Chapter 75 The Fatal Boy
It is now September.
Wild walnuts, hazelnuts and pine nuts are basically ready to be harvested. If you wait a little longer, these ripe nuts will fall off automatically.
In previous years, the villagers would pick up the fallen items on the ground.
But this year is different. These mountain products can all be sold. If they are not harvested early, they will be snatched away by others.
The people in Taoshan Village were busy with the autumn harvest during the day, and then went up the mountain again after going down the mountain.
This year is the busiest year.
Some children who have paid their tuition will go up the mountain to pick mushrooms in advance. At this time, hazelnut mushrooms, pine mushrooms, yellow mushrooms, and thigh mushrooms can all be picked.
Liu Lili led her aunt up the mountain with excitement.
There are also "left and right protectors" around him, who are his younger brothers who lead the way.
Liu Qingqing enjoyed being surrounded by a large group of child soldiers and felt like a celebrity traveling.
There are basically no wild animals in this branch because the villagers are often active, and the children are used to letting the animals roam freely. When Liu Qingqing looked up, she saw groups of half-grown children carrying backpacks.
In the words of the adults in the village, these kids can only make two or three cents a day at most, which is not worth much.
It would be better to go pick mushrooms and exchange them for money with Liu Qingqing.
Liu Qingqing's reputation took a big turn in Taoshan Village, and many of her peers who had grudges against her in the past came to her to get close to her.
Of course, only a part of them could be wiped clean. Before Liu Qingqing came, the whole village was on bad terms and had no friends.
The children were more relaxed, calling each other "little aunt" and "little aunt" all the time.
In fact, it was Da Huzi who took the lead in calling her "Auntie" at the beginning, which stunned her completely.
When she called me "Auntie", I felt like I was twenty years older. I immediately shook my head and asked them to change the name.
There were many paths trampled out halfway up the mountain, so Liu Lili didn't find it difficult to climb up the mountain. Besides, she had to pull her younger sister out to show off.
It’s not classy for a girl to show off candies now, and her aunt gives her the most face.
"Da Huzi, don't get close to my aunt. She is my aunt." She held Liu Qingqing's left hand and kept her eyes on the right side, ready to guard against any children who might come over to snatch her aunt away.
"Lili, you are unreasonable. I even gave you roasted sparrows a few days ago." Da Huzi was not convinced.
Liu Lili put her hands on her hips and said, "I gave you some candy too, but that was the candy I couldn't bear to eat. Now we don't owe each other anything."
Da Huzi's eyes widened. He didn't expect that his friend would break up just like that.
Liu Qingqing watched the fun with a smile but did not get involved. The children broke up today and made up tomorrow. It was all childish fun.
We climbed all the way to a walnut tree. All the mushrooms from here down had been cleared. Here we could see some mushrooms still on the tree trunks. The children scattered and started looking for mushrooms.
Liu Qingqing pointed to the tree next to her: "Aren't you going to pick this one?"
"The walnuts growing on the tree are autumn nuts, which are poisonous." Liu Lili hurriedly explained. She knew this because she had just picked a small basket of them a few days ago and was laughed at by her grandmother.
Liu Qingqing tried hard to learn relevant knowledge, but there were too many types of mushrooms, and she was too lazy to learn about it and had no memory.
"Lili, you know so much, that's great." She praised casually and took out a piece of candy and handed it to Liu Lili.
Seeing Da Huzi standing nearby staring eagerly, Liu Qingqing also handed him a piece.
Liu Lili's face flushed slightly, she also just found out.
She glanced at Da Huzi and thought, forget it, since he was her best friend after all, she agreed to let him have a piece of candy.
The two children, young and old, were strolling leisurely, not noticing a shadow following them.
Maotou, Liu Qingqing and a few others heard the noise when they came up the mountain.
He shook off his companions and moved closer, just in time to see Liu Qingqing giving candy to Liu Lili and Da Huzi.
Maotou's eyes were full of jealousy.
Liu Qingqing is obviously his family, but he never gives the good things to them, but gives them to outsiders.
His mother has been cursing at home for the past few months, saying that Liu Qingqing is a troublemaker who caused the Song family to split up and made his family's life difficult.
Although Tian Cuixiang didn't say anything in front of others during this period, she often said bad things about Liu Qingqing when she got home.
Why didn't he come from the city and bring something to see the elders and his elder brother and sister-in-law?
What a troublemaker who makes his own family restless.
After the family split up, Tian Cuixiang also thought about going to her parents-in-law's house to eat or something.
Unfortunately, my father-in-law didn't stay, but the children went to eat without refusing, but what did they eat? It was all the same food.
The child doesn't want to go there anymore.
Every time we went there, it was always dinner time. The old couple didn’t cook much, and even if they gave a lot to the children, they still didn’t have enough to eat.
As for the pastries that Liu Qingqing took away.
I didn't see a single piece of it. I heard that the two old guys ate it all up within two days after it was brought in.
If this had happened in the past, wouldn't most of them be her children?
Maotou was very angry and looked even uglier.
He secretly followed the three of them, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
Liu Lili heard the sound of "clang clang" and pulled Liu Qingqing to see.
When we got to the river, we found that it was Lin Yumo and Lu Xiaoyu who were cracking walnut shells.
The juice from the walnut shells flows into the river next to it. The river originally flowed down from the mountain, but because the terrain in this area is high in the west and low in the east, it formed a shallow pool.
When the water accumulates here, it flows downward again.
"What is this for?" Liu Qingqing pointed at the fish floating in the river.
Lu Xiaoyu was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and she picked up any fish she saw floating in the water.
Liu Lili raised her hand: "Aunt, I know that the juice from hickory nut peels is poisonous." She knew the answer to this question because her grandmother had taught her.
Da Huzi nodded: "Yeah, my aunt and I are both medicinal fish."
Liu Qingqing...
This river is the best source of drinking water for the villagers. Even if the running water has the ability to purify itself, there may still be some residue.
Aren’t you afraid of being poisoned by the drug?
When the two heard the voice, their faces changed and they turned to look at the three people.
"Liu Qingcao, why are you here?"
"Lin Zhiqing, Lu Zhiqing, this toxin will affect the drinking water of the villagers in Xiali. Can you afford it if something happens to anyone in the village?" Liu Qingqing frowned and picked up all the walnut shells by the river.
There was a noise behind her, and Liu Qingqing saw a dark shadow rushing towards her out of the corner of her eye while bending over.
She dodged and made way.
With a "splash", the big black rat behind him dived into the river.
Liu Qingqing calmed herself down and looked into the water.
This is just a rough idea.
He looked at Lin Yumo, who had a shocked face beside him. This boy was not a boy who brought wealth, but a boy who brought lives.
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