Chapter 053 Something Happened
Most people ate wild vegetable rice balls or dry biscuits specially made in the morning, and drank mountain spring water collected from the waterfall.
Only Su Ying was more particular. The staple food was the coarse flour steamed buns placed in the space, which were still warm and soft when taken out. The side dishes were a few refreshing cold dishes specially made in the morning. Even the water was scented tea made from dried flowers that had been dried before the disaster. It was fragrant and full of ritual.
While eating, she subtly observed other people's lunch. When she found that Aunt Jinfeng and Wu Yinyin were eating ordinary cold egg pancakes, she felt quite pleased.
It wasn't until he accidentally glanced at the food in Lu Qing's hand that his expression suddenly froze.
What is that?
There was a slit in the middle of the steamed bun made of refined flour, and a lot of things were stuffed in it, including thick slices of bacon, fried eggs, cabbage slices, and even cucumber slices. It was sprinkled with sesame seeds and chopped green onions, and smeared with sauce!
Just by looking at it, you can tell that the taste of this stuffed bun must be great!
A breeze blew by, bringing with it a sweet fragrance. Su Ying's nose moved involuntarily, and her eyes subconsciously fell on the kettle that Lu Qing placed beside her legs.
Just at this moment, Lu Qing picked up the kettle and poured a cup for Miao Jinfeng and Wu Yinyin, and the sweet fragrance in the air suddenly became stronger.
"Aunt Jinfeng, Yinyin, you two should have a drink too. I wonder if it suits your taste."
The two were amazed after taking a sip. "What is this? It's delicious!"
Wu Yinyin licked the corner of her mouth. "I think I taste honey?"
Lu Qing smiled and said, "Ah Xuan said this is called honey mint tea. It has mint leaves and honey in it. It quenches thirst and cools down the body. It's very refreshing to drink."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law nodded in unison, "It is indeed very refreshing and sweet to drink." When they finished drinking and started talking, the breath they exhaled was refreshing and cool, which was particularly comfortable, and the sweetness was also very memorable.
Su Ying, who pricked up her ears to eavesdrop, said: "!!!"
Is she here for an outing? The food is so delicious!
She looked down at the fragrant but bitter flower tea she was drinking, and smelled the sweet fragrance from the next room wafting over. A hint of regret flashed across her eyes.
I was careless.
She only thought that Lu Xuan would not let anything happen to Lu Qing, and that joining Lu Qing's collection team would provide greater security, but she forgot that Lu Qing had much more supplies than her, and except for safety, other aspects might steal her limelight.
"I thought they said yesterday that we could pick a lot more because they were afraid that we would be disappointed. I didn't expect that they picked so much in just this morning," Miao Jinfeng said with emotion.
Aunt Chen sighed, "How could we find so much harvest in the village? We were lucky if we could get a plate of cold dishes after walking around the foot of the mountain." When there was not even enough for a plate of food, she could only make a wild vegetable soup.
It’s not like now, most of them picked two baskets in just one morning.
Sun looked at her son Li Miao and shook her head, saying, "My son can't compare to us. After all, boys can't be as nimble as girls."
Thirteen-year-old Li Miao, a chubby boy, swallowed the vegetable dumpling in his mouth, wiped his mouth and said, "I'll work hard this afternoon!"
Several other girls and boys of about his age looked at their first basket of harvest, which was almost full, and secretly decided to move faster in the afternoon so as not to let down their sisters-in-law and aunts.
After eating, the group changed for a while and then continued their afternoon collection.
The soil near the waterfall has abundant water resources, and both wild vegetables and mushrooms grow more abundantly and better than in other places. There are also many other varieties of resources, and the group soon has new harvests.
For example, wild ginger, Houttuynia cordata, and some people were lucky enough to find some wild berries and wild potatoes, but they were wild after all. The wild berries were sour, and the wild potatoes were small in size, and there were only a dozen of them.
Despite this, the empty basket in Lu Qing's space was still filled up at an extremely fast speed.
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At the same time, hunting teams in the other two directions were also busy.
With yesterday's experience, both Wu Cheng and Lu Xuan explored much faster today. After finding the prey, the team members with new weapons quickly got ready to compete for the hunt.
The team members who came out for the first time kept urging Lu Xuan to show them the stone hunting techniques he used yesterday.
As requested, Lu Xuan picked up some small stones again and threw them out. With a few "puff puff" sounds, the prey hidden in them fell to the ground, including a bird that was about to fly away between the tree branches.
Others were amazed and said, "He can even shoot birds? He's amazing!"
Li Tuo's face was filled with excitement that he couldn't hide: "Brother, can you teach me this move too?"
Several other boys around Li Tuo's age also had their eyes shining: "I want to learn too!"
Lu Xuan casually placed the remaining stones in his hand as a cushion and asked in surprise, "Teach? Isn't it enough to have hands?"
Others: “…”
[Pfft, what kind of Versailles statement is this, host?]
[Just having hands is enough, is that even human? I hate people with natural talent the most!!!]
[Tsk, even if a hard worker puts in 99% of his talent, it's still no match for a talented person's 1% effort.]
【The reality of the world! 】
【But if you are not willing to work hard, it will be even worse. 】
[…What the hell are you saying?! I don’t want to hear it, take it back now! !]
Xiong Mao asked suspiciously, "There must be some techniques, like the posture when shooting, the timing of aiming, etc."
Lu Xuan thought about it and said, "Based on feeling?"
As he said this, in order to prove that he was not lying, he casually threw the stones in his hand in a circle. As expected, there were four more sounds of things falling to the ground.
Zhang Chengming and another strong young man went to dig in the grass and found three hares and a pheasant.
Zhang Chengming was surprised: "How did you find the rabbit hiding in the grass? I didn't notice it at all."
Lu Xuan said nonchalantly, "I heard it." As long as there is a living thing passing through, there will always be some sound.
The others looked at each other.
They heard nothing. The only sound was the rustling of the grass as the wind passed through it.
"Really, you don't have any skills?" Li Tuo said unwillingly.
Lu Xuan thought for a moment, "If I have to say it, it's just practice makes perfect."
He had been playing with daggers and bows and arrows before the apocalypse, and then he struggled to survive for ten years in the apocalypse. Throwing stones had become an instinct for him, and there was nothing he could learn even if he was asked to.
After a lot of practice, even a fool can become a sharpshooter.
Lu Xuan: "Okay, stop talking nonsense and focus on hunting. Hunt more and your accuracy will naturally improve."
Others: "...That's right. Today's prey can't be much worse than yesterday's." Otherwise it would be so embarrassing.
Their luck today was not as good as yesterday. They walked around for a long time but did not encounter any wild boars. However, they had more time today than yesterday. In the afternoon, they found three roe deer. When the sun set, the harvest was quite good.
On the way back, they met the collection team and Wucheng's team who were also on their way back. After learning that both sides had made rich harvests, everyone was in a good mood.
This good mood lasted until the anxious faces of the people left behind in the square appeared.
Everyone's eyelids twitched.
Thinking of their parents, wives, and children left behind in the cave, everyone's expression changed slightly. "Did something happen?"
"Could it be that some wild animals have entered the square since we left?"
"Is anyone injured?"
"No! It's a child! A child is missing!"
Zhang Yang hurried over and shouted at Lu Xuan and Lu Qing, "Xuan boy, Qing girl, your Lu Chen and Xiong Dabao from Xiong Mao's family have run off to who knows where!"
"What!?" Xiong Mao and Su Ying in the crowd screamed in surprise.
Lu Qing's legs went weak and she almost fell down.
"Be careful!" Lei Yan quickly supported her.
Su Ying grabbed Zhang Yang's arm and asked urgently, "Where is my son? How could he be missing?"
Xiong Mao said angrily: "Why is my son gone? Why don't you keep an eye on him?"
Lu Qing clutched Lei Yan's arm tightly, her delicate face pale as she spoke in a trembling voice, "Chenchen is such a good boy, he wouldn't run around. How could he be missing?"
The audience in the live broadcast room were also shocked to learn that Lu Chen was missing.
[The anchor's younger brother certainly doesn't seem like the type to be so naughty and run around everywhere.]
[Yes, I promised the host yesterday that I would keep an eye on the other children.]
[Is it possible that he was lost along with Xiong Dabao because he promised the anchor?]
[No matter what the reason is, the most important thing now is to find the child as soon as possible! ]
"Don't worry." Lu Xuan pressed Lu Qing's shoulder soothingly and asked the others calmly, "What's going on?"
Li Tie called Zhang Dafu and recounted what had happened.
Zhang Dafu's eyes were red as he said, "We were originally playing with Chenchen and the new toy car that Brother Lu Xuan gave us, but halfway through, Chenchen saw Xiong Dabao doing something alone at the edge of the square and went to look for him. When we came to our senses, both of us were gone."
Li Tie sighed, "We went to where the two children were and found a hole in the fence. I guess they got out through that hole."
Lu Xuan glanced at the others, his sharp eyes filled with scrutiny: "It's ok if the other kids didn't notice, but where are the ones looking after the kids?"
Ye Jing, who was in charge of taking care of the children, stepped forward and said guiltily, "I was not feeling well at the time. Granny Lin and my sister helped me back to the big cave to rest. I didn't pay attention for a while..." When she came out again, the two children were gone.
Lu Xuan glanced at Ye Jing and said nothing.
Su Ying couldn't help but curse: "If you knew you were not in good health, you shouldn't have taken on the job of babysitting! Now look what happened, you've lost my son! If anything happens to my son, can you afford to pay for it?"
Ye Jing's face was filled with shame, "I'm sorry."
Carpenter Ye and Ye Lin accompanied the pale Ye Jing. They knew that the Xiong and Lu families were very anxious at the moment and could not say a word to defend Ye Jing.
If anything really happened to the two children, they would never be at peace for the rest of their lives.
Granny Lin slapped her thigh in frustration: "It's all my and Ye Ping's fault for being careless. We should have left someone to look after the children."
Ye Ping's eyes were red and she also felt very guilty.
They just thought that the children had been well behaved these past few days and nothing would happen for a while, but when it came to children, they couldn't take any chances.
Su Ying said bitterly, "If anything happens to my Dabao, I will never forgive you!"
Li Tie sighed deeply, "Alright, the most important thing now is to find the child as soon as possible."
The others nodded, "That's right."
"The remaining guards have all gone out to look for him, but there is no news yet."
"It will be dark soon. We must find it before dark, otherwise it will be dangerous."
"The two children are still so young and have no ability to protect themselves. If they encounter a wild beast..."
Someone retorted to the person who was talking nonsense, "Stop talking." Didn't you see that Xiong Mao and his wife, as well as Lu Qing and Lei Yan, all looked very unhappy.
Su Ying suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to look at Lu Xuan, saying anxiously, "Lu Xuan! You are so capable, there must be a way to find my son, right? Can you please ask the gods for help? I can't live without my son! As long as the child can be found, I will do anything."
Xiong Mao even said, "As long as you can get my son back, I'll even sacrifice my life!"
Lu Xuan glanced at him and said, "Why would I want your life? Don't worry, since Chenchen is following us, unless they encounter wolves, tigers and leopards as soon as they go out, nothing will happen easily."
Having said that, it is indeed unsafe to leave two children in the wild all the time.
He quickly took out a palm-sized electronic screen from the space, clicked the switch, and three small green dots immediately appeared on the screen.
Two of the green dots are at the middle coordinates, and one is a little further northeast.
Lu Xuan zoomed in on the screen, carefully confirmed the exact distance to the green dot, and said to the others, "We've found it. Now go and bring the child back."
Everyone: “!???”
How did you find it?
Where is it?
Lu Xuan didn't say much, he turned around and walked back into the forest. Seeing this, Xiong Mao immediately followed him.
Seeing this, the others had no choice but to follow.
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