Jiang Qiaoxi saw how enthusiastic the kids were. He wanted to tell them they didn't have to, but in the end, he joined them in calling Wang Yue "Master"!
Starting that day, their group grew from five to six, and went from F5 to F6.
The kids all followed very regular schedules, which put the adults at ease.
Jiang Zheng didn't know any of this. When he came home from work for the first time and saw that all the other kids had returned by evening, but Jiang Qiaoxi hadn't, he went over to the Lin family's house.
Lin Haifeng was a sharp one. When he saw Jiang Zheng arrive, he smiled and said, "You're worried about your kid, right? Don't worry. The kids stick to a regular schedule. They probably went up the mountain to check on the ranch. But that's our secret, so you have to pretend you don't know about the ranch."
Jiang Zheng was completely baffled. He asked what was going on, and then learned that Wang Yue and the others had started a little ranch.
Jiang Zheng said in astonishment, "No way. Where did those kids get all those seedlings? The village over there must be more than twenty kilometers away. It'd take ages to drive there. How did they get there?"
Lin Haifeng smiled and said, "The kids go running every morning. They're used to it by now. A hundred kilometers is just a few steamed buns and a couple of bottles of water to them.
"We all thought it was healthy for the kids to go running around. Since they only went on weekends, we just let them be. We never imagined they'd go this far. If we hadn't found the ranch, we'd never have known.
"But I have to say, ever since