Chapter 54: First Step into Martial Arts

I don’t feel lonely when I go back to the educated youth center.

The kang in the east room was always burning, and four fluffy little friends nestled 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. He didn't even bother to go out of the yard to greet them as usual.

Yes, quarrel.

Two of the three little yellow chicks that hatched looked exactly the same and were difficult to tell apart. One was a little bigger, not only that, but it had a big appetite and was very lively. It was only shortly after being born, but it even dared to provoke the stored food that was flying around.

Two kings do not see the king.

"The object resembles its owner. No. 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 at the beginning. 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 egg shell, and it was a hen. Ye Yu deeply suspected that it was the same as the sparrow. Although it did not peck at the alien beast meat, it was caressed by her many times, especially after its first advancement.

“…”

Are the potential of animals in peacetime so amazing?

Or is it that the reason why Ye Yu couldn't raise normal chickens in the apocalyptic base was due to her own character?

No way. Absolutely not.

Fortunately, the sun has not changed yet, and Chicken No. 1 cannot truly evolve into a beast like the sparrow. Its physical qualities have only changed to a certain extent, making it easier to raise and perhaps even lay more eggs. That’s why Ye Yu did not humanely destroy it.

While thinking, he did not 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 always respond even when they are quarreling. It has developed a knee-jerk reaction.

Hua Feifei was not happy about being classified as one of the four evils. Even though this sparrow was extremely smart, it was a chatterbox. It shook its head and said, "They are mainly raised by you, so they should be part of your character."

The more he spoke, the less confident he became.

Chicken No. 2, No. 3 and the little sparrow can't see Ye Yu's appearance at all. Instead, the sparrow looks a bit... wow wow wow, I can't think about it anymore.

Han Jing and Xu Fei 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 persimmon cakes and chestnuts. Ye Yu packed up the rest and had another portion of barbecue.

Then everyone went back to their rooms.

Compared with the first day at the educated youth point, Ye Yu's room has changed a lot, with many more traces of life.

In addition to the original hardwood bed, there is also a very eye-catching mahogany wardrobe.

The upper layer is folded with some trophies such as tiger skins and mink wool, mainly a few exotic beast skins obtained in the future apocalypse, which can be used as replacement pads or quilts, mainly for warmth. The middle layer uses homemade hangers to hang the few clothes and pants. The bottom layer has two bamboo baskets filled with some small miscellaneous items.

There is a multi-layered storage rack against the wall. On the top are toiletries, and on the lower layers are some rabbit skins that have been processed and dried. Ye Yu's craftsmanship is not good, and there is no one with good skills at the educated youth center. It is winter and he has free time, so he plans to take the skins to ask Sister Guihua to help make clothes for him one day.

There are some cloth bags hanging on the wall, with snacks such as dried meat or dried radish hanging inside, which can simply prevent annoying animals such as mice.

It’s not that Ye Yu can’t store them all in the space, but she also can’t cram everything into the space. She has to learn to leave 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 children. She felt that she had made great progress by managing the room to its current state, and that the PDST in the apocalypse was not that serious.

This is 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 one cannot change drastically in front of acquaintances. In addition, the small space in the large courtyard 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 were 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 fell heavier each time, and the sky and the earth were covered with white.

Ye Yu teleported to the east room, and then walked around outside the west room to make sure the fire on the kang was burning. He then helped to add some more fire, and then returned to the bed.

Zzz…

The next day the snow lessened but did not stop completely, and the temperature dropped sharply again.

The cold air that hits you in the face when you go out in the morning can blow you away. The breath you exhale is all white, and your hair and eyebrows are soon covered with a thin layer of white frost.

"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, the water would evaporate and dry up the next day. If you didn't apply clam oil on your lips, hands, feet, face and even ears exposed to the elements, they would freeze and crack. It took Xu Fei and Hua Feifei, who were from Xiangjiang and Shanghai, a long time to adapt.

Washing your face with cold water in the morning is equivalent to rapid suicide, 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 up, each person could drink one or two bowls of spicy ginger soup to drive away the 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 boiled 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?"

Cotton shirt + 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 sunken. He immediately went back to the room and changed into a pair of rubber shoes. When people's adaptability to the environment is different, such oolongs are easy to 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?"

Elm leaves:

"impossible."

Unless they also traveled to the future apocalypse, or the solar movement arrived early, neither of these is good news.

The three of them were visibly disappointed, and they really looked like little animals with droopy ears.

"But," Ye Yu changed the subject and turned his gaze towards the three people, looking them up and down, assessing their aptitude, and replied, "It is still possible to train to be as good as the village forest ranger."

"Forest Ranger?"

"Who is a forest ranger? Are there any forest rangers in the village?"

"On the way here the day the captain mentioned that he seemed to live in Nanshan and rarely came down."

"He just fell that day. Ye Yu said so. Isn't this forest ranger the legendary folk expert?"

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. Under the enticement 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 flavorful. I added soybean oil yesterday and a little bit of homemade meat sauce. It is delicious whether it is light or spicy.

If Ye Yu felt that the scallion noodles were not enough, there was also meat, sweet potatoes and mixed-grain steamed buns in the pot.

At this time, the captain sent people to Xishan, Dongshan and Nanshan to inform all team members that except for a few special posts 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 to 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 the expert forest ranger on 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 before? Then how do you know he's so powerful?"

Ye Yu replied: "We had several exchanges."

Hua Feifei swallowed her saliva and asked cautiously: "It's not a fight, is it?"

"No, they were all fighting from a distance." Seeing that there was still a clear stupidity in the eyes of the three men, Ye Yu simply described the exciting chase with the forest ranger on the first night, and his words were full of admiration for the forest ranger.

“…”

"???"

"!!!"

They only knew that Ye Yu might hunt at night, but they didn't know that she would also run all over the mountains and fields at night. Moreover, there was 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 the ranger?

He seems to be 68 years old, which is considered old, right? Yet he is still so strong.

More importantly, I learned from Ye Yu that they might be as powerful and awesome as the old man.

Han Jingsan wanted to immediately worship Ye Yu or the forest ranger as his teacher, and it was imperative to visit the folk master forest ranger.

"The captain knows the forest ranger. I'll go ask him."

Han Jing finished the remaining noodles in a few moves, dropped his bowl and ran away.

Very fast.