Sisters in the Deep Forest Valley: Many Fun Things

Chapter 243 Returning to the Mountain

The two sisters touched the thin cardboard in their hands and found small round copper coins with many raised marks.

The red envelope wasn't big, but the color was vibrant, and it was folded and cut beautifully. The two sisters couldn't help but wonder: Who folded this? They're quite skillful...

Seeing them lost in thought, Lin Zhengyong joked, "Why are you all standing there like that? Don't think it's too little, do you? Be content, I don't even have a single penny!"

Aunt Zhang gave him a cold look. "You're a big boss who makes a lot of money—you won't even be happy to come home without spending five or ten taels of silver. What, you're actually going to be stingy with your parents' meager earnings?"

That brat dares to mention money! Just thinking about how he spent several taels of silver on a single meal makes her furious!

Speaking of the second son's wasteful behavior, not only his mother but even his father glanced at him indifferently. Lin Zhengyong immediately felt a chill run down his spine from that glance.

He shrank back, gave an awkward laugh, and said, "Oh dear, time flies! It's almost dark! Xiaoyi, Lanshan, hurry up, you should go home! Don't dawdle, I'll see you off."

Then, with lightning speed, he snatched the reins from Lin Chunyi's hand, pulled the mule cart, and ran off.

The two sisters sat on a mule cart, which Lin Zhengyong pulled along. The scene resembled a coachman pulling a young lady's carriage on a long journey...

The others watching from the doorway simultaneously shook off the image from their minds, waving and loudly telling them, "Be careful on the road!"

The two sisters turned around, called out to them loudly, and waved goodbye.

They hadn't gone far when the two got out of the car and walked alongside Lin Zhengyong. There was no other way; the older brother had to act as his younger sister's driver—neither Lin Chunyi nor Lin Lanshan wanted to die young.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, Lin Zhengyong handed the reins to them. "I'll take you this far. I won't accompany you on the way up." He couldn't afford to, he simply couldn't!

This man, who was so weak he couldn't even kill a chicken, truly dared not go up the mountain alone during this season when wild animals were out hunting for meat.

He then gave a rare serious instruction, "After you get back, make sure you finish all the medicine. Don't think you're better after a few days and then throw it away! Also, listen to the doctor. Don't practice any exercises recently, and get plenty of rest."

During the New Year, prepare plenty of good food so that you may have abundance every year. If you find it too lonely on the mountain, come down early; we've always kept rooms for you at home..."

He went on and on, giving instructions on everything from clothing and food to housing and transportation.

He said these were all his thoughts, and they were also things that his whole family wanted to say.

The two listened attentively, nodding occasionally and responding with "Mm," "I understand," or "I'll remember."

Not far from the path leading up and down Youxian Mountain, Yang Yu and his sister Ashu and Ahua lived.

The biggest reason they chose to build their house here was so they could keep an eye on the two sisters as they went up and down the mountain.

So when the mule cart slowly swayed by...

The wheels, bearing hundreds of kilograms, rolled over the uneven dirt road with alternating heavy and light movements, making "crunch" and "bang" sounds.

In addition, Lin Zhengyong and the others were speaking quite loudly here.

This lured the three people inside the house out.

They saw the two sisters and were about to call out when they noticed another person appear before they could speak. The three reacted quickly, saying nothing and offering no greeting.

It was as if they had never seen it before.

Lin Zhengyong turned to look at them, his face full of doubt, "Are you going out?"

They shook their heads, and Yang Yu calmly said, "I heard a noise, so I came out to take a look."

"Oh, that's exactly what I needed to talk to you about. Wait a minute, I'll talk to my sisters for a bit and then come find you. By the way, these are my two younger sisters. They live far away and rarely come over. You haven't met them before, have you?"

"Never seen you... um... I've seen you twice, just bumped into you on the road." Yang Yu moved his neck, which was a little sore from being hit, and nodded to them in greeting.

Ashu and Ahua also politely greeted her with "Hello, sister."

The two sisters nodded and smiled faintly in return, without saying a word. The scene of strangers greeting each other is indeed quite similar to this.

Lin Zhengyong had said most of his instructions and urged them to go home. He was busy making more money.

The two sisters were quite sensible and drove off on their way home.

Before leaving, Lin Chunyi called out, "Brother Zhengyong, Sister Ning might be coming over in a few days to return something. Please keep it safe for us, we'll come back for it next time!"

"Okay, let's go back. I'll remember that. Be careful on the road."

Lin Zhengyong also shouted back, and then, after the mule cart had gradually disappeared from his sight, he muttered to himself:

"How come I didn't know when they met? Linlan even borrowed something from them? Why didn't they come to me instead of the other way around?"

After watching them leave, Yang Yu and the siblings, A-Shu and A-Hua, invited Lin Zhengyong, whose mind was filled with wild thoughts, into the house to chat...

Mountains and forests are full of trees, and it is the shade provided by these trees that brings them to life. The mountains and forests of the south are like this, with greenery and lushness throughout the year.

The northern forests in November are more desolate than those in the south. Similarly, the view now is much more expansive than in summer.

The two sisters traversed the brightly lit outer forest, crunching over withered leaves and skimming past cracked branches, heading towards the inner perimeter of this deep mountain.

All that remained was a path of fresh mud, ready to nourish new life...

The two sisters returned to the valley, but it was not yet noon.

They jumped off the mule cart early and walked along the yellow grass by the stream toward the familiar house.

The weather was pretty good today, with some sunshine and not too windy. Tuanyuan and Ankang were playing by the stream at the end of their pebbled path.

As soon as they approached, the little ones who were engrossed in their work suddenly looked up toward the source of the sound.

"quack!"

"Cuckoo!"

Upon seeing the visitors, they immediately launched into a cacophony of chatter. It sounded like they were grumbling about how long it took them to return, or perhaps they were resentfully angry that they had been abandoned for so long.

At the same time, its little paws moved quickly, and it pounced on them, knocking off a lot of its feathers.

The two squatted down and waited for them to come over, then gently stroked their furry little heads.

"Oh my, my adorable little ones~" Lin Lanshan picked up one of An'an and held her up to smell her fragrance.

"Ugh~"

it's okay no problem!

An'an and Kang Kang play more wildly, so they get smelly faster, which is normal!

Tuantuan and Yuanyuan are pretty "little girls," so they should at least be clean, right?

So, refusing to believe it, she picked up another round one, brought it close, and smelled it.

"Ugh~"

She looked at them one by one, then smelled them, pointing at the four of them in disbelief:

"Couldn't find any food in the mountains? So you went to eat shit? It's only been three days, how come you smell so bad!"

They look like beggar chickens and beggar geese that fled from somewhere...