Chapter 15. Destiny Child
The idea was beautiful, but when Huaiyu woke up the next day, he stared at his empty hands in a daze.

If a workman wants to be good, he must first sharpen his weapon.

And now, she doesn't even have a knife.

She sighed, her young face full of melancholy about life.

But it doesn’t matter. Just look at the house in front of you and you will know how powerful you are. You will get whatever you want sooner or later!

Huaiyu is back on track!
Listening to the announcement that started at 8:00 every morning, she put on the clothes that had been dried and stiff by the fire until midnight yesterday, dragged her vine net bag, hung the big red bucket on her arm, and headed towards the Rose Corridor [8] area again.

Rose, oh Rose, please be more responsible and don't make any noise again - at worst I can kowtow to you again!

Now that this is his third time crossing the Rose Corridor, Huaiyu has become somewhat familiar with it.

She carefully carried her small belongings through the dense branches and leaves, stood at the foot of the mountain, breathing in the rich air unique to Sanqing Mountain, and now strode forward.

The vine net bag had become dry and brittle after being used for a few days. It was now so small that it could not be folded up. Huai Yu dragged it through the woods with difficulty. It took him a while to finally reach the depths of the mountains.

The forest was filled with only faint sunlight. Because a heavy rain was coming, it was dark for several days and the sun was not visible.

Unfortunately, because it was too early, not many buds had sprouted yet, and there were bare tree trunks everywhere...

wrong!

There is something to eat!
I saw a tree in front of me, with delicate leaves only one centimeter in size growing densely, and pearl flowers dotted in the middle like rice grains!

This is edible!

But it was still early, and picking them too early might make them stale. Huaiyu hesitated for a moment and decided to come back later.

Because she was thinking about the pearl flower in her mind, she was afraid of getting lost, so she didn't dare to go far and just wandered around nearby.

Unfortunately, there were only tall trees and red pines here, but not a single pine cone was found on the ground. After searching for a long time, there was still no result.

During this time, he saw a thick dry tree lying on the ground. Huaiyu stared at it for a long time, and the more he looked, the more regretful he felt:

What a beautiful tree!
If you can drag it back to your house, you can break off the bark to burn, saw off the trunk to make stools and tables, or even split it into firewood!
It’s so perfect!

She couldn't even imagine how lively and cheerful she would be if she had this big tree trunk.

Unfortunately, reality is so cruel.

The tree trunk was so big that Huaiyu couldn't drag it at all.

Moreover, it is not raining now, so no matter how many signs of decay there are on the surface of the tree trunks, not a single mushroom has grown.

Ugh.

She sighed and patted the tree trunk gently: "What a beautiful piece of waste."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a slight "click" sound.

Huaiyu stood up straight and saw a pine cone that had somehow fallen right next to the center of the tree trunk.

Her eyes lit up and she walked over quickly.

I found that they were still pine cones of Armand pine, but compared to the super-large ones I asked for last time, these cones were obviously half the size. But when I opened the seed scales, I found that there were still pine nuts inside - small in size, but full enough!

She held the pine cone and stared at the center of the trunk with anticipation, then poked at a branch and unexpectedly poked a hole under the rotten bark!
I put the stick in and flipped it twice, and I could clearly feel something inside, so I carefully reached out and touched it...

Hey!
Another pine cone!
what is this?
This is the squirrel's treasure trove that she had searched all over the mountain for but couldn't find!

I am worthy of being the son of luck!
Huai Yu suddenly had boundless strength. He took the stick and started hammering and prying along the rotten bark. Soon he pried a crack on the side of the trunk.

The rotten bark fell off, and she discovered that there was a passage in the middle of the tree, like a hole made by something...

This poor tree may have died because it was empty in the middle. Then it fell down and became a treasure trove for squirrels...

Now, it all belongs to her!
She used a thin branch to dig and dig, trying to push as much of the stuff inside as possible into the pried open hole.

Along with the continuous sound, a small hill soon formed in the tree hole.

Acorns, chestnuts, kernels, walnuts, hazelnuts... and peanuts!
In addition, there are more and more small pine cones.

This thing takes up more space than dried fruits. The tree hole is full of it, so much so that when it is pushed out now, it has formed a small hill!

Huaiyu squatted on the ground with an unstoppable smile on his face!
She held all the various nuts in her hands and put them into the red bucket. The big red bucket, which could hold 40 liters of water, was half filled with small nuts!

Then there are the pine cones piled up to the point of tipping over...

She simply took off her coat and piled the remaining pine cones into her wide windbreaker. Then she pulled off the heavy elastic rope above her head, wrapped it around several times, and finally she had another big package!
Until the last handful of hazelnuts were put into the red bucket and slid down with difficulty from the gaps in the pine cones, the big tree could no longer take out anything.

Huai Yu withdrew his hand with satisfaction: "Big tree, big tree... A big tree with a hole is a good big tree..."

After all this trouble, she didn't know how much time had passed. She looked at the sky and decided to start her return journey.

Who would have thought that on the way back, I took a detour and saw some slender wild vegetables sticking out from among the dead branches and leaves in front of me, with the ends curled into cute little circles...

It's fern!
Huaiyu stood there in a daze, looking at the full and heavy bucket, then touching the windbreaker bag he was carrying with difficulty, and finally looking at the vine net bag in his hand that had too many holes and was of no use...

Damn it! Why are there so many good things today? Could she really be the child of destiny? !

She put down her package with hesitation, carefully looked around the barren fern slope, and found lush green shepherd's purse at the foot of the mountain...

Huaiyu: ...

She looked around her body—there was really no container to put anything in!
After thinking about it, he simply took off all the thin vines he was carrying, started tying knots on the nearby trees as marks, and then extended all the way to the pearl flowers.

I'll go back first today and visit the trading market in the afternoon.

Tomorrow, I must come to pick wild vegetables!
From today on, Sanqing Mountain is her home!

...

These heavy things together were several times heavier than the tarpaulin, and they had to be carried carefully across the mountain. Huaiyu was sweating profusely before he finally managed to bring the things back.

She could even say proudly: Not a single pine cone fell!
But now, she looked at the sky and didn't even have time to sort the things. She only had time to put down the things she didn't need, and she just picked up the bucket and carried the pine cones on her back and set off for the bus stop!

　Update is here! Tomorrow is the Hongsheng Pedestrian Street Trading Market!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)