As Tian Xiaochun and his companions walked further and further away, their figures soon disappeared at the end of the hillside.

There was no one in sight and the area near the ditch gradually became quiet. Changsheng simply sat on the edge of the ditch, put his legs on the wall, and chatted with Tian Xiaoman in a casual manner.

"Xiao Man, you didn't fall, did you?"

"Xiao Man, don't be afraid, your uncle is here with you!"

"Xiao Man, are you hungry? I have two handfuls of freshly picked dates in my pocket. How about I throw some down to you to fill your stomach?"

Tian Xiaoman didn't have time to respond to Changsheng's adult-like words, as she had important things to do.

what's up?

To dig for treasures, of course!

"Uncle, please sit down by the ditch. Don't fall in accidentally like I did. I just found pheasant eggs over there. I'll go see if there are any more that have fallen."

Tian Xiaoman dived into the grass at the end of the ditch. Changsheng only had time to see a piece of brown clothes of Tian Xiaoman before he disappeared.

He stood up and looked in the direction where Tian Xiaoman disappeared, and loudly reminded Tian Xiaoman to be careful.

"Xiao Man, if you have any problem, call me. Your uncle will protect you!"

The corners of Tian Xiaoman's mouth twitched again. This kid, is he addicted to being an elder?

You are two years younger than me. If something happens, will it be too late for me to call you? I am afraid you will need me to protect you.

Tian Xiaoman said he was going to look for pheasant eggs, but in fact he was just hiding in the bushes to dig ginseng.

She dug for a while and felt that the progress was very slow, but there was nothing useful in the ditch.

So she asked Changsheng to find two sticks as thick as an adult's fingers in the woods beside the ditch.

Well, with the "tools", digging the soil is indeed a lot easier.

But even so, it took her almost an hour to dig out the "treasure".

Tian Xiaoman shook off the soil attached to it. Hmm, it was quite big. The roots - could only be said to be fairly intact. After all, this was her first time doing this, and she didn't have any suitable tools. It was already pretty good that she could dig it out like this.

Changsheng was a little anxious as Tian Xiaoman had not shown up for a long time. He stood by the ditch and shouted a few more times until Tian Xiaoman responded. Then Changsheng sat by the ditch with peace of mind, muttering to himself, not knowing what he was saying. It seemed that he was encouraging Tian Xiaoman, but also seemed to be encouraging himself.

A fluttering sound immediately alerted Tian Xiaoman.

She had been in the ditch for such a long time and the bottom of the ditch was very quiet. Now the sudden sound made Tian Xiaoman feel a little creepy.

She looked in the direction where the sound came from. It was on the other side of the ditch, but it was still far away and she couldn't see anything clearly.

Tian Xiaoman had a bold guess, but she didn't know if her guess was right. She could only try her best to hide herself in the bushes and remain silent.

After a while, a colorful pheasant appeared in the field of vision.

Tian Xiaoman looked carefully and was shocked to find that this pheasant was the one they had failed to catch halfway up the mountain.

Changsheng, who was standing by the ditch, was about to let out a cry of surprise when he saw Tian Xiaoman, who was hiding quietly at the bottom of the ditch, making a gesture to him to keep quiet.

He immediately swallowed back the exclamation that was about to come out of his mouth.

The pheasant flapped its wings and came closer and closer, making a cackling sound as it walked.

When the pheasant came near the grass, it flapped its wings even more vigorously, then ran and jumped into the grass, and very skillfully came to the place where Tian Xiaoman had picked up pheasant eggs before.

But in the next second, the pheasant didn't see its eggs, and it made a puzzled sound and turned around several times, as if wondering where its pheasant eggs had gone.

Tian Xiaoman looked at the pheasant so close to her and a bold idea came to her mind. She tiptoed closer and then suddenly made a move, trying to pounce on the pheasant.

The pheasant seemed to sense something. It turned around and saw Tian Xiaoman approaching it, so it immediately flapped its wings and dodged.

Tian Xiaoman did not give up. He kept fighting with the chicken for several rounds. The final outcome was of course that Tian Xiaoman won a great victory.

Tian Xiaoman held the pheasant's neck with one hand and his waist with the other, and stood at the bottom of the ditch with his head held high and his chest puffed out.

The little girl's brows relaxed and her smile became even wider. She seemed to be saying to Changsheng, "Look, I caught it. Isn't it awesome?"

Obviously, Changsheng also understood what Tian Xiaoman meant from her movements and expressions. He cooperated very well and praised her, "Xiaoman, you are really amazing. You can even catch a pheasant."

The pheasant cackled many times in Tian Xiaoman's hands and flapped its wings, trying to struggle to escape.

But Tian Xiaoman didn't give it this chance at all and pinched the chicken's wings tightly.

Want to leave? No way! Just wait to become a delicacy on our dinner table!

The sky gradually darkened, and just when the two people on the upper and lower ditch were getting a little anxious, footsteps were finally heard from the direction where Tian Xiaochun disappeared, and several figures slowly approached.

As they got closer, Changsheng on the edge of the ditch was the first to recognize that it was his elder brother Tian Changqing and his eldest cousin Tian Danian, and of course, Tian Xiaochun who had returned to report the news.

Tian Danian, who was walking in the front, held a bundle of ropes in his hand and carried an empty sack on his back. Even Tian Changqing carried an empty sack on his back.

"Brother, Brother Danian, you are finally here."

On the way, Tian Danian was always thinking about his little girl and his face looked very bad.

Is the fourth child in their family unlucky recently? He just fell from a tree a few days ago, and now he fell into the ditch? Why not find some time and let his wife take the children to the temple to worship the Buddha?

It was not until he saw the little girl at the bottom of the ditch, looking a little disheveled but in very good spirits, that Tian Danian finally put his heart at ease.

"Don't worry, my daughter. Dad is here."

Tian Danian and Tian Changqing discussed how to get Tian Xiaoman out of the ditch, while Tian Xiaochun took the empty sacks from the two adults.

"Dad, Uncle Changqing, you guys are busy. My uncle and I are going to pick dates from the trees halfway up the mountain."

Just now, Tian Xiaoman suddenly rolled to the bottom of the ditch, and he had not had time to pick all the dates on the tree.

This is a big harvest and we can’t miss it. So the adults in the family came with empty sacks, and after they are all picked, they will carry the sacks back home.

Changsheng wanted to stay and help, but he was just a kid and there was really no way he could help. In the end, he was driven by Tian Changqing to help Tian Xiaochun pick dates.

Changsheng felt very aggrieved. He was also Xiaoman's uncle. Why could his elder brother stay here to help, but he couldn't?

——Wow, I really want to grow up quickly!

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