"Wife, take the children and clean up the area under the tree first. I'll take Yiyi to find some suitable stones for the stove."
"Okay, then you two go." Zhang took the big broom from the donkey cart and began to sweep the ground under the tree.
She swept the pebbles into a pile, and the three Yun brothers threw the piles of pebbles far away. After Zhang had cleared the sleeping and cooking areas, she stopped cleaning up.
She asked Big Brother Yun and his two younger brothers to lay out the sleeping mats. She then helped to move the dining table from the car. Then, she also took the pots, pans, and other utensils for tonight's cooking and prepared them.
Butcher Yun led Yun Yiyi through the woods until they came to a place full of stones. The two of them went their separate ways to look for suitable stones.
Yun Yiyi looked at the stones, large and small, feeling a bit perplexed. She rubbed her chin and thought for a moment before deciding to find a large stone and break it in two. This would be the fastest way.
Yun Yiyi began to walk around the area, and when she came to a small hill, she found a large rock, half of which was exposed and half was buried in the soil.
Yun Yiyi put down the stick, bent down, and, holding the stone with both hands, began to pull. At first, the stone didn't budge. Unconvinced, Yun Yiyi stood up and rubbed her hands against it. Then, she bent down again, holding the stone with both hands, and pulled with all her might.
Good, the stone was finally pulled out. Yun Yiyi walked around the stone. She found it was a bit large, but she also found that the bottom of the stone was very flat and stable on the ground. Yun Yiyi took the stick and hit the back half of the stone.
Yun Yiyi used a bit too much force, and the stone she knocked down broke into several pieces. Fortunately, the stone she had deliberately knocked down was not needed. Yun Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, Yun Yiyi hit the middle of the stone with a stick and successfully split the stone into two pieces of similar size. Yun Yiyi looked at her results and was very satisfied.
"Dad, I have two suitable stones here." Yun Yiyi shouted to Yun the butcher in the distance.
After hearing this, Butcher Yun hurried over. He also saw two stones of similar size on the ground. He looked at Yun Yiyi in surprise, who was holding a stick.
"Yiyi, you are really quick. I just found a suitable stone. Together with the two stones you found, it is just enough to build the stove." Yun the butcher said happily.
"Dad, I tell you, don't just look for suitable stones directly in the future. The stones here are either too big or too small. It's too difficult to find them. You'd better turn the big stones into small stones like me, which will be faster." Yun Yiyi said, pointing to the stones on the ground.
"Yiyi's little brain is still quick. Let's carry the stones back first, and then take the basket to find firewood." After saying this, Yun the butcher moved a stone from the ground, and Yun Yiyi rushed to move the remaining stone.
Butcher Yun walked back, carried the stones he had found, and returned to the woods with Yun Yiyi.
"Mom, I've brought the stones back for you. I've put them here for you. Please let my second brother build the stove. I'll go with Dad to collect firewood." Yun Yiyi said as she walked back, holding her stick.
"Okay, Mom got it. When you go out, follow your dad closely. Don't run around." Zhang hurriedly instructed.
"I understand, Mom. I will take care of Yiyi. Don't worry." said Brother Yun, who was walking at the back.
Butcher Yun led Yun Yiyi and the others through the pile of rocks and into the woods above.
The trees in the woods were not very thick, so Yun the butcher would kick them. Often, after a few kicks, a tree would fall down.
Yun Yiyi watched from the side, finding it quite amusing. She gave a powerful kick to a nearby tree. It fell. Yun Yiyi then wandered through the woods, searching for smaller, thinner trees. These could be burned directly without having to chop them into smaller pieces with an axe.
In a short while, Yun Yiyi had kicked over thirty trees. She glanced back and realized she was about two hundred meters away from Yun the Butcher. She glanced at Yun the Butcher, Big Brother Yun, and Third Brother Yun, who were still busy gathering firewood, and then quietly walked forward.
She noticed that the further she went, the thicker the trees became, and the higher the terrain became. After walking another two hundred meters, she found herself facing a rocky cliff. Yun Yiyi looked up and saw that the cliff was very high, estimated to be over thirty meters high.
Yun Yiyi walked around the base of the cliff for fifty meters. She realized it was too large and probably extended a long way. Fearing that Yun the Butcher might come looking for her, she turned back.
Suddenly, Yun Yiyi felt something was amiss. She took a few steps back, crouched before a large, slightly damp rock, and examined it carefully. The rock jutted out from the cliff. Beneath it was dirt, but unusually, it was damp.
Yun Yiyi grabbed a handful of dirt. It was wet and sticky. She looked up and saw some green ferns growing on the dirt. "Hmm, that's where the weird part is. After walking in the woods for so long, the dirt is still so loose that it flies everywhere if you step on it."
However, the soil here is damp and black in color. There are also green plants growing next to it. This is really strange.
Yun Yiyi became interested. She first found a slightly pointed stone in the woods. Then, she used the stone to dig into the damp soil. The soil was a bit sticky, so it was difficult to dig with the stone.
Yun Yiyi simply threw the stone aside and started digging with her hands. After Yun Yiyi dug up all the wet soil, she found that she had actually dug a small pit, which was not big, about 20 centimeters long.
When they dug to the bottom, there was no soil left, only rocks. Yun Yiyi noticed a small amount of water bubbling up from the soil near the cliff. She turned around and dug out all the soil under the large rocks near the cliff.
Yun Yiyi finally discovered that the water was a small stream coming out of the stone. Yun Yiyi looked at the stone wall where the water was flowing and laughed happily. She felt that she was lucky to find water in this way.
Yun Yiyi hurriedly enlarged the small hole below to collect the water. She stopped when it was about 60 centimeters long. The water flow wasn't too strong, so she estimated she could collect two buckets of water in an hour.
Yun Yiyi looked around and found no one. She turned and went into the space to wash her hands. Not daring to stay any longer, she quickly left the space.
She looked down and saw that the bottom of the puddle was already filled with water. The outside of the puddle was muddy, the inside was a stone wall, and the bottom was also a stone wall, so the water in the puddle was very turbid. Yun Yiyi put her hand into the puddle and led the water from the space into the puddle. She stopped when the puddle was almost full.
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