novelAbuy Chapter 246 - 242 Unconcerned with Shu
Chapter 246 - 242 Unconcerned with Shu
Chapter 246: Chapter 242 Unconcerned with ShuXuanbao happily handed He Xinghua a pheasant and a hare, "Pretty sister, this is for you, thank you!"
He Xinghua still wanted to refuse, but Ruo Xuan didn’t give her a chance to speak. She continued, "I know pheasants and hares are hard to catch, but I have practiced martial arts since I was little. Catching hares and pheasants really just depends on whether I want to or not. Don’t be polite with me. If I want to catch pheasants and hares, I can catch a hundred or so in an afternoon. And it’s not just pheasants, I can kill a wild boar with one punch. So a pheasant and a hare really aren’t a big deal!"
He Xinghua: "...."
Suddenly feeling envious of the little girl’s skills, aren’t you?
If she had these skills, her family wouldn’t be so poor.
Five hares and two pheasants, caught in less than five sentences!
But this little girl has been practicing martial arts since she was a child? Looking at Ruo Xuan, she wondered just how young ’since she was little’ really meant. It couldn’t have been since she was in her mother’s womb, could it?
Granny Lei saw He Xinghua’s reluctance and said considerately, "Miss, if you feel embarrassed, you can bring a hoe from home to help us dig for ’Five-fingered peachroot.’ You just helped us, and Xuanbao is a grateful child. She will still be preoccupied if you don’t accept the pheasant and hare. Now, if you help us dig for medicinal herbs this afternoon and then accept the pheasant and hare, how about that? Just now, outside your yard, I smelled the scent of medicinal soup, so I guess there’s a sick person at home. Although the pheasant doesn’t have much meat, making a soup from it can still be nourishing."
He Xinghua no longer acted coy. She really did want the pheasant and hare, but she didn’t like to take advantage of others. However, helping to dig for the afternoon’s herbs in exchange wasn’t the same as taking advantage. So, she readily agreed, "Okay, I will first bring food to my parents, and then I’ll come back to help dig for the herbs."
Today, her parents and younger brother were planting trees in the mountains, and they happened to have hoes, so she could just take one and help.
Granny Lei nodded, "Go ahead then!"
He Xinghua, carrying the food basket, hurried into the mountain.
Her family also cut and sold wood in the mountains. To ensure future generations would always have trees to cut, the villagers adhered to a policy of cutting one tree and planting another. The trees that each family planted would belong to them once grown, but it takes an agonizingly long time for trees to mature, especially the high-quality ones.
Now, to find good timber, people had to
They had over a hundred jin of herbs in total!
He Xinghua had run back home earlier to fetch two sacks for packing, and the siblings could help carry the herbs down the mountain. But how could the elderly and the young one get home?
She then said, "Granny, which village do you live in? With so many herbs, we’ll carry them down the mountain for you and even find a ox cart to have my brother take you home!"
Granny Lei laughed and said, "No need; my son will come to pick me up. He’s probably waiting at the village entrance by now! You just help me take the herbs to the village entrance."
Only then did Granny Lei remember that she had agreed to meet her youngest son at the village entrance around this time and he must be getting anxious.
At that moment, Ruo He’s voice came from the foot of the mountain: "Mom, Xuanbao. Mom, Xuanbao...."
Ruo Xuan promptly responded loudly, "Third Uncle! We are here!"
Hearing the reply, Ruo He ran up and, seeing his grandmother and sister safe and sound, he sighed with relief.
Ruo He had waited at the village entrance for almost half an hour and, getting worried, he ventured into the village to look for them.
He had asked almost every household but found no one, with only one family mentioning they had seen the grandmother and granddaughter going up the mountain.
He did not care about his cart; leaving it at the base, he had come up the mountain to look for them.