrels? Ye Jianguo and Ye Lin have seen them all before, so they're nothing special.
Fu Ming leaned over for a peek, but all he saw was the squirrel frantically jumping up and down in the tree.
"This squirrel is quite fierce, Awan, be careful."
"It's not that it's fierce, it's that it's anxious."
Fu Wan opened her hand, and Fu Ming looked at it and exclaimed, "Wow, what a big chestnut!"
"No wonder it was in such a hurry; these chestnuts are probably worth a meal for it."
That's right. But Fu Wan doesn't need this chestnut. Chestnuts are wild, and they belong not only to humans but also to the animals in the mountains and forests.
Fu Wan stood on tiptoe, picked up the chestnut, and shook it.
"Little one, I've put you here!"
After saying that, she placed the chestnut on a tree branch. The little squirrel hesitated for two seconds, and when it saw that Fu Wan had walked away, it mustered up its courage, scurried over, hugged the chestnut, and then quickly disappeared into the tree.
Fu Wan had actually been secretly glancing over here the whole time. She could see clearly that the little squirrel hadn't disappeared into the tree; it had actually made a hole in the tree trunk and hidden inside.
That's quite interesting!
Just as she was in a good mood, Fu Wan suddenly heard a strange scream.
How to describe the sound? It was a wail, different from the sounds of other animals, and it even sounded a bit like the cry of a newborn baby.
It even sounded somewhat mournful.
Ye Jianguo was the first to stand up, listening to the shout with a serious expression.
"Something must be injured."
Normal animals wouldn't cry out so pitifully.
"Uncle, why don't we look for it? This sound is really creepy."
At this point, the creature's cries grew increasingly shrill, startling even the squirrels in the tree, who then ran down from the tree.
Seeing that Fu Wan and the others were still standing there motionless, the squirrel became a little anxious and scurried to a spot less than a meter away from Fu Wan, squeaking.
Does it know where this thing is?
Fu Wan was somewhat surprised, and unconsciously walked towards the squirrel.
When the squirrel saw Fu Wan approaching, it started to move, but instead of running up the tree, it jumped into the depths of the jungle.
If Fu Wan doesn't follow, it will stop and wait.
"This squirrel is really leading us there, Uncle. Have you ever encountered anything like this before?"
Ye Jianguo shook his head. He had been hunting for half his life, and this was the first time he had encountered such a strange thing.
"Let's go and see!"
Ye Jianguo and Ye Lin followed Fu Wan with machetes in their hands. The group quickly followed the squirrel through the jungle. When the squirrel stopped again, they were stunned by the sight before them.
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