The three of them worked together, and in ten minutes, they had dug up the ginseng. Hongguo muttered, "It’s just that ti was tight, otherwise there’d be more roots."
"Alright, it’s already a pleasant surprise."
Xiao Chenye looked at the ginseng, too shocked to speak, "This must be seventy or eighty years old. A good item, priceless."
"Is it worth a lot?"
"Yeah."
Hongguo picked it up and stuffed it into Wen Ran’s hands, "Sister, for you."
"I don’t want it, you keep it."
Hongguo insisted, "Sister!"
"Enough," Xiao Chenye scratched his head, "it’s getting late, don’t dawdle. No matter who holds it, it’s all in your pockets. Let’s not fall behind, let’s catch up."
Since that’s the case, Wen Ran held onto it for now.
Hongguo got up, stumbled a bit, and Wen Ran quickly supported her, "Are you okay?"
She didn’t seem lightly injured.
"It’s nothing, I can walk. It’s probably just a little skin scrape."
"Alright, let’s go then."
The little episode on the road was a pleasant surprise. After a night of rushing, they finally reached the foot of the mountain and encountered another silly deer.
Everyone was exhausted and didn’t intend to bother with it, but who knew this deer, for so reason, followed them the entire way.
It got closer and closer.
In the end, it nestled into Hongguo’s arms.
Hongguo was excited, "Sister, it’s so cute."
The silly deer had moist eyes and was chewing on so grass.
Wen Ran was about to say, raising a deer can be tricky. Though it’s a herbivore, if it goes outside, it might get caught and put into a pot.
Then Hongguo’s next line was, "Shall we go ho and eat at? Put it in the stew pot."
Wen Ran: "..."
Alright.
So what was cute ant it was cute to eat.
"Okay."
Hongguo was thrilled.
As dawn broke, the group finally descended the mountain. When the captain was dragged out of bed and saw the ground full of wolf carcasses, he instantly woke up.
"Oh dear! What did you all do here?"
"We fought wolves," Wen Ran, descending the mountain, felt her eyelids grow heavy.
Xiao Chenxing ca to take a look, yelped, and ran off, "Oh my~"
She returned in less than twenty minutes, "Sister Xiao Wen, my parents said for you to co by, have a al before you sleep."
"Alright."
The house had a cold stove, going back would be a hassle anyway.
"By the way," Wen Ran introduced, dragging Hongguo along, "this is Hongguo, a girl I picked up in the mountains."
"Ah? Oh!" Xiao Chenxing ran again, "Sister Xiao Wen, wait, I need to tell my mom to make more noodles."
Watching her back, Wen Ran was baffled, "When did Chenxing beco so lively and outgoing?"
Regarding his own sister, Xiao Chenye always had sharp, ruthless criticisms, "She’s like wild epilepsy."
Zhao Tiezhu started chatting with the captain while others began clearing the wolves. Wen Ran saw nothing needed doing, so she simply took off with the silly deer after a quick goodbye.
"Hey? Why’s she taking a deer ho by herself?"
"Go to hell, you ungrateful thing. What’s the big deal about taking a deer? The deer ran into her by itself! Also!
If it weren’t for her, do you think we’d all co back safe after encountering wolves?"
"That’s a separate issue," the guy retorted defiantly, "besides, she didn’t save , she obviously did it to save herself."
With that statent, not only did the Silly Deer Team look displeased, but even the Wild Boar Team’s faces soured.
Wen Ran even stopped in her tracks with Hongguo.
The Water Buffalo Team felt a chill, awkwardly mumbling, "Don’t mind him, this young guy is hot-headed, ans no harm, just doesn’t watch his mouth."
Even the Wild Boar Team chuckled, "What an insight, are people so shaless now? Eating with a bowl in hand and then cursing?"
The Water Buffalo Team’s leader glared at the speaker and smiled, approaching the captain and Zhao Tiezhu, "That’s nonsense, he’s my brother-in-law, spoiled at ho."
Zhao Tiezhu wasn’t having it, roughly shaking off the hand, "Don’t be so familiar, we’re not close."
"Enough," the captain coughed, "and you, being an adult, watch your words."
After reprimanding Zhao Tiezhu, the captain turned kindly, "You’re from the Ren Family, right?"
"Yes, yes, Ren Guangzong. My brother used to co, but he’s busy this year, so I’m here."
"No wonder, you seem unfamiliar," the captain pondered, "since it’s like this, and it’s getting late, you might as well head back first.
Co back after lunch, have your captain co over, and we’ll divide up the spoils."
Hearing this, Ren Guangzong’s smile stiffened.
In previous years, when the three teams grouped for a hunt, they were never sent off hungry after descending the mountain.
They’d usually have a big al, drink, and sleep it off...
"Uncle, it’s not..."
Before he could finish, the deer’s call sounded. Everyone turned to see Hongguo with an innocent face, "Huh? What are you saying?
You scared away my deer."
Indeed, the deer hopped away, its furry backside quickly vanishing.
Now without the deer and having fallen out with the Silly Deer Team, Ren Guangzong was tempted to smack his brother-in-law to death.
What a useless troublemaker.
"Why haven’t you left?"
In the face of Wen Ran, the captain was genuinely happy, his wrinkles smoothed out into a smile, "You always enjoy watching the fun, quickly have a al and rest."
"Sure! I’ll be on my way!"
"Wait a minute," the captain looked at Hongguo beside Wen Ran and succinctly said, "We’ll need to register her household soon. What’s her na and surna, tell , and I’ll handle the matter."
"Surna Wen!" Hongguo glanced at Wen Ran, seeing no objection on her face, then cheerfully stated, "Na’s Hongguo! Wen Hongguo."
"Alright," the captain bead, "you’ve got a good eye, girl."
"Thank you, uncle!"
The Water Buffalo Team had nothing to say and slunk away.
The Wild Boar Team, seeing this, bid farewell, but the captain stopped them, "Why leave? After such hard work, the family’s cooking ready, stay for a al, get a good sleep, and we’ll divvy up the at after lunch before heading out together."
They understood things better, unlike the clueless Water Buffalo Team!
Sister Xiao Wen’s such a nice young girl, and this old man can’t give the younger generation a bit of support?
If he hadn’t kept his cool, it would’ve spared the Water Buffalo Team a bigger scene!
On the way ho, Xiao Chenye also sighed, "The captain really likes you. Didn’t you see how he used soft tactics against the Water Buffalo Team?"
When they left, Ren Guangzong was practically green with envy.
"And you?"
Wen Ran lowered her eyes and smiled at Hongguo, "Why did you pinch the deer’s butt?"
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