As soon as the three of them stepped into Hat Mountain, Xie Chao sensed an unfamiliar presence. He immediately swept his Spiritual Power over and saw that it was Jin Shanyao with two little ones beside her.
Unable to resist his curiosity, Xie Chao secretly peeked at the two human cubs... exquisitely beautiful, like carved jade. He couldn't help but gently touch Meng Anci's cheek with his Spiritual Power.
Just as the Spiritual Power approached, a powerful force suddenly shot out from Meng Anci's neck, scalding him so much that he abruptly withdrew his Spiritual Power.
Xie Chao looked closely and noticed that each of the two children wore a ginkgo leaf necklace around their necks. The golden leaves shimmered with a spiritual light, completely enveloping the two children.
He looked at the Jin Shanyao in disbelief.
These two children were clearly human, yet she used her own branches and leaves to make amulets for them! This shows how important these two children were to her.
Jin Shanyao smiled, completely disregarding Xie Chao's Spiritual Power, and went mushroom picking in the mountains with her two children.
"Auntie, is there a water source on Hat Mountain?"
"Shh..." Jin Shanyao her finger to her lips, making a shushing gesture, and pointed ahead for Meng Anzhi to see.
Meng Anzhi held a stone in her hand, her eyes fixed on the pheasant. Whoosh... the stone smashed into the pheasant's head in an instant, and the pheasant flapped its wings twice before collapsing to the ground.
"Auntie, I got it!"
Meng Anci, his clothes tucked with mushrooms, said urgently, "Don't shout, don't shout, I haven't hit any yet!" He bent over like a thief, carefully surveying the area.
Jin Shanyao wanted to say that with his height, he didn't need to bend over, but seeing his serious expression, she swallowed her words.
About 15 minutes later, Meng Anci finally saw the pheasant. He held a stone to the pheasant's head, thinking about the method his aunt had taught him.
Whoosh... The pheasant fluttered a few times and fell to the ground.
Meng Anci ran forward, grabbed the chicken by the neck with one hand, and excitedly held it in the air, "Auntie, I hit it!"
Seeing the two children having so much fun, Jin Shanyao couldn't help but smile. "Come on, let's go prepare the ingredients."
Meng Anci immediately exclaimed, "Auntie, I'm going to stuff the chicken's belly full of mushrooms!"
"I want to brush on a layer of honey..."
Where do you have honey?
As soon as Meng Anci asked the question, he saw a mysterious smile appear on his sister's face.
He suddenly leaned close to Meng Anzhi and excitedly pressed, "Tell me the truth, have you been secretly hiding something good?"
They've always been together; his sister couldn't possibly conjure up honey.
Meng Anzhi smiled smugly, " Xiaoli has one." Meng Anci followed her gaze and indeed saw Xiaoli with a honeycomb in its mouth.
When the Xiaoli saw everyone looking at it, it suddenly had a bad feeling and didn't know where to hide the honeycomb in its mouth!
Just as it hesitated, the two little guys rushed towards it like madmen, then pinned it down and began to pry open its mouth and steal its honeycomb.
The Xiaoli whimpered under the weight, " Dahuang... Dahuang, I've encountered robbers..."
Dahuang remained silent, only focusing on hiding the wild rabbit behind its back.
Jin Shanyao watched them arguing and her heart softened.
Before his death, the benefactor entrusted his two children to her, hoping that she would teach them carefully and help them succeed.
She only remembered this instruction and wanted to complete the task as soon as possible, so she kept squeezing their childhood, making them feel suffocated. Fortunately, neither of the children had any accidents.
Behind the crooked tree are several springs, bubbling and gurgling water year-round.
Jin Shanyao tossed the pheasant beside the spring and began preparing the food.
Meng Anci noticed Xie Chao and asked warily, "Who are you?"
Xie Chao sat upright in the tree, curiously observing the two little ones, a smile playing on his lips. "Let me hold you for a moment, and I'll tell you."
"Shameless..." Meng Anci clutched her clothes, her face flushed with anger. "This is my family's mountain. Where did you come from?"
Xie Chao hid the wine jar behind his back. "Your name is Meng Anzhi?"
Meng Anci's heart skipped a beat. "You know me?"
Xie Chao glanced at Jin Shanyao, "I know her..."
Jin Shanyao noticed the two little ones' wary expressions and couldn't help but laugh out loud, "He's the mountain guardian my aunt hired."
Meng Anci glanced at Xie Chao, said nothing more, and began to clean up the mushrooms after dumping them on the ground.
Xie Chao's face darkened when he saw the ground covered in mushrooms. "You've been picking mushrooms?"
Meng Anci's eyes were deep and serious. "It's my mountain. I can pick whatever I want." After saying that, he crushed the hazel mushroom in front of Xie Chao.
Xie Chao's eyes flashed with astonishment; he hadn't expected such a handsome little boy to be so cruel.
He turned around and stared in disbelief at Jin Shanyao, seeing her starting a fire with tree branches. His worldview shattered. "You... you actually burned tree branches?"
Jin Shanyao casually tossed a dry branch into the fire, "You're making a fuss over nothing..."
Her words left Xie Chao frozen in the tree, unable to accept them for a moment.
"Don't you... feel any pain in your heart?" Mu Zhe asked.
Jin Shanyao an eyebrow. "Trees don't have hearts... Do you fungi have them? When you're competing for nutrients, do you ever consider the life or death of your own kind?"
They all fought their way through bloodshed and violence, so why pretend to be pure and kind-hearted!
Jin Shanyao grabbed the branch with her backhand, snapped it in half right in front of Xie Chao, and threw it into the fire.
Xie Chao's heart pounded... Jin Shanyao is a ruthless person!
The fire was lit, Jin Shanyao handed the pheasant to the two children to roast.
She sat down next to Xie Chao and, seeing him staring intently at the chicken's belly, assumed he was craving it. So she generously said, "I'll give you a chicken leg when it's done grilling."
Xie Chao, "What is your relationship with these two children?"
A sinister glint flashed in Jin Shanyao's eyes. "The more you know, the faster you die. Are you sure you don't want to live?"
"Fine, I won't say. Who are you trying to scare?" Xie Chao felt a little uncomfortable and moved a bit further away from her.
He had just settled into his seat when he was suddenly slumped in his lap with a packet of seeds. He grabbed a handful, and the seeds slipped through his fingers.
Looking at Jin Shanyao in disbelief, she said, "You really want me to grow ginseng?"
Jin Shanyao, "You're always holed up in the mountains, it must be so boring. Grow ginseng to pass the time. Don't worry, I won't mistreat you."
Xie Chao initially wanted to resist, but then thought it unnecessary.
He stared at the two children, becoming so engrossed that he realized that none of his friends had ever come to visit him since he was imprisoned on Hat Mountain.
At first he missed them a little, then he complained about why they didn't come, but now he's long since let it go.
The aroma of roast chicken wafted into my nostrils, and before I knew it, a chicken leg had appeared in front of me.
Meng Anzhi smiled and said, "My name is Meng Anzhi, and my younger brother's name is Meng Anci. My aunt said you like to eat chicken legs and dates. I came in a hurry today, but I'll bring you dates next time."
Xie Chao took the chicken leg blankly, watching Meng Anzhi sit back down by the fire and eat hazel mushrooms... Oh well, it's not like she's eating lingzhi, there's nothing wrong with that.
He looked at Jin Shanyao and noticed she had already eaten most of the chicken leg. Jin Shanyao swallowed her food and blinked her big eyes, "Aren't you going to eat any? It's brushed with honey, it's delicious."
Xie Chao's throat tightened. "How did you know I like roast chicken and dates?"
"Among the food I brought, you see, there are 180 roast chicken pieces, 230 jujube pieces, and 50 braised pork knuckles..."
"Stop, Jin Shanyao was interrupted by Xie Chao before she could finish speaking. She was both embarrassed and annoyed that her little actions had been seen by Jin Shanyao Xie Chao.
Jin Shanyao the chicken bones far away, saying, "If you like them, I'll roast them for you every day."
Xie Chao felt awkward. "It's not like I don't have hands, I don't need your help..."
"Hey... I'm telling you, you're just perfect for... sex... sex..."
"What is 'bingbingbingbingbing'..."
Jin Shanyao her eyes. "Illiterate..."