Hearing that they were going to the mountain to make bamboo tube rice, the kitchen prepared the ingredients early and sent them to the bamboo forest on the top of the mountain. After Su Yi and the others got up, they could set off directly.

They did not take the main road, but chose an ancient road paved with bluestone slabs. The road was quite old and it meandered to the top of the mountain. There were towering trees on both sides, and it was remote and peaceful.

Because there were children and pregnant women in the team, they did not walk fast. The one leading the way was a young man, the nephew of the gatekeeper Lao Li, and the people in the old house called him Xiao Li. The

young man was careful and had a hatchet in his hand. When he encountered branches and thorns extending into the road along the way, he pressed them back to the side of the road. If he couldn't press them back, he would chop them with the hatchet to clear the way for the people behind.

The two children followed Xiao Li, each carrying a small backpack with their own water and snacks.

Before setting off, Su Yi told them that if they could carry the snacks in the bag to the top of the mountain, they could eat them. If they didn't do their own things and wanted others to help them, they would have to give the snacks to others.

With this bait in front of them, the two children climbed very hard.

Mother Qin walked beside Lin Luoluo, following the two children, paying careful attention and helping the pregnant woman if necessary.

Lin Luoluo was pregnant with her second child. She had always been in good health, and her belly was not particularly big now. If she stayed at home all day, it would be detrimental to childbirth. Originally, she didn't plan to come with her today, fearing that she would trouble others. Later, even Ms. Xu persuaded her to come out and get some fresh air.

The last ones to fall behind were Su Yi and Sheng Yunzhou, who walked side by side.

In the quiet woods beside the road, the melodious chirping of birds could be heard from time to time. Although it was midsummer, the shadows of the trees perfectly blocked the scorching sun, leaving only coolness.

"Are you tired?" Sheng Yunzhou asked her.

Shortly after leaving the house, the two children and the pregnant woman did not complain of being tired, but Sheng Yunzhou asked her. Su Yi felt that she was looked down upon, so she raised her chin and said, "Don't look down on me, I'm in good physical condition."

Sheng Yunzhou smiled and asked, "How did you sleep last night?"

He was still embarrassed to ask this. The big devil who had been entangled for a long time last night suspected that this person did it on purpose, so he said, "Anyway, I slept better than you."

Sheng Yunzhou did not expect that she was still quite vengeful. Hearing these seemingly sarcastic words, he laughed dumbly, then reached out and stroked her head, and said in a slightly lowered voice, "It's my fault, Miss Yi Yi, calm down."

"I'm not a child." Su Yi said seriously, "You can't keep touching my head."

"I don't treat you as a child." Sheng Yunzhou said.

"Then why did you touch my head?" Su Yi asked back.

Sheng Yunzhou paused slightly. He touched her head, just following his heart. He liked the way she looked, and couldn't help wanting to touch her. It was an emotional wave from the heart. However, it was too abrupt to say this in public, so he could only whisper: "I'll explain it to you in detail when we get back, okay?"

His eyes were too focused and gentle. Under such a gaze, Su Yi felt a little uncomfortable. She pretended to be generous and said: "Then I'll give you some time."

Sheng Yunzhou chuckled.

A few steps away from the two of them, Qin Ma supported Lin Luoluo's hand, kept frowning at her, with a smile on her face.

Lin Luoluo felt embarrassed. At such a short distance, even if she didn't listen on purpose, she could hear the conversation between her uncle and Su Yi clearly.

She had always known that this uncle was a kind, mature and stable person, but this was the first time she knew that he would show such a face in front of the people he really liked.

It was no longer the gentleness that seemed like a mask, but the real tenderness and love. The cherishment could be heard from his voice alone, and the indulgence that was almost overflowing.

She thought, no wonder Su Yi said that the uncle treated her as a child. With such a gentle tone and such a cherishing attitude, how could one not think so?

Suddenly, a bird flew over not far above their heads, dragging a long tail, with an elegant and nimble posture, and gently landed on the treetop.

"Wow...what kind of bird is that? Its tail is so long!" The two children looked up in amazement.

"Watch the road, don't roll down." Su Yi reminded them as they stood on the stone steps and looked back.

Sheng Hengrong asked excitedly, "Aunt Su, is that a peacock?"

Before Su Yi could answer, Su Li'an retorted, "A peacock is much bigger than it."

"But peacocks have long tails, and it has long tails too. Peacocks are blue, and it is also blue. Maybe it is a peacock's baby that has not grown up yet." Sheng Hengrong shook his head and said, and it actually made sense.

Su Li'an insisted, "It's not a peacock anyway."

"Then what do you call it?" Sheng Hengrong asked.

"Uh..." Su Li'an was stumped and looked at Su Yi for help.

Lin Luoluo smiled and said, "An An is right, it's not a peacock." But she didn't know what it was called specifically. Just as she was about to ask Qin's mother, she heard Su Yi say, "That's a blue magpie, also called the long-tailed mountain girl."

Su Li'an puffed out his chest and looked at Sheng Hengrong victoriously, "Look, it's not a peacock."

"You don't know, it was Aunt Su who said so." Sheng Hengrong was unconvinced.

"When I grow up, I will know as much as my mother."

"You are not grown up yet!"

Seeing the two people start to lift the bar, Su Yi urged: "If you don't walk faster, you won't reach the top of the mountain before dark. Uncle Xiao Li has walked so far. Let me see who can catch up with him?"

When the two little guys heard it, they immediately put aside their previous arguments and rushed forward with their straps, "Uncle Xiao Li, wait for us!"

"Run slower, don't fall!" Qin's mother was not reassured.

Su Yi's heart was very broad. The stone road was not slippery, and there was grass on both sides. Even if they fell, they would only get a few scratches at most.

She never thought that it was a good thing to restrict children too strictly. It was the nature of children to jump around and chase and play.

Finally, we reached the top of the mountain. It was a sea of ​​bamboos, extending from the middle of the mountain, like a hat on the mountain.

Xiao Li led them to find the spring. The food that the family had sent in advance was next to the clear spring water, and there were even a few freshly cut bamboo tubes.

The two children were a little tired, so they sat on the ground and couldn't wait to take out food from their bags.

The adults divided the work among themselves. Xiao Li and Sheng Yunzhou were responsible for setting up the stove, Su Yi was picking up firewood around, and Qin Ma and Lin Luoluo were washing rice and seasoning the rice, bacon, bamboo shoots and other ingredients.

There were a lot of bamboo leaves and dry bamboo shoot shells in the bamboo forest. Su Yi picked up a lot of them in a short while and put them next to the temporary "stove". She was about to start lighting a fire to cook, but was stopped by Qin's mother.

"Leave these matters to me. Miss Su can just sit nearby or walk around." She winked at Sheng Yunzhou as she spoke.

She followed him out today not only to take care of Lin Luoluo, but also to create an opportunity for their Third Master. Otherwise, looking at his hesitant attitude, how could there be such a good opportunity tomorrow when Miss Su returns home?

Her actions were too obvious, and everyone present except the two children could see it.

Lin Luoluo looked at her and pretended not to know. She now understood why Sheng Yanchuan said before that they should not interfere in the affairs of the elders. Being caught in the middle was indeed uncomfortable.

Sheng Yunzhou just smiled. If Su Yi wanted to walk with him, he would go naturally, not because of an opportunity created by others.

Although the people at home were doing this for his own good, he didn't want Su Yi to feel that it was too deliberate or against her wishes.

So instead of walking around, they all sat under the shade of the trees. The two young guys were crunching potato chips and clinking yogurt glasses, just like those people eating at a food stall and drinking beer.

Su Yi was chatting with Lin Luoluo, and she casually pulled two pieces of grass to weave. Sheng Yunzhou was sitting next to her and watching, and suddenly he felt someone pulling his clothes. He turned his head and saw it was Su Li'an.

He didn't know when he had finished eating the potato chips, and when he saw him turning around, he leaned over and whispered, "Uncle Sheng, can I talk to you?"

Sheng Yunzhou was a little surprised. Seeing the young guy's serious look, it seemed that he was ready to have a serious talk with him.

He did not ignore Su Li'an because he was young. He said something to Su Yi and walked to the downstream of the spring alone, saying that he was taking the child to wash his hands.

Su Li'an looked back as he walked, and stopped only when he was sure he was far enough away.

Sheng Yunzhou squatted down, looked him in the eye, and said gently: "What do you want to say to your uncle?"

A child of his age knew to talk in private, but he was not aware of euphemism. He asked: "Are you going to be my father?"

Although Sheng Yunzhou knew that the topic might be related to him and Su Yi, he did not expect that he would be so direct at the beginning. He was stunned by a five-year-old child for the first time, and then he smiled and said: "I want to do this, but I still need your and your mother's consent."

He paused and asked: "Do you think I am qualified?"

Su Li'an touched his chin like a little adult, looked around him from top to bottom, and said uncertainly: " I should be qualified, right? Do I need to take an exam?"

Sheng Yunzhou laughed, "No need for an exam, but you can make demands on me. If I do it, I will be considered qualified."

When the child heard this, his eyes lit up and he asked hurriedly, "Will you come to the kindergarten to pick me up after school? Sheng Hengrong said that his father always picked him up."

Sheng Yunzhou asked back, "Don't you like your mother to pick you up?"

Su Li'an pouted, "Of course I like my mother, I like my mother the most, but I hope my father and mother will come to pick me up together."

Sheng Yunzhou patted his shoulder and nodded, "Okay, I'd love to pick you up."

Su Li'an grinned and asked, "Will you buy me a lot of toys?"

"Sure." Sheng Yunzhou nodded.

"Take me out to play every day?"

Sheng Yunzhou raised his eyebrows slightly, "I can't go every day, only on weekends, and your mother needs to agree."

"Okay." The child pouted, "Then can I eat a lot of ice cream?"

Sheng Yunzhou shook his head: "You have to ask your mother, and you can't eat too much."

"A lot of potato chips?"

"Ask your mother."

"Drink three bottles of yogurt in one breath?"

"Your mother has the

final say." Su Li'an's face fell when he heard this, "Why do you need your mother's approval for everything? So you have to listen to your mother too?"

Sheng Yunzhou nodded and smiled: "Yes, your mother will have the final say in the future, and we all have to listen to her."

"Okay, okay..." The child looked very disappointed and muttered to himself: "It turns out that I'm not the only one who is afraid of my mother. Uncle Sheng is also afraid of her. Didn't my mother also say that he would be spanked if he is not well behaved?" As

a result, Su Yi's image in the child's mind became more and more majestic.