Originally, Gao Erniu was still laughing and didn’t feel very hungry, but when Little Sister Gao said this, he imdiately put on a bitter face and looked at Gao Daniu, "Big brother, I’m hungry too..."
Gao Daniu looked at An Ning, who quickly waved her hand, "I’m not hungry yet."
She said this truthfully, although she hadn’t eaten either, but she drank a big bowl of dark, bitter dicine in the morning, and still had that bitter taste in her mouth, let alone any appetite.
Gao Daniu scratched his head and thought for a mont, "How about this, An Ning and Little Sister stay ho to look after Xiaoniu, while Erniu and I go up the mountain to find so wild vegetables to cook and fill our stomachs?"
There was still noise outside, and the grain at ho was all controlled by grandma. Forget breakfast, they weren’t even sure if there would be lunch.
It’s spring now, and the mountains aren’t short of wild vegetables. It’s better to dig so up to fill our stomachs than go hungry.
Go up the mountain?
An Ning’s hotown was also in a mountain village. It’s said that when she was a baby, her dad An Dafu once carried her on a tricycle to collect dicinal herbs.
However, naturally, An Ning had no mory of these things.
She only vaguely rembered living in the village when she was very, very young.
But later, as her dad got richer, she moved to the city.
Also, since An Dafu didn’t get along well with his brothers in the family, she and her father rarely returned to the village after that.
Upon hearing that Gao Daniu wanted to go up the mountain, An Ning imdiately beca interested, "Big brother, I want to go too."
"Second Sister, you’re not fully recovered yet. Better rest at ho."
"I’m already fine, really. After taking the dicine last night, I felt much better. I’m perfectly fine now." With that, An Ning spun around to show Gao Daniu.
"Well..." Gao Daniu remained hesitant.
Right now, they still owed money for An Ning’s treatnt. If her condition worsened after a trip outside, it would surely cost more silver.
An Ning was unaware of Gao Daniu’s thoughts and assured him, "Big brother, I’m really fine now. Besides, I’ve been lying at ho for several days, and I want to go out and see. How about this, if I really start to feel unwell, we can just co back."
"Alright then." Gao Daniu had no choice but to agree. Since An Ning was going out, it wouldn’t be right to leave Little Sister Gao at ho alone with Xiaoniu.
When he glanced at Little Sister Gao, she shook her head repeatedly, "I... I’ll stay here. I’ll watch Xiaoniu at ho."
She was dizzy and faint from hunger, and her stomach was uncomfortable, fearing she wouldn’t have the energy to walk outside.
"Alright then, if your stomach really bothers you, just lie on the kang with Xiaoniu for a while. Big brother will be back soon."
Farm kids aren’t spoiled. Even though Xiaoniu was not yet a year old, during busy farming seasons, they would put him in a basket at the end of the field and leave him be.
All the kids grew up this way, let alone Little Sister Gao was there to watch him, so there was no need to worry.
An Ning followed behind Gao Daniu and Gao Erniu as they left the house. Gao Erniu, being sowhat experienced, didn’t wait for instructions before grabbing two baskets from the yard.
"It’s still noisy in the front, let’s go from the back," Gao Daniu said as he opened the back door and headed out without waiting for a reply.
Fourth Uncle’s Dahu was playing with Erhu at the door. Seeing the three of them, Gao Dahu imdiately asked, "Brother Daniu, Sister An Ning, Brother Erniu, where are you going?"
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