Chapter 28 A shy face

"Don't be nervous, isn't it just under the stairs?"

Chen Hui held An Wenjing's shoulders, pushed her body back, and pointed at the dark stairs inside the door.

An Wenjing breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest repeatedly, "I was so scared, I thought it was stolen."

"I just came back and saw you parked at the door, so I pushed in."

"Then why didn't you tell me?"

"How can I scare you when I tell you this? You still have to park and lock your car properly, otherwise it will really be stolen." Chen Hui said seriously.

If this was stolen, she would cry for days.

"Oh! I remember that! I was just in a hurry to cook and didn't think about it so much."

An Wenjing smiled and closed the door.

After thinking about it, he still felt uneasy, so he called Lin Jiao to get up and push the door pin inside.

Then they followed Chen Hui up the mountain, chatting and laughing.

At this time, most of the men in the village were still working in the mountains.

The women either stayed at home, put the children to sleep after lunch, or did some cleaning.

Either they bring food up the mountain to deliver it to their men, or even those who are fast are still on their way back.

On the small road in the village.

Looking forward, there was no one.

Looking back, only the big yellow dog that Chen Guangming kept at home was walking by with its tail twitching.

Chen Hui picked up a stone and threw it at it. It didn't dare to fight back and ran away with its tail between its legs.

An Wenjing was amused by Chen Hui's behavior.

After looking around again and seeing that there was no one around, she secretly stretched out her little finger and hooked Chen Hui's finger.

There was a shy yet happy smile on her face, which made her cheeks look rosy and tender.

Chen Hui looked at her and smiled, then hooked his ring finger over An Wenjing's.

"Huh?" An Wenjing acted unconvinced and hooked Chen Hui's middle finger again.

I am second to you and you are first, so you lose now, right?
"Ha ha ha ha."

Chen Hui was amused by An Wenjing's timid and stubborn look, so he simply loosened their fingers that were hooked together, pulled An Wenjing's hand over, and held her entire hand in his palm.

An Wenjing's hands are small, and the touch is not delicate, but it is very comfortable to pinch them.

Hey.

Lost, lost.

An Wenjing looked in another direction with a smile on her face.

She let Chen Hui's big hands completely wrap her small hands, and gently rubbed them from time to time.

"Tell me, what if we kill too many prey today and can't bring them back?"

"Then eat it all and go home."

"Then the two of us will have to spend the night in the mountains?"

"I'm not afraid!"

Both of them deliberately avoided looking at their clasped hands and walked up the mountain road which was not very easy to walk on, chatting casually.

"Oh my! Sister Wenjing and Brother Chenhui are holding hands!"

"Shame on you, shame on you!"

A quiet forest path.

A boy's shout startled An Wenjing, and she immediately shook her hand away and looked forward in panic.

"Sister Wenjing, I'm here!"

Chen Xiaoming poked his head out from behind a big tree.

Looking at An Wenjing, he scratched her face with his index finger and said excitedly, "Shame on you, shame on you."

"How dare you laugh at others? You are the one who is going to go to primary school in September, and you still wet the bed when you sleep at night."

Chen Hui stepped forward, popped a chestnut on Chen Xiaoming's head, and pulled him out from behind the tree.

"Brother Chen Hui, why do you even bring this up?"

Chen Xiaoming, who always prided himself on being a little man, was extremely embarrassed.

He was no longer in the mood to tease the two of them, so he ran down the mountain. "Why did you go up the mountain alone? How's your dad's foot?" Chen Hui shouted from a high place!

"My dad's foot is healed!"

"Tell your dad, I'll go find him after dinner tonight!"

"understood!"

Chen Xiaoming replied loudly, but he did not stop running down.

Chen Hui stood there and watched. Seeing that he was running towards home, he turned around and continued walking up the mountain with An Wenjing.

"Brother Chen Hui, why are you going to see Uncle Guo Gang?" An Wenjing asked, rubbing his hands.

"The house needs some tiles replaced and the damaged walls need to be repaired. It's hard to ask a professional house repairman to do such a small job," said Chen Hui.

An Wenjing nodded.

Chen Guogang learned how to repair tiles and build walls.

With his average skills, he couldn't find a job as a skilled worker outside, and he thought the income from working as an assistant was too little, so he decided to just farm in the village.

I may not be able to build a house on my own, but I can do some small projects like repairing walls and applying tiles.

Continuing up the mountain, Chen Hui and An Wenjing met a few women who were bringing back lunch.

After passing the area where villagers grow crops, vegetables and tea, we entered a forest area with no crops at all.

The mountains are closed to protect forests, and cutting down trees and reclaiming land are no longer allowed.

As more trees grew, the number of wild animals gradually increased.

Winter is when there is no farm work to do.

The hardworking villagers would calculate the tides in the early morning and evening to go fishing and walk among the reefs.

The rest of the time during the day I would choose to go up the mountain to try my luck and collect some firewood.

Throughout the year, except for New Year's Eve to the third day of the New Year, there is almost no idle time.

An Wenjing slowed down as she entered the forest area.

We cut down some dwarf trees that were still allowed to be collected, picked up naturally broken and dried branches along the way, and dried ferns that could be used to make fire.

After collecting a basket, the two men came to the place where Chen Guogang's foot was pinched last time.

Chen Hui calmed down and felt it.

The two rabbits that managed to escape learned their lesson and did not return to the place that was smoked, but instead settled down somewhere else.

However, the lesson was not fully learned, and the new hole was not far away.

The bamboo rats in the bamboo forest are still plump.

That young wild boar, which had not yet reached adulthood, must have passed by the opposite slope again today, leaving behind a very strong smell.

"Don't do that, let's go over there, there will be more."

Chen Hui said, pointing to the hillside opposite.

"The other side is too far away. It will be too difficult to get the firewood back after collecting it." An Wenjing shook her head.

"Aren't we here to hunt? Why are you only thinking about chopping wood?"

An Wenjing burst out laughing.

"Brother Chen Hui, you are not really here to hunt wild boars, are you? Then tell me where the wild boars are?"

Chen Hui suddenly realized.

It turned out that An Wenjing thought she was just joking.

Her main purpose of going up the mountain should be to collect firewood, but it would be even better if she could gain something else by the way.

"Come with me." Chen Hui took the backpack from An Wenjing's hand and carried it on his back.

The two held hands and walked through the forest to the other side.

Chen Hui first found the location where the wild boar smell was the strongest, and used a hatchet to draw a square area.

Then gather all the hay on the ground and put it into the backpack.

Chen Hui also pried out the growing weeds and carefully piled them aside.

"Brother Chen Hui, what are you doing?" An Wenjing looked confused.

"Make a trap to catch wild boar!"

"what?!"

(End of this chapter)