Chapter 591: Chapter 591 Chapter 591: Chapter 591 The next day
After breakfast, Xuexue really took Chuner up the mountain.
Madam Xie didn’t say much, but she instructed them to pay attention to safety and to absolutely not venture into the deep mountain.
Xuexue agreed with a nod, and the two girls, each carrying a small basket which held a sickle, a bamboo tube filled with water, and dry food, set out. It was difficult to find water sources in the mountains, so they prepared to drink from those in the deep mountains.
“Sister, why can’t we bring Xiao Gougou with us?” Chuner asked, looking up at Xuexue as they walked.
The two little ones had grown accustomed to playing together, indeed, a day apart felt like an eternity.
“It’s not safe in the mountains, and if Sister has to protect you, she won’t be able to protect him too. That’s why we can’t bring too many little kids.”
“Didn’t you say it’s not dangerous in the mountains?” Chuner expressed her confusion.
“You this little miss, normally so clever, how come you drop the ball at crucial times? If Sister hadn’t said it like that, would Mother have let us go to the mountain?”
Chuner finally had her realization. She nodded: “Mm! Right, Mother is just too worried.”
They chatted as they walked, gradually making their way into the forest. The trees at the edge were not very dense, but the bizarrely shaped rocks added a certain charm to the landscape.
“Sister, look at how big these stones are, they’re even bigger than the bed at home, so large, flat, and beautiful.” Chuner ran excitedly to a smooth, large rock, clambered up with effort, lay down on it and even rolled around twice, looking particularly excited.
Xuexue smiled understandingly. In a child’s eyes, everything is wonderful and curious.
“Chuner, have you had enough fun? If you’re finished we should hurry into the mountain, otherwise, if it gets dark and we can’t make it back, Mother will worry again.”
“Oh!” Chuner reluctantly climbed down from the rock: “Sister, this rock is really comfy and cool! It’s not like our bed at home, which is so warm.”
“When Sister has some Silver, she’ll get you a bed just one, and you’ll be cool every day, won’t that be great?” Xuexue said with a grin. Actually, the stone didn’t cost any money, but it was simply too big and cumbersome to move. She didn’t have the energy to deal with it right now; those things would have to wait until her various businesses were on track.
In her previous life, that scumbag Crown Prince had slept on a white jade bed, which, it was said, was worth an entire Liancheng City. Xuexue had also lain on it a few times.
But later, she found it too hard and it made her back hurt, so she stopped sleeping on it.
“Really? Sister, you better not be lying to me!” Chuner tilted her head and looked at Xuexue with a pair of innocent eyes.
“Not lying.” Xuexue stretched out her hand to ruffle Chuner’s little head: “Let’s go, we should hurry into the mountain. Wait a bit, and Sister will catch a wild rabbit for you to play with.”
Chuner spoke as if she understood quite well: “Wild rabbits are hard to catch, they run really fast!”
Big Bull had caught a rabbit for Chuner to play with before he left, but once, while playing with both Chuner and Xiao Gougou, the rabbit’s tether was accidentally let go. The rabbit zipped into the pile of rocks. Despite how they searched, they could not find it, nor did they know where it had escaped to. Chuner cried all day, and nothing Xiao Gougou did could comfort her.
“It’s ok, you’ll see soon enough, Sister runs faster than the rabbits!”
“Ouch!” Suddenly, Chuner cried out in surprise and fell to the ground.
Xuexue, who was walking ahead, immediately turned around and went to check on her while reaching out to help her up: “Chuner, what happened?”