Shen Qingju saw her about to wash the dishes and quickly said, "Leave the dishes, I'll wash them later."
"No need!"
It's just washing dishes, and besides, she still needed to rinse her mouth.
Dong Yao clasped her hands together, looked up at the sky, and muttered a long string of words, roughly wishing for the blessings of the heavens and the gods.
After eating and drinking enough, a wave of drowsiness came over.
Shen Qinglan sat in the courtyard for a while, then quietly went back to her room for a nap.
Sure enough, there was pork for dinner, and the ones who got the most were little brother Shen Qingping and Shen Qinglan.
After eating a bowl of meat, the next day they were back to days of eating wild vegetables.
A few days of leisure went by, and Shen Qinglan couldn't sit still any longer.
In these ancient times, meals were early; once it got to eight or nine, her stomach would start to protest, as they were only eating thin rice porridge.
Having been hungry for several days, Shen Qinglan finally couldn't take it anymore.
So, early in the morning, she dragged Shen Qingzhu out of bed, who was still fast asleep.
Shen Qingzhu yawned, and muttered suspiciously, "Third sister, why are you up so early? It's just dawn, don't you usually get up at mid-morning?"
Shen Qinglan lazily said, "Take me up the mountain."
"Take you up the mountain?"
Shen Qingzhu was startled and shook his head repeatedly, "No way, if big sister finds out, she'll kill me!"
Shen Qinglan slowly lifted her eyelids and said in a ghostly voice, "If you don't go, I'll kill you first."
Although it was clearly a joke, Shen Qingzhu felt a chill down his back, as if she really would kill him if he didn't take her.
He shivered unexpectedly, and finally relented, "Alright, alright, just wait a bit, let me wash up first."
Their house was built with rice straw mixed with yellow mud; aside from their parents, everyone had their own room, which Shen Qinglan was quite satisfied with.
"Hurry, hurry, if big sister wakes up, we won't be able to leave!"
Shen Qingzhu said while wiping his face with his clothes, then he briskly pulled Shen Qinglan out the door.
Shen Qinglan looked at Shen Qingzhu holding her hand, strangely not feeling any discomfort or aversion.
She thought it might be related to this body.
Blood is thicker than water; Shen Qingzhu and this body were biological siblings, so since she occupied this body, it was only natural that she became Shen Qingzhu's real sister, which was why she didn't feel any discomfort.
That's what Shen Qinglan thought.
"Third sister, why do you want to go up the mountain?"
They walked halfway up the mountain before Shen Qingzhu thought to ask.
Shen Qinglan: "Hunting."
"Hunting?"
Shen Qingzhu was initially startled, then looked troubled, "Why didn't you say so earlier? I could have gone to Uncle's house to get a slingshot!"
Uncle Shen He was a hunter, with many hunting tools at home, and Shen Qingzhu often borrowed tools for hunting.
Shen Qinglan replied, "No need."
She bent down by a small stream, grabbed a handful of gravel, and continued walking into the mountains.
Shen Qingzhu was puzzled, "Third sister, what are you doing with that gravel?"
Shen Qinglan: "For hunting."
"For... for hunting?"
He chuckled softly.
Shen Qingzhu felt like his third sister was either too whimsical or not fully recovered from her foolishness.
Using stones for hunting, did she think she was a martial arts master?
"How about this, let's go down the mountain first, get some tools from Uncle's house, and then go up again?"
Shen Qinglan ignored his suggestion, continuing forward without looking back.
"Hey~ hey~, wait up, third sister!"
Shen Qingzhu felt helpless; he couldn't just leave her to run down the mountain for tools, so he had to follow her, making sure she wouldn't do anything reckless deep in the mountains.