Reborn 1960之巧女当家

Chapter 24 Something Happened
The children in the family are not young anymore. They used to be taken care of by their grandma when they were young, but they can't bother the old man like this every year. The rest of the Wang family should have some opinions.

"Okay, don't run around and follow me and your mother after you go up the mountain, you know?" Xia Zhongguo was worried that the children were young and playful, so he told the children over and over again before going up the mountain. If you won't help him look after the child, it's better to look at it yourself and feel more at ease.

Early in the morning, Xia Zhongguo and Wang Ximei tied up the cuffs and trouser legs with old cloth strips before going up the mountain. At this time, there were still snakes, insects, rats and ants on the mountain.

Everyone in the family carried a basket on their backs. Xia Zhongguo and Wang Ximei also brought several cloth bags made of worn-out clothes, sickles, small hoes, machetes, and the like.

Xia Nuan also secretly brought the slingshot she made before. She is now very strong and using the slingshot is quite powerful, and it can defend herself by taking it up the mountain.

The family of six in the Xia family went up the mountain at dawn with baskets on their backs, and they met some people on the way. Dafeng Village is surrounded by mountains, so they don’t worry that the things on the mountain will be picked up, and everyone dare not Into the mountains.

Xia Zhongguo, the head of the family, walked in the front with a machete, but Wenzhi became dishonest once he went up the mountain.

"Father, I know where there are walnuts and chestnuts. If you hurry up, others will grab them..." After finishing speaking, he wanted to run out.

It’s just that before Wenzhi ran out, Xia Zhongguo grabbed the back collar. During this time, several children ran with Xia Nuan every day, and their bodies seemed to be much stronger, but Xia Zhongguo still didn’t dare to let a few of them Children run around.

"Stinky boy, what are you in a hurry for? You know where there are good things. Your father and I have lived so many years longer than you, and I know much better about where there are good things on this mountain than you, a brat like you. Don't make a fuss. "

Wen Zhi, who was hit by the blow, became quiet in an instant, and Wang Ximei didn't think it was enough to sprinkle salt on her youngest son's wound, "Should... who told you to be disobedient, obediently follow me, do you know?"

Among the few children in the family, Wen Zhi, the stinky boy, is the skinniest. He is fine in front of Xia Zhongguo. Sometimes Wang Ximei can't control this youngest son. All the good things have been robbed.

Xia Zhongguo and the others came early, they went up the mountain just after dawn, and he went straight to the biggest chestnut tree he remembered.

It was also the first time for Xia Nuan to follow up the mountain to pick mountain goods. When she got to the chestnut tree and saw the thorn balls all over the ground, she had to admire that this mountain is really a treasure mountain, but now she can’t do business and dare not go to the deep mountain. Otherwise, how could I not be able to eat.

"Wen Hao, take your younger siblings and stay away, and wait for Dad to shake the thorn balls off the tree and pick up the thorn balls on the ground together..."

Wen Hao knew that the prickly ball would hurt his body, so he quickly took Xia Nuan and the others to hide.

"Bang... bang... bang bang..." Xia Zhongguo kicked the tree trunk several times in a row, and all the mature thorn balls on the tree fell like rain.

As far as the eye could see, the ground was densely packed with thorn balls, and Xia Nuan didn't waste any time picking them up one by one into the basket, and directly put the basket on the ground and used the handle of a small hoe to hold chestnuts directly into the basket.

Now, not only Wen Hao and the others, but even Xia Zhongguo and his wife started to follow suit, but they didn't have much time to spend.

Two groups of people walked over here when Xia Zhongguo and the others were having fun picking up thorns and balls, "Second Brother Xia, you probably already picked up a lot when you came here early, what are you doing standing here so stupidly?" Don’t hurry to work.”

The people who came were the pockmarked couple from the east of the village and Li Zhu's family. After all, the things on the mountain were not his own. Xia Zhongguo didn't say anything and continued to pick up his own chestnuts.

A few more people came from behind, and when a group of people picked up all the chestnuts, they immediately dispersed to find other things, but after all, there are many Xia family members and they were the first to come, everyone has a lot of chestnuts in their back baskets .

It just rained a few days ago. In addition to picking chestnuts, hickory nuts, and pine nuts, they also found a lot of mushrooms, fungus, and mouth mushrooms in the past morning. The children focused all their attention on the wild fruits on the mountain. However, a lot of wild fruits were picked in the basket.

After the panniers and cloth pockets he brought were full, Xia Zhongguo took a few children home. Like now, this good season only comes once a year, and Wang Ximei made the family want to go back to the mountain to continue searching after eating in a hurry. Mountain goods.

The contents of the basket and pockets had all been dumped into the open space in the yard, "Wen Hao, take your younger siblings and stay at home obediently. We're going to the mountains."

In the afternoon, Xia Zhongguo and Wang Ximei planned to go a little deeper to find more things, with a few minor insecurities.

Of course, Xia Nuan also guessed their thoughts, "Father, can you take it with you, I don't want to stay at home..."

At this time, Xia Nuan didn't care about the embarrassment anymore, she just grabbed the corner of Xia Zhongguo's clothes and twisted her body and began to act coquettishly.

Normally, Xia Zhongguo would have agreed long ago, but going up the mountain is still too dangerous, and the children are safer at home.

"Nuan Nuan, you and your brother are waiting for us to come back at home. I will ask your mother to fry chestnuts for you in a few days..."

Xia Nuan had no choice but to watch Xia Zhongguo and his wife leave.

The mountain goods recovered from the mountain today must be cleaned up quickly, otherwise things like fungus will be useless after a long time.

When Xia Zhongguo went out, he locked the courtyard door. Xia Nuan and Wen Hao saw that they couldn't get out, so they simply moved the small bench to the courtyard and started to deal with these mountain goods.

Pine nuts, walnuts, and chestnuts are not in a hurry, but the mushrooms, fungus, etc. are probably going to be broken if they are not dealt with early.

The weeds and mud on the fungus and mushrooms had to be cleaned up and taken out to dry before they could be stored. Xia Zhongguo knew how to hunt before and was very familiar with the environment of going up the mountain, so he took Wang Ximei a little deeper.

But when they were almost done, they went out to look for some mountain goods outside. When Xia Nuan was working at home, she was always worried about Xia Zhongguo and Wang Ximei who were on the mountain.

Just when Xia Nuan was a little restless, she heard the commotion outside and didn't know what happened.

"Come on, big guy, hurry up and go up the mountain to save people..."

"Someone was injured on the mountain... Everyone hurry up to the mountain to help..."

When Xia Nuan and Wen Hao were working in the yard, they heard the noise of people in the village, and some of the voices came from the direction up the mountain.

After hearing what those people shouted clearly, Xia Nuan looked at her elder brother worriedly. Xia Zhongguo and Wang Ximei were also on the mountain and didn't know how the situation on the mountain was. She was a little worried and those people didn't say who was injured.

Not to mention Wen Hao, even Wen Zhi, who is usually the most heartless at home, also started to worry. They wanted to go out to ask about the situation, but the courtyard door was locked by Xia Zhongguo.

When building the house, Xia Zhongguo deliberately used stones and mud to build a wall nearly two meters high, considering safety issues.

Wen Zhi couldn't help crying loudly, "Brother... I want my parents, I want to find my parents..." Even Wen Hua couldn't help but have red eyes.

As the eldest brother, Wen Hao was of course also worried, not to mention whether they could go out, even if they could, he would not let Wen Zhi and the others go up the mountain.

Wen Hao knew that he had to appease his younger siblings first, "Wen Zhi, you are a boy who will be useless if you cry, and besides, Dad is so powerful that he often runs up the mountain and it will be fine. People outside said someone You didn't say it was your father and mother even if you were injured!"

"Really? Brother, you didn't lie to me?" Wen Zhi asked Wen Hao pitifully with tears on his face.

Knowing that Xia Zhongguo used to be a hunter, Xia Nuan was still a little worried about their safety, "Brother, I want to go to the mountain to see..." She finally had parents who love her, and she didn't want any of them to have an accident.

"Nuan Nuan, what are you talking about, what can you do as a girl going up the mountain, just stay at home." Wen Hao didn't expect Wen Zhi and Wen Hua to be comforted by himself, but Xia Nuan, the younger sister, had an idea.

(End of this chapter)