As soon as Ningxia opened her eyes, she was frightened by the two faces in front of her. The moment her pupils dilated, Ningxia was speechless and choked. She closed her eyes tightly and gritted her teeth, "What are you two doing?"
Sangsang smiled and approached Ningxia to play with her short hair. Lin Yi looked disapproving and said, "Sister Xia Xia, why didn't you wait for me to put up the curtains?"
Ningxia pinched Sangsang's skinny face and pushed her away. It was not a pleasant thing to have a deep sleep interrupted by two burning gazes. She said impatiently, "What do you care? I enjoy it."
Lin Yi held his sister's hand and said helplessly, "Breakfast is ready, Sister Xia Xia, you can eat after washing your face."
"Hmph." Ningxia snorted lightly, feeling a little overconfident. She sat down and let the brother and sister serve her busily.
After breakfast, Ningxia took the brother and sister back to the master bedroom. She pulled out the box under the bed and moved the four-piece set that was originally placed there into the closet. When Lin Yi saw what was inside, he was surprised.
"Sister Xia Xia, what is this?"
It contained all the weapons Ningxia had on hand: a machete, a machete, and the large dagger she often used. The exquisite dagger with the word "Xiang" engraved on it that she had found in the cabin was also inside. Ningxia took it out and handed it to Lin Yi, "This one is yours."
Lin Yi took it, a little at a loss as to where he should put it.
"It's not like you don't have a knife sheath. I'll sew a calf sheath for you later and you can just put it on." Ningxia took out another cloth bag.
Spread out, there was a military crossbow, two pistols, and several large boxes of bullets. These were the ones that Mu Yuanqing and Chen Jin had snatched from them. Next to it was a hand crossbow, even smaller than the military crossbow, which had been left behind by the squad leader and his men.
She also asked Xiaojie to carve a lot of wooden arrows for her, but unfortunately time was too tight and she went to patrol the mountains before she could ask them to teach Lin Yiren.
Ningxia happened to have some time now, so she planned to take him around to get familiar with the place.
She handed the crossbow to Lin Yi and took the military crossbow herself, "Here, let's go up the mountain today. I'll teach you how to use it. Sangsang also wants to learn."
Lin Yi pursed his lips, his eyes full of excitement. Thinking of Ningxia's marksmanship, even if he didn't understand much, he knew that it was not an easy task to shoot a bullet into the eyes of a constantly moving brown bear.
"Sister Xia Xia, who did you learn your marksmanship from? It's really amazing. Can I do that with a crossbow?"
Ningxia was silent for a long while, then she lowered her eyes and smiled, "I learned it from a brother. He's a member of the coalition army, and he's very skilled with a spear. If there's another chance... I'd like to introduce you to each other."
Sangsang tilted his head, "Coalition forces? Like Uncle Urine?" The kid couldn't tell the difference between n and l, and kept calling Lao Liao Uncle Urine.
Ningxia smiled even more happily. She raised her hand and touched Sangsang's head, her eyes full of tiny lights. "Yes, it's someone like Uncle Liao, but younger and more handsome than Uncle Liao." At this point, Ningxia couldn't help laughing out loud. Mo Guanshan was indeed handsome, at least in her opinion. She calmed herself down and changed the subject. "Let's go up the mountain!"
After leading the mule from the forest back to the yard, the three of them went out, laughing. Lin Yi kept the key to the iron chain lock on the yard gate in his trouser pocket. He also found a rope to pass the key through and tied it around his waistband for double protection. Ningxia laughed at this. How different was this from the old man strolling in the park before the disaster?
Ningxia was carrying a backpack, which she had found at home. It looked more like a handicraft than a farm tool. There was a cute bird woven into the dyed bamboo.
"Xia Xia! So many flowers!" Sangsang exclaimed in surprise, pulling Ningxia's sleeve.
Ningxia followed Sangsang's gaze and saw that there was a mountain behind the house. On the left side there was a depression full of lavender. She had seen it on the first day she arrived.
A touch of light purple embellishes the emerald green, which makes people feel better.
"When we finish our housework, we can pick some and dry them to make sachets. They can also repel mosquitoes."
Sangsang sniffed hard upon hearing this, "But Xia Xia, I don't smell anything."
Lin Yi touched Sangsang's head and said, "Of course you can't smell it if you're standing upwind. You'll be able to smell it when the wind blows over from that direction."
"All right."
The three of them walked and talked, and soon they reached the foot of the mountain. Ningxia looked at the large pine forest in front of him and was a little surprised. This large area was full of treasures.
There is a pine forest at the foot of the mountain. The only way to go up the mountain is through the forest. The tall pine trees are one after another. The sunlight can only shine down a little when it finds the right angle. The whole forest is dark and mysterious.
Ningxia found a small stick and handed one to Lin Yi, one in front and one behind, with Sangsang in the middle.
A team of three set off. The forest floor was covered with pine needles, which made Ningxia itchy. After the scorching sun month was over, she must pick up a lot of them and store them. They would be very useful for starting a fire in winter!
"Xia Xia! There are mushrooms!" Sangsang said as she was about to run away, but Ningxia quickly grabbed her.
"We agreed not to run around. What if there's a snake on the ground?"
Sangsang waved her little fist, her sweet voice tinged with ferocity, "Catch it! Eat it!"
It was obvious that at her age, Sangsang couldn't quite grasp the idea that a snake bite could kill her. Ningxia and Lin Yi exchanged a glance, neither knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Following Sangsang's finger, he really saw a mushroom-shaped object hidden in the pine needles. It was strange. Where did the mushroom come from in such a hot day? Ningxia walked over.
As I got closer, I saw it was actually Ganoderma! It was bright red, with a thin, curved stem beneath the flat mushroom. I dug it up in Ningxia and didn't pay much attention to it.
This thing is actually not rare, and its medicinal value is not high, but since you have seen it, there is no big deal in picking it.
"Sangsang saw it, Sangsang, keep it yourself." Ningxia handed the Ganoderma lucidum to Sangsang and didn't take care of it anymore.
The little girl was very curious and thought the "mushroom" was beautiful. She held it in her hands like a treasure all the way.
Several people climbed up the slope in the forest, and soon they gradually saw other trees, but Ningxia didn't recognize any of them.
"Sister Xia Xia, I hear the sound of water." Lin Yi held Sangsang's hand and called Ningxia who was chopping thorns vigorously in front. They had been in the mountains for almost two hours. They spent more time chopping thorns than walking, and the road was not easy to walk on.
Ningxia stopped what she was doing and listened carefully. Sure enough, she could hear the intermittent sound of running water. She immediately changed direction and said, "I heard it too. Let's go and take a look."
I don't know what happened, but this area was full of thorns. Ningxia took a long time to cut through the weeds, and even his gloves were cut twice.
To their surprise, they did not see any river or stream, but could only hear the sound of water, which seemed to be quite large.
"Sangsang, stop looking, it's on the ground." Ningxia looked at Sangsang's little face twisting and turning to look for the water flow with amusement, and kindly reminded him.
Upon hearing this, Sangsang actually lay on the ground and listened intently, "Xia Xia, it's really in the field!"
Ningxia pulled her up. It seemed the water from the top had washed out a hole in the middle. You know, the mountain is not like cultivated land. The middle is solid, with many hard rocks.
"When the water breaks through the surface of the land, there will be streams here."
Sangsang and Lin Yi nodded.
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