strictlysupreme Chapter 186 Why didn't you come sooner?
Chapter 186 Why didn't you come sooner?
However, this occasional visit is enough to keep all the living creatures deep in the forest from venturing out.
The creatures in the forest aren't stupid. If they can't afford to mess with humans who want to kill them, can't they at least avoid them?
Lin Cai walked for a long time without seeing a single living creature. Just when she thought she would never encounter one, a wolf howled.
Then came a series of wolf howls that echoed throughout the mountains and forests.
Gu Zhan heard the sound and looked at Lin Cai, who was standing in front of him. She had also heard it, but did not react at all.
He didn't stop walking, as if he hadn't heard anything. Before he had taken two steps, the person in front of him stopped.
"Big Grey, how many times have I told you? You're a dog, don't howl like a wolf all the time, or you'll get beaten up!"
"I'm doing this for your own good, why do you always disobey me? What if someone hits you? Won't you be the one who gets hurt?"
She had just finished speaking when Big Grey emerged from the weeds beside her, its tail tip really wagging like a dog's.
Gu Zhan silently watched the person and the wolf in front of him. It turned out that she wasn't really raising Big Grey as a dog. She was just teaching Big Grey not to reveal its identity when it wasn't on its own territory, so that it wouldn't get beaten up.
Big Grey didn't know if he understood or not, but the wolf no longer resembled a wolf at all.
Emerging from the weeds, covered in moisture and fallen leaves, it rolled right up to Lin Cai's feet and started acting cute.
Lin Cai doesn't have time to play with it on this mountain right now. Besides looking for some food, she also wants to find some things that can be preserved for a longer time to take home.
The two men and the wolf found some walnuts that had fallen to the ground deep in the forest.
When Lin Cai first saw it, she didn't recognize it. Just as she was about to pick it up, the person behind her grabbed her basket.
"What?"
"These things are inedible, what are you picking them up for?"
"You've eaten this before?" Lin Cai looked at the dried walnuts in her hand. "Do you know what this is?"
Gu Zhan shook his head honestly: "I've never eaten it, but I've seen it. This thing has a hard outer shell and is bitter inside, so it's inedible."
Hearing this, Lin Cai frowned and looked at him, then shifted her gaze back to the walnut in her hand.
She felt that she and this person must have eaten different kinds of walnuts, or perhaps they ate them at the wrong time of year. If neither of these was the case, she really couldn't figure out why walnuts tasted bitter!
The outer shell of a wet walnut is bitter; not only is it inedible, but it will also leave your hands covered in scraps.
However, dried walnuts are completely different. Dried walnuts are not only very fragrant, but also nutritious.
When Gu Zhan heard Lin Cai say that this was edible, he expressed his doubt. Lin Cai simply squatted down, picked up a stone, and smashed one down for him to eat.
“I said I can eat it, and I mean I can eat it. I wouldn’t risk your life like that. If you don’t believe me, then try it yourself.”
Upon seeing the walnuts handed to him, Gu Zhan ate them without hesitation. However, seeing his expressionless face, Lin Cai's lips twitched.
After waiting a while and confirming that there was really no problem after eating it, Gu Zhan did not stop Lin Cai from picking up the walnuts.
The two walked for half a day without finding much meat, but they did collect a lot of nuts on the mountain.
Besides the walnuts that no one else had found, they also came across chestnuts. Although there weren't many, they could still take them home as a snack.
After the two finished, they called Big Gray and prepared to head home, but they had only gone halfway when they heard Little Green's voice.
Lin Cai stopped and looked up at the sky, where she saw Xiao Qing circling. She turned to the man beside her and asked, "What did you send Xiao Qing to do this time?"
This man can be really annoying sometimes. Ever since Xiaoqing came into the family, he comes over every few days to borrow her.
To put it nicely, they were just using Xiaoqing to play around; to put it bluntly, they were exploiting Xiaoqing.
"I didn't ask it to do anything, I just asked it to keep an eye on things for me."
Lin Cai was speechless upon hearing this. When he said to keep an eye on something, did he mean to ask Xiao Qing to keep an eye on what for him?
Lin Cai didn't ask. She just told Gu Zhan on the way down the mountain, "I healed Xiao Qing, not so that Xiao Qing would do any work. If you made Xiao Qing do something, you have to give her the corresponding reward."
Gu Zhan said he would give it to her, and not a penny less. Hearing this, Lin Cai was satisfied. When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, the two parted ways and went home.
Lin Cai had collected a lot of things on the mountain today. Just as she carried them into the yard, Scarface ran over.
"Lin, you were playing ranked games so early in the morning, why didn't you call me? Don't you know I'm really bored here?"
He's practically moldy at home these past few days. All he does is sleep and sunbathe outside. If there's no sun, he feels like mushrooms would grow on him.
Lin Cai put down her basket and looked at him: "Bored? I should have two more plots of land over there. Do you want to go and help me get those two plots cleared?"
Scarface, who was shouting "Boring!" just a second ago, immediately lay back down in his chair after hearing this.
He was just bored; he didn't want to work himself to death. Farming wasn't something he was interested in.
Ever since those girls were taken away, Cui Dazhu felt something was wrong when he got back.
You said that the girl was taken away by that person, so how did he know about what happened on the other side of the mountain?
Before he could figure it out, Liu Ergou ran over and told him, "Brother Dazhu, their people are here. They say they need to talk to you."
Upon hearing this, Cui Dazhu immediately cursed.
"Damn it, what a run of bad luck this year! All I've run into are unlucky people and jinxes, it's like I've been haunted!"
At this time of year, every household in their village would be happily preparing for the New Year.
This year, I don't know what went wrong, but wave after wave of unpopular people have come and they just won't leave!
Cui Dazhu strode out, his aggressive demeanor vanishing in an instant.
Liu Ergou, who was following behind, couldn't bear to watch anymore!
"Hello, sir. You've come! May I ask what brings you here?"
"What about the women you brought back before?"
"Bring those women out; I'm taking them with me."
Just a second ago, Cui Dazhu had a fawning expression on his face, but after hearing these words, his face immediately fell.
"Oh dear, why didn't you come to demand our return sooner!"
"If you had come earlier to ask for the person back, I would have brought them over here so you could take them with you."
Upon hearing this, the other person narrowed their eyes: "Why can't I take it away now that I'm here?"