"Silly child, don't worry, Mother will protect you!" Jiang Yaojie's words warmed Jiang Ling's heart.
Jiang Ling had to talk to him for a long time before she finally convinced Jiang Yaojie, but he was still a little sullen.
For dinner, Jiang Ling used the leftover mushrooms to make a mushroom soup, and also mixed some wheat flour with buckwheat flour to make some buckwheat pancakes. She also made a cold potato salad. It was a simple dinner for the family of five.
After finishing her meal, Jiang Ling gave some instructions to the children and then walked alone towards the mountains.
Before she even reached the foot of the mountain, Jiang Ling saw the village chief and several men holding torches and looking around.
When the village chief saw Jiang Ling, he waved for her to come over quickly.
The group quickly arrived at the side of the cave. Jiang Ling instructed everyone to scatter and hide around the cave, patiently waiting for the two people from Dahua Village.
The sky quickly darkened, and a crescent moon slowly rose, making the surrounding tree shadows look eerie and ghostly.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the faint sound of flowing water.
Just as everyone was losing patience, an unfamiliar cough once again made their hearts leap into their throats.
The village chief quickly gestured for everyone to be quiet, signaling them to hide so they wouldn't be discovered.
"Big brother... look carefully, is there really no one left?"
"It's him!" Jiang Ling was overjoyed when she heard the male voice, as it was exactly the same voice she had heard before.
"Don't worry! The people in Lujia Village are exhausted these past few days, they're probably already in bed and asleep by now!"
"Big brother, is what we...we...doing something a little inappropriate?"
"Not suitable? Damn it, Fifth Brother, you think it's suitable for these bastards to repair the irrigation ditch? Humph! Today I'll poison all your crops!" The man pulled out a packet of powder from his pocket.
"Hold them down!" Jiang Ling suddenly stood up and shouted at the man who was about to open the medicine powder.
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