Liu Tiao noticed Yu Xiaoyue's angry look, stopped immediately, and made a face at him.
Jiu Tiao saw his brother Liu Tiao making faces and followed suit, immediately saying "lululu" to Yu Xiaoyue, putting his hands on his hips and giving her a "powerful" look.
When Yu Xiaoyue saw this, her face immediately turned sour, and she wanted to beat up the kids. But she also knew she was no match for them...
Cheng Zhenzhu noticed the movements of the two people, followed their line of sight, and saw Yu Xiaoyue with a face full of resentment. Her smile suddenly turned cold.
She didn't know if Yu Xiaoyue couldn't see anyone having a good life or what? That mouth always forgot the pain after the scar healed, and would talk nonsense from time to time.
But after talking too much nonsense and being scared by her pretending to be a ghost a few times, no one on the island wants to pay attention to her anymore. Even Xu Xia, her neighbor, is unwilling to pay attention to her. It can be said that she is asking for trouble...
"Mom, what's wrong?" San Tiao felt his mother's emotions and pulled her hand.
"Nothing, let's go mushroom picking." Cheng Zhenzhu shook her head and took the two children with her. There was no need to be upset over such a person. If they offended her, she would just fight them back. Even for those who have healed their wounds and forgotten the pain, fear will accumulate...
"Yeah!" Yi Tiao nodded and led the way. Seeing that there were not many mushrooms further up, he spotted a small opening hidden by thorns and asked his mother, "Mom, there's a small path over there. Shall we go up?"
Cheng Zhenzhu looked at the unknown mountains, then at the seven children staring at her eagerly, and finally shook her head. The mountain was quite large, with no roads to blaze. There was bound to be something dangerous up there, and she wasn't sure about bringing seven children with her. Even if she went, she would go alone.
If there really was any danger, she could just dive into the space...
Thinking this way, Cheng Zhenzhu took a few of the girls down to pick mushrooms. There really weren't many; her mother and the others had been diligently picking for the entire morning, but they only managed to collect a full basket.
But a full meal was enough. Cheng Zhenzhu led the children home, picked out some chopped mushrooms, got some fresh meat, and made a mushroom and meat soup. She fried up a large pot of the rest and used it as an afternoon snack to comfort the children, who felt a little disappointed.
"There are so few mushrooms this year." Er Tiao couldn't help but say this with his mouth full of oil.
"There are more and more people on the island, and there is less rain this year." said one.
Indeed, the number of people is increasing, Cheng Zhenzhu couldn't help but sigh. In recent years, batches of educated youth have been sent to the countryside, and the island's children are everywhere. This was in 1975, and the educated youth movement stopped in 1979, and reform and opening up didn't begin until the end of 1978...
"No more mushrooms." Liu Tiao looked at the empty basket, a little worried about his next meal. In previous years, he had always had many delicious mushrooms, but he didn't know if he would have any this year.
"Mom, let's go check out the mountain tomorrow," Cheng Zhenzhu said after a moment's thought. All the mushrooms on the lower slopes had been picked, and the paths up there hadn't been explored yet, so there were probably quite a few. She'd gotten a map of small-clawed otters a while back, and had made some new discoveries while tinkering with it in her spare time, so she decided to head up the mountain to explore.
Maybe we can really discover a mine?
"Tomorrow? Mom, we have to go to school tomorrow." Er Tiao reminded his mother.
It's because we have to go to school, so we chose this time. Cheng Zhenzhu nodded, looked at Qi Tiao and Ba Tiao and said, "You go to school tomorrow, Qi Tiao and Ba Tiao can play with your brother at home. Mom will go upstairs and take a look..."
"It's dangerous." San Tiao immediately looked at his mother and said, using the words their mother had said to them today to persuade her. He could choose not to eat mushrooms, but if it put his mother in danger, then that was not an option.
"It's okay, I'll go up and take a look." Cheng Zhenzhu touched San Tiao, who looked concerned, and said confidently, "Mom runs very fast and has great strength. If danger encounters me, it may have to run away..."
Hearing this, Yitiao suddenly felt that they had held his mother back this morning. But he was also very fast and strong. If there was any danger, he could just punch it away and protect his mother.
But maybe in his mother's heart, he is not yet a qualified man worthy of reliance? Thinking of this, Yitiao couldn't help but feel a little depressed, and even wanted to join the army as soon as possible.
"Yeah, Mom's strong." Er Tiao agreed with this, but was Mom saying that it would be dangerous to take them with her, but not to take them? This made him a little sad...
"One at a time." Liu Tiao wanted to say that if there was any danger, he would eat it.
He had heard from the islanders that sometimes dangerous creatures would come down from the mountain, and if they were caught, they would have a good meal. But as far as he could remember, he had never seen any large, dangerous creatures, and even though his mouth was watering, he still hadn't seen any.
"Yes, I might bite you all off in one bite." Cheng Zhenzhu spread her arms and acted like a wild animal. "I'm tall and have long legs. If I meet a wild boar or something, it won't know where to bite me, and it'll take a lot of effort. But you're different, you're so small..."
Originally, Cheng Zhenzhu didn't intend to scare the brave ones with this, so she just felt like teasing them, but why did everyone have such sharp eyes?
But the matter was finally settled. The next day, after arranging the four big ones to go to school, she prepared some snacks for the seventh, eighth, and ninth ones, letting them play at home. She then went up the mountain carrying a large backpack. In it, besides an axe, there was also an axe weighing three pounds, which she had exchanged for...
"Aiqing, are you here to pick mushrooms? How many kids are there?" Sun Daming said, after making sure her two children had breakfast. She headed up the mountain early. Her children loved mushrooms, but they were scarce this year, so she had to find more time to pick them.
"Yeah." Cheng Zhenzhu nodded, "But there's nothing down there, I'm going to walk up the mountain." As she said that, Cheng Zhenzhu took out an axe and started chopping at the vague intersection she saw yesterday.
Sun Daming was shocked when he saw Cheng Zhenzhu's actions.
At this moment, the others who were digging wild vegetables and picking mushrooms heard the commotion and looked over. They couldn't help but wonder, these Aiqing family members, with a ghost protecting them, must be brave? Now they are not afraid of anything...
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