Chapter 121 Re-entering the Wild Forest
In order not to alert the "enemy" hiding in the shadows, Qin Suisui used the excuse that the hospital was in urgent need of medicine, and even asked Dr. Zhao to send her a "task notice" to get through the hospital openly.
Now, Chi Donglin and Song Yunlai were even less able to accompany her, and could only keep handing over all the self-defense items they had collected to her.
Qin Suisui was not afraid. She had prepared a lot of poison beforehand, and she also had her spatial storage, as well as Big Black and Big Yellow. Moreover, Huang Weimin had given her a token and a route map.
She was not acting out of sheer courage.
Before she could even step out of the hospital, someone tapped her on the shoulder from behind. Before Qin Suisui could turn around, Jia Zhenzhen's excited voice came from behind her: "Seriously, sister? Going on an adventure without me?"
Qin Suisui was helpless. She was afraid that this girl would come, so she deliberately kept it from her, but she didn't expect that the girl would still find out.
"Zhenzhen, I'm not going there to play around this time, and it's not like last time... Anyway, this time it's very dangerous. Stop messing around and go back quickly." She could risk her life to save Pei Jiuyan, but she couldn't let others get into trouble.
Jia Zhenzhen tugged at the basket on her back and smiled: "I know, no matter what you're going to do, I'll go with you. Not to mention our relationship, my dad said, 'A teacher for a day is a teacher for life...' Well, although I've never called you 'Master,' what you've taught me is enough for me to call you 'Master.' As your disciple, I'll go through fire and water for you without hesitation."
As she spoke, she struck a pose as if she were ready to die.
Qin Suisui couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Seeing her smile, Jia Zhenzhen tugged at her sleeve and pleaded, "Sui Sui, please take me with you! I'm strong, I can protect you, and one more person means one more help!"
Qin Suisui knew her personality; she was determined to go, so she had no choice but to agree.
Just like last time, the two rode their bicycles to the farm on the outskirts of the wild forest. It was the same manager as before. Seeing them about to go in again, he exclaimed, "Wow! You two young comrades are really something, daring to go a second time!"
Qin Suisui chuckled, "There are lots of treasures inside!" To avoid trouble, they told others they were herb gatherers; after all, when traveling, one's identity is self-imposed. (ps: In this era, there are professional herb gatherers; the herbs they collect can be exchanged for work points.)
Entering through the same entrance, Jia Zhenzhen asked with a smile, "Sui Sui, do you think that big cat will come out again?"
It took Qin Suisui a while to realize that the "big malou" she was referring to was the gibbon that had led them the way.
“Gibbons should all have their own habitats. We’re taking a different route this time than last time, so we might not run into them, but that’s not certain.” After all, the bananas in her space are a deadly temptation for that big gibbon, and it might just attract it.
According to Huang Weimin's map, after entering from this entrance, they need to keep walking southwest, but the dense forest is so dark that it is difficult to find their way once inside.
Fortunately, Chi Donglin and the others had prepared a compass for Qin Suisui in advance. Following the direction indicated by the compass, and with their experience of spending two days and one night in the wild forest last time, the morning went relatively smoothly.
The sun was high in the sky, and it was already late August, but the forest was still radiating heat. The temperature inside rose higher and higher as noon approached, making it unsuitable for traveling.
The two found a big tree to lean against, intending to rest for a while, have some lunch, and then set off again.
Qin Suisui hadn't prepared any food. She had plenty of food in her space and could eat whenever she was hungry. But Jia Zhenzhen had come unexpectedly, so she couldn't go into her space. Instead, she pretended to take something out of the basket on her back and took out a few large steamed buns from her space. Luckily, she would go to her space to cook food whenever she had free time. She could steam a big pot of steamed buns and dumplings, which would last her a long time.
Steamed buns with pickled vegetables—the food was far worse than last time. Jia Zhenzhen disdainfully peeled away her pickled vegetables and placed her own lunchbox in front of her: "Here, eat up. My mom made this: braised pork ribs and stir-fried pork with pickled bamboo shoots. You need to eat well to have the energy to work."
Qin Suisui didn't stand on ceremony, and just as the two of them were enjoying their meal, something suddenly dripped down from above.
Jia Zhenzhen ran her fingers through her hair, cursing, "Seriously? Which stinky bird pooped on my head? It's asking for trouble! Perfect timing, I'm craving roasted bird."
Qin Suisui frowned and touched her forehead. The liquid on her fingertips was amber in color and a little sticky. She leaned closer to smell it and immediately burst out laughing: "Zhenzhen, it's not bird poop, it's honey!"
Jia Zhenzhen was taken aback. She looked at Qin Suisui's fingertips, then at the lychee tree they were leaning against. She touched her hair and licked it. "It really is honey! Wow! We're so lucky. It's even wild lychee honey! Suisui, shall we cut some? I don't think it's very high up."
To make their journey easier, they traveled light throughout the morning and didn't collect any herbs. As a result, their baskets were almost empty except for what they had brought with them when they set out.
Qin Suisui thought that she didn't know how many more days she would have to travel, and she couldn't just eat steamed buns on the road. She would definitely need to grill something to eat, and getting some honey for grilling would be a good idea. Honey water could also increase her strength, so she nodded in agreement.
The two of them took out their clothes and wrapped their heads and faces. Qin Suisui then took the pretext of rummaging through the grass for dry branches to smuggle some dried mugwort from her space, tied it into a torch, lit it, and held the torch high.
The smoke from the mugwort was thick, and sure enough, the bees inside were quickly driven out of the hive. Jia Zhenzhen, who had already climbed up the tree, seized the opportunity, quickly climbed forward, cut off a large piece of honey, and jumped down.
The two dared not linger at the "crime scene," fearing that the bees would soon return for "revenge," and ran a long distance with the honey before stopping.
Seeing that no bees were chasing after him, he stopped, panting heavily.
It was too hot, and after running all the way, a lot of honey had leaked out of the honeycomb. The two quickly took out the daggers they had prepared beforehand and the lunch boxes they had just washed, and with quick eyes and hands, they cut the large piece of honeycomb into small pieces, filling the lunch box and two military water bottles. There were still a few small pieces left, which they kept to eat on the spot.
"Hey, it was all worth it to go through all that trouble and harvest so much! Those bees are so easy to fool!" Jia Zhenzhen exclaimed with a smile as she popped honey into her mouth.
Qin Suisui swallowed the honey in her mouth, pointed in the direction not far away, her voice trembling slightly: "Really...really...it seems...we said it too early!"
Jia Zhenzhen looked in the direction she was pointing and immediately felt a chill run down her spine. She slung her basket over her shoulder and ran after Qin Suisui, shouting, "Holy crap, those are hornets! The bees have called their brothers to come and get revenge on us! Suisui, wait for me!!"
Qin Suisui naturally recognized it as a hornet. Hornets do not produce honey, but they are much more dangerous than honeybees. Being stung can lead to shock.
Even more frightening was that Qin Suisui's specially made mosquito repellent sachets seemed to have no effect on them, and the mugwort torches she had just made had also burned out and been thrown away. Remembering the record she had seen in a travelogue, she took out the "One Stinking Ten Thousand Year Water" she had made when she was bored from her space while running, threw a bottle to Jia Zhenzhen, and shouted: "Zhenzhen, quickly put it on your body!"
Jia Zhenzhen took it and applied it to her body without any suspicion. After a few sips, she suddenly vomited: "Sui Sui, did you give me the wrong thing? Did you accidentally give me a bottle of pee? Why does it smell so pungent?"
As Qin Suisui ran, she quickly covered her entire body with the smear. She stopped and looked back at Jia Zhenzhen, who was several meters behind: "That's the smell! This stench can attract hornets, hurry up and apply it!"
Jia Zhenzhen was too exhausted to run anymore. With swarms of hornets catching up behind her, and unlike Qin Suisui, she couldn't run fast, she would still choose to be knocked unconscious by the stench or be bitten to death by the hornets.
Just as the hornets were about to catch up, Jia Zhenzhen gritted her teeth, poured an entire bottle of "One Stink Ten Thousand Years Water" over her head, and then smeared it evenly on her body to make sure no spot was missed.
Sure enough, the swarm of hornets that had caught up with her circled around her several times, like headless flies, their buzzing echoing in her ears for a long time, but they couldn't find their target and flew away in a swarm.
Jia Zhenzhen stood there, breaking out in a cold sweat.
"Sui Sui, did you see that? Those hornets were so close to me just now, they almost stung me to death! It was terrifying, if they had sucked me in, I would have turned into a skull right away!"
Having narrowly escaped death, she sniffed herself again, wrinkling her nose: "But this water... ugh... it stinks so bad... ugh! Can this even be washed off... ugh..."
Qin Suisui's eyelids twitched: "You didn't use the whole bottle, did you?"
"Oh, isn't that right?"
Qin Suisui couldn't help but laugh: "Mine is concentrated; just a little goes a long way. You used a whole bottle; I bet you're going to..."
"Buzz buzz buzz..." Another buzzing sound of insects came from the side. Qin Suisui and Jia Zhenzhen looked over at the same time and saw a large swarm of greenbottle flies coming towards them, drawn by the smell. Of course, they were mainly heading towards Jia Zhenzhen.
"Aaaaaah... Sui Sui, what's going on?!" Jia Zhenzhen's scalp tingled. What was happening?! Why were all these flies buzzing around her?!
Qin Suisui was also dumbfounded. She had made this medicine many years ago and used it back then. How could it have so many side effects?
No, it's because Jia Zhenzhen applied too much and smelled too bad, which completely masked the smell of the mosquito repellent sachet. Otherwise, these greenbottle flies wouldn't dare to come over.
Fortunately, flies don't bite. With a little time to light the torch, Qin Suisui quickly plucked a handful of dry leaves from the ground and took out some dried mugwort from her space. She tied them together and lit them with a match when she heard a "plop" from the other side. Jia Zhenzhen had fallen directly into a shallow puddle.
The puddle was very shallow; if Jia Zhenzhen lay flat in it, it would just submerge her completely, leaving only her nose sticking out.
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