Farming with kids: My deceased husband returns and I spoil him rotten.

"Shang Qing, you'll regret this someday."

At the same time, Shang Qing, who was picking mushrooms on the back mountain, felt an itch in his nose and sneezed.

"mother!"

"What happened? Did they catch him?"

Shang Qing immediately looked at the trap in the corner and found that the small mechanism had not been triggered at all. He looked at Gu Pan'er in confusion.

The other person was initially angry that she suddenly spoke up and scared away the target, but when her gaze swept over those questioning eyes, her anger vanished completely.

"Did you not get enough rest yesterday? I told you long ago that Nian'er and I would have been fine, but you insisted on coming as well."

"You can distinguish those red mushrooms, but what if I follow behind and eat a poisonous mushroom?"

Gu Pan'er knew this was indeed a problem, so she sighed helplessly, put the bait back on, and led her people to pick mushrooms in the distance.

Few people know about this stuff, so I quickly picked a whole basketful.

The three wiped the sweat from their brows and went back, only to find that the things on the trap had been disturbed, but there was no prey inside.

Gu Pan'er thought she had done something wrong, so she reached out to check, but her fingers were firmly held.

"It seems the trap smelled too human, and the wild animals avoided it."

"Then why was the bait moved?"

Shang Qing glanced to the side and noticed a small wooden stick that shouldn't have been there.

I crouched down to test it and confirmed that I could just avoid the trap, but I was even more helpless.

"This animal is really intelligent; it even knows how to use tools."

"What should we do then? We were even thinking of catching them and selling them to get money."

Shang Qing was aware of her family's situation, but hunting wild animals for money was really not suitable for them.

Wanting the two to continue picking mushrooms, they heard their voices fading into the distance. They immediately looked up and saw another hidden trap.

I'm afraid they won't give up until they catch him today.

Shang Qing glanced at the sun gradually rising overhead, frowned, and then immediately turned his attention to the system.

I quickly flipped to the page with the chicken; one point for each chicken was quite cheap.

Without a second thought, he redeemed one and threw it near the trap. Then he looked at the system and searched for a relatively safe animal.

Then they saw rabbits and piglets about the size of miniature pigs.

Shang Qing also wanted to exchange for piglets, but since there were none in the back mountain, he ultimately turned his attention to rabbits.

Her points weren't high, but with so few points to begin with, she still needed to be careful with her spending. After thinking for a while, she finally turned her gaze to the red mushroom behind her.

"If this thing can be exchanged, it shouldn't be cheap, since it's difficult to breed and can only be harvested from the wild."

She then threw the red mushroom into the system, and soon received the answer, one point at a time.

Shang Qing was overjoyed and immediately grabbed a handful and stuffed them into the system.

The score spiked dramatically, eventually stopping at 25.

Although it's still not much, it can still accomplish a lot.

Nodding in satisfaction, Shang Qing had specially prepared two rabbits, one male and one female, and set the trap directly behind them.

Once it was clear that the two birds did not resist and were even munching on the grass, it walked forward with satisfaction, its knees touching the ground.

"Mom is so slow, we've picked so many more and we have nowhere to put them."

"Why did you bring so much? My basket is almost full too. How about we come again next time?"

Gu Pan'er clearly wanted to shake her head, but paused slightly when her gaze turned to Shang Qing, and finally nodded.

Gu Nian'er stepped forward and took the basket from her mother's back, intending to carry it on her own.

The two were almost the same height, so Shang Qing naturally disagreed and handed over the basket she was holding.

"Nian'er, please put the rest inside, then we'll go back."

"Yes."

But just as Gu Nian'er was about to squat down, Gu Pan'er started shouting loudly again.

Worried that she might be in danger, the two dropped what they were carrying and ran over, but stopped in their tracks when they saw the two rabbits she was holding.

"Sister, making such a fuss is likely to attract wild animals. You shouldn't shout like that in the back mountain in the future."

"I... I was just too excited, wasn't I? There might be more rabbits over there that are this fat. I'll go check it out."

Gu Pan'er shoved the two rabbits into Gu Nian'er's hands and rushed over.

When the person returned, they had several chickens in their hands that were not struggling at all.

"Mom, there's only one rooster here. We'll have eggs to eat from now on."

"Okay, take this rooster home and keep it under its own control until it lays chicks."

Gu Pan'er smiled and tore off the vines next to her to tie the four chickens together before returning to her previous spot to carry the red mushrooms home.

But before he could take more than a few steps, Gu Nian'er called him back.

"No, isn't this chicken a little too docile? It doesn't look like a wild chicken at all."

"This rabbit isn't afraid of people at all, and it's so fat it doesn't look like a wild rabbit."

Shang Qing was surprised to find that her daughter had such amazing observational skills. She was stunned for a moment before reaching out and placing her hand on her shoulder.

"It's normal for rabbits to get a little fatter in winter, after all, they need to prepare for the winter."

"As for these chickens, they couldn't possibly belong to someone else. After all, who in our village would be willing to raise chickens in a forest with wild boars and snakes?"

Gu Nian'er was slightly stunned when she heard her sister and mother's analysis, and then looked at Shang Qing again.

After all, he's still just a child. Although he's observant, he sees very little.

Shang Qing tidied her hair, which had been disheveled from the climb up the mountain, and smiled slightly at her, "Just like your sister said, they're staying here because it's too cold in winter, and they're freezing."

"Since Mother says so, then let's do it this way. But what if someone says this is their house?"

"Let him know how powerful I am if he dares to say that but can't provide any evidence."

Recently, Gu Pan'er has been able to go toe-to-toe with Lao Zong, who was holding back, once or twice. Her confidence has soared, and she wants to find someone to compete with every day.

If someone were to actually run into it, Shang Qing would advise them to give up immediately.

After all, this kid is quite strong; if he really hits someone, it's their own family that will have to pay for it.

Shang Qing reached out and patted the two children's heads, then picked up the chickens, put them in the basket, and quickly walked down the mountain to prepare for the descent.

But on the way, the chickens that had warmed up kept clucking.

Guessing that there might be a hen laying an egg, Shang Qing ignored it and wanted to go back, but was stopped by the people going up the mountain next to her.

"Why is there a chicken crowing in here? Are you catching wild pheasants?"

“Our son Nian’er is clever. He learned how to make small traps from others and caught a few in the mountains.”

"So there are some good things up in the mountains. Don't go out and tell anyone, or no one will get to eat them."

They couldn't get any anyway.

But Shang Qing nodded and led the two children toward home.

Along the way, the chickens became increasingly restless, which led many people to realize that there were other things on the mountain, so they grabbed their things and ran up the mountain.

Unable to figure out all the things, Shang Qing took the two children to the carpenter's place, intending to give some things to Nie Niang, who had helped him.