Gu Changning knew that Chen Shuang had good intentions and wanted to accompany her, but Aunt Chen was a person who could take good fortune and avoid evil to the extreme, especially since her father had "passed away" for less than a year.

Therefore, they will avoid it, and Mrs. Chen is such a person.

Gu Changning didn't want Chen Shuang to be scolded by Aunt Chen because of her, so he persuaded gently.

"It doesn't matter if you don't have to accompany me, Xing'er is different from you, she is really idle, and you have to feed the chickens at home every day, but also feed the pigs, and you are also responsible for the things at home, there is not enough time at all, you don't have to go up the mountain to pick up firewood."

Although Aunt Chen, like everyone else, also loves her son more, she has never treated her daughter like a maid, except for the work that Gu Changning just said, the rest of the things are in charge of Aunt Chen, including picking up firewood.

Chen Shuang bit his lower lip and did not speak.

She knew that Gu Changning had found a step for her, and she didn't want her to be embarrassed, so she was hesitant for a while.

"Okay then......" After a while, Chen Shuangcai nodded lightly.

She also thought about it, and felt that she couldn't pick up much firewood with thin arms and legs, and she might need three or four trips to pick it up, so she didn't take the initiative to take this job.

Chu Chu, who was staying on the side, saw that they were happy, and directly forgot about her, not happy in his heart, pouted, and deliberately lowered his head angrily to continue to cut the pigweed, and his subordinates unconsciously used some force.

After Gu Changning explained Chen Shuang, she was about to continue to grab the snail, and with a casual glance, she found that Chu Chu was busy with the work in her hands silently, and she knew that she was unhappy when she saw it.

Gu Changning thought for a while, and was about to say something to ease the atmosphere, when Xing'er's voice sounded again.

"Eh, look, isn't that Uncle He?" Xing'er pointed to the figure that appeared in a certain direction, looked at everyone and whispered.

The four of them stood in the forest at the foot of the mountain, the shade of the forest was longing, and the forest was full of foliage, completely covering them inside, so the figure on the village road did not notice that there were still people here, and only concentrated on going up the mountain, looking solemn, as if something had happened.

"Like, what's wrong?" Chen Shuang looked at her puzzled.

"Not really, but how do I seem to have seen Uncle He walking this way lately, and he lives on the northeast side of the village, isn't it closer to the hills to the north or east? Why come to the Westside? Xing'er asked with doubts on her face.

From the northeast to the west, I passed through most of the village.

"Maybe there's no prey he wants to hunt?" Chu Chu was holding his breath in his heart, and his tone was a little unpleasant and replied, "There are the most people living in the north, maybe there are many people who go up to the mountains to hunt, and there are fewer prey in the mountains, so Uncle He thought about going to the mountains to the west to catch it." ”

"Well, it's possible what you're saying." After listening to the explanation, Xing'er nodded in agreement, but within a second, she immediately said, "I don't know why, every time I see Uncle He, I feel a little scared, obviously Uncle He looks kind and easy-going, and he looks very easy to talk, but I am scared when I see him, it's so strange." ”

"Afraid? What is there to be afraid of Uncle He, it should be Aunt He who should be afraid, right? Chu Chu glanced at her and sneered, "Her whole person is gloomy, and looking at it makes people feel hairy in the bottom of their hearts." ”

"Oh, don't say it, I'm getting goosebumps." Thinking of Aunt He's performance, Xing'er involuntarily shook her shoulders and said, "But Uncle He has always hunted in this mountain at the west end of the village?" Ning Ning, do you know this? ”

"No, Uncle He didn't tell me about this, but I just remembered when you said this, it seems that Uncle He did often appear near our house during this time, so if he said that, he should be hunting in the mountains to the west?" Gu Changning thought about it seriously, remembered many details that had been ignored in the past, and said with a twist of his eyebrows.

However, the next second after the words fell, she saw Xing'er say a few words to her in the shape of her mouth, which made her stunned for a moment.

The lip shape says that there are wolves in the mountains to the west.

Xing'er gave Gu Changning a hint because she thought of the previous rumor, worried that if Uncle He was really hunting in the deep mountains of the West Mountain, what would happen if he encountered wolves.

However, Gu Changning has always maintained a skeptical attitude towards the rumor that there is a wolf in the mountain, because she has never seen a trace of a wolf when she has gone up the mountain so many times.

There are not even footprints, which makes it difficult for Gu Changning to believe the news.

What's more, she lived in Xinghua Village until she was ten years old in her previous life, and she never heard of anyone being bitten by a wolf or found a trace of a wolf until she left.

Gu Changning has always been very suspicious, is there really a wolf near Xinghua Village?

"Oh, you told us not to mention it, and I was saying, can we mention it or not?" Chu Chu saw that she was still entangled in Uncle He's affairs, and said a little unhappily.

"Oh oh oh, I won't talk about it, I won't talk about it, I won't talk about Uncle He." Hearing Chu Chu's tone was not very good, Xing'er hurriedly covered her mouth and said.

While stopping, he didn't forget to stick out his tongue at Gu Changning and Chen Shuang, and he didn't dare to open his mouth by shrinking his neck.

The air suddenly became quiet, and the four little girls all continued their work in silence, barely communicating with each other.

Gu Changning, who was busy looking for a snail, glanced at everyone a few times and sighed silently in his heart.

Hey, where there are many girls, there are many contradictions, sometimes it's just a very simple sentence, but it can provoke the other party to be unhappy.

Gu Changning shrugged his shoulders and returned his gaze to the trunk, carefully looking for his target.

***

Old man He entered the mountain with a slightly gloomy face, his steps were fast, and he couldn't wait.

But no matter how anxious he was, when he was about to enter a secret path, he still looked back and forth, left and right, and the person also cautiously stood in place and observed the surrounding environment, and after making sure that there was no one, he did not hesitate to burrow into this forest path and go deeper.

"What the hell is going on?" Old man He came to a cave and shouted at the two people guarding the entrance of the cave, "Didn't I say don't come to me casually? ”

When he woke up this morning, he was startled when he found a note stuffed into the crack of the courtyard door, and while holding the note in his hand, he did not forget to probe left and right by the door, for fear that he would be seen having dealings with outsiders.

After confirming that no one was paying attention, he unfolded the note and looked at it, and when he saw what was written on it, he immediately rushed over with a black face.

On the way over, he met the villagers of Xinghua Village and said hello with a smile on his face, and greeted each other with them.

"Big brother, you can't blame us for this, it's really a big deal." A young man in his early twenties said, "When Liu Laosan wanted to go to the dock to deliver goods as usual yesterday, he found that the situation at the dock was not quite right, and he found that it seemed that someone was chasing something, and he was very frightened, worried that what we were doing would be discovered, and he would not go to the contact person to drive the ship to deliver the goods, we had no choice but to send a letter to the eldest brother at night, and see if there is any way for the eldest brother." ”

"Liu Laosan, this wreck! Timid as a mouse! A little thing is scared like this! How else to do big things! When Old Man He heard this, he first cursed twice with a blue face, and then looked at the person in front of him with an ugly face, and then remembered to ask the matter, "Do you know what happened to the dock?" ”

"I don't know the specifics, I only vaguely know who it seems to be Qin Siye's people who are checking ......"

"Fourth Master Qin......" Old Man He frowned, waved his hand, "Okay, this may not be our matter has been discovered, you don't have to be so grassy, you will tell Liu Laosan when the time comes, don't be suspicious all day long, make a false appearance, others don't suspect who he suspects!" ”

"Yes." The young man nodded in response.

"Also, if he is really afraid, then let's see the situation two days later." Old man He thought for a while, and then added, "Let's stop for the next two days, and wait for this batch of goods to be shipped out." ”

Although he was still scolding Liu Laosan for being too timid just now, he didn't dare to be sloppy, after all, the things they did were not glorious.

Since Qin Siye's people have been active at the dock recently, no matter what the reason is, he will avoid the limelight for a while, and it is not too late to continue to act when the matter has passed, anyway, it is always right to be cautious.

"Two more days?" The young man's face changed when he heard this, his eyebrows furrowed, and he shouted, "Big brother, you don't know how difficult it is for these little rabbit cubs to serve, they don't eat the food they prepare for them, they don't eat this or that, they cry every day and shout to go home, my ears are almost deaf from their crying, it's just ......"

"Okay, you can do whatever the big brother wants you to do, what so much!" The third man, who had been leaning against the cave wall and listening to their conversation without saying a word, finally interrupted the young man's complaint when he saw Old Man He's increasingly dark face.

The young man also reacted at this time, looking at Old Man He's dark face as if he was silent.

Old man He's face was as black as a crow at the moment, he squinted, and his eyes were full of gloom and said: "If you don't want to eat, then don't eat, as long as you don't starve to death, when the time comes, put the food in front of them, and let them starve if they don't eat!" Anyway, if you're so hungry, you know how to eat. ”

"Yes......" the young man replied obediently.

"If there are still people who would rather starve to death than eat, then it is just right, and they are buried on the spot." Old man He looked a little gloomy because of his depressed mood, and he looked a little hideous, "Anyway, you stop first, wait for this matter to pass before moving on to the next step, don't come to me during this time, wait for my news, I will inform you when you can start a ship to transport goods, you just don't let people find out." ”

"Got it, big brother, don't worry, we'll pay attention to it in the future."

Old man He nodded, and said a few more words, and then went to the trap he had set up earlier to see if there was any prey.

If there is one, he will take it back directly, so that others will only think that he suddenly came to the west of the village just to hunt.

If not, pick a few wild plants and go back and pretend to be.

Otherwise, he would go back empty-handed, and the villagers would have felt strange when they saw it.

Because although the focus of Orion is still mainly on hunting, it is not easy to go to the mountains last time, and it is rare to come back empty-handed.

Even if you can't hunt animals, you can pick some wild vegetables and fruits, or bring some dead branches back to make firewood.

It's too unreasonable to go back empty-handed.