After traveling through the book, I realized my wish in my previous life
Chapter 16 Encounter on the Mountain
As the morning light broke, Shen Xiaoxia walked briskly up the mountain with a basket on her back. Along the way, she saw many children from the village collecting firewood.
The older one is about ten years old, and the younger one looks only six or seven years old. Children from poor families have to take on responsibilities early, and some children in their teens have already gone to the fields to earn work points.
Although I don’t earn as much as the adults, every penny is precious. With these few more pennies, the family’s food rations will be a little more sufficient and we won’t go hungry.
The area at the foot of the mountain had been almost picked up by the group of children who arrived earlier. Shen Xiaoxia did not compete with the children and continued to go up the mountain.
Shen Xiaoxia had heard from the old ladies in the village that the branches that fell from the trees, the rough bark and the dry firewood were easier to burn.
When I walked to a place, I looked around and found that there was quite a lot of firewood of this kind. I estimated that these would be enough to last for two or three days, so I didn't plan to chop those dead tree roots.
Shen Xiaoxia specially set aside an area in the space for storing firewood.
Although it is not winter yet and the firewood used for cooking is limited, when we think about the coming winter with ice and snow, everyone will have to stay in bed for the winter and the kang will have to be heated all day long. The amount of firewood needed will be huge.
So, she secretly planned that every time she went up the mountain to collect firewood, she would store some in the space in case of emergency.
She bent down and skillfully gathered the thick tree trunks and branches she had picked up, and in the blink of an eye she put them into the space. Her movements were smooth and seamless.
The thinner branches and textured bark were neatly stacked in the backpack, which could be used immediately for cooking when they got home.
When the backpack was full, Shen Xiaoxia found two long branches nearby, dragged one in each hand, and then walked down the mountain with satisfaction.
When she returned to the Youth League House, Zhao Lingling was already lighting the stove and cooking. When she heard footsteps, she looked up and saw Shen Xiaoxia coming back. Her eyes curved and she greeted her crisply, "Xiaoxia, have you gone to collect firewood?"
After spending the past month together, the relationship between the three girls in the backyard has become much closer. Before Shen Xiaoxia and Han Zhuxin came, there was only one girl in the backyard, Zhao Lingling, and she and her brother Zhao Fan cooked alone.
I don’t have much interaction with the people in the front yard normally. I had a conflict with one of them before, and I have even less contact with them since then.
Zhao Fan and Zhao Lingling's family is well-off. Their father works in a government agency, their mother is a middle school teacher, their eldest brother is a soldier in the army, and they have a younger brother who is in school.
She is the only daughter in the family and has been spoiled by her parents and brothers since she was a child. The biggest setback she encountered in her life was going to the countryside. Her parents were worried and thought that since both of them had to go to the countryside, it would be better to arrange for the brother and sister to go to the same place so that they could take care of each other.
To do this, I had to rely on a lot of connections and use a lot of favors!
Seeing that Han Zhuxin's door was still closed, Shen Xiaoxia turned her head and asked Zhao Lingling, "Where's Zhuxin? Did she go out?"
Zhao Lingling kept moving her hands and replied with a smile, "She's cooking those vegetables in the backyard!"
Hearing this, Shen Xiaoxia curled up the corners of her mouth into a faint smile. She raised her hand and was about to open the door to enter the house when Han Zhuxin's voice came from behind, "I heard my name. What bad things are you saying about me again?"
"They said you're getting more and more beautiful!" Zhao Lingling teased her.
"Okay, since what you said is true, I won't bother with you," Han Zhuxin raised her beautiful eyebrows, obviously in a good mood!
"Hey, I told you you were fat, and you actually gasped for breath. Aren't you ashamed?" Zhao Lingling pretended to be angry, her cheeks puffed up, so cute!
Han Zhuxin raised her chin slightly and smiled, "What's there to be ashamed of? I'm just pretty. If you don't accept it, just hold it in!"
……
On the other side, He Tingyuan, Xie Yunheng and Zhao Fan were originally sitting together chatting, and now they were watching the three girls playing and joking with great interest!
For dinner, Shen Xiaoxia fried an egg, made egg noodles, and added some vegetables and green onions. It was quite fragrant.
After eating and cleaning up, I went to bed early.
When Shen Xiaoxia woke up, it was still early. She didn't have to go to work today, so she suddenly had an idea and wanted to go to the mountain to watch the sunrise.
I did it as soon as I thought of it, and quickly got up and went into the space to wash up.
No one got up yet at this time. After washing up, they closed the door and walked out of the Youth League compound quietly.
The sky gradually turned pale, and the tranquility of the village was broken by the crisp crowing of chickens and the occasional barking of dogs.
As the breeze blows, the wheat seedlings in the wheat fields sway gently, as if performing a silent dance, adding a bit of agility and vitality to the village in the early morning.
The stream that flows around the village is crystal clear and makes a gurgling sound. Wild flowers are in full bloom along the stream.
After stopping to listen for a while, Shen Xiaoxia's mind became clear, as if her soul had become pure.
Walking up the mountain along one of the paths, halfway up the mountain, a gray-white shadow flashed before her eyes. Shen Xiaoxia's eyes widened instantly, and she blurted out, "Rabbit!"
Without thinking, I started to chase it. After chasing it for a while, I found that the rabbit was also very cunning. It chose to run in places that were extremely difficult to walk in, such as those with overgrown weeds and thorns, and bushes with tangled branches.
When the rabbit was finally tired of running and lay motionless on the ground, Shen Xiaoxia was about to take action when a man appeared behind a bush diagonally opposite, pulling a bow. The bowstring was taut and shining with a cold light, and the arrow was pointed directly at the rabbit.
The next second, it shot towards the rabbit with a "whoosh". When Shen Xiaoxia looked at the rabbit again, it had fallen to the ground and was motionless.
The person walked a few steps towards this side before seeing Shen Xiaoxia.
Shen Xiaoxia looked at him. It was Jiang Yan, whom she had met before in the Youth League Home, together with Hu Shixuan. Later, when people in the village asked him for help, Shen Xiaoxia had seen him from afar several times.
On weekdays, she rarely saw him in the village. She heard that he had a job in the county town, but she didn't know any more details.
Jiang Yan glanced at the rabbit lying on the ground, then at where Shen Xiaoxia was squatting and her slightly messy hair, and suddenly understood, "Are you chasing this rabbit?"
"Yes, I followed it here," Shen Xiaoxia stood up and patted the grass debris on her body.
Jiang Yan bent down and pulled out the arrow from the rabbit, then picked up the rabbit and handed it to Shen Xiaoxia. "You saw it first, this rabbit is yours."
Shen Xiaoxia was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved her hands and said, "No, no, no, you hunted this rabbit. Although I chased it, I might not be able to catch it with my skills. I just thought it was fun and wanted to try it!"
Jiang Yan didn't expect Shen Xiaoxia to refuse, and he didn't know what to say next.
However, Shen Xiaoxia saw the bow and arrow on Jiang Yan's back and thought to herself: He just shot the rabbit very accurately, he must be able to hunt!
Jiang Yan set a few traps last night and wanted to come in the morning to see if any animals were caught.
I just heard a noise and saw a rabbit lying motionless on the ground, so I hunted it. I didn't expect that there was someone on the mountain so early, and it was a girl.
Seeing her, a girl, running into the mountains so early in the morning, I kindly asked, "You're running into the mountains alone so early in the morning, aren't you afraid?"
It’s hard to say that Shen Xiaoxia is very strong. Even if she encounters a large and ferocious animal and cannot defeat it, she can hide in space and her life will not be in danger.
At this moment, I could only laugh dryly and say that I would be careful.
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