Wei Ci rushed up the mountain angrily, making the fallen leaves rustle as she walked.
"What's wrong with her?"
Wei Yang poked Wei Man and pointed at Wei Ci in front of him, who looked like she was unhappy and said, "Don't mess with me."
Wei Man shrugged. How could she know? She had just seen her.
"Huh? So many Acanthopanax!"
Wei Yang exclaimed and rushed forward.
Wei Man smiled vaguely, glanced at Wei Ci who had turned back after hearing the voice, and pointed to a shrub with dense thorns in its branches in the left front: "Don't just keep climbing the mountain. There are a lot of Acanthopanax here. Let's pick a few first."
Wei Ci immediately turned around and ran away quickly with the small basket.
“Is this called Acanthopanax?”
"Well, the young shoots are delicious after being blanched and mixed. The roots and stems can also be dried and sold as medicinal herbs. Ah Yang's favorite thing is to use it to fry eggs."
Speaking of food, Wei Ci was no longer angry. She followed the two of them obediently and began to identify edible wild vegetables.
"This is prickly ash sprouts, delicious even with scrambled eggs and dipped in sauce. This is artemisia sprouts, this is monkey legs, and this is wild garlic..."
Wei Ci followed the two of them, learning about various wild vegetables while listening carefully to their chatter about which wild vegetables were delicious when mixed cold, which were delicious when steamed, and which were even better when dipped in sauce.
The more they talked, the hungrier they felt, and their eyes seemed to be glowing green as they looked at the wild vegetables.
The sound of flapping wings was heard, and Wei Ci looked up suddenly. Before his brain could react, his hands were raised and the slingshot was aimed directly in the direction where the pheasant flew away.
Wei Ci was slightly stunned when someone pressed her hand down, and looked in the direction of the sight.
"What's wrong?"
Wei Man helped her put the slingshot back on her waist and explained his actions in a gentle voice: "Hunting in the woods is prohibited in spring."
Wei Ci tilted her head, and after a moment she suddenly realized.
"Oh, mating season."
"Cough cough cough!"
The other two were choked by her bluntness and started coughing. Their faces turned red, so red that even Wei Ci, an ancient man, felt puzzled. It seemed that she didn't say anything, right?
"How can you, a little girl, speak so bluntly?"
"I was wrong. It's just mating season, why all the fuss?"
Wei Yang and Wei Man were speechless. Is this something that can be said casually?
Wei Ci didn't think there was anything wrong. When she was a child, she spent her time alone in the square courtyard. Her mother, whose romantic affairs were longer than her own life, was afraid that she would disturb her world of two with different partners, so she used a small tablet to play "Man and Nature" for her every day. She listened to it so well that she could almost recite it by heart.
"Don't say this in front of others, or you'll get scolded and criticized."
This world has extremely harsh demands on girls. When it comes to work, women hold up half the sky, but the rest of the time, women should be humble and submissive, not too strong-willed, and have a strong sense of double standards. Not to mention being involved in sex scandals, which can be fatal.
Wei Ci nodded. This point, apart from the matriarchal society, has remained the same for five thousand years.
If a man has three wives and four concubines, he is called amorous, but if it is a woman, she is called fickle and shameless. Tsk, she thought of her mother, who had shocking standards for choosing a spouse. She had taken the most bizarre path in the feudal patriarchal society.
The man has three wives and four concubines and visits brothels, and her mother visits a different men's brothel every day. The green hat on her father's head is probably piled up to ten stories high.
"But the pheasant should be fine, right?"
This thing lays eggs all year round and doesn't have a gestation period like other animals.
"That should be possible. Is it okay for rabbits too? What if we get caught and scolded?"
The three of them looked at each other, not knowing whether they should be arrested.
Hunting in the woods is prohibited in spring because spring is the season for animals to mate and reproduce. If they are killed without restraint, these prey will become extinct sooner or later.
After thinking for a long time, she put away the slingshot. Wei Ci didn't care. If others scolded her, she could scold back. She was not a softie.
"Huh? Right? Don't pheasants lay eggs all year round? They don't need to mate."
As soon as the words fell, the three of them suddenly fell silent, looked at each other's expressions, and for some reason suddenly laughed out loud.
"How about we go find some pheasant eggs?" This shouldn't be a surprise, right?
The three of them hit it off and decided on pheasant eggs.
They are not looking for pheasants, they are looking for eggs. As long as the pheasants are not dead, pheasant eggs can be produced indefinitely.
Wei Ci has a very good intuition. She can basically find a nest of pheasant eggs wherever she points. They don't take all of them. They usually only take two or three, leaving a few for the pheasants to prevent them from moving away if they find their nests have been robbed.
Wei Ci filled a basket with wild vegetables, and under the vegetables were pheasant eggs.
"I should have brought the big basket earlier. This one is too small and can't hold much."
Before Wei Yang could say anything, he suddenly heard undisguised sarcasm behind him.
"Haha, you really treat the mountains as your home. You're so ungrateful. Do you want me to help you clear this place out?"
Wei Qingmiao, who was coming towards her, looked Wei Ci up and down, then looked at the other two equally pretty and gentle people standing beside her. The little flame of jealousy in his heart almost burned himself.
"Are you content? If you are content, what are you doing here?"
Wei Qingmiao choked and gritted his teeth secretly. His big eyes began to roll around in his sockets, trying to find the direction of the injured nobleman.
That’s right, Wei Qingmiao was not in love with the mountain, but was looking for the big boss who was saved by Wei Ci in his previous life.
Wei Qingmiao wanted to take back everything that belonged to Wei Ci, including the injured boss this time.
Wei Ci narrowed his eyes. Something was wrong with this guy. In the past, he would either puff out his beard or glare at him when he saw him, but today he was very honest and just made a few sarcastic remarks. Is that it?
Could it be that this person wants to do something bad again?
"Where were you originally planning to go?"
Wei Ci and the other two looked at each other without saying anything, and then turned their gaze to the arrogant Wei Qingmiao.
"Why are you asking that?"
"Why do you care about me? I'm just asking you a question."
"You're just asking, why do you care about us?"
Wei Qingmiao was angry again, and his fists behind his back hardened again.
Damn! I really want to beat that damn girl Wei Yang to death!
Wei Ci tilted her head, a look of confusion flashing in her big eyes.
I don’t know whether others believe it or not, but Wei Ci didn’t believe a word she said.
There was a smile in his eyes, hiding his cunning, and he pointed his slender finger to the left, answering with confidence.
"Go there."
Wei Qingmiao hesitated. Wei Ci spoke too casually and she always felt that he was fooling her.
Wei Ci's smile deepened. She knew that the person in front of her would not believe her even if she told him.
"I hope you achieve your goal. We'll go home first. Ah Yang, Man Man, let's go down the mountain."
The three of them looked at Wei Qingmiao who was standing frozen in place, picked up their baskets and walked past her.
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