Steamed bun
Li Ping'an frowned and walked around in the mountains again and again. Seeing the time on the countdown getting less and less, she became more and more anxious. She didn't know whether the failure of this delivery would lead to the failure of the mission. If the mission failed, would Annie and Anding be sent back to the other world? She didn't dare to gamble.
Fortunately, this time Li Ping'an found a low cave entrance behind a pile of rocks. Thinking of the cave that the man at the foot of the mountain mentioned, Li Ping'an got off his horse.
You have to crawl into the cave. It is dark inside and you can vaguely hear the "tapping" sound of water drops falling.
Li Ping'an turned on the flashlight on his mobile phone, thinking that he must be fully prepared before delivering goods next time, at least he must bring a high-power flashlight.
With the help of the faint light from his mobile phone, Li Ping'an looked around. It was full of uneven stones. A faint sound came from deep in the cave. Li Ping'an walked in carefully following the sound and saw a woman in brown coarse cloth lying on the ground.
Li Ping'an quickly helped the woman up.
Realizing that someone was helping her up, Sun Wuya opened her eyes slightly, only to see a circle of light before she fell asleep again. She sighed in her heart, thinking that she must be dead.
When Li Ping'an saw her faint, his heart instantly rose to his throat. He quickly put his hand under her nose and breathed a sigh of relief after feeling her weak breathing.
After struggling to get Sun Wuya out of the cave, Li Ping'an slumped beside Sun Wuya. Now he had to find a way to wake her up and receive the reward.
He took out a bottle of water and broke the bread into small pieces. At first, Li Ping'an was afraid that she would not be able to swallow it by herself, but it seemed that her desire to survive was still very strong.
After feeding, Li Ping'an checked her phone and saw "3 hours and 48 minutes" left. She then looked at the woman lying on the ground in front of her and decided that if she didn't wake up in another hour, she would have to take some measures.
After finding the person, Li Pingan relaxed a little, but she also realized something was wrong. It had been almost twelve hours since she came in, but how come the sky hadn't changed at all and was still gray? Also, wasn't there water here?
Li Ping'an looked at the stream where the mountain spring water flowed. Why was there no vegetation growing there? She hadn't seen any green at all since she came in. The people and things she saw seemed to be covered with a layer of sand and exuded a dead air.
Just as Li Ping'an was thinking about it, the woman lying on the ground suddenly moved and started coughing.
After hearing this, Li Ping'an quickly helped her up.
When she saw Li Ping'an, the woman seemed to be a little unresponsive, and then she chuckled, "Are you here to bring me flour?" She didn't expect that someone would actually come to deliver it.
When Li Ping'an heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.
"I can give you the copper coins, but you have to promise me one thing."
When Li Ping'an heard this, he frowned, because there was no such thing on the list.
As if sensing Li Ping'an's displeasure, Sun Wuya quickly added weakly, "I just want you to help me make steamed buns from this flour."
Sun Wuya knew that what she did was not good, but she had no choice.
Li Ping'an breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Sun Wuya only asked him to help her make steamed buns from the flour. This wouldn't take long, so he decided to help if he could.
Seeing that Li Ping'an's expression had eased a little, Sun Wuya breathed a sigh of relief. Then, with trembling hands, she took out something wrapped in rags from her bosom. She opened the rags layer by layer, revealing ten copper coins inside. Sun Wuya stretched out her skinny fingers and counted them one by one, "One, two,... ten"
"Ten copper coins, here you go."
The moment he took the copper coin, the countdown on his phone ended. Li Pingan's heart was finally at ease. His tone and expression became much more relaxed. "When will the steamed buns be steamed?"
"Start steaming now." To avoid any further complications.
However, before steaming, the two had to move to another place, otherwise the villagers would come looking for them soon.
Li Ping'an rode his horse and took Sun Wuya in the direction she pointed. When they arrived, they found it was a village overgrown with weeds.
"Everyone in this village is dead. No one will find out."
The dry firewood crackled as it burned. Sun Wuya hugged her knees, looking at the white mist rising in front of her eyes, tears in her eyes, "I have an older sister who is ten years older than me. When I was a child, she would take me to the mountains to collect grass for pigs. There were too many children in the family, so I can say that I was brought up by my sister." Since she opened her eyes, it was her sister who took her with her every day.
Her voice was a little soft. Li Ping'an didn't know whether she was talking to him or just venting her emotions, so he kneaded the dough silently and listened patiently.
"Back then, the mountains were not like they are now. There were not only wild fruits, but also wild rabbits and pheasants."
"It's a pity that we can't catch any rabbits or pheasants, so we can only go down to the river to catch small fish and shrimps. If my sister catches any small fish or shrimps in the river, she will light a small fire and roast them for me to eat."
"Those little fish and shrimps didn't even have salt in them, so they had no taste at all, yet they were incredibly delicious." They were so delicious that she still can't forget them.
"Later, my sister grew up and left me a red hairband, then disappeared."
Li Pingan paused while kneading the dough, wondering whether he should comfort her. Then he heard Sun Wuya suddenly laugh, "I saw my sister again a year ago. She is still as beautiful and gentle as ever."
Sun Wuya felt happy when she recalled the moment she saw her sister. Even though she hadn't seen her sister for several years, she recognized her sister at first sight.
Li Pingan waited for her to continue, but she struggled to get up from the ground and walked to where he was kneading the dough. "Let me do it next. Thank you for your hard work. Go to the stream and wash your hands."
Li Ping'an looked at her staggering appearance and couldn't help but feel a little worried. Can she do it?
Seeing Li Ping'an's concerns, Sun Wuya waved her hand to indicate that she was fine.
Li Ping'an was washing his hands in the stream while thinking, can the dough he kneaded with the skills he has developed be made into steamed buns?
After washing his hands, Li Ping'an squatted by the stream and watched for a while. Not to mention the small fish and shrimps that Sun Wuya had just mentioned, he didn't even see any of the common plankton in the river. This world is really weird.
When Li Ping'an returned, the steamed buns had already started to be steamed. Although Li Ping'an had never made steamed buns before, she vaguely remembered that there should be a step of making the dough leaven.
Li Pingan expressed his doubts, and Sun Wuya suddenly laughed, "It's good enough to have white flour to eat, why would I care about so many things."
The steamed buns were very small, only half the size of a palm. Sun Wuya used all 20 kilograms of flour to make steamed buns, which was enough to make two cloth bags. Li Pingan didn't know what her intention was.
Looking at the heavy steamed buns in her hands, Sun Wuya seemed very happy, her eyes shining with a smile.
Li Ping'an had always thought that Sun Wuya was thirty years old, but now it seemed that she was not so.
"Wu Ya, how old are you?"
Wu Ya was stunned for a moment when she heard this, but without stopping her hands, she replied, "Calculating the date, I should be sixteen now."
Now it was Li Ping'an's turn to be stunned. She really didn't expect Sun Wuya to be so young. She opened her mouth, but found that she couldn't say anything.
Sun Wuya didn't care. She seemed to be humming some ballad. Then she raised her head and said to Li Pingan, "I don't worry about having too many debts. Please take me to the city and find a place to put me down."
This didn't take long, and Li Ping'an agreed.
The city still looked empty. After Li Pingan put Sun Wuya down, he warned her, "Be careful, there may be people inside..."
Before Li Ping'an could finish his words, he was interrupted by Sun Wuya, "I know, thank you." And I'm sorry, I hope you will never know.
Seeing Sun Wuya walk in, Li Pingan planned to walk away and find a deserted place to go back to, otherwise if a person disappeared out of thin air, it would scare others.
But after walking for a while, Li Ping'an felt something was wrong. After the stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground, his gossipy thoughts took over again. Li Ping'an thought about it and turned back.
In order to prevent Sun Wuya from discovering him, Li Ping'an found a place to hide the motorcycle that had turned into a horse and walked out of the city on foot.
Walking towards the place where Sun Wuya had just disappeared, I found scattered people sitting in the dark eating something. Upon closer inspection, it seemed that they were steamed buns made by Sun Wuya.
Li Ping'an walked up quickly and looked at the figure in front of him. He couldn't help but wonder where she got the energy. She looked half dead before, but now she could actually throw out steamed buns while running.
Seeing some people picking up steamed buns and trying to follow them secretly, Li Pingan felt a headache. Isn't this obviously a sheep walking into the tiger's mouth?
Li Pingan had no choice but to follow behind and help her deal with those who wanted to follow her, while wondering what she wanted to do? To be a living Buddha? It didn't seem like it.
Sun Wuya felt extremely happy at this moment. Thinking of those people eating her steamed buns, her hands were shaking with joy as she threw the buns away. The hunger that made her scratch her head was suppressed. Under the stimulation of excitement, she felt that she was running faster and faster.
It is called a small town, but in fact it is not much bigger than a modern town. There are three streets and eight alleys. After Sun Wuya ran through them all, she lay on the ground gasping for breath.
Li Ping'an was about to go out and ask her what she was doing, but he was distracted and saw a boiling pot. This familiar scene made Li Ping'an's face turn cold, and he turned around and walked towards the pot.
There were a few disheveled people gathered around the pot, holding the steamed buns given by Sun Wuya. They hadn't noticed Li Pingan approaching yet. "Today is a great day. We have both meat and steamed buns to eat."
“It would be nice if it could be like this every day.”
"Boss, we were just about to intercept that woman, why did you stop us?"
The boss who was asked took a look at the pot, then kicked the man, "Idiot, have you forgotten where our meat comes from?"
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