nucmednet Chapter 92 The Thief
Chapter 92 The Thief
Xia Wen happily played with the two dogs, and now the two dogs were much closer to her. Xia Shiyu was in charge of driving the car up the mountain.
Xia Wen shifted some of her attention to the surrounding environment and said, "Actually, Xiao Yu, your village could try to start a farm stay business. People should be willing to come by running around the mountain and the valley."
Xia Shiyu shook her head. "The environment here is just so-so, not particularly beautiful. People probably come here to buy groceries, but who would come here to play?"
Xia Wen smiled and said, "Don't even mention it, I think people would be willing to come just for your food."
"Haha, that would be great."
Xia Shiyu drove Xia Wen to her family's land. There wasn't much to do there, so he was just showing Xia Wen the rural scenery.
After getting off the bus, Xia Wen looked around and was delighted to see so many vegetable plots planted with delicious vegetables.
"My goodness, there are so many delicious dishes, and some of them aren't even fully ripe yet."
"Those are grapevines, and those are newly planted citrus trees over there. That's great, Xiaoyu, you have fruit here. I must ask for some to eat later."
Xia Shiyu joked, "Eat up, eat up. You're welcome to come and eat when they're ripe, but not right now."
"That's true, but I'm already very happy eating these dishes."
Although Xia Wen was a little disappointed that she couldn't eat fruit right away, she was already quite satisfied with the dishes.
Xia Wen followed her around, occasionally helping to pick some vegetables. She found it quite fun to pick vegetables to eat at home.
Of course, she only picks some parts; if she were to pick them all, she would still feel tired.
She followed Xia Shiyu to pick vegetables in the field, while Huangdou and Nuomi ran around happily. Suddenly, Huangdou started barking incessantly at a certain spot.
"Woof woof woof, woof woof woof!"
Xia Wen straightened up, puzzled. "What's wrong?"
Xia Shiyu glanced at it and said, "Let's go, let's go take a look."
The two walked over, and when Huangdou saw its owner coming, it stopped barking and stayed where it was.
Xia Shiyu curiously leaned over to take a look, and that's when she found out what had happened.
It turned out that a hole had suddenly appeared in the fence surrounding the vegetable garden, and all the bok choy around the fence had been eaten clean.
Xia Wen was shocked and heartbroken when she saw it. "Oh my god, Xiao Yu, you've caused a ruckus in the vegetable garden! How could there be thieves? They've ruined all the vegetables."
After examining it carefully, Xia Shiyu said, "It shouldn't have been done by a person. The wound and these bite marks look like they were made by an animal."
There are some tooth marks on the bok choy. If it were stolen by someone, they would have pulled up the whole root, instead of leaving some roots in the ground like this.
Xia Wen squatted down and took a closer look, and found that this was indeed the case.
"That makes sense. Maybe some small animal got in from outside."
Xia Shiyu nodded. "That's right. It looks like some animal from the mountain broke in. We'll just reinforce the fence here later."
When she first started planting these vegetables, many small animals would run in and steal them. The cattle and sheep in the village couldn't resist them, so she eventually built fences around them.
It's fortunate that the vegetables in the fairy tale world are resistant to pests; otherwise, it would be even more troublesome if they got infested with insects. It would be easier to keep out other large animals. This place was probably eaten by some wild animal that came down from the mountain.
"Luckily we found it early, otherwise it would have eaten a lot."
After Xia Shiyu finished speaking, she called her father and asked him to come and fix it. For now, she could only find something to cover it up so that the animals wouldn't come in from outside anymore.
But the remaining vegetables can't be kept either; no matter how badly they've been eaten, they can only be pulled out and placed aside.
Feeding chickens and ducks is also not an option, in case they eat some wild animals carrying viruses and get sick.
Xia Wen said with some regret, "It's a pity to waste all these delicious dishes."
Xia Shiyu waved her hand dismissively, "It's nothing, luckily we found it early. Let's go to the other side now."
After Xia Shiyu finished dealing with the situation, he took Xia Wen to the other side to pick tomatoes. Xia Wen couldn't resist picking one and eating it with gusto.
While eating, she said, "It's so delicious! I can't wait to taste the fruit you grow. If the tomatoes are this good, the other fruits must be even better."
Xia Shiyu smiled and said, "Then you'd better be careful, there'll still be plenty of time."
After she finished speaking, she took one and started eating. Seeing the pitiful look on the two dogs next to her, she took two more and threw one to each of them.
The two puppies happily pounced on their tomatoes, one of them grabbing one and starting to nibble on it.
Xia Shiyu took Xia Wen for a walk around. At this time of year, apart from the vegetables still planted in the ground, most places were bare, with only some trees, which wasn't very interesting.
Xia Wen said with some regret, "It's a pity there are no mushrooms at this time of year, otherwise picking mushrooms would be quite fun."
Xia Shiyu nodded, "There really aren't any mushrooms. It would be much more fun if there were mushrooms."
At most, Xia Shiyu could only take Xia Wen to the river to catch some small shrimp so they could make spicy crayfish.
The two walked to a clear stream in the village and began to think of ways to catch some crayfish.
The two began to search along the riverbank, occasionally moving stones to check for any traces of crayfish.
Unfortunately, they were destined to be disappointed. After searching around, the two found that they didn't see many crayfish at all.
Xia Wen was distressed, "This is completely different from what I remembered. I thought there would be a lot."
Xia Shiyu was at a loss. "Maybe the lobsters have all been caught by others, or they've gone into hiding. It's very rare to see lobsters this season."
The two men and their two dogs searched the area thoroughly again, but ultimately regretfully admitted that they hadn't found many lobsters.
What we found was only enough for a small bowl, which was far from sufficient.
Xia Shiyu sighed helplessly, "It seems like it really won't work. Sis, forget it, I'll treat you to crayfish in the city next time."
Xia Wen shook her head, "Haha, I didn't need to. I had already eaten them when I got back. I just wanted to experience the fun of cooking crayfish."
Xia Shiyu then said, "Alright then, let's head back home. There's not much to see around here."
"Alright, let's go home."
Although Xia Wen felt she hadn't managed to catch any crayfish or pick any mushrooms, she still had a great day. Even just picking vegetables was quite fun.