He slammed the last disgusting thing that lunged at him to the ground with a stick.
The moment she struck with her stick, Lu Xiaoyao clearly sensed a change in the surrounding atmosphere.
Soon, the flame of the torch in her hand returned to its orange-yellow color.
"Alright, we can go down the mountain now."
Mu Chen spoke at the right moment, and Lu Xiaoyao took a deep breath and exhaled, feeling a sense of relief. As she straightened up, the light rain that was falling from the sky again gradually calmed her previously agitated emotions.
"Can we go down the mountain now?"
Startled by the rain, Lu Xiaoyao turned her head blankly to look at Mu Chen and the others. They were clean and unharmed, while she herself...
Lu Xiaoyao was reluctant to say that her sensitive nose was filled with a fishy stench, all from what she had just picked up.
"Do you want to go back and take a shower after you come down the mountain?"
Seeing Lu Xiaoyao's pouting lips, Julian seemed to sense her thoughts.
"I'm going back to the shop to take a shower. What about you guys?"
"I'm going to the village. You guys go back to the shop first... The owner should have locked the door. You can climb over the wall later."
Speaking of climbing over the wall, Lu Xiaoyao's face turned pale. She remembered what had happened last night when some unknown thing climbed up to the second-floor balcony and hesitated, "No, no, there aren't any more of those things, are there?"
“So, I’ll have Julian come with you; I’ll handle the village myself.”
Mu Chen's tone left no room for refusal. Even Julian wanted to go to the village to take a look. At this moment, he glanced at Lu Xiaoyao. Breaking the formation was the result of her efforts alone, and it didn't seem right to leave her now.
"Okay, then be careful, we'll meet up with you as soon as possible."
"Um."
...
"The mountain god festival is tonight, so eat more. Everyone will be busy this afternoon, and it wouldn't be good if no one cooked and we all went hungry."
As he spoke, Wang Laosan added several more pieces of chicken to the two girls' bowls, which made Merita, who had eaten chicken for several meals in a row, suddenly lose her appetite.
She glanced at Wang Wenfei while holding her rice bowl, wanting to ask if their family's menu was too monotonous, but she saw that Wang Wenfei was also eating with great difficulty.
Anyone would find it hard to accept eating roast chicken every day. At least, a few leafy greens, even just as a garnish, would be nice.
"I'm stuffed."
After stuffing everything in the bowl into her mouth, Merita mechanically chewed twice and immediately put down her chopsticks to indicate that she was full. Wang Wenfei followed suit, and the two girls left one after the other.
Watching the two figures leave, Wang Laosan turned to "Cuihua" and asked, "Huang Er, is everything ready?"
"That's about it. Now we just need to wait for them to agree to stay."
A hairy face flashed across Cuihua's face, and even her seemingly genuine smile revealed a hint of cunning and treacherousness.
"No, you don't raise chickens at home, so how come you eat chicken every day?" Merita asked as soon as she stepped out the door.
"How would I know? But there are families in our village who raise chickens, maybe we bought them from there?"
Wang Wenfei couldn't understand why her parents had such strange tastes, insisting on eating chicken for every meal.
As they walked and talked, they somehow ran into Erbao, who had sneaked out by herself, once again.
Now, Merita didn't know whether to be angry or amused. What was wrong with this brat? How could such a tiny little devil run away whenever his parents weren't looking?
"Kid, you've taken advantage of your mom's busy schedule to come out again today?"
I just picked up Erbao from the street this morning. His parents were crying so bitterly. They love Erbao like the apple of their eye. They scared his parents this morning, and now he's run away again this afternoon.
Before Erbao could run away again, Wang Wenfei picked him up and headed towards Erbao's house, where he was met with a great deal of gratitude from Erbao's family.
“Hey, kids this young are just at the stage where they love to run around. If you really can’t manage, just tie a rope around his waist and attach it to your wrists. Isn’t there some kind of mountain god festival tonight? I heard from Feifei that your village will be even more lively then, so you’ll have to keep a closer eye on Erbao.”
When Wang Wenfei handed the child to the mother of her second child, Merita couldn't help but talk for a while, reminding them to take good care of the child.
After all, Erbao is a really fast runner.
"Yes, second child's mom, the second child is quite lively, so we need to keep a closer eye on him. We don't always notice him running out, but when we do, we'll naturally help, but..."
Wang Wenfei naturally wouldn't say anything bad about what would happen next, but how could the two girls' kind-hearted family not understand?
After the two girls left, Erbao, who had been silent all along, stared quietly at their departing figures before suddenly speaking.
"Mother."
"Um?"
"We are the children of the Mountain God, aren't we?"
"yes."
"..."
That evening, Wang Wenfei and her friend saw Erbao again as they were heading to the village square to participate in the mountain god festival.
What kind of fate is this?
The two almost burst out laughing, but this time, Erbao seemed to be deliberately waiting for them there.
"Erbao?"
Just as I was about to pick up my second child, the little guy ran off in a flash.
"Erbao! Stop right there!"
Seeing Erbao suddenly run away, they were even more worried about the child leaving alone late at night, so they quickly followed after him. Erbao only stopped when they were almost at the village entrance.
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