When Old Man Shen saw that the situation was not good, he pulled Old Lady Shen over and said with a smile, "The old lady was also frightened and confused for a moment. Don't bother with her."

Then he scolded, "What are you doing standing there like an idiot? Go and boil some water for the villagers."

At this time, he had almost finished cleaning up, and Mr. Shen said to Jiawen, "You can go home first. You have done a good job. I will take your words to heart..."

Then he went on to say to everyone, "Although these two days are the off-season, there is still a lot of work to do in the brigade. Everyone should hurry up and go home to wash up, eat something and rest before going back to work."

Then he looked at Old Man Shen, "Neighbors, if anyone has problems, we have to help. Now that everything is almost ready, don't you have ready-made beams at home? Find a time and let's help you put up the roof..."

Old man Shen hurriedly thanked him.

With what Mr. Shen Sanye said, he was not so worried anymore, and Shen Jiawen left with a blank expression on his face. He didn't say a word from beginning to end, nor did he defend himself.

He had seen through it all. In the eyes of Old Lady Shen, their family of seven might not even be as good as an ant.

Feng Anchen and Li Qing naturally would not stay here. Having not slept in the middle of the night, they hurried back to catch up on their sleep.

Standing in the yard, Shen Mingxi felt that there was something wrong with the aura in the old house of the Shen family, but the old house of the Shen family had nothing to do with her. She only shared her luck with her eldest brother.

Because Shen Jiawen had lived there before, he would always be contaminated with some of the hostility when he returned there.

When Chen Li learned that Shen Baozhi had broken her ankle and was admitted to the hospital, she was surprised and asked, "What's going on? Both the father and daughter are hospitalized?"

Shen Jiawen curled his lips and smiled, "Mom, don't worry. Didn't grandma always say that Shen Baozhi is a lucky star? She's fine, otherwise if it happened to someone else, she would have been killed long ago."

Chen Li thought about it and realized that this was true. She stopped talking about it and said distressedly, "Jiawen, you have been busy for half the night. Go back to sleep."

At around eight o'clock, Feng Anchen came over, smiling broadly, and went straight to Shen Mingxi, "Xiaoxi, let's go up the mountain today, to the valley with the pond we went to last time."

She wanted to eat fish. Shen Mingxi thought about it. Today was Sunday and she had finished her homework. She could just preview it when she came back in the evening. Besides, she had a space where she could review her homework.

"Okay, it's a good opportunity to go up the mountain and see if we can pick some mushrooms, fungus or something." Shen Mingxi agreed readily.

The weather is getting cold, and when it snows soon, these mountain products will almost be gone.

During this period, she would go to the mountains whenever she had a holiday. Fortunately, with the bonus of luck, Shen Mingxi was able to pick mushrooms and fungus even in the nearby mountains.

Moreover, she discovered several red pine trees, and the pine nuts on them were large and full. She picked a whole basket of them. Except for giving some away, she dried the rest and kept them.

So, I really should go into the mountains and catch some fish today.

"...Xiaoxi, we are not going to eat the fish ourselves. Third uncle's second daughter gave birth to a baby this morning, and third grandmother has gone to take care of her." Li Qing explained quickly.

Chen Li's eyes lit up, "Then go ahead, but be careful on the way."

My third uncle’s second daughter has been married for ten years but has no children. She finally got pregnant at the beginning of this year. Isn’t it these two days?

She has been so busy lately that she has forgotten about it.

Chen Li hurried into the house and found two pieces of soft cotton cloth, which Xiaoxi had bought last time. She was going to make clothes for the child. Then she remembered that she had not asked whether it was a boy or a girl.

Then Li Qing said, "Third Grandpa said that Third Grandma will be away to take care of the children for a month. Second Aunt gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and she can't take care of them."

Chen Li was happy for Third Grandma's family. She gestured a few times and said that she had to make two baby clothes and buy some eggs.

Not to mention the period from the separation of the family to now, in the past, Uncle San has also helped my family a lot, otherwise we would not have been able to survive all these years.

You don't need them to do anything on weekdays, so take this opportunity to repay them.

Feng Anchen stood in the yard and said casually, "Third Grandfather said that no one is cooking at home these days."

Chen Li quickly took over the conversation, "You guys all come to my house for dinner, it's not far away anyway."

"...Then I'll trouble you, auntie." Feng Anchen followed suit and said quickly.

Shen Mingxi picked up the basket and went to the kitchen. After tinkering with it for a while, he came out with the basket on his back and said to the others, "I've taken all the food. You don't have to worry about it."

Chen Li gave a few more instructions and stopped Goudan and Yaya who were about to follow them up the mountain.

Grandma Mu smiled and said, "Goudan Yaya, the mushrooms planted in grandma's garden are ripe now. Come on, grandma will take you to pick some mushrooms to eat."

The goji berries grown in Kaoshantun are called lantern fruit in the south, and are a specialty of the north. They are golden in color when ripe, and taste sweet in the mouth. They are also one of the snacks for rural children.

Goudan and Yaya then happily followed Grandma Mu to her vegetable garden.

After two months of recuperation, Goudan and Yaya not only grew taller, but also looked better. Especially Yaya, she looked like a beauty at a young age.

She is well-behaved and sweet-spoken, and Grandma Mu likes her the most.

At this time, Shen Mingxi was still leading the way at Longpan Mountain. Although they had been there several times, the strange thing was that the road was like a maze. They clearly remembered it, but when they walked forward according to the signs, it was definitely not that road.

These people no longer bothered to remember the route since there was a stream anyway.

The Shen siblings, together with Feng Anchen and Li Qing, the four young men quickly arrived at the ravine they had visited in the past. Although it was already late autumn and the weather was getting cooler, there were still some mushrooms in the woods.

Even though the quality was a bit poor, I still picked up half a basket.

I also picked up some dried wood ear mushrooms, which is also a dish in winter, and plucked a few wild pears hanging on the trees, filling up a backpack.

I scooped up the fish in the pond several times, but there didn't seem to be any fewer, and no one seemed to come here. I wanted to get a bucket, but a few people decided to use a backpack with fresh straw in it, so I could just go and scoop up the fish when I left.

The terrain here is quite open. It is located deep in the mountains. There is nothing but sand and large stones around the pond, as well as some pebbles.

Shen Jiawen simply moved a few large stones together to form a stove pit underneath for burning fire.

He used a wooden stick to carve a few fish-catching tools, fished out palm-sized fish suitable for roasting from the pond, cleaned them, and then started roasting over a fire.

The one grilling the fish is Shen Jiawen. Over the years, he and his younger brother Qingshan have been accustomed to finding food from mountain ponds, Fengquan River, or fields, and have developed a skill.

(End of this chapter)