bookrandom Chapter 169 Why didn't you invite your daughter-in-law?
Chapter 169 Why didn't you invite your daughter-in-law?
Under the starlight, you can see white stones and shimmering river water.
In the past, you had to use a wooden bridge to cross the river. Now that the river has receded, the widest part of the riverbank has become a shallow beach, allowing you to wade across directly and avoid many detours.
The family of three was already panting heavily when they arrived at the foot of Nanshan Mountain.
Looking at the dark forest, Xu Dazhu swallowed hard. "Wife, why don't we rest here at the foot of the mountain and go back in at dawn?"
"I'm worried about Yingying. Xiao Yuanshan shouldn't have left. It's just Yingying with Fenglan, Jingyi, and the others. What if something happens to her in the forest?"
"Your daughter is so strong, what kind of accident could happen to her?"
Xu Dazhu had barely finished speaking when he was struck on the back of the head. "No matter how tough she is, she's still a child!"
Xu Dazhu pursed his lips and muttered under his breath, "What kind of child is like her... Ah, wife, you're right, we'll catch up eventually if we take it slow. I've observed the area during the days we were in the mountains, and there are no wild animals in this forest."
Lin Cuiniang withdrew her gaze from Xu Chunsheng and led him forward.
Xu Dazhu then let out a heavy sigh: His daughter's temperament must be like her mother's, definitely.
The darkness in the mountains and forests was so profound that one could not see their own hand in front of their face.
Lin Cuiniang crawled a short distance using both hands and feet, but fell several times and dared not go any further.
But the thought that his daughter might still be ahead of him forced him to muster his courage.
Just then, she heard a whistling sound behind her. Lin Cuiniang turned around and saw a faint firelight and a tall, dark shadow behind her. She was so frightened that she almost screamed.
Upon closer inspection, it was Xu Dazhu, who was walking behind, who had lit the tinderbox.
"Are you trying to scare me to death?!" Lin Cuiniang said irritably, grabbing her bundle and hitting him.
"Oh dear, my wife, the fire is all out."
Xu Dazhu relit the tinderbox and, by the dim light, took out some loose items from the basket on his back.
There are bamboo strips, paper, cotton thread, small plates, etc.
"Wife, take the tinderbox," Xu Dazhu said.
Lin Cuiniang watched as the man assembled the pile of tiny things into a small lantern.
He then took out a small, sealed bamboo tube, poured out a little tung oil, and lit the lantern.
Lin Cuiniang asked in surprise, "When did you get this?"
"You really think your man is completely useless?"
In the pitch-black night, even the smallest spark of light is highly noticeable.
Therefore, Xu Dazhu held back and only started lighting the lamp after entering the woods.
Even if someone sees the light in the woods from across the riverbank, they would only assume it's a will-o'-the-wisp in the southern mountains.
No one dared to come and find out what was going on.
Xu Dazhu put the basket back on his back, held Xu Chunsheng's hand with one hand, and carried the lantern in the other.
The family of three walked slowly up the mountain.
……
Yang Fenglan and her group had only crossed two hills by nightfall.
Yang Fenglan and Xu Yingying could travel using the faint light emitted by Long Aotian, but Zhou Jingyi could not see it.
So the group had to stop and find a flat spot to spend the night.
Zhou Jingyi suggested that they lay out bedding and sleep on the floor.
But when Yang Fenglan went into the mountains before, she would either step on ant nests or touch snakes. There were small insects coming and going on the ground, so she couldn't sleep at all.
Xu Yingying was even worse.
Only the carefree Zhou Jingyi used his own bedding and was sleeping soundly on the ground.
Yang Fenglan did not light a fire. With Long Aotian around, he would warn of any danger within a fifty-meter radius.
The two sisters cleaned up the area under a big tree, cut some dry grass and laid it out before spreading out their mattresses, sitting down, and leaning against the tree.
Xu Yingying sighed, "Fenglan, I really want to go home."
"Me too."
"I miss my dad."
"I don't want my dad."
"..."
Long Aotian nestled between the two, [If you miss your father, come down the mountain! Why are you running around? Isn't it better to stay in the village?]
Yang Fenglan: "You're still young, you don't understand."
Why didn't you invite your daughter-in-law to come along? Are you just going to watch her starve to death down the mountain?
Yang Fenglan: "That doesn't exist."
Because she couldn't see it at all, let alone witness it.
Shen Yu is the female lead, she's lucky, nothing will happen to her.
You should worry more about yourself.
Yang Fenglan finally succumbed to sleepiness and leaned on Xu Yingying's shoulder, drifting off to sleep.