Sisters in the Deep Forest Valley: Many Fun Things

Chapter 106 The Disciple's New Home

As for finding out where Yang Yu lives, it's actually very simple: just find Yang's wife!

Just thinking about how Sister Yang had held onto them that day, insisting on hearing their story, Lin Lanshan couldn't help but laugh: "Hehe, I get it!"

After I go there tomorrow, all I need to do is look mysterious, and Sister Yang will definitely come over and chat with me about this and that.

"We'll know everything after a couple of words!"

"Don't let anything slip. If she starts gossiping, you won't have enough mouths to tell her everything."

"Sis, I'm keeping my mouth shut, don't worry!"

Hearing her sister's assurance, Lin Chunyi, who had been relieved, was now completely uneasy.

She packed the salted duck eggs and osmanthus honey she had cleared out of the storage space, along with a large bag of dried peaches, a jar of dried strawberries, and a pile of spicy dried meat, into a bamboo basket, then opened the door and went into the cellar.

"Okay, I believe you~ Let's go, put all the crisp peaches in your space into the cellar, they won't spoil in two or three days."

Before each trip, they would take out almost everything except the essentials from their storage space to make room for any items they might need.

The two went down into the cellar, and Lin Lanshan put her eleven precious crisp peaches into a bamboo basket.

Lin Chunyi had already turned and left when she noticed her younger sister squatting on the ground, staring blankly at the mushrooms. "Why are you staring at the mushrooms without moving? Do you want some pheasant stew with mushrooms?"

She shook her head and then nodded, saying, "Sister, Yang Yu and the others have moved to a new house, let's give them a piece of cured meat as a gift..."

"Alright, I didn't even think of it until you mentioned it. We didn't go to our apprentice's housewarming party, but we should still send a gift."

Lin Chunyi picked out a piece of cured pork that was three parts lean and seven parts fat, weighing about two pounds. "This one will do. Also, get them some dried houttuynia cordata to make tea."

Now, they have no shortage of things to make drinks all year round: osmanthus honey, peach jam, spring dew tea, houttuynia cordata, dried hawthorn fruit, honeysuckle, etc... there are too many to remember.

I gave a generous gift and cleared out some inventory at the same time—perfect!

Lin Lanshan didn't finish her sentence, "Also, I want to eat pheasant stew with mushrooms."

No wonder she shook her head and nodded at the same time. After thinking for a moment, she said, "The temperature has dropped now, and winter will be here in the blink of an eye."

We need to start preparing meat for winter, and pheasant is definitely a must.

Perfect timing! We promised to make a woolen nest for Peach and Reunion, but we haven't collected all the fur yet.

We'll go hunting when we get back. Come on, get some sleep, we have to get up early tomorrow.

Lin Chunyi carried the cured meat and went back to her bedroom with her sister to tidy up and go to sleep.

The next day, before dawn.

They carried two cloth bundles on their backs, weapons were tied around their waists, and they went out lightly dressed, with Taozi by their side.

I won't include "reunion" and "peace and health" in the name. After all, once you start doing something, you'll likely do it again and again.

If you don't bring them once, it's much easier to not bring them a second or third time.

The two of them didn't sit in the carriage; instead, they rode on Peach's back and headed down the mountain.

Lin Lanshan sat in front and said to her sister:

"Sister, why didn't we think of buying two mules back then? One for each of us, that would have been so convenient."

"What can you do with one horse? Run wild in the mountains? Or are you imagining riding a horse across the vast grasslands again?"

Before Lin Lanshan could even speak, Taozi objected: What do you mean? Is it that I can't carry you all anymore?

It let out a long cry and then strutted down the mountain on its four long legs.

Lin Lanshan sat in front, gripping the reins tightly, her head and body swaying violently, making it difficult for her to speak coherently.

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, that's not what I meant! This is a downhill path, Peach, slow down, I'm going to fall off! Aaaaaah..."

Mules are very vengeful!

As Lin Chunyi stood behind her sister, tightly holding her waist to prevent herself from being thrown off, this was what she was thinking.

Peach ran with all her might today, and thankfully, she and her sister had a stable stance and held on tight! They finally reached the foot of the mountain before falling to the ground.

It was not yet the beginning of the morning (卯初).

"Ugh, it was so bumpy I almost threw up my dinner from last night!" Lin Lanshan slowly slid off Taozi's back and said, supporting herself on its back.

"Lanshan, I think we don't need to ask Sister Yang where they live. Their place is far too conspicuous for us." Lin Chunyi stared at the large open space that had been cleared out less than a hundred meters away.

There was a mud-brick house, already taking shape, in the open space, its side and back facing the entrance to their mountain path...

"What does this mean? Are you building this to block our road? Are you afraid we'll run away or something?" Lin Lanshan's eyes widened.

"Let's go take a look. There shouldn't be anyone as foolish as outsiders who would build a house here."

After all, the location at the foot of the mountain makes it easy for wild animals to attack if they can't find food.

Normal people, let alone live here, rarely even go this way to run around. So every time they come down the mountain from here, they never encounter anyone.

This adobe house was built on the right side of the road they usually took to town.

As the two sisters approached, leading Taozi by the hand, they realized that this was Yang Yu's new home.

Because they saw a simple thatched shed in the backyard, with a dark brown mule tied under it.

Isn't this Peach's new little brother?

Calling this backyard a yard isn't quite right; it's more like a large open space that's been cleared of weeds, since it hasn't been fenced off yet.

Just then, Ahua came out of the back door, dragging a basket that looked heavier and taller than her.

As usual, the first thing Ahua did when she arrived in the backyard was to check the mountain path to see if anyone was coming down.

Today, there were two pretty girls, who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, leading a mule and staring at me.

The reddish-brown, tall and sturdy mule was familiar; it belonged to Sister Lanshan.

But Ahua had never seen the two people beside her before. She looked puzzled, yet also felt a surge of joy.

She dropped her basket and ran over to look at the two people and the people behind them, but she didn't see the two people she wanted to see.

I had no choice but to ask:

"Young ladies, are you... family members of Sister Lanshan and Sister Chunyi?"

Lin Lanshan wanted to tease her, so she remained silent for a while, then shook her head and didn't say anything.

After all, if he speaks, he'll definitely give himself away.

The fleeting joy that had just appeared on Ahua's face quickly turned into disappointment.

But soon a question arose: "But the mule you're leading belongs to Sister Lanshan."

Could it be that these two people stole Sister Lanshan's mule?

She suddenly became wary and took two steps back. She wanted to leave these two people there, then go find her brother and Yang Yu, and get the mule back!

"Sisters, are you thirsty? Would you like to come in and have some water?" Ahua forced a smile, looking like she wanted to trick the two sisters...

Lin Chunyi shrugged her shoulders and couldn't help but push her younger sister forward.

"If you don't say anything, I'm afraid she'll call the whole village to catch the thief, and that would be quite a sight. Hahahaha."