"Xiao Song, the educated youth, are you okay?" Yu He asked.
"It's okay, it's okay."
"That's good. Don't run around next time. It's very dangerous on the mountain."
Song Tanglan looked at the four little friends whose heads popped out from the grass, and scratched her head guiltily. She was too engrossed in picking mushrooms just now, and she was lucky, so there was still a pile of mushrooms she had just picked lying in the space.
Su Tao looked at Song Tanglan and found that she was not injured, so she breathed a sigh of relief. She had just promised Song Tangcheng that she would bring her back safely.
If she gets injured on the mountain, it would be a slap in her face. I don’t know why Lanlan didn’t let Song Erjie go up the mountain. Wouldn’t we be able to pick more mushrooms with one more person?
But this was their sisters' business, so she didn't ask too much.
As for why Song Tanglan didn't let her second sister go up the mountain, it was of course because she knew that Song Tangcheng was pregnant now, and she was very young, so she might not be able to withstand such a tiring climb up the mountain.
So she was determined not to let her second sister go up the mountain. Song Tangcheng had no choice but to stay at home and watch the five of them go out.
In fact, Song Tangcheng didn't take Su Tao's promise to heart, but the little girl looked so serious that he didn't want to discourage her enthusiasm.
After Su Tao checked and found that she was not injured, she turned her attention to her backpack and found that her backpack was not full, only half full, and blurted out the words.
"Lanlan, why are there so few mushrooms here? You've come so far and your back isn't even full. Come, I'll give you some. Look, my basket is full, and even my sack is full."
After hearing what Su Tao said, Song Tanglan suddenly felt guilty. It was not that he was unlucky, but that he was too lucky.
As a result, the backpack could not hold all the fruits, so she put most of them in the space, leaving only half of the basket as a pretense. She also wanted to pick more wild fruits to put in the backpack later.
The sour and sweet fruits brought back will definitely suit my second sister's appetite. My second sister's appetite has been pretty good recently, but she noticed that she likes sour food recently.
They just didn't notice this little thing.
"No, no, I specially left some space for the wild fruits later! Where should we go now? Xiaohu, do you know the way?"
"Aunt Lan, go the way you came. This way you can get to Xiaocongshan faster."
Children who grew up in the countryside are very sensible at a young age. They help their family with work since childhood and often run to the mountains. However, they only go to the outermost area and few children dare to run inside.
Sun Jianhua had only been up the mountain a few times and was not very familiar with the road conditions here. If he had any opinions, he would follow Xiaohu's lead.
"Okay, let's go over there and take a look. It's still early anyway."
They passed several forks in the road and finally reached their destination. Fortunately, their pace was not too slow, so they had just enough time to pick the fruits and go down the mountain.
The path they took this time had a lot of weeds on the side of the road, which was almost covering the path. It was only when Sun Jianhua held a hatchet and cleared the way in front that they could see the road conditions clearly.
When Xiaohu saw the familiar place, he immediately said happily, "It's just in front, we're here." After that, he carried the backpack and hurried there at full speed.
Song Tanglan saw the sparse fruits on the tree from afar and was a little confused. These were the many fruits that Xiaohu had mentioned.
After all, the fruit trees she saw in modern times were all full of fruits. In comparison, these tall trees were just growing but not bearing any fruit.
What's more, the tree was too high and she didn't know how to climb trees at all. This made Song Tanglan a little at a loss. She looked around and in a blink of an eye, she saw wild grape vines not far away. There were several bunches of grapes hanging on the vines, and some of the grapes had traces of being pecked by birds and beasts.
"This tree is too high. You guys pick the grapes. I can't climb up. There are some grape vines over there. I'll pick a couple of bunches of grapes."
Seeing this, Xiaohu frowned and said, "Aunt Lan, those wild grapes are very sour, not as sweet as the ones on the tree. Aunt, if you can't pick them, I'll pick them for you."
After saying that, he put down his backpack and climbed up the tree nimbly. Fortunately, he still had an empty small sack that he could use to put the fruits in, and then he could take it back to share with his younger brothers and sisters.
Sun Jianhua knew that the number was too high, and thought that the two female comrades might be afraid of climbing trees, so he decided to take on the job of picking fruits with his cousin.
"Xiao Song Zhiqing, Su Zhiqing, my cousin and I can just pick the ones from the trees. You can just pick the ones from the bushes."
When Su Tao heard this, she immediately became unhappy. Not allowing herself to climb the tree, wasn't that looking down on her?
She was just dazzled by the sturdy tree in front of her, not because she was afraid or couldn't climb trees. Moreover, she was very good at climbing trees. She had already thought about how many fruits she wanted to pick this time, so there was no way she would let two male educated youth take on this job.
"No, no, I'm a good climber. I can go up the tree and pick the grapes myself. Lanlan, just go pick the wild grape seeds and wait for me to pick some sweet fruits for you."
After saying that, she also imitated Xiaohu, put down the backpack, and climbed up the tree nimbly. She found a suitable position on the tree, picked a fruit in front of her, and found that it was a pear tree. She wiped it and took a bite.
The fruit is actually quite sweet except that it is a bit astringent.
"Taotao, you have to be careful and stay safe. Sun Zhiqing, Yu Zhiqing, Xiaohu, you too."
"Don't worry, Aunt Lan, I've been climbing trees since I was five years old. This height is nothing to me."
When Yu He heard Xiao Hu's arrogant words, he was unwilling to lose to a little brat.
"Little Song Zhiqing, don't worry. It's just climbing a tree. It's easy for us grown men. Just Little Song Zhiqing. Don't run around. If you encounter any danger, remember to call us."
When Song Tanglan heard Yu He's concern, she responded sweetly.
She felt that sometimes, Yu He's tone towards her was very strange. Sometimes he would be shy, and sometimes he would look at her as if she was his own child. She was stunned and thought he was sick again.
Every time this happened, Sun Jianhua would look at Yu He as if he were a fool, which made him doubt the mentalities of the two men.
"Su Zhiqing, please be careful and don't step on those small branches."
Sun Jianhua then climbed up the tree and looked at Su Tao who was on the same tree with him. Her very quick and fierce movements scared him so much that he immediately reminded her.
Su Tao didn't think there was anything wrong with her movements. She had climbed trees like this before and had climbed taller trees. This height was a piece of cake for her.
"It's okay, I'll take care. Please be safe."
Xiaohu did not join in the mutual care among the educated youths, but quickly picked the fruits from the tree.
Seeing that several people had already started working, Song Tanglan stopped watching and walked towards the grape vines not far away.
I picked a good one and tasted it, and found it was sour and sweet, but the sourness was still too much for Song Tanglan, who liked sweets.
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