Bab 43: Acacia Tree

Before leaving the house, she reminded Zhuang Zhuang to study hard. Initially, Zhuang Zhuang had wanted to follow her, but Xiaoguo would not let him. After leaving the house, she went up the mountains and followed the markings she had made to the lake. There were a lot of fish in the lake, but less than the last time. In the trap, there were only two or three of them. Repeating what she had done the last time, she forced the fish into a corner and slowly drove them into the basket.

Xiaoguo went ashore and carried the basket on her back. She came to the trap which she had set among the woods. There was no prey inside. As she turned to leave, she bumped into the nest of pheasants that she had seen before. One of the big pheasants was staring with suspicion at Xiaoguo, thinking that she was going to steal its eggs. Xiaoguo was speechless. She snickered to herself and left the bird alone.