The Sweetness of the Seventies-Chapter 71 - Astonishing Hearing_1
Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Astonishing Hearing_1
Chapter 71 -71: Astonishing Hearing_1
He Tiantian led them to a place full of lush green grass and stopped to begin cutting the grass.
Professor Gu was slow at cutting, and He Tiantian always quietly placed the grass near Professor Gu to help him.
The others didn’t notice, and even Professor Gu himself was unaware.
But later on, Xiang Rong and Zuo Li discovered what she was doing.
When they were young, they were all exceptional individuals with keen observation skills.
Seeing He Tiantian’s actions, they couldn’t help but admire this kind girl even more.
He Tiantian simply wanted to help these people without expecting anything in return.
After all, these people were not bad, and if she could help, she would.
Who knows, there might come a time when He Tiantian would need the help of others.
“Look at that He Tiantian, she is a good girl.
The wild fruits and vegetables we’ve been eating were all brought to us by her,” Xiang Rong whispered, “And last time, if it wasn’t for her, Old Bai would probably have been taken away for re-education again.
Now that we’re helpless, when we’re able, we must repay this young girl well.”
Zuo Li nodded in agreement and said, “We made the right decision coming to Qijia Village.
The village chief didn’t give us a hard time.
But from the incident of Village Chief Qi being reported, we can see that someone in the village is up to no good.
We should continue to be careful to avoid giving anyone the chance to exploit us and end up implicating Secretary Qi.”
“You’re right, as long as we know how good Girl Tian has been to us in our hearts, that’s enough.
We shouldn’t talk about it outside,” Xiang Rong said.
Everyone came to this remote village wanting to live a few peaceful days, especially He Tiantian, a fragile little girl.
As Zuo Li was speaking, the Snake King within the Spatial Barrier lazily said, “There are a few nests of wild chickens ahead and quite a few wild eggs.
If you move quickly, you might be able to catch them all.”
The Snake King thought He Tiantian was too thin and needed to eat some good food to maintain a sufficient supply of high-quality blood.
Without those “Spiritual Medicines,” its cultivation speed had greatly decreased.
It found the Human Realm very boring and was eager to leave!
He Tiantian was overjoyed, for she hadn’t been up the mountain during the busy farming period, and it had been a long time since she had obtained good things from the mountain.
Hearing the Snake King’s reminder, her heart leaped for joy.
“Everyone, stop for a moment.” He Tiantian did not want to startle the wild chickens in the bushes, so she whispered to Professor Gu beside her, as well as to Zuo Li and Xiang Rong, who were not far away.
Professor Gu, puzzled, still whispered back, “Girl Tian, what’s the matter?”
“Hehe, I’ve spotted some wild chickens up ahead.
Keep quiet and we might catch them all.
We can have a treat tonight,” He Tiantian whispered back, following the direction indicated by the Snake King in the barrier and creeping towards the bushes.
Zuo Li and Xiang Rong glanced at each other in surprise.
He Tiantian seemed to have amazing hearing; they hadn’t heard anything, yet she had already picked up on the sound.
However, now was not the time to marvel at her sensitive hearing.
They should focus on catching the wild chickens.
Having a full meal was the greatest reward for them.
Since everyone would benefit, Zuo Li and Xiang Rong split up to approach from both sides, assisting He Tiantian in enclosing the wild chickens in the dense weeds.
Aunt Liu was very excited; if they caught the wild chickens, she would have a share.
After the long period of farm work, the elders and children at home had no nourishment.
Catching the wild chickens would mean everyone in her family could get some much-needed sustenance.
Several wild chickens, upon hearing the noise, wanted to abandon their eggs in the nest to flee but suddenly found their movements slowed down; they couldn’t fly at all and could only flap around on the ground.
The dense underbrush that usually provided excellent cover was now a hindrance to their escape.
Tiantian captured two with one in each hand.
Zuo Li and Xiang Rong weren’t slacking either; they each caught two, and Aunt Liu, who had come over to see what the commotion was about, also managed to catch one casually.
“Haha, Girl Tian, I caught one too!” Aunt Liu exclaimed joyfully.
Having lived in Qijia Village for so many years, she knew that the wild chickens on the back mountain were tough to catch.
Even skilled hunters required rifles, bow and arrows, or traps to snag them.
An opportunity like today was a first for Aunt Liu, and she was thrilled.
He Tiantian, holding two plump wild chickens, approached Aunt Liu and said, “Aunt Liu, hold these for me while I go inside and collect the eggs.”
“Alright,” Aunt Liu agreed, taking the two wild chickens from He Tiantian.
There were seven wild chickens and four nests of eggs.
Tiantian, with her basket, gathered nearly sixty wild chicken eggs.
Even though the eggs were a bit small, the basket was brimming full.
“Aunt Liu, Professor Gu, Uncle Xiang, Uncle Zuo, Uncle Qian, Uncle Sun, we found so many wild chicken eggs,” said Tiantian.
“Auntie, since you’re our leader, how should we divide the eggs and the wild chickens?”
Most of these wild chickens were caught by Zuo Li and Xiang Rong, but they didn’t have the right to distribute these items, given their sensitive status; they couldn’t meddle in these matters.
Although Tiantian had the authority, Aunt Liu always took good care of her.
Considering her young age, it was only natural for Aunt Liu to handle the distribution.
Aunt Liu liked to take little advantages, but she also knew when to stop.
If someone else were to divide them, she might have felt disgruntled, thinking they didn’t value her.
However, if she were in charge of the distribution, Aunt Liu wouldn’t dare take too much for herself, and she wouldn’t gossip about it afterward either.
Sure enough, upon hearing Tiantian’s words, Aunt Liu squinted her eyes and chuckled, “You found them, Girl Tian, it’s only fitting that you do the dividing.”
Tiantian shook her head repeatedly and explained, “Aunt Liu, I’m young, and you’ve always looked after me.
You’re such a good person and fair in your dealings.
It would be most appropriate for you to do the distribution.
Don’t you all agree?”
Zuo Li and Xiang Rong, understand Tiantian’s intent, chimed in one after another, “Yes, Liu Dajie, in Uncle Qi’s absence, you are the leader of our group.
Whatever you say, we’ll support.
And you were impressive just now, even catching a wild chicken yourself.”
Aunt Liu felt flattered by the praise and after a brief thought, replied, “Since you all think so highly of me, I’ll divide them.
The wild chicken I caught is mine.
I’ll take half the basket of wild chicken eggs.
The rest of you can divide the remainder; I won’t interfere.”
Aunt Liu didn’t demand too much, and, in fact, Tiantian wanted to give her more wild chicken eggs.
There was a reason why Aunt Liu wanted the wild chicken eggs, and Tiantian needed to explain it to the others so that they wouldn’t misunderstand Aunt Liu.
“Oh my, I almost forgot,” Tiantian suddenly realized.
“Aunt Liu, I learned yesterday that your youngest son just got over a fever and needs to nourish his body.
Two eggs a day, this basket of eggs will last for a month, and he will surely get plump and healthy.”
