Chapter 54: First Step into Martial Arts
Going back to the educated youth site doesn’t make me feel lonely and isolated.
The kang in the east room was always burning, and the four fluffy little guys huddled in this warm room.
At this moment, the sparrow was quarreling with one of the little yellow chickens, and was a little addicted to it, so much so that it didn't bother to go out of the yard to greet them as usual.
Yes, quarrel.
Of the three little yellow chickens that hatched, two looked exactly the same and were difficult to tell apart. One was a little bit bigger. Not only that, it had a big appetite and was lively. Not long after it was born, it even dared to challenge the flying food reserves.
Two kings do not see each other.
"The creature resembles its owner. Number 1 is so strong and lively, it looks a lot like Ye Yu." Hua Feifei joked. In fact, she couldn't tell the difference between the chickens No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 that were originally named. She just subconsciously thought that this chicken was the largest and should be No. 1.
Her intuition was right.
Little yellow chicken No. 1 was the first to hatch from the eggshell, and it was a hen. Ye Yu deeply suspected that it was the same as the sparrow. Although it did not peck at the meat of the exotic beasts, it was stroked by her many times, especially after its first advancement.
“…”
Is the potential of animals so amazing in peacetime?
Or is it that the reason why Ye Yu couldn't raise normal chickens in the apocalyptic base was determined by her own character?
Impossible, absolutely impossible.
Fortunately, the sun has not changed yet. Chicken No. 1 cannot truly evolve into a monster like a sparrow. Its physical fitness has only changed to a certain extent, making it easier to raise. It may even lay more eggs. That's why Ye Yu did not humanely destroy it.
While thinking, he didn't forget to retort: "Chicken No. 2 and No. 3 are male, representing Han Jing and Xu Fei, so you are the reserve food."
"grumble."
When sparrows hear their own names, they still respond even when they are quarreling. It has developed a knee-jerk reaction.
Hua Feifei wasn't happy about being labeled one of the four pests. Even though the sparrow was incredibly clever, it was still a chatterbox. She shook her head and said, "They're primarily yours, so they should be a part of your personality."
The more he spoke, the less confident he became.
Chicken No. 2, No. 3 and the little sparrow couldn't see Ye Yu's appearance at all. Instead, the sparrow looked a little... wow, wow, I couldn't think about it anymore.
Han Jing and Xu Fei also didn't want to claim Little Yellow Chicken No. 1 and Little Yellow Chicken No. 2. They were not those soft little animals, they were eagles and tigers!
Let’s stop talking.
"Let's talk about what to eat tonight?" Xu Fei changed the subject stiffly.
After a day of walking, dinner was relatively simple.
The sweet potatoes and corn given by Captain Ding and Wang Wudi were enough for Han Jing and the other two, not to mention the dried persimmons and chestnuts. Ye Yu bought up all the leftovers and had another portion of barbecue.
Then everyone went back to their rooms.
Compared with the first day when he arrived at the educated youth point, Ye Yu's room has changed a lot, with many more signs of life.
In addition to the original hardwood bed, there is also an extremely eye-catching mahogany wardrobe.
The upper layer is folded with some tiger skins, mink fur and other spoils, mainly some exotic animal skins obtained in the future doomsday, which can be used as replacement pads or quilts, mainly for warmth. The middle layer uses homemade hangers to hang a few clothes and pants. The bottom layer has two bamboo baskets, which are filled with some small miscellaneous items.
There is a multi-layer storage rack against the wall. Toiletries are placed on the top, and some rabbit skins that have been processed and dried are placed on the lower layers. Ye Yu's craftsmanship is not good, and there are no skilled people at the educated youth camp. It is winter and he is free, so he plans to ask Sister Guihua to help him make clothes one day.
There are some cloth bags hanging on the wall, with snacks such as dried meat or dried radish inside, which can simply prevent annoying animals like mice.
It’s not that Ye Yu can’t store them all in the space, but she can’t cram everything into the space either. She has to learn to reserve some leftovers outside.
She learned to treat this room as a house where she would live for the next ten years, rather than a mobile hotel for homeless people. She felt that she had made great progress by being able to keep the room in its current state, and that the PDST in the apocalypse was not that serious.
This was also thanks to Hua Feifei, Han Jing and Xu Fei. They made Ye Yu feel the long-lost sense of security and allowed him to treat the educated youth site as a home rather than a guesthouse.
This is not to say that there is anything wrong with the Ye family, but they cannot change drastically in front of acquaintances. In addition, the small space of the slum makes people feel a little depressed. Going to the countryside and choosing Wangjiagou is the right thing to do.
Ye Yu simply packed up the things he brought back today and began his daily practice. After the practice, his body joints stretched a lot, and then he curled up in the warm quilt.
In the middle of the night, Ye Yu was awakened by a slight chill.
It's not that she is afraid of the cold, but her physiological sensitivity and psychological alertness to sudden changes in the surrounding temperature are quite high. In the early days of the apocalypse, many people lost their lives in their sleep without knowing it.
As soon as I opened the door, it was snowing again. The snow was getting heavier each time, and the sky and the earth were covered in white.
Ye Yu teleported to the east room, and then walked around outside the west room to make sure that the fire on the kang was burning. He helped to add some more fire, and then returned to bed.
Zzz…
The next day the snow lessened but didn't stop completely, and the temperature plummeted again.
When you go out in the morning, the cold air that hits you in the face can blow you away directly. The breath you exhale is all white, and your hair and eyebrows are covered with a thin layer of white frost in a short time.
"Yawn—"
Han Jing sneezed, and then two more sneezes came from next door.
It's really cold.
It was still dry and cold. If you put a basin of water in the house at night, it would evaporate completely the next day. If you didn't apply clam oil on your lips, hands, feet, face and even ears exposed to the outside, they would be frozen and cracked. This required Xu Fei and Hua Feifei, who were from Xiangjiang and Shanghai, to adapt for a long time.
Washing your face with cold water in the morning is equivalent to committing suicide in a hurry, while the process of evaporating water vapor and absorbing heat by washing your face with hot water is enough to refresh you.
Xu Fei, who was the first to get up, boiled a large pot of boiling water. In addition to washing, each person could drink one or two bowls of spicy ginger soup to dispel cold and dampness, which warmed the heart and stomach.
Although Ye Yu felt that this temperature was not a big problem, he still followed the crowd.
Following Hua Feifei's suggestion, the boiling ginger soup with some brown sugar and red dates tasted pretty good.
Hua Feifei really wanted to ignore it, but she couldn't. She lowered her eyes and stared at Ye Yu's round and plump toes in silence.
A faint question:
"Aren't you cold?"
Quilted jacket + cotton pants + open-toed straw sandals, is this outfit reasonable?
"It's cold." Ye Yu said something was wrong. It turned out that he didn't change into straw sandals and they were stuck. He went back to the room and changed into a pair of rubber shoes. When people have different adaptability to the environment, such little blunders can easily happen.
Hua Feifei's gaze shifted to her back again. There was a shadow, but at least it wasn't a ghost.
Han Jing was not as suspicious as Hua Feifei. He was very envious of Ye Yu's physique and skills. When she came out, he asked: "Is there any way for us to become as cold-resistant as you?"
Ye Yu:
"impossible."
Unless they also traveled to the end of the world in the future, or the solar movement came early, neither of these would be good news.
The three of them looked visibly disappointed, really like little animals with drooping ears.
"But," Ye Yu changed the subject and turned his gaze towards the three people, looking them up and down, assessing their physique, and replied, "It's still possible to train to be as good as the village forest ranger."
"Forest Ranger?"
"Who is the forest ranger? Is there a forest ranger in the village?"
"Didn't the captain mention on the way here that he seemed to live in Nanshan and rarely came down?"
"He was just focused on falling that day, and Ye Yu said so. Isn't this forest ranger the legendary folk master?"
While the three of them were chattering enthusiastically, Ye Yu had already picked up his bowl and started eating.
Thanks to a trip to Hongqi Village yesterday, they have flour in stock again. Today it is Hua Feifei's turn to cook. With the praise of her teammates, she likes to try new things more and more. Today's breakfast is scallion oil noodles.
The scallion oil noodles are really fragrant, and the hand-rolled noodles are very chewy. I added soybean oil yesterday and added a little bit of homemade meat sauce. It tastes very good whether it is light or spicy.
If Ye Yu’s scallion oil noodles are not enough, there is also meat, sweet potatoes, and multi-grain steamed buns in the pot.
At this moment, the team leader sent people to Xishan, Dongshan and Nanshan to inform all team members that except for a few special positions that needed to be rotated, no one would go to work today, which also meant that they would have a whole day of free time.
It’s always fun when you have a holiday.
Han Jing, Xu Fei, and Hua Feifei jumped up and down and cheered. It wasn't that they were childish (?), but moving around really helped to keep warm.
While eating noodles, we returned to the previous topic.
Hua Feifei asked, "Ye Yu, are you going up the mountain today? Can we go together? And visit that expert forest ranger along the way?"
Ye Yu's meat and grain stocks are currently very abundant, so he doesn't have any special plans for today. Apart from practicing and lying down, he really doesn't know what to do. It is not impossible to take Hua Feifei and the others up the mountain.
But the decision to visit the forest ranger was not hers, and she was not familiar with the forest ranger.
Unfamiliar?
"You've never dealt with him? Then why do you know he's so powerful?"
Ye Yu replied: "We've had a few exchanges."
Hua Feifei swallowed and asked cautiously, "Isn't this a fight?"
"No, they were all sparring from a distance." Seeing that there was still a clear stupidity in the eyes of the three men, Ye Yu briefly described the exciting chase with the ranger on the first night, and his words were full of admiration for the ranger.
“…”
“???”
“!!!”
They only knew that Ye Yu might hunt at night, but they didn't know she also ran all over the mountains and plains at night. And not only her, but there was actually someone in the village who could keep up with her pace? In such a cold winter?
How old is that ranger?
He seems to be 68 years old, which is considered old, right? He is so agile.
More importantly, I learned from Ye Yu that they might be as powerful and awesome as the old man.
Han Jing and the other two were eager to immediately worship Ye Yu or the forest ranger as their master, so it was imperative to visit the folk expert forest ranger.
"The captain knows the forest ranger. I'll go ask him."
Han Jing worked hard and finished the rest of the work in a few seconds, then dropped his bowl and ran away.
It's very fast.
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