Chapter 221 Trapped in the Valley

After eating, the two had almost recovered their strength and continued searching for the Su Guan He Ding orchid that the village boy had mentioned. After some time, they suddenly heard the excited and happy voice of a girl behind them.

"Bai Ye, come quick and take a look. Is this the one? The flowers are creamy yellow, but upon closer inspection, they're a bit white. Come on over!"

Upon hearing this, he quickly turned around and walked over, bending down to examine it carefully. "Yes, that's it. Yunxia, ​​you're really lucky."

The children said it was one plant, but it was actually five. However, the other four plants were particularly short and were right next to the strongest one, so you couldn't see them at all unless you looked closely.

I carefully separated two twigs, took some soil from my mother, put them in my bag, and then filled them back with the soil I had dug out and pressed it down firmly.

"Xiaxia, why not move the largest one? Its survival rate is higher."

"They've all bloomed, which means they're suited to this valley. I'm leaving the other two to keep them company and prevent them from being lonely. Besides, I'm very confident in my planting skills. One begets two, two begets three, three begets all things. When I have a large patch of Su Guan He Ding, giving you a hundred or two won't be a problem."

Practice has proven that being a drama queen is contagious. Bai Ye smiled and said seriously, "Alright, it's settled then. Don't come looking for me when you're rich and powerful and then deny everything."

"How could that be? Now that we've found the item, let's head back!"

The moment it was put into the bag, the orchid seedling was stored in the space. The most important thing was to go back and plant it in the fertile field.

"Well, it's getting late."

Unexpectedly, the two had only taken two steps when dark clouds gathered in the sky, and large raindrops began to fall like a torrential downpour, stinging their faces.

"Bai Ye, there's a cave over there. Let's go in and take shelter from the rain!"

Looking in the direction he was pointing, a few hundred meters away, there was a small cave with signs of human activity around it, which must have been a resting place for shepherds.

"become!"

After saying that, he grabbed the girl and ran wildly in the rain. By the time they reached the cave, they were both soaked. Summer clothes are thin, and when they got wet, they clung to their bodies. Bai Ye turned his back to her in a very gentlemanly manner.

"Bai Ye, is your foot... alright?"

The girl's handbag was now Doraemon's pocket, containing everything. She took out a miniature towel, dried herself off, and hid behind a large rock to change into clean clothes.

While running, Bai Ye stumbled, but luckily he caught up quickly and didn't fall. However, the sharp-eyed Yun Xia clearly noticed that his running posture was wrong afterward.

"Ouch, it was better when you said it, because now that you're talking about it, my right ankle is hurting!"

Yunxia dried her hair as she walked out from behind the big rock, bent down to check his ankle, and finally frowned and said, "The bone is fine, but it's so red and swollen, it's definitely not a good thing. Let's dry you off first, and then I'll put some medicine on it for you."

"Yunxia, ​​where did you get these clothes and towel? And... medicine?"

The girl patted her handbag and said proudly, "Don't look down on this bag, it's very practical and has a large capacity, it can hold a lot of things."

"Really? Looks like I'll have to carry a big bag when I go out in the future, just in case."

After saying that, he took the towel, took off his short-sleeved shirt, and used the rainwater to wipe his body. Yun Xia watched from behind, thinking to herself that this person was really thin when dressed but muscular when undressed. With a physique like that, no one would believe that he hadn't worked out!

Bai Ye was constantly being watched from behind, so he couldn't help but smile. After drying himself off, he wrung out the towel and placed it on the rack left by the shepherd. Outside the cave, the rain was pouring down. Inside the cave, the two were trying to figure out how to start a fire.

"Xiaxia, you went out... with a lighter?"

The girl blinked slightly, handed him five bags of dark chocolate, and said casually, "Of course I have to bring these. I need them for burning thread, roasting phoenix eggs (a kind of plant root nodule), roasting grasshoppers, and so on!"

"Burning...grasshoppers?"

Bai Ye felt that the girl today was exceptionally different, as if she had countless secrets about her, and the more he dug into her, the more novel it became.

"Yeah, the crops here are all grown without pesticides. Grasshoppers are high in protein; they'd sell for a dollar or two a plate in a restaurant, and there's only a tiny bit in a plate, barely enough to fill a tooth. Hey, when the rain stops, do you want to catch a few and roast them for you to try?"

Bai Ye's lips twitched slightly as he politely declined, saying, "I'd better not. Such a rare item is something I'm afraid I'm not fortunate enough to enjoy."

"Tsk tsk, what about cicada nymphs? They're the larval stage of cicadas before they molt. Can you... eat them?"

The girl's eyes lit up with anticipation. Bai Ye nodded unconsciously. When he came to his senses, the girl was already introducing various ways to eat cicada nymphs: mixed with noodles and fried, deep-fried, stir-fried with salt, etc. She was practically drooling as she spoke.

"I've decided. In July, when cicada nymphs are in abundance, I'll spend a fortune to prepare a cicada nymph feast for you. Wait, you... aren't allergic, are you?"

Fresh cicada nymphs are quite expensive; it's not an exaggeration to say they cost a fortune. Hearing this, Bai Ye recalled his childhood. Back then, his mother was still alive and loved to cook all sorts of dishes, including fried cicada nymphs.

Perhaps because of the use of raw oil, the cicada pupae coated in thick batter and fried were fishy and unpalatable, and they were oozing oil when you bit into them. But under my mother's expectant gaze, I couldn't bring myself to say the word "unpalatable," so I had no choice but to bite into a plate.

But apart from the discomfort on his taste buds, he felt nothing else, so he nodded. "I ate it once when I was a child, and I didn't have any allergic reaction."

"Then I'm relieved. Oh, I'm a little sleepy. I'll lean against the rock and take a nap. You keep an eye on the fire, and remember to wake me up when the rain stops," the girl said, yawning.

"Hmm!" he said, tossing a dry piece of firewood into the fire.

Sleepiness was just an excuse. The moment she closed her eyes, her consciousness arrived at the fertile field in the space. The orchid seedlings were soaked in green water for a few minutes. After taking them out, she picked up a shovel, found a good place to dig a hole, planted them, watered them with some green water, and then covered them with soil and compacted it slightly.

After finishing everything, her consciousness returned to her body, and this time she really felt sleepy. With Bai Ye around, there was no need to worry about safety, so she simply found a comfortable position and drifted off to sleep.

When I woke up again, it was already dark. The rain had stopped, the fire was out, and the entire cave was pitch black. The croaking of frogs could be heard from outside. "Strange, when did the rain stop? Bai Ye, why didn't you wake me up?"

Unfortunately, there was no response from inside the cave. She took out a flashlight from her bag and turned it on, only to find Bai Ye lying not far away with a flushed face and white, cracked lips. She quickly went over to check on him.

"Bai Ye, wake up, are you alright? Oh, you're so hot, you have a fever."

Bai Ye, who had regained some consciousness, said in a voice barely audible, "Cough cough, the rain has stopped, you... you can go first, cough cough, don't worry about me!"

"You're delirious with fever, aren't you? How could I leave you alone? Here, have some water to soothe your throat. I'll go out and gather some herbs later. This afternoon, when I was picking wild strawberries, I saw a lot of herbs that treat colds and fevers. Wait here!"