It was already nearing dusk, and it'd be weird if Manbao could still find anything.
The mountains near Qili Village weren't very deep, and neither adults nor children would go beyond the paths cleared by the adults to venture deeper.
It wasn't that they were particularly obedient, but rather, the deeper you went, the thicker the brambles and grass, the more snakes and bugs there were, and the paths became very difficult to traverse. Just a little deeper inside, and not to mention whether you could find anything, you'd first end up with a lot of scrapes on your hands and face.
The situation was somewhat better in the mountains to the northwest of Qili Village, where the trees were sparser and taller, and thus there were fewer of such thorny vines and thick grasses.
