Don't panic in a famine, I live in the mountains with my golden finger

"It's really strange. I clearly saw it still there just now, but how come it disappeared after turning a corner?" The coachman driving the carriage didn't know if there was something wrong with his eyes for a moment, and quickly stopped the carriage.

"What's wrong?" Since entering the forest, the route has been difficult to travel, and the carriage has been stumbling. Xiao Tao has been paying attention to this route to prevent the accident like last time from happening again.

He opened the curtain and walked out.

"Miss, why did you come out? It's very dirty here." Xiao Tao was a little surprised when she saw Wu Shiya coming out right behind her. She stepped forward to help her. The road here is very dirty, so she must not dirty the lady's shoes.

"It's okay. I'm a little tired from sitting, so I got off and took a walk. Why did you stop suddenly?" Wu Shiya looked around. There was nothing interesting, just trees.

"Miss, I lost you. There are many bends here, and there are several forks in the road. The trees block our view and we can't see you anymore." The coachman hunched his body slightly, not daring to look up.

"What use is there to you? Where was your last sighting?"

"Miss, calm down." Xiao Tao tried to comfort Wu Shiya, looked around and frowned.

"Miss, I remember it was on the right, but..."

Wu Shiya looked at the direction the driver pointed to the right and cursed, "How is that possible? No one has dared to go into that deep forest since the accident. Do you think the miasma in there is a joke? It's definitely not."

Wu Shiya looked at the route on the left again and was even more afraid to go there. There was a cliff at the end of it. She had heard from her father before that many people who went there to look for game had fallen to their deaths.

It's a dead end anyway, and I'm not desperate, so why should I choose?

"Damn it, I got fooled. That guy must have known someone was following him. Really."

"Let's go back first. We must not take any risks on these two roads."

Wu Shiya made a decision immediately.

Why is it that every time I come to look for Hsinchu Village, such an accident always happens?

I am becoming more and more curious about where exactly that Hsinchu Village is.

Xuyuan easily shook off the little tail following him, drove Dahua directly into the cave entrance and closed the door.

Keep this place safe!

Xu Yuan used his consciousness to give instructions to the mutant vines planted beside the cave entrance. Those vines seemed to have heard it and shook their leaves slightly, as if in response.

There are only a few houses on the path leading to Xuyuan's house, and it is very concentrated. The gates of the courtyards are closed at this time, and there are few children on the roadside early in the morning.

The village was quiet, but from time to time one could hear the crowing of roosters. The villagers had made some money from bean sprouts, so they bought some chicks and larger hens and roosters to raise.

Xu Yuan didn't plan to raise chickens. After all, he has too many things to do now and is too busy.

"Sister, you're back. Are you hungry? There's still some breakfast in the pot."

Xu Zhi just came out of the vegetable garden in the backyard and brushed off the dust on his body.

"I'm not hungry. Take these buns in. They're still a little warm. Eat them while they're hot."

"There are fruits and plenty of them."

He hasn't gotten up yet.

"They went to play with brother Qingming."

"Sister, why are there so many bamboo sieves on the cart?"

Xu Zhi moved the things on the cart into the utility room and looked at five or six bamboo sieves and bamboo mats.

"Are you seeing things? I didn't buy that many." Xu Yuan pulled the big flowers to the shed and tied them up, then walked over.

It seems that Liu Zhushan secretly put it there when I wasn't paying attention.

He is also a person who will repay a favor.

"Sister, what are you going to do with all these bamboo sieves?"

"Let's take it to the utility room first. Isn't the wooden board covering the pot very old? Replace it and use a bamboo sieve."

Xu Zhi nodded, went into the utility room, cleared out a suitable spot, and started putting things in.

Xu Yuan moved the food from the cart into the kitchen, put it in the backpack, and sat down to rest for a while.

The sun outside was very strong. Normally, when Xuanyu and Heguozi fed Dahua, they would shovel Dahua's feces outside the bamboo shed with a small shovel, so there was a pile of dried cow dung now.

After Xuyuan sat for a while, he put on a tattered straw hat, carried a hoe and went to the open space on the other side of the bamboo shed where the manure was piled.

He began to break the dried feces into small pieces and then slowly spread them out to allow them to fully absorb the sun and dry. He called out to the utility room, "Xiaozhi, are you free now? Bring me a dustpan to collect the ashes from the stove."

"Sister, there are still some left. We will finish moving them soon. I will load them over to you later."

"Okay." Xu Yuan continued to shovel the dry feces. There was a bit of smell in the bamboo shed, so he decided to sprinkle some firewood ash on it. Dahua had been tied to the pillar on the other side of the yard by himself.

"Sister, here I come, where are these?"

"Give it to me and I'll do it. You can get another hoe and deal with the manure like I did."

Xu Yuan took the winnowing basket from Xu Zhi's hand, entered the bamboo shed, and began to pour the dirt evenly everywhere. Fortunately, there was wind blowing from top to bottom, so it wasn't too stuffy inside. There was also some sunlight coming in, and the ground wasn't very wet.

He made a wish quickly and continued to deal with the pile of dry feces.

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When Gu Qingming was woken up by his mother today, he was very confused. This was not his bed, nor his room.

Why did I sleep here?

Where is big brother?

Xu Qing saw that Gu Qingming was still sleepy, looking around aimlessly, and he didn't know what he was looking at. "Silly boy, you are still not awake. Look for your elder brother, your elder brother has already gone to the county town to study."

county seat?

Gu Qingming instantly remembered what happened in his eldest brother's room last night, "Mother, I want to go to the county town with my eldest brother. Didn't father want to send my eldest brother there? Why didn't he call me?"

"Humph, big brother is a liar."

Gu Qingming was a little annoyed.

"Okay, it's still dark when your elder brother goes to the county town, how can mother let you go with him?"

"Mom, I haven't been to the county town for a long time. I almost forgot what it looks like. I have visited all the places in the village, but it's not fun here. I really want to go out and see the world." Gu Qingming looked at his mother pitifully, his face puffed up.

Xu Qing looked at her youngest son with amusement and pinched Gu Qingming's little face. "Don't be angry. Next time, Mom will take you there. You can go around the village. You must find it boring to be alone at home. Later, you can get up, clean up, eat something, and go find Guozi and the others to play."

"Yeah, it's not fun for me to be alone at home. I'll go play with Guozi and the others later."

Xu Qing touched Gu Qingming's head and said softly, "Then you must be careful when you play. Remember what your mother told you not to go to. Do you understand?"

Gu Qingming nodded obediently.