Chapter 212 Exclamation
Zhao Yeqing quickened his pace and arrived at the waterfall at noon.
Following the traces left by Mu Xi, we made a small circle before arriving at the bottom of the waterfall.
It is too dangerous to go out alone, so this time Mu Xi went out with Huhu and Xuebing. When she went out, she called Dahuang and Xiaohei.
Dahuang is the most experienced, while Xiaohei is the bravest.
In the past, she always left Dahuang at home to look after the house, but going into the mountains is no trivial matter. This time she didn't have time to think too much. The most important thing was to ensure her own safety.
The two dogs remembered Mu Xi's smell, but this time it rained a little two days after Mu Xi went out, so the smell was probably almost gone.
When we arrived at the foot of the waterfall, the sky had already darkened a lot. This location is low in altitude, and most of the light is blocked by the cliffs, waterfalls, and high plants.
Zhao Yeqing continued walking forward for about three kilometers, and it was almost dusk.
She stopped the two dogs that were exploring the way forward and found a place with their backs against the cliff to set up camp.
As the light dimmed, the chirping of insects in the forest became louder and louder, and the chirping made her already restless mind even more anxious.
He picked up some dry firewood from nearby and broke them with great force as if to vent his anger.
Da Huang seemed to sense her anxiety. He came over, pressed against her calves, and soothed her with a "woohoo".
Zhao Yeqing stood there in a daze for a few seconds before squatting down and hugging Dahuang, his eyes a little red.
Before it got completely dark, Zhao Yeqing started a fire. She brought a sleeping bag and plastic sheet with her on this trip.
The tarpaulin used for camping was taken away by Mu Xi, so she could only take the largest plastic sheet with her so as to have nowhere to hide from the rain.
But since it didn't look like it would rain tonight, she made her sleeping bag and added enough firewood to the fire before closing her eyes.
Two dogs slept beside her and kept watch over her, making her feel a little safer in the forest.
But I can't fall into a deep sleep completely, and I will still wake up at the slightest noise.
I slept not so well until morning. The sky was dimly light, the forest was covered with morning mist, and the flames of the fire were almost completely extinguished.
She even got up twice in the middle of the night to add firewood, but the fire did not go out because the firewood was burned out. Instead, the white fog in the mountains was too humid, and the firewood did not gather in time, and the not-so-hot flames were buried by the morning mist.
Zhao Yeqing crawled out of the sleeping bag. The temperature in the mountains was very low in the morning, and he didn't feel much warmer after putting on his coat.
She walked to the woods nearby and rummaged under the thick pile of fallen leaves, finding some firewood that was hidden by the leaves and not wet by the mist and dew.
After I lit the fire again, my stomach growled twice.
Zhao Yeqing then realized that he seemed to have forgotten to eat last night. No wonder he couldn't warm up.
The backpack contained the canned food that Mu Xi brought back last time and the white flour cakes she made herself.
Zhao Yeqing opened the can of meat, heated it over the fire, and waited until the broth in the can started to boil. Then he tore the white flour cake into small pieces and put them into the can.
The canned food has a high salt content, so Zhao Yeqing cooked the dough himself with the broth.
After they were full, he put some dried meat and water into the can, boiled it until soft, and then added bread to feed the two dogs.
After eating, her body felt hot from the inside out. She looked at the slightly dispersing white mist in front of her eyes, stood up, packed her things and prepared to continue on her way.
I sprinkled powder on my body to repel snakes and insects. As we got further away from the snow-capped mountains, the temperature here was not as low as over there. Instead, it had the climate characteristics of a monsoon rain forest.
She was worried about leeches and grasshoppers, so she covered her neck, hands and feet tightly, and also checked the two dogs from time to time to see if they were infected with leeches.
Leeches will attach themselves to animals as long as they sense the animal's body temperature and the vibrations of the surrounding environment.
Not only is there something on the vegetation at your feet, but also on the leaves above your head.
As soon as they sense them passing by, they release their suction cups from the leaves above their heads and land vertically on them. Grandpa said this is called "leech rain".
As soon as a leech landed on Dahuang, she immediately removed it. But Xiaohei was a bit troublesome because his fur was all black and you had to look carefully to find it.
As she walked forward, she found two loquat trees that were bearing fruit. The fruits showed signs of having been picked, and there were loquat cores and peels on the ground.
The two dogs came forward, sniffed it, and barked a few times.
Zhao Yeqing knew that this was the trace of Mu Xi's visit before. This place was covered with leaves, so his scent remained.
The peels and cores didn't look like they were lost in the past two days. He must have set out a week ago, and when he got here he found that the loquats had borne fruit, so he ate them before continuing on his way.
Zhao Yeqing also picked a dozen or so and put them in a plastic bag in his backpack.
She looked at the loquat peels under her feet, sniffed, and continued on her way.
Mu Xi said before that there were no traces of ferocious animals along the way, but after all, it is near a water source, and there are too many variables.
She was very vigilant as she walked, and in the afternoon, she found traces of Mu Xi's carving on a tree trunk on the side of the road.
The last time Mu Xi came back, he said that he had marked the area near where he found some kind of cat.
This should be the mark that Mu Xi mentioned.
She rubbed her hand along the marked area on the tree trunk for a few times before moving on.
In fact, this place is almost the end point of Mu Xi's last exploration. Zhao Yeqing looked at the sky and estimated that he would not be able to go forward for another half an hour and would have to stop and set up camp.
There are traces of animals here, so it stands to reason that the best place to camp is on a tree.
But Mu Xi said it was a cat, and almost all small and medium-sized cats can climb trees, so Zhao Yeqing could only choose a slightly more open area to set up camp.
The sun had completely set behind the mountain. Zhao Yeqing opened his backpack and took out some dry food, planning to cook a meal like he did in the morning.
She had no appetite, but the two dogs had followed her in the mountains all day and had to eat.
Both she and the two dogs had basically exhausted all their energy.
As she was opening her backpack, the two dogs suddenly stood up and ran away from where they were. In just two seconds, they disappeared into the woods.
In addition to the direction where the two dogs ran out, the trunks of the large trees in the distance were also shaking, and it was obvious that some animal was moving between the tree trunks.
Zhao Yeqing stood up as if facing a great enemy, bow and arrow in his hand, with a stern look in his eyes, intending to strike first. He pulled the bowstring to its full extent towards the front, and the arrow flew out as soon as he let go.
Her heart was beating violently, and her mind was quickly thinking about the direction to evacuate, only to hear a familiar cry coming from the direction where the arrow had shot.
"Fuck!"
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