Heavenly Blessed Baby: Fleeing Famine, Busy to Prosper!-Chapter 107: The Emotionless Shell-Cracking Machine

Chapter 107: Chapter 107: The Emotionless Shell-Cracking Machine

Qi Manman sat in the backpack, looking around.

Seeing everyone seriously inspecting the fluffy balls on the ground, Qi Manman sniffed a bit and then leaned back.

The backpack that was originally sitting steadily on the ground fell over just like that.

Qi Manman twisted and turned, changing from lying down to crawling, and crawled out of the backpack using both hands and feet.

Everyone was busy working now, so to speed up, they all spread out.

The closest to the backpack were Wang Niu, who was knocking on hulls, and Yi Meng, who was helping bag them.

One was working intently, and the other was stealthily transporting chestnuts into the space while watching, so none noticed Qi Manman’s actions.

Qi Manman wanted to call out to her mother, but seeing her mother working so seriously, she scratched her chin and decided to get up herself. She walked on the soft ground towards her daddy.

Qi Quanjin was picking chestnuts at the far edge.

While picking chestnuts, he had to also pay attention to the surroundings.

In the forest, the sensitivity of wild animals to food far surpasses that of regular people like them.

With so many chestnuts lying on the ground, Qi Quanjin didn’t believe that no wild animals would notice.

Moreover, with so many people around, it never hurts to be cautious.

Suddenly hearing some uneven footsteps coming his way, Qi Quanjin quickly looked over, and immediately saw his little girl, who resembled a small dumpling.

"Manbao?"

Qi Quanjin was startled, quickly put down the backpack in his hands, and got up to meet his daughter.

"Daddy!"

Seeing her father coming over, Qi Manman decided not to walk by herself anymore, stretched out her arms, and waited for her daddy to pick her up.

Holding his soft daughter in his arms, Qi Quanjin finally began looking for his wife’s figure.

Seeing his wife burying her head in loading chestnuts and noticing the backpack that originally held their daughter tipped over beside her, Qi Quanjin couldn’t help but pinch Qi Manman’s nose gently, "You little rascal, weren’t you getting off to a good start promising your grandpa you’d behave?"

"Daddy, Manbao can help too!"

Qi Manman was not upset being pinched on the nose; she grinned cheekily at her daddy, "Daddy, let Manbao help, okay?"

"No, we can’t do that. The wild chestnuts have spiky shells; your little hands are too tender, and it will hurt if you touch them."

Qi Quanjin took hold of her little hand and kissed it, then carried his daughter towards his wife.

Seeing this, Qi Manman quickly hugged her daddy’s neck and planted a big kiss on his cheek, "Daddy, can I follow you? Manbao promises to behave and not run off!"

"Oh, come on, you promised your grandpa the same, and still ran off?"

Qi Quanjin wasn’t easily fooled by his daughter’s promises.

The little girl’s mouth was more cunning than any deceiver.

Unexpectedly, Qi Manman pouted and said pitifully, "It’s not that I’m not behaving; I just wanted to find Daddy. Daddy, I missed you so much!"

Qi Manman actively leaned her little face towards Qi Quanjin, regardless of whether he wanted to or not, allowing him to kiss her.

Qi Quanjin was almost amused by his little girl, "You little thing, your grandma didn’t give you sweets for nothing; you sure know how to sweet talk people."

Though knowing his daughter was trying to make him happy and was being a bit spoiled, these words made his heart feel especially warm.

"Alright, Daddy will take you, but we need to let your mom know, or she’ll worry when she doesn’t see you."

Qi Quanjin loved indulging his daughter, but he didn’t forget to inform his wife.

After all, compared to spoiling his daughter, his wife was equally important.

Qi Manman nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, I’ll listen to Daddy!"

"Good girl."

Qi Quanjin patted his daughter’s head, and the two little buns she originally had turned into two fluffy balls under his coarse hand.

Yi Meng noticed someone approaching, quickly looking over.

At first, she thought it was someone else, but saw instead her husband and daughter.

"What are you two...?"

Before Yi Meng could finish her question, she quickly looked at the backpack on the ground and indeed saw it tipped over, not the way she left it.

Instantly, Yi Meng’s face darkened, "Qi Manman, you didn’t behave!"

"Mom, I wasn’t misbehaving; I just wanted Daddy."

Qi Manman knew her mother had found out about her tipping over the backpack and sneaking away, so she quickly hugged her daddy’s neck tighter.

Oh dear, with Daddy as her support, surely Mom wouldn’t scold her!

Sure enough, Yi Meng, hearing this, looked at Qi Quanjin.

Seeing Qi Quanjin nod, Yi Meng finally sighed, "Alright, but stay by your dad and don’t run off again!"

"Okay!"

Qi Manman quickly nodded.

Qi Quanjin, fearing his daughter would run off again, put her back into the backpack and continued gathering the chestnuts.

He was afraid his little girl would fall off, so he let her hug his neck.

This time, Qi Manman really behaved, staying put and looking around while hugging her daddy’s neck.

The feeling of rising with each of Daddy’s bends seemed fun to her, making the little girl giggle non-stop.

Because of the little girl’s laughter, everyone’s mood, which was initially focused on picking chestnuts, lightened up unconsciously.

Unlike the excitement of seeing food, it was a joy full of hope for the future.

At first, everyone bent over to pick up chestnuts, but then when they got too tired, they squatted down to pick up chestnuts.

Eventually, their legs went numb.

So they simply sat on the ground, picking up all within reach, breaking the outer shells.

Once this area was done, they would move to another spot and continue.

Before they knew it, the sun was setting, and the light in the forest grew dimmer.

Qi Manman had already fallen asleep nestled inside the backpack, quiet as if she wasn’t even there.

Suddenly, Qi Manman burst into tears.

The sudden crying startled everyone.

They quickly looked toward where the sound came from, realizing how spread out they had become.

"Quick, gather together!"

Qi Quanjin, also aware of the issue, hurriedly took the child out of the backpack while signaling everyone to gather in the middle.

Yi Meng had already lost count of how many bags of chestnuts she packed.

At first, she was cautious about being discovered, but then she noticed Wang Niu was like a shell-knocking machine with no feelings, not caring how much he knocked.

So Yi Meng began to freely smuggle chestnuts.

She more or less left one bag out of every three bags she packed.

The remaining two bags were all stored in the space.

Upon suddenly hearing their daughter cry, she couldn’t care less about the two and a half bags of chestnuts and ran to her daughter.

Before she reached her, she heard her daughter crying and shouting, "The forest is dark and not fun, wuwuwu, not fun..."