The sun went down and the sky turned golden.

Zhang Qiusheng looked at the sky and exchanged the mushrooms with Suhong's bamboo shoots.

"I can't tell you anymore. I have to go back. My mother can't cook without me. I'm too important. I have to help her cook the fire and wash the vegetables. She can't do it without me."

"Then will you come again next time? Don't stop coming to play with me because I live far away. Next time you come, I will dig more bamboo shoots for you, and I will leave chicken legs for you." Su Hong hurriedly said promised.

The mountains behind Daxing Village are basically managed by local officials, and Daqing State has strict regulations on the use of mountain resources.

Generally speaking, the resources on the back mountain, such as trees, bamboo forests, rivers, ores, etc., cannot be collected or mined at will.

There are many bamboo groves in Houshan, but there are only a few private bamboo groves, including the one transplanted by Sumo.

Bamboo can be used to build houses and make paper. It has many uses, so the owners of the remaining bamboo forests have clearly stipulated that others are not allowed to enter and mine, including collecting bamboo shoots.

Of course, if someone is brave enough to dig bamboo shoots secretly without being discovered, usually nothing will happen.

Zhang Qiusheng was obviously the timid one. When he heard that there were bamboo shoots and chicken drumsticks, he immediately patted his chest: "I will come again tomorrow. We are best friends."

"Yeah, best friend." Suhong put down the basket on his back and hugged his little friend, "You should leave quickly, I want to watch you go back."

"Yes!" Zhang Qiusheng nodded with emotion on his face and turned back in three steps, "Then I'm leaving."

Su Hong waved his hand.

After walking about ten steps, Zhang Qiusheng turned his head reluctantly when he thought about not playing together for two days, only to find that the good friend who said he would watch him go home was no longer where he was.

"..."

Bai was moved.

He hummed and ran away, muttering: "I won't come to play with you tomorrow."

……

Su Xiao and Su Mu had a panoramic view of this scene. They looked back at their brother who was still pouring water to wash the mushrooms carelessly, and shook their heads helplessly.

"Hiss!" Suxiao frowned, put his fingers in his mouth and took a sip.

"Are you okay?" Su Mu put down the hemp rope tying the bamboo in his hand and looked at his fingers: "Don't be distracted while you are working. Second brother, it's not like you don't know how unlucky you are."

"You know how to say I'm unlucky all day long." Suxiao shook his head and sighed, taking this opportunity to say: "It seems that I still have to go to the temple outside the city to ask for some lucky charms."

"Don't you always disbelieve in this?" Su Mu smiled: "You can go, but you have to pass it tomorrow. Tomorrow my sister and I will go to the county to buy clothes, and I will give them back the advance salary. , I bought some japonica rice by the way, the ones given by the branch family are all indica rice, the rice grains are long and the texture is hard, my sister didn’t take a few bites last night.”

Suxiao nodded. He also saw that his sister didn't like to eat the rice. Fortunately, the third child brought back a lot of vegetables last night, so he could feel full just by eating the vegetables.

"It's getting late, hurry up, it won't be good if wild beasts come down from the mountains at night."

The two of them bent over and continued to pound the long wood into the soil, wrapped it with thorns and vines, and then surrounded it with some sharpened bamboo.

Su Sheng had rested enough and wanted to go over to help, but out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that Su Mo was having a hard time sawing wood with her waist straight.

Looking at the door of the courtyard, the second brother was already being helped by the third brother. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Brother, let me help you."

She took out the ax from the wooden box, lifted a long piece of wood that was as thick as a man's thigh and placed it on the nearby wooden fork. She stepped on one end of the wood and swung the ax vigorously.

With just one blow, the wood completely broke apart.

He raised his foot, pulled his hand, and pressed his foot down again. It was like a fruit chopping game, and he cut four long pieces of wood in one go.

Sumo was stunned when he saw it. He would have to chop down a thick piece of wood like this three times at least.

"The wood is hollow, light and easy to cut."

Susheng noticed his gaze, gathered her strength, pulled a new one and put it on the wooden branch, and chopped it three times in a pretentious manner before cutting it off.

"This one is solid and difficult to cut."

She explained with a wooden face, her eyes showing innocence.

The eldest brother, with his little glass heart, cannot be beaten down by her and become depressed again.

"Sister, you don't have to be like this. You will be liked by any big brother."

Su Mo smiled and pointed at the bamboo and wood she dragged back: "The fact that you can pull that bundle of bamboo and wood back proves that you are very strong."

Su Sheng coughed and changed the subject: "Brother, have uncle and the others gone back?"

"We're back. My uncle and aunt helped us circle the back house. Your second brother also circled the half acre of land in the back house for you. Now we're only missing the front half of the yard. I think we've run out of wood, and the sun is about to set. Okay, let them out."

After a moment of silence, Su Mo said in a deep voice: "After your second cousin left, your younger cousin also left unexpectedly. Grandpa called people over twice to report the funeral. Aunt Wang was afraid that people in the village would talk about us, so she came to know. After a while, my uncle didn’t say anything when he left, but I guess he would go and pay homage to them briefly on our behalf.”

Susheng's face turned gloomy. If there was anything to worship, it was good that she didn't set off fireworks in a big way.

Wait...little cousin?

Suzi'an?

Su Sheng raised her brows slightly and turned her starry eyes slightly, "How did you die?"

"It seems that he hit his head. He was found too late and could not be rescued."

Not wanting to mention those people, Su Mo changed the subject: "By the way, sister, did you shovel the grass in the half acre of land in the back room with a shovel? Your second brother said that all the weeds are gone."

Su Sheng hummed absentmindedly.

Her mood was inexplicably complicated. Logically speaking, she should be happy. It was just a bad kid she hated who died, not an innocent person.

But whenever she thought that the other person's death might be related to Su Zifeng, she felt a little frightened.

In a daze, he heard Su Hong, who was washing mushrooms with his butt sticking out, turned his head happily and said something disgusting.

"Sister, brother, this is what Qiu Gouzi gave me. I said I didn't want it, but he didn't listen. He insisted that I was his only good friend. He said good friends have to share it."

He poured the mushrooms into a wooden basin, filled it with water, and prepared for the second round of washing.

Su Sheng glanced at him briefly and didn't pay much attention.

Until Su Hong muttered angrily: "It's all my cousin's fault. Qiu Gouzi originally gave me a lot, but when I passed by my cousin's house, he asked for half of it. Qiu Gouzi said he wouldn't give it to me, so he forced me to give it to him. I wanted to buy it for a few cents, but Qiu Gouzi had no choice but to make it up to me next time."

Su Sheng was shocked, put down the ax, and came to Su Hong.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Su Hong raised his head and looked at her doubtfully.

"Those ones are poisonous." Su Sheng withdrew her supernatural sense and squatted down to pick out the poisonous mushrooms inside.

"Poisonous?" Su Hong stood up and was dumbfounded: "Ke Qiu Gouzi often picks these mushrooms for us to eat."

Su Sheng narrowed her eyes and said in a colder tone: "The mushroom itself is not poisonous, but the juice of the intestines oozes from the mushroom."


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