Thinking that the mountain road was difficult to walk on, and the space inside the cave was even smaller, and that grandma was old and had a back injury, Zhu Likang pulled Qin Han's arm and ran out.
The voice echoed in the air: "Grandma, squad leader Qin and I can go, wait for me to bring you something delicious."
Seeing her grandson disappear in the blink of an eye, Grandma Zhu felt helpless. This child was still hiding things from her.
But I also knew that he was a sensible and well-behaved child, so I wasn't really angry with him.
I’m just worried that they won’t be able to pick much, and I’m even more worried that they’ll encounter some danger.
As they walked out of the house, Zhu Likang let go of Qin Han's hand.
Qin Han thought that he didn't take his grandmother with him because he was afraid that he would have objections, so he said, "If you want to take your grandmother with you, then take her. After all, it was you who discovered this secret base."
He has no right to say no, emotionally or logically.
Zhu Likang shook his head and explained, "It's mainly because it's cold outside, the mountain road is hard to walk on, and it's even harder to move inside the cave. I was afraid she would fall.
We have two big guys, that's enough."
He was holding two snakeskin bags in his hands, and he and Qin Han would each take one.
After all, you can't get fat by eating too much in one breath, and if you eat too much mountain products at once, it will easily arouse other people's suspicion.
On the way, the two met Zhu Likang's aunt again. When she saw the two men holding snakeskin bags and not knowing where they were going, her eyes began to roll around.
"Li Kang, where are you and your classmates going? What goodies are you planning to pack in your snakeskin bag? Do you want me to help you?"
She smiled amiably, but she had a sarcastic look on her face, so she looked a little creepy. Zhu Likan knew this old lady too well, and the plan was almost in his hands.
So he also laughed and said, "We don't have enough firewood at home. The weather is good these two days, so I want to go to the mountain with my classmates to pick up some branches. Auntie, are you sure you want to help me?"
When she heard that they were going to the mountain to pick up branches, the smile on the woman's face froze for a moment, and then she seemed to remember something and showed a look of just reacting: "Look at my memory, your uncle will be back from work in town for dinner, and I haven't even cooked dinner yet!
Look at your uncle, he's doing hard labor in town, he must be hungry when he comes back.
If I go to the mountain to help you pick up branches, he won't be able to eat on time.
Why don't you just go, I'll help you next time."
After listening to the aunt's explanation, Zhu Likang nodded in agreement: "Uncle is indeed very hard-working, so aunt, you can cook for him at home, and I will ask you to help me next time I go to collect branches!"
The nephew's words made the woman's expression crack for a moment. This was just her excuse, but he was exaggerating. Did he really not understand or was he pretending not to understand?
Without caring about the aunt's mood, Zhu Likang waved to her and went towards the mountain.
Qin Han knew that Zhu Likang did it on purpose, but he didn't expect that he had such a sinister side.
"Hmph, you still want to take advantage of us? No way!" After walking a long way away, Zhu Likang stopped pretending. His expression immediately changed from that of an innocent boy to one of disdain.
He really couldn't find any humor in his uncle's family. Both adults and children were extremely selfish.
After his father left, instead of asking them to help him, he continued to exploit them. This kind of person can only be described as cold-blooded.
"Well, the little brat has grown up and knows how to play tricks." Qin Han praised with a smile.
Zhu Likang, who was still indignant at first, suddenly had red ears: "What little brat? We are obviously the same age, why do you say you are an adult and I am a child?"
He is an old monster who has lived for tens of thousands of years. In his own eyes, he is just a little kid who can't be any smaller.
However, Qin Han did not intend to explain so much. He just smiled and said nothing more.
Outside the village, there are fewer people visible to the naked eye.
However, you can still see some students walking in groups of three or four.
Zhu Likan didn't have any close friends in the village, simply because he was an orphan and his mother was mute, so they all disliked him.
Sometimes, he could even hear them secretly calling him "little mute".
This also led to his introverted personality. If it weren't for the warmth given to him by squad leader Qin, he might have grown into a submissive and lonely teenager by now.
Because he didn't have many close friends, no one approached him when they saw him, so the two of them were happy to be idle.
Soon, they reached the halfway point of the mountain. The snow on the mountain had not completely melted, so the road was particularly slippery.
Zhu Likang thought that they were going to fall down hard, but his feet seemed to be sucked to the ground and did not slip at all. He thought it was because the soles of his shoes were non-slip, so he did not think much about it.
After entering the cave, the two walked forward in the dark, and then followed a flash of light inside the cave and came to this mysterious cave again.
It has been snowing all this time and they haven't been here for almost half a month.
It’s still beautiful inside, like a paradise in a dream.
Zhu Likang was a little hungry, so he went straight to the snake fruit tree, climbed up the tree nimbly, and picked two fruits, one for him and one for Qin Han.
The fruit was very clean and had not been treated with pesticides, so they started eating it right away.
For a moment, the sound of people chewing fruit echoed all around.
After eating the snake apple, Zhu Likang picked some more and prepared to take them back, as the ones he picked last time had already been eaten.
However, he did not pick too many. After all, their main purpose of coming here was to pick mushrooms. If they picked too many, there would be no place to put the mushrooms.
He picked the fruits from above and Qin Han received them from below, one after another.
I picked about twenty of them before I stopped.
Squad Leader Qin has a large family, so these fruits are mainly picked for him.
After picking the fruits, the two began to look for various wild mushrooms in the forest.
He didn't know whether there was day or night here, he only knew that every time he came, the sky was bright.
Fortunately, the light was bright enough, which made it much easier for them to find wild mushrooms.
Maybe it’s because this place has never been developed, all you can see are various wild mushrooms growing one after another.
Many of them were ones that Zhu Likang had never seen before, but he knew that any with bright colors should not be picked.
Since he and Qin Han picked the mushrooms separately, he still picked a small number of them without Qin Han's guidance.
This was also discovered by Grandma Zhu when they were classifying the various fungi after they returned.
Because there were enough wild mushrooms, they filled most of the snakeskin bags in just two hours, and they weighed at least 40 kilograms.
Zhu Likang weighed it and felt that it was about right. If he picked any more, he would not be able to take them back.
"Captain Qin, we've been picking for so long, let's go back quickly, otherwise my mom and grandma will be worried."
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