Chapter 26 He Has No Medicine

Wild boars have thick skin and flesh, and it was a big problem to deal with such a big one, especially since Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao had no tools.

"Actually, it's not that we don't have the tools." Xu Hexiao suddenly said.

Lin Qi looked at him in confusion, Xu Hexiao smiled without saying anything. He stood up and walked to the rock wall. He dug with a wooden stick and dug out a sealed pottery jar. He opened the jar and took out two daggers and a pair of scissors from it.

"The situation was turbulent at the time, and no one could predict what would happen in the future. I thought that if things got chaotic, weapons would definitely be useful, so I hid a few knives," said Xu Hexiao.

He was still young at that time. His grandfather, father and uncle wanted to hide things, so he listened and planned to hide some things too. He hid his toys, his knives, his books... and moved a lot of things to the mountains one after another.

It’s just that his things are just children’s toys and aren’t worth much.

Lin Qi gave Xu Hexiao a thumbs up and said, "Well hidden."

The dagger is of simple style and it must be more than ten years old or even older, but that does not affect its sharpness.

Xu Hexiao gave Lin Qi a hand and told her, "Hide it well, don't let anyone see it."

Lin Qiru was overjoyed to have obtained a treasure, and she really needed a weapon.

"You like it so much?" Xu Hexiao's expression was gentle. Looking at the grinning girl, he smiled unconsciously, "It makes you look even more stupid."

The pig's bristles were coarse and hard, so Xu Hexiao made a fire and burned the whole pig.

While he was cleaning the pig hair, Lin Qi went out of the cave. When she came back, she had some more plants in her hands, including prickly lettuce, alpinia officinalis and wild onion.

The thistle, also known as the small thistle, was used to stop Xu Hexiao's bleeding, and the ginger and wild onion were used to make soup.

"Why are you hurt again?" Lin Qi frowned and applied medicine to Xu Hexiao.

Xu Hexiao cleaned the pig skin and gutted the pig, looking nonchalant, "It was hit by a stone."

Lin Qi: “….”

Lin Qi carefully checked it and confirmed that the bones inside were not injured. She breathed a sigh of relief. However, the wound had never healed. It was soaked in mud, sand and sweat every day, and now it was showing signs of inflammation.

We can't let it continue like this. If it gets worse, this arm might be broken.

Lin Qi pursed her lips, and while applying the medicine, she reluctantly drew out the little remaining supernatural power in her body and guided it around the horrible and hideous wound.

The wood-based ability is not a healing ability, but it is full of vitality. It can be used to disinfect and reduce inflammation in wounds, promote wound healing, and regenerate new flesh.

Xu Hexiao was cutting meat and removing bones with one hand, while Lin Qi was holding his other hand. He didn't see how far Lin Qi had applied the medicine until a cool feeling came over the wound and the pain disappeared. He then looked back and exclaimed, "This medicine is really magical."

Lin Qi: “….”

Don't want to talk.

Xu Hexiao divided the meat into several large pieces, marinated it with salt, and threaded it with vines.

"There is not enough salt left in the cave. I plan to make a fire and smoke the meat so that it can be preserved longer. Do you want to eat smoked meat?" Xu Hexiao asked.

Lin Qi nodded. As long as it was meat, she wasn’t picky.

Xu Hexiao thought for a moment and said, "Let's half-roast and half-smoke it. Smoking meat takes too long. If we keep the fire burning for a long time, I'm worried that someone will see us here."

Lin Qi nodded again, "All right."

"Do you want to sell some?" This wild boar should have weighed more than 300 kilograms when it was alive, and now the meat and bones together weigh more than 200 kilograms. If this much meat is not sold, it can be eaten for a long time.

"No." Lin Qi said without thinking. After selling the jujube honey twice, plus the twenty yuan given by her eldest brother, she now has more than a hundred yuan in her hand.

More than one hundred yuan is a huge sum of money. In Anliang Brigade, a family may not be able to get so much money by the end of the year.

"I am also inclined not to sell it. Now you need a ticket to buy meat, and it is difficult for the team members to eat pork." For example, he and his grandfather have not eaten pork for several years.

When Xu Hexiao started to smoke the pork, Lin Qi's pork soup was ready, filling a whole earthenware pot with a rich aroma. Xu Hexiao, who had just eaten three cakes, smelled the smell and found himself hungry again.

Without saying a word, the two of them took turns eating a bowl and finished most of it.

Hiccup

Xu Hexiao touched his belly and said, "I'm going to stay here to smoke meat tonight and won't go back. If you pass by the straw shed, please tell grandpa for me."

"Okay." Lin Qi responded, put the lid on the jar and tied it with a straw rope. "These are for you, Grandpa."

Xu Hexiao smiled and said, "Thank you on behalf of Grandpa."

It was getting dark, so Lin Qi didn't stay any longer. She picked up her backpack and left.

Xu Hexiao sent her out of the cave and watched her leave until she could no longer be seen. Then he turned back to the cave and blocked the entrance with stones, leaving only a gap of about 30 centimeters for ventilation.

When Lin Qi arrived at the straw hut, it was already completely dark. Only the starry sky and a crescent moon could dimly illuminate the path under her feet.

"You're back?" When Old Man Xu heard the sound of the door being pushed open, he subconsciously thought it was his grandson. His grandson had to pick up the little girl named Lin Qi every day, and he would come home at this time every day.

When Lin Qi came in, Old Man Xu realized that she was not his grandson. Facing this sudden appearance of the girl, Old Man Xu was stunned and didn't know how to respond.

"Xu Hexiao is in the mountains and will not be back tonight." Lin Qi said. After giving the instructions, she did not say hello and walked straight to the cupboard with only two layers.

There was a large ceramic bowl there, which she saw Xu Hexiao using the last time she came.

She poured the pork offal soup into a ceramic bowl. It was hot, so the soup was still warm.

"You eat, I'm going to go back." Lin Qi packed up her things, got up and went out with the backpack on her back.

At this time, Old Man Xu came back to his senses, sighed, and said to her back, "It's dark, walk slower."

"I know." Lin Qi didn't even turn her head and quickly disappeared into the night.

Old man Xu looked at the night for a long time before he looked away.

Is this really a fool?

This is clearly a very insightful child.

Old Man Xu returned to the table, picked up the ceramic bowl with both hands, and took a sip carefully. "It tastes good."

With someone like this accompanying his grandson, he will feel relieved when he passes away one day.

The next day, after handing in the pig feed, Lin Qi did not return to the educated youth point, but went directly to the cave.

Xu Hexiao had already gone to work, and the entrance to the cave was covered tightly with stones. However, Lin Qi still noticed something wrong, because they had come here frequently in the past few days, and there were traces of their footsteps here.

Lin Qi frowned, and her eyes looked at the thorny vines not far away. With a thought, the vines grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, covering most of the area outside the cave, leaving only a few places they often walked. And the grass and trees in these places also became lush and green under the promotion of Lin Qi's supernatural power, without any trace of being trampled on.

Xu Hexiao found a big tree root from somewhere. When Lin Qi entered the cave, the tree root was still burning, and it looked like it would continue to burn for quite some time.

Two rows of meat were hung above the flames. After being smoked overnight and for a morning, they had become black and grease was dripping from them.

This oil is wasted.

Lin Qi took out a dagger and started cutting the fattest part. She stopped only after she had cut off a whole earthenware jar of fat.

She wants to use the fat to make oil.

Pork is very fragrant whether it is stir-fried or made into pancakes.

Xu Hexiao was distracted while working today. He finally made it to the afternoon. The team leader looked at his wound and said in surprise, "It looked so terrible yesterday, but it's almost healed today."

Xu Hexiao took a look and raised the corners of his mouth uncontrollably, "I used medicine."

After saying that, Xu Hexiao ran away.

"Why are you running? Can I steal your medicine?" Captain Luo Feng shook his head. He just wanted to ask what medicine was used.

"He has no money and no tickets, so what medicine can he have? All he uses are wild grasses from the mountains." said the team member next to him.

The captain looked at him, "What weeds?"

"It's that prickly lettuce. I asked Lao Ma about it and he said it can stop bleeding."

"He used prickly lettuce? I've used prickly lettuce before, and it can stop bleeding, but it can't make new flesh grow on the wound overnight. Have you seen his wound? Yesterday, the wound was larger than an egg, but today it's only the size of a thumb. It's amazing."

"Now that you mention it, I remember that his wound yesterday did look terrible. If you hadn't mentioned it today, I wouldn't have noticed the wound on his arm."

“.......”

In one afternoon, Lin Qi refined a full earthenware jar of oil and got a large bowl of oil residue.

She mixed oil residue with wild vegetables and made nine pancakes.

When she finished eating three cakes, Xu Hexiao happened to step into the cave.

"What a nice smell!" Xu Hexiao swallowed his saliva, his eyes swept across Lin Qi's face and fell on the stone slab. There was still a fire burning under the stone slab, and the cakes on the stone slab were constantly emitting fragrance.

"It's different with lard added, it's so fragrant." Xu Hexiao sighed.

Lin Qi hummed, "Your grandfather has one."

"I told my grandfather at noon that I won't go back tonight." Xu Hexiao said, feeling very relieved.

Lin Qi is so nice, still thinking about his grandfather.

After she stopped fishing in the river, Lin Qi returned to the educated youth camp later every day. One day, she had just arrived at the gate of the educated youth camp when she was stopped by a tall figure.

"You smell like meat." Jane said.

After spending the whole afternoon refining lard, the aroma of smoked meat was on her body. Jane Yitong could smell it, and Lin Qi was not surprised at all. She did not refute, and did not even open her mouth.

I am a fool. I don't understand what you are saying.

For the first time, Lin Qi discovered the benefits of being a fool.

"What have you done in the mountains these days?" Jian Tongyi asked again.

Lin Qi still didn't respond, just stared at Jian Tongyi.

Jian Yitong sighed deeply and said helplessly, "I don't mean to question you. I mean, if you have something delicious, can you take it with me?"

Since the fish and shrimp that Lin Qi brought back were gone, after a hard day's work, all they had to eat was either coarse grain rice and wild vegetables, or coarse grain cakes and wild vegetables. They were dry and sore to the throat, tasteless, and difficult to swallow.

"Setting traps and hunting." Lin Qi said. She always had a reason for coming home late every day.

Jian Tongyi was surprised. "With the speed at which your old ox pulls the plow, you can still hunt!"

Lin Qi had no expression on her face. "I can't hit you."

Jane choked, "Then why do you smell like meat?"

"I waited for four days and finally got it: a rabbit." Lin Qi said.

When Jane heard the word rabbit, her mouth watered. "You ate the whole rabbit by yourself?"

"There's still half left, hidden in the mountains." Lin Qi said.

"I'll take the other half and I'll give you three dollars." Jane said.

"It's free. Let's eat together. Help me fetch the bath water." Lin Qi said.

"Deal." Jian Yitong agreed quickly.

Lin Qi didn't have a rabbit in her hands, but she knew where there was one. Today, when she was planting vegetables in the mountains, she found a wild rabbit's nest.

She had just hunted a wild boar and had no shortage of meat. She wanted to keep the nest of rabbits and catch them later when she needed meat, but Jane Yitong came looking for her.

She came home late every day and always had to give the educated youth an explanation.

It just so happened that it was her turn to cook dinner tomorrow, and she could just have a snack at the educated youth center openly.