Me at two years old, a queen!

"Hey~, An'an, why are you complaining?"

Wang Jinbao looked at the liberation shoes he had specially found, wiped off the yellow mud, and thought they didn't seem particularly harmful to the children's eyes. So why had they scared all the children away?

Wang Jinbao glanced at Lu Junxing's white sneakers, which were covered in yellow mud and looked rather filthy, but he was observant and didn't say anything more, simply following behind the child.

After passing a few chestnut trees, we arrived. An'an was already excitedly hugging a peach tree and shouting, "Wow~, big tree, you're amazing! You can produce so many peach babies~"

Zhuangzhuang's agility was completely inversely proportional to his size. He was clinging to the tree trunk, shouting, "Look at me! An'an! Look at me! I can't hold on much longer!"

"Wow~, Zhuangzhuang! How did you climb up there? I want to climb up there too!"

Just as An'an's hands and feet were hooked up, the old man shouted at Zhuangzhuang, "Hey~, be careful~, there are ants on this tree, come down quickly, don't fall!"

Wang Jinbao put the basket on the ground and said to his anxious cousin, "It's okay, let him climb. What rural kid doesn't climb trees? We played like this when we were kids."

The usually good-natured uncle ignored Wang Jinbao's words and insisted on taking the chubby little Zhuangzhuang down from the ground: "What do you know? He's just a child. If he falls, he could break his arm!"

Wang Jinbao didn't argue with his cousin. He just took out his phone and snapped two photos of An'an, who was clinging to the tree trunk with both arms and legs: "Alright, An'an~, you should come down too, watch out for the ants~"

"Waaah~, I can't get down! Daddy~, waaaah~"

An'an clung tightly to the tree, too scared to move. Before anything even happened, she was already crying, her face covered in tears from fear: "Daddy~, please save me!"

Seeing that An'an could land so easily with a simple step, Wang Jinbao was so amused by the child that he immediately took out his phone and turned on the camera.

Lu Jun walked up behind the troublemaker and reminded her to look down, but An'an resolutely refused: "No~, the tree is so tall, I'm too scared to look, Daddy~, please save me~, I'll fall to my death~"

"Waaah~, now you won't have a little baby anymore~"

Lu Junxing let out a deep breath. Having no other choice, he simply supported her back to make her feel safe: "I'm dragging you. Do you think you're that good at climbing high?"

An'an watched as her feet touched the ground, and in a daze, she stepped a few more times before feeling secure. Then, without any hesitation, she buried her face in Lu Junxing's pants and wiped away her tears, hehe~

An'an awkwardly spun around in a circle. Zhuangzhuang, being held up by his uncle to pick peaches, hadn't noticed them. Knowing she hadn't embarrassed herself, she confidently pulled Lu Junxing to pick more peaches.

"Hurry up, Daddy! Zhuangzhuang has picked so many!"

Finally, seeing their leisurely pace, Uncle worried they wouldn't have enough time to pick plums, so he took a worker to another hilltop to pick some plums for them to take back.

Before leaving, still feeling uneasy, he turned back to remind Wang Jinbao: "Keep an eye on the children, don't let them climb trees. Some branches are unstable, and these children don't know any better; they could easily fall!"

Wang Jinbao had grown tired of picking peaches as a child, so once his cousin left, he sat under the tree, rubbed a peach against its fuzz, and took a bite: "This peach is really good!"

An'an, dragging her little bag of peaches, saw Wang Jinbao's expression and became very tempted. She took out a pretty, big peach and, imitating Wang Jinbao, ran to Lu Junxing's side and rubbed it against the hem of his clothes.

She ran away before Lu Junxing's face darkened. Before she could get far, Lu Junxing heard the little girl crying loudly. He went over and saw that the troublemaker still had a large piece of peach in her mouth.

Lu Junxing didn't care about being dirty at this moment, and directly reached out and pulled it out of her mouth: "What's wrong? Did a bug bite you? Or did you bite your tongue?"

"Waaah~, this peach bit my lip! It doesn't taste good at all!"

Wang Jinbao, who had thrown away all the peaches and rushed over, knew from the little girl's condition that she had eaten peach fuzz: "It's alright, I'll take you to the stream later and find some water to wash it off!"

Zhuangzhuang: "It's okay, An'an~, it's just the peach fuzz that's prickly to your mouth. It'll taste better after you wash the peach!"

Seeing the little girl's eyes filled with tears and that she didn't say a word, just watching him cry, Wang Jinbao guiltily wiped his head and said, "We've always been rough around the edges, we eat everything! This peach just tastes good to me~"

Lu Junxing, carrying the child, followed Wang Jinbao to a stream. He saw Wang Jinbao washing several peaches in the water, a patch of white fuzz floating on the surface, flowing past him. Somewhat worried, he asked:

Are you sure this water is clean? Is it safe to drink?

"Don't worry, this is fresh water from the mountains, much cleaner than tap water in the city. We used to drink it straight from the bottle when we were kids. A few years ago, this was the tap water our village used."

"But people have become more particular since then, and they can't trust people anymore, so they switched to the water you provide from the waterworks. That water is really yellow, and now some people still fetch water from the mountains every few days!"

Seeing Lu Junxing squatting beside him with An'an in his arms, the father and daughter staring intently at the spot where he had just washed the peaches, Wang Jinbao explained:

"Don't worry, this place is practically a mountaintop, the source of the water. Others will only use the water we leave behind, so don't worry!"

As he spoke, Wang Jinbao splashed water, intending to wash An'an's mouth, but An'an simply refused to open her mouth, even Lu Junxing's attempts to persuade her were ineffective. However, Lu Junxing did not force her.

After all, it's a good thing that his usually greedy child suddenly knows he can't eat certain things casually, and is a bit fussy about some things.

Spit out the saliva in your mouth! Don't swallow it!

After just one incident, Zhuangzhuang had escalated to using a stick to knock peaches down, then casually squatting down to pick them up. Wang Jinbao, who was picking up peaches, accidentally dropped some and ruined them, which angered him so much that he scolded the child.

To avoid wasting any, Zhuangzhuang and Wang Jinbao took some of the bruised peaches to wash, intending to eat some directly to lessen their guilt.

Zhuangzhuang ate peach after peach until he was full. Seeing An'an sitting beside him, occasionally spitting out water, Zhuangzhuang thought of something, went over and shook An'an.

"Waaah~, An'an, don't die~"