"Fourth Grandpa, my mother picked some peaches on the mountain. They are crispy and sweet, so delicious. She wants us to exchange them for something..."

Dalang felt a little embarrassed. He knew that Fourth Grandpa and his family had taken great care of them. Originally, these peaches should have been given to them to eat, but the family was really short of this and that. Making such a request made him feel a little embarrassed.

As soon as Ye Siye heard it, he understood and quickly called Simao grandma.

"Simao, call your grandma!"

"Hey!"

Simao, who was playing nearby, winked at Dalang and the others and ran to the back. Grandma Ye Si was tending to the vegetables in the vegetable garden at the back. When she heard what Simao said, she hurried over.

"Da Lang, what do you want to change?"

"Fourth Grandma, please feel free to use anything you find at home. We really are short of everything..."

Dalang's face turned red with embarrassment, and he really didn't know how to start.

Grandma Ye Si understood as soon as she heard it. She knew that Lin Yue had exchanged all the usable items in the house for food. What else could she have? It was said that even the bowls for eating were broken, and it was the village chief's family who compensated them.

Grandma Ye Si thought about it and dragged out a wooden basin from the corner of the room.

"This wooden basin is leaking a little. Ask your fourth grandfather to fix it and it will be usable."

Dalang's eyes lit up when he saw it. He thought that with this wooden basin, they could take a bath and also hold things, which was very convenient.

"Thank you, Fourth Grandma. Please accept this peach."

"Okay, okay! But I can't eat so much! Simao, just take a few and eat them!"

As Grandma Ye Si spoke, she went back into the house to look for something.

Several men and Simao squatted beside him and watched Fourth Grandpa repair the wooden basin.

Mr. Ye Si asked with concern while repairing the wooden basin.

"Where's your mother?"

"My mother went into the mountains. She said that the house at home needed to be repaired. She wanted to see if she could hunt some game in the mountains, and she wanted to ask the villagers for help in repairing the house!"

Fourth Master Ye sat up in surprise, his dark red face full of worry. He didn't think Lin had that ability.

"Oh! How can a woman go hunting? It's so dangerous!"

Erlang had just said this when he felt something was wrong. He couldn't say that she might be a monster, so he looked at Dalang for help.

"Fourth Grandpa, mother is just wandering around outside, trying her luck. She doesn't dare to go into the mountains."

Ye Siye was relieved, "That's good! You can't go into the old forest!"

Even men have to go into the old forest with a companion, and no one who is not a hunter dares to go in easily. How could a weak woman like Lin dare to go there!

Mr. Ye Si didn't think much about it and started repairing the wooden basin.

Finally, Dalang and his friends exchanged a pound and a half of flour, a pound of old rice, a wooden basin, and a wooden barrel at Mr. Ye Si's house. Mrs. Ye Si also gave them a few eggplants and water melons.

Dalang felt a little embarrassed when he saw so many things.

"Da Lang, take it! Your mother is well now, and it's time for us to get back to our normal lives. I think these peaches are good, they're rare and worth the money. If you have any extra, you can take them to town and sell them for some money."

Dalang understood that Fourth Grandpa was reminding them as well as helping them, so he solemnly agreed.

Several people were rushing home with things in their arms when they met the blind grandmother. Seeing that they were carrying things, the blind grandmother asked a few questions. When she learned that they wanted to exchange some things, she asked them to go to her house to get some yam eggs. The blind grandmother's daughter-in-law, Ma Cuihua, was pregnant and could not eat anything. She always wanted to eat sour and sweet things. When she saw the peach, she happily ate one and wanted to eat more after she finished it.

"Mom, please leave a few more peaches and pick some eggs for Dalang and the others."

The blind grandmother was very happy to hear this, so she picked up five eggs from the chicken coop and gave them to the four men.

Dalang quickly declined.

"Blind grandma, let's save these eggs for Auntie and Xiuxiu!"

Xiuxiu is the blind grandmother's granddaughter and is the same age as Simao.

"It's okay, you guys keep them! I have eggs saved at home, enough to eat!"

Dalang asked Sanlang and Silang to leave all the peaches in their hands to the blind grandmother.

"Blind grandma, Auntie likes sour food. I'll pick some sour peaches and bring them to you tomorrow!"

"Good good!"

The blind grandma was very happy and picked a bunch of vegetables for them.

The four men returned home with a lot of stuff. When they looked at the pile of things, they all smiled.

This was the first time they had exchanged something for something instead of accepting something from everyone for free, which gave them a strange sense of satisfaction.

At noon, the four men ate wild vegetable porridge and four boiled eggs.

When taking the eggs, Dalang hesitated for a moment, but still left one and didn't have the heart to eat them all.

My three younger brothers are all weak and need nourishment, so one for each of them is just right! As for Lin Yue, since you've protected them these two times, I'll leave one for her!

In the afternoon, the three Langs woke up from their nap and saw Erlang looking out the door. Knowing that Lin Yue had not returned yet, Dalang suppressed his inner annoyance.

"Erlang, what are you looking at? Maybe the bad woman went into the mountains and turned into a monster. It's possible that she won't come back!"

"No! I think she should come back!"

Sanlang looked at the two of them and said, "Why don't we go fishing in the river?"

Several men agreed, and when they arrived at the river, they unexpectedly met Daqing and Erqing again.

Dalang vigilantly protected his three younger brothers, and his heart was also in his throat. The bad woman was not here today, and the four of them could not win.

"Da Lang, you're here, come quickly! We've been waiting for you here!"

"What are we waiting for? You want to fight?"

Daqing quickly waved his hands.

"No, we were wrong about what happened yesterday. We won't do it again. Your mother is amazing! How about we help you catch fish today?"

Dalang looked at them doubtfully, "Are you so kind?"

"Could it be that the bad woman beat them so badly yesterday that she scared them?"

Erlang quietly pulled Dalang's sleeve and whispered a guess.

Sanlang raised his eyebrows, very skeptical. No way? Could a bad woman be that powerful?

Seeing they still didn't believe him, Erqing quickly stepped forward to express his opinion, "Really? My brother is right. Dad went back and lectured us. He said we shouldn't mess with you anymore, or we'll get beaten! Your mother is really amazing. My dad said that none of us in the family can beat her!"

After saying that, he sucked his saliva again.

"I think Sanlang is quite good at fishing. Um... if he catches any fish today, can you give us one?"

The four men looked at the two brothers' flattering appearance and felt relieved since they didn't seem to be lying.

Her little face raised, quite proudly, "Okay!"

Sanlang was very smart. He had heard his blind grandfather talk about how he used to fish in the river when he was a child. After trying a few times, he mastered the trick. He could always catch something every time he went to the river, especially in the summer when there was plenty of rain and the fish in the river were easy to catch.

Soon, several people started playing together. Dalang was very happy to see his three younger brothers. Even Silang, who was always silent, smiled. He felt a little complicated in his heart and glanced towards the mountain inadvertently.

The bad woman doesn't even know if she has hunted any game?

The four men caught a few fish, and Daqing and Erqing even brought their own wooden buckets to fill them. Dalang said, "Here are two for them!" Finally, we have fish soup tonight.

The two of them have now completely fulfilled their promise from yesterday and have become the little followers of the four men. The children from other villages only dare to watch them from afar and dare not get close.

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