Xia'an Mountain Valley is a large rift valley running from east to west.
A winding stream flows through the valley, its waters meandering from east to west.
They are going to a section of the Xia'an Mountain Valley today.
This is where they often gather.
After everyone arrived, Niu Gensheng and a few of his men quickly found the essential supplies such as iron plates, iron pots, and spatulas.
Then the girls helped wash the sweet potatoes and potatoes.
The boys then started grilling meat.
Because there were many people, the food was processed very quickly.
The young hunter from before brought a whole pheasant with him, and right now someone is making beggar's chicken!
Lotus leaves are everywhere in the valley, and everyone is busy chatting and laughing, having a great time.
Lin Xue and Xie Yuchen didn't join in cooking. Instead, they went to the stream, found a large rock, took off their shoes, and soaked their feet together.
Lin Xue has excellent eyesight and has noticed that several small fish are swimming past her feet every now and then.
And there were crabs with their pincers outstretched, darting back and forth through the crevices in the rocks along the stream.
Do you want to eat crab?
Lin Xue saw several particularly plump crabs and was tempted.
"Although the moon is very big tonight, catching crabs is still hard on the eyes!"
"But if you want to eat it, sister, just stay over there and I'll go find it for you!"
After saying that, Xie Yuchen thought of getting up to look in the crevice.
But Lin Xue grabbed her finger, "I saw a crab!"
After saying that, she pointed to a crevice in the rock, "There's a really big crab in there, and its shell is covered in hair!"
Hairy crabs are called hairy crabs. Although they don't look very appealing, they are still edible.
After Ye Yuchen learned the location, he bent down to observe carefully and soon spotted a crab.
He gently placed his hand in the water and slowly approached the crab.
Finally, with quick reflexes, he grabbed the crab's shell and pulled her out.
"Heh, it's quite fat!"
Xie Yuchen picked up the crab and weighed it in his hand. This one was truly the ancestor of crabs, with a belly full of roe.
"And there's another one under this grass!"
Lin Xue didn't take the crab, and Xie Yuchen didn't hand it to her either. Instead, he called out to a boy who was not far from them.
He handed the crab to the other person and then slowly reached the place Lin Xue had indicated.
The boy took the crab with a happy expression, and then stayed there instead of leaving.
Several girls saw the commotion, came over, took the crabs away, washed them clean, and put them directly to the fire to roast.
This can be considered as adding extra food for everyone.
"Oh haha~"
"What's going on tonight? Are there a lot of crabs by the stream?"
Seeing that Xie Yuchen had caught two particularly fat and large crabs in one go, several teenagers took off their shoes, rolled up their trousers, and walked into the stream.
The stream babbles, but it is not deep.
In shallow areas, the water barely covers the instep; in deeper areas, it only reaches the calf.
Apart from a few young men and women who were still cooking, everyone else took off their shoes and went into the stream.
Everyone caught something, whether it was a crab, a handful of snails, or even a fish.
Amidst laughter and chatter... the food over there was almost ready, so everyone put on their shoes, grabbed their spoils, and joined the barbecue party.
"Brother Niu, I've never seen this girl next to you before. Which village is she from?"
While everyone was enjoying the food together, one of the young men finally couldn't sit still and asked Niu Gensheng a question.
"This is Lin Xue from Qingshan Village. She's quite close to my cousin, so I brought her along this time!"
"I'm warning you, you can't bully her just because she's a little girl!"
"Lin Xue is someone I protect. If I find out anyone bullies her, I, Niu Gensheng, will never let them get away with it!"
Niu Gensheng has many brothers in his family. As the third oldest, he often goes out to go hiking with his friends.
He enjoys high prestige among many young men and women!
After all, he had a wide network of connections, knew many hunters' children, and also knew young men and women from various villages.
He was considered a leader among the group, often organizing outings for everyone.
"No, how could we possibly bully our friends!"
"Lin Amei, you can come out and play with us more often when you have free time!"
"It's so much fun to sing, dance, and chat together!"
Everyone was talking at once, and at that moment, each of the teenagers was radiating their own kindness.
"Yes, Lin Amei, you are so beautiful. May I ask if your skin is naturally this fair?"
The speaker was a young Miao girl who had been observing Lin Xue for a long time.
She used to be the fairest-skinned girl in the group, and being a Miao girl, she was naturally outstanding in appearance.
Standing at 1.62 meters tall, with a slender figure and fair skin, she is simply stunning!
But when she stood next to Lin Xue, she realized that her usual whiteness was not real whiteness at all.
Her skin tone is still more of a wheatish color.
"I'm naturally fair-skinned, and with the addition of some skincare creams I've made myself, I hardly get tanned as long as I don't expose myself to the sun for extended periods!"
The Miao girl completely ignored the first half of Lin Xue's sentence.
She was very fair-skinned when she was born, but now she's gotten much darker from working in the fields every day.
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