However, what Shang Qing didn't know was that just as Gu Yu and the other person were about to leave, another person suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Brother? What brings you here?"

"It's because you didn't take me with you. I rushed here as soon as I heard the news."

Gu Tianyou glared at the ignorant Gu Tiancheng before moving closer to Gu Yu, looking at him with a beaming smile.

“How could I let you carry the basket yourself? I’ll do it.”

"He has no sense of propriety at all, he's so dense and dull-witted, how could he possibly serve such a high-ranking person?"

Gu Yu frowned slightly when he saw his nephew's mercenary appearance, but quickly looked away and squatted down to start picking out the edible red mushrooms.

In an attempt to please the other party, Gu Tianyou remained silent and reached out to throw all the mushrooms on the ground into the basket.

But as soon as that hand grabbed something, Gu Yu slapped it away.

"Why...why did the master hit me? What did I do wrong?"

"Those are poisonous, you can't eat them if you don't choose them carefully."

Hearing this, Gu Tianyou wanted to say something more, but when he saw Gu Yu's gaze, he could only smile awkwardly, quickly put down what he was holding, and immediately looked for some juice to eat.

The whole morning passed.

In order to ensure that everyone could eat on time, Shang Qing went home first and busied himself preparing the meal and a pot of mung bean soup before heading out.

But when she reached the top of the mountain and found the few people still resting on the way, she frowned once again.

"Is this all you've got?"

“Those from the mountains have all been contaminated by poisonous insects and are not edible.”

Gu Yu felt wronged, since those areas had been untouched for so long that poisonous insects had eaten them all, and he had carefully selected the pitted and uneven ones.

But Shang Qing didn't believe it. After all, this kind of thing was not as good as meat, and even if animals or poisonous insects might come into contact with it, there wouldn't be much of it.

The other party had no way to resist, so they just sighed and looked at Tianyou and Tiancheng beside them.

"When did you arrive? I thought you weren't coming."

"I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

Upon hearing the other person's words, Shang Qing smiled without saying a word, then turned to look at Gu Tianyou, who was even more prone to smiling.

Noticing his gaze, the other person immediately showed a simple and honest smile, hoping that the other person wouldn't mind that he was slow.

She felt somewhat helpless about this kind of child, sighed, and handed the four of them their lunch.

"Please deliver these to your father and Lao Zong and the others. You can clear the land together this afternoon."

"I……"

Before Gu Yu could finish speaking, Shang Qing handed the document that had been sent out to the other party and turned to look deeper into the distance.

Sensing the other person's intention, he disagreed and directly blocked their view, preventing them from continuing to watch.

Shang Qing frowned, about to say something more, when her arm was grabbed.

“It’s too dangerous there. You shouldn’t risk it for the sake of those three children.”

"You can't protect me?"

One sentence rendered him unable to move, and he quickly swallowed the warm food in his hand before walking briskly forward.

Nodding in satisfaction, Shang Qing quickly followed.

"There doesn't seem to be any danger here, it really is as dangerous as you said..."

Before she could finish speaking, Shang Qing felt something step on her and froze on the spot.

Noticing the situation, Gu Yu turned his head and saw a pink cub suddenly appearing in her hand.

"This is a piglet."

There really are pigs!

The sound startled Shang Qing so much that she threw the thing in her hand away. If Gu Yu hadn't caught it, the little life might have been lost forever.

She glared at him with displeasure, and was about to say something more when she heard Gu Yu whistle to silence her.

Although they didn't know what had happened, they could guess what was going on because of the little pig that kept making mournful noises.

However, the fact that the two have a tacit understanding does not mean that Gu Tianyou, who is self-centered, can also understand it.

"This little piglet is really good-looking. If we take it home and raise it well, it will definitely fetch a good price next year."

"Shut up!"

Shang Qing could already hear something rushing towards them, so he could only suppress his anger and forcefully try to shut the guy up.

Gu Tianyou did have people he feared, but it wasn't his aunt who had been kicked out. With a mocking smile, he was about to put the cub into his basket.

But before he could even move his hand, a wild boar burst out of the weeds and charged straight at Gu Tianyou, who had made the loudest noise.

Seeing this, instead of retreating, he picked up a nearby tree branch and smashed it forward.

But with such little strength, Gu Tianyou couldn't even kill a wild boar cub, let alone have any effect on an adult wild boar, and might even have provoked it.

"What are you standing there for? Run!"

"I... I can't control my legs, I can't run."

Upon hearing this, Shang Qing frowned and wanted to reach out to help, but was pulled behind her by another hand.

Watching Gu Yu push away the stunned Gu Tianyou, he was knocked back by the wild boar until his body hit a tree and he stopped moving.

"What are you waiting for? Go down the mountain immediately and find them. Tell them to remember to bring a knife!"

Shang Qing patted the still-stunned Gu Tianyou hard on the back before turning around and staring at him intently. After a long while, she let out another sigh.

She still has this little cub in her hands; if she really can't defeat it, she'll be the one in danger.

After much deliberation, he finally turned around and struggled to climb up.

Because he didn't know if the wild boar would knock the tree down, Shang Qing deliberately chose a denser tree that he could easily jump to the other side of.

Seeing this, Gu Yu felt it was time to end the wild boar's life.

He kicked the heavy wild boar over without giving it any chance to resist, and then slammed his foot into its softest spot, its belly.

It was just one kick, and the wild boar, which had been struggling, stopped moving.

"died?"

"He's not dead, but he can't move now."

Upon hearing this, Shang Qing slowly climbed down the tree. He was about to make another move when he heard the sound of something falling behind him, so he quickly turned around.

Upon discovering that it was a baby wild boar that had been placed in the basket, they immediately stuffed it back inside.

But the little guy was shivering from the cold, so they quickly wrapped him up in a small bundle with the cloth they carried with them before stepping forward.

Unexpectedly, before they could even get close, they heard a mournful cry.

Shang Qing quickly looked up and realized that Gu Yu had picked up a stone from somewhere and slashed his neck.

Blood splattered all over the ground, but she managed to avoid the person who released her, which made her eyes widen involuntarily.

However, before Shang Qing could speak, she was interrupted by a soft exclamation from the other side.

"The wild boar just died like that?"

"Or do you want to keep it to harm people?"

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