Chapter 211: Scared Out Of Her Wits
The calico cat finished watching the excitement and ran off to find Qin Hengzhi; it wanted to eat small fish.
The grey pigeon said to follow the little squirrel to see the old gold mine, and the swallow family followed along too.
Lu Qiaoge was worried, so she touched them one by one again and again; that special indescribable energy not belonging to this world slowly flowed into the little animals’ bodies.
Not to mention the pigeon and swallow—even the little squirrel felt it could jump farther than usual.
Sure enough, she was the little fairy; she was so amazing.
Luckily today it was worried those birds would raid its nest; you know, its little nest had food for winter, and though this was just one of its small nests, it was still worried about being robbed.
It mustered its courage and stayed.
Unexpectedly, it heard them chatting.
And it understood everything.
It was truly unbelievable.
So, it decided to muster its courage and join in, because it really wanted to meet the little master little fairy they were talking about.
The squirrel happily ran off.
Lu Qiaoge asked Xiao Cangcang: “Aren’t you going?”
Xiao Cangcang sensibly said: 【Little fairy, I’ll tell you where there are good mushrooms to eat.】
Oh, Xiao Cangcang was still the most thoughtful.
Lu Qiaoge let Xiao Cangcang land on her shoulder; she carried the basket and walked for just about two minutes before seeing in the low-lying area a patch of bowl-sized mushrooms, light brown on the outside and faintly pink inside—they were actually birch mushrooms.
Hmm, they were already in the birch forest, so having this kind of mushroom wasn’t strange.
She picked a small basketful from that patch, and it didn’t take more than a few minutes.
Over there, Qin Hengzhi asked the calico cat at his feet: “Hua Hua, has your little master picked mushrooms yet?”
Hua Hua shook its head, then stretched out its paw pointing at a school of small fish: hurry up and catch them, hurry up and catch them.
Qin Hengzhi helplessly flicked his wrist, swiftly and accurately scooping up more than half of that school of little fish.
He focused intently on the sounds in the forest, keenly noticing something flying toward the north.
Qin Hengzhi set down the net bag and tossed Hua Hua a few small fish—not on the beach, but on a flat large rock.
Qin Hengzhi strode quickly toward the woods and happened to see Lu Qiaoge coming out carrying a basket of mushrooms.
A leaf had fallen on her jet-black hair.
Qin Hengzhi picked it off and smoothly took the basket; looking down, he smiled: “These mushrooms are delicious; you’ve got pretty good luck.”
Lu Qiaoge smiled with pursed lips, delighted inside—today’s luck was indeed good; not only had she gotten five boxes of gold, but she’d also figured out the origin of that batch of treasure.
She needed to think about buying a house to put these things in her house.
Oh, could she just lie flat after that?
Qin Hengzhi dumped the basket onto the pebbles; Li Xiuying said delightedly: “Aren’t these birch mushrooms? I haven’t seen them in years either.”
These mushrooms were delicious whether stewed with young chicken or stir-fried with chili pepper.
Zhou Shanshan came over too, saying to Lu Qiaoge: “You really are amazing; you picked so many mushrooms—I love pork belly stir-fried with mushrooms the most.”
Then she looked at Li Xiuying: “Sister-in-law Xiuying, I’ll go cut the pork belly.”
Dong Xiangqin asked: “Have you finished preparing the wild chicken and rabbit over there?”
At that moment, Liu Dahui came over carrying a large basin of cleaned wild chicken and wild rabbit.
Seeing food, everyone’s eyes lit up; they chatted idly while casually helping out—after all, they were out playing; sightseeing was one thing, but eating and drinking was another pleasure.
Especially eating in the wilderness mountain forest—it had a special appeal.
Lu Qiaoge glanced at Zhou Shanshan, thinking to herself: if you just honestly helped with the work here today, that’d be fine.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Shanshan looked at the greasy pork and bossed Lu Qiaoge around: “Sister Qiao Ge, you cut the pork belly; I’m going to the riverside to wash my face.”
Did people like that exist in reality? Oh, there were plenty.
Lu Qiaoge smiled faintly.
She watched Zhou Shanshan go to the riverside to wash her face, then told Xiao Cangcang in her mind: “Go call the water snake from upstream; have it help out.”
Xiao Cangcang was extremely fast; in the blink of an eye, it found the small black water snake with dark golden patterns hidden in the grass.
This little water snake was in a state of all living beings drunk while it alone was sober all day.
After all, it was the only one in this stream with intelligence; when it saw humans coming, it was the first to dart away, but it didn’t go too far, so the clever Xiao Cangcang found it.
With this communication, everything was settled.
Helping the little fairy scare a person—that was fine too.
So, it came downstream at extreme speed; already going with the current, plus its speed, right after Lu Qiaoge gave the order, as Zhou Shanshan who was deliberately dawdling washed her face and lowered her hands, a black water snake over a meter long suddenly burst out of the stream, lunging straight at Zhou Shanshan who was squatting by the river.
Zhou Shanshan let out a shrill scream.
The black water snake directly coiled around her neck, its black head coldly facing Zhou Shanshan’s eyes.
Lu Qiaoge was closest, so she ran over fastest.
She was actually the first to arrive.
Liu Dahui and the others weren’t slower than Lu Qiaoge.
One had to admit, they weren’t like ordinary people.
Lu Qiaoge also screamed, aaah-ing as she grabbed the black water snake and flung it into the water.
The black water snake only felt a warm surge of strength flash by, and it landed back in the water; fixing its eyes, it saw it was already dozens of meters from that patch of water.
Even if someone chased, they couldn’t catch up.
Xiao Cangcang called to it: 【Go, go forward; I’ll take you to meet the other little friends.】
Meanwhile, Zhou Shanshan over here was scared to the point of nearly fainting.
Liu Dahui held her, comforting her nonstop.
Qin Hengzhi held the pale-faced Lu Qiaoge, repeatedly asking if she was okay.
Lu Qiaoge seemed to calm down quickly and said: “It’s fine now; I’m not afraid of snakes. It was just too sudden; a bit hard to accept.”
Finally, Wang Zhiguo drove, taking the terrified Zhou Shanshan to the hospital with Liu Dahui.
Things here quickly returned to normal.
Li Xiuying actually felt her mood bright and sunny; she happily said: “I’ll stew the young chicken—ah, when my Zhi Guo comes back, he’ll be just in time for dinner.”
Over there, Dong Xiangqin smiled at Qin Hengzhi: “It’s fine now; Sister-in-law Xiuying and I can cook—no need for three people with such nice scenery, you go take photos for Qiao Ge.”
Chen Feng smiled too: “Representative Qin, with such beautiful scenery, don’t you want a photo with your partner?”
“Yeah, yeah!” The others chimed in.
Qin Hengzhi lightly coughed, his ears slightly red: “Don’t mess around.”
As he spoke, he quietly glanced at Lu Qiaoge’s expression.
“I’ll take them for you!” Chen Feng enthusiastically took the camera from Qin Hengzhi: “Stand closer!”
Lu Qiaoge smiled brightly and said generously: “Then I’ll trouble Chen Big Brother.”
Qin Hengzhi immediately relaxed.
He stood beside her; their arms brushed unintentionally, but neither moved away.
The shutter clicked, and Qin Hengzhi and Lu Qiaoge’s first photo together was captured in this summer moment.
