Chapter 1644: The child is lost!

The tea-citrus trees, newly transplanted not long ago, were now growing lush and green. Clearly, the high transportation costs meant that when they were dug up, the root balls were large and the root systems remained undamaged, resulting in an excellent recovery state.

And now, as everyone held their shears and looked at those flourishing branches and leaves, they all felt a bit hesitant:

"The fragrance is quite pleasant, but if we cut them, won't it affect the yield?"

"It won't."

Song Tan was not a person who spoke empty pleasantries. At this moment, she pointed to the small fruits already hanging above:

"The fruits have already set; as long as there is enough nutrition in the later stages, there will be no problem. Pruning them appropriately now is actually beneficial for them."

What's more, they were only cutting a few branches to take back to their rooms for vases; plucking a little from each tree wouldn't cost anything at all.

Everyone instantly became interested!

If nothing else, strolling through the mountain forest and lightly pruning flower branches felt like a poetic romance.

The gentle breeze blew this faint fragrance, and looking again at the fruits across the mountains that were about to be harvested and eaten by them, their joy and anticipation were maxed out.

Until, from afar, Qiao Qiao's voice came—

"Sister! He Tuoluo is gone!"

Everyone:?!!!

Qin Yun, Yun Feng, and the others felt as if the sky had collapsed!

Song Tan and Lu Chuan exchanged a glance. Lu Chuan quickly said, "Don't worry, there is surveillance everywhere on the mountain, and there are no ditches or ridges that are easy to get hurt on. There are also people watching the pond below..."

He Kuang sighed and raised a hand to interrupt him: "It's fine, we're used to it. We can just look for him slowly; it's no trouble..."

His voice was filled with heaviness and sighs, as if he had already been worn numb and exhausted by life.

And Qiao Qiao, at this moment, brought the two children forward quickly. His cheeks were flushed red, and the anxiety in his eyes was very obvious.

"We were originally spinning tops, then he said he wanted to go teach us how to play something else, so he ran off. After a while, we couldn't find him anymore... We've already been looking in the vegetable patch for a long time..."

This made Qiao Qiao feel very self-reproachful; he was clearly responsible for looking after them.

Who knew that He Kuang's wife would pat his arm: "It's okay, Qiao Qiao, this isn't your fault. He gets lost often... Generally speaking, even if we don't look for him, he'll appear on his own once he's hungry."

Looking again at the elders in the family, although their expressions were a bit anxious, they didn't look at all like a child had been lost—

He Kuang's grandfather even smiled: "When we take him to the mall, he gets lost two or three times almost every year. Later, we started using a dog leash when we went out..."

And later, when he got bigger and the leash couldn't hold him, he would untie it himself, so they just tied the rope tight.

Now, the whole family had absolutely no anxiety about losing the child; they only felt guilty for disturbing everyone's mood and causing trouble for the hosts.

Everyone:...

For a moment, everyone didn't know what to say, so they could only look at the vast mountains and comfort them: "There is surveillance everywhere, so there is definitely no external danger..."

It was just that the child was too small, so it would take a while to study the surveillance footage.

Song Tan took out her phone and sent a message to the security manager, Chen Yuan, while also comforting Qiao Qiao: "It's okay, why don't you ask the dogs to help look for him."

"Oh." Seeing that everyone was calm, Qiao Qiao's mood also gradually calmed down. He quickly retreated to the edge of the vegetable patch and placed his hands by his cheeks to act as a megaphone:

"Babies! There's work to do!"

As soon as this loud shout rang out, the next instant, in the fields that they hadn't paid attention to, several large dog heads suddenly popped up!

They were excited and joyful, and no one knew where they had darted out from. With tongues lolling, they flew through the vegetable patch like streaks of shiny, furry lightning.

Song Tan took a look: "The ones on duty nearby are Si Bao and Eleven! Then you don't need to worry. Si Bao has strong jumping ability, and Eleven is very smart; they'll be able to find him."

She said to He Kuang's family: "We don't just have surveillance on our mountain; we also have patrols, and dogs are always watching this area."

"It seems they are the two in charge today. A child won't be able to run out of this mountain for a while, so let them look first."

He Kuang breathed a sigh of relief—he was really afraid of making everyone go on a big search. At this moment, he could only reluctantly provide clues:

"When he gets lost in the supermarket, he likes to climb into the shelves, push the products forward, and shrink into the very back."

At first, it was snack and potato chip gift packs, later it was rice, flour, grain, and oil. In short, he could drill into any nook and cranny. Raising such a child, their family's constant apologizing to others was a form of spiritual cultivation.

Lu Chuan had also heard a little about it, and at this moment, his expression was complex: "I've heard you talk about it, but I didn't expect his energy to be this strong..."

For example, suddenly being unable to find him now.

This vegetable patch in the rolling mountains was really not small in area.

He had watched these children go from the cucumber patch to the tomatoes, then to the eggplants, cowpeas, potatoes, and so on, running back and forth and playing.

All in all, they had been making such a ruckus for an hour without stopping.

If you really counted by adult steps, somehow, this was already three to five thousand steps...

With such high-intensity activity, he actually still had the ability to play hide-and-seek.

Looking at Qiao Qiao again, he was covered in sweat and was currently petting the dogs' heads one by one: "There's a little friend hiding here playing hide-and-seek; you have to find him quickly."

The two dogs were responsible for security here today, and now that they had received this heavy responsibility, they all panted with their tongues out and puffed out their chests.

Even the most playful Little Eleven was serious.

Clearly, they liked this task of herding children to find children very much.

And at this time, Chen Yuan also arrived quickly on an electric scooter.

He had always been swift and decisive, and very efficient. He stepped forward and said directly: "I've already told the surveillance room to focus on the surveillance nearby. If there's any movement, I'll tell everyone immediately."

His skin was dark, his figure was sturdy, and after a period of recuperation and exercise, the abnormality in his leg was no longer visible.

Now, with such a well-trained, professional attitude, his professional aura was maxed out, making people feel very safe.

He Kuang's grandparents were both guilty and sighing: "Sorry to trouble you."

When their grandson was just born, they had thought, what if they could have a granddaughter in the future?

But after He Tuoluo turned one, no one would have such thoughts anymore.

Because the six adults in their family took turns, and they could just barely keep an eye on this one monkey.

This perfectly good morning of sightseeing was ruined by him.

Seeing this, Lu Chuan quickly comforted them: "It's okay, isn't this just playing? You can see the scenery on this mountain every day; after a long time, you won't feel it's rare anymore."

"Children playing hide-and-seek or whatever doesn't delay work; just treat it as a little game for us. Don't worry, it's fine."

After he finished speaking, Chen Yuan said to Song Tan:

"Although children may not be fast, their energy is something ordinary people can't imagine. Unless they have no strength left, they might still be jumping and shouting a second before they fall asleep."

"So, don't just look at the vegetable patch. I'll go order two more 'babies' to look in the fruit forest."

The vegetation there was dense, and surveillance wasn't as careful as the dogs.

In short, let's mobilize everything we can. He still had to arrange the manpower well, lest someone take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and take advantage.

Everyone had no heart to pick anything anymore. Chen Yuan took out his walkie-talkie and told people to send all the large and small baskets they had picked back to the old Song house, along with the tea-citrus branches and leaves that had just been cut:

"Send them to Lu Chuan's place, and tell Auntie to put them in a vase."

She trailed behind the crowd, sensing the spiritual energy in all directions, and soon discovered the child playing hide-and-seek.

After all, he couldn't get lost, but the child was too small, and it was hard to guarantee there wouldn't be any accidents, so it was better to check the situation first.

Now, look at him? The situation was actually quite good.

It's just...

She looked at He Kuang's family—although they were also shouting loudly, the anxiety in their expressions was not as much as their guilt. Clearly, they had already numbly realized: the child wouldn't have an accident, he would just toss everyone about.

Song Tan:...

"Let's go look at the fruit forest first; what if the child climbed a tree?"

He Kuang sighed: "Probably not. This child has such abundant energy that we deliberately avoided sports that involve climbing high or low—we plan to see his hobbies after he graduates from elementary school. If he really learned it now, the six of us wouldn't be able to watch him."

He pointed to the eggplant patch in front: "If we really go by habit, it's very likely he's pretending to be an eggplant in the eggplant patch."

As soon as he said this, everyone followed him again. Clearly, they could all see that He Kuang's family was really not in a hurry.

Song Tan:... Alright then.

Since they weren't in a hurry and the child was fine, she distracted her mind to keep an eye on him at all times, ensuring the other party wouldn't have any mishaps, so let's just look for him slowly.

Having such a game on the first day of vacation was really quite exciting.

She just said to Lu Chuan again: "If you take them to the river beach, people are people, but you must arrange two dogs to watch them."

Lu Chuan also exhaled slowly: "Let's have Little Ten follow him. It's smart and best at herding sheep; otherwise, I'm really afraid that when everyone is taking a nap or eating, this little top will roll away again."

The sun was gradually rising.

To be honest, at this time, Song Tan had originally planned to arrange for them to stroll around the factory, see the canteen, and then slowly walk down the mountain.

After all, they had already broken a sweat.

But now, she could only go to the nearby factory to get a stack of hats to distribute to everyone: "Put on straw hats before looking for people."

The golden morning sun now showed a hot, burning sensation. Everyone stopped being polite and wiped the sweat from their heads and faces. Looking at them, they weren't just anxious, but also two parts disheveled.

Song Tan pointed to the forest in front again:

"Let's go look at the fruit forest."

"The trunks there are thick; what if he really climbed up and hid?"

He Kuang's family all waved their hands: "No, he doesn't know how to climb trees yet. When we went to the children's climbing wall at the mall, he fell down quickly."

Saying this not only didn't make them feel disappointed, but instead gave them a sense of extra relief.

And Song Tan helplessly pointed forward again:

"Then let's go look in the forest; it's faster to look separately."

He Kuang's wife waved her hands again: "There are many branches and twigs. I heard that after Lu Chuan recuperated his body last year, his immunity had some problems and he's prone to allergies, so let's not drill in there. If we really want to look, let's wait until we finish looking at this area."

So thoughtful.

And Song Tan looked at Lu Chuan, who was still wearing long sleeves and long pants, knowing that he was just sensitive and prone to discomfort, but it was definitely not an allergic symptom.

But since it was the other party's good intention, she could only accept it now.

Everyone rummaged in the vegetable patch, squatted, stood up, and shouted.

The babies ran in the vegetable patch again and again, sniffing, and finally stood at the edge of the fruit forest.

Lu Chuan was a bit surprised: "Could it be that he really went to the fruit forest?"

Fortunately, the fermented fertilizer is now concentrated in the fermentation pond at the river beach; otherwise, according to last year's habit, dead branches, rotten leaves, weeds, and bad fruits on the mountain would all be composted at high temperatures on the side.

This child loves to drill so much; if he dug in, how annoying would that be!

Everyone believed in the experience of the He family, but now that they hadn't found the person, it was clear the dogs were more reliable, so they gradually came into the fruit forest.

This time, Song Tan didn't intervene again.

The dogs had previously only been limited to the vegetable patch. Now that they had been allowed to come here to look for people, after turning around a few times, they went straight to the point and stopped under a tree!

And barked upwards.

Their voices were majestic and very clear in the empty forest.

Everyone gradually gathered around, staring at the pear tree with green leaves in front of them, looking at the branches above that had no movement at all, and even with wide eyes, they didn't find any child.

Si Bao whimpered in its throat, its body slowly retreating a few steps—

With its jumping ability, it wasn't impossible for it to kick its legs and climb the tree!

But it was stopped by Song Tan.

"No, no, good baby, I know you found him, let's not jump, otherwise it won't be good if the child is scared and falls."

Si Bao hummed, feeling a bit aggrieved at the moment, but finally retreated.

Qiao Qiao also looked up, holding a sour and juicy little tomato in his hand, and stuffed it into the aggrieved Si Bao's mouth.

The subtle sour fragrance was not noticed by anyone, only Little Eleven also looked at the tree, and at this moment also rubbed against Qiao Qiao's side.

The little actions of one person and two dogs were seen by Song Tan. She didn't say anything, just took out her phone, snapped a photo, and then zoomed in and zoomed in on a certain spot:

"Look, is this the child's clothes?"

Everyone quickly gathered around.

Sure enough, between the leaves and the fruit bags, a corner of the child's black pants seemed to be revealed.

Because it was close to the trunk, you really couldn't notice it without zooming in.

As for the limbs—the child's head was blocked by a cluster of leaves, but his four hands and feet were cleverly covered in yellow paper bags.

There were clearly several small green pears on top, which were now exposed to the sun, suffering this unprovoked disaster for nothing.

But looking at the branches and twigs, He Kuang couldn't even imagine how his son had completed such a high-difficulty action up there!

For a time, his full belly of anger was pressed into panic, and he didn't even dare to scold him.

After everyone saw it clearly, they also gasped.

Next, no one spoke, just looked at each other, afraid of scaring the child.

Because he really climbed very high.

Fruit trees are generally chosen to be short plants for easy harvesting and management.

But the local large green pears chosen here, because the variety is a bit old, are basically tall and strong seedlings during the peak fruiting period.

If it weren't for this, He Tuoluo wouldn't have been able to climb so high so quickly.

But right now, after everyone studied it for a while, they could only ask in a low voice:

"Do we need to bring a high ladder?"

He Kuang's face was really a bit pale this time.

?? Pay attention to the details, Tan Tan is protecting the child, don't argue about this.

? 【Regarding high-energy children, a friend's child would secretly get up in the middle of the night at one or two years old to open the anti-theft door and climb from the sixth floor to the first floor, or go knock on the neighbor's door. If you go to the mall, you have to tie two ropes...】 ===== CHAPTER 1645 =====