An eight-year-old kid emptied his scumbag father's warehouse and followed his grandparents into

When they were walking by the stream just now, the water was crystal clear and the pebbles were shimmering in the waves, casting mottled shadows.

Sometimes I walk barefoot in the water, the cool stream flows over the instep, and the fine sand flows between the toes, bringing a tingling sensation; sometimes I step on the freshly cut tree stumps and jump a few times, feeling the wet and slippery touch on the soles of my feet.

When we were about to go ashore and put on our shoes, we suddenly felt something sticky on the soles of our feet, as if we had stepped on some sticky substance. Every step we took made a slight "crunching" sound, and the soles of our feet even felt like they were being pulled.

A closer look revealed that the originally white soles of the feet were actually pitch black, covered with a layer of black dirt. When washed with stream water, the stain not only did not fall off, but became even more sticky under the action of water.

I washed for a long time but couldn't get it clean. Wiping with straw and leaves only made the stains spread, forming ugly gray-black patches on the soles of my feet.

"Miss, this needs to be rubbed with a stone." Zhengyue saw that everyone used straw and leaves to rub for a long time, but they didn't rub off much of the stubborn stain, and instead stained their fingertips black.

She simply stopped rubbing and nimbly jumped onto a rough stone, rubbing her heels hard against the edges and corners. The rough surface of the stone was like sandpaper, and with a "rustling" sound, the effect was much better, and the black stains began to fall off in pieces.

Seeing that this method worked, everyone followed suit. Suddenly, the stream was filled with a rustling sound. Some people rubbed their feet red from excessive force, but they still continued this unique "foot washing" ritual with great pleasure.

"Xi'er, sit down." Xu Zize maintained his gentlemanly demeanor all the way, choosing dry roads to walk on. There was not a single drop of water stain on his shoes and trouser legs. He did not slip his shoes into the water, and he was secretly thankful for that.

Seeing Jing Chunxi was busy watching others' funny foot-washing movements, laughing so hard that he fell backwards, and hadn't started yet, he simply pointed to a flat stone and asked Jing Chunxi to sit on it: "Brother Xiaokang will help you."

He then picked up a rough, palm-sized pebble covered in fine, uneven lines. He knelt down and lifted Jing Chunxi's trouser legs, revealing her slender ankles. In the sunlight, the girl's skin was as lustrous as the finest mutton-fat jade, making him want to touch it.

"No hurry, let me play for a while." Jing Chunxi slapped his hands away and swung her legs playfully. Her two white and tender feet kept slapping the water, splashing crystal water.

The cool stream water made her feel extremely comfortable, and her toes curled and stretched playfully, like lively little fish.

Xu Zize reluctantly stood up and found a dry rock to sit on. He continued to play with the pebble in his palm, his eyes fixed on the pair of adorable, white, tender feet in the water. They kept turning in the water, sometimes overlapping, sometimes separating. The sunlight filtered through the water, casting moving spots of light on his skin. Suddenly, he had the urge to pick them up, knead them, and caress them.

After Zhengyue finished washing his feet and found a rough pebble to help him, Jing Chunxi finally lifted his feet out of the water. Drops of water slid down his insteps, sparkling in the sunlight.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Xu Zize couldn't help her scrub her feet anymore. He could only watch with regret as Zhengyue squatted down and carefully polished her jade feet with a stone.

It wasn't until Zhengyue had scrubbed Jing Chunxi's feet clean, and Jing Chunxi shook them to let the water dry naturally before putting on her embroidered shoes, that Xu Zize reluctantly withdrew his gaze from her feet. The rubbing of her feet had turned a light pink, like the petals of a newly opened peach.

As we climbed the mountain, Uncle Sijiu's rough hands repeatedly slapped his collar, which was stained with sap. "The trees growing near Leizhou are a bit strange. They don't seem to grow anywhere else. We haven't even seen them in Cangwu County." His voice was filled with helplessness. "Whenever the trunks are damaged or felled, they ooze a white sap, as if they were injured. It's sticky like honey, but much more difficult to deal with."

He pointed to the side, and everyone followed his finger. It was a massive tree, over ten feet tall, with an upright, thick trunk. The bark was gray-brown, covered in vertical cracks. Uncle Sijiu leaped upwards, breaking off a young branch. The broken end immediately oozed a milky white sap, glistening like pearls in the sunlight.

The leaflets on the branches are oblong, arranged in groups of three, with smooth satin surfaces. The young leaves are bright reddish-brown, while the old leaves turn into a deep dark green.

"This tree sap is very strange," Uncle Sijiu wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, the sleeve already stiff from repeatedly wiping the tools. "If it stays on the skin for too long, it will slowly turn black, like a layer of paint. What's even more terrible is that it will burn the skin, painful and itchy, worse than being bitten by a leech. While felling trees, the brothers' arms were covered with red rashes, and if they scratched them, yellow water would ooze."

"There are many miasma and poisonous plants in Lingnan, and I'm afraid it might be some poisonous tree." Jing Changjiang frowned upon hearing this. He quickly raised his voice and reminded, "You must remind the brothers to be careful and minimize contact. Especially wounds, be sure not to let this tree sap come into contact with them."

He looked around, his eyes sweeping over each of them sternly. "Don't break branches when you go down the mountain, or you'll get poisoned and cry for help. It's not easy to find a doctor in these deep mountains and old forests."

Having said that, Jing Chunxi mentally glanced at the row of medicine shelves in front of the space, wanting to see if there were any good medicines for treatment, but this time she was disappointed.

The front medicine shelves were empty.