Chapter 23 It's suddenly cold

Early the next morning, Yu Sanbao changed into newer clothes, dressed himself up to look refreshed, took the money given by Mrs. Wei and the grasshopper that Yu Siyang had specially made for Ju Ge'er, and went to Mapo County.

Yu Daniu was going to go to the mountain to check on the animal traps that were set a few days ago. However, when he was about to leave, someone from the tribe came and said that a member of the Yu family had fallen down while repairing the beams of a house. He was seriously injured and his condition was not good. The tribe called for someone to come over.

Old Man Yu had to go, and Yu Daniu, as the eldest son of the Yu family, naturally had to go as well.

Yu Daniu frowned.

Huai Ge'er patted his chest and said, "Dad, don't worry. I remember the locations of those traps. I'll go and take a look."

The eldest son was born with great strength and was reliable. In addition, after so many years of natural disasters and man-made disasters, there were not many wild animals left in the mountains, and traps would most likely yield nothing. The reason why they still set traps in the mountains was that there was a one in ten or two chance of catching some prey, which was better than doing nothing.

Yu Daniu thought about this and nodded: "Okay, you and Bo Ge'er go check it out. Be careful."

Huai Ge'er agreed immediately.

After Old Man Yu and Yu Daniu left the house, Yu Erhu also took Liu Ge'er and Gui Ge'er to the field. As Ju Ge'er was not there either, when Huai Ge'er and Bai Ge'er were about to leave for the mountain, they saw Xing Xing standing alone, clinging to the edge of the wooden gate, looking at them eagerly.

How could a brother bear this look?

Huai Ge'er immediately asked, "Sister Xingxing, do you want to go to the mountains with us?"

Xingxing's round eyes suddenly lit up!

But she was still a little hesitant: "Won't Xingxing cause you trouble?"

Huai Ge'er immediately said, "How can that be possible? Today we are just going to take a walk around the place where the beasts are trapped. I don't think there will be anything there. It's just like taking a walk in the woods. Don't worry, I have plenty of strength. If you can't walk, I will hold you. I'm not afraid of you not being able to walk!"

Bo Ge'er also said: "That's right, is Brother Bu Er here too? It's not a big deal."

Xing Xing is crazy about it!

She thought for a moment and said, "Big Brother, Second Brother, wait for Xingxing! Xingxing go ask grandma!" After getting the other party's affirmative, Xingxing turned around and ran into the house with her short legs. Even before she ran into the house, she couldn't wait to shout and ask, "Grandma, can Xingxing go into the mountains to play with Big Brother and Second Brother?"

The little girl almost ran into the main house, bumping into the bamboo curtain.

The impatient look made Huai'er and Bai'er laugh.

Soon, Mrs. Wei came out of the main house holding Xingxing's hand.

"Xingxing has never been to the mountains. You two must take good care of your sister." Grandma Wei repeatedly reminded her two grandsons.

Although they said they were going into the mountains, Mrs. Wei knew that they were only going into the outer part of Mount Langshen. The Nantuo Village had lived here for generations, and there were no ferocious beasts outside Mount Langshen. On weekdays, when the villagers went into the mountains to hunt for wild animals, they mostly hunted pheasants and rabbits, which were not dangerous.

Brother Huai and Brother Bai clapped their chests loudly, and then took Xingxing away from Mrs. Wei.

Xing Xing's face flushed with excitement: "Don't worry, big brother and second brother, Xing Xing will definitely not cause any trouble for you!"

Huai Ge'er and Bai Ge'er laughed, each holding Xing Xing's hand, and entered Langshen Mountain.

The road into the mountains is relatively good, but the road deep in the mountains is really not easy to walk on.

Although there are some paths in the forest, they are rarely visited by people, and the fallen leaves and some withered plants are piled up high. If you step on them, half of your foot will sink, making it really not easy to walk.

In addition, it had rained a few days ago, and the vines in the forest grew very fast. In some sections, Huai Ge'er had to use a sickle to cut a path in front. Bo Ge'er followed closely behind, holding Xingxing's hand tightly. The three siblings went deeper and deeper into the wild forest. Occasionally, when they came across edible mushrooms or wild fruits, they picked them and put them in the bamboo basket carried by Huai Ge'er.

During the journey, the three siblings had picked enough mushrooms to fill up half the bottom of a bamboo basket, so it could be said that they had a considerable harvest.

Huai Ge'er still remembered the approximate locations where he had placed the clips previously.

In order to warn others, most of them will put some obvious marks on nearby trees when placing the clips, which makes them easier to find.

Huai Ge'er pointed to a tall tung tree in front of him. The deep scars on the bark were very conspicuous.

"There is a trap hidden under that tree. You two wait here, I'll go take a look." Huai'er reminded Bai'er to take good care of Xingxing and not to get close.

Xingxing nodded obediently and looked around curiously.

Huai Ge'er carefully took the wooden stick and moved towards the beast trap, but unfortunately, the beast trap was empty.

This is normal and expected.

Huai Ge'er came back with a normal expression and shook his head at Bai Ge'er and Xing Xing.

Bo Ge'er, who was younger, couldn't help but mutter, "I think we're lucky today. We picked up a lot of edible mushrooms along the way... I thought we were so lucky that we might even run into prey in this trap!"

Huai laughed at him: "That's enough, it's already pretty good to be able to pick so many mushrooms! Look at our Xingxing, she's calmer than you!"

Xing Xing also clenched her fist to encourage Bo Ge'er: "Second brother, we will definitely catch prey later!"

Bo Ge'er laughed and couldn't help pinching Xing Xing's little face again.

The three siblings went to the next beast trap.

However, after checking three traps in a row, they were all empty.

This is also normal. In this famine year, wild vegetables have almost been dug up. If it hadn't rained a few days ago, wild vegetables and mushrooms would have sprouted again. I guess they wouldn't even see many wild vegetables and mushrooms - how could it be so easy to hunt?

However, I picked up half a basket of mushrooms in the mountains, so it can't be considered a complete gain.

Besides, Xingxing was already very happy just to be able to go into the mountains and take a look!

Infected by her mood, Huai Ge'er and Bai Ge'er also had smiles on their faces.

There is only one trap left, a little further away.

Huai Ge'er and Bo Ge'er did not have any hope at all.

However, when she was about to reach the last trap, Xing Xing suddenly shuddered, hugged herself with her little hands, and trembled.

Huai immediately noticed Xingxing's abnormality and became a little anxious: "Sister, what's wrong with you?!"

Huai'er was extremely worried when he saw Xingxing's pale face.

Did my sister get bitten by some poisonous insect? !

Something may happen to him, but nothing may happen to his sister!

Xing Xing's teeth were trembling and she was about to cry: "It's cold, so cold..."

Huai and Bo immediately took off their outer clothes, ignoring their bare chests, and wrapped Xingxing in their clothes. Huai even held Xingxing tightly in his arms, and was very anxious: "Why are you suddenly cold?"

He then instructed Bo Ge'er: "Dig a hole, find some dead branches, and make a fire."

Bo Ge'er immediately agreed and quickly dug a hole in the ground with a sickle.

However, after the pit was dug and a lot of dead branches were picked up, but before the fire was lit, Xingxing's little body stopped trembling and her face slowly regained its rosy color, even Xingxing herself was a little confused.

Suddenly, it’s not cold anymore!

She looked up at Huai Ge'er who was holding her tightly, somewhat bewilderedly: "Big brother, Xing Xing is fine..."

Huai Ge'er confirmed with Xing Xing again and again: "Is it really better? Is there anything else that's bothering Xing Xing?"

Xingxing shook her head, she was also confused.

Just like she suddenly felt uncomfortable before, she suddenly no longer felt uncomfortable!

How strange!