The chaotic battle just now had winners and losers on both sides, but the women watching didn't understand why the lightning bolt only struck the second wife's family.
It just goes to show that God has eyes; He won't bully honest people anymore.
Han Sen couldn't say anything more, so he could only suppress his anger and lift his mother, wife, and younger siblings onto the cart, transporting them home one by one.
Meanwhile, Liu Meie and her group avoided the women and headed into the mountains, where the wild vegetables had already been almost completely harvested.
In some places, the soil has been turned over and softened, and crops can be planted directly next spring.
"Two bolts from the blue today, both seemingly related to you?"
Han Chunying seemed to realize what was happening and looked at Cui Yulu with a puzzled expression.
This morning, we had a fight, she got angry, and then lightning almost struck her. This time, she got angry again, and lightning struck again.
Could she not be a jinx, but the reincarnation of Lei Zhenzi?
Han Chunying's gaze towards her changed. If that were really the case, then she could just take her along when she went to fight in the future, and chop down anyone she didn't like.
However, this was a secret she had discovered herself, and she needed to verify it several more times. But she wouldn't dare use herself as an experiment; she'd find someone else to provoke her next time.
"Haha, really? It's just a coincidence."
Cui Yulu didn't understand why thunderbolts would fall from the sky when her anger reached a certain level. Could it be related to the thunderbolt that struck her when she fell into the water that day?
She didn't understand either.
"Hey, look at this, what is it?"
Liu Meie held up a mushroom that looked like a deer antler and showed it to them, her face beaming with delight.
"Look, you don't know this, do you? This is matsutake mushroom, a favorite of high-ranking officials and nobles. We're lucky to have encountered it today."
Seeing the children standing there dumbfounded, Liu Meie personally explained it to them. However, she had only heard that someone had collected it before and reportedly sold it for three taels of silver in town.
Three taels of silver—that's enough for the Han family to eat for a year!
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and pick them, or if someone else finds out, we won't get any."
Liu Meie invited them to pick matsutake mushrooms together, while Han Yu'an went off to play by himself.
Before long, they had picked a full basket of matsutake mushrooms, each one plump and tender.
"Mom, doesn't this look like a baby's arm?"
Han Chunying held up a matsutake mushroom in her hand, gesturing with it.
"You clumsy brat, if you break anything, it'll be worthless. Hurry up and put it in."
They don't overdo it; they harvest the large ones and save the smaller ones for later, focusing on sustainable development.
Liu Meie picked some wild vegetables to cover it; this was their secret base, and they couldn't let anyone find it.
"Yulu is truly our lucky charm. If she hadn't brought us here, where would we have found these matsutake mushrooms?"
But where is this place? It's surrounded by towering pine trees, so you can't see the sun at all.
"My God, are we lost?"
Looking at the giant tree overhead, Han Chunying felt a surge of anxiety. She knew that Cui Yulu was a jinx, and this place was probably the Black Forest that the older generation talked about.
It's the kind of place where once you go in, you can't come out. Even the village's old hunters don't dare to come in easily, let alone these women who have never been up the mountain before.
Now I'm definitely going to die here.
“Mother, I told you she was a jinx. Look at the path she led us down, we can’t get out.”
Han Chunying complained to Liu Meie with a sob in her voice.
"Little sister, don't talk about Yulu like that. She meant well. We've picked so many matsutake mushrooms, haven't we?"
Cao Qiaoni is a gentle person who is hardworking and rarely complains.
"What do you know? What use are these things? We're all going to die, what use are they?"
Han Chunying sat on the ground and began to cry softly.
"Shut up, or you'll be in trouble if you attract wild animals."
Cui Yulu, who had been silent all along, suddenly interrupted her crying.
Han Chunying's crying stopped abruptly at those words.
Where did Yu'an go?
Cui Yulu then realized that Han Yu'an had disappeared.
Such a vast forest is easy to get lost in. He's an idiot, so he definitely won't be able to find his way, and the consequences could be disastrous.
Cui Yulu looked around anxiously. If anything happened to Han Yu'an, her grandmother would be heartbroken.
“I told you I couldn’t come with them. Look at the mess we’ve made, what are we going to do?”
If the mentally challenged Third Brother were to go missing, Grandma would skin them alive.
"What's the point of saying this now, you brat? It only makes me more upset."
Liu Meie was anxious and grabbed a piece of wood to hit her, but Cui Yulu stopped her.
"Aunt, we should find Yu'an first."
Making too much noise would attract wild animals, and their lives would be in danger.
“We’ll mark each step we take on this tree so we can come back here.”
So the three of them searched and marked their way along the way.
After walking past about ten trees, I suddenly bumped into a man wearing leaves on his head who was running towards me in a panic.
"Mother, do you think that's a savage?"
What if they are savages? Will they be captured and forced to become wives of bandits?
I've always heard about wild animals, but I've never seen a wild man before. Meeting one today was truly an eye-opening experience.
"Let's not panic. Let's pick up the weapons at hand. I refuse to believe we can't beat him."
Cui Yulu bent down, picked up a wooden stick, and held it in her hand. He rushed over and hit her with the stick.
Just as the three women were on edge, the man covered in mud also saw them.
Overjoyed, he danced and ran over like a bear.
"Don't come any closer!"
Han Chunying was so frightened that she waved the small shovel in her hand. Fortunately, Cui Yulu was cautious and recognized that the person who came was her husband.
"Chunying, don't hit him, that's Yu'an."
In a flash, Cui Yulu used the wooden stick in her hand to deflect her shovel, and Han Yu'an was lucky enough to avoid being hit.
"My wife, look."
Han Yu'an, disregarding his fear, presented her with a large fish as if it were a treasure.
His expression seemed to be waiting for praise.
"Yu'an is awesome."
Cui Yulu quickly patted his head and wiped the mud off his mouth with a handkerchief.
"Wife, let's go catch some fish."
As he spoke, Han Yu'an took her hand and walked forward, with Liu Meie and the others following behind.
He led the way very skillfully, which made Cui Yulu very curious.
How did Yu'an remember the way?
Han Yu'an's intelligence is about the same as that of a three-year-old child. Now he can even remember the way, especially in this forest, where even old hunters sometimes get lost.
Moreover, he is a person with insufficient intelligence.
"Hehe, look, my wife."
Han Yu'an pointed to a tree and showed it to her. It turned out that he had marked each tree with a stone.
Who said he was stupid? He even knew how to make marks. Cui Yulu felt more and more that Han Yu'an could definitely recover.
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