Chiang Xiao thought to herself, Tyrant Meng is really in for a treat, in for a treat!
Because not only had she thought of how to deal with the mushrooms, she had now also found wild chestnuts, and she had figured out how to handle the wild rabbits and partridges in her Space—she could send them all for him to eat!
That day, they descended from the mountain when it was completely dark.
Actually, this was very dangerous, but with so many chestnuts, they really did not want to give up. If they had discovered them earlier, avoiding the rain from the past two days, maybe there wouldn’t have been as many rotten ones.
By the afternoon, they felt that the weather was off and feared that it might rain again tomorrow, which would mean resting for two more days without being able to go up the mountain. By then, some of the chestnuts they left behind would rot away, which would be such a pity.
So they decided to pick them all and carry them down the mountain.
This time, it was Liu Pei who came to pick them up with the ox cart.
She had been waiting at the foot of the mountain for a long time, growing increasingly anxious, and several times she contemplated going up to check, fearing that something might have happened.
Liu Pei had not entered the village and did not know about the commotion caused by Wan Niu and the others today, which had already stirred up quite a reaction in the village.
If she had known, she might have gone weak at the knees with fright, certainly thinking that something indeed had happened to them on the mountain.
It was already very dark when she finally saw several shadows slowly approaching.
Liu Pei was a bit scared and turned on her flashlight, shining it in their direction and asking with a trembling voice, "Who is it?"
When Chiang Xiao’s voice rang out, Liu Pei finally breathed a sigh of relief and couldn’t help but complain, "What’s going on with you guys? Why are you so late? And you even brought Little with you, you’re really too carefree!"
She was genuinely worried.
The mountains are dangerous during the day, let alone at night?
How could you see the path clearly to come down the mountain?
It’s really fortunate that no one was injured.
"Aunt, we found some good stuff!" Chiang Xiao was carrying a backpack and also holding a bamboo basket in one hand, but she seemed to be walking the most effortlessly.
Liu Pei hurried over to take the bamboo basket from her hand, "Oh? You found mushrooms?" She was also very happy.
"It’s not just mushrooms, we’ve got chestnuts too," Ge Dejun said, unloading a full load of chestnuts onto the ox cart, then quickly went to help Chiang Songhai.
Xu Linjiang also carried a load, still holding another basket of mushrooms in his hand.
This trip was mainly for gathering chestnuts, while Chiang Xiao was picking mushrooms; they hadn’t touched anything else for the time being.
"How come there are chestnuts now?" Liu Pei looked at their haul and was both surprised and delighted.
"Let’s go, let’s go, let’s hurry. We can talk on the road," Ge Dejun urged her and Chiang Xiao to get on the cart, and they quickly made their way to the town.
Because she knew Chiang Xiao had gone up the mountain today and would also be heading to the town in the evening, Ge Liutao was in the town too.
She too was anxiously pacing in the rented house she was staying in, going to the door to check now and then; she had reheated the cooked food twice.
It was not until everyone finally arrived that she let out a sigh of relief. She dared not show her worries in front of Ge Xiaotong, keeping up a comforting demeanor, especially since Ge Xiaotong was pregnant.
Seeing so many chestnuts, Ge Xiaotong, like Chiang Xiao, had her first reaction of salivating.
"Wow, does that mean we can roast our own chestnuts to eat tomorrow?"
Chiang Xiao immediately nodded.
"Of course, we can. We’ve collected so much, how could you two be left out?" Xu Linjiang said as he patted her head.
In this past month, Ge Xiaotong’s complexion had also become much rosier, and her pregnancy was now stable. He truly felt from the bottom of his heart that a great part of the credit went to Chiang Xiao.
Looking at so many chestnuts, Chiang Xiao came up with an idea.