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"Brother, hurry up, it will be too late once the sun rises."
While pulling Xia Yanbing out, Xia Jin spoke to Brother Xia who was following behind.
"Yeah, big brother, why are you so slow? Hurry up today, otherwise once the sun comes out, you won't be in the mood to climb the mountain."
Brother Xia followed behind and said to the two anxious people in front:
"You two should slow down. Yan Bing, you're fine. Xiao Jin needs to be well prepared for his first mountain climbing trip."
"You don't even want to take the basket, and you still want me to hold it for you? Come here and do it yourself. And Xia Jin, put your trouser legs down. Don't be like your second brother. He has thick skin and is not afraid of being bitten, but you are not."
When the two men heard what Brother Xia said, they became very obedient. One of them bent down and lowered his trouser legs, and the other leaned back and took the two baskets from Brother Xia's hands.
Seeing how obedient they were, the eldest brother was very satisfied. He put the bamboo hat in his hand on Xia Jin's head and said:
"Bring it with you. Even though it's only May, the sun is pretty strong at noon. It would be bad if you get sunburned."
Xia Jin reluctantly put the hat on her head. It was the first time for her to wear such a thing. After putting it on, she shook it from side to side and found that it was quite firm.
Without a mirror, she didn't know if it would look good on her. However, her newly done hairstyle was messed up. Fortunately, she had braided it today, otherwise it wouldn't be wearable if she had put it up.
After asking the eldest brother to put the hat on his head, he turned around and closed the door. Everyone else went to the fields, and only the three of them had nothing to do, so they prepared to go up the mountain.
In fact, even if she wanted to go to the fields, her family wouldn't let her. It was obvious that she wasn't the type to work in the fields, so why should she suffer with them?
It's not the busy farming season now, so they can easily do the work in the store, so there's no need for them.
Xia Yanbing and the others' main task now was to play with Xia Jin. As long as they had fun, they didn't need to worry about anything else.
The sun rises very early now. When they came out at around seven in the morning, there was no one on the road. Most of them were busy working in the fields.
There are also some elderly people watching their children playing on the road.
They had to pass through a field on their way up the mountain. When they got there, they looked at the lush wheat and couldn't help feeling happy.
The wheat is the fruit of a year's hard work for the farmers. A healthy wheat crop means higher incomes and more food. How can one not be happy?
There are also some fields where wheat is not planted, and some people are busy working there. Fortunately, he also plants these things in the space, so he recognizes them all.
Many people watched them walk by and greeted them enthusiastically.
"Yan Jun, you guys are going to the mountain."
"Yes, Third Aunt wants to go to the mountains to see if there are any wild vegetables to eat."
"Go ahead, but be careful with snakes and other things."
"I see. You're busy."
In the final analysis, it was just a reminder for them to be careful. After watching them walk away, he quickly returned to his farm work.
Xia Jin followed his two brothers and walked a long distance along a dirt road in the field. The road was not smooth at all.
Fortunately, it hasn't rained recently, so the road is quite dry. Otherwise, you would definitely be walking on mud.
They arrived at the foot of the mountain. Looking at the huge mountain in front of them, Xia Jin wondered silently in his heart whether he could climb it.
She felt that she could do it. Anyway, she was very excited now. She had a very stupid idea in her mind that there was a treasure in the mountains.
When she was a child with her grandmother, she wanted to climb every mountain she saw, because in her young heart, she always felt that there were inexhaustible wealth and treasures in the mountains.
She felt like one of those explorers who went in, passed through layers of danger, and finally found something very precious.
When she was a child, no one accompanied her to climb a mountain. Even if it was just a short mountain, no one had ever climbed it with her.
Although she has grown up now and knows that there is no treasure in the mountains, she still wants to go on an adventure, perhaps to make up for the regret in her heart when she was a child.
After reaching the foot of the mountain, Brother Xia took out some ropes and tied up her trouser legs and sleeves, tightly tying them around her wrists and ankles.
After finishing with her, he and Xia Yanbing tied each other up to prevent small insects from crawling onto their bodies through their arms or wrists.
After everything was ready, they carried their belongings and headed up the mountain. This mountain had played a significant role during the famine in the 1960s, single-handedly preventing the villagers from starving to death.
So now these villagers are very protective of him and will not cause any extensive damage.
In addition, some villagers often went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and pick wild fruits. As they walked so much on the mountain, a mountain road was formed, which made things much more convenient.
Otherwise, if there is no road, you have to walk through some grass or something, and there might be snakes hiding in it. This kind of animal is very dangerous.
They walked along the mountain road and didn't see anything useful at the foot of the mountain because it was too low and some children would come here while playing.
Pick some wild vegetables and bring them home to have them as snacks. If it's something like this, it's even harder to keep it; the kids will pick it up as soon as it turns red.
These are just ordinary snacks for them, they eat something sweet to satisfy their cravings.
Looking at the traces of digging at the foot of the mountain, they did not stay here for long and kept climbing up.
There are three mountains in their village, but only the entrance to this mountain is in their village, and the other two are in other villages.
They walked further in, and when they were almost halfway up the mountain, they saw some wild grasses that they often ate, and a few fruit trees.
The lady said that there was quite a rich variety, including apples, peaches, apricots, persimmon trees, and some unknown, miscellaneous wild fruits.
She thought it was no wonder that the villagers protected the mountain so much, as it was truly rich in resources.
Although they could see wild grass and fruits, they did not stop and continued to walk inside. They were walking inside now and could not carry too many things, otherwise they would be too heavy.
Besides, there might be something better inside. Even if there isn't, it doesn't matter, they can just take it away when they come out.
So they continued to move forward. On the way, Xia Jin was taught by Brother Xia and the others how to recognize many wild fruits that he had never seen before.
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