"Lion, that outfit is so cool!" Monkey and the others had been staring at Si Cheng's brand-new gear with envy the whole way. Even if they couldn't try it on, they would still be satisfied.
"My wife bought this for me, don't be too envious." Si Cheng straightened his clothes, directly showing off his love to the few single guys opposite him.
"I'm really envious. When will we be able to find a wife as good as your sister-in-law?" Looking at his comrade's wife, son, and warm bed, it would be a lie to say he wasn't envious.
"Then take the initiative. There are so many beautiful young girls in the village, you can always find one or two."
"Do you think I don't want to? It's just that I'm too embarrassed to ask." The monkey became a little hesitant as he said this.
"Is this someone you've chosen? Should I ask my mother-in-law to help you mediate?" Si Cheng asked curiously. "Could you tell me which one it is?"
"It would be best if my aunt could mediate, but I'm afraid her family won't agree."
“You’ll be scared sometimes too, but don’t worry, with your character, you can’t be that bad. You still haven’t told me who it is?” Si Cheng comforted him.
“Yunxia, the daughter of Uncle Dongxing.”
"Wow, that's pretty good taste. How did you come to like her?" Si Cheng asked, also showing his gossip.
"I've run into her a few times when I go to the fields. I always see her busy going in and out, with a smile on her face. I just felt that she was a good match for me." Monkey scratched the back of his head and smiled shyly.
“Why would I be embarrassed? This is great news. But you’d better act fast. I heard my mom say yesterday that many families in the village are planning to settle this within their own village. Don’t let someone else beat you to it.” Big Bear stepped forward and gently nudged him.
“I know that too, but I’m afraid Uncle Dongxing and the others won’t agree. After all, Yunxia has to do a lot of housework now, and I’m afraid they won’t agree,” Monkey said, expressing his concerns.
"You're worrying way too much. How do you know without even asking? Have you told Yunxia about this yourself?" Si Cheng wanted to smash his head open. Could worrying about this kind of thing really solve the problem?
"Yunxia doesn't even know that I like her, and I haven't even said more than a few words to her."
Sicheng and Daxiong looked at him with disbelief. Was this still the same glib-tongued monkey?
"Dude! You're not still that naive, are you? You haven't even dated anyone, and you're already thinking about marriage."
"I don't even know how to bring this up. When we bump into each other on the street, she always nods and smiles at me. She must like me too." Hearing him say this, Si Cheng and Da Xiong both slapped their foreheads, thinking at the same time, "What a weirdo."
“Yun Xun and the others, as well as the aunties and grandmas in the village, smile at you every day. How can you sense the difference between them?”
After hearing his good friend's explanation, the monkey himself became unsure. Was it really just a polite smile?
Seeing his troubled expression, Sicheng and Daxiong ignored him and continued tapping their bamboo sticks on the ground.
After only half a day of walking, Si Cheng and his group had already found more than ten snakes. Perhaps due to the change in climate and the reduction of natural predators, it seemed that snakes on the mountain were starting to proliferate.
"There are too many snakes." Yun Mingwei used his machete to easily kill a small snake hiding in the dead branches.
"Especially since there are so many newly hatched snakes, if they continue to reproduce, life in the village will be difficult in the future." The thought of having to face so many snakes in the future sent chills down everyone's spine.
"This is not a good sign. Hasn't anyone noticed that the birds in the sky have disappeared lately? This means the ecosystem has lost its balance. It's possible that the snakes' natural predators are also disappearing, which is why they've multiplied so much." At this moment, Yun Mingwei dug a small pit and buried the small snake in it.
"It's a pity that these snakes have too many parasites; I don't dare to eat them just thinking about it."
"What's there to regret? When you think about the bacteria and parasites that a small snake like this carries, you won't have any more thoughts about it."
"Let's search this area carefully again. Snakes usually live in nests. We just found this small one, so maybe its nest is nearby."
The vegetation on the mountain probably grew better than the crops in the fields because of the fertile soil. Gradually, everyone discovered some edible wild vegetables. However, since everyone had to continue walking up the mountain for a few more days, no one reached out to pick them. They just silently noted down the places where they grew more vigorously, and would bring them back when they came down the mountain.
As for the dead branches scattered all over the mountains, everyone brought a lot of ropes from home. While patrolling, they bundled the wood into bundles and marked each household's spot so they could come back and carry it back later.
On the first day, everyone only found a lot of small snakes; they didn't find any other animals.
This time, everyone returned to the orchard where they had stayed overnight before. After the freezing weather, most of the fruit trees had been flattened and turned into dead branches. Everyone cut them down, hoping that new buds would sprout from the roots.
Because there was a small puddle there, no one dared to let their guard down. Before it got dark, they carefully searched the bushes. They actually found more than ten venomous snakes.
"This is the most snakes I've ever seen in a single day in my life. We might as well rename this mountain Snake Mountain."
"This snake is huge! It's such a waste to throw it away, it's all meat!" Some people who had eaten snake meat before couldn't help but drool when they thought about what they had tasted before.
Later, everyone made a distribution: those who wanted to eat snake meat cooked their own meals, while those who didn't want to eat it were divided into another group.
Because of the supplies from the Cloud Rising Space, Si Cheng didn't crave meat at all, and he had no interest in snake meat. Several of Si Cheng's loyal fans, seeing that their idol didn't eat snake meat, directly joined Si Cheng's group.
"Brother Cheng, should we set up a few more traps this time? I'm getting a bit craving the roasted rabbit from before," Yun Tao said to Si Cheng, trying to ingratiate himself.
"Let's not dig traps this time. With so many of us here, even if we have a bountiful harvest like last time, it won't be enough to go around. We might as well just get a good night's sleep."
Yun Tao looked around at the people sitting all around him, licked his lips, sighed, and said nothing more.
This was because several elders from the village came up, and the task of keeping watch at night was entrusted to them.
Si Cheng and his group were the last to leave. They prepared a simple meal, ate, and then simply set up their tents and went to sleep.
Because the weather was quite humid and hot, the fires were placed far away on the outskirts this time.
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