Uncle Liu returned not long after, then helped to dig bamboo shoots and also heard about the incident with the children earlier.
Uncle Liu didn't say much, only mentioning that there was no shortage of food at home, and there was no need to compete with others. They could check it out after the others left.
About an hour later, just as Xiaomi was starting to feel a bit tired of digging bamboo shoots, Qixi came over.
Qixi and Aunt Yang's main task was still to look after Uncle Liu. With him not returning home for half a day and coming up the mountain, they were understandably a bit worried.
Just in time, Xiaomi handed the bamboo shoots on the ground to Qixi, and then cheerfully ran off to dig wild onions.
The three of them were busy all afternoon, clearing much of their own land, pulling out every edible wild onion they could find except for some yet to mature sprouts.
Besides wild onions, there were tender dandelions, bitter lettuce, plantain, and various other wild vegetables.
