Chapter 375: Means of Transportation
Mu Xi saw that she was about to cry. He wanted to hug her but because his body was too dirty and his hands were also dirty, he could only move his mouth and said:
"Don't cry, I'm fine, I just smell a little bit. I'll just go back and take a shower, really."
Zhao Yeqing knew without thinking that Mu Xi was probably in great pain, so he turned around and walked to the car, opened the door and sat directly in the driver's seat, "Hurry up and get in the car, I'll drive, you take a rest first."
Mu Xi did not refuse. He opened the back seat to let the dogs get in, and then sat in the passenger seat himself.
Zhao Yeqing whistled, signaling Xiaohong to get in the car and go home. He stepped on the accelerator and arrived home in less than half an hour.
When it was confirmed in the morning that Mu Xi was coming back, Zhao Yeqing rushed back to the kitchen to prepare hot water and stew the chicken soup for the evening.
Mu Xi was indeed extremely tired. Apart from the hard work of exploring the route and the snakes, insects, rats and ants he encountered, the most unbearable thing was the restless sleep he suffered at night.
In a place like that, I have to be on edge every night when I go to bed. If I fall into a deep sleep by accident, I will wake up suddenly.
As soon as he finished taking a shower, Zhao Yeqing pulled him to the kitchen to eat.
"You eat first. I made some chicken soup. You can have some simple chicken noodle soup first. Noodles are easy to digest, and the chicken soup is lighter without the oil. You haven't been eating well recently, so you need to take care of yourself first."
After eating, Zhao Yeqing sent him back to his room to sleep.
The dogs didn't have any worries in this regard. Zhao Yeqing poured water to clean them and rewarded each dog with two large bones and their favorite biscuits. After eating, they still had energy to play in the yard.
Mu Xi slept from about six in the afternoon until eight in the morning of the next day. He didn't know if it was because he slept too long or because the tension in his heart suddenly relaxed, but when he woke up he just felt groggy.
Before he got up, he saw Zhao Yeqing carrying the boiled medicine upstairs. Seeing that he was awake, he hurriedly stopped him from getting up:
"Don't get up. Take the medicine first and then rest. I touched your head this morning and it seemed like you had a fever. Take your temperature after you take the medicine."
Having lived together for such a long time, and the weather being usually quite bad, it was inevitable that they would catch a cold and have a fever sometimes. This prescription was copied by Mu Xi in a notebook, and Zhao Yeqing was familiar with it after having endured it twice.
A handful of rice is added to the soup. It doesn’t mean that the rice should be eaten cooked, but the rice soup made from the rice can not only help relieve the symptoms and dispel the cold, but also make the medicine milder and less harmful to the stomach.
Mu Xi drank the medicine in one breath, and Zhao Yeqing took the bowl. "Lie down for a while, I'll bring you breakfast. Do you want noodles or porridge?"
"Drink porridge."
Zhao Yeqing took the bowl and went downstairs. He came back in just three minutes with a bowl of warm pumpkin sweet porridge and a pot of water.
"I'm afraid you have no appetite, so I cooked sweet porridge according to your taste. But your body needs salt. The water in the pot is light salt water. Drink more to reduce your fever faster."
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Maybe my body was really hurt these days, and the fever lasted for three days before it went away.
By the time Mu Xi had fully recovered, the preserved eggs made by Zhao Yeqing had been pickled.
"It's so humid in this weather, nothing tastes so good. I'm going to cut two preserved eggs and mix them with cucumbers to make a refreshing and appetizing dish."
Mu Xi nodded in agreement. He had been eating only light meals these past few days, but after recovering, his appetite was better than before.
Only now did Mu Xi have time to talk about what happened in the woods a few days ago, and he also drew a rough map of the route in his mind.
After successfully climbing out of the swamp, he walked along the edge of the swamp and found that the entire swamp was very wide and extended to the south.
"There are traces of animals nearby. The most threatening animal found so far is probably a wolf."
Zhao Yeqing's eyebrows jumped when he heard the word "wolf", "Did you encounter one?"
"No, I just saw footprints, but they didn't look like the wolves from before. They weren't that big, the footprints were smaller, and there was only one wolf."
"A lone wolf?"
Mu Xi shook his head: "I'm not sure. Anyway, I haven't encountered any since then. Apart from that, the most special thing should be insects. I saw a centipede that was two fingers wide."
"So big?!" Zhao Yeqing was shocked. "Shouldn't we catch them and make medicine out of them?"
"I ran too fast and didn't catch it." Mu Xi couldn't help but smile: "You and I are thinking the same thing... By the way, there is another thing that you will definitely be interested in. I will dig it up and bring it back to you next time."
"What?"
He blinked cheerfully, "I found wild lotus flowers on the surface of the swamp."
Zhao Yeqing paused while picking up food. "Are you sure it's a lotus flower and not a water lily?"
"Sure. The temperature around here is now stable year-round. The lotus flowers on the water are in full bloom, and their leaves are different. I can still recognize them."
Lotus flowers can only be used for viewing. If you want to eat sweet lotus seeds and crispy lotus roots, you have to eat lotus flowers.
"I'll dig some and plant them when I come back next time." Zhao Yeqing picked up a piece of preserved egg and put it in his mouth, but he was already planning the lotus pond at the door in his mind.
"Are you planning to go alone?" Mu Xi then remembered that the last time before he went out, Zhao Yeqing also said that she would go next time. He didn't think much about it at the time and was just in a hurry to go out.
After this trip, no one knew better than him how hard it was.
Zhao Yeqing knew that he wanted to persuade him, so he picked up the pen on the table and marked on the map that Mu Xi had just drawn.
"Look at the route map. The stone path we cleared earlier ends here... The entire route is nearly two kilometers long. According to what you said, it's basically a flat mountain road, and the grass on the road has been cleared. We cut it open and took a detour when we encountered a swamp..."
Zhao Yeqing drew a circle around the swamp with his pen. "The roads before this are not rugged or steep. You said it was like walking on a meadow. Only after bypassing the swamp will there be a slightly rugged mountain road. I have an idea..."
Mu Xi looked up and saw Zhao Yeqing's expression, which looked like he was asking me something. He smiled and cooperated sensibly, "What do you think?"
"I plan to go to the tourist area to bring the electric scooter back. Cars can't go into the forest, but the electric scooter can. When I get to the swamp, I can abandon the car and walk. When I come back, I can ride a bike. It's much faster to go back and forth."
In fact, at the beginning she was thinking of riding Xiaohong in, as its obstacle-crossing ability must be better than that of the electric scooter. But then she changed her mind and thought that if she had to dismount after reaching the swamp, Xiaohong would not be able to stay in such a dangerous forest by herself, so the electric scooter was more reliable.
Mu Xi fell silent after hearing this. It was indeed feasible.
With a means of transportation, it would take less than two hours to walk from the swamp to the place where he finally stopped to explore.
The more than two hours are calculated based on his speed of walking back. Walking back is going up the mountain at a slower speed, while walking forward is going down the mountain, and the speed can be shortened to less than two hours.
Add in the twenty-minute electric ride, and the round trip would only take more than four hours!
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