flstandardbreds Chapter 394 The Hunter's Little Darling 55
Chapter 394 The Hunter's Little Darling 55
Tu Shen became very busy during this period.
There are still some preserved game at home, but we still need to hunt some more in the next few days, as live game can fetch a good price.
Tu Shen didn't want to touch the family's money. He felt that since the money had already been given to Xie Qingyu, there was no reason to ask for it back.
Therefore, it would be better to hunt more prey during this period.
At the beginning, he went into the deep mountains with some dry food. He wasn't going to come back that day, so Tu Shen asked his cousin to come and keep Xie Qingyu company while she slept.
Even without experience, Xie Qingyu knew the dangers of going deep into the mountains, especially the need to spend the night outside.
"I have experience, so don't worry. I have such a beautiful wife waiting for me to come home," Tu Shen reassured him.
He certainly didn't go into the deep mountains alone.
At times like these, someone will always want to take a gamble. There were five of them, all young and strong. The slightly older one looked very composed and should be considered experienced.
Xie Qingyu watched the group walk away, and her cousin comforted her, "It's okay, they'll be careful."
My cousin has already been instructed by Tu Shen, so she doesn't dare to say anything that might upset Xie Qingyu.
In reality, going into the deep mountains is very dangerous, and almost every year someone gets into an accident because of it, but people still go into the mountains every year.
Everyone wants to take a chance.
Even if there's no chance to hunt wild boars, having deer or other game that can fetch a good price will do, so we won't have to worry about food money in the winter.
"Didn't your father and brother go?" Xie Qingyu asked.
"Yes. My grandma won't let them go," my cousin told me truthfully.
Unless the family was truly struggling to make ends meet, her grandmother would not agree to let her father go up the mountain.
This year, that situation is unlikely to occur. After her brother was able to go hunting in the mountains, their family's life became a little better, especially with the grain that was sent over when Ma Erya got married.
Neither her father nor her brother went.
It wasn't until my cousin said it that I realized it wasn't quite right.
Her grandmother never cared whether her cousin went or not. She remembered that her cousin had gone to the deep mountains with her when he was younger than she is now.
Fortunately, Xie Qingyu didn't ask any further questions and looked away after watching those people walk away.
Turning her head, her cousin was looking at Xie Qingyu curiously, and was a little embarrassed when she met Xie Qingyu's gaze.
Xie Qingyu could almost picture her cousin's appearance just by hearing her voice, and now that she looked at her, she was indeed quite similar to her imagination, with round eyes and a rather cute appearance.
Perhaps because there are few children in the mountains, she lived a relatively good life at home, without any obvious preference for boys over girls. In addition, she had very little contact with people, which fostered her naive personality.
Before her cousin arrived, she had heard from Tu Shen that Xie Qingyu's eyes had healed, and after being there for a while, she didn't dare to make eye contact with Xie Qingyu.
Whenever Xie Qingyu looked over, she would be the first to awkwardly look away.
She was caught red-handed this time, and her face turned slightly red.
"Just as I thought, she's a lovely little girl." Xie Qingyu reached out and patted her head.
My cousin blushed even more, and her voice was a little awkward, "Sister-in-law, don't look at me, let's... let's plant some vegetables."
My cousin hasn't forgotten the other important reason she came here.
I haven't heard my cousin mention growing vegetables for a few days, and now she gets excited whenever the topic comes up.
Tu Shen bought some cabbage seeds.
Xie Qingyu looked at it and then demonstrated to her cousin how to plant it.
This is simple and convenient. If you want to save time, just scatter the seeds. When they grow, you can pull some out depending on how dense they are.
However, since it was her first time growing vegetables, she was determined to do her best. She planted them according to her own arrangement, and on Xie Qingyu's advice, she put two seeds in each spot in case one of them failed to germinate.
After Xie Qingyu's demonstration, my cousin mastered it very well.
No need to dig holes for the seeds, just put them in and then sprinkle a layer of soil on top.
Even though Xie Qingyu could see, her cousin still refused to let her do any work. Just like Wang Cang did, she prepared things for her to rest under the tree before she herself started working, huffing and puffing.
Xie Qingyu felt a little embarrassed and offered to help, but she was refused each time.
Seeing how enthusiastic she was, Xie Qingyu didn't disturb her.
With this small plot of land, it can basically be finished in a morning.
As noon approached, Xie Qingyu didn't disturb her and went to the kitchen to cook a meal for the two of them.
Before she could even get the fire going, her cousin came over and told her not to do this kind of work, and just wait to eat.
She only thought of Xie Qingyu as a pampered young lady, someone who never lifted a finger at home.
Xie Qingyu didn't even have time to show off her cooking skills, which she wanted to demonstrate.
We still have to rely on my cousin's cooking skills.
My cousin eats here so she can skip eating at home, so no one is letting her go back home while she stays with Xie Qingyu.
There's no land on the left and right mountains, so there's not much work to be done. My cousin is allowed to not work.
The two of them were quite happy at home.
At first, her cousin wasn't used to Xie Qingyu being able to see her, but once she got used to it, it was as if she became more familiar with her, and she kept pestering Xie Qingyu to ask about things down the mountain.
She has never been down the mountain since she was a child.
Her pace down the mountain would definitely be a hindrance.
Last time, after her brother came back from the mountain with her cousin, his feet were covered in huge blisters. He said it was from rushing around. You know, her brother has been running all over the mountains since he was a child and his feet are covered in calluses, yet they still ended up like this.
So she stopped thinking about having a chance to go down the mountain.
Her mother always said that it would be better for her to marry down in the mountains, and she would accept it even if she could never go back to visit her mother.
Xie Qingyu patiently told her about the things down the mountain.
My cousin is curious about everything, especially things like human traffickers and flower photographers.
There are only these children on the mountain. Some families want children but can't have them, so they usually adopt one from their cousins. They never buy a child from someone else.
My cousin kept talking to Xie Qingyu all afternoon, and she was still thinking about it before going to bed at night.
As a result, when she woke up the next day, she forgot about the incident and excitedly took Xie Qingyu to dig up some sweet roots.
Tu Shen did not return in the morning.
There wasn't any in the afternoon either.
They didn't return until evening.
Xie Qingyu was already somewhat distracted during lunch, and her cousin didn't dare to ask her any questions.
They would go deep into the mountains, and they would usually return within a day.
Nobody can sleep now that he's not back.
When my cousin went to close the courtyard gate, she looked outside, but there was still no movement.
However, the lodgings were somewhat bright, which must have been the homes of families who had gone into the deep mountains together, exchanging information with each other.
This courtyard is quite far from them, and no one has asked about Xie Qingyu yet.