Going up the Mountain
Ma Jiacai turned around and scolded him, “Shut Up! Miss Qingqing has already given us such good food, why are you still thinking of bringing it back home!”
The worker’s tears could not help but fall, and he stammered, “I, I just want to save my rations. These dishes are too good, I want to bring them back for my wife to eat.”
When he said this, the others also had the same thoughts.
That’s right. They brought their own rations. Could these good dishes be brought back to their families?
Even Aunt Liang was moved. She could eat less and bring it back to her daughter to eat.
They all looked at Jian Qingqing expectantly.
Jian Qingqing shook her head slightly. “That won’t do. If you don’t eat well, you won’t have the energy to work. How about this? I’ll give you an advance of these five days’ wages. You can go back and buy some good food for them. How about it?”
The workers’ eyes lit up. This was also possible!
Ma Jiacai hurriedly nodded. “Thank you, Miss Qingqing!”
In the afternoon, Jian Qingqing let Xiao Hu watch over the construction. She wanted to go up the mountain with Jian Rong to take a look. She always felt that there must be some treasure in such a large mountain. She might get lucky and find something good.
Jian Rong was now leading a group of children into the mountain every day. Because almost every family had children, the village chief had ordered for a path to be cleared in the mountain. It would be much safer to enter the mountain now.
When Jian Qingqing arrived, a group of kids stood in a row, each with a big basket in their hands. Jian Rong was standing on a rock and talking.
“You must listen to my orders when entering the mountains! You can’t just walk around! You can’t randomly catch snakes! If anyone disobeys, I won’t bring anyone into the mountains tomorrow! Is that clear?!”
“Clear!” the children all shouted loudly.
She felt that they were a little funny. Indeed, children were the most adorable creatures in the world.
As she said this, Jian Qingqing forgot that she was also a little girl that was less than eight years old. She was less than a meter tall.
Jian Rong saw Jian Qingqing and immediately jumped down from the rock and came to her side. “Sister Qingqing, why are you here? Aren’t you building up your house?”
“I’ll follow you up the mountain to take a look. I’ll let Xiao Hu watch over the house.”
Jian Rong agreed without hesitation. “Okay, then you can follow me later.”
Jian Qingqing saw a little kid staring at her curiously. She took out a handful of candy to give to them. She had bought this candy for her three younger brothers to eat. She did not know what it was made from, but it was not very sweet. She did not think it was very delicious, but it was quite expensive. However, her three younger brothers liked to eat it, especially Xiao Lang. Every time she came back from the county, he would come and ask for candy.
After the children got the candy, they were not afraid of Jian Qingqing anymore. One by one, they called out sweetly, “Sister Qingqing.”
Jian Qingqing looked at them with a smile. These children were all under the age of seven. All the children in the village above the age of seven had to work in the fields. Jian Rong was the only child in his family, and that was why his mother had sent him out to look for food.
In the beginning, the Jian Family had sent Xiao Hu to the fields. The original owner had brought Xiao Ye and Xiao Lang out to look for wild vegetables. However, the original owner had not been feeling well, so she had asked Xiao Hu to bring them. After she came to this world, it was Xiao Hu who went with her.
In the Spring, many grass and trees bloomed. They were colorful and extremely beautiful.
As Jian Qingqing walked, she picked the flowers that she thought were beautiful. Suddenly, her gaze was attracted by a cluster of white flowers.
The flower vines climbed on the tall pine trees. The flowers in full bloom poured down from the trees, forming a flower waterfall.
This kind of ‘flower waterfall’ was everywhere in the mountains. Jian Qingqing was used to it from the beginning. What attracted her attention was the small white flowers on this flower waterfall.