There is no need for their help at all.
After filling the backpacks, they sat on the ground to rest. Song Tanglan took out candies from his pocket and shared them with the two children.
"Eat, let's take a break first."
"We'll hand in the quest later, and then we'll cut another basket. After that, we'll look for pheasant eggs in the mountains. Auntie, do you want to come with us?"
Song Tangzi also looked at Song Tanglan with shining eyes, which were full of anticipation.
Seeing the two of them like this, Song Tanglan thought about it and nodded, then followed them down the mountain with the backpack on his back. When he found Aunt Ma and was about to hand over the task, Aunt Ma was a little surprised to see that they had cut a large backpack in such a short time.
They all knew the few places on the mountain where there was pig grass. Pig grass was not a precious thing, but it took going to several places to fill a basket, especially since most of the grass on the mountain had been found by people.
I just didn't expect that they were so lucky and completed the task so quickly.
"You've completed your task well. You've finished a basket so quickly. Come and check it for me. If everything is fine, you can continue to go up the mountain to cut grass for the pigs. I'll give you work points."
Aunt Ma is very strict when it comes to raising pigs, especially the grass that the pigs eat. Someone was lazy before and mixed other grass into it. Since that time, she has carefully checked it every time.
Seeing that there was no problem, he gave them work points, returned the backpacks to them, and let them continue to climb the mountain.
Watching their backs as they walked away, Aunt Ma couldn't help but envy these half-grown children who could live a stable life now, unlike their time when there were wars everywhere, they couldn't get enough to eat, and they often had to flee.
Her companions would continue to be lost during the escape, leaving her alone in the end. Thinking of this, she wiped her eyes and went back to the pigsty to clean it.
Song Tanglan looked at the two little guys in front of her who were walking very fast, and couldn't help but feel fortunate that she had good legs, otherwise she really couldn't keep up with their pace.
"Walk slower, why are you walking so fast?"
"Fourth sister, let's finish our morning task quickly so that we can play in the mountains." Song Tangzi was very interested in the mountains. He had wanted to go to the mountains to play with his elder brother and father before, but was rejected because he was too young.
Later, he became crazy about learning this knowledge. In addition, he didn't have many classes at school, so he would look for various extracurricular books to read. There were introductions to plants and animals in the mountains. As long as they allowed him to explore the mountains, he had studied all kinds of strange books.
In addition, he loves reading and rarely goes out to play with his friends, so he started studying these books at a very young age. Now that he has some free time, how could he miss this opportunity to learn?
"Then there's no need to walk so fast. Watch your step, or you might fall."
"I know, I know." Although Song Tangzi said this, he did not slow down and walked very fast.
After the three of them turned left and right, they finally returned to the original place. Song Tanglan was so tired that he sat down to rest, panting. The other two little men picked up their sickles and continued to cut grass for the pigs as if nothing had happened.
Seeing them like this, Song Tanglan couldn't help but sigh that he was too useless and was not even as good as two little kids.
Fortunately, he didn't really want to compete with the two kids, so after he had rested enough, he picked up the sickle and started cutting grass for the pigs.
With the experience from the first time, the second time of cutting was much smoother, and they finished the task of cutting pig grass in less than an hour.
The two little guys then discussed which direction to go. They were now in an unknown small valley. This was where Little Tiger had come before chasing a rabbit. Later, he found a lot of pig grass here, but he didn't tell anyone else, but came here to cut it from time to time.
The three of them finally decided to just wander around here. Since no one had been here before, they didn't know if there were any poisonous creatures. Fortunately, they all brought insect repellent bags with a lot of sulfur when they went up the mountain.
The smell is very pungent and can be smelled from a long distance. I believe that as long as you are careful, there will be no danger.
The three of them used sticks to dig the ground carefully, and listened to the sounds around them from time to time. Xiaohu was leading the way.
"Shh, I think I hear a pheasant calling." Xiaohu said and stood there listening carefully.
Seeing this, the two of them did not make any noise, but listened carefully to the sounds from nature.
There were all kinds of wind sounds and bird calls on the mountain. They also heard the sound of gurgling streams. It seemed that there was a stream not far away.
However, the sound of the rooster crowing was still particularly obvious, and it sounded like it had just laid an egg and was clucking there.
"I heard it too. Let's go over there and take a look. Maybe we can find some pheasant eggs!"
The three of them continued to walk in the direction of the pheasant's call. Although the sound sounded very close, it took them a long time to get there. But when they arrived, the pheasant was gone and the grass nearby was as tall as their thighs.
Song Tangzi looked around with some disappointment: "The pheasant is gone."
At this stage, the three of them didn't know which direction to go. After thinking about it, they decided to look around where they were, thinking that there might be pheasant eggs in the grass.
What's more, the pheasant was calling in this direction just now. Even if they didn't find any pheasant eggs, the mushrooms they found along the way were a good harvest.
The three of them all agreed with this idea, and each of them walked in one direction to conduct a carpet search, carefully picking up the nearby grass with sticks.
Soon, the tiger cub found the first nest of pheasant eggs with great experience. There were 5 pheasant eggs in it. The tiger cub took 4 of them and left one for the pheasant so that it could continue laying eggs.
Seeing his harvest, Song Tangzi continued to look for eggs, but due to his lack of experience, he didn't find a nest after searching for a long time. Finally, he sat down to rest and spotted eggs in the grass with his sharp eyes.
Then he stood up happily, patted his clothes, picked up the stick, and carefully dug it out. When he saw the round egg, he said happily.
"I found it, I found it, Xiaohu, I found 6."
When Xiaohu heard his shout, he hurried over and saw him happily picking up 5 eggs. He couldn't help but praise him. "Xiaozi, you are really amazing. You can find such a hidden thing."
"This is also good luck. Xiaohu, you are also very capable. You found it in no time."
The two of them were flattering each other. Song Tanglan had already skillfully put the pheasant eggs into the space. At this time, she no longer had the excitement she had just now, and sighed with pretended calmness.
"I'm so lucky today."
After saying that, she looked at the pheasant eggs in the space again. Since she chose a path to separate from them, she has found three nests of eggs along the way, and the number of eggs found in each nest is quite large, five or six in total.
This made her very happy, but she didn't put them in the basket. When she went to hand in the pig feed later, the basket would be checked by Aunt Ma. If so many pheasant eggs were seen and passed around, it would arouse jealousy.
What's more, they also found a lot of mushrooms, which were eye-catching enough.
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