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"You, are you Second Brother Xie’s wife?" The leading young man, with his eyes shining brightly, looked at Yan Jinsu.
"Um, who are you?" Yan Jinsu was stopped and thought there was going to be trouble, but to her surprise, a group of young men, actually excitedly gathered around her for introductions!
"Hey, Chen Saozi, I’m Xie Jingbin, I’m from the seven branches of Brother Chen’s clan."
"Aunt Chen, I’m Xie Yuting, from the fourth branch of the clan!"
"Chen Saozi, me too, me too! I am Zhou Guoqing, from the third branch of the Zhou family!" The youngest boy, sixteen or seventeen, squeezed behind Xie Jingbin and Xie Jingtian, and exclaimed lively.
Yan Jinsu looked bewildered at the three overly familiar youngsters opposite her. Three more youths behind them had flushed side profiles, not daring to act rashly, but their expressions obviously showed they also wanted to rush up and introduce themselves.
Yan Jinsu quickly spoke, "Um, hello everyone, is there anything you need?" All of you big young men, stopping a young wife like her, the gossipy women in the village are going to start talking.
So frustrating! Hidden behind the old tree, Wang Qingmei angrily glared at the troublemaker Xie Jingbin, then looked at Yan Jinsu’s silhouette with a face full of indignation.
Unfortunately, though her calculations were good, thinking to make the villagers see Yan Jinsu as a fierce woman to strike her down, she didn’t consider that Qingfeng Village was full of dissatisfaction due to the village elders not letting these youngsters go up the mountain!
Which seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man doesn’t want to take a walk in the mountains?
Especially since parents of the previous generation, having experienced it themselves, naturally harbored a sense of terror towards Qingfeng Mountain and absolutely forbade their children from going up. When the children were small, any of them who dared to sneak up were beaten quite severely.
Especially since there were two incidents in the village where children didn’t return after going up the mountain, thereafter, the village children did not dare mention it anymore.
Where there is oppression there is resistance. Growing children without the experiences of the older generation harbor a fearless heart—others might not, but why not themselves? Just because there were incidents, parents imposed strict measures, so no one dared mention going up the mountain again.
Xie Jingchen was willing to take them up the mountain but only up halfway at most, any further was off limits. Since there were too many people on the mountain and Xie Jingchen was only one person, it was impossible to look after everyone.
For safety reasons, of course, they wouldn’t venture too recklessly.
Besides, in Xie Jingchen’s eyes, it was just about taking the village kids up the mountain for a bit of experience. If he made them too brave, and something happened after he was gone, it wouldn’t be easy for the family members left in the village.
Just the idle gossip was enough for the family to endure. Xie Jingchen, a deeply thoughtful and scheming person, how could he possibly allow his family to be in a vulnerable position.
Thus, those half-grown youngsters couldn’t help but feel aggrieved!
Unexpectedly, besides showing great strength a few days ago, Yan Jinsu could also hunt!
This delighted the youths who were enthusiastic about hunting, their instinctive reaction was to gather around Yan Jinsu with silly smiles—
"Aunt Chen, I want to go hunting on the mountain too, can you take me please?"
The youngest, Zhou Guoqing at sixteen years old, had the thickest skin. Seeing the gentle smile on Yan Jinsu’s face, his brain short-circuited and he blurted out his deepest desire.
The young men beside him, upon hearing this, all had their eyes wide open, all looking brightly at Yan Jinsu.
Zhou Weimin, hearing this from behind, wanted to give his nephew a big thumbs up—truly a good brother, a good nephew!
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