Chapter 66: If It’s Your Rabbit, Then Take It
Yun Jiao successfully traded one large rabbit for two small rabbits, one black and one white.
The fluffy little dot, just after opening its eyes, was only a little bigger than a mouse.
The other small rabbit was a more common gray; it was too small to eat, so it was given to Shen Xiuyuan.
“Shall we roast rabbit meat?”
With so many people, the rabbit couldn’t be divided, so they would roast it on the spot to eat the meat.
“Hehe, I brought salt.”
A child took out a small pinch of salt wrapped in newspaper.
The reason for preparing this was the intention of coming up the mountain to catch something to roast and eat.
Yun Jiao also contributed a rabbit, and the remaining four were swiftly tied by their feet and put into the backpack.
And that snake.
Children in the countryside mature early; around ten years old, they can help with cooking at home. Some girls, not yet as tall as the stove, have to stand on stools to cook.
Everyone cooperated, killing the rabbits by the stream, finding some wild scallions, and plucking some green chilies from a wild prickly ash tree.
Someone also went to their cornfield and broke off a few ears of corn on the spot.
Someone else went to dig up a few sweet potatoes.
The fields on this mountain were mostly owned by people in the same village; they all knew whose land it was. Anyway, they picked anything edible they saw.
Chilies were also plucked.
“Shen Xiuyuan, I… I found a beehive!”
Everyone’s eyes immediately lit up: “We were just worried about not bringing enough seasonings, where is it?”
Yun Jiao’s big eyes also lit up exceptionally brightly. A beehive meant sweet honey.
“In the gap between the rocks over there; I didn’t dare get too close.”
“Let’s go, let’s go take a look.”
A few people were left to guard here, and the rest went to find the bees.
Yun Jiao also followed.
Shen Xiuyuan was worried.
“Jiaojiao, can you not go? Getting stung by those bees is really painful and will cause swelling.”
Yun Jiao looked at him pleadingly: “But I want to go.”
A merfolk who was domineering in the sea would not be afraid of mere small bees.
Looking at her like that, who could bear to refuse?
“Okay, you’ll follow right behind me later.”
Led by the little boy who found the bees, they indeed found a beehive, and it was one with honey.
But they didn’t dare to get too close; countless bees were flying in and out of the rock crevice.
“I saw my grandpa drive away bees by smoking them.”
“Then let’s prepare.”
Smoking them was simple; there was plenty of dry grass around.
They casually grabbed a handful, tied it together, and lit it.
The brave ones held it up and approached.
Yun Xiaowu and Yun Xiaoqi also went; these two were not ones to stay put.
Not long after, Yun Jiao heard screams.
It was her fifth brother’s.
Yun Jiao got up and ran over. The smoke was too thick, causing her to close her eyes.
Suddenly, she felt a sting on her hand; it hurt a little, but she could endure it!
“They finally ran away, they finally ran away. I was stung twice on the face.”
“Cough, cough, cough… I was stung on my eyelid, and it feels like it’s swelling.”
“Don’t worry about it for now, pry open the rocks a bit to get the honey.”
“Damn, this beehive is a bit big.”
Yun Jiao: “Wow.”
Her voice was easily recognizable. Yun Xiaowu and the others, who were diligently prying at the rocks, turned their heads.
“Jiaojiao, why are you here?!”
Yun Jiao squatted at the entrance of the beehive, looking at this and that.
“Hahahaha…”
She really couldn’t help but laugh, her stomach aching a little.
“Brother turned into a big pig’s head.”
Yun Xiaowu hissed. He already felt his face was swollen, and now, being laughed at by his own sister, it felt even more painful.
“Hurry, hurry, don’t wait for the bees that escaped to come back.”
It would be even more miserable then.
Seize the time.
After prying open the rock at the cave entrance, they directly broke off a large piece of honeycomb with their hands.
Yun Jiao was also handed a piece.
Buzz, buzz, buzz…
“Run, they’re back.”
Everyone panicked and ran for their lives.
Shen Xiuyuan, holding a large piece of honeycomb in one hand and Yun Jiao in the other, ran wildly to the front.
Only after completely shaking off the bees did they breathe a sigh of relief.
Turning around and seeing the miserable state of their friends, they burst into laughter.
The pain was real, but that didn’t stop them from mocking each other.
“Jiaojiao, were you stung?”
Yun Jiao raised her little hand.
“Yes.”
There was a red spot on her hand, but it wasn’t swollen.
“Does it hurt? We told you to wait here, why did you follow?”
Yun Jiao: “I heard brother calling.”
Yun Xiaowu and the others were instantly moved; it turned out she was worried about them.
They all tacitly forgot that the first thing Yun Jiao did upon seeing them was burst into laughter.
“Let’s go, we’re going back.”
The children, who had a great harvest, walked back bravely and proudly.
However, halfway back, they saw their companions who had stayed behind running towards them, crying loudly with bruised faces.
“What happened?”
“Boohoo… Liu Tian from Dagou Bay and his group snatched our rabbit meat and beat us up.”
Hearing this, Shen Xiuyuan and the others’ expressions immediately changed.
Yun Jiao was even more anxious: “Where’s my rabbit? Where are my little rabbits? Where’s my snake?”
“They were all snatched away.”
Yun Jiao stomped her feet several times.
“How dare you!”
How dare they snatch her things.
Shen Xiuyuan quickly asked, “Which way did they run?”
They pointed in a direction: “That way.”
Everyone swiftly chased in that direction.
And at this time, the group that had snatched the goods was exceptionally arrogant.
“A bunch of trash daring to fight us, hahaha, my dad will definitely praise us when we bring back the meat. I didn’t expect them to be so lucky to find so many rabbits.”
“There’s also such a big snake, it’s all ours now.”
“Brother, these two rabbits are so cute, I want to keep them.”
Liu Tian’s sister, Liu Chunfeng, happily hugged two rabbits.
“Stop right there, you bandits!”
Shen Xiuyuan and the others’ angry voices came from behind.
“Return our rabbits and snake!”
When these people saw they were being chased, they not only weren’t scared but also made faces at them and performed a series of provocative actions.
“What are you talking about, your rabbits? Are your names written on them? If you have the ability, call them and see if these rabbits and snakes respond. They are wild in the mountains; whoever is capable gets them.”
“You son of a turtle, if you dare, stop!”
Before Shen Xiuyuan and the others could fight, Yun Jiao, seeing whose hands her prey were in, stuffed the honeycomb in her hand into Ninth Brother’s hand, then unhesitatingly pulled over a nearby thick wooden stake, lifted it over her head, and smashed it at the person holding the snake.
“Put down my snake! My rabbits!!!”
She smashed it with a sting, and two screams were heard.
Another person nearby was also hit.
But it didn’t matter; that was their accomplice.
Everyone was stunned by this scene.
Even the oldest children among them couldn’t lift that big wooden stake, let alone throw it so far.
After smashing, Yun Jiao ran over and kicked with her little legs.
“Brother! What are you doing, let go of my brother!”
After pulling back the snake, she glared angrily with her big eyes at Liu Chunfeng, who was holding her rabbits.
She had even come over herself!
Although she had a pair of beautiful, clear eyes, Liu Chunfeng was so frightened that she took two steps back.
Yun Jiao slightly lowered her head and charged forward, using herself as a weapon and butting her head against the girl.
“Ah!!!”
Yun Jiao’s little fists hit her face, fierce: “Did you take them because they were yours?!”
