Chapter 87 The Cat Is Not That Stupid

The young boy dressed as a scholar watched this scene quietly.

Someone behind him laughed and said, "Is this the family? This woman is also a martial artist!"

The young man hummed and calmly lowered the curtain. The man came over, opened the curtain again, and squeezed in to take a look: "Where's the little kid? Didn't he come?"

The boy stepped back and gave the window to him.

The man pressed his entire face against the window: "He really hasn't come yet. Xiao Jue, is it because of that little kid that you decided to stay here temporarily?"

"That's not the case," the young boy said seriously, "I just think it's a little more convenient here."

"That's what I told you!" The man laughed, "With your personality, how could you like a little baby? It's so noisy! But the baby is quite cute, just like a cat, with big round eyes."

The young boy glanced at him and said, "Not like a cat."

He turned around, "Huh?"

The young boy retracted his hand into his sleeve, touched a chestnut in his sleeve pocket, and said calmly: "She is not like a cat. Cats are not so stupid."

The man was stunned and laughed out loud.

Another person shouted, "Yao Chu!"

He seemed to want to say something, but paused, raised his hand and poured a cup of tea for the young man: "Then I'll ask someone to buy a house here."

The young boy lowered his eyes.

His skin was extremely pale and he looked sick, which made his eyebrows and eyelashes look even darker, as if they were drawn in ink.

He said calmly: "There are many people in the city and there are many eyes. I am afraid there will be trouble."

"Then?" the man said tentatively, "Why don't we go to the countryside? I'll ask someone to find out where this family lives and buy a place to live near them?"

The boy didn't answer, so he smiled and continued, "It's just that it's in the countryside, so I'm afraid the house won't be very good."

The young man said, "It's okay."

"Okay," he nodded, "Yao Chu, let's go."

Yuan Yaochu responded and went out, whipping his horse leisurely. However, after he had taken a few steps, he heard a click and the carriage suddenly tilted to the left.

Yuan Yaochu jumped down as usual, lifted the car board with great familiarity, looked down, and breathed a sigh of relief: "The axle is broken, is everything okay?"

The young man then jumped out and said, "Nothing."

Yuan Yaochu looked him up and down in shock, then suddenly turned back and asked, "Brother, what did Xiao Jue say just now?"

Yuan Yaogui then jumped down and asked, "What?"

Yuan Yaochu said: "Xiao Jue said that it will be smooth sailing now!!"

He freed his hand and pointed at him, "The car broke down, but Xiao Jue is not injured anymore!! No, we have to stay in Longmen County!!"

Yuan Yaogui looked at the axle and nodded slowly: "I'll ask someone to go to Yutang Village to inquire."

And at this time.

Xinbao and his father and brother went up the mountain laughing and joking all the way.

When they were halfway there, they met Tang Shitou and his wife coming down carrying a large basket full of chestnut balls. They were walking right in front of them.

Tang Shitou suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and immediately smiled and said, "Brother Qingshan, are you guys going up the mountain too?"

Tang Qingshan nodded.

Tang Shitou said with a smile, "Yesterday when we went up the mountain to look for Xinbao, we saw the chestnut tree. The kids at home were greedy and wanted to eat some, so I went up the mountain early to pick some. Xinbao, do you want to eat some chestnuts?"

He reached back and grabbed it.

Tang Qingshan said: "No, Xinbaoer doesn't want to eat, you guys are busy."

He simply picked up Xinbao, nodded and left.

Seeing him walking away, Tang Shitou spat: "Things from the mountains don't belong to him! Who is he showing this stinky face to?"

His wife rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't get yourself angry. Brother Qingshan is like this every day. He is just like this. He has plenty of money, why would he care about a chestnut? But you, why are you talking about the child? Juanzi is thinking about his Dalang, you know that!"

Tang Shitou frowned: "It's useless to worry about someone with the same surname! It's embarrassing!"

"Haven't you heard about the incident in Jingui Village?" Shitou's wife said, "They share the same surname. The clan leader disagreed, but later they hooked up with him and asked his aunt to give the child to him for adoption. They got married in the same way, and now they have a child..."

The couple talked as they carried the basket down with difficulty.

Tang Qingshan really didn't care.

Even if the third brother doesn't care, the things in the mountains belong to whoever grabs them. They were not planted by them, so how can they occupy them?

The third brother comforted Xinbao: "Don't worry, there is a whole tree, we can't pick all the fruits, I will definitely pick enough for Xinbao to eat."

Xinbao nodded.

The three of them arrived under the tree in a short while.

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At this moment, the shallow basket that Xinbao was sitting in was still thrown under the tree and no one picked it up. Tang Qingshan went over to pick up the basket. The third brother straightened his clothes and climbed up the tree in two whooshes.

Tang Qingshan held his daughter's head and pulled her out: "Stand far away, it will hurt if you get hit."

Xinbao was held down by his father's big hand. He turned his head with difficulty and looked at his brother. He suddenly said, "Wait!"

Tang Qingshan paused, Xinbao took the basket from him, ran over, and handed it to him on tiptoe: "Hey, cover your head with it, it will hurt if it hits you!"

The third brother climbed up and was about to climb down again with a smile.

Tang Qingshan walked over a few steps, took the basket and handed it to him. Xinbao looked up at it and put his little hands above his head, fearing that he wouldn't know how to use it.

The third brother laughed and hung the basket on his head like a bamboo hood, and said with a smile: "That's it!"

Xinbao felt relieved then. He reached out for his father's hand, then stretched out his short legs and moved away.

The third brother saw that they had run far enough, laughed and shouted, then suddenly shook on the tree.

He climbed so high that most of the tree swayed with him, and chestnut balls fell down with a clatter, which was quite spectacular to see.

After shaking for half a minute, Tang Qingshan said, "It's almost done."

The third brother swayed for a long time before he climbed down. He was still quite high from the ground, so he jumped down directly.

Tang Qingshan then took his daughter to pick chestnuts.

Generally, chestnuts that can be shaken off are ripe. There are one or two chestnuts in a chestnut ball. One is huge, while the other has only a layer of skin. However, the chestnut ball is very strong, and the thorns are quite painful. Even an adult's hands without calluses can be pierced by them.

So Tang Qingshan first picked up a chestnut ball and let his daughter touch it, then said, "Does it prick your feet? Xinbao can't use your hands. Daddy and brother will pick them up. Xinbao will help put them in the basket. Be careful not to step on them. If you do, they will prick your feet."

Xinbao curled up his little hands and nodded obediently: "Oh."

So Tang Qingshan and his third brother started picking. They didn't use their hands, they just stepped on the chestnuts with their feet, and the thorn balls cracked. Then they rubbed them and the chestnuts came out. It looked very simple.

Xinbao tried stepping on it. The first two times were fine, but then she stepped harder... the thorn ball pierced her little embroidered shoes. She felt pain on the sole of her foot, probably because it was pierced.

Xinbao retracted his little feet at that moment, stole a glance at his father, and when he saw that he didn't see it, he pretended nothing had happened, carefully avoided the ball, and followed behind his father.

The two were very fast, they could kill with two kicks at a time and never needed a third kick.

The third brother also sighed: "Just look at it, this chestnut has a layer of thorny skin, a layer of hard skin, and a layer of fur... three layers of skin! People still know that the inside is edible! How greedy must the first person who eats chestnuts be?"

Tang Qingshan said: "When there is famine, people eat grass roots, tree bark, and soil. They can find anything edible."

"That's right," the third brother dropped the topic and said, "Xinbaoer, how do you want to eat these chestnuts?"

Xinbao said, "Cook it and eat it."

"Okay," said the third brother, "this is enough to last two or three times. First... ahhh!!"

He jumped out several steps away.

(End of this chapter)