After crossing, I look forward to the three stepmothers leaving the singles every day

Chapter 10 Sour
Nan Xing, who had just finished counting, heard their conversation and smiled back: "What are you talking about, I was just counting."

"Count?" Qiu Ju and Chun Mei stared wide-eyed, feeling that those numbers were all in the air, and hearing them gave them a headache.

"That's right, I was just counting the number of households in our Xiaozhai Village, and I also counted the ones in Shijiao Village and Qingping Village nearby." Nan Xing explained with a smile.

They only thought that Nan Xing was passing the time, but Nan Xing had this kind of calculation in his heart. If he wanted to develop business nearby in the future, he had to know the approximate population of the place. What kind of things, how is the character...

When she thought of Jiang Yanhua's face, her head started to hurt, and she wondered if a marriage could be successfully facilitated here in the future.

In addition, people are the main force of consumption, and this place is too backward.

With just one glance, she knew that she still had to go out to make money in the future.

Looking around, there are only a few sporadic houses that are passable, and the others are basically thatched cottages, and there is no suspense that they are all poor households.

"It's almost time to rest, let's go." Nan Xing walked straight along the mountain road, zigzagging up quickly.

Qiu Ju and Chun Mei, who were walking behind, couldn't help but mutter: "Why is the little lady so energetic now?"

Hearing this, Nan Xing replied silently in her heart: "Fortunately, Miss Ben used to go to exercise every now and then, so her foundation is not bad."

Qiu Ju and Chun Mei could only watch her go farther and farther. Nan Xing had already started to pick the wild fruit, so they followed her pantingly. It's astringent and not tasty."

The two of them saw that Nan Xing was desperately trying to pick it up as if she didn't want money, and interrupted her immediately.

Otherwise, take it off and don't eat it, it looks like a waste.

Moreover, I feel very tired climbing up, and even more tired carrying it back from the mountain. The two of them don't want to waste their energy in vain.

Nan Xing seemed to see through the two of them's thoughts, smiled, and urged: "You two, don't dawdle, come and help. If you leave this wild fruit here and don't pick it, it will either be eaten by insects or ants, or it will rot sooner or later. On the tree, we picked it back so that it would not grow in vain."

"It's a waste to take it back. This wild fruit is sour and astringent. One bite will make people's teeth sour..." Qiu Ju and Chunmei murmured for a moment, hesitated for a while, and finally rolled up their sleeves to help. But they were half a head shorter than Nan Xing, so many wild fruits couldn't reach them.

At this time, the stick that Chunmei had been holding played a big role.

She raised the stick and hit the top of the tree, causing many wild fruits to fall.

After beating for a while, she got tired, so she replaced Qiu Ju with the beating, and finally stopped when both of them couldn't reach with sticks.

Looking at the wild fruits that fell on the ground, Nan Xing was very satisfied, and quickly asked them to pick them up and put them in their respective baskets.

Seeing that the two baskets were full, Chunmei picked them up and tried it, and said, "There should be about twenty catties here."

In other words, each basket contained about ten catties of wild fruits.

Nan Xing still felt that it wasn't enough. She looked at the wild fruits left on the tree, and then at the two overstuffed panniers on the ground, and found that they really couldn't fit. Then she withdrew her greedy gaze and thought: "Forget it, let's just pick so many this time, wait for two days, and come up to pick again."

So, Nan Xing, Qiu Ju and Chun Mei went down the mountain with two baskets on their backs.

When they reached the middle of the mountain, they found that Lu Jingyou and Mo Xi were also there.

Nan Xing walked over to greet them, and then asked with surprise: "What a coincidence, Little Doctor Lu, why are you here?"

When Lu Jingyou saw the three of them, he also felt a little surprised. He glanced at the heavy panniers behind them, and replied with a smile, "I just had nothing to do, so I went up the mountain to look for herbs. I never expected to meet you here."

Can encounter, is not very normal?

Their home is at the foot of the mountain.

Nan Xing followed his voice and saw Mo Xi's small back basket, which contained a small hoe and some strange herbs.

For some reason, and whether it's an illusion, Nan Xing always feels that Mo Xi doesn't look so friendly when she looks at her.

Suddenly, Lu Jingyou let out an 'huh', sniffed, and a fresh fruity scent came in directly.

A trace of curiosity flashed across his eyes, and he asked, "Little lady, what are you carrying on your back?"

"Do you want to taste the wild fruit picked on the mountain?" Nan Xing asked with a smile.

"Okay." Lu Jingyou replied bluntly.

Mo Xi also smelled the strong fruity scent, and he swallowed instantly out of greed.

Qiu Ju and Chun Mei looked at them, hesitated to speak, their faces changed several expressions in succession.

It's just that Lu Jingyou and Mo Xi's focus was on the wild fruit, so they didn't notice the change in their expressions.

Nan Xing smiled, opened the pannier neatly, and said generously: "Come on, you can choose for yourself, choose whichever you like, and whichever you think is sweet."

Seeing this, Qiu Ju and Chun Mei pursed their lips and smiled, thinking that Nan Xing was a bit bad.

In this way, if they eat something sour, they can only blame their own luck.

In fact, everyone in Xiaozhai Village knows that they are sour and astringent, and only people from outside will be deceived by their appearance.

Sure enough, both Lu Jingyou and Mo Xi picked out one that they thought was big and beautiful, and they thought it would be sweet to the core, so they took a big bite...

Especially Mo Xi, who ate fast and anxiously, the sour and astringent taste instantly overwhelmed his taste buds, so sour that his eyes were narrowed and his whole face was wrinkled. The skin is still ugly, and there are several "woo-woo" sounds from the mouth...

Obviously, Lu Jingyou didn't expect the wild fruit to be so sour. As soon as his teeth chattered, he spit out all the wild fruit he was chewing.

"Pfft!" Nan Xing, Qiu Ju and Chun Mei couldn't help but grit their teeth after seeing their expressions, and almost laughed while covering their stomachs.

While rinsing his mouth with water, Lu Jingyou said strangely: "Little lady, this apricot fruit is sour and astringent, why do you still let us eat it?"

Nan Xing stopped his laughter, and corrected him righteously: "Little doctor Lu, this wild fruit is picked from the mountain, and we haven't tasted every one of them, so how do we know if it's sour and astringent? You picked it yourself."

Lu Jingyou was taken aback for a moment, and the reason seemed to be such a reason.

I thought to myself, if they all know that it is sour and astringent, why would they pick so many?
Lu Jingyou couldn't find a reason to refute, so Mo Xi was even more confused. He only felt that his mouth was extremely sour and his teeth were weak.

"It turns out that this wild fruit is called Xingguo, little doctor Lu, you really have a lot of knowledge." Nan Xing praised with a smile, a bit suspicious of changing the subject.

Lu Jingyou smiled sheepishly, thinking that this is just an ordinary apricot fruit, a doctor should know how to identify herbs, and it is normal to be able to recognize them.

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(End of this chapter)