Shen Yu'an packed up his things in the tent and hurried out. Before he knew it, it was already so late.
People came out of the tent one after another.
Shen Yu'an raised his head and looked upwards, but the light he could see was extremely weak because it was blocked by the intertwined branches and leaves.
The light coming through the leaves on the ground was swaying in bits and pieces.
Chen Yun walked out of another tent and looked upwards following Chen Yu'an's gaze.
Asked: "What method does Eucalyptus have to identify the direction?"
Everyone had not forgotten what Shen Yu'an said last night about having a solution, and everyone's eyes were focused on her.
Shen Rong suddenly remembered a method he had seen in a book about determining the direction based on the growth rings of a tree stump.
Then he asked, "But can we tell the direction of eucalyptus according to the direction of tree growth?"
Then he continued to talk to himself: "But we didn't see any broken tree stumps when we came in, and these trees are so big that it's not convenient to cut down one."
Shen Yu'an naturally thought of this method, but just like her father said, it was not convenient to rely on this method in this forest.
So she was talking about several other methods, and Shen Yu'an directly told her his own method.
"No need to look for tree stumps, just look at the shadows on the ground."
Everyone looked towards where Shen Yu'an was pointing.
The shadows of branches and leaves on the ground were swaying constantly.
Old Mrs. Shen asked anxiously, "An'an, don't keep us in suspense. Tell us now."
Chen Yu'an smiled and continued, "Don't worry, grandma. It should be around 9:00 p.m. now. The sun is rising in the northeast, so the direction of the shadow is southwest. Look carefully at the shadow on the ground."
Everyone looked again and found that the dim shadows were slanting in one direction.
After they arrived at the woods yesterday, they were worried that someone would chase them, so they hurried on their way. By the time they realized something was wrong, it was already afternoon.
The sunlight was so weak that naturally no one noticed the method Shen Yu'an mentioned.
Now that Shen Yu'an brought it up, everyone feels that this is indeed a good method.
Shen Dalang looked at the shadow on the ground and said excitedly: "So that is the southwest direction."
"Yes." Shen Yu'an smiled and said, "There is also this stone. The moss grows lushly on this side, which means it is the north. We can follow the shadow cast by the sun to identify the direction, and then we can adapt to the situation at any time."
Everyone thought it was a good idea and couldn't wait to try it out.
Old Mrs. Shen was also very happy that they finally found the direction, but she still stopped the impatient people, "Even if we have to set off, we have to fill our stomachs first, and quickly pack up everything, we will set off soon."
Because of the excitement of finding the direction, no one made a fire to cook. After a simple meal, they loaded everything on the cart and set off.
Originally they had emptied a cart and an ox cart, but Mr. Zhang was reluctant to throw away the cart, so he took some of the things from the other two ox carts and loaded them up.
It takes strength for a ox to pull a cart, but when there are fewer things on it, it doesn't take that much effort.
Everyone took turns pushing the cart, and occasionally they could ride on the ox cart to continue their journey.
They were heading towards the southwest, so they just had to follow the direction of the shadow on the ground. When the sun reached the other side in the afternoon, they would walk in the other direction of the shadow.
Everyone was so busy getting on their way that they forgot about time for a moment.
Fortunately, they did not get lost this time. They marked the road they had walked and did not return to the same place.
When they stopped again, they were forced to stop.
Liu Lang held the candy that Shen Yu'an gave him in his hand, but he was reluctant to eat it.
He sat on the edge of the cart and swung his legs leisurely.
But when the cart reached a big tree, in the blink of an eye, Liu Lang found that the candy he had just held in his hand was gone.
He thought he had dropped it accidentally, and searched for it for a long time but couldn't find it. Finally, he couldn't hold back his sadness and burst into tears.
“Woo woo woo.”
Everyone looked towards him and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
Liu Lang was so sad that he looked at Shen Yu'an and cried, "Sister, the candy you just gave me is gone!!!"
Liu Lang's cries echoed throughout the forest.
Shen Yu'an paused. Liu Lang's sadness was so penetrating that he believed everyone present felt his sadness.
When Xiao Zhang heard Liu Lang's crying and shouting in the carriage, she thought something had happened and was so scared that she quickly lifted the curtain.
As a result, Liu Lang was heard crying to Shen Yu'an that the candy was gone.
Xiao Zhang smiled and said, "Have you already eaten one and want to ask your sister for another one?"
Otherwise, the candy in your hand would disappear in an instant.
Liu Lang cried even more sadly. He felt that no one understood his sadness.
Just a moment ago, he was holding the candy in his hand, then he felt something grabbing his hand, and when he lowered his head again, the candy was gone.
Yes! Someone took the candy from him!
He wiped away his tears and looked around him.
But there was no one else on the cart except him.
Just when his mind was full of question marks, a piece of candy wrapper floated down from above and landed right in Liu Lang's hand.
"Hic~ Huh?!!!"
His candy…candy wrapper!
Everyone looked at the falling candy wrappers and raised their heads in shock.
“Squeak~”
“Chirp~”
The treetops shook, and everyone looked up and saw more than thirty monkeys squatting on the treetops.
One of the monkeys was holding a milky white object in his hand and was trying to put it into his mouth.
"My candy, it stole my candy!" Liu Lang shouted at the monkey.
When the group of monkeys saw that Shen Yu'an and his friends had discovered them, they were not afraid. Instead, they swayed back and forth on the branches above their heads and squeaked.
Liu Lang watched helplessly as the monkey put his candy into his mouth, and he was so angry that he jumped off the cart and jumped up.
"You bad guy, give my candy back to me!"
“Squeak~squeak~”
More than thirty monkeys shouted together, the sound was so loud that it made people want to cover their ears.
The monkey king who had snatched Liu Lang's candy looked at him triumphantly, broke off a small branch from the tree and threw it at him.
The other monkeys followed suit and broke off small branches from the trees and threw them at the Shen family.
The Shen family was caught off guard and were hit hard.
They wanted to drive these naughty monkeys away, but the monkeys seemed to be against them and kept squeaking and throwing branches down.
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