When Xu Han arrived, the sun was almost setting. Lu Chuan's first question to her was, "Why are you so late? What happened?"
"When I was picking wild vegetables, Blackie found a nest of pheasant chicks, which delayed me a bit," Xu Han said, showing her basket to Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest.
"There are quite a few, a total of eight pheasant chicks. If we raise them well, we'll have eggs to eat later," the Taoist priest said with a smile.
"I saw you hadn't come for so long, I thought something had happened, and I was just about to go back to find you."
Upon hearing this, Xu Han smiled sheepishly and changed the subject, asking, "How many bluestone slabs did you collect? How easy were they to collect?"
"Although some of it has already been mined, the bluestone here has never been touched, so it is relatively easy to mine."
"That's good. I was worried it wouldn't be enough. As long as it's enough, it's fine."
"Haha, this place is all mountains, we lack everything except for these bluestone slabs and trees. Once we've mined this place, we can go to other places to mine. Don't worry, it'll be more than enough," the Taoist priest joked with a laugh.
Upon hearing this, Xu Han realized that she had plenty of these things since she lived deep in the mountains. So she smiled and replied, "Yes, yes, you're right. I was overthinking it."
"Haha, it's getting late, let's quickly put all of these into our space. We'll continue mining tomorrow."
"Okay. Let's start collecting them." After Xu Han finished speaking, she began to collect all the bluestone they had mined into her spatial storage.
Then the three of them started walking home. After arriving home, Xu Han first put the chicks in a corner of the backyard and fenced them off to prevent them from running around.
The pheasant chicks are still quite small and have been hungry for a long time. If they are put directly into the chicken coop, the slightly older chickens will definitely prey on them.
If the baby pheasants are bullied, they won't have anything to eat and they definitely won't survive.
Xu Han then kept all the pheasants in separate enclosures and prepared new food and water for them. She let them rest there until they adapted to the environment before putting them all in the chicken coop to be fed.
"How are things? Are the pheasant chicks eating?" Lu Chuan asked as he brought Mu'er and Ze'er over.
"I just added some broken rice and wheat bran to their food, but they won't eat it and just stay in the corner."
"They're probably just getting used to being here. Don't worry about them, let's go. They'll be eating soon," Lu Chuan said.
"Okay, we're probably scared watching them here, so let's leave them alone for a while."
Lu Chuan then instructed, "Mu'er, these pheasant chicks are a little scared since they just came home. Don't come over to see them, and also keep an eye on the dogs to prevent them from coming over, okay?"
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on Tangyuan and the others to make sure they don't bite the baby pheasants."
"Mu'er is so great. She's such a good little helper to her mother."
Hearing this, Mu'er smiled even more happily. Xu Han rarely scolded the well-behaved Mu'er. Whenever Mu'er made a mistake, as long as she patiently explained the reasoning to him, he could understand.
Of course, in daily life, Xu Han's way of educating Mu'er is through praise, and Mu'er really likes it.
After feeding the chickens, the family of four walked together to the front yard.
When we arrived at the front yard, we found the Taoist priest and Grandpa Zhao splitting a bluestone slab.
"Why are you starting now? You've had a long day. Take a break and continue when you have time," Xu Han said.
"It's alright, I'm not tired, and I'm just idling around anyway, so I might as well chop some bluestone slabs."
"Alright then, what do you want to eat tonight? I'll make dinner."
"Let's stir-fry some green peppers and eggs, and also some scallion oil rapeseed. It's been a long time since I've had this."
"Okay, I'll go cook."
"Mother, let me help you start the fire." Mu'er followed Xu Han into the kitchen.
After working for ten days straight, their home was piled high with bluestone. That day, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest did not go to the mountain to mine bluestone again.
“We’re almost out of space with all the bluestone at home. Let’s stop work for the next few days and split all the bluestone into slabs. We’ll start mining again after we’ve finished splitting all the bluestone,” the Taoist priest said.
"Okay, although we've been chopping some every night these past few days, it's been far too little. We haven't managed to get more than a few pieces."
"Then I'll join you guys in chopping this afternoon. I've been learning a lot lately, so let Mu'er digest it first. Otherwise, she won't remember too much, especially since she's still so young."
“Sure, the three of us can form an assembly line, which will make the work faster.”
Xu Han chimed in, "Then I'll be responsible for neatly placing all the bluestone slabs you've chopped in the backyard, and also cleaning up any broken pieces."
"Haha, thanks to your help, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to finish so quickly. It would have taken at least a year and a half to complete all these roads," Grandpa Zhao laughed.
"Of course, I played a huge role in it," Xu Han said proudly. Everyone laughed at her words.
The imagination is wonderful, but there are always many unexpected things in reality.
In the morning, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest carved out a lot of rough stones, but when everyone woke up from their afternoon nap, they found it was already dark.
"It's going to rain again," Lu Chuan said, looking up at the sky.
"It was a sunny day in the morning, but the weather changed when I woke up."
"Yes, let's quickly put everything away in the yard."
"What should we do with these bluestones? Should we bring some inside and split them into slabs when it rains?" Grandpa Zhao asked.
"No rush, let's take a good rest and relax since it's raining."
Moreover, the space inside is too small, and there's not enough room to move around. The rain came quite suddenly; it probably won't last long.
"Yes, the girl is right, we're not in a hurry."
"Haha, anyway, we usually eat and sleep as usual and don't rush to finish anything, so taking an afternoon off won't delay anything," Lu Chuan chimed in.
"Alright then, let's hurry up and pack our things. These dark clouds look like they're about to bring rain."
Before they had finished packing up their things in the yard, they heard thunder starting from the northwest, and soon the wind picked up.
"It's raining, come in quickly," Xu Han called out to Lu Chuan, who was collecting firewood outside.
"Go in first, right away."
Before Lu Chuan could finish speaking, the raindrops started to fall harder and harder. By the time Lu Chuan and Xu Han ran inside, their clothes were soaked.
"This rain is really heavy. If we had slept a little longer, everything drying in the yard would have gotten soaked," Lu Chuan said breathlessly.
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