Xue Bao shouted loudly into the valley.
"Auntie's back!"
A short while later, a group of people came running towards them.
A group of children were running at the front, shouting loudly as they ran.
The older kids ran fast, with Han Yinan, Gou Dan, Han Yisong, Su Chen, and Shi Tou leading the way.
They rushed to Li Lanzhen, pounced on her, grabbed her, jumped and laughed, and kept shouting.
"Grandma, Grandma, you're finally back!"
Li Lanzhen answered the children's questions with a smile, pulling them along with her.
She watched Su Chen stand to the side and walk slowly, just grinning, but he didn't run over.
Li Lanzhen pulled him over, patted his head, pressed him close to her, and patted his shoulder. Su Chen smiled even more happily.
The adults also gathered around, standing by talking and laughing.
Da da da.
A string of little radish heads came running up from behind.
They all nimbly wiggled their short legs, running incredibly fast without ever falling.
He waved his hands and kept shouting.
"Grandma, Grandma, I want a hug! Move aside, we're here!"
Han Yibo and Xiao San Niu, these two little calves run the fastest.
Following behind were Miao Miao, Linglong, Ruyi Douhua, and Datou, these little guys.
The older children made way for them, and they rushed towards Li Lanzhen like a small cannonball.
They rushed into her arms, some hugging her legs, others pulling on her arms, all pressing their little heads against her body.
She kept calling out, "Grandma, Grandma, you're finally back! We missed you so much!"
Then, she started crying.
Xue Nizi, who was standing next to them, burst into laughter and scolded them with a laugh.
"Alright, you bunch of whiny whine girls!"
"Stop crying! It's not like your grandma's gone and I'm mistreating you, not feeding you properly. Get up and let grandma go back to rest."
The little ones weren't angry when they were scolded. They just grinned, instantly stopped crying, and wiped away non-existent tears.
He grinned and chuckled.
Adults and children surrounded Li Lanzhen as she walked toward the eleven trees.
Surrounded by children, Li Lanzhen walked slowly behind them.
Xue Bao, along with Han Mingxiang and Silver Fox, carried the wild boar and bypassed the crowd, heading towards the 11 trees.
Tiehua and her group of women and girls came here, excited and happy, but they were still insecure and timid inside.
Fortunately, we have Xue Nizi, a social butterfly, and Li Sanya and Tonghua, both with loud voices.
Before long, they were all chatting and laughing as they walked forward.
Li Lanzhen arrived at the fields and saw people still working in the fields.
He waved and called out each person's name to greet them.
The sweet potato vines had grown to her calves' height, their lush green leaves already covering the ridges.
The potato vines have grown tall, now more than a foot high.
Other vegetables also started to grow.
What was once a barren land is now lush and green, teeming with life.
Since entering the Grand Canyon, Master Xu's eyes have been glued to the sights, and his mouth has been constantly chuckling. He kept saying "good, good, good" when he saw this place, and nodding and saying "really good, really good" when he saw that place!
Zhihua has become inseparable from those little rascals, holding hands, putting her arms around their shoulders, and sharing secrets as they chatter, laugh, and run around.
When they arrived at the eleven trees, Li Lanzhen realized that everyone knew each other without her needing to introduce them.
Upon seeing Han Youliang, she took out a butcher knife and began slaughtering a pig.
Xue Nizi and her group boiled six pots of water.
We've started slaughtering the pig and preparing dinner.
Li Lanzhen is back, and she has found Han Mingxiang and Han Shulan, and brought back so many people with her.
Everyone was happy, and as for any suspicion or probing of these people, that was simply not the case.
They knew that anyone brought back by Li Lanzhen was absolutely trustworthy.
"Shulan, my dearest, you're finally back! Waaah, hahaha."
Li Lanzhen didn't need to turn her head to see; she knew it was Han Shulan's mother, Liu Daidi, who had returned.
Ever since Xiao Ruyi saw Han Shulan, she has been calling "Auntie, Auntie" incessantly, sticking to her side and refusing to leave.
At this moment, she saw her grandmother hugging her aunt, crying and laughing at the same time.
He burst into laughter, "Grandma, Grandma's so embarrassing, she's crying and laughing, and snot is bubbling out of her nose!"
Her innocent words interrupted the temporary sadness and excitement, and everyone burst into laughter.
Liu Daidi wiped her eyes sheepishly and slapped Han Shulan on the back.
"You naughty girl, you didn't come back early, making your mother worry. I even had your Aunt Lanzhen look for you, oh no, I mean, I had your mother-in-law look for you several times."
Upon hearing the word "mother-in-law," Han Shulan lowered her head shyly.
Liu Daidi spotted Han Mingxiang in the blink of an eye.
She rushed over and pulled him into her arms.
Han Mingxiang blushed deeply.
She kept saying, "Auntie, Auntie, we're back."
Liu Daidi really cried at this moment, wiping away her tears.
He patted him on the shoulder and said, "My child, from now on you are my own son."
Her own son, Han Zhaoxiong, stood behind her, scratching his head, thinking to himself, "So you've got a son-in-law and don't care about your son anymore?"
Li Erhan and Ye Shi also rushed back from afar.
Holding Li Lanzhen's hand, he looked left and right, watching their daughter return whole, in good spirits, and smiling happily.
They kept asking, "What happened after you got out? How did you find Hai Mingxiang and the others?"
And so, this group of people, each speaking their own thoughts, shared their anxieties about parting and their joy at reuniting.
Li Lanzhen didn't need to worry about dinner.
She went into the kitchen and saw that there was still quite a lot of flour in the flour bin.
So we didn't add anything else to it.
There was just a bag of potatoes and a bag of sweet potatoes next to the flour jar.
Xue Bao, along with Silver Fox and a few others, carried the wild boar to the eleven trees and went up the mountain to hunt, saying they would catch some pheasants and rabbits to bring back as an extra meal for everyone.
Han Yinan and Gou Dan, along with Su Chen and a group of boys, had already run to the village's homestead to report the good news of Li Lanzhen's return and to call the adults back to eat wild boar meat.
It was time to wrap up work, and everyone arrived early at the riverbank in the reeds, washed their hands and feet, patted their clothes clean, and walked happily toward the eleven trees.
When everyone who was working outside came back.
This place with eleven trees is practically a bustling downtown area!
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