They both spoke at the same time, then stopped simultaneously, waiting for the other to speak first.
"Uncle, Uncle! Where are you?" Fan He's voice came from afar.
Hu Wenhua had never shown such disdain for his nephews before!
Fearing they would find him and make a scene, he hurriedly turned around and said, "I'm leaving!"
With a long stride, he quickly ran far away.
Ding Jiajia bit her lip as she watched the person disappear in an instant.
She touched the veil on her face and then remembered that she had forgotten to tell him she wasn't ugly.
Fan Erzhu and the others mocked her for having a face full of red bumps, saying she looked like a toad. Did he think she was ugly too?
Ding Jiajia used to not care much about her appearance, and even thought that Fan Dazhu and the others had misunderstood her and thought that her ugly appearance was good, which would save them trouble. But now she cares a little.
She wanted to explain things to him and let him see what she looked like.
Looking down at the prepared medicinal herbs, he absentmindedly thought while stirring them, "Maybe I should collect some mushrooms and trade them for pork..."
Hu Wenhua has long legs and a strong physique, yet he is extremely agile.
A short while later, he ran to the old village chief's house and met up with his two nephews.
"Uncle, where did you go? We've all had fun with our friends, why haven't you come back yet?" Fan Hu asked, tilting his little head up.
Hu Wenhua coughed awkwardly, "Just browsing, nothing much."
Fan He tugged at his sleeve and warned, "Uncle, don't wander off. There are lots of mosquitoes, snakes, and ants in the summer, unlike Niu Tou Town. Be careful."
Hu Wenhua's mind unexpectedly turned to the little girl drying herbs.
Who went to collect all those herbs?
Is she going to pick them too?
With so many mosquitoes, snakes, and ants, isn't that very dangerous!
Oh, and he even made her pick mushrooms!
Picking mushrooms can also be dangerous.
"Second Brother, have you forgotten? We have Uncle Ding in our village. He has tons of medicinal herbs. He can eat poisonous mushrooms without any problems, so snakes will definitely be fine too," Fan Hu said calmly.
Hu Wenhua's mind automatically locked onto the word "herbal medicine," and he tentatively asked, "In your village, are there many families with a lot of herbs?"
"Who doesn't have a few herbs at home?" Fan Hu asked his uncle with his big, round eyes.
Every household has a few herbs for treating diarrhea and repelling mosquito bites.
Hu Wenhua's heart sank, and disappointment showed on his face.
Fan Hu continued, "However, only Uncle Ding's family has a lot of herbs!"
Hu Wenhua's slump resurfaced.
He really wanted to pick up his little nephew and give him a good talking-to so he could finish what he was saying!
"How many children does Uncle Ding have?"
Fan He looked at his uncle suspiciously, then explained, "Uncle Ding is a general term for people in the village. He's older than our father, so we should call him Uncle Ding."
Uncle Ding only has one daughter; everyone in the village knows that.
Hu Wenhua waited patiently.
But after waiting for a long time, the two nephews still didn't say what the girl's name was.
He took a deep breath and felt, for the first time ever, that his nephew had said a lot of things he shouldn't have said and hadn't said what he should have said.
But he couldn't just ask the girl's given name.
Laughter came from the courtyard, and a moment later Fan Jiang jogged out.
As she ran, she waved to the people in the yard and shouted, "My mother said it herself, I didn't mishear, aunties, don't worry!"
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