Chapter 118 - Chapter 118: Autumn Harvest
Chapter 118: Autumn Harvest
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Seeing her sister stopping her, Jiang Gu was unhappy and pouted at her sister. Jiang Xia tapped her forehead with a smile and said, “You little foodie, let’s have mom prepare some radish dishes when she cooks later.”
Upon hearing her sister say this, Jiang Gu whooped with joy and ran into the house to find her mother.
Four days passed quickly, and during this time, the family was busy collecting and categorizing seeds.
While the family was bustling around on the mountain, the villagers at the foot of the mountain were also preparing. In two more days, it would be time for the autumn harvest. Every household had their tools ready, waiting for the village chief’s order to begin their work.
Even though they were worried about the situation, as long as they hadn’t run out of grain for the day, they held onto hope.
As for the grain harvesting tools for the Jiang family, they were prepared by Xiao Wu and Xiao Li, as Jiang Chuan said he would return before the harvest.
The day before they descended the mountain, Zhou Lan and her family caught a few more small animals, bound their limbs, and put them in Jiang Xia’s interspace.
They were not worried about these small animals starving, as Jiang Xia had noticed over time that the grass in one spot in the space would regrow after being eaten, so even with their limbs bound, the small animals would not starve.
After thinking with her family, Jiang Xia planned to build a fence in the space to corral all the small animals, giving them free range to move around.
When their family had a stable life in the village and they could keep some small animals in their own home, they would then release these animals from the interspace.
Building the fence was something Jiang Xia had to do herself. After the dangerous incident that night, Jiang Xia tried several times to bring her family into the interspace but was unsuccessful, so anything in the space had to be handled by her.
At this point, Jiang Xia’s space was filled with a lot of fruits, vegetables, and grain. They wouldn’t have to worry about food for the winter.
Once they had tidied up any traces in the house that didn’t belong to this era, the family picked up their bundles and descended the mountain.
With the experience from their previous mountain trips, everyone walked with ease. Jiang Xia and Jiang Gu would occasionally play and joke around, while Jiang Chuan and Zhou Lan followed behind, occasionally whispering to each other.
Halfway down the moutain, Zhou Lan suddenly frowned and pulled Jiang Chuan, who was beside her.
“Xiao Xia, Xiao Gu.” Zhou Lan called out in a low voice.
Jiang Xia turned around and saw Zhou Lan’s serious expression. She quickly pulled Jiang Gu, who was still running and jumping, back to Zhou Lan’s side.
“Mom, what’s wrong?” Jiang Xia asked.
“Shh! There’s noise,” Zhou Lan signaled for everyone to lower their voices and follow her footsteps.
Jiang Chuan protectively moved with Jiang Xia and Jiang Gu, following Zhou Lan’s pace.
Not until they arrived at a bush did Zhou Lan motion for everyone to crouch down.
Zhou Lan gently pushed aside the bush, and Jiang Xia also moved to her mother’s side, peering through a small gap.
The sight nearly made Jiang Xia’s heart jump out of her throat.
“Sister, what’s wrong?” Jiang Gu had somehow moved to Jiang Xia’s side and asked in a low voice.
Jiang Xia made a shushing gesture, and his breathing was a little hurried.
What she saw was none other than the wolf pack that attacked them before.
At this moment, they were attacking another group of people. Due to the angle, Jiang Xia could not see the face of the person being attacked. He only felt that the back of the person was somewhat familiar.
Seeing that Jiang Xia did not answer her, Jiang Gu leaned forward to peek through a small gap.
Just a second before Jiang Gu was about to shout out, Jiang Xia covered her mouth.
Jiang Gu was not about to scream because she saw the wolf pack, but because she saw the four people being attacked by the wolves, who were now covered in blood.
“Xiao Xia, look at that person.” Zhou Lan said to Jiang Xia in a low voice.
Jiang Xia looked in the direction her mother was pointing. The person was still facing away from her, but the more she looked at him, the more familiar he looked.
“Is he…?” Jiang Xia hesitated.
“That’s the young Shen fellow you were interested in before!” Zhou Lan spoke to her daughter somewhat speechlessly. She had been staring at him before, but now she didn’t recognize him.
Jiang Xia didn’t know how her mother could joke at such a time, but after another careful look, it did seem to be the young master of the Shen family, Shen Mo.
Jiang Xia furrowed her brows, looking at the wolf pack that was glaring fiercely at Shen Mo. If it were someone else at a severe disadvantage, she might consider not intervening. But this was Shen Mo, a man capable of conveying the situation of the village to those higher up.. She simply couldn’t stand by and not save him!