As soon as Yunlong heard Liu Anran call him to eat, he happily took a bowl and went to get some rice.
Liu Anran looked at Yunlong's excited expression with doting eyes, and shook her head with amusement. Children are the easiest to please.
Yunlong finished serving the food and looked at Liu Anran with a smile, saying, "Mom, time to eat."
As Yunlong spoke, he picked up his chopsticks and eagerly reached for the bamboo shoots. He couldn't wait to taste what bamboo shoots tasted like, and whether they were really as delicious as Liu Anran had said.
Liu Anran couldn't help but chuckle at Yunlong's greedy expression.
"Yunlong, how does the bamboo shoot taste?" Liu Anran asked.
Yunlong swallowed the bamboo shoot in his mouth and said with a smile, "Delicious."
Liu Anran couldn't help but smile when she saw Yunlong pick up a bamboo shoot, dip it in the sauce, and put it in his mouth.
"Yunlong, the vegetarian dishes are not seasoned; we only use dipping sauce when eating them."
"Mom, next time you stir-fry bamboo shoots, you can add a little bit of chili," Yunlong said.
“You’re still young and can’t eat chili peppers, it’s bad for your stomach, so I never put chili peppers in my cooking. If you like spicy food, you can eat it occasionally, but you can’t eat chili peppers with every meal,” Liu Anran said.
Yunlong laughed upon hearing this, saying that it was already good enough to eat it once in a while.
Liu Anran and Yunlong happily ate lunch. After changing the triplets' diapers and feeding them, Liu Anran looked at Yunlong, who was practicing his supernatural abilities, and called out, "Yunlong, do you want to come out of the space with Mommy?"
Upon hearing Liu Anran's words, Yunlong's eyes lit up, and he ran to Liu Anran with a beaming smile.
"Mom, if I also leave the space, what will happen to my younger brother and sister? There will be no one to take care of them."
Yunlong really wanted to go out and play, but he was worried that no one would take care of Chu Chen and the others. He was also worried about what would happen if they got hungry, cried, or needed to poop or pee.
"It's alright, I'll keep an eye on them," Liu Anran said, leading Yunlong out of the space.
When Yunlong emerged from the space, he found himself in the mountains, and his face showed surprise.
"Mom, there's not a single person in the mountains, not even a zombie. It's so quiet!"
"I brought you into the mountain because there was no one inside and we could freely enter and exit the space," Liu Anran said.
"As long as we stay in the mountains for the rest of our lives and never leave, Dad will never find us."
Yun Kai's voice carried a hint of schadenfreude.
Liu Anran raised an eyebrow at Yunlong, "Do you dislike your father that much?"
Yunlong answered matter-of-factly, "My father can't protect me, and he lets me be ridiculed and scolded. Why should I like him?"
Yunlong has always longed for a father, hoping that when he and Liu Anrongran are bullied, ridiculed, or in danger, a father will stand up for them without hesitation.
Chu Yunxiao's actions shattered Yunlong's illusions about his father. Chu Yunxiao ignored the rumors in the base for the sake of other women and turned a blind eye to the humiliation he and his mother suffered. A father like that is better off not having!
Liu Anran was at a loss for words and could only sigh helplessly. She looked around but found nothing except the sound of birds chirping.
"Yunlong, use your psychic abilities to scan the surroundings and see if there are any small animals or wild fruits."
A faint blue light flashed in Yunlong's eyes. He then closed his eyes, spread his divine sense around, and after a while opened his eyes, smiling at Liu Anran.
"Mom, I see a tree full of bayberries."
Liu Anran happily ruffled Yunlong's hair, took out a sickle, and said with a smile, "You point the way, and we'll go pick bayberries now."
Yunlong turned around, pointed towards the mountain, and said with a smile, "Go up from here."
Liu Anran took out a sickle and walked up the mountain. Seeing thorns blocking the way, and worried that they might hurt Yunlong, she casually used the sickle to cut them off.
Yunlong, with his short legs, followed behind Liu Anran.
After walking for a while, Liu Anran turned to look at Yunlong and asked, "Yunlong, climbing mountains is tiring. Do you want Mommy to carry you?"
Yunlong shook his head and said obediently and sensibly, "Mom, it's not far ahead. I can walk by myself. You don't need to carry me."
Liu Anran and Yunlong arrived at a bayberry tree that was about five meters tall. Most of the bayberries were ripe. Although they weren't as big as the ones grown in the garden, it was good enough to have some to eat.
Liu Anran picked a ripe bayberry and put it in Yunlong's mouth, then picked one for herself and put it in her mouth as well; it was both sour and sweet.
Yunlong spat out the pit, stood on tiptoe to pull down a bayberry branch, picked another one, and put it in his mouth.
"Mom, the wild bayberries are sweet and sour, they taste alright."
"It tastes really good, but you can't eat too much. If you eat too much, your teeth will feel sensitive and you won't be able to eat anything else," Liu Anran said.
Liu Anran took out a small plastic basket, picked some bayberries and put them in the basket, then handed the basket to Yunlong and put the bayberry tree into her spatial storage.
Liu Anran noticed that one row of leaves was yellowish, while the others were lush and green, growing very well. Suddenly, an idea struck her, and her eyes lit up. She quickly approached the leaves and circled around them.
Yunlong watched Liu Anran pacing back and forth, a look of confusion on his face. What's wrong with Mom?
Liu Anran was delighted to see some fresh mud under the tree roots. She was really lucky today, she had actually found something good.
"Mom, what are you doing?" Yunlong asked, puzzled.
Liu Anran pointed to the bamboo leaves and said, "These are bamboo leaves, also called zongzi leaves. The triangular zongzi we eat are wrapped in them."
Yunlong asked with delight, "Mom, are you going to make zongzi?"
Liu Anran: "Without glutinous rice, even if you want to eat zongzi, I can't fulfill your request."
Yunlong's face showed a hint of disappointment; he had thought he would get to eat zongzi!
Liu Anran smiled and ruffled Yunlong's hair. "Although there are no zongzi for you, there is bamboo-braised pork. Bamboo-braised pork can be braised or stewed. It is highly nutritious and, most importantly, delicious. It is even more delicious than pork, beef, and mutton. I guarantee you will want more after eating it."
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