Chapter 122 Those two women fell for it!
As my body submerged in the water, the annoying buzzing in my ears finally disappeared.
Jia Zhenzhen breathed a sigh of relief, making sure all the annoying flies had flown away, before happily leaping out of the water: "Sui Sui, the water isn't deep, come in and wash too, your medicine smells awful... Huh? Why can't I pull my foot out..."
"Sui Sui, don't come down! It's a swamp!"
"Zhenzhen, don't move! It's a swamp!"
The moment Jia Zhenzhen's foot sank into the mud, the two of them realized something was wrong at the same time and shouted at each other.
August and September are still the rainy season on Qiongtan Island. Although the weather is hot, it rains from time to time, so there is still a layer of shallow water on the surface of this swamp, which makes Jia Zhenzhen mistake it for a small pond.
She was fine lying there; the area of her body exposed to the force was large, so she wouldn't sink in.
But Jia Zhenzhen's jump was too big, and the area of force applied to her body suddenly decreased, which is why she fell down faster.
Jia Zhenzhen had fallen quite far, but luckily she had a rope in her spatial storage. Using the basket as cover, she took out the rope and threw it to Jia Zhenzhen: "Zhenzhen, hold on tight!"
Jia Zhenzhen caught the rope that she threw to her and climbed ashore using her strength.
Jia Zhenzhen was tall, around 170 centimeters, and had a rather sturdy build. Qin Suisui, on the other hand, was only 164 centimeters, much shorter than her. Moreover, she wasn't fat to begin with, and with Pei Jiuyan's recent accident, she had lost a lot of weight, making her very thin. Therefore, it was particularly difficult for her to lift Jia Zhenzhen up.
Fortunately, there was a tree nearby. Qin Suisui tied the rope to the tree and, with the help of the tree, managed to pull Jia Zhenzhen up with great difficulty.
After this ordeal, both of them were exhausted and collapsed to the ground, powerless.
"Hey? There's someone over there! Let's go check it out!"
The sudden sound from behind startled them both. When they turned around, they saw two herb gatherers carrying baskets on their backs, who looked to be in their thirties.
Upon seeing that they were two women, the two herb gatherers were also taken aback. They then looked at the women's empty baskets and asked, "Oh, which brigade are you from? Why haven't you gathered anything?"
Qin Suisui and the other person quickly stood up, their faces polite but their bodies defensive: "Yes, we just arrived and there was a small accident. We haven't had time to gather herbs yet."
The two herb gatherers, their faces smeared with juice, laughed upon hearing this: "You must be new here. It's normal that you can't find any herbs right away. If you don't mind, you can come with us. We've been gathering herbs in this forest for over ten years and know this place very well."
After speaking, he showed them the basket on his back, which was filled with medicinal herbs commonly found in this wild forest, and was indeed very valuable.
Qin Suisui shook her head and refused: "Thank you both, but we came out with the people from the brigade. They are waiting for us not far away. We still need to go find them."
After saying that, he pulled Jia Zhenzhen and walked in another direction.
Having gone on several adventures with Qin Suisui, Jia Zhenzhen had developed a tacit understanding with her. Once they were a little further away, she whispered, "Suisui, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with those two?"
Qin Suisui nodded: "I've also met herb gatherers, and I always felt that these two people had a different aura than ordinary herb gatherers. In any case, we should avoid having too much contact with them."
Jia Zhenzhen nodded in agreement. The Wild Forest was not only vast, but 95% of it was undeveloped, and it was teeming with all sorts of strange and dangerous things. They had come out on important business, so they should avoid provoking them if possible.
The two walked quickly for a while until they could no longer see the two people behind them, then they took out their compass again and continued walking in the southwest direction.
At noon, the two of them were chased by hornets, but they managed to run in the right direction, though they veered slightly off course and now have to turn back.
Fortunately, the distance wasn't far, and according to the markings on Huang Weimin's map, they were only halfway to the entrance to the Snake Witch Tribe. If nothing unexpected happened, they would be able to find the entrance by tomorrow morning.
The thought of soon arriving at the Snake Witch Tribe to find the antidote and save Pei Jiuyan made Qin Suisui feel much lighter after a day of tension.
Seeing that it was getting late, and that the wild forest was more dangerous at night than during the day, the two of them were exhausted after a long day of activity. Since it was only their first day out, they had to conserve their energy and get a good rest tonight. So they found a flat rocky spot on higher ground, away from the stream, to rest for the night.
On the way, when we passed a stream, Jia Zhenzhen casually went in and caught several fish. She also caught a pheasant on the way. She has cleaned them all, wrapped them in banana leaves, and is preparing them for dinner.
After clearing away the dead branches and leaves from the rocks, piling them together and lighting a fire, Qin Suisui used clean branches to set up a pheasant on the rack and roast it.
As Jia Zhenzhen brushed honey onto the pheasant, she couldn't help but drool: "Sui Sui, it smells so good! No wonder it's honey we risked our lives to get. It's amazing! It's just that this pheasant is a bit too small."
Qin Suisui was already cooking fish soup in a small earthenware pot on the other side: "There are still a few fish left, this is a big pot, enough for you to eat!"
Looking at the thick, milky-white fish soup, Jia Zhenzhen's mouth watered: "The fish soup smells so good! Sui Sui, you were so farsighted to bring a pot and salt, unlike me, who only brought my mouth. When will it be cooked? It smells so good I can't stand it..."
Behind a large tree not far from them, two men simultaneously sniffed and exclaimed in the same tone as Jia Zhenzhen: "It smells so good! What delicious food are those two women making?"
One of the bearded men grinned maliciously, "Who cares what they cook? It'll all end up in our stomachs soon enough. I told you long ago those two women were definitely out alone, but you didn't believe me. If we'd run into them this afternoon, we would have gone for it. The sooner we got them, the better."
The other skinny guy chuckled, "Those two women stank so badly back then, I couldn't breathe. It's amazing you could still talk to them, brother. I couldn't bring myself to do it back then!"
The bearded man snorted, "We've been traveling through this wild forest for so many years and we've hardly seen any women come by. It's rare to see two beauties like this. You can tolerate it, but I can't!"
"And let me tell you, these two women definitely didn't come here to gather herbs. Look, their baskets are still empty. The stuff they've applied to their bodies is definitely for self-defense!"
The skinny guy also noticed: "Hey bro, what do you think they're doing here? Did they run away from the farm next door?"
"If that's the case, that would be even better. They wouldn't dare to make a fuss about what we did to them... Oh, the pheasant is cooked, we can start now!" Seeing Qin Suisui pull the roasted chicken out of the rack, the two quickly hid in the shadows and shot a few arrows in Qin Suisui's direction.
Their bows and arrows were homemade, with wooden arrowheads. They weren't very lethal, but they were enough to injure people. Most importantly, their arrowheads were coated with a large amount of datura juice, so anyone whose skin was scratched by their arrowheads would fall into a coma.
The whooshing sound came from afar, and Jia Zhenzhen had already heard it. She whispered in alarm, "Sui Sui, be careful!"
Qin Suisui seemed not to have reacted in time. The arrow grazed her abdomen, and she fell heavily to the ground.
Jia Zhenzhen cursed angrily and was about to stand up when several more wooden arrows flew through the air, grazing her arm. The two men saw Jia Zhenzhen sway slightly and then fall down.
"Bro! Those two women have been hooked up! Let's get out of here!"
"I know, you're so impatient!" The bearded man laughed as he put away his arrows, and the two of them headed straight for the rocky platform under the thick darkness of the night.
"These two women are pretty good cooks. I wonder what kind of mushrooms these are, but they smell quite good stewed with fish. Hmm? Where's the roast chicken? They finished it so quickly? Are these two women pigs?" the skinny man muttered.
"Stop fucking thinking about eating. With two such pretty young women in front of you, how can you still have the appetite?"
"Hehe, bro, you need to be full to have the energy to deal with them. They're already dizzy and can't escape. Here, have a sip of this fish soup, it smells so good..."
"It does smell really good, but bro, how come you've suddenly grown so much taller?"
"Brother, what did you say about a rooster? The rooster was eaten by those two mermaids! Waaaaah, give me back my rooster!"
"What's all the noise about? I still need to memorize my multiplication tables. Go away, don't disturb my studies!"
"Wu Hansan, what are you pretending to be, you big turtle! Show me your big tail! Don't be so stingy!"
"Hehe, great leader, I am a red star facing the sun. If you don't believe me, go ahead and dig out my heart and take a look... Get out of my way, don't interfere with my fight against the Japanese devils!"
"Why are you tying me up! Don't even think about taking me back to be your bandit wife! I'd rather die than submit..."
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Looking at the two men who were completely dazed, Jia Zhenzhen tightened the knot in her hand and said with a look of disgust, "Sui Sui, what kind of mushroom is that? It's so potent. After half a pot of fish soup, the two of them were dumbfounded?"
Qin Suisui thought for a moment: "I don't know what it's called either. I heard from Sister Tang that someone picked a kind of mushroom with a red cap and white stem on the mountain, took it home and cooked it. After a few bites, the whole family was lying on the floor talking nonsense. When I passed by the stream just now, I saw that this mushroom looked a lot like what Sister Tang described, so I thought I'd try it. I didn't expect it to work so well..."
Back when she met these two people in the afternoon, Qin Suisui smelled the scent of datura on them. If you said Qin Suisui's medical skills were not good, she really couldn't refute it, but if you tried to play with poison in front of her, then you were really... walking into a trap.
It was also from the scent of datura that Qin Suisui deduced that these two people were definitely not ordinary herb gatherers.
So after separating from those two men, she took out the antidote from her spatial storage, and the two of them took it in advance.
Sure enough, after walking for a short while, Jia Zhenzhen keenly heard footsteps following behind. The two of them didn't make a sound and continued on their way.
She secretly scooped up two dead fish and picked a handful of poisonous mushrooms when passing by the stream. Even the earthenware pot she used to cook fish soup for them was something Jia Zhenzhen casually fished out of the silt in the stream...
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