Chen Laowu picked a few large leaves and, suppressing a laugh, helped Chen Shi clean the clump of stuff off his head.
After Chen Laowu finished, he said, "Okay, you can wash it in the water later."
The big bird chirped happily, as if mocking Chen Shi.
Before long, large flocks of birds from the vicinity flew over here.
Chen Laosi and his men took out their slingshots, but unfortunately they couldn't hit the flock of birds.
Chen Laosi said anxiously, "Let's go, hurry down the mountain!"
The flock of large birds followed them all the way, dropping their droppings on their heads every now and then, driving them crazy.
Ever since that bird pooped on Chen Shi's head, Chen Kai has slowly moved closer to Xiao Tian. He figured that given Xiao Tian's personality, he definitely wouldn't let those birds poop around him.
Sure enough, the birds were defecating and urinating on their heads at will, and almost all of them were affected. However, no one around Xiao Tian was affected. For a moment, Chen Kai began to believe in metaphysics.
After descending the mountain, seeing the empty shore, everyone was furious. Those stinky monkeys hadn't left them a single thing.
"Should my brother and I swim back and call for help?" Zhou Yu suggested.
Traveling by water is faster, while taking the mountain road involves many detours and is very dangerous. Although there are many of them, there are small children among them, and they could easily get injured.
This place is quite far from the area where the people of Anping Village live. It would probably take more than half an hour to swim there, but those who are good swimmers can manage to swim there.
Old Chen said, "No! It's too dangerous for just the two of you. Let's go find the bamboo raft and then go back together."
Xiao Tian kicked the sand on the beach out of boredom and said, "Just wait, someone will come to pick us up later!"
Sanya said with a bitter face, "Don't expect Grandpa and Grandma to come pick us up. We told our families before we came that we would be back late."
"It's not dark yet, they won't find out we're trapped here."
When it gets dark, many animals come out to move around, which puts them in danger.
Daya glared at Sanya and said, "Little sister, what's the rush? It's still early before dark!"
Daya turned to Xiaotian and comforted him, "Xiaotian, don't worry, we'll be back soon."
Her younger sister is the same; she doesn't watch her words. What if she scares the child?
Sanya realized she had misspoke and quickly explained, "Xiaotian, I was just joking. Grandpa and Grandma will call someone to pick us up, and Uncle Si will definitely be able to get the bamboo raft back."
"Come on, let's play for a while. What do you want to build with the sand? I'll build it with you."
Sanya scooped up a huge pile of sand and brought it to Xiaotian to play with him.
Xiao Tian was very unhappy about playing with this thing, and his face looked terrible.
The younger children happily gathered around and played in the sand together.
Chen Kai was digging with a stick when he saw his fourth brother leading a group of people to try and steal the bamboo raft. He laughed and said, "Fourth brother, play with me, okay? Fifth brother, Zhou Kai, you guys come and play too, okay?"
He had to hold them off. Xiao Tian had said someone would come, so there was no need to risk fighting the monkeys. Besides, there were many dangerous animals in the mountains, such as wild boars and wolves. If they encountered them, it would be dangerous.
Chen Laosi was getting anxious. If they didn't get the bamboo raft back soon, it would get dark, and they would be in even more danger.
However, when he saw his younger brother looking at him expectantly, he softened.
Chen Laosi sighed and said, "Alright, let's keep an eye on things and then go and get the bamboo raft back later."
Chen Laosi and his friends had just shoveled a pile of sand when Chen Kai ran away. They were dumbfounded. Weren't they supposed to play together?
Chen Kai said with a smile, "Fourth Brother, you guys keep piling up. I'll have Xiao Tian help me find something, and I'll be right back."
Previously, Sanya and the others said they saw a giant softshell turtle on the beach, and he guessed that the turtle had laid its eggs in this area.
The softshell turtle mates and reproduces every spring and summer. Most females come ashore at night to dig burrows in sunny sandy areas to lay their eggs, laying anywhere from a dozen to several dozen eggs at a time. After laying the eggs, they cover them with sand and then climb around on them a few times as camouflage before returning to the water via another route.
Moreover, female softshell turtles seem to be able to predict the level of floodwaters that year. If the flood is large, they will lay their eggs on higher ground on the shore, and if the flood is small, they will lay their eggs in lower ground. People who know the habits of softshell turtles can use this to judge the size of the flood that year, so as to formulate flood prevention plans and measures.
Chen Kai had just searched the area but couldn't find it. He thought it might be a matter of luck, so he wanted Xiao Tian, who was particularly lucky, to help him look for it.
Chen Kai pleaded, "Xiao Tian, please help me out~"
Unable to resist Chen Kai's coaxing, Xiao Tian said, "Hmph, let's go!"
Xiao Tian casually poked at the turtle's egg with a stick; sure enough, this guy was lucky.
After digging for a while, Chen Kai found a softshell turtle egg. He held the egg and examined it carefully, saying curiously, "I didn't expect such a big softshell turtle to lay such small eggs!"
Xiao Tian asked, "What do you need this thing for?"
Chen Kai said with a smile, "Just keeping it for fun."
When Chen Laosi saw his younger brother return happily with an egg in his hand, he asked in confusion, "Did you find another egg on the beach?"
"Where are the eggs? Where are the eggs?" Er Ya immediately ran over and asked as soon as she heard there were eggs.
Chen Kai said with a smile, "This is a turtle egg, it can grow to be very, very big."
Er Ya excitedly said, "Uncle, does that mean our family will have a very big turtle in the future?"
“Yes!” Chen Kai said.
Zhou Laosi asked curiously, "Little brother, are you sure this is a turtle egg? Can it hatch?"
Sanya said, "Yes, should we take it back and let our old hen incubate it?"
Chen Kai said with a smile, "They're turtle eggs. They'll hatch; no need for a hen to incubate them."
Er Ya said excitedly, "Uncle, Uncle, where did you find the turtle eggs? Let's find a few more turtle eggs to take back."
Chen Kai pointed to the spot where he had just dug for the egg and said, "It's over there. I dug it out from under the sand."
Er Ya then joined the others and said, "Let's go find the turtle eggs too!"
Suddenly, Zhou Laoda's shouts came from afar.
"Fourth brother! Fifth brother!"
Everyone was very excited, and some people actually came.
Chen Laosi waved his hands excitedly and shouted, "Big Brother, we're here!"
"Dad, we're here! We're here!" Daya shouted excitedly.
Chen Laowu picked up Xiaotian and said happily, "Xiaotian, you were right, someone really came to pick us up."
Sanya said happily, "Xiaotian is so amazing!"
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