Sisters in the Deep Forest Valley: Many Fun Things

The man staggered out of the pit, blood dripping from his neck down his clothes and onto the ground.

The soil on the ground turned an even deeper red.

He walked slowly toward Lin Chunyi, his other bloodied hand reaching out to her. "Have you forgotten? It was you! It was your knife that pierced my throat."

You buried me in this forest; it's so cold and dark here. Nobody knows, and nobody can find me.

You took my wife away from her husband, and my children away from their father... You killed me!

The woods, the tail of the nine-section whip, the buried corpse—she remembered! She remembered!

"You deserve to die! You wanted to kill me, so why can't I kill you!" Lin Chunyi broke free from the invisible restraints on her legs. Then she reached for her waist, but the whip was nowhere to be found.

She had no choice but to charge forward with her bare hands in a fit of rage, shouting, "It was you who ruined me! You deserve to die! I did nothing wrong!"

You want to hurt me again? You want to hurt me! Then I'll kill you again, and I'll make sure you never get up again!

Then he punched the man hard in the face with both fists, and kicked him into the pit.

The man lay in the pit, muttering, "You killed someone, you ruined my whole family! You'll get your retribution, you'll definitely go to hell!"

"Are you trying to scare me? A person like you steals, cheats, robs people, and even wants to kill for money."

So what if you killed him? You're the one who deserves retribution, you're the one who deserves to go to hell!

Then, using his feet, he swept the excess soil around him back in, burying him again. He then hopped on top of it a few more times.

"I'll teach you to run out, I'll teach you to scare me! I'll teach you... Ouch!" She jumped too hard and twisted her ankle, then a bright light flashed in her eyes.

……

"Ouch, I twisted my ankle." Lin Chunyi suddenly sat up in bed, touching her ankle.

Lin Lanshan was woken up and mumbled sleepily, "Huh? You were sleeping so soundly, how did you twist your ankle? Sis, are you still half asleep?"

"Hey, it doesn't hurt at all, I didn't sprain my ankle... I think I was having a nightmare!" Lin Chunyi pressed her ankle, but couldn't feel anything. It really was a nightmare.

She was terrified; she thought the farming story had turned into a horror story!

"I'm fine, I just had a nightmare. Let's go back to sleep, it's still early." Lin Chunyi lay down again, closed her eyes, cleared the nightmare from her mind, and then fell into a deep sleep.

Lin Lanshan stood to the side, completely bewildered.

She was just dreaming that she killed someone and was being chased by the dead in the dream. She was so tired from running.

Just as she was about to retaliate, her sister woke her up... She'll go back to sleep, she'll go back to sleep. Those damn bad guys, she has to get revenge!

……

Outside, the sky was bright and clear, a beautiful day had begun!

Lin Chunyi threw the dirty clothes she had worn for two days into the laundry basket.

"Lanshan, go check on our soap. It should be ready by now. We can use it to wash clothes later."

The soaps they made have been air-dried for over a month.

Lin Lanshan pressed down all the soaps in the winnowing basket under the eaves of the storage room and called out:

"Sis, everything's done. I'll put these away for now. They can't be exposed to the wind anymore, or they'll crack."

Then, carrying a large winnowing basket, he went into the bedroom.

Lin Chunyi walked over and saw rows of round bars of soap, each emitting a different fragrance.

She said with satisfaction, "Our homemade all-natural soap even has a different floral scent. It was a success on the first try, that's great!"

"Leave these here for now, come on, let's wash the clothes with our new soap."

To make the most of the new soap, the two also took apart the duvet cover, sheets, and pillowcases and stuffed them into the basket.

Then, carrying three different scented soaps, I went out to the stream.

Peach and Reunion were playing on the grass, each doing their own thing. When they saw their two owners coming, they ran towards them, trotting along.

"Gah..."

Upon hearing the cry of "ga," Lin Chunyi was reminded of the crows in the withered forest of her dream. She quickly put down her things and grabbed the two geese's large beaks with both hands.

"Stop yelling! I feel uncomfortable just hearing you all yelling. Shut your mouths, then turn around and go play in your meadow."

"You lot, all of you, get out of here, your mouths are covered in mud and grass."

They were inexplicably rejected early in the morning, and they felt wronged... but they could only leave reluctantly.

"Sis, what's wrong with you? The sun hasn't even risen yet, why are you already so angry?"

Lin Chunyi said very seriously, "I don't want to hear geese honking for now. The sound is a bit ominous."

"..." I don't understand, but I respect it.

The two sisters soaked their clothes in the water at their usual laundry spot, then used rose and honeysuckle soaps respectively to scrub them.

Dense, fine white foam was rubbed out on the clothes and in the hands.

Lin Lanshan smelled the clean clothes; there was still a faint floral scent.

"Sis, my clothes smell like wild roses! They smell so good, so nice!"

After washing her own clothes, Lin Chunyi began washing the bed sheet with osmanthus-scented soap.

"You used to use the soap we bought, which had such a strong scent. You never acted like a pervert, smelling your own clothes like that..."

"How can that be the same? I made this step by step, starting from rendering lard and roasting clam shells. It's exceptionally fragrant!"

"Alright, stop smelling it and hurry up and wash the duvet cover. By the way, Lanshan, it's almost the end of September, and the osmanthus flowers don't even seem to have buds yet."

Lin Chunyi remembered the osmanthus flowers from last year, which bloomed at the end of September. On a certain morning, when the weather suddenly turned slightly cool.

Lin Lanshan also recalled last year, when a tree full of osmanthus blossoms accompanied them during the Mid-Autumn Festival. She wrung out the quilt cover in her hand.

"Maybe it's because the weather has been too hot this year, and it's still not feeling well?"

"I think it's very likely, but we can only wait until it comes to its senses. Once it does, we can pick the flowers. We'll make osmanthus honey from half and dry the other half into osmanthus flowers."

After Lin Chunyi finished speaking in a serious manner, she and her sister wrung out the quilt cover and sheets.

The two of them dawdled and finished washing the clothes, and it was almost noon before they finally carried their baskets home.

After hanging up the clothes, the two sat in the main room.

"This is terrible. At this time last year, the weather was at least mild, if not cool."

Sister, look at the sun this year! It's like it's been hit by firecrackers. It's been exploding wildly, nonstop, and getting brighter and brighter with each explosion.

Want to stay indoors and not go out? We have to go down the mountain in two weeks to teach an apprentice. Ugh, what a hardship!

Lin Lanshan sat in a chair, with half a watermelon folded on her lap, and began to shovel large spoonfuls of it into her mouth.

Lin Chunyi also took a bite of watermelon and had some questions about what would happen in half a month. "Speaking of which... I'm not really sure about teaching this apprentice."

If he causes trouble or gets into any problems in the future, will we still have to clean up his mess and avenge him?

"Sigh, it's all because this book was too tempting! We seem to have dug ourselves a huge hole because of it."