It took about an incense stick of time to turn from the official road to the small road. The road began to slowly go up. The higher it went, the denser the bushes on the roadside became, and the road became narrower and narrower, barely enough for one car to pass.
Anyone driving a carriage would be extremely careful and would not dare to drive too fast for fear of accidentally overturning the carriage.
After they started to climb the mountain, Yang Dashan took over and drove the car for them.
The Yang family has a cow, who is very skilled at driving, much better than the half-baked Su Yin.
Walking on mountain roads is slow and the team is longer.
Su Yin looked at the trees on both sides around him. If he looked closely, he would find that the leaves of many bushes were turning yellow, which showed that the area was also very dry.
One advantage of being in the lush mountains is that you can block the scorching sun, but at the same time you will also be bitten by some mosquitoes.
Su Yin's arms and calves were covered with bites and had many large lumps, which were very itchy.
My second aunt handed me a simple palm-leaf fan, which was made from local materials and woven with vines and broad leaves.
"Yinyin, take this."
"Thank you, second aunt."
When the sun sets in the sky, the jungle becomes especially dark, and a faint light shines through the gaps between branches and leaves into the forest.
Li Zheng and Yang Dashu, who were walking in the front, found a relatively spacious place before stopping.
"Rest here tonight."
As soon as Yang Lizheng spoke, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Many people were extremely tired and now they could finally rest.
Everyone looked for a place to sleep. Su Yin found a relatively flat place, cut the surrounding bushes, threw away some protruding stones on the ground, and spread out straw mats from the car. After the sleeping place was set up, Su Yin took out sulfur powder from his bag and sprinkled some around.
My aunt-in-law came over with some mugwort, "Xiaoyin, use this to fumigate and drive away the mosquitoes. Put it aside before you go to bed at night."
"Thank you, aunt."
"You're welcome."
Su Yin lit the mugwort and placed it in their camp, and indeed, the number of mosquitoes surrounding them decreased a lot.
Su's mother set up a simple stove and prepared to cook. Su Baozhu went to the nearby forest to collect firewood, while her little cousin and little Yang Gui were responsible for feeding the cows and mules.
Everyone is busy, from adults to children, no one eats for free, and everyone is doing everything within their ability.
Su Yin walked forward and took out some dried meat from the package. Just as she was about to hand it to Su's mother, she saw Su's mother grab the discounted millet rice and put it into the pot. She stopped her.
"Mom, wait a minute."
"What's wrong?" Su's mother looked at her noisy daughter with a puzzled look.
"Use the other bag of rice."
Mother Su shook her head, "No, eat this first. Save the rest for later."
Su Yin hurriedly grabbed Su's mother and analyzed the pros and cons with her using both reason and emotion.
Su Yin planned to save the millet that she had bought at a special price for later use when she was really short of food.
Now that we have good things, we naturally eat the good things.
After some persuasion from her, Su's mother finally agreed and replaced the rice with better quality millet.
Su Yin handed the dried meat to her mother, "Mom, put some meat in the porridge to nourish our bodies. Only when we eat well can we have a good body to travel. If we are stingy and don't eat enough or eat well, it will be the worst for our bodies. If our bodies are damaged, everything else will be in vain."
Mother Su rolled her eyes at her daughter and said, "Alright, alright, I'll do as you say."
Just now, when she was packing the luggage and counting the things in the car, Su's mother dared to agree. Otherwise, no matter how much the girl talked, she would not agree.
The meal in the evening is simple, just a simple meat porridge with bread. The millet porridge is thick and sweet, and the dried meat is secretly seasoned with various spices. After the meat is cooked, the secret flavor is mixed in.
Little Yang Gui came over with a pancake in his hand, his nose twitching and his eyes looking into the earthen jar.
"Sister Yinyin, what are you cooking?"
"Meat porridge."
"Gudong", the sound of swallowing came from the little guy's mouth.
Su Yin looked at his greedy look, took a bowl and served him some.
Little Yang Gui's eyes sparkled, and he quickly called out sweetly, "Sister Yinyin, you are so nice!"
Su Yin was amused by the little guy and won him over with a bowl of meat porridge.
The little guy took the bowl of meat porridge back and gave it to his aunt and uncle. They waved their hands and asked him to share it with his little cousin.
Su Yin drank two large bowls of rice, plus a piece of noodle, and only then did she feel full. With food in her stomach, she felt comfortable.
She helped to pack up, but was rejected by Su's mother.
"Just take a good rest."
While there was still some light, Su's mother prepared to look for some firewood nearby, as the firewood could not be extinguished at night.
Su Baozhu followed along. Not only them, but many children from the surrounding families also tried to collect as much firewood as possible before it got completely dark.
"Almost done." Su Yin shouted to her aunt not far away.
The two of them each carried a pile of firewood and returned to the camp. When they passed by Dazhuang's father's family, they saw several adults eating cakes and a little girl drinking a bowl of wild vegetable porridge. Although it was called porridge, there were few grains of rice in it. However, there were quite a few grains of rice in her mother's bowl.
Even with this kind of food, the little girl ate it with gusto.
Su Baozhu nudged Su Yin with her elbow and said, "Let's go."
Two people walked by.
Su Yin found Yang Dashan and asked, "Uncle, has the village chief organized people to patrol at night?"
"Not sure. I'll go ask."
Yang Dashan came back and said with a smile: "There are people patrolling at night, don't worry."
"That's fine."
Su Yin felt much more at ease with someone patrolling at night.
The situation in the mountains and forests is no safer than outside. There are big insects and ferocious beasts everywhere. If some blind person approaches them, especially at night, it will not be a good thing for them.
After walking for a whole day, Su Yin, Su's mother and Su Baozhu were exhausted. They fell asleep with their clothes on and snored loudly.
Except for the people on night watch, everyone fell asleep.
[“It’s so hard to walk here. Why are there so many rocks?”
"This section of the road is the most difficult to walk on. Everyone please be careful, especially those pushing carts. Please pay attention."
…
Suddenly, there was a commotion from behind.
"ah!"
A shrill scream was heard, and a tiger attacked the rear team.
…
"Help!"
The tiger pounced towards Dazhuang. Dazhuang's mother was furious. She picked up the frightened Daya beside her and threw her towards the tiger.
The tiger opened its bloody mouth and bit Daya's body. Its sharp teeth pierced into her thin body. Blood splattered and dripped onto the ground. The smell of blood spread instantly.
……】
Su Yin suddenly opened her eyes. It was daybreak and many people had already gotten up and started preparing breakfast. Everything was fine around the camp.
Nightmare?!
She slapped her face, probably dreaming about what she meant during the day.
Su Baozhu woke up and noticed Su Yin's expression, "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"
“I guess so!”
"Dreams are always the opposite of what they actually are. Don't take them to heart."
Su Yin responded lightly, but didn't dwell on it.
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