The educated youth challenged each other for five days, and it was not until the sixth day when it started to rain lightly that it ended amidst the cheers of the Educated Youth Academy.
Qin Feng glanced sideways in the direction of the Educated Youth Institute and said, "I'm giving you an advantage."
Qin Xiaoxiao's first menstrual period also ended on this day.
"I'm finally free. If I hold it in any longer, I'll grow mushrooms."
Qin Xiaoxiao stretched out, tilted his head, and lay on Ma Dahua's lap.
Ma Dahua patted Qin's little head lovingly, "Are you tired? When the weather clears up, let your brother take you up the mountain to catch rabbits. Well, let's dig wild vegetables."
You can't eat it even if you catch it. If you look at it, you're still greedy, so don't catch it.
Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't bear to ask the Qin family to become vegetarians with her.
"No, I'm going to catch rabbits. My brother is very good at catching rabbits. Once he catches them, there will be a whole nest. I want to raise two more."
The Qin family didn't raise rabbits, but only three chickens. This was obvious. There were also two old hens in the backyard, which were raised by Mrs. Qin to replenish Qin Xiaoxiao's health during her filial piety period.
Ma Dahua smiled and nodded, "Okay, if you want to raise it, we can raise it. Put it in the backyard with the two old hens and ask your brother to make a bigger cage later so that it won't fit in enough space."
Qin Ye, whose name was called three times, "..."
Yes, I don’t let him rest even when it rains, and he comes back to work again.
but,……
Qin Ye looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with a smile, "Brother will take you up the mountain when the rain stops. I remember you brought rain boots, right? Go back and put them on later."
The drizzle continued for a long time, and then the sky cleared. Qin Xiaoxiao hurriedly pulled Qin Ye up the mountain. When he reached the foot of the mountain, he looked up and saw, my dear, Maoer Mountain is full of people halfway up the mountain.
"I'm late."
Qin Xiaoxiao shook his head and sighed with some regret.
Qin Ye teased Qin Xiaoxiao's hair in a funny way, "It's not too late, not everyone can catch rabbits, and it's useless to go up the mountain early."
Qin Ye took Qin Xiaoxiao all the way to the top of the mountain. Every hundred steps he could see three or five villagers digging wild vegetables. The brother and sister nodded and smiled in a friendly way.
Qin Xiaoxiao and Qin Ye also nodded and laughed along the way. They were relieved until there was no one at the top of the mountain.
"There are too many people in the front mountain. Let's go down to Mao'er Mountain. There's not much danger halfway up the mountain, but you have to follow me closely and don't run around."
Qin Xiaoxiao nodded obediently and agreed. As for whether he would listen or not, we would decide later.
After Qin Xiaoxiao recovered, it was no problem to go up to Maoer Mountain. After all, it was not too high. But when he arrived at Maoer Mountain, Qin Xiaoxiao felt strenuous.
Fortunately, there was no need to climb to the top of the mountain. Qin Ye stopped halfway up the mountain and took her to find a big rock to sit on.
He handed the kettle hanging around his neck to Qin Xiaoxiao and told Qin Xiaoxiao to wait here and not run around while Qin Ye went to wander around.
Qin Ye didn't dare to go far, but he stopped about a hundred meters away and walked back and forth around a small hill. He didn't lie down on the ground until he touched a deep cave.
Qin Xiaoxiao wanted to watch Qin Ye catch rabbits, but there was nothing she could do if Qin Ye didn't take her with him. But sitting here all the time was too boring, so Qin Xiaoxiao wanted to look around.
She wouldn't have to go far anyway. She could hear Qin Ye's call. If there was any danger, it wouldn't be too great. She could handle it by herself.
So Qin Xiaoxiao climbed off the big rock, looked around, and walked in the other direction of Qin Ye.
There was a pine forest thirty or forty meters away. Within two steps, Qin Xiaoxiao saw a pile of dead wood with fungus growing on it and patches of pine mushrooms under the dead wood.
Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, "Yes, it's not in vain."
Qin Xiaoxiao squatted on the ground and dug for mushrooms, one in front, one on the left, and one on the right. As he walked and dug, he was far away from the big rocks. When Qin Ye caught four big rabbits and three When the little rabbit returned to the big rock, Qin Xiaoxiao's figure had long disappeared.
Qin Ye didn't see Qin Xiaoxiao, so he became anxious and immediately shouted, "Xiaoxiao? Xiaoxiao?"
Qin Xiaoxiao was so excited about digging that he focused all his attention on the mushrooms. He didn't hear Qin Ye's shouts at all, which led to him being beaten by Mrs. Qin when he returned home.
Qin Ye was sweating so much that he yelled for Qin Xiaoxiao at the top of his lungs. Qin Xiaoxiao on the other side walked further and further away, so Qin Ye's shouts were naturally even less heard.
When Qin Xiaoxiao filled the small backpack and wanted to go back, she realized that she was lost.
Damn it! Ruined!
As far as the eye can see, there are tall pine trees, one by one, blocking the sky and the sun. You can't see the sun even if you want to look in any direction.
Qin Xiaoxiao was dumbfounded.
Where should she go?
Unable to find the direction, Qin Xiaoxiao could only walk in one direction based on vague memories.
But she didn't know that because she was so focused on digging mushrooms, the direction she went left and right had long since changed from the direction she came from.
So she thought she was walking down the mountain, but in fact it was very far away from Qinjiagou down the mountain from here.
Halfway there, Qin Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered that she could look for Qin Ye first and shout while walking, maybe he could hear her.
So Qin Xiaoxiao stopped going down the mountain and walked in another direction while shouting.
After all, Qin Ye was a soldier and a scout. He soon discovered the footprints left by Qin Xiaoxiao.
Qin Ye became energetic and chased Qin Xiaoxiao in the direction he left.
Qin Ye is fast and Qin Xiaoxiao is slow, but Qin Xiaoxiao is walking in the same direction as Qin Ye. In other words, Qin Xiaoxiao is walking in front and Qin Ye is chasing after him. Fortunately, Qin Ye has good ears. , after chasing him for two miles, he heard Qin Xiaoxiao's shout.
Hearing Qin Xiaoxiao's shout, Qin Ye let out a sigh of relief, speeded up again, and soon caught up with Qin Xiaoxiao.
Qin Xiaoxiao rushed towards Qin Ye as soon as he saw him.
"Brother, where have you been? You scared me to death."
Holding Qin Xiaoxiao, Qin Ye wanted to throw her out, but seeing that Qin Xiaoxiao seemed frightened, he could only comfort her first.
"It's okay. Brother, isn't he here? Be good, it's getting late. Hurry up and follow me down the mountain."
After wasting an hour looking for Qin Xiaoxiao, it was already past five o'clock when the two of them went down the mountain. People in the village had gone back long ago, and they didn't meet anyone along the way.
After entering the village, Qin Xiaoxiao saw Old Mrs. Qin standing at the gate looking from a distance.
Qin Xiao felt warm and ran towards Old Mrs. Qin with a smile.
"Milk!"
The old lady's eyesight was not very good, but her ears worked well. Qin Xiaoxiao shouted, and the old lady Qin heard her.
"Eh!"
Qin Xiaoxiao threw herself into the arms of Mrs. Qin, "Nai, why are you standing here? Come into the house quickly."
Old Mrs. Qin smiled and took Qin Xiaoxiao's hand and walked into the courtyard, "You're back? Why so late? Did your brother catch the rabbit?"
Qin Xiaoxiao nodded, "Yes, I caught it. My brother is very good. He caught seven rabbits, four big and three small. They are all in my brother's basket."
Qin Xiaowan looked up at the door, but saw nothing.
Only then did Qin Xiaoxiao remember that she ran too fast and forgot about Qin Ye.
Old Mrs. Qin didn't care at all where Qin Ye went. All she could see was her eldest granddaughter. She took Qin Xiaoxiao and looked around and found no injuries, so she felt relieved.
(End of chapter)
