IACF [QT] Chapter 55.1

The staff heard that they were going to the mountain to make bamboo tube rice, so the kitchen prepared the ingredients early and sent them to the bamboo forest on the top of the mountain.

After Su Yi and the others got up, they could set off directly.

They did not take the main road, but they chose an old road paved with bluestone slabs. The road was quite old and meandered to the top of the mountain. There were towering trees on both sides. It was remote and quiet.

Because there were children and pregnant women on the team, they did not walk fast.

The person leading the way was a young man, the nephew of the gatekeeper Old Li. People in the old house called him Xiao Li.

The young man was careful in his work. He held a hatchet in his hand. When he encountered branches and thorns sticking out of the road, he pushed them back to the side of the road. If he couldn’t push them back, he would chop them with the hatchet to clear the way for the people behind.

Two children jumped and followed Xiao Li. They each carried a small backpack with their own water and snacks.

Before setting off, Su Yi told them that if they could carry the snacks in the bag to the top of the mountain by themselves, they could eat them. If they didn’t do their own things and wanted others to help them, they would have to give the snacks to others.

With this bait in front, the two children were now climbing very vigorously.

Aunt Qin walked beside Lin Luoluo, following the two children, paying careful attention, and helping the pregnant woman if necessary.

This is Lin Luoluo’s second child, and her health has always been good. Moreover, her belly is not particularly big now. If she stays at home all day, it will be detrimental to her delivery.

Originally, she didn’t plan to come along today for fear of troubling others. Later, even Mrs. Xu persuaded her to come out for some fresh air.

The last ones to fall behind were Su Yi and Sheng Yunzhou, who walked side by side.

In the quiet woods beside the road, the melodious chirping of birds could be heard from time to time. Although it was midsummer, the shadows of the trees perfectly blocked the scorching sun, leaving only coolness.

“Are you tired?” Sheng Yunzhou asked her.

Not long after they left the house, the two children and the pregnant woman did not complain of being tired, but Sheng Yunzhou asked her. Su Yi felt that she was looked down upon, raised her chin, and said, “Don’t look down on me. I am in good physical condition.”

Sheng Yunzhou smiled and asked again, “How did you sleep last night?”

He still had the nerve to ask this. The great demon, who had been struggling for a long time last night, suspected that this person did it on purpose.

So, she said, “Anyway, I slept better than you.”

Sheng Yunzhou did not expect that she was still quite vengeful. Hearing these words that seemed to be a bit angry, he laughed dumbly, then reached out, and stroked her head.

He said in a slightly lowered voice, “It’s my fault, Miss Yi Yi, please calm down.”

“I’m not a child.”

Su Yi said seriously, “You can’t keep touching my head.”

“I didn’t treat you as a child.” Sheng Yunzhou said.

“Then, why did you touch my head?” Su Yi asked back.

Sheng Yunzhou paused for a moment. He touched her head, just following his heart. He liked her this way and couldn’t help wanting to touch her. It was an emotional fluctuation from the heart.

However, it was too abrupt to say this in public, so he had to whisper: “I’ll explain it to you in detail when we get back, okay?”

His eyes were too focused and gentle. Under such a gaze, Su Yi felt a little uncomfortable. She pretended to be generous and said: “Then I’ll give you some time.”

Sheng Yunzhou chuckled.

A few steps away from the two of them, Aunt Qin held Lin Luoluo’s hand and kept winking at her, with a smile on her face that could not be hidden.

Lin Luoluo felt embarrassed. At such a short distance, she could hear the conversation between her uncle and Su Yi clearly even if she didn’t listen on purpose.

She always knew that this uncle was kind, mature, and steady, but it was the first time she knew that he acted like this in front of the person he really loved.

It was no longer a mask-like gentleness, but real tenderness and love. The cherishment could be heard just from the voice, and the indulgence was so full that it almost overflowed.

She thought, no wonder Su Yi said that the uncle treated her as a child. With such a gentle tone and such a cherishing attitude, how could people not think so?

Suddenly, a bird flew over not far from their heads, dragging a long tail, gracefully and skillfully, and gently landed on the treetops.

“Wow… What kind of bird is that? The tail is so long!”

The two children looked up with amazement.

“Watch the road. Don’t roll down.” Seeing them standing on the stone steps and looking back, Su Yi reminded them.

Sheng Hengrong asked excitedly: “Aunt Su, is that a peacock?”

Without waiting for Su Yi to answer, Su Li’an retorted: “The peacock is much bigger than it.”

“But the peacock has a long tail, and it also has a long tail. The peacock is blue, and it is also blue. Maybe it is a baby peacock that has not grown up yet.” Sheng Hengrong shook his head and said, which actually made sense.

Su Li’an insisted: “It’s not a peacock anyway.”

“Then what do you call it?” Sheng Hengrong asked.

“Uh…” Su Li’an was stuck and looked at Su Yi for help.

Lin Luoluo smiled and said, “An An is right, it is indeed not a peacock.”

But she didn’t know what it was called specifically. Just as she was about to ask Aunt Qin, she heard Su Yi say, “That is a blue magpie, also called the long-tailed mountain girl.”

Su Li’an looked at Sheng Hengrong with his chest puffed out as if victorious, “Look, it’s not a peacock.”

“You don’t know. It was Aunt Su who said it.” Sheng Hengrong was not convinced.

“When I grow up, I will know as much as my mother.”

“Then you haven’t grown up yet!”

Seeing that the two of them were starting to argue, Su Yi urged, “If you don’t walk faster, you won’t be able to reach the top of the mountain before dark. Uncle Li has walked so far. Let me see who can catch up with him.”

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