Sanlang, this child, is clever, but his ears are too soft, especially when he can't stand Jiang Wan's coaxing and begging.
So, even though he knew he might get beaten, he still followed Jiang Wan up the mountain with a glimmer of hope.
The siblings, carrying bags, weaved through the forest. After walking a long way, they only encountered a few wild fruit trees.
To create an opportunity to cheat, Jiang Wan pretended to hold her stomach and cried out, "No, little brother, I need to poop."
Hearing this, Sanlang quickly offered to help find a place: "Come, little brother will take you."
Jiang Wan quickly waved her hand: "No need, you wait here, I'll go to the back over there and take care of it, then I'll come back."
Saying that, she ran towards the place she indicated without waiting for Sanlang's agreement, still saying as she ran, "Turn your head, no peeking."
Sanlang had no choice but to turn his back.
Seeing that he had truly turned around, Jiang Wan hurried to a fruit tree and used her special ability to make the entire tree bear wild fruits, and also created some wild vegetables under the tree.
After finishing, she shouted, "Little brother, hurry up!"
Sanlang thought she was in danger and rushed over: "What's wrong, Wan Wan? What happened?"
Jiang Wan pointed to the fruits on the tree: "Little brother, look, can these fruits be eaten?"
Sanlang looked up and wow, a whole tree full of big pears!
Seeing him stunned, Jiang Wan quickly asked, "Little brother, can these big fruits be eaten?"
Sanlang swallowed his saliva: "They can be eaten, but it's almost winter, how can there still be pears? When we came over just now, we didn't see anything on this tree?"
Jiang Wan said solemnly: "Maybe we just didn't see them. Since they can be eaten, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and climb the tree to pick the fruits, before someone sees them. Can the grass on the ground be eaten? If so, I'll quickly dig them up too."
Sanlang no longer cared whether the pears and wild vegetables appearing was right or not, and quickly climbed up to pick the pears.
Jiang Wan didn't create many pears this time, only a dozen or so. Sanlang didn't take much effort to pick all the pears, and then helped dig up the wild vegetables.
The siblings worked for a while, packed everything into the bags, and looked up to see that it was already dark.
"It's over, it's dark. Mom and Dad must have already discovered we're gone. Wan Wan, let's hurry back!"
Er Lang was very panicked, already anticipating that the beating was unavoidable, his legs were weak as he walked.
Seeing him like that, Jiang Wan felt a little guilty, she shouldn't have created wild vegetables.
She summoned her little subordinate, had it find the nearest path down the mountain, and Jiang Wan rushed down the mountain with Er Lang.
The little subordinate was also a bit of a trickster. The path it found was indeed very close in a straight line, but it was a path that no one had ever walked before, which meant there were many obstacles along the way.
The siblings were sometimes snagged by branches, sometimes tripped by roots in the forest, walking unsteadily, their hair as messy as a bird's nest.
Just as Jiang Wan was about to return to the path they had come from, the little subordinate suddenly warned that there were several suspicious people ahead. Jiang Wan's body reacted faster than her brain, and she quickly pulled back Sanlang, who was leading the way in front, and dragged him behind a large tree to crouch down.
Sanlang was about to ask why they were turning back when Jiang Wan quickly covered his mouth: "Little brother, be quiet, there's danger."
Sanlang was very clever and quickly nodded.
The siblings crouched behind the tree for a while before hearing several footsteps approaching.
"Boss, it's that group from down the mountain. We've been watching them for several days. That group came from Jianzhou, with plenty of water and food. Some families in the group have three carriages, they look like wealthy people."
"Not only that, but there are also quite a few young and beautiful girls in this group. We'll snatch them all and let our brothers have some fun first, then sell them later, and we'll make another profit."
"Besides these, what else did you find out? How is their defense?"
"Hmph, they're just a bunch of farmers. Although they have weapons, they're just kitchen knives and chopping knives, not much of a threat."
"That's good. Keep watching them. I'll go back and gather more men. We'll make our move tomorrow night."
The men walked and talked, and soon passed by the large tree without noticing the siblings hiding behind it.
As the men were about to walk away, Sanlang accidentally bumped into the bag of pears. The bag fell over and hit a small tree nearby, making a noise.
The men immediately became alert: "Who's there!"
Then they immediately walked towards the large tree.
Sanlang was so scared his heart was about to jump out of his chest. He quickly whispered to Jiang Wan: "I'll go out and lure them away, you escape quickly, find a place to hide, and then come down the mountain to report to Mom and Dad after they leave."
Saying that, he was about to rush out.
Jiang Wan grabbed him and quickly struck him on the back of the neck, knocking him unconscious.
Then she summoned her little subordinate, activated her special ability, and made the little subordinate's body grow tens of times larger, from a palm-sized little bird to the size of an eagle.
The little subordinate flew out from behind the tree, deliberately flapped its wings on the tree a few times, and then pounced towards the men.
The men were startled when such a large bird pounced at them: "What is this thing?"
They threw their weapons at the little subordinate, hitting its feathers. The little subordinate was furious, swooped down, landed on one of the men's heads, and clawed him.
With its body enlarged, the little subordinate's claws also became as sharp as an eagle's. With one claw, the man's head immediately started bleeding.
"Damn it, catch that damn bird for me! I'm going to eat roasted bird meat tonight!"
The little subordinate flapped its wings, flying unhurriedly, leading the men away into the distance.
Jiang Wan quickly put Sanlang on her shoulder, then, carrying the bag in one hand, she hurried down the mountain.
As soon as she reached the foot of the mountain, she saw her parents leading many people with torches, preparing to go up the mountain.
Jiang Wan quickly shouted, "Mom and Dad, hurry up!"
Jiang Pan and Chen Yuezhi heard the shouts, turned their heads, and saw Jiang Wan rushing over, disheveled like a little madwoman, carrying something on her shoulder. When they rushed over to see, the "thing" was actually Sanlang.
The couple was startled: "Wan Wan, what's going on?"
Jiang Wan quickly put Sanlang down and said, panting, "I have something very important to tell Grandpa Village Chief. Dad, Mom, quickly take me there!"
The couple exchanged a look, then one of them picked up Jiang Wan, and the other carried Sanlang, preparing to leave.
Jiang Wan hurriedly said, "The bag! The bag!"
After all, they had worked hard for a while, they couldn't lose their belongings.
Jiang Pan quickly picked up the bag and turned to shout at the villagers, "The children are back, no need to go up the mountain, you can all disperse!"
When they returned from the mountain, they found that Jiang Wan and Sanlang were missing. They thought the two had gone out to play, but after searching everywhere, they couldn't find them, so they guessed they must have gone up the mountain.
Two half-grown children went into the mountain, and when it got dark, they still hadn't returned, so they called for people to prepare to go into the mountain to search for them.
Unexpectedly, they ran back themselves.
They didn't know what they had encountered in the mountain, their expressions were so panicked, and Sanlang had even fainted.
The villagers' hearts were also uneasy, and they quickly followed.