Yin or was eating porridge, met their eyes, and couldn't help but pause, "You guys want to eat too?"
Everyone shook their heads together, Bai Shan said: "It's fine for you and your husband to eat, we will eat dry food."
In fact, Liu Huan wanted to eat. He didn't understand why he didn't cook a little more. He thought so in his heart, so he asked.
Man Bao looked up at the sky at forty-five degrees and said sadly: "Because you have too much luggage and there is not enough space for charcoal in the car."
Liu Huan: "...so there is not enough charcoal?"
Bai Shan glanced at him and said, "There is not enough space."
They brought too much luggage. After all, if they want to live comfortably, they must bring a lot of things. In addition, they also brought so many books.
Although the charcoal can't be filled, they can still light a fire when the night stops, and they just need to find firewood.
Nie Canjun asked two scouts to go ahead and find a place to stay at night in advance.
There is a swamp on the other side of a forest, where a few puddles of water have formed, and the water is still relatively clear. They left the official road and did not enter the forest, so they stationed on the edge.
They didn't bring many tents, and they set up all of them. Mr. Zhuang and two passers-by shared one, Yin or the four of them squeezed into one, Man Bao and Zhou Liru slept in one, and the tent was surrounded by the carriage.
The guards separated, those who went to gather firewood, those who went to fetch water, and those who prepared to bury pots for cooking.
Man Bao and the others took a look and found that there were too many people, basically they didn't need to do anything by themselves, so they went to collect firewood as an excuse, and then slipped into the woods to play.
Daji followed behind as usual.
Keke scanned it carefully, and pointed Man Bao to find three plants that had not been included. One of them was a very tall tree, so tall that she couldn't even break a branch to include it.
She looked up at the tall tree that seemed to have pierced through the clouds, and rubbed her neck when she retracted her head, "It's too high, I don't have the guts to climb it."
Bai Shan also swallowed his saliva, nodded and said: "It's very high, I don't dare to climb."
Koko: ...
Man Bao looked down on the ground, "Isn't this tree bearing fruit?"
The last two pedestrians were invited, and Wei Xingren also looked up for a long time, his eyes full of confusion, "My lord, isn't this the locust tree?"
Man Bao was puzzled, "How does the locust tree look like this?"
Bai Erlang had already shouted: "It's not like we haven't seen locust trees before, they don't look like this."
Wei Xingren smiled and said, "This is also a locust tree. It seems to be called Robiniaca here, and it grows very tall. It seems that Xiazhou likes to cut it down to build houses. It is also very good for making furniture."
Man Bao asked him hopefully, "Then can you climb trees?"
Wei Xingren: "...Your Excellency, you are just joking, lower officials don't know how to climb trees."
Bai Shan rubbed his chin and asked, "Are there any trees like this further north?"
It's strange that there is only this one tree in this forest, so it is supposed that it can't grow a few more
I don't know how this tree grows.
Wei Xingren said: "There should be, but the forests become less and less as we go north. We will have to cross the Great Wall when we get out of this grassland. After we get out of the Great Wall, we will enter the desert. There will be even fewer trees." .”
This is the value of pedestrians following. They are not only proficient in various languages on the grassland and desert, but also know the way. Both of them have traveled abroad, but so far, the one who followed Zhou Man was the one who traveled the farthest and took the longest time. once.
Man Bao nodded, weighed it up and said to Ke Ke: "Go ahead first, if you can't meet someone who is shorter, you can find a way to climb up and pick a branch for you when you come back."
If not, the whole tree can only be cut down, and it will not be conspicuous for her to take a branch.
But why cut down trees
Man Bao is already thinking about it, um, he said to make a bookshelf for Brother Yang
Bai Shan was also thinking about what reason he would use to cut down the tree if he couldn't find any other locust tree after he came back, um, maybe as a gift for Senior Brother Yang
What are you sending
Bai Shan stared at the tree in front of him and thought, what can it do, a carriage
The big tree standing in front of them didn't know what they were planning on it, and gently shook its branches and leaves in the breeze, but because it grew too high, it only made a rustling sound, and they couldn't see it unless they looked up hard. arrive.
The two pedestrians waited for a while, and looked around the tree when they saw them. It seemed that there was no other important problem. ?”
Then this medicinal material is too big, right
Man Bao touched his chin and thought, "Maybe it's really a medicinal material, um, if you encounter it again in the future, study it, and if you don't come back, chop it up."
Everyone: ...
Yin turned around directly, "I seem to smell the fragrance."
Liu Huan was stunned for a moment, and immediately followed, "I'll go back and have a look too."
Bai Shan also took Man Bao's hand, "Let's go, it should be ready to eat soon."
Zhou Liru fell behind and couldn't help but leaned forward and smelled the trunk. After looking forward, he stretched out his hand and peeled a piece of skin while no one was paying attention, and then chased after him. Why didn't she see what black locusts could do on the tree? medicine
So it was said that a few people who went to collect firewood went in empty-handed, and finally came out with two plants.
Few people cared about the grass that Man Bao dug, because there were all kinds of flowers and plants dug by Zhou Man along the way on the carriage behind, most of them were dried by her and used as medicinal materials, and some of them were discarded by her Yes, it seems that I heard that it is unsuitable in appearance and failed to be used as a medicinal material.
Three fires were lit next to the tent, and the sheep they hunted in the morning was picked up and divided into three parts. At this time, it was being strung and hung on the fire. Besides, there was also a large pot that was boiling.
Inside were shaved sheep bones, which had been boiled for three quarters of an hour, and the aroma was coming out. The servants opened the box of ingredients and chose a lot of things to add to it.
The rice has already been cooked, and I consume a lot when I go out, so I should still eat rice noodles.
Everyone took their own bowls and chopsticks to serve the rice, and started to eat with a huff.
Mr. Zhuang was drinking soup, and when he saw them coming out, he asked, "What's in the woods?"
Man Bao said: "There are no rabbits."
Mr. Zhuang felt a little regretful, "I heard that there are a lot of rabbits on the grassland."
Bai Shan: "Sir, it's spring now, and rabbits are not fat."
"This sheep is not fat, why are you willing to hunt it?"
Bai Shan couldn't help it, so he could only promise: "Okay, let's look for rabbits tomorrow, and if there are any, we will give you two."
Mr. Zhuang was satisfied with this, but he was still a little regretful, "The rabbit meat made by your sister-in-law is delicious, and the fried meat is delicious."
Man Bao thinks so too.
Rabbit meat is tender, and Mr. Zhuang has been obsessed with it since he occasionally ate it made by Xiao Qian's. Unfortunately, this meat can only be fried, and it is a bit tough when roasted and marinated. It is too chewy, and he doesn't like it.
Because Mr. Zhuang liked it, the three of them rode horses together on the grassland the next day, trying to find some rabbits, but they didn't know if it was too close to the official road, and there were no rabbits where they walked.