amaotonovel Chapter 107 Finding Chestnuts
Chapter 107 Finding Chestnuts
Xia Qingyue and the others chatted for a while and finalized a plan. Just like yesterday, they would first pick wild vegetables and mushrooms in the woods, and then head to the downstream of the stream they had visited yesterday to look for chestnuts.
From a distance, Tan Xiaozhu squinted her eyes and observed the reactions of the Li family. Seeing that they looked normal, she felt relieved.
If Han Zhibai had told the truth about her, the Li family wouldn't be so calm.
Staring at the group's backs as they walked further and further away, Tan Xiaozhu slowly stood up and emerged from the darkness with a cold look in his eyes.
On the way to the stream, Heihei and Xiaobai walked slowly, looking back from time to time, which attracted Xia Qingyue's attention.
"Han Zhibai, do you think Xiaobai and Heihei have been a little strange these past two days, distracted by looking behind them?"
Han Zhibai also happened to notice it, "It's a bit strange."
"Have we been targeted by some ferocious beast in the forest?" She looked around and felt a chill in her heart.
Han Zhibai thought, it is not impossible.
As his thoughts turned, he remembered the woman who had followed him yesterday evening. Could that person still be following him?
Han Zhibai was thinking about something, frowning slightly.
Xia Qingyue noticed that Han Zhibai's expression was not right, "What's wrong with you?"
Han Zhibai glanced at her and asked without hesitation, "Have you encountered a woman following you these days?"
This statement made no sense and everyone was puzzled.
Xia Qingyue responded quickly, "Girl? What kind of girl?"
Since Han Zhibai said so, it means that he must have met a woman who was following him recently. The times are different now. The appearance of a woman alone in the forest is not an easy matter. You can refer to the previous case of Tan Xiaozhu.
She added, "Wait a minute, everyone, don't walk slowly, gather together and talk, let's keep walking, maybe that person is following us!"
Everyone continued to move.
Chen Yuzhen and Li Benfu were quick to react and chatted happily with smiles on their faces.
Chen Dawei, Li Weikang and others responded with a smile.
While they were talking, Han Zhibai whispered, "From the sound of her voice, it was a young woman, very smelly and dirty, like a ghost, and she wanted to ask me for food."
Xia Qingyue asked, "What about appearance?"
"I didn't look carefully, so I can't remember clearly."
"Oh, yes, she has long hair."
"What?" She was stunned.
In that situation, he didn't even look at what the other person looked like! ?
She glanced at Han Zhibai with a strange look.
Han Zhibai was trying hard to recall what happened yesterday evening and didn't notice the look Xia Qingyue gave him. After thinking for a while, he still couldn't remember anything.
"I just can't remember."
"Okay." Xia Qingyue was a little disappointed.
"Then how did you get rid of her in the end?" Li Weikan asked curiously.
Han Zhibai looked straight ahead with a calm expression, "I knocked her out."
Hearing this, the other people all showed surprised expressions.
Li Weisheng suggested: "We don't know who it is, so how about we hide and catch her first?"
"I'm afraid that won't work. That person is probably very alert. How about this, let's go find some chestnuts first, hunt in the woods and grill them. Doesn't she want to eat them? Can she resist the smell?"
A sneer appeared on Xia Qingyue's lips. In fact, she suspected that the woman was Tan Xiaozhu.
If it were an ordinary person, who was beaten up by Han Zhibai yesterday, and knew that they were not easy to mess with, he still followed them today. He was so "tenacious". She would never believe that he didn't approach with a strong purpose.
She glanced at Li Weisheng and decided not to say this guess out loud for the time being, so as not to alert the enemy.
This method was unanimously recognized by everyone.
On the way, they walked and chatted as usual. When they reached the downstream of the stream they had visited yesterday, Han Zhibai led the way and turned to the woods on the left.
As they walked, Han Zhibai stopped, pointed to something in the bush and said, "There are taro over there."
"Where, where?" Li Weisheng walked forward and took a look. Sure enough, he saw several plants with large leaves.
Chen Yuzhen and the others came over to take a look, all with smiles on their faces, saying that they were very lucky to have found wild taro.
Only Xia Qingyue was standing aside and watching. When she saw Li Weisheng picking up a hoe to dig, she hurried forward and, using the help of someone behind her to block her, quickly said:
"This is not taro, but something that looks like taro but is poisonous. It's called Dripping Guanyin!"
"Ah?" The hoe in Li Weisheng's hand slipped, and he grabbed it in time to prevent it from falling.
"But let's dig some out anyway, but everyone must not touch it or eat its juice."
They dug up a few plants of Weeping Goddess of Mercury and put them individually in a backpack.
When they entered the forest, Tan Xiaozhu, who followed behind, walked to the place where the weeping angel was growing. She stared at the disturbed soil, jealousy flaring in her eyes, and said bitterly: "How come they always find food!"
Gulu gulu——
Her flat belly played the role of the empty city stratagem.
She couldn't find anything to eat yesterday and has been hungry since last night.
Tan Xiaozhu followed cautiously into the woods. After following for a distance, Xia Qingyue and the others stopped under a big tree. She hid in the bushes and peeped. She saw several men, some of whom climbed up the trees and hit the trees with wooden sticks. Things fell down like rain.
The distance was a bit far so she couldn't see clearly, but she could probably guess that they had found something edible again.
Thinking of food, Tan Xiaozhu became even hungrier.
Xia Qingyue and her friends found the chestnut tree.
There were chestnuts growing on the tall trees, and a lot of them had fallen under the trees, but there weren't many good chestnuts. Most of them were bad, and the chestnuts had thorny shells on the outside.
As the men cracked chestnuts on the ground, more and more chestnuts fell off.
Some of them rolled to Xia Qingyue's feet, and she picked up a few chestnuts without thorns. They were slightly smaller than plums, and their shells were smooth and hard.
Chen Yuzhen took a chestnut, brushed off the dust, and took a few bites. She didn't bite it open, leaving a few tooth marks on the shell. "This chestnut looks very good. It tastes good whether it is stewed or cooked in the fire. The only downside is that it is difficult to peel."
"Aunt, I know a way to remove the shell and the skin inside. That is to add enough hot water to soak the chestnuts. After soaking for a quarter of an hour, take out the chestnuts, cut a slit on them with a knife, and break them open with your hands. Keep them clean."
"Hey, I'll try it when I get home tonight."
The men took turns climbing the tree to pick chestnuts. They did not hit the trunk or branches, as this would damage the tree and result in fewer fruits next year.
The chestnuts on the trees had been picked almost all, so everyone picked them up together. Most of the chestnuts had burrs on the shells, so they found stones to hit them. The men took on this job, and Xia Qingyue and Chen Yuzhen were responsible for picking the chestnuts.
At noon, Han Zhibai took Heihei, Xiaobai and several men from the Li family to go hunting as planned. Xia Qingyue and Chen Yuzhen stayed behind to take care of the finishing work.
"Qingyue, I wonder if it's Tan Xiaozhu who is following us?"