Chapter 55: Second Chapter: Sincerity

After a while, Han Jing came back and brought back good news.

He panted and said, "With Ye Yu here, we can climb Nanshan, but whether the forest ranger Wang Shu is happy to see us is up to him. We can't force our way in."

Xu Fei and Hua Feifei: "That's great!"

Ye Yu was a little surprised that the captain agreed to this. In fact, this had very little to do with her.

The captain has always been concerned about the old forest ranger. It is rare to see him pay attention to a young person. He also hopes that the forest ranger can have another acquaintance to deal with. Besides, the other three educated youth are kind, young and energetic, and they may really add some different colors to the forest ranger's life.

As for the issue of safety, from the moment the wild boar appeared, he had absolute trust in Ye Yu.

Ye Yu didn't really trust herself, so she asked again: "Are you sure you want to go? Or now?"

"right!"

The three of them answered in unison.

All right, after the four of them finished their meal, they headed towards Nanshan. The sparrow flew skillfully to Ye Yu's shoulder and stood firmly.

Young people are full of energy. They were complaining of fatigue last night, and they complained of muscle soreness this morning. The next moment, they were out hiking for a sudden goal.

Nanshan is really high.

Nanshan is also really difficult to walk on, far from being comparable to Dongshan and Xishan. Soon after entering Nanshan, when you look up, you will see trees of different heights and thicknesses, and when you look down, you will see bushes and grasses of different heights and thicknesses.

If you are not careful, you may get a cut.

Besides, it is snowing now. The snow hanging on the branches, especially the pine trees, looks like a string of natural small ice crystals. It is indeed beautiful, but the snow on the ground is not so pleasing.

It's slippery even on flat ground, let alone on steep mountain roads. It's even more slippery and if you're not careful you might step into a snow pit and be unable to get out.

If Ye Yu hadn't been there, they might not even be able to find the direction and would have been lost in the deep snow forest. They finally understood why the villagers they met on the road showed such disbelief when they learned that their goal was Nanshan.

"Still leaving?"

"Walk."

“Never give up, never give up.”

"Come on, come on, victory is just ahead."

The three of them were in such a bad state that falling into pits was a common occurrence. As long as they were not in real danger of their lives, Ye Yu basically ignored them.

But none of them really gave up, not even Hua Feifei, who looked the most daring and could sink half of her body into the water (is this an exaggeration?).

Before setting off, Hua Feifei boasted that she could run to the top of the mountain in one breath. But when she actually got on the road, she started to cry again. Her eyes turned red, tears were streaming down her face, and her mouth was weeping. However, her body still climbed up with her hands and feet, and she climbed out of another pit without realizing it.

Xu Fei and Han Jing also had bitter faces. While Han Jing was busy taking care of himself, he did not forget to lend a hand to his two companions who were even more destitute.

Hard work and perseverance may really be the characteristics of this era. It is not just Hua Feifei and the other two people. Many people nowadays have this characteristic. They are supported by a spirit of never giving up.

Ye Yu suddenly felt that learning martial arts might really be suitable for people of this era.

The end of the world is for survival, this era is for ideals. After a few decades, people's material conditions will be abundant, but their average physical fitness will decline sharply, and the same is true for their spirits. Various psychological problems will emerge one after another, so that more than 300 years later, when facing the end of the world due to natural disasters, half of them will be caused by human beings destroying themselves.

For people who practice martial arts, talent is important, diligence is important, and mental state is also important.

If this is a test, then congratulations to them, they have passed the first level.

The three people who passed the first level did not know that they were still climbing up, either using crutches, or using their hands and feet, or supporting each other.

During this time, Ye Yu did not give them much time to rest or think. She moved through the woods like an elf, and whenever they arrived under her tree, she would have jumped to the tree in front.

Finally she stopped.

I only heard her say:

"It's time for lunch."

Yes, for Ye Yu, at any time, nothing in the world is more important than eating.

The other three could finally take a break.

Ye Yu's cooking skills in the kitchen are average, but her outdoor skills are definitely something that Hua Feifei can't match.

First, she found a place with relatively open terrain, and the trees of different heights were far away. The shrubs, vines, and weeds on the ground had been cleared away.

Several fires had been lit in the middle, with wood that could be used as barbecue grills placed on all sides. Three wooden bowls were hung from one of the fires.

There was boiling water in each wooden bowl, bubbling with white steam.

When did Comrade Ye Yu build such a platform in such a short time that he even managed to light a fire? It is extremely difficult to light a fire in the ice and snow, okay?

As the three of them warmed themselves around the hot stove, all three of them had the same dazed look on their faces.

As for lunch?

Of course it can't be just a simple cookie.

Ye Yu would feel that eating only mixed-grain cakes in the mountains was an insult to his own fighting power.

The other three people watched numbly as several stones or branches flew out of Ye Yu's hand and sparrows fell down one by one.

"Chirp, chirp!" The food storage bird was not sad about this. When it saw the campfire, the whole bird became very excited. It flew high and low around the campfire, not afraid of falling down and becoming a roasted sparrow.

Ye Yu quickly disappeared from their sight again. After a while, when she came back, she had one, two, three, four, five wild rabbits and a wild deer in her hands.

!!!

Is this hunting speed really scientific?

Processing wild game is a common thing for Ye Yu. Her gathering skills are at SSS level.

There is no need to process sparrows, mainly because there is not much meat on them. Just skewer them like the kids in the village do and throw them into the fire to roast, then tear off the meat and eat it when the time comes.

As for the rest, they would first pour boiling hot water from a wooden bowl onto the prey, and then a dagger would appear from nowhere, and with a flash of sword, they would pluck out the prey's hair and rip open its belly.

Han Jing, Xu Fei and Hua Feifei's only task was to tend to the fire. Of course, with their current physical strength, they couldn't help much.

By the time they came to their senses, Ye Yu had already dealt with the prey cleanly.

Then he took out a bamboo tube from his waist.

This bamboo tube is not just a simple bamboo tube, but a simple mechanism. Several sections are hollowed out inside, and there is a movable bamboo piece on it that fits tightly together. When the bamboo piece is opened, salt, chili powder, pepper powder and other seasonings inside are revealed.

!!!

???

Is this how bamboo tubes are used?

I had planned to bring seasonings up the mountain.

After processing the prey for the second time, Ye Yu hung them one by one on the top of the campfire.

After a while, the sizzling aroma of meat began to attack everyone's sense of smell, and their stomachs began to growl.

The mixed-grain cakes or steamed buns and sparrow meat that you bring with you are used to satisfy your hunger at this time.

Hua Feifei, Han Jing, and Xu Fei were very surprised that each of them could get a roasted sparrow. They looked a little dreamy as they tore the roasted sparrow meat into shreds.

This may be related to Ye Yu's philosophy. She felt bad, but she was okay with her teammates fighting together in the wild. The bonfire in the snow made her recall the good times when they fought together and depended on each other in the apocalypse.

Yes, even at the end of the world, human nature can bloom into bright flowers, and human memories are not all black and gray. Those good memories are all related to people.

Humans are really strange creatures. Sometimes they are terribly evil, and sometimes they are miraculously good.

There was a time when Ye Yu could only see the evil in human nature and thought that the world was hopelessly awful. However, there were always some rare and wonderful things that made her look at things with new eyes. Although she could not become a saint, the word saint should not be laughed at, and people who live for their ideals deserve respect.

We are not going to discuss such complicated philosophy here.

Of course there was another important reason. Ye Yu felt that even if he shared some of the prey with Han Jing and the others, their stomachs would not be able to hold much.

No matter how you prepare barbecue outdoors, it is difficult to avoid the fishy smell, not to mention that they only prepared it simply. But this was an era of food shortage, and they had been hungry for so long, so they were simply too happy to be able to take big bites of the sizzling, greasy meat.

In the icy snow, there is such a fire and such meat. After drinking a little soup, the whole person is warmed up. From the hair to the soles of the feet, there is a word written on it -

satisfy!

After Ye Yu had devoured all the rest like a whirlwind, Han Jing, who had recovered his strength first, began to take the initiative to undertake the aftermath work. Even in the cold winter, forest fire prevention is very important, and the bonfire must be completely extinguished.

Keep going.

The road ahead was no easier than the previous one, but the gazes of several people became more determined.

Finally, when they saw the top of Nanshan Mountain, Han Jing, Xu Fei and Hua Feifei were so moved that they almost burst into tears. Turning around again, the snow-covered scene appeared before their eyes. Looking down at the entire Wangjiagou, their mood suddenly brightened.

The three of them roared and called out toward the mountain, and sang a chorus of "Ode to the Red Plum Blossoms", the echoes of which spread across the mountain.

"We are probably the only ones who can climb high and see far in the snow." Xu Fei couldn't help but brag about himself.

But not everyone has to pay for their emotions.

The cabin on the top of the mountain was closed, and the owner of the cabin did not seem to welcome visitors.

Because of Ye Yu's previous story, Han Jing and the others knew that the forest ranger was there, but just didn't want to see them. Without a doubt, they were all very disappointed and immediately became depressed.

Han Jing, Xu Fei, and Hua Feifei knocked on the door in turn and politely expressed their purpose.

But the wooden door remained motionless, and apart from the chirping of birds in the forest, the only sounds were their own.

Han Jing, Xu Fei, and Hua Feifei looked at Ye Yu, who was sitting on a tree with her arms folded, gazing into the distance, as if she didn't see their embarrassment and requests for help.

“…”

After a while, they had to decide to return.

Han Jing is indeed the little sun. He persuaded Xu Fei and Hua Feifei: "Just to see this snow scene, our trip is not in vain."

Hua Feifei, Xu Fei:

"right."

“The process itself is magnificent.”

Perhaps their remarks are a bit self-deceptive, but the premise is that they really think so and are able to soothe their own and their companions' emotions well.

Ye Yu curled his lips and looked towards the cabin.