Soapberries were really only something the villagers would go up the mountain to pick for washing clothes. Normally, no one bothered with them.
A huge patch of soapberry trees covered the entire mountain, and they were laden with fruit.
When the berries ripened, their husks became incredibly hard, and they grew on trees.
Gu Jiaojiao could only reach the ones growing on the lower branches. To get the ones higher up, you had to climb.
She was just about to assign tasks when she saw that the boys had already scrambled up into the trees.
Chen Sandan, in particular, was small and nimble. He scaled a tree in just a few quick moves.
Gu Jiaojiao was impressed, but not surprised. 'These kids live by this mountain; they've been running around on it since they were little. Of course they know how to climb trees.'
She was about to help Sweet Girl and Second Girl pick the berries on the lower branches when she saw the two of them pick out a tree and clamber up it as well.
Gu Jiaojiao: ...
