Age: My Small World

Chapter 16 Wild Pear
In the past, Yang Jun basically spent every winter at home and did not go out to play with the villagers, so he only knew about the situation in the back mountain from hearsay.

Fan Yuanjie came to see me a few times, but at that time he listened to my mother and studied hard at home.

"There are a lot of rabbits, but they are hard to catch. They run too fast and I can never catch them."

Speaking of this, Cheng Xiaoyu couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

Yang Jun raised his eyebrows. Are there so many rabbits here? Maybe he could catch a few and keep them in the space. He wondered if the spiritual water would work on rabbits.

Given the reproductive capacity of rabbits, only a few rabbits are needed to produce hundreds of rabbits next year.

The gestation period of these little creatures is very short. They can give birth to a litter in about a month. A litter usually contains more than three babies, and sometimes up to eight to ten.

What’s more important is that after giving birth to the first litter, the female rabbit can continue to get pregnant the next day. When the first litter of rabbits is weaned, the second litter is just in time, and this continues all year round.

Science has proven that a pair of rabbits can give birth to hundreds of baby rabbits in a year. If these baby rabbits continue to reproduce after six months of maturity, the number will be even more terrifying.

So, the proliferation of rabbits comes from their terrifying fertility.

If he continued to feed his pigs in this way, Yang Jun felt that he would not lack meat in a year.

Of course, rabbit meat has too little fat, so eating too much is not good.

"I'll try it later, maybe I can catch a few." Yang Jun said with a smile.

"Brother Xiaoshan, there are many wild animals in the back mountain. Aren't you afraid of danger?" Cheng Xiaoyu seemed to be in a better mood and became more lively.

"Anyway, I have to help Aunt Li keep an eye on you, to prevent you from being eaten by wild boars, hehe." She waved the sickle in her hand, and her hands, which should have been beautiful, were covered with calluses and red marks.

Yang Jun knew that this was because his hands were like this because he worked too much.

As if she had noticed his gaze, Cheng Xiaoyu subconsciously hid her hands behind her back, then glared at him: "What are you looking at?"

Yang Jun felt relieved seeing her like this. In his memory, Cheng Xiaoyu was a carefree person and it was normal for her to behave like a man.

"Nothing, I just think you're working hard."

"What's so hard about this? I think it's great. My mother supports me in studying." A look of happiness appeared on Cheng Xiaoyu's face, which was brought by the support of her family.

Her situation is actually very rare. After all, as a girl, if her family conditions are not good, it is common for her to get married at the age of fourteen or fifteen, instead of studying until high school.

It is rare to see girls going to junior high school. Most of them start helping with housework in the first or second grade, and start planning their marriage when they grow up. Once they get married, they are outsiders, so their family naturally doesn't want to care how much education a girl can get.

The greatness of nine years of compulsory education is reflected in that it gives everyone an opportunity, an opportunity to succeed.

"What I mean is, if you need any heavy work in the future, you can ask me for help. Don't break your little arms and legs."

Thinking of this little girl who also came to his house to help with work, Yang Jun felt a little sorry for her. She was sensible, hardworking, and motivated. Such a good child should have been studying at home peacefully.

Well, her grades wouldn't allow it.

"you?"

Cheng Xiaoyu glanced at him and saw that he looked pretty skinny.

Although Yang Jun's body has fully recovered and made some progress after being nourished by the spiritual water in the past two days, and is now no less than an ordinary teenager, judging from his appearance, he does not seem to be particularly capable of working.

"What are you looking at? I was helping my family carry corn a few days ago. One or two hundred kilograms is no problem. Don't look down on me, little girl."

As he said that, he patted her little head.

"I see you've lost a lot of weight. I'm afraid it will be hard for you to find a good family in the future." He seemed to be mocking me, and then ran away.

"Yang Jun!" Cheng Xiaoyu's thin face blushed slightly, and then she chased after him angrily.

The two of them played and joked all the way and soon arrived at their destination.

Dahou Mountain is located behind Xiaoqian Mountain, about two kilometers away from the village. There are no particularly tall mountains here, and the highest one is only five or six hundred meters.

This is also relative to the real southwestern mountains. In the entire Shandong Province, it is considered a peak.

I had no intention of going inside, and I was carrying a little girl with me. It would be bad if she was hurt by a wild beast.

"Xiao Yu'er, I remember the wild pear tree is on the steep slope on the east side?" Although he had not been here many times, he still remembered the location of the wild pear tree, otherwise he would not have come here alone.

"Well, there are several on the steep slope, but the wild pears there are too bitter and astringent."

"Brother Xiaoshan, let me take you to the other side. The last time I came here, I found a place with a wild pear tree. The wild pears on it are very sweet."

The little girl's eyes sparkled and she pursed her lips, obviously wanting to try the wild pears she had eaten last time.

"Really? Let's go and take a look." Yang Jun naturally had no objection.

He was planning to plant wild pears in the small world, so naturally he had to choose those that were edible. The ones that were too bitter were just barely edible. Why would he want them when there were better ones?

Following Cheng Xiaoyu into another path, he realized that he had never been here before.

However, since we can see the crops outside through the bushes, it means that this area is not located deep in the mountains, so there is no big danger.

The road on the mountain was not easy to walk on, but fortunately, the two arrived at the destination after a while.

"Oh, there's a bamboo forest here. How come I haven't noticed it before?"

The place Cheng Xiaoyu knew was not top secret, but Yang Jun had definitely never been there, and it was a little remote.

"You haven't been to the back mountain many times, so you definitely don't know."

At this moment, Cheng Xiaoyu was looking straight at a not very tall pear tree.

It looks less than two meters high, which means that this pear tree has only grown and borne fruit in the last one or two years. It is covered with a thick layer of vines. If you don’t look carefully, you wouldn’t even know it is a pear tree.

There are also some non-human traces around, indicating that small animals came to look for fallen wild pears.

"Brother Xiaoshan, you don't know. If I hadn't chased a rabbit last time, I wouldn't have found this place. Unfortunately, when I came here last time, almost all the pears here had fallen, so I didn't pick any. There will definitely be a lot this time."

As she spoke, she lowered her head and crawled under the vines.

Pulling aside some vines, I saw some wild pear fruits the size of a baby's fist, hanging colorfully on the pear tree, making it bend over.

The brown skin and small body make it look like a kiwi.

"Brother Xiaoshan, come and pick them."

Cheng Xiaoyu happily waved and let him pass.

When he approached, the little girl had already picked two, wiped them on her clothes, and handed one to him.

"Try it and see if it's sweet."

Yang Jun didn't hesitate and took it and took a bite.

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