Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1172 - 1174: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Chapter 1172: Chapter 1174: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

"My mom said to let Brother Xiaobei experience hiking and life in the mountains," Lanlan explained.

"Then why not let him carry a basket and pick some herbs? Experience that while working," Zhao Datu said, glaring at Tian Xiaobei.

But Xia Dabao couldn’t stand it anymore, she promptly stood up, glaring fiercely at Zhao Datu, "Then why don’t you carry a basket and pick lychees while you work? We were having a good time, and you had to barge in. You even dictate who can or cannot go, do you own this mountain or what? If this mountain is yours, fine, play by yourself, we’ll go to that mountain over there."

After Xia Dabao yelled like that, Zhao Datu had to compromise, "Abao, really, I was just casually saying those things, just joking. Why do you take it so seriously? But you do really protect this kid. Okay, then let’s all go together. Anyway, there’s not much farm work right now. Picking lychees is the main thing."

The path was very narrow, only wide enough for one person. Zhao Datu hurriedly squeezed in between Xia Dabao and Tian Xiaobei and saw that Xia Dabao was walking awkwardly, so he quickly asked, "Abao, what’s wrong with your leg? Is it injured?"

"What’s it to you?"

"How about I carry you then? I’m strong," Zhao Datu took the chance to say.

"I don’t need your help," Xia Dabao said as she walked.

Zhao Datu asked again, "It must have been from going to the county town to sell lychees yesterday, right, Abao? I don’t mean to criticize you, but why did you let Tian Xiaobei, such a weakling, go with you? If no one else could go, you should have just told me, I could have gone with you."

"..." Xia Dabao couldn’t be bothered to respond to him; she just kept walking slowly up the mountain.

Seeing that Xia Dabao was ignoring him, Zhao Datu thought it was all because of Tian Xiaobei behind him. So, he pretended to accidentally kick backward. Tian Xiaobei, focusing on moving uphill, was vigilant about his surroundings. When he saw Zhao Datu’s foot kick back, he quickly dodged. Zhao Datu kicked the air and then turned around to glare fiercely at Tian Xiaobei.

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This part of the mountain was a common spot for them, with a large cluster of lychee trees. Although many villagers came to the mountains to gather firewood, they knew these lychees were edible and deliberately didn’t cut them down, preserving them so the village children could pick and eat them.

Now, many lychees were ripe. As soon as the boys and girls saw the ripe lychees, they became excited and started running to pick them. Xia Dabao was especially thrilled; she jumped and bounced around, quickly gathering a large handful, and after picking, sat down to eat. While eating, she watched Tian Xiaobei picking slowly, studying each fruit before biting into it, then examining the black seeds inside. Xia Dabao couldn’t help but laugh, "Xiaobei, you need to remove the small ears on the top and eat the part below. You can eat the skin too, it’s fine, you won’t be poisoned."

After hearing Xia Dabao’s advice, Tian Xiaobei tried one and found it delicious. He picked a handful and sat down next to Xia Dabao to eat together.

"Tastes good, right?" Xia Dabao asked Tian Xiaobei smiling.

"Not bad," Tian Xiaobei replied while eating, managing quite elegantly as he slowly removed the small ears on top of the lychees, then placing the edible part in his mouth.

"Your fingers are so long," Xia Dabao said as if she had discovered something novel, pointing at Tian Xiaobei’s fingers.