Chapter 007: Going into the Mountain Again
In addition to receiving certain rewards, you can also unlock some items in the mall by obtaining specific achievements.
After opening the mall, Lu Xuan indeed found that several gray products had unlocked purchase permissions.
It's just a pity that there is no storage space included.
He tutted in disappointment, looked at the other newly unlocked items, and after making sure there was nothing he was particularly interested in or wanted to continue, he closed the page and lay down in a bored manner.
Yunlu Village is not a safe base in the apocalypse. It does not have towering walls that can give people a sense of security, but at the same time, there are no waves of zombies that may attack at any time.
Through the half-open window, you can clearly hear the chirping of insects outside. There is no smell of decay in the air, only the faint fragrance of soil and plants.
Lu Xuan, who had been on edge in the end times and unable to relax, nor dared to relax, lay on the bed feeling the hard-earned peace. He slowly relaxed his body in the night, felt fatigue gradually coming over him, and allowed himself to fall into a deep sleep.
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The next morning.
With yesterday's experience, Lu Qing made a big pot of rice porridge and white steamed buns made of fine flour, and paired them with the sour, spicy and crispy pickled radish and two fried eggs per person sent by the Zhang family yesterday. Although the dishes were not as rich as yesterday, the family was still very satisfied with the meal.
However, the audience who entered the live broadcast room after being reminded of the broadcast were not very satisfied with the show.
[We want to see a feast! It's fine if we can't eat, but can't we see more?!]
Lu Xuan turned a blind eye to everything.
Who in a decent family would eat big fish and meat so early in the morning?
Clear porridge, side dishes, steamed buns and eggs are the breakfast recipes that best suit the Chinese taste.
After breakfast, Lu Xuan went to the kitchen and emptied the basket that still contained pheasant eggs.
Seeing this, Lu Qing asked, "Are you still going up the mountain today? Don't you want to take a break?"
Lu Chen, who was still chewing the steamed bun, lit up his eyes again.
Lu Xuan hummed, "I'm planning to buy new bedding and cotton. I spent too much money on rice and flour yesterday and didn't buy anything. I should be able to buy some if I go around again today."
The Lu family did not have much land under their name. After Lu's father and mother passed away, except for the part left to Lu Qing as a dowry, the rest was rented out to other people, and the rent was just enough to make a living.
Lu Xuan has a lot of free time as he doesn't have to get up early and work late to farm. Although he can also help his brother-in-law Lei Yan who is busy alone, it is obviously more valuable to help his family improve their living conditions.
Before leaving, Lu Chen grabbed Lu Xuan's collar and asked expectantly, "Brother, can I go with you? I also want to go hunting and kill wild boars."
Lu Xuan said with a smile: "As a little kid like you, if you really encounter wild boars, will you kill them or will they kill you? Don't make trouble, just wait for me to bring back some delicious food."
Lu Chen frowned, somewhat dissatisfied with the fact that he looked down on him, but when he looked down at his short legs, he fell silent again.
Seeing that the little guy was a little disappointed, Lu Xuan reached out and poked his forehead, reminding him, "You should still have quite a lot of candy from yesterday, right? Don't you plan to share some with your friends?"
In the original owner's memory, every time other children in the village ate candy or snacks, Lu Chen could only yearn and endure hiding the envy in his heart.
It's a rare opportunity for him to make others envious this time, so why not show off quickly?
Sure enough, Lu Chen instantly became energetic after hearing this and never mentioned going up the mountain again.
Going up the mountain is not as important as showing off in front of your friends!
After comforting Lu Chen, Lu Xuan finally left.
As usual, he met several groups of villagers on the way, and they all greeted him warmly.
"Xuan boy, are you going up the mountain again today?"
"You look so energetic, I almost didn't recognize you."
"You bought the clothes yesterday, they look really nice!"
When Lu Xuan returned to the village yesterday, he happened not to meet other villagers, so the villagers did not know at the first time that he had sold wild boar meat and bought a lot of things back.
But later on, the fact that things were sent to the Zhang family and the village chief could not be hidden from the neighbors, so many people received the news today.
Under normal circumstances, people would inevitably say something sour when they found out that Lu Xuan was willing to spend money on ready-made clothes that were not worth the money at all, but the situation was different today.
It wasn’t just the Lu family that had a good meal last night.
It was rare to get cheap wild boar meat to exchange, so some people prepared to make bacon from the pork to fatten up their families during the autumn harvest, while others simply made some to improve their family's meals. At dinner time, the whole village was filled with the lingering aroma of meat.
In the past, some children in the village would occasionally call Lu Xuan a fool without any malice, but out of habit. Today, perhaps because they had been warned by their families in advance, they would obediently call Lu Xuan "Brother Lu Xuan" when they saw him, licking the corners of their lips with nostalgia as they did so.
"Brother Lu Xuan, can you hunt wild boars today?" a child asked him expectantly.
Lu Xuan waved his hand and said, "I won't trade it even if I catch it."
Everyone who wanted to exchange meat had already done so yesterday. Even if he exchanged it again, probably few people would come. It would be better to just sell it directly.
After saying goodbye to the villagers, Lu Xuan walked into the mountains according to yesterday's familiar route, and glanced at the live broadcast room by the way.
From the time he started broadcasting at breakfast to the time he went up the mountain, the number of people in the live broadcast room has reached more than 5,000, which is several times more than when the broadcast just started yesterday. Many people in the barrage are asking him if he wants to continue hunting today.
Lu Xuan: "I definitely have to go hunting, but today I'm going to go in a different direction to see if there are any other gains."
In addition to buying new bedding, what the Lu family needs most is to build a new house.
The Lu family's house was a mud brick house built when Lu's father and mother got married. Although it had been repaired several times over the past 20 years, it was still in a dilapidated state. It leaked rain in the summer and drafty in the winter, and there were many cracks on the walls. It was definitely a dangerous house.
In order to improve his living environment, it was imperative to demolish and rebuild the house. He planned to rebuild a spacious and beautiful blue brick house according to the layout of a courtyard.
The price of blue bricks is definitely not low. Building a new house will cost at least one hundred and eighty taels. After renovating the house, new furniture will be needed. In order to travel, it is best to buy a cow or even a horse carriage.
Owning a house and a car is the life that a winner in life should have.
But all this requires money.
It’s not known how long it will take to save enough money to buy a house and a car by hunting. It would be best to find other ways to make money.
Yesterday, Lu Xuan focused on prey, but today he changed his mind and turned his attention to plants.
He still occupied a suitable tree and jumped on it as a vantage point to search for the target. Soon he successfully found several common medicinal herbs.
Dandelion, plantain, great thistle, and small thistle are all plants that modern people can recognize even if they don’t know much about Chinese medicine.
However, I don’t know many of the people in the live broadcast room.
What is the host doing? What are these things? Are they edible? Are they wild vegetables?
[I've watched other ancient streamers' live broadcasts, and it seems to be about Chinese medicine?]
Lu Xuan said: "It's okay to eat them as wild vegetables, but they are indeed Chinese medicinal herbs. They have anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, hemostatic and cooling effects. The effect is very good and can be sold to pharmacies."
It's just because it's too common that it can't be sold at a very high price.
A moment later, he found a few Ophiopogon japonicus plants in another area. Ophiopogon japonicus is considered a relatively precious medicinal herb, but its value is limited and the quantity is too small. It can only be said that it is better than nothing.
Lu Xuan: I feel like hunting is not as good as making money quickly.
He sighed inwardly, but put all the herbs into the basket without missing a single one.
Just as he was wondering whether he should concentrate on hunting, he paused, his ears moved slightly, and he suddenly turned and walked in another direction.
【? What did the anchor discover? 】
[Is it prey?! Is it a wild boar?! Can I watch the host show off his skills again today?]
[I was recommended this by a friend. I missed yesterday's scene where the host kicked the wild boar away. Will I be able to see it again today? I'm really looking forward to it!]
While the audience was discussing heatedly, Lu Xuan also arrived at his destination.
There were no wild boars that the audience expected, nor any other prey. Instead, there was a stream about two meters wide flowing down from the mountain. The sound of the gurgling water was masked by the rustling of leaves, and could only be heard when one got close.
The depth of the stream is estimated to be no more than one meter, and you can vaguely see a lot of fish swimming in it, which look quite big.
The corners of Lu Xuan's lips finally curled up.
There is also a stream in Yunlu Village, but the water is much shallower than here and there are basically no big fish. The young boys in the village go there to catch fish and shrimps when they have nothing to do. Nowadays, catching a fish as long as a finger is considered a big catch.
But here, Lu Xuan found several big fish as big as two palms with just a glance.
The audience in the live broadcast room also noticed the fish shadow and became excited.
【Want to catch fish today?】
Fish tastes just as good as meat! I want to eat it! Ahhhh! I love fish! Streamer, catch them quickly! I've already seen several big ones!
[Braised, steamed, and even made into milky white fish soup, slurp… tears streamed down my face.]
Lu Xuan said in a good mood: "You can also make fish porridge, boiled fish, and pickled fish."
The people in the live broadcast room couldn't stand it anymore and shouted in unison: [Stop talking! Catch him!]
In contrast to the impatient audience, Lu Xuan was very calm, "No rush, we must catch him, but not here."
The audience wondered where else to catch it if not here?
Lu Xuan did not answer, but just looked in the upstream direction.
Half an hour later, the sound of flowing water gradually became louder, and a small "waterfall" about one meter high appeared in front of Lu Xuan. The waterfall water flowed down and formed a pool of about two to three hundred square meters below. One corner of the pool just merged with the stream that Lu Xuan had just discovered.
Lu Xuan walked to the edge of the pool and looked down.
This stream is much deeper than the previous one, at least five meters. The fish in it are more than half the length of an arm at a glance, and can easily weigh up to ten kilograms.
This is the big fish he wants!
This time, there was no need for the audience to urge him. Lu Xuan put the basket aside, stretched his hands and feet a little, and then jumped into the pool.
With a "splash" sound of falling into the water, Lu Xuan's figure instantly disappeared from the live broadcast room.
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