Gu Xin and Gu Nian each pulled Gu Shouxin along, one on each side, and walked up the mountain.
Gu Xin started talking non-stop about what happened after she and her two grandchildren arrived at Goddess Mountain and passed the checkpoint.
Peng Silang, who was following him, was also hearing about it for the first time and hadn't had a chance to ask about it in the past few days.
As Gu Shouxin listened, he sighed, "My mother is truly amazing. With her around, what do I have to worry about?"
About half an hour later, we reached the top of the mountain; it was already afternoon.
General Peng and Xue Qianyu were waiting for Gu Shouxin to have dinner.
Gu Shouxin still needed to ask his mother first.
Grandma Gu waved her hand and said, "I saw some medicinal herbs in the woods. I picked them for Lao Xiao. I've already eaten them. You can go about your business now!"
Gu Shouxin: "...Mother, so you're not going back because of Aunt Xiao? Do you know that Father still wants to come with me!"
Grandma Gu glared at him: "What do you know? Old Xiao said those medicinal herbs can be used to make soup to improve your father's health. They can also protect your wife's twins! Go away, don't bother me!"
Gu Shouxin: "...Okay, Mother. Your son thanks you on behalf of Xiaolian."
Grandma Gu ignored him and went into the mountains with her sack.
Gu Shouxin told Gu Nian and Gu Xin to hurry up and follow.
"Auntie is really..." General Peng looked at Gu Shouxin with a complicated expression, as if to say, "Brother, you must have had a hard time these past few years!"
Gu Shouxin is extremely protective of his own. He might complain about his mother in his heart, but he won't allow others to say it!
He glanced at General Peng and said, "Brother Peng, aren't you envious? There aren't any old ladies like my mother in this world anymore! I've always felt safe with her by my side since I was little. It's kind of pathetic to say, but I'm a grown man, over thirty, and I still need my mother to give me a sense of security. But what can I do? My mother is amazing!"
General Peng: "...Yes, Brother Gu is absolutely right. I also envy you for having a mother like your aunt. Come on, Brother Gu, you haven't eaten yet, have you? I've been waiting for you."
Gu Shouxin followed General Peng to the camp with a smile.
...
Grandma Gu led her two granddaughters through the mountains. They were no longer afraid of anything, and they were only walking within the territory occupied by the Great Zhou army.
Having finished gathering the herbs, Gu Xin stood up straight, stretched, and looked at the Goddess Kingdom's military camp not far ahead: "Grandma, why do you think the girls in the Goddess Kingdom are so strong? It seems like they eat about the same amount as us! The women of the Great Zhou are much weaker."
Grandma Gu said, “You need to think about it differently. In the Goddess Kingdom, women are expected to support their families. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, women stay at home and manage household chores. The men in the Goddess Kingdom might wonder why the men of the Great Zhou can lead troops into battle. Some of them probably never even imagined that men could lead troops into battle one day! The men in the Goddess Kingdom, except for not being able to have children, are just like the weak men of the Great Zhou that you describe.”
Grandma Gu accepts this phenomenon well; her brother Chuan was also unable to carry heavy loads due to illness.
Gu Nian suddenly pulled Grandma Gu and Gu Xin aside: "Shh!"
The grandfather and grandson looked over.
Gu Nian pointed to a clump of trees ahead. It was quite far away, but Gu Nian could see someone hiding inside.
The three generations of the family looked at each other in bewilderment.
Suddenly, the sound of wild boars could be heard, rushing towards a clump of trees.
Two people ran out of the bushes; one looked injured, and the other was carrying the injured person on his back.
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