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Chapter 19 - 19 19 Picking up firewood

?Chapter 19: 19 Picking up firewood Chapter 19: 19 Picking up firewood So they continued trekking upwards, Shen Zhiwen leading the way to hook tree branches, and Shen Yunfang following behind to pick them up. As some of the branches were quite large, she struggled to move them, so she gathered all the branches together, and once there were enough, Zhiwen pulled out a bundle of hemp rope from his sling bag, tied the branches into one big bundle, and then turned to Yunfang, who was behind him, saying, “I’ll take these back first, then come back later. Can you stay here by yourself, or do you want to wait for me on the little slope?”

Zhiwen wouldn’t normally ask this of just anyone, but he knew his cousin Yunfang was timid since childhood and only dared venture as far as the little slope when going up the mountain. He worried that if he left her here, she might start crying once she was alone.

“No need, it’ll just waste time going back and forth. I’ll wait for you here,” Yunfang didn’t want to go back at all. It was not easy, and the large sickle was about to be in her hands—if she didn’t take the opportunity to gather more firewood, it wouldn’t be worthwhile.

“You really won’t go back? Aren’t you afraid being here by yourself?” Zhiwen asked uncertainly once more.

Yunfang was somewhat speechless, thinking that this question was a bit too late. If she was scared, would she be able to live at the foot of the mountain by herself, groping around in the dark without even an oil lamp?

“I’m grown up now; I stopped being afraid a long time ago. Just hurry back,” Yunfang waved her hand dismissively, as if shooing away a fly.

Zhiwen had no choice and also felt that in this short span of time, nothing was likely to happen. This patch of forest was often frequented by villagers collecting firewood, and the wild animals were scared of humans, so you couldn’t even encounter a rabbit here.

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