Eighty married is the strongest rough man, holding space in hand to raise cubs

Chapter 23
Xiuxiu asked Ma Ailian in surprise: "Mother, what's the matter? We finally came to the mountain, we can't just dig some wild vegetables and go back?"

Xiuxiu also wants to see if there are any good things on the mountain!
Ma Ailian glanced solemnly at the towering mountain, and said seriously: "It will be dangerous to go further up! Have you forgotten how Liu Tiehui from our village died?"

Xiuxiu asked, "Why did you die?"

Recalling that horror story, Ma Ailian couldn't help but her pupils widened, she lowered her voice, and said to Xiuxiu: "I was eaten by wild things on the mountain! When I found him, he was covered in blood, and only half of his shoulder was gnawed."

This was four or five years ago.

Liu Tiechui was an old man. It rained heavily that day, so Liu Tiechui went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, but he didn't come back until the next day.

Liu Tiechui's daughter-in-law found the village chief Liu Wansan crying, and Liu Wansan went up the mountain with a few old men.

Finally, Liu Tiechui's body was found halfway up the mountain, and half of his body had been gnawed off.

Ma Ailian happened to see Liu Tiechui's body when it was carried back, and left a very serious psychological shadow. From then on, she never dared to climb too high when going to the back mountain, and only dug some wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain before leaving.

"So that's how it is." After hearing Ma Ailian's speech, Liu Xiuxiu rolled up her sleeves, but felt inexplicably excited.

There are fierce beasts on this mountain?
Wouldn't that just kill some to practice?

Catch a few ferocious beasts and throw them in space to play. It can not only relieve boredom, but also eliminate harm for the people!
She hasn't had a fight for a long time, and her hands are itchy!
Thinking like this in my heart, I said to Ma Ailian: "Mother, it's only morning, and wild beasts usually come out at night. Let's go up, maybe we can find something good! Take these wild vegetables home It’s not enough for the children to eat!”

Unable to withstand Xiuxiu's hard work, Ma Ailian finally decided to go up with Xiuxiu.

"But let's talk about it first. Let's climb up a little bit more. We can't climb up to that old pine tree!"

Xiuxiu looked at the height of the old pine tree, it was halfway up the mountain, and it wasn't too low. She should be able to find some good things, so she agreed.

The mother and daughter continued to climb up the mountain.

Ma Ailian clenched the big wooden stick in her hand, just in case.From time to time, I would look back at Xiuxiu and tell her: "Xiuxiu, you stay close to me, mother will protect you. If something scary rushes over, I'll kill it with a stick!"

Xiuxiu couldn't help laughing, and thought to herself, mother, it's not certain which of us will protect the other!

But still very moved, which shows Ma Ailian's love for her.

Looking at Ma Ailian's hunched back and white hair, Xiuxiu secretly swore that she would make a lot of money in the future so that her family could live a good life!

After climbing up for about an hour, he finally reached the position of the pine tree.

Ma Ailian had never climbed so high before, and was about to take a rest when she suddenly heard a rustling sound from above her head.

"Girl, it's the beast coming!"

Ma Ailian let out a low cry, and immediately entered the state of combat readiness, tightly pinched the big wooden stick in her hand, and looked around calmly with her eyes.

Seeing her mother's cute look, Xiuxiu almost burst out laughing, gently tugged at the corner of her clothes, and pointed to the tree: "Mother, it's up there!"

Ma Ailian looked up and saw a big pine tree holding a bunch of pine nuts on a pine branch, gnawing its cheeks.

It turned out that the sound just now came from the squirrel.

Thinking of her fuss, Ma Ailian laughed instantly, but she didn't dare to laugh too loudly, for fear of scaring the squirrel away.

Ma Ailian said to herself: "This thing is so clever, it ran away after being frightened a little bit. Your elder brother caught a squirrel a few years ago, and the meat was delicious. I still remember the smell..."

As soon as the words were finished, the squirrel suddenly let out a cry, and fell straight from the tree to the ground.

Xiuxiu deliberately encouraged beside her and said, "Mother, why did this squirrel suddenly fall to the ground?"

Ma Ailian was also at a loss, whatever the reason, let's pick the squirrel into the basket first!

While Ma Ailian went up to pick up squirrels, Xiuxiu threw away the unused stones and clapped her hands.

The gold medal killer in the last days has assassinated countless zombies. Isn't it a piece of cake to kill a squirrel?
Just now she secretly hit the squirrel with a stone, so I can eat squirrel meat when I go back tonight!

The squirrel is dead, and there are still uneaten pine nuts in its mouth.

Ma Ailian was both surprised and happy, and while hurriedly putting the squirrel into the basket, she asked in amazement, "Why did the squirrel die all of a sudden?"

Xiuxiu pretended to be innocent: "Maybe it was too happy to eat, got dizzy, and accidentally fell from the tree and died."

Ma Ailian nodded: "Yes, it must be the reason!"

She happily put the squirrel into her back basket, and Ma Ailian was so happy that she said, "Xiuxiu, I didn't expect our mothers to have such good fortune. I picked up a squirrel for nothing. You can have some for dinner today!"

Xiuxiu pointed to a plant next to her: "Mom, what is this?"

Ma Ailian looked at the ground and saw a black hair-like plant growing on the ground, her eyes lit up: "Fat Cai!"

Nostoc is a well-known wild vegetable, named "Nostoccai" because it looks like human hair.

"Fat Cai" can not only be eaten as wild vegetables, but also used as medicine, so the price is also very expensive.

Ordinary wild vegetables can only be sold for a few cents a catty in the town, but Fa Cai can be sold for tens of dollars a catty, and a catty of Fa Cai can even be sold for more than a worker's monthly salary.

Xiuxiu smiled and said: "Mom, I don't think anyone has picked this lettuce yet, let's pick it quickly and let my second brother bring it to the town to sell."

Xiuxiu is a doomsday killer. She has studied herbology a little, so she is familiar with some herbs.

Ma Ailian is because she is older and has seen a lot, so she recognizes some of them more or less.

"Okay, I'll dig right now."

Ma Ailian didn't dare to delay, she happily dug up this piece of lettuce, weighed it, it weighed three to four catties.

This trip up the mountain was really worth it. Not only did I pick up a squirrel, but I also got three or four catties of lettuce!

Xiuxiu's basket only contained a superficial layer.

She has seen all the mountains along the way, and so far she has not encountered anything that makes her desire to receive the space.

The couple wandered around for a while, and Ma Ailian dug some bracken.

Xiuxiu found wild fruit trees such as wild mulberry, mushroom fruit, and hawthorn, but none of them bear fruit, and they don't care if they can bear fruit.

Ma Ailian's pannier was already full.

The sun was getting stronger and stronger, Ma Ailian raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, and shouted to Xiuxiu contentedly: "Girl, let's go back!"

Xiuxiu was bending over to stare at a bush, and beckoned to Ma Ailian.

(End of this chapter)