The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 581 - 570: Finding Kites (Eight More Rewards Added for the Crowdfunding Leader’s Readers)

Chapter 581: Chapter 570: Finding Kites (Eight More Rewards Added for the Crowdfunding Leader’s Readers)

All three of them were angry. Their kites, which took a whole day to make, were labored over by each of them whether it was Manbao’s flower kite, Bai Er’s insect kite, or Bai Shanbao’s tiger kite, they all had helped each other.

They could say that all three kites embodied their efforts. They turned out so well, what right did this group have to call them ugly?

If it wasn’t for the fact that they were greatly outnumbered, Manbao really wanted to fight them. After all, their teacher was half way up the mountain, and they were at the bottom; even if they fought, nobody would know about it.

Their opponents were also quite angry, glaring at them with an intimidating look, ready to retaliate the moment they made the first move.

In the end, it was Bai Shanbao’s rationality that prevailed. He grabbed Manbao with one hand and Bai Erlang with the other, saying, "Let’s go find our kites first."

As long as they found the kites first, hmph...

The boys from the other side were also fired up with a burning spirit, rolled up their sleeves, and actively started searching for their kites, intending to find them before Manbao’s group.

Manbao, who originally intended to search on her own, couldn’t help but pull out Keke, her cheating device, and asked, "Keke, where did our kites fall?"

Keke was silent for a moment before answering, "I can only scan within a radius of one hundred and fifty meters now."

"Wow, you’ve become even more awesome?"

Nonsense, after Manbao added so much good stuff to the encyclopedia last time, it gained so many points; how could it not optimize itself?

"So, where are the kites?"

"Not within one hundred and fifty meters."

Manbao then looked at Bai Shanbao and asked in a low voice, "Shall we quickly go? Is it that direction where the kites fell just now?"

Bai Shanbao followed the direction she pointed, moved her finger slightly with two fingers, and then had her point to a distant tree, saying, "It’s in that direction."

Manbao immediately started walking toward that direction.

Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang hurried to follow.

The group of boys saw them and quickly followed behind them.

Seeing them get so close, Manbao simply broke into a run.

Bai Shanbao: ...

After a moment of silence, he could only drag Bai Erlang along to chase after her.

Bai Erlang, frustrated, yelled, "We’re supposed to be looking for kites, looking for kites, not racing! Why are we running?"

Bai Shanbao of course knew this, and he was sure Manbao did too. If she dared to run, it must be for a reason.

The younger boys initially following them chased for a couple of steps out of instinct when they saw them running but then realized something was off and stopped.

The leader of the boys cursed at them, "Idiots," then said, "Let’s not worry about them. Let’s look carefully ourselves. That kite looked like it headed in this direction. Everyone, pay attention to the trees and the bushes."

The other six responded and then scattered to search ahead.

Meanwhile, Manbao ran quite a distance ahead before stopping to wait for Bai Shanbao and the others to catch up before continuing on.

Bai Erlang complained, "Is this how we’re supposed to look for kites?"

"We’re still close by. The kites definitely aren’t here. Let’s keep looking further ahead."

Bai Shanbao asked, "What if the wind blows them back over here while they’re up in the air?"

"Didn’t you point at that tree and say they fell over there?"

Bai Shanbao felt a bit weary but didn’t want to walk back, so he led the way, "Fine, let’s go."

As the three of them combed through the area, they didn’t find their kites but did pick up three fallen ones along the way. Two looked quite new, as if they had fallen within the last day or even today, while one appeared old and had probably been there for several days.

They picked them up without disdain, thinking they could inquire on their way back to return them to their owners.

As they continued with the kites in tow, the usually silent Keke suddenly said, "I see them. Please head straight to the left front."

Manbao, who had been heading straight forward, veered left upon hearing this. Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang continued to search the thickets while following her.

After walking quite some distance, Manbao saw nothing and couldn’t help asking, "Where is it?"

Keke was about to tell her directly when it suddenly thought of something and paused before saying, "Guess?"

Scratching her head, Manbao looked around and guessed, "Not on the ground. With our kites being so big, could they have fallen into a tree?"

Manbao stood gazing up at the trees, peering around as she walked forward and nearly walked into a tree.

Bai Shanbao also instinctively looked upward, and just when he was about to look away, he suddenly spotted something and pointed at a lush treetop, "Do you see, up there? Is that a kite?"

Manbao and Bai Er came over to look, and after a while, they said, "It really is, yeah! There’s a bit of red, and it looks quite pretty."

Bai Er was confused, "Does my tiger kite have any red on it? Isn’t it mostly yellow?"

"Yours doesn’t, perhaps it’s the beauty kite?"

Bai Er thought hard, the beauty kite was much smaller than his tiger kite, and it had flown far away; he didn’t quite remember what color it was.

But what Manbao said was very likely.

So, the three of them stood under the tall tree, looking up and asked, "How do we get it down?"

Bai Erlang suggested, "Climb the tree?"

After he spoke, he and Manbao and Bai Shanbao looked guiltily towards Daji, who had been quietly following behind.

Daji silently looked back at them.

The three turned away and whispered, "I’ve never climbed such a high tree."

"Me neither, I’m a bit scared," Manbao said, "We should have brought Fourth Brother Zhou with us; he’s really amazing at climbing trees. He’s climbed the tallest trees in the village."

Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang both had some memory of Zhou SiLang’s tree-climbing skills and nodded in agreement.

Bai Erlang said, "Why don’t we go back and call Fourth Brother Zhou?"

Bai Shanbao replied, "No, we would definitely meet those people on the way out, and they would know we found it if they saw us go back for help."

Bai Erlang asked, "Then what do we do?"

Manbao turned to look at Daji, Bai Shanbao also turned, and Bai Erlang followed suit.

Daji: ...

The three surrounded Daji, bombarding him with questions, "Daji, can you climb trees?"

"Daji, can you whoosh up the tree?"

"Daji, could you help us get the kite down?"

The little master had spoken, how could Daji refuse?

He sighed, stood at the base of the tree, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Stand back a bit."

The three immediately stepped back.

Keke, silent in Manbao’s head, said nothing. Only when Daji was about to climb the tree did it speak up, "This isn’t it."

Manbao: ...

Keke then said, "But it’s close by. However, that group of boys is also heading this way."

No sooner had it finished speaking than the group of boys spotted them and converged on them. They too looked up at the treetop and asked, "Did you find it?"

"Did it fall that high up?"

"Hey, can your guy also bring my kite down?"

They could, except they would accidentally step on the beauty kite, turning the beauty into an ugly one.

Just as they were thinking this, Daji who had climbed up beside the kite suddenly called out, "Young master, this isn’t our kite."