Back to the era with space materials

The bamboo had already been chopped, and when he saw the little girl hunching over to look for it while holding the smelly mushrooms, Huo Lang didn't leave in a hurry. He bent his long legs and sat on the bundled bamboo to wait.

Perhaps as Huo Lang said, no one here eats bamboo fungus, so there are a lot of bamboo fungus in the bamboo forest.

Some of the umbrellas were too old to be eaten, and some just poked their heads out of the soil and raised small bulges from the thick bamboo leaves on the ground. Si Ningning didn't know it at first, and accidentally stepped on several clusters, which made her feel very distressed.

Later, when she saw the bulges among the fallen leaves, she knew to plow them with dead branches first. After several times, she gained quite a harvest.

How can I take them back after picking so many?

Just when he was in trouble, there was a rustling sound behind him, and a small basket made of bamboo side branches rolled to his feet.

Si Ningning's eyes lit up and she turned around with a bright smile: "Thank you!"

Huo Lang lowered his head and stroked the hatchet in his hand without even looking at Si Ningning.

Si Ningning was not upset, shook off the broken soil from the bottom of the bamboo shoots, and put them one by one into the basket.

Although the basket is simple and not big, a few clusters of bamboo fungus are put in and it is just full.

Si Ningning stood up, in a good mood, with a slight smile on her lips, and turned to Huo Lang with raised eyebrows, "Are you going home?"

"Um."

The way back is more difficult uphill than downhill.

Huo Lang asked Si Ningning to stand aside and wait. He used a hatchet to smash out several shallow pits like steps, and then gently raised his chin, signaling for Si Ningning to go up first.

After Si Ningning went up, Huo Lang pushed a section of bamboo up from below, and then pulled another section up after going up the slope.

He put the bundles of bamboo on his shoulders and walked forward without saying a word.

This mountain road was quite spacious. Si Ningning trotted beside him. Out of curiosity about the new place, she kept chattering along the road:

"Comrade Huo Lang, do you often come to the mountains? There are bamboo fungi in the bamboo forest. Are there other fungi in other places?"

"Are there really tigers in the mountains here? Comrade Holang?"

"Do you usually go up the mountain alone?"

"Hollandton... uh——"

The man suddenly stopped and turned around. Si Ningning's heart trembled, and he stepped on a stone with his left foot. He staggered back a few steps, until his back touched a big tree before he steadied himself.

This scene is so similar...

This isn't the end yet.

"You, what are you doing?"

Looking at the man approaching her, Si Ningning tilted her head back uncomfortably, leaning against the tree nervously.

Huo Lang stretched out his long legs and stepped on the tree trunk behind Si Ningning with a click, creating a different kind of "wall-dong".

His voice was cold and solemn: "It's not just tigers that are dangerous in the mountains."

His expressions were emotionless, and his strong aura shocked Si Ningning to the point where he could not utter a complete sentence.

Huo Lang reached towards the side of Si Ningning's head with his left hand and suddenly leaned forward.

"You, you..."

A strong, hot and aggressive breath rushed into Si Ningning's face. Her eyes widened and her mind went blank. Fear and nervousness were all forgotten in an instant. Her long eyelashes were quivering like butterfly wings and they were tightly closed.

Eyes closed.

With his index finger and thumb, Huo Lang accurately clamped the little flower snake hanging upside down on the tree trunk and spat out the message. He lowered his eyes and glanced at the little girl with trembling long eyelashes.

She was obviously scared, but she didn't feel defensive at all when she came out with him.

The back half of the little flower snake was twisted and knotted, and it was quickly wrapped around the wrist. Without even looking at it, Huo Lang put a little force on his fingertips, and the head of the little flower snake instantly flattened. He retracted his hand and stood up straight.

I didn't want to say more at first, fearing that the half-grown girl wouldn't understand his hint, so I kept silent but added another sentence: "Don't go into the mountains alone, let alone with a strange man."