"Lulu, let me help you."

Xi Lu glanced at him and said, "Come on, after I sort them, you cut them into pieces and put them in a wooden box, and then we'll put the wooden box into the medicine cabinet together."

"good."

Because it was going to rain, we didn’t dry many herbs today, so we finished sorting them out quickly.

After pouring out the dried flowers from the wide wooden tube, Xi Lu poured some jam made from wild fruits that were extremely sweet into the stone pot.

"Lulu, what are you going to do?"

"Jam flower tea, drink it at night. Just pour some hot water in and soak it for a while. It tastes very good." Xi Lu handed him the bowl and patted his head. "Or maybe you think it doesn't taste good. After all, you don't like sweet things."

"I like everything Lulu makes."

Xi Lu was helpless, "Who was it that was so sweet that he drank two large bowls of water last time? It doesn't matter if you don't like it."

Shi Shen added hot water and put the lid on.

After dinner and a shower, heavy rain poured down. Xi Lu wrapped in animal skins, warmed himself by the fire in the cave, listening to the sound of rain outside.

A cool breeze rushed in from outside the cave.

Shi Shen placed the brewed scented tea on the small table beside her, freed his hands and held her in his arms.

Xi Lu turned around and poked him in the face, "Don't go to the stream to take a bath after it rains. Take a bath in the cave. Last time I saw you make two big basins."

I don't know why he made such a big basin.

"Take a basin to collect rainwater, and bring it back when it's full."

"Oh." Shi Shen responded and touched her hair. It was not very dry, so he wiped it with a dry towel made of animal skin.

Xi Lu was feeling a little bored while roasting a fire, so he asked Shi Shen to tell him stories about his childhood in the animal world language. This allowed him to listen to stories and exercise his listening skills at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.

If she didn't understand something, she would poke his arm and he would translate it for her in Chinese.

Feeling sleepy, Xi Lu yawned, "Shi Maomao, I'm going to sleep."

Upon hearing this, Shi Shen carried her to the bed and held her sideways while she slept, "Lu Lu."

"Um?"

"Nothing, just calling you."

Xi Lu rubbed his neck, "Oh, Shi Maomao, you are really warm. Don't get up to light the fire at night. I feel like I won't feel cold if I hold you."

"Okay, if you're cold, ask me to light a fire."

"Um."

The next day, when they got up to eat, Xi Lu pulled Shi Shen out of the cave.

When Shishen was paving the road, wooden stakes were used to raise the distance between the wooden boards and the ground. Even if it was raining, mud would not splash onto the wooden boards, keeping them clean.

The heavy rain hit the leaves, and the raindrops fell on the shed. The white noise was particularly obvious. The rain curtain was very thick, and the forest in the distance was covered in white.

Xi Lu rejected the hand that Shi Shen extended and sat on the swing by herself, then waved to Shi Shen, "Shi Maomao, sit with me."

"I told me to hug you but you didn't want to." Shi Shen stopped the swing and sat next to her.

"I want to try it."

"Are you cold?"

"It's not cold, it's quite warm. I feel like I'm gradually adapting to it, from sleeping longer at night to feeling sleepy later during the day."

"It seems like I will have to live here with you from now on."

"Are you happy then?" He turned to look at her.

What Shi Shen actually wanted to ask was whether she still wanted to go home.

Xi Lu met his gaze and kissed the corner of his lips with a smile, "I'm glad to have you here."

Shi Shen kissed back.

He would not miss any opportunity to kiss her.

Xi Lu blinked and smiled, "Shi Maomao, my parents are gone, and I'm the only one at home, so it's good to stay here, with you by my side."

She knew what he was worried about.