Chapter 7: Escape from the Troubled Times 5

Seeing that everyone thought she was easy to bully and wanted to surround her, Lin Xia made a quick decision, broke into the bushes nearby, and ran away at a very fast speed.

Walk up the mountain path.

The mountains here are not high and there are no people here, but there are no roads and they are overgrown with weeds, making it a little difficult to walk.

The sky gets dark very late in the summer. The sun hasn't set yet. Judging from the sky, it's about five or six o'clock. She must find a safe place to spend the night.

She was desperate.

If the environment continued like this, she would starve to death. At this moment, she finally understood the mentality of those who prayed to gods and Buddhas.

Lin Xia also wanted to pray to God, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the Jade Emperor to save the child.

Pray in your heart and keep walking.

Perhaps it was true that sincerity would bring good luck. Lin Xia discovered that the hills in the distance were green, and there were spots of green under her feet. She also heard the sound of cicadas.

Lin Xia's eyes suddenly lit up.

When cicadas chirp, there's food to eat.

She rushed to the forest and found that these hills were obviously more hydrated than other places. Most of them were still green. Half of the weeds in the woods were still tenaciously alive. The leaves of the big trees were a little wilted, but their lives were not in danger.

Lin Xia felt that there might be groundwater here, otherwise it wouldn't make sense.

But she didn't have time to think about it because she saw a cicada flying by!

The time was just right, the sun had just set and the sky was not completely dark yet. Cicadas were chirping non-stop in the trees.

She walked quickly to a tree, looked up and down the trunk carefully, and sure enough, she found two cicadas.

I immediately put down the backpack, took out the broken clay pot at the bottom, and reluctantly poured a shallow layer of water into it. The cicadas I caught need to be preserved in water. If conditions do not permit, I'll just dip them in a little water as a token of my appreciation.

She picked up the clay pot, put the backpack back on, and started moving immediately.

Perhaps because the weather was too hot, there were not as many cicadas as she saw in modern times. At most one or two were found on each tree, and most of the time there were nothing.

The sky was getting darker and darker. Lin Xia didn't have a flashlight, and didn't dare to light a torch, or even make a sound. She could only search carefully in the moonlight.

After two or three hours of hard work, the broken clay pot was filled with half a jar, about 60 pieces.

At this time, Lin Xia discovered that some cicadas had already climbed very high, and there were some larvae that had just shed their shells up there. It was a pity that she couldn't reach them with a stick, and she couldn't climb trees.

Lin Xia secretly made up her mind to master the skill of tree climbing.

If there is danger, you can hide in the tree.

Pulling his thoughts back to the deliciousness of the cicada monkey, and then looking at the meat in front of him, Lin Xia was so greedy that his eyes almost turned green.

Although I really want to roast them now, burning a fire at night is too conspicuous. If someone finds out, my food source will be gone.

Since tomorrow's meals were taken care of, Lin Xia was more generous and rewarded herself with the remaining half piece of pancake.

With food in her stomach, Lin Xia felt much better. She continued to use the moonlight to find a large rock and rest here tonight.

She used a sickle to cut a lot of hay and stuffed it under the rocks, for she was worried that there might be snakes, insects, rats or ants underground, and that they would die of poisoning.

I spread out a resting area nearby, untied the calf straps, and did the same resting operation as before, placing the backpack on top of my head and the bamboo tube and sickle at hand.

Before going to bed, I was still complaining in my mind.

I have to make a small fanny pack tomorrow.

Biscuits, flints and silver were all carried with them, and one was worried that they would fall out. I don't know why the ancients liked to stuff things into their arms without any interlayer.

Yes, if I have needles and thread in the future, I will definitely sew a layer inside my clothes and put it in the two trouser pockets, so that it will be convenient...

Gradually, Lin Xia fell asleep.

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The sky was getting light.

Lin Xia's eyelids trembled slightly. She opened her hazy eyes and breathed in the fresh morning air.

Hope today is another beautiful day!

Feeling the morning mist, the air was slightly humid. I carefully touched the grass leaves beside me and crushed them with my fingertips. There was dew!

The humidity in this forest is quite high, so the possibility of finding water is very high.

Lin Xia packed up her belongings and walked deeper into the greenery, knocking and banging along the way for fear of encountering a poisonous snake.

In less than half an hour, Lin Xia found a small stream of water in a rock crevice at the edge of a cliff. The flow rate could only be described as dripping, and it was absorbed by the earth soon after it fell to the ground.

The current was really small, but she was still thrilled.

This is a source of water during drought.

There are no obvious animal footprints or excrement around the cracks in the rocks. I wonder if there are no animals here, or if there are other water sources for them to drink?

Now I have no free earthenware jars, so I can only use bowls to catch the water.

Lin Xia regretted not bringing the bucket from yesterday. It was heavy, but it was useful.

Sure enough, life is spent in constant regret.

There is no point in thinking too much. If she were really given the chance to go back to yesterday, Lin Xia would still choose not to bring it. The ancient wooden barrels are really heavy, and this body does not have much strength, so it would be unbearable to carry the backpack for a long time.

He pulled a piece of dry grass and led the water into the bowl, and rinsed both bowls clean before continuing to collect water.

Lin Xia worked for a long time before the sun slowly rose. Thinking of yesterday's sunrise, which made people feel very comfortable in the sun, she subconsciously turned herself to face the sun.

The first ray of sunlight shone on her face. Lin Xia sat on the ground, closed her eyes, and enjoyed this moment of peace.

Although her eyes were closed, she seemed to see an orange-red color mixed with purple spots in front of her eyes.

Lin Xia's thoughts were attracted by the purple spots of light, and she kept jumping along with them in excitement.

In just a moment, the light flew towards Lin Xia, and Lin Xia woke up instantly.

I was a little confused. When I looked at the sky, the sun had already risen completely and the porcelain bowl next to me was about to overflow with water.

It was obvious that she had been sitting there for more than a minute.

But she was clearly not asleep. It felt like she woke up in the blink of an eye. How come time passed so quickly?

Is she going to become an immortal? !

Is that what the monks call meditation? Enlightenment?

Lin Xia couldn't suppress the smile on her face. She was sure that sunbathing during sunrise was unusual for her. Perhaps this was her golden finger, her halo as the protagonist!

Lin Xia excitedly walked three circles on the spot, imagining the happy life that would follow.

Then he thought of something and calmed down.

She had been sitting there for such a long time and didn't feel anything. If someone suddenly attacked her at this moment, she would be completely unable to react and would be at the mercy of others.

No, from now on I can only meditate in a place where there is no one and it is absolutely safe. The rest of the time, just bask in the sun. It was quite comfortable to bask in the sun yesterday morning, so it should have helped.

After calming down, I found that the water in the bowl had overflowed.

Lin Xia decided to deal with the cicadas she caught last night first. She had been eating meat in her dreams last night, which made her very greedy.

Pour half of the water in the bowl into the broken clay pot containing cicadas, rinse it roughly first. The clay pot is not very clean, and it looks even dirtier after rinsing once. Then pour the remaining water in to clean it.

After washing, catch the cicadas and put them into the bowl. A full bowl looks very satisfying.

Then he filled the bamboo tube with the water in the good clay jar, and used the remaining water to rinse the cicadas again. He also washed the broken clay jar, chopsticks and spoon at the same time.

Water is so majestic!

Lin Xia placed a good clay pot under the cracks in the stone to collect water, then cleaned the ground and looked for stones to build a stove and make a fire.

It is a hot and dry time. The most important thing when making a fire in the mountains is fire prevention. The surrounding combustible materials must be cleared away. Otherwise, the mountain will be burned down and become a barbecue!

With yesterday’s experience in making fire, Lin Xia successfully lit the fire in half an hour today.

She raised her head and put her hands on her hips, believing that she was the best.

Hee, allow her to be arrogant for a while.