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When they reached the middle of the slope, Xiao Ruo was pleasantly surprised to find that Brother Fu had tied two plump and large bamboo chickens to the carrying pole he used for firewood. "Brother Fu, did you catch these bamboo chickens?"
Bamboo chickens are gregarious animals, so it wasn't strange that Fu Hanwen had caught two at once.
"Mhm, I just happened to come across them when they were out looking for food." Fu Hanwen shouldered his basket and then picked up the firewood to head down the mountain.
Seeing his steady steps and that he wasn't struggling at all, Xiao Ruo didn't ask to take the basket back from him.
Xiao Ruo had once eaten bamboo chicken with her grandfather when they went back to his hometown in her previous life. It was so delicious that she had specifically asked her grandfather's childhood friend for the recipe, so as soon as she returned to the Fu Family's home, she suggested to Lady Guan that she wanted to make soybean-braised bamboo chicken.