??Chapter 275: 275. Little Thief Strikes_1
Chapter 275: 275. Little Thief Strikes_1
Pulling back the green netting that covered them, the bright light of a flashlight shone between the clusters of trees, where the half-ripe cherries—green touched with red and hints of yellow—were closely packed and nestled against each other, exceptionally pleasing to the eye.
And the person in charge, with a good mory, expertly found the right angle after a few turns, quickly allowing the light to capture a cherry, translucent red.
In the deep, quiet night, though it was just a single cherry, he sohow felt like he was committing a theft.
He looked left and right, then reached out and plucked the cherry.
And when he crawled out from under the net, holding the flashlight up to the cherry, turning it this way and that, he was just in love with the red color!
The sweet fragrance of the cherry seed to waft around him, and without hesitation, he popped it into his mouth.
The next mont—
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The person in charge didn’t sleep all night.
Tossing and turning, while the workers in the shed turned over in their sleep, snored, talked in their dreams, picked at their feet, scratched itches—all kinds were present except for him, who just couldn’t fall asleep.
The taste of the cherry seed to linger in his mouth, and it wasn’t until the middle of the night that he stretched out his tongue and carefully spat out the cherry pit.
How should I put it?
Even that action seed to reveal a bit of reluctance.
How could there be sothing so delicious in the world?
He had no idea that the cherries were nourished day and night by the Spiritual Energy at the entrance of his ho, which made their taste more than ten tis better than the vegetables and other things he sold before!
To capture his heart was but an easy feat.
And when he made his way around the construction site with a haggard expression early the next morning, he turned to find Song Sancheng standing under the cherry tree, carefully observing sothing?
His heart skipped a beat!
He thought, could it be that my cherry theft from last night was discovered?
But then he changed his mind, thinking it was just one cherry after all. In the past, when working for others, he had picked pears from their doorsteps and it hadn’t been a big deal.
But the more he thought about it, the more his heart seed to pound like a drum.
At that mont, all he could do was to muster a stiff smile and walk up to him, “Elder brother, what are you looking at here?”
Song Sancheng happily accepted the cigarette from his hand, smiling now, “I was just thinking that the cherries should be ripe by now, wondering why they aren’t… and also, this net seems a bit disorderly, as if the leaves were pulled at by soone…”
The more he looked, the more puzzled he beca, but the cherries above were yellowish-red, obviously not fully ripe. The taste of unripe cherries, those who’ve tasted them would know.
It couldn’t be!
The person in charge felt guilty.
After eating that cherry last night, he had turned around and crawled back under the netting, fumbling around late into the night with his flashlight.
However, after a lot of effort, he couldn’t find a single ripe one, and those that were half-ripe were still too hard to the touch, so he didn’t dare to pick them.
Now that Song Sancheng had noticed, he could only respond casually, “Maybe the squirrels were pulling at it last night… we have a lot of squirrels in this area!”
That was true.
It was just a cherry, and Song Sancheng didn’t make much of it. Soon, the conversation shifted, “Don’t squirrels look good? Their fur is so thick and shiny! Look, at the start of spring, they were like gray-haired rats, every morning climbing the walls to bask in the sun. Look how healthy that is!”
“They’ve fattened themselves up, all fluffy. If they weren’t always trying to steal stuff, I would actually find them quite charming.”
He glanced at the netting beside him again, “It might really be them… But do squirrels eat cherries, too?
The topic returned to cherries, and the person in charge quickly changed the subject, “Stealing stuff? What do they steal?”
“So much stuff, they’re not picky. Vegetable stems, leaves… You know, it’s odd, aren’t squirrels supposed to eat nuts? If it were just a handful of chestnuts they stole, I wouldn’t have thought much of it.”
“But what are they picking every day? If I hadn’t looked closely, I really would have thought they were mice.”
However, the matter wasn’t serious, so the family didn’t bother with it, resulting in quite a bizarre food selection.
The person in charge listened half-heartedly and glanced again at the cherry tree beside him, suddenly asking, “Bro, I see your cherry tree bears good fruit. When they’re ripe, are you selling them?”
Song Sancheng waved his hand, “You don’t see the number of people in my house, this one cherry tree isn’t enough for them to wreak havoc on—why, you want so?”
The person in charge’s face turned red, and he hurriedly said, “I haven’t been ho in a long ti, my wife, my kids…”
Song Sancheng wondered what the fuss was all about!
“If you want so, co and pick them when they’re ripe! But cherries can’t be kept long; co pick them the day you plan to go ho.”
With such a straightforward response, it made the person in charge feel even more ashad about sneaking around in the wee hours of last night.
His ears burning, he stuttered, “I ca out for a stroll last night and saw a red one in the tree. I couldn’t resist trying it; it was delicious.”
As he said this, Song Sancheng also pondered: this year, everything in his ho tasted extraordinary—surely Tantan must have used so good stuff.
But the child kept things tight-lipped…
Technically, these cherries really were good and shouldn’t be given away so casually.
But this person was responsible for building their house!
This person in charge was always smiling and polite, willing to accommodate any request.
However, building a house still requires dedication.
So he still smiled and said, “What’s the issue? Feel free to pick generously when they’re ripe.”
anwhile, he glanced at a few other trees and the chirping birds beside them and couldn’t help worrying—
The trees were too attractive to birds. Thankfully, he had covered them with nets; otherwise, there would have been nothing left this year.
No wonder the kids’ appetites were growing; they were busy all day chasing birds and rabbits in the field!
The food was good, but it attracted too many “little thieves.” He decided to throw in a few big bones for the kids later!
Song Sancheng made a ntal note of this and casually prepared to go back for breakfast when he heard a frenzy of barking in the distance!
“Woof!”
“Woof woof!”
The volu increased, and the whole family was stunned—
“Is that… a thief being chased?”
Song Youde was even more startled, “The vegetable garden!” He grabbed a hoe and ran towards the garden.
Song Tan couldn’t help being shocked—her grandfather at his age, still grabbing a hoe? Whether he got injured or injured soone else, it wouldn’t be easy to handle!
She quickly followed after him.
However, when they crossed the road and reached the fields below, they saw Sanbao moving agilely through the vegetable garden without harming a single leaf, mouth clutching a large, colorful, long-tailed wild chicken.
What a catch!
Song Tan exclaid in amazent!
The wild chicken wasn’t dead, and if it had died, it would have been caught by their dogs, so there shouldn’t be any need for her to take responsibility, right?
The two dogs beca even more excited.
With Sanbao holding the chicken in its mouth, Sibao barked loudly, strutting confidently up to the group.
Watching as Sanbao dropped the chicken from its mouth, Sibao raised a paw and firmly pinned the other’s colorful beautiful feathers to the ground!
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