Yan Xiaonan introduced the golden cudgel to the Ye siblings: "This is the golden cudgel, my friend."
Ye Chenming extended his hand: "I am Ye Chenming, it's a pleasure to meet you."
The golden cudgel looked at Ye Chenming and suddenly jumped into his hand.
Ye Chen'er quickly extended her hands and said, "I am Ye Chen'er, and I am also very happy to meet you."
The golden cudgel looked Ye Chen'er up and down, then jumped onto her hand. Ye Chen'er was overjoyed.
Holding the golden cudgel in both hands, he said to Yan Xiaonan, "Nannan, thank you. I had many first-time experiences today, and I am so happy."
A smile still lingered on her face, but tears were already streaming down her cheeks.
"There are wild vegetables, wild fruits, and pine cones here. We'll follow the Golden Cudgel to get some more mountain produce later, which you can take back to the educated youth settlement to enjoy at your leisure," Yan Xiaonan said.
“Yes, we brought a basket. I think this basket is very useful; you can carry things you can’t lift.” Ye Chen’er said.
The seven people ate a rabbit, two pheasants, eggs, steamed buns, and flatbreads. Looking at their protruding bellies, they all laughed.
Bei Nan and Ma Mingyuan extinguished all the open flames with water and carefully checked for any remaining hazards.
Ye Chen'er, Nan Nan, and Ma Minghua took the bowls and chopsticks to the stream to wash them.
Ye Chen'er was overjoyed. There was a mountain spring here! Could she come and play in the water in the summer?
Yan Xiaonan shook her head. The end of this mountain spring is a cliff, and it's dangerous to play in the water.
Ye Chen'er stood up and took a closer look. Sure enough, it was true. She felt a little regretful. Such a good place.
Suddenly remembering something, she asked nervously, "Nan Nan, are there wolves, tigers, or wild boars here?"
Yan Xiaonan nodded: "It's dangerous in the mountains. You and your brother should try not to go up the mountain, otherwise no one will be able to save you."
Ye Chen'er nodded so hard she almost cramped up; her life was at stake.
After packing up, everyone went to pick some mushrooms and wild vegetables. It would be quite delicious to make a mushroom and vegetable soup when we got back tonight.
They also picked a lot of wild fruits, which they could enjoy when they were craving something sweet. Bei Nan, Ma Mingyuan, and Ma Mingchun even climbed up a tree and caught a lot of bird eggs, and everyone got a share.
Ye Chenming was very envious. There were so many good things in the mountains. He would like to follow Bei Nan and the others to find food here in the future.
Ye Chen'er spread her handkerchief on the ground, carefully placed the bird eggs inside, tied a knot diagonally, and carried it in her hand, planning to cook them and eat them when she returned to the educated youth settlement.
In the late afternoon, everyone returned home carrying heavy baskets on their backs, and Ye Chenming and his sister also returned to their educated youth settlement.
Cuihua and Xuemei rushed out, but when Xuemei reached out to take Nannan's basket, Nannan dodged her.
"Sis, you have a baby now, so you can't lift heavy things."
Xuemei laughed: "It's just having a baby, it's not that precious. When I was pregnant with you, I was busy working in the fields."
Yan Xiaonan felt a pang of sadness and quickly put down her basket, rushing into Cuihua's arms: "Mom, don't worry, I'll be fine when I grow up."
Cuihua hugged Yan Xiaonan tightly: "Mom's sweet baby, Mom's not in a hurry, you grow up slowly."
This is so arousing! Bei Nan is saying her teeth hurt. Women are just so troublesome. That Ma Minghua is the same; she cries over the smallest things.
But what came out of his mouth was wrong: "Mom, you still have me. You should wait for me to grow up and take care of you."
Cuihua used one hand to stroke Beinan's face and said, "You are all good children. Mom knows it in her heart. Mom is not in a hurry. Just eat well and grow up well."
As soon as Ma Minghua got home, she threw herself into her sister-in-law's arms and burst into tears. Startled, her sister-in-law quickly took off her basket and checked it over carefully.
"Oh my god, Minghua, why are you covered in so much blood? Where are you hurt?"
Ma Minghua's crying was interrupted by Ma Dasao. I had blood on me, and after looking closely, I remembered that it was pheasant blood.
But I wasn't crying because of that; it was because people found out I had three cents.
Seeing Ma Da Sao's nervous expression, Ma Minghua suddenly felt she didn't want to cry anymore. It was too unfilial of her to keep making her mother worry.
Seeing her daughter, who had been wailing, suddenly appear normal, Mrs. Ma realized something was wrong. What was going on?
His eyes turned to Ma Mingchun, whose son was the most clever.
Ma Mingchun curled his lip: "So people know she has three cents."
Mrs. Ma was even more puzzled. This three cents was her daughter's New Year's money that she had saved up for several years. How could anyone know about it?
Ma Mingyuan couldn't help but laugh when he thought about it. He repeated what his sister had said on the mountain, making his sister-in-law want to laugh but dare not.
Ma Minghua looked at her sister-in-law, whose face was slightly flushed, and said, "Mom, you can laugh if you want. I won't cry."
From then on, Ma Minghua really stopped crying so easily, and she eagerly took on all the chores around the house.
The two families were enjoying a harmonious time together, but tensions were high at the educated youth settlement. As soon as Ye Chen'er pushed open the door, she was questioned by Li Ping.
"Where did you go? Why did you abandon us?"
Ye Chen'er initially felt a little guilty, since they were all from the same place and their parents knew each other, so helping each other was only right.
He ran into Yan Beinan and Ma Mingyuan and even had a delicious picnic.
To make up for their guilt, they planned to go back and cook a mushroom and wild vegetable soup with bird eggs to give them a change of pace for dinner.
It seems unnecessary now. I don't owe her anything, and everyone knows what's in their bags.
They had shared all the food they brought with Ye Chenming, but the siblings still had more than half of their food left. Who did they think they were fools?
Thinking of this, Ye Chen'er got up and went out. She first boiled the bird eggs, then washed the vegetables and mushrooms, preparing to make a soup.
Wang Yan heard Li Ping's voice, and curled her lip. She really had a big face. Who did she think she was?
He ran to Ye Chen'er's side and helped wash the vegetables. He also threw a few sweet potatoes into the stove. The sweet potatoes were cooked when the vegetables were done.
"Ye Chen'er, did you go to the mountains today?" Wang Yan asked.
Ye Chen'er nodded without saying anything.
"You went up the mountain with the village chief's son, right? I saw some wolves. Are there any on the mountain?" Wang Yan asked.
Ye Chen'er looked up at her and said, "Of course there are wolves in the mountains, that's common sense, okay?"
Wang Yan~ We can't chat today.
Tian Fang also came out and picked out some mushrooms to dry in the sun: "Ye Chen'er, if you can't finish them, you can dry them. Just soak them when you want to eat them."
Ye Chen'er nodded. This was a good idea; it wouldn't be a waste, since picking these things was quite tiring.
Ye Chenming placed the basket next to Ye Chen'er, picked up the carrying pole and bucket, and went to fetch water and firewood.
Ye Chenming can now carry two buckets of water with a shoulder pole, which shows that human adaptability is the strongest.
By the time Ye Chenming had fetched the water and chopped the firewood, Ye Chen'er's soup was ready and the eggs were cooked.
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