After Li Lanzhen and Xue Bao finished speaking, they saw the children's eager eyes and said gently.
"Children, we'll have fish and duck eggs for lunch."
I'll make you a pot of stewed fish in an iron pot later, with a ring of cornbread around the edge. The cornbread will soak up the fish broth, it'll be so fragrant!
Douhua immediately pretended to be greedy, slurping and making a fuss.
This made the children burst into laughter.
Xue Bao knew that Li Lanzhen had a way to take these things away.
Then everyone placed these two baskets in front of Li Lanzhen.
Li Lanzhen looked up and spoke to the children.
"Children of Lishu Village, just carry your own baskets and leave everything else here."
The older children are taking care of the younger ones; we can't leave any behind. Let's go home!
The children didn't know what Forget-Worry Valley was like, but after spending these few days together, they completely trusted and relied on Li Lianzhen. Li Lianzhen said she wanted to go home.
For so many years, they have had no home, no adults to care whether they have enough to eat, and they have suffered grievances but never been beaten.
Sanwang immediately picked up Douhua and said to her with a smile, "Douhua, I'll carry you on my back."
Douhua wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and pressed her cheek against his.
"Brother, let's go home!"
Li Lanzhen wanted to put the big head into her basket.
Pear Blossom ran over and picked up Big Head.
"Big Head, how about I carry you? Let Grandma rest for a while."
Big Head nodded, "Okay, Sister Pear Blossom, carry me. Grandma is tired."
Ever since Pear Blossom learned that it was her aunt who had harmed the entire village, she hated her and felt a pang of guilt towards the children of Pear Tree Village.
So, when she was playing or walking, she was still with Shi Tou and the others.
Li Lanzhen did not interfere with the children's behavior.
Perhaps time heals all wounds!
Xue Bao led the way, with Shan Xing guiding the way.
The children walked in the middle, with Li Lanzhen bringing up the rear.
She waved her hand and put the two baskets into her spatial storage.
Shouldering their baskets, they followed the children deeper into the valley.
The adults and children walked for more than half an hour before arriving at the foot of the cliff on the east side of the valley.
Li Lanzhen looked into the depths of the valley, but still couldn't see the end.
This valley is very large, a long and narrow strip.
The water in the reed marshes flowed far into the distance and disappeared into the mountains.
As for where the water came in and how it went out, we don't know yet.
Li Lanzhen wasn't in a hurry. Once she settled down here, she would slowly discover and observe.
“Aunt Lanzhen, this exit is even smaller. You have to be careful when you go out, or you’ll bump your head.”
Xinghua's words brought her back to reality.
Only then did she notice a gap about two meters high below the eastern cliff.
The opening is shaped like an equilateral triangle, wider at the bottom and narrower at the top.
If a person is tall, they have to crouch down or crawl to get past.
Fortunately, they were all children today, and he himself wasn't very tall.
Only Xue Bao will probably have to crawl over there.
After arriving at Forget-Worry Valley, the young man ate his fill, felt energetic, took a strength pill, and was nourished by the spiritual spring water every day. As a result, he grew taller, became broader, and stronger.
Stone looked at him and said, "Brother Xue Bao, you can't get across. You'll have to crawl. I'll go with you."
Xue Bao glanced at him.
"No need! Be careful."
He looked at the exit and knew that even if he crouched down, he would probably hit the rocks.
He saw Shen Xing about to crawl through and quickly said something.
"I'll go first. Once it's safe outside, you can go."
As he spoke, he crawled on the ground and quickly slipped through.
Next came the stones, and they crouched down and crawled through them. One after another, the children crawled through the exit.
Finally, Li Lanzhen crouched down and slowly moved outwards.
This exit has probably never been moved since Shanxing's grandfather discovered it, which is why the rocks are sometimes high and sometimes low.
One wrong move and you could cut your back.
Li Lanzhen counted and moved about a dozen steps before the exit suddenly opened up, and even Xue Bao was able to walk upright.
When she got there, she saw the children standing there.
When Xue Bao and Shan Xing saw him coming, they quickly went over to camouflage the cave entrance.
Li Lanzhen discovered that this was a small cave, and it was still quite crowded with 20 children, Xue Bao, and herself.
She turned back to reassure the children, "Don't make a sound here. Grandma will go out and check how things are outside. If it's safe, I'll come and call you, and we'll go out together."
After Li Lanzhen finished speaking, she carried her basket and left the cave.
What she didn't expect was that right outside the cave was a platform of about 100 square meters.
Tall, lush trees grew all around the platform, which was covered with weeds, but the weeds were not tall, only reaching the calves.
Li Lanzhen walked around the platform.
One side is a sheer cliff, making it impossible to go down.
On the other side, although the slope is steep, it is still possible to walk down.
Standing there and looking down the mountain, the peaks and ridges stretched endlessly, making it impossible to see which way was in sight.
Fortunately, the sun rose at that moment, and she was able to tell which way was east.
If you just keep going east, you should be able to find the Valley of Forgetfulness.
She turned and called into the cave, "Children, come out!"
Shanxing came out and said to Li Lanzhen.
“Aunt Lanzhen, go down the mountain from this side. There are many vines here. Grab the vines and slide down to the foot of the mountain. Follow the ravine and you will reach our village.”
Li Lanzhen shook her head and said.
"No, we'll go this way. The slope is a bit steep, but we can still get down."
Xue Bao also looked around, nodded to Li Lanzhen, and said.
“Aunt Lanzhen, the side you chose is a good way to go down, but everyone should be careful when they go down, and make sure they don’t fall, or they’ll tumble down the mountain.”
Li Lanzhen used the basket on her back to take out a bundle of rope from her spatial storage.
He handed one end of the rope to Xue Bao, saying, "Xue Bao, grab this rope and go down."
Xue Bao thought it was a good idea, took the rope from Li Lanzhen, and prepared to go down the mountain.
"Douhua and Datou, come on, you two should squat in Grandma's basket."
Sanwang reluctantly picked up the tofu and placed it in Li Lanzhen's basket, instructing her on how to do it.
"Douhua, hold on tight to the basket and don't stick your head out."
Pear Blossom also put Big Head into the basket and said the same thing.
Li Lanzhen thought to herself, "I'll just throw them into my spatial dimension later, how could they possibly fall down there?"
The children gripped the rope tightly one by one and followed the snow leopard down the mountain, with Li Lanzhen being the last to follow.
Putting the two kids in the space made things much easier.
Xue Bao spends most of his time in the mountains and has many skills in going up and down them.
He knew that when going down the mountain, he should walk in a zigzag pattern to avoid falling.
They carefully descended the mountain, only to find themselves on an even larger platform!
Xinghua looked at the huge platform with a puzzled expression.
"Aunt Lanzhen, is this the top of the mountain? How come it's so big and so flat?"
At this moment, Xue Bao pointed down the mountain and exclaimed loudly!
"Aunt Lanzhen! Look! Look quickly!!"
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