After catching a litter of live rabbits, Li Qingling no longer directly shot the prey to death after seeing wild/chicken hares, but cooperated with Liu Zhimo to capture them alive.
Another pheasant he caught tied up its legs and put it in the basket. Li Qingling wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked Liu Zhimo, who was panting, if he was tired
After catching another prey, no matter how tired Liu Zhimo was, he felt it was worth it, "Fortunately..."
Seeing that he could still stand it, she was a little relieved, turned around and led him to continue walking inside.
With Liu Zhimo with her, she became more courageous, and she dared to take a look at some places with thick grass.
She looked here and there, and she really saw something edible. She found potatoes in a field near the stream.
Yechang's potatoes were not very big, but a little small, but it also made Li Qingling very excited, and dug out the potatoes in two or three strokes.
I dug out more than 20 small potatoes and piled them on the ground.
Liu Zhimo took one up, looked at it over and over, looked at her suspiciously and said, "What is this? Can it be eaten?"
After pausing, Li Qingling blinked. Liu Zhimo didn't know this thing. Could it be that there are no potatoes in this era
This doesn't seem right again. Potatoes grow on this mountain, or is it that no one else knows
Her mind was a little messy, and she glanced at Liu Zhimo who was still waiting for her answer, and she calmly lied again, "Well, it's edible, I tried it last time when I came here, and it's not poisonous."
After all, she put the potatoes in the basket like a baby. This thing is easy to grow and has a high yield. She plans to take it home and plant it.
Liu Zhimo nodded, and didn't ask any more questions. At this moment, he didn't realize that he trusted Li Qingling very much, and he believed what she said.
She secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he didn't ask any more questions. If he asked again, she would have to tell more lies. "Let's go!"
Along the way, the two caught a total of five pheasants, three alive, two shot to death, six big hares, and five small hares, plus the wild fish and potatoes they caught before. , the harvest is quite rich.
Liu Zhimo's smile never faded along the way, but Li Qingling wasn't satisfied. The two of them sold the money, split half and half, and didn't get much.
She looked at the sky, the sun was about to set, and they had already passed the hillside where she rested before, and it was unreliable to go back now, so they could only find a place to sleep here for the night.
They went a little further, and she wondered if any beasts would come down, and she was a little worried.
"Brother Zhimo, wait for me here, I'll find a place to spend the night."
"I'll go too." Liu Zhimo was worried that she would go alone, no matter what, he was older than her, and if something dangerous happened, he would help her.
After thinking for a while, Li Qingling nodded, and the two searched nearby.
The two of them were lucky, and they found a small hidden cave nearby.
Li Qingling put down the back basket, climbed up the rock, and carefully went in to have a look. There was no animal feces inside, so it wasn't any animal's cave, so she felt relieved.
"Brother Zhimo, come up!" She climbed out and waved to Liu Zhimo. Liu Zhimo carried her pannier and handed it to her, and waited for her to take it before climbing up.
The outside of the cave was a bit steep, and it was his first time climbing, and he was still carrying a basket on his back. After climbing for a long time, he didn't climb up.
Li Qingling reached out to pull him up, but he refused. He didn't want to be such an incompetent man, if she could, he could still. Thinking of this, he took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and climbed up vigorously.
As soon as she climbed up, she gave him a thumbs up and praised him for being amazing.
Everyone likes to be praised, and so does Liu Zhimo. He smiled at her, stood up, patted the dust off his robe, and walked in.
After entering, he found that there was a cave inside. From the outside, the entrance of the cave was small and very secret. After entering, he found that the inside was quite large and not too humid. It was a good place to spend the night.
"The next time we come again, we can come and live here. This place can be used as our base to rest." Li Qingling is also very satisfied with this place. It is really hard to find such a good place to rest in the deep mountains and wild ridges. of.
Liu Zhimo had no objections. In the wild, he was just a novice, so he just listened to Li Qingling, a veteran.
Li Qingling sat on the ground, rested for a while, felt less tired, and was afraid that it would be dark and it would be difficult to go out, so she quickly stood up, took out all the other prey in the back basket, and left one dead. Wild/Chicken and Crock Pot, turned to Liu Zhimo and said, "Brother Zhimo, go collect firewood, and I'll prepare dinner for tonight."
Liu Zhimo didn't have any objections, and followed Li Qingling out of the cave, and the two worked together.
When Li Qingling came back, Liu Zhimo had already lit up the fire. Li Qingling smiled and told him that they were going to eat Maowowo stewed chicken tonight. Thinking of the delicious taste, her mouth was watering.
Looking up and seeing her shining eyes, Liu Zhimo nodded with a smile.
For this dinner, the two of them not only ate stewed chicken with mushrooms, but Li Qingling also grilled a fish. After eating, their stomachs bulged.
"One of the great pleasures in life is to eat enough, drink enough, and sleep well!" Li Qingling patted her stomach and sighed. She has no big ambitions now, and only wants to feed her family. , just dress warmly, "Brother Zhimo, do you have any ambitions?"
Liu Zhimo was also sitting at the side, looking sideways at him, his heart moved slightly. When his parents were still alive, he would think about studying hard and becoming an official in the future.
But now, he has also fallen into a cliché, only thinking about raising his younger siblings and watching them get married and have children.
"What about you?" He turned his head, looked towards the fire, and asked her back.
"Me?" Li Qingling chuckled, "Aren't women in this era all raised by their husbands and children at home? What kind of ambition can they have?" It was not her era, when women could hold up half the sky.
Here, women's status is not very high, even if they have great ambitions, they can't show them!
Besides, she doesn't know much, and if she can support her family, she should laugh.
Hearing this, Liu Zhimo turned his head again, looked straight at her, panicked at her, and asked him, did she say something wrong
"Very good." After a long time, he replied lightly.
"..."
Li Qingling looked at him with raised eyebrows, pondered for a while, "Zhimo, do you want to continue studying?"
When the words fell, he was shocked, followed by still shaking his head, saying that he didn't want to.
Only if he didn't want to, he wouldn't have this idea.
She thought he was thinking about it, but the family conditions did not allow him to suppress this idea.
"If you can let you continue to go to school, will you go?"
Liu Zhimo closed his eyes slightly, pursed his lips, and stopped talking.
Li Qingling didn't continue to ask him. He studied with his father since he was a child. If his father was still alive, he would definitely continue to read.
just now...
The two were silent, and Li Qingling was also tired, curled up on the ground, and fell asleep after a while.
Liu Zhimo looked at the small figure with deep eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
He didn't come back to his senses until he heard the sound of wild animals coming from outside.
He spent the night in the wild for the first time. Hearing the sound of wild animals one after another, he was still a little panicked. When he saw some small fires, he hurried to make the fire bigger, fearing that the fire would be extinguished.
That night, Li Qingling slept soundly, but Liu Zhimo didn't sleep all night. When it was almost dawn, he couldn't hold on anymore, lay down on the ground, and fell asleep.
When Li Qingling woke up, she saw Liu Zhimo who was sleeping soundly, and she didn't wake him up. She got up, took the earthen jar and another fish, and walked out of the cave.
After she finished the breakfast, before Liu Zhimo woke up, she pushed him and woke him up.
He opened his eyes bewilderedly, and Li Qingling was taken aback by the bloodshot eyes, "Did you not sleep last night?" She was so tired yesterday that she fell asleep as soon as she lay down. Unaffected by those beast sounds.
Liu Zhimo glanced at her and closed his eyes again. After a while, he opened them again, "Well, last night the beasts were howling and it was very noisy." He made such an excuse.
Seeing his haggard face, she asked him to sleep for a while, but he shook his head and insisted on getting up.
When he stood up, he shook a bit, and she quickly reached out to help him, touching his warm skin, her heart was startled.
"Are you having a fever?" She reached out and touched his forehead, and then her own. Sure enough, the temperature was higher than hers. "Sit."
She forcefully pulled him back and sat on the ground again, "Drink some fish soup first, and I'll go find some herbs." In this deep mountain and wild ridge, fever is a big deal, and if you are not careful, you may die.
"I'm fine!" Liu Zhimo just felt a little tired, and didn't think there was anything wrong.
"Be obedient!" She drank with a bluff, but this sound stopped him, she nodded helplessly, took the fish soup she handed over, and drank it slowly.
Li Qingling didn't dare to delay any longer, and quickly walked out of the cave, and went outside to find herbs for reducing fever.
For a quarter of an hour, she hurried back with the washed herbs. Fortunately, she also knew the herbs for reducing fever, otherwise, it would be really bad.
Seeing her sweating profusely in anxiety, Liu Zhimo felt guilty, "Drink some fish soup first, I'm not in a hurry." He handed her the earthen jar in his hand.
She was not pretentious, she picked it up and drank it. After drinking it, she ate the rest of the fish, and walked out of the cave with the crock pot.
When she came back after filling the water, she saw that Liu Zhimo's face seemed to be redder, she didn't dare to waste any effort, she hurriedly took the herbs and threw them into the earthen pot, and started to boil.
She looked at the fire, and touched his forehead from time to time, fearing that his temperature would rise again.