When Shen Qingju saw that she was going to wash the dishes, she quickly said, "Leave the bowls here. I'll wash them for you later."
"No need!"
It was just washing the dishes. Besides, she still had to rinse her mouth.
Dong Yao clasped her palms together and looked up at the sky while praying.
After eating and drinking to her heart's content, she felt sleepy.
Shen Qinglan sat in the courtyard for a while, then quietly went back to her room to take an afternoon nap.
In the evening, there was pork for dinner. Apart from their younger brother Shen Qingping, Shen Qinglan was the one who got the biggest share.
After eating a bowl of meat, they returned to eating vegetables the next day.
After a few days, Shen Qinglan could not sit still anymore.
In ancient times, they had meals early and ate bland food. Once it was eight or nine o'clock, their stomachs would start to growl.
Shen Qinglan, who had been starving for a few days, finally couldn't take it anymore.
So, early in the morning, she dragged Shen Qingzhu out of bed while he was still sleeping soundly.
Shen Qingzhu yawned and muttered dubiously, "Third Sister, why are you up so early? It's only 9 am. Don't you usually wake up in the afternoon?"
"Take me up the mountain," Shen Qinglan said."
"Take you up the mountain?"
Shen Qingzhu was startled and immediately shook his head as he said, "No, if our eldest sister finds out, she'll definitely beat me to death!"
Shen Qinglan raised her eyes and said in a soft voice, "If you don't go, I'll kill you now."
It was clearly a joke, but Shen Qingzhu felt a chill run down his spine, as if Shen Qinglan would really beat him to death if he did not bring her along.
He shivered and compromised, "Okay, okay, okay. Wait a minute. I'll wash up first."
Their house was made of yellow mud mixed with hay. Apart from their parents, everyone else had a room to themselves. Shen Qinglan was very satisfied with this.
"Let's go, let's go. If our sister wakes up, we won't be able to leave!"
Shen Qingzhu said as she wiped the water off her face with her clothes. Then she pulled Shen Qinglan out of the door quickly.
As Shen Qinglan stared at Shen Qingzhu's hand that was holding hers, she felt that it was very strange that she did not feel any disgust or discomfort.
She felt that this might have something to do with her current body.
Blood was thicker than water. Shen Qingzhu and the host of this body were biological siblings, so she, having taken over this body, naturally became Shen Qingzhu's biological sister. Thus, she did not feel any discomfort.
That was what Shen Qinglan thought.
"Third Sister, what are you going up the mountain for?"
Shen Qingzhu only remembered to ask about this when they were halfway up the mountain.
"To hunt," Shen Qinglan replied.
"Hunt?"
Shen Qingzhu was startled at first, then he said with a troubled expression, "Then why didn't you say so earlier? I could have gone to Uncle's house to get a slingshot!"
Their eldest uncle Shen He was a hunter and had many tools for hunting at home. Shen Qingzhu often went to borrow hunting tools.
"No need," Shen Qinglan said.
She bent down and grabbed a handful of gravel from a stream before continuing into the mountains.
Shen Qingzhu was puzzled and asked, "Third Sister, what are you doing with the gravel?""
"It's for hunting," Shen Qinglan replied.
"For hunting?"
Pfft--
Shen Qingzhu wanted to laugh. Did his third sister have a wild imagination, or was she still a fool?
Hunting with gravel? Did she think she was a martial arts expert?
"Why don't we go down the mountain first and go to Uncle's house to get the tools before going up the mountain?"
Shen Qinglan turned a deaf ear to his suggestion and continued to walk forward without looking back.
"Hey, Third Sister, wait for me!"
Shen Qingzhu was helpless. He could not abandon her and run down the mountain to get her tools, so he could only follow behind her and watch her, in case she took things too hard and went deep into the mountains.
