Chapter 96: Once again, we worked until dark

Seeing that her gaze was fixed on the ground and she didn’t notice her look, He Wanqing lied with a straight face: “I discovered it when I went up the mountain a few days ago. It was just sprouting back then, and it wasn’t ready to be picked. When I was at the foot of the mountain just now, I calculated in my mind that it should be ready now, so I brought you here. Luckily, we came, otherwise, the cucumber fragrance here would have gone to waste in a few days.” As she spoke, the scene of picking wild vegetables at night in her previous life flashed before her eyes.

 Thinking about those scenes, her heart involuntarily clenched, and the overwhelming sadness almost drowned her. “Sister, don’t just stand there, hurry up and pick, there’s enough here for us to pick for a few days.” Shen Ping, who had already picked a lot, looked back and saw her standing there in a daze, she quickly urged her to hurry up, so they could go home after picking a full basket. If they were lucky, they could come again. Thinking about the price the purchasing station was giving recently, she wished she could work overtime to pick. “Coming.” He Wanqing, who had come back to her senses, immediately squatted down and started picking cucumber fragrance. Whether it was because her hands had an amazing memory or because of her own reason, even though Shen Ping had started picking half an hour earlier, she finished her basket first.

 Looking at her full basket of cucumber fragrance, then at Shen Ping, who was only a little bit away from filling hers, she thought for a moment and reached out to help her pick. Ten minutes later, with her help, Shen Ping’s basket was also full. The two sisters carried their baskets back down the mountain, chatting as they walked, and Shen Ping kept praising her, as if it cost nothing. He Wanqing was very embarrassed, looking at her envious expression, she couldn’t tell her that it was just practice makes perfect. When they got home, they separated the two baskets of wild vegetables and poured them on the ground. She looked at the time: “Sister, it’s still early, let’s go again?

” “Gulu, gulu” He Wanqing, who had finished two bowls of water, looked at the time on her wrist and found that it was only 4:15. Thinking about that patch of cucumber fragrance, she nodded: “Let’s go!” If they didn’t hurry up and pick them, they would go to waste. This time, she changed to a larger basket, carrying a sickle in one hand and locking the door with the other, the two sisters went up the mountain along the same path as before. On the way, they met quite a few people carrying full baskets and carrying bags, going down the mountain. Seeing that the two of them had just gone up the mountain, they shook their heads at them, greeted them, and hurried down the mountain. “Don’t look, you can’t do it.” Only men could carry it, women’s bodies couldn’t handle it. “I know, I’m just envious.” Shen Ping said as she walked, withdrawing her gaze.

 Her family’s conditions were average, and there were four children in the family who needed money for school. Even though she had graduated now, there were still three younger brothers studying. For any job that could earn extra money, she wanted to do more to help her dad reduce the burden. He Wanqing, who was lagging behind, listened to her words, and then thought about her fifth uncle and several children who were working hard to make money, and she admired her grandma and grandpa. They were really ruthless, they kept their wealth hidden from them, completely not letting them know that the Shen family was not short of money. Shen Ping, who had been here once, didn’t need her to lead the way this time, she found the place herself.

 Looking at the wild vegetables all over the ground, thinking that they would soon turn into money, she squatted down again and quickly picked them with both hands. He Wanqing, who was lagging behind, saw her appearance and thought about her own empty purse, and immediately squatted down and quickly picked. Time passed unconsciously, before it got completely dark on the mountain, the two of them went down the mountain with their third harvest.

At the foot of the mountain. When he got home and saw the wild vegetables all over the ground, but didn’t see her, Gu Cheng’an’s face turned completely black. If he wasn’t afraid of angering his wife’s family, he would have gone to complain. Who knew that just as he finished making dinner and was about to close the door and go to the mountain to find them, he saw Shen Wujiu coming with a flashlight. The two of them talked, and when they learned that the sisters who had gone up the mountain hadn’t come down yet, they were instantly panicked. They didn’t even bother to find someone to help, they rushed down the mountain. As soon as they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they saw the two sisters carrying their baskets, walking a few steps and resting a few steps. Seeing that the two of them were unharmed, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. “Wanqing, Xiaoping?” The two sisters were struggling to carry their baskets down the mountain, and when they suddenly heard someone calling them, they were puzzled. They looked up and saw two tall figures, one happily shouting and the other awkwardly smiling. Oops, she forgot to make dinner again?

“Fifth Uncle, Jiang Cheng, why are you here?” She stuck out her tongue and licked her dry lips, looking at the man whose face was as black as ink, thinking about how she would explain it when she got home. After confirming that it was the two of them, Gu Cheng’an and Shen Wujiu quickly went forward and took the baskets from their daughters’ hands: “What do you think? It’s already dark, Xiaoping hasn’t come home yet, I thought she was playing at home. Who knew you two wouldn’t come down the mountain so late, don’t you know there are dangers on the mountain?” He glanced at his nephew-in-law, whose face was as black as ink, for fear that he would make things difficult for his niece when he got home, he immediately pointed out their mistakes.

 “Dad, it wasn’t my cousin who wouldn’t come down the mountain, it was because I saw so many cucumber fragrance there. If we didn’t pick them all today, they would go to waste tomorrow, so I dragged her here. My cousin didn’t even want to come the first time, she said she would finish making dinner at home, I dragged her here forcefully. If you want to scold, scold me, don’t involve my cousin.” Shen Ping, who was on the mountain slope, showed some sense for the first time. She looked at her brother-in-law, whose face was as black as ink, and thought that the two of them were newly married, so it was not good to quarrel, so after her father finished speaking, she immediately took the lead and answered, putting all the blame on her.

Of course, it was also as she had said, she couldn’t bear to leave those wild vegetables, so she came for a third time. “Fifth Uncle, we know, we won’t go down the mountain so late next time, we promise to go home before dark.” She reached out and pulled Shen Ping’s hand, signaling her to just agree and not explain too much. Gu Cheng’an, who was taking He Wanqing’s basket, almost couldn’t hold it. Seeing her thin and small body carrying such heavy wild vegetables all the way, any anger he had disappeared, leaving only heartache for her. His gaze fell on their hands gesturing to each other, he automatically looked away and looked elsewhere: “Let’s go home, it’s getting late! These baskets are too heavy, you two must be very tired, go home, wash up, eat, and go to bed quickly, get a good rest.” “Yes, these baskets are too heavy, you two sisters should not carry such heavy loads when you go up the mountain in the future.” Hearing that his tone didn’t sound angry, Shen Wujiu breathed a sigh of relief and immediately agreed. “We know. It’s just this once.”

 The two sisters looked at each other and answered them at the same time. The four of them went down the mountain one after another, and soon arrived at her house. Looking at the wild vegetables all over the ground, she turned around and was about to speak, but then she heard Shen Ping say: “Sister, we’ll go back first, you and your brother-in-law hurry up and make dinner, I’ll come over tomorrow to help you sort the wild vegetables.” After saying that, without giving her a chance to speak, she pulled Shen Wujiu and quickly left, looking as if she was being chased by something.