Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Could this space lead to somewhere in the northeast?
After a brief shock, Zu Qi quickly came to his senses. He twitched the corners of his mouth and said with an awkward smile: “I’m sorry, I had something to do during the day and I came back late.”
The little boy frowned, his expression seemed a little confused, but he continued to speak in a not-so-authentic Northeastern dialect: “Are all the people over there busy?”
Zu Qi smiled and said: “Everyone has their own way of life, some people are very busy, and some people are more leisurely.”
Finally, Zu Qi asked based on what the little boy just said, “People from our side? Which side are you referring to?”
“They are people from your world.” As he said that, the little boy turned to look at the other boys, pouted his mouth slightly, and said a little aggrievedly, “People from the Northeast are always busy. They don’t tell us three brothers when they leave, causing us to wait blindly every day.”
When the other boys heard this, they also hated it. They shook their heads and sighed, as if lamenting the vicissitudes of his life like an old father.
“Stop calling him Northeasterner. He is A Kuan. Northeasterner is the name of their tribe, not their name!” The third boy protested angrily.
The curly-haired boy said, “Isn’t A Kuan from the Northeast? There’s nothing wrong with me calling him a Northeasterner.”
“There’s something wrong!” the third boy retorted.
“If I say there’s nothing wrong, there’s nothing wrong!”
“If I say there’s something wrong, there’s something wrong!”
Seeing the war between the two little boys about to break out, Zu Qi hurriedly stepped forward to pull them away, and at the same time warmly greeted them to eat, trying to divert their attention.
Children were indeed children. After Zu Qi reminded them, they remembered that there were fragrant chestnut yam porridge and golden and crispy roasted ribs in front of them.
So they immediately sat down in rows on the lawn, raised their little heads and eagerly waited for Zu Qi’s assignment. The vigilance and preparedness of a few minutes ago were completely gone from their faces.
Zu Qi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Fortunately, he had prepared a few extra pairs of chopsticks.
Distributing the chopsticks to the boys’ hands one by one, Zu Qi asked warmly while filling the small bowls with porridge: “Is this how A Kuan used to distribute food to you?”
Otherwise, their movements would not be so skillful. You could tell by looking at it that someone had fed them like this.
“Isn’t that right? Thanks to Kuan, we can eat hot food.” The curly haired boy gnawed on the ribs and sighed, “I’ve long been tired of eating those fruits.”
After hearing this, the other two little boys hurriedly pecked a rice-like nod of agreement.
While the boys were eating, Zu Qi sat next to them and chatted with them for a long time, and then learned that their names were Dabao, Erbao and Sanbao.
Dabao was the curly-haired boy whom Zu Qi had met many times before. Erbao had a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes and was very soft-tempered. He even spoke in a soft voice. While Sanbao was smaller and was as cute as Dabao but also had the same hot temper.
Of course, these were not their original names, but nicknames given to them by A Kuan. Together they were called the Three Lucky Treasures. It could be seen that they liked this name very much.
The Three Lucky Treasures were the aborigines who were born and raised in this place. They lived on the hill not far from the other side of the river, and all their fellow tribesmen also lived there.
About a hundred years ago, this land was not as barren as it was now. At that time, it was full of wild fruit trees, the fruits were full and shiny, and small animals appeared in groups in the bushes.
The boys’ tribe made a living by catching small animals. As time went by, the weather became worse and worse, sometimes hot and sometimes freezing, and traces of small animals became increasingly difficult to find.
To this day, they lived solely by picking wild fruits. Unfortunately, the number of fruit trees had been declining sharply. Maybe within a hundred years, the fruit trees would disappear without a trace like the small animals.
The appearance of A Kuan was just as unexpected as Zu Qi’s, except that he came more frequently, and would often bring various foods from the world over there. Unfortunately, not long ago, A Kuan never came again after returning.
But A Kuan was very smart. He learned the language here in only half a year, and also taught the Three Lucky Treasures to speak Chinese.
It was just that their not-so-authentic Northeastern dialect always sounded very hard to explain…
After the chat, the Three Lucky Treasures also ate the chestnut yam porridge and sweet and sour grilled pork ribs. It looked like they couldn’t wait to clear the plate by licking it clean.
However, when they looked up and saw Zu Qi looking at them gently like a loving father, the Three Lucky Treasures, who were about to lick the plate, put down the plate with an embarrassed look on their faces.
“If you meet Kuan there, can you convey a message for us? Just say that we miss him very much.” Erbao said sadly.
Zu Qi thought that China was so big, and A Kuan was from the Northeast. What’s more, he didn’t know what A Kuan looked like at all, and he wouldn’t be able to recognize him even if he met him one day.
But in order not to make the Three Lucky Treasures too sad, he comforted them: “If I can meet A Kuan, I will definitely convey your words to him.” After receiving the guarantee, the Three Lucky Treasures suddenly beamed, and they seemed to have completely let go of their feelings of wariness towards Zu Qi and they even warmly invited Zu Qi to their home.
Zu Qi suddenly remembered his plan to recruit people to help pick wild chrysanthemums, and his heart suddenly moved. However, he then considered that he was not very familiar with the people here, and the people here would not trust him as much as they trusted A Kuan.
Soon Zu Qi took a breath again.
He couldn’t rush this kind of thing, so let’s take it slow.
After thinking about it a lot, Zu Qi finally politely declined the kindness of the Three Lucky Treasures.
Seeing Zu Qi getting up and preparing to leave, the Three Lucky Treasures hurriedly packed up the dinner plates and soup bowls and handed them to Zu Qi.
Erbao ran behind a bush with his short legs, and soon he came out dragging a full plastic bag. The plastic bag was the same bag Zu Qi used to hold snacks.
“Here you go!” Dabao took the bag, stood on tiptoes and hung the bag into Zu Qi’s hand.
Zu Qi was still holding the plate with both hands, and he almost spit out a mouthful of blood due to the sudden weight in his hands.
“This is our freshly picked fruit. Although it is not very delicious, it is the only thank you gift we can give.” Dabao looked up at Zu Qi and said in a sweet voice.
Sanbao patted Zu Qi’s leg in a decent manner: “Yes, little brother, just don’t be polite to us. You brought so much food to the three of us, we have to thank you very much!”
Erbao covered his face and sighed: “I don’t know if we will still be able to pick fruits in a hundred years. If even the fruit trees are gone, then we will starve to death.”
As he said this, the Three Lucky Treasures wrinkled their little faces and sighed at the same time.
“Wait a minute…” Zu Qi seemed to have discovered something and his eyes widened in disbelief, “A hundred years from now? Can you still live for a hundred years?”
Dabao clicked his tongue: “The three of us are already eighty years old. Kuan said that we are about the same age as the old men over there, but the old men here are seven or eight hundred years old.”
Zu Qi: “…”
So the Three Lucky Treasures should not call him little brother, but should directly call him grandson…
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