The three people were busy again, returning the things to their respective places. Zhang Yang also walked around one by one with a torch, stepping on them again and again to make sure that no traces could be seen, and then put down the snacks.
With the torch lit, the three of them went down the mountain and headed home.
The mountain is high and it takes a lot of effort to walk down it.
When we got down to the first two mountains, we saw many torches in the mountains from a distance, and people were calling the names of the three of them.
This is because the family saw that they didn't go down the mountain even after dark, so they went up the mountain with the villagers to look for them.
The three of them didn't dare to delay and hurried up to join them.
"We're here!"
"Here it is! Found it, found it!" Wu Jin, who heard the sound first and came over to see Song Qiu and the others, quickly waved a torch and shouted to other places.
As he said that, he looked at the three of them up and down, and saw that all three of them had beards and tails, and it didn't look like anyone was injured, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Zhang Yang, Aqiu, Lihua, where are you three? It's dark today and you won't go down the mountain, but Aunt Yuan is very anxious! Let's go, come down the mountain with me."
The strong men from other villages who had gone up the mountain to look for the person came closer one after another. They were relieved to see that the person was found safely.
Everyone went up the mountain together, and more than twenty torches were put together, illuminating the whole way very brightly.
When Old Yuan who was waiting in front of the Song family saw him coming down the mountain, he was so happy that he quickly grabbed Old Deng next to him and said, "I found it, I found it."
"I just told you that Aqiu is a lucky child and will be fine." Old Mrs. Deng agreed.
When the three children were surrounded, they came closer and closer.
Suddenly, old Mrs. Deng took out the stick that he had been leaning against for some time and hit Zhang Yang accurately.
While beating and scolding: "I'll beat you and the brat to death! You don't want to go home when you see the sky. You can just run around on your own once, but you even took Aqiu with you! If Aqiu is good or bad, what kind of face will you have in the future?"
If you dare to see your Uncle Fusheng and Aunt Axiang! I'll beat you to death!"
Old Deng's move was so fast and accurate that no one could react. Zhang Yang had already been hit with a stick.
It was rare that Zhang Yang, who always ran away quickly without hearing scolding, didn't seem to react at this moment. He didn't hide and was hit with several sticks.
Everyone who came back to their senses quickly broke up the fight.
"Aunt Deng, you can't hit him with this stick. If you break it, you have to call a doctor for him. It's not worth it!"
"Don't be angry, it's normal for children to be naughty and playful. We've been talking about him all the way, so it's not good to beat him like this!"
"Yes, yes, this stick hurts!"
"The children were also frightened. Aunt Deng, please don't be angry."
Old Yuan was frightened when she saw how hard Old Deng was beating her. She understood that this was not a show. The old sister was really angry and wanted to beat her, so she would not be gentle with her hands.
Busy came to persuade her, "Okay, okay, sister-in-law, don't fight."
As he said this, he stopped the person, but he couldn't help but poked Song Qiu, "You kid, you're so cute, you're scared to death. I've been so busy today, uncles and brothers, but it's all for you.
Why don't you quickly thank people? What are you doing?"
Song Qiu couldn't say anything else at the moment, so he quickly obediently called Wu Wujin and others one by one to bow and thank them.
Zhang Lihua also quickly followed suit.
Wu Wujin and others naturally waved their hands.
"You're from a village, why are you doing this to outsiders? Is there anyone who has a favor that I can't help?"
"Yeah yeah."
"But Aqiu Lihua, don't stay home when it gets dark next time. Our Songshan Mountain is big. Although there are no big guys, it is still scary in the mountains at night. What if a wild boar comes from some mountain?"
What?"
"That's right, I won't dare to do this next time."
"..."
Everyone was talking about it, all for the sake of the younger generation. Song and Qiu responded one by one, very well-behaved.
Wu Wujin and others said that they all went home. This night, most of them were going to bed. When they came out to look for someone, their family members were still looking at them.
Song Qiu was breathing a sigh of relief when suddenly someone asked, "Zhang Yang, A Qiu, Lihua, what are you doing in the mountains when you come down so late?"
This sound...
Song Qiu was startled and subconsciously looked over, only to realize that Tang Taigong was actually here with a cane.
The torch didn't shine over it first, so she didn't even see it.
It was not good to disturb the old man at such a late hour. She hurriedly leaned over and replied obediently: "Grandpa, I came back from pulling thatch from my uncle's house in the afternoon. Seeing that it was not dark yet, I took the hatchet.
I went up the mountain with Brother Zhang Yang and the others, planning to cut down some tree poles to use tomorrow."
Well, that's fine. He knows about building a thatched shed.
Mr. Tang hummed, said nothing, and gestured to continue.
Zhang Yang came up and said, "We were chopping in the mountains. Suddenly, we heard a strange cry in the ravine over there, like the voice of a big guy. As you know, Grandpa, I am a fun-loving person, so I couldn't hold it back, so I chased after him.
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"Aqiu and I ran away without even shouting to stop him. We had no choice but to wait for him to come back. But by this time, it was getting dark. Aqiu and I were so frightened that we didn't dare to go first.
When I came down from the mountain, I was afraid of the dark, so I lit all the tree poles and firewood branches I had chopped down and set up a fire. This was better." Zhang Lihua answered.
Zhang Yang touched the place where he had just been hit with a stick, and seemed to know that he deserved the beating. He said sheepishly: "I chased him all the way, but the big guy didn't notice it. Instead, I bumped into two pheasants. I thought I couldn't run away in vain, right?
?Unexpectedly, this pheasant is very cunning. I chased it for half the mountain, but I couldn't catch it.
Then it got dark again, so I couldn't see, and it was even harder to catch him. I chased him for a long time, but I couldn't catch him in the end. I was really unwilling to do so!"
Zhang Lihua glared at him, "If it hadn't been dark and Ah Qiu and I were still waiting, you might have chased us out of Songshan!"
Song Qiu nodded, looked at Mr. Tang and said, "We hurried down the mountain after Brother Zhang Yang came back. Unexpectedly, the family was still worried, and it caused so many uncles to come to us at night. It's really embarrassing."
"How can I blame you? I told you, this kid is careless!" Old Deng gritted his teeth and glared at Zhang Yang. If Old Yuan hadn't grabbed one end of the stick in his hand, he would have hit him again.
Mr. Tang couldn't see anything in his deep old eyes in such a dark night. He nodded, "So that's it. Mr. Zhang Yang is still naughty. It's time to give you a few spankings. Okay, it's not early."
Come on, you two haven’t eaten yet, please go home and have a rest."
As he said this, the village chief and his son helped the person back home.
After they left, the Zhang and Song families were left here.
It was true that Mrs. Yuan was worried about her granddaughter because she hadn't eaten yet, but the Zhang family waited for a while and no one came back, so they ate first.
Anyway, I didn’t prepare Zhang Yang’s portion. As for Zhang Lihua’s, Miao left a bowl for her.
"Okay, okay, let's all go back."
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My cough is not getting better. I drank all the ginger syrup and rock sugar pear water and vomited it out. The cough is heartbreaking and uncomfortable.