Married to the army by mistake, abstinent boss becomes addicted to pampering his wife

Chapter 135 Picking Mushrooms

Qiao Wenjing also walked to Lu Tingting's side and looked up.

Upon seeing what was hidden in the tree canopy, he quickly gave Lu Tingting a push.

Lu Tingting was quite clever; she immediately ran to the bushes and reached out to hug a banana tree trunk that was thicker than an adult's thigh.

"I found the banana tree first! It's mine!"

Qiao Wenjing looked at Jiang Moli beside her and smiled maliciously, "According to the rules, in the mountains, whoever touches something first gets to keep it."

Jiang Moli said, "I saw the things first. Are you trying to take them by force?"

Lu Tingting clung tightly to the banana tree trunk: "My hand touched the banana tree first, so the bananas should belong to me!"

When the family members heard the commotion the three were making, they all came over to join in the fun.

Upon seeing that large bunch of golden, plump wild bananas, everyone's eyes revealed envy and longing.

There are plenty of wild fruits in the mountains, but most of them taste sour and astringent.

Wild bananas are considered the best-tasting wild fruits.

Sweet and soft, just thinking about it makes my mouth water.

The banana was decided to belong to Lu Tingting.

"Obviously I saw it first!"

Seeing Jiang Moli's frustrated and depressed look, Lu Tingting was overjoyed.

Compared to getting such a large bunch of bananas for free, making Jiang Moli suffer a setback undoubtedly made her feel happier and more satisfied.

They wished Jiang Moli would be driven to her death by anger.

With the help of the soldiers, the bananas were picked.

The bananas were in almost perfect condition, there were ten bunches, and each bunch had more than ten fruits.

Each banana is plump and round, with an enticing golden color.

With everyone's help, the banana plant was broken down into individual pieces, totaling 106 pieces!
Lu Tingting couldn't possibly carry all those bananas back on her own.

Jiang Moli suggested, "Why don't you give me half? We can each have half."

Lu Tingting refused without hesitation: "You wish! I'd rather feed it to a dog than give it to you!"

After saying that, he turned to Qiao Wenjing and Jiang Qing and said, "You guys eat, take as much as you want."

Qiao Wenjing and Jiang Qing: "..."

Do they look a lot like dogs?
Seeing that the two of them wouldn't take it, Lu Tingting forced one into each of their hands.

The bananas are ripe, with a powdery and soft texture and a sweet and enticing caramel aroma.

Qiao Wenjing and Jiang Qing still ate it.

Lu Tingting then distributed the bananas to the other family members and soldiers.

In the end, only Jiang Moli was left who didn't get it.

Lu Tingting chose a thick and large one, peeled it, and walked up to Jiang Moli, waving it in front of her like she was teasing a puppy.

"I won't give you any, I'll just let you starve..."

Before she could finish saying "you," Jiang Moli stretched her neck and bit off half of the banana flesh.

While eating, she smiled at Lu Tingting, who was staring at the half-eaten banana and couldn't come to her senses: "You're so good, you even know to peel it and feed it to your third aunt."

Lu Tingting was so angry her eyes were spitting fire, "Jiang Moli, have you no shame? Stealing other people's food!"

"The word 'shameless' sounds vulgar, but in philosophy it is called 'selflessness,' which is a very high state that most people cannot reach."

Lu Tingting was so angry that she mashed the remaining half of the banana into a paste!
After eating and drinking their fill, everyone carried baskets on their backs and continued picking mushrooms.

Jiang Moli and Lu Tingting each found a tree to lean against for their afternoon nap.

Lu Tingting's basket was already full of bananas, so even if she picked some mushrooms, there was nowhere to put them, so she simply stopped picking them.

Jiang Moli is simply slacking off and being lazy.

An hour later, the team arrived at the last collection point.

It is a bamboo forest with relatively flat terrain.

Jiang Moli, full of energy after her afternoon nap, carried a basket on her back and joined the group to pick mushrooms.

There are mushrooms here, and mushrooms there, lots of mushrooms.

At 4 o'clock, the team headed back home on time.

The return journey was significantly slower, requiring us to stop and rest approximately every 15 minutes, as each basket was packed full and quite heavy.

After the rest period, the group set off again. Lu Tingting and Jiang Moli lagged behind the group.

Compared to Lu Tingting's heavy breathing, Jiang Moli's steps were much lighter.

The mushrooms in her basket were less than a third of the way in, weighing only two or three pounds in total.

Unlike Lu Tingting, whose basket was full of bananas, weighing at least ten or twenty pounds.

Jiang Moli walked behind Lu Tingting, occasionally waving a thin bamboo stick to hit Lu Tingting's basket: "Walk faster."

"Who told you to walk behind me, huff huff..."

Hearing that she was so tired that she could barely speak, Jiang Moli couldn't help but chuckle to herself.

When she found the bananas, she only thought of getting a couple to eat, never intending to take the whole bunch back with her.

It takes an hour and a half to walk back, and bananas are heavy and worthless.

It's better to pick more mushrooms than to go through all that trouble.

"Never mind, seeing how tired you are, your third aunt is just trying to help you out."

Lu Tingting was exhausted and collapsed to the ground upon hearing this.

Jiang Moli selected four or five good-looking bananas and put them in her basket, while throwing the rest on the ground.

Lu Tingting was annoyed by her actions, "What are you doing? What right do you have to throw away my banana leaf?"

"It's an hour's walk back. If you don't throw it away, can you carry it?"

Hearing that it would take another hour to walk, Lu Tingting felt dizzy.

She couldn't walk for even a minute, let alone an hour.

But she remained defiant: "I can't carry it all. Can't you help me carry some?"

"I'm not your mother, why should I carry it for you?"

Lu Tingting glared at her: "If you want to help, then help; if you don't, then forget it!"

"Lu Tingting, did you forget your brain when you went out? If this is really something good, do you think Qiao Wenjing would refuse it and give it to you for free?"

After being scolded by Jiang Moli, Lu Tingting's mind cleared up a bit.

If it weren't for Qiao Wenjing's encouragement, she wouldn't have fought with Jiang Moli for this wretched banana.

"You're angry that I threw your things away, but actually I was trying to lighten your burden. Qiao Wenjing keeps saying she's helping you and doing it for your own good, but has she ever cared about you or helped you with even the weight of a single banana? Isn't that ironic?"

"Stop pretending! You're no good either, and I hate you the most!"

Despite saying that, he didn't stop Jiang Moli from throwing her bananas.

The children of cadres who grew up in military compounds would never care about a few wild bananas; they only carried this rubbish around because they wanted to spite Jiang Moli.

She had wanted to throw it away for a long time.

Freed from the burden of banana leaves, Lu Tingting finally caught up with the main group.

Return to the camp.

Lu Cheng was waiting outside the woods early on, and Jiang Moli was spotted as soon as she peeked out.

First, he pulled Jiang Moli up and down to examine her closely, and then used two towels to wipe the mud and sweat off Jiang Moli's face and neck.

"Tired?"

Jiang Moli nodded emphatically, "Yeah, I'm exhausted!"

The surrounding family members all looked at him with disdain.

I only picked two or three pounds of mushrooms in total, and I don't know why I was so tired.

Jiang Moli gestured towards Lu Tingting beside her with her lip, "Hey, I brought you back safe and sound."

Lu Cheng glanced at Lu Tingting for 0.1 seconds, then turned to touch her rosy cheeks and said in a doting voice, "Thank you for your hard work."

Lu Tingting, feeling annoyed after being showered with dog food (a slang term for public displays of affection), stormed off.

Lu Cheng ignored his niece and continued to inquire about Jiang Moli's harvest in the mountains.

"I didn't pick many mushrooms, just these."

Jiang Moli took off her basket and showed it to him.

Lu Cheng squatted in front of the basket, carefully examining the mushrooms inside, and said, "There are matsutake mushrooms and morel mushrooms. You picked so many good things on your first trip into the mountains. You've done a great job and deserve praise."

Jiang Qing turned her head and glanced into Jiang Moli's basket, only to find that it was less than one-fifth of hers, and she was quite unimpressed.

(End of this chapter)