Song Tanglan looked at his serious expression and couldn't help rolling her eyes. How could she not know his little thoughts? He just wanted her to help him. But there was no way. She couldn't stand her younger brother, so she could only follow him up the mountain.
Following Cheng Fangyuan, I did feel more motivated to walk up the mountain, and I felt safer. With someone leading the way, I didn't encounter any danger along the way.
Cheng Fangyuan looked at the three little kids behind him, shook his head helplessly, took them to a safe place, let them move around nearby, and found a place to start chopping firewood.
"You guys stay nearby, don't run around. I come here often, there won't be any danger."
"Second brother-in-law, you go and do your own thing. I'll keep an eye on them." After Song Tanglan finished speaking, he looked again and saw two little guys discussing herbs not far away. He walked over and stood beside them, helping them keep an eye on their surroundings to see if there was any danger.
When Song Tangzi saw the herbs, he excitedly introduced them to Xiaohu. Xiaohu didn't know when he became interested in herbs.
At this time, they were listening carefully on the side. This time they followed Cheng Fangyuan up the mountain, so they brought tools with them specially in order to find some good herbs to take back.
"Fourth sister, let's go to the next place."
"Don't run too far. My second brother-in-law said there are chestnut trees over there. We're going to pick chestnuts later."
Xiaohu looked in the direction Song Tanglan pointed, observed the ground and said, "There's a lot of chicken droppings around here. Maybe we can find some pheasant eggs!"
"Really? Then let's look for it quickly. I haven't eaten eggs for a long time." After saying that, Song Tangzi swallowed his saliva.
Song Tanglan rolled her eyes at her younger brother's expression. If she hadn't just gone to her aunt's house to exchange 30 eggs 5 days ago, she would have believed that what he said was true.
However, the two little guys were so happy that he didn't discourage them. He just walked slowly behind them. Fortunately, they were lucky enough that they didn't find any pheasant eggs along the way, but they did find a lot of mushrooms that had been pecked by pheasants.
Along the way, they picked up any non-poisonous and not too badly damaged pheasants and put them in their backpacks. After all, they could just break off the part that the pheasant had eaten and eat it.
Although they felt a little sorry that the mushrooms were eaten, they couldn't let them go to waste.
"Fourth sister, come here quickly. There are a lot of mushrooms here that haven't been eaten by pheasants."
As Song Tangzi spoke, his hands kept moving, continuously picking the mushrooms he had learned about recently and putting them into the backpack. After picking this small portion of mushrooms, they didn't want to pick any more because they needed to pick chestnuts.
Fortunately, the two chestnut trees were not very tall, and the two little guys climbed up easily and began to shake them continuously. However, their strength was too small after all, and not much fell down after shaking for a long time.
Song Tanglan stood far away, watching them shaking continuously.
At this time, Cheng Fangyuan's voice came from not far away. "Don't shake it over there. I'll shake it down for you. Just come and pick it up."
"Uncle, we're coming right away." The two of them quickly climbed down from the tree, picked up the backpack, and walked towards the direction where the sound came from. When they saw the chestnut tree, they looked at the chestnut tree full of prickly balls on the ground.
He took out the prepared gloves and picked them up one by one.
Before going up the mountain, Song Tangcheng knew that they were going to pick chestnuts, so he specially got them three pairs of rubber gloves. These gloves were not cheap, and it was really a waste for them to use them to pick chestnuts.
However, in order to avoid hurting your hands and wasting time, this method is indeed the fastest.
Cheng Fangyuan watched them put the food into the backpack and quickly took out the large sack he had prepared. "Put these in here. You can't put much in the backpack."
"good."
Song Tanglan also thought about taking the chestnuts out of the prickly ball so that he could fit more in. The chestnut skins could be used as firewood after they dried, and it would be too late to clean them up when he got home.
So they didn't waste their time on the mountain.
Cheng Fangyuan watched them picking chestnuts here, then went to the other side to help them shake the chestnuts down from the two trees. When all the chestnuts under the three trees were picked, not only were the sacks full, but the backpacks were also full.
When they went back, they all took the small path back with their bags full. Song Tangcheng looked at their harvest with his mouth wide open. It was Cheng Fangyuan who was dragging a large bundle of firewood by himself, carrying a large bag of chestnuts on his shoulders, and his backpack was also full of chestnuts.
It didn't look like he was going to collect firewood, but more like he was going to purchase goods.
"Are you guys going to pick all the chestnuts from the chestnut forest?"
"Wife, you're exaggerating! This one only has three chestnut trees, from the mountain to the east. I've been to the chestnut forest before, and the chestnuts on the trees are still hard to fall off. It'll take at least another two days."
After Cheng Fangyuan finished speaking, he poured the chestnuts directly onto the ground and put them directly into a sack, as they would easily go bad.
"Are there so many chestnuts on the mountain this year?"
"Yes, there's a bumper harvest this year. I saw many people have a lot of harvests. The places I found should have a lot more. There are also many dates planted in the orchard they found before. We can go there to pick dates when the time comes."
Over the past few years, they have searched everywhere on the mountain for food, which has led to their clear understanding of the situation on the mountain.
"Then I'll go with you guys to pick up the money in a couple of days. Mumu will just be taken care of by Mom."
There is a lot of work to do at home. Now that the eldest daughter-in-law has gone to work, he has been busy at home and rarely goes up the mountain. It is just right that the baby is left to him to take care of, so they can also get more food.
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