Chapter 186 Return to the End of the World 16
Lin Xing was nailing in the cabin. When he saw Chen Qian coming in, he raised his eyebrows with a hint of pride: "How is it? My craftsmanship is not bad, right? After these two rows of nails are finished, we will string the wires symmetrically, then hang the meat on the wires and smoke it with fresh branches. That's it."
This dog looks a lot like the big yellow dog her mother raised in the village. Chen Qian touched the newly installed wooden door and asked, "I have already drilled the hole. Is there anything else I can help you with?"
"No, no." He waved his hand, "I'll take care of the rest. You can go back to your room and rest."
There have been enough things going on at home these past two days, and I am still pestering her at night. I should ask her to take a rest while I am free, otherwise...
Thinking of the spring scene at night, he suddenly became energized. He grabbed the hammer and started smashing. With the sound of clanging, the nail was halfway driven into the wood.
Chen Qian smiled, but did not go back to the house. She folded her arms and looked behind him. The log house was not tight. Thin golden light penetrated the gaps between the logs and spilled into the dark cabin. The light beams in the air were filled with the fragrance of trees. As the light alternated between light and dark, the black pupils under the man's sword-like brows seemed to reflect the starry sky.
"Why, you feel sorry for me?"
"You are my wife. If I don't feel sorry for you, who should I feel sorry for?"
Chen Qian smiled again, and the corners of her lips were filled with an unstoppable smile.
The nails in his hand were gone. Lin Xing turned around and saw her holding a long nail and handing it to him. He also smiled: "Why, are you feeling sorry for me?"
"You are my husband. If I don't feel sorry for you, who should I feel sorry for?"
This reply was somewhat playful, and he pondered it in his heart for a while. Isn't that the case? There are so many people in this world, but I met you, and you met me. In the vast sea of people, with murderous intentions everywhere, it was destined that we two should meet. It's not easy to meet, and we have become partners and will support each other for the rest of our lives.
The nails were nailed in quickly. First, the iron wire was wrapped around the nail on one side of the wall. Then, Lin Xing held the iron wire, straightened it, and stood under the nail on the other side of the wall. Chen Qian first brought a bowl of venison, and then passed the iron wire through the holes drilled in the venison, one, two... about ten wires were strung together. Lin Xing straightened the iron wire and then wrapped it tightly around the nail on this end.
Because she didn't like the smell of mutton, Lin Xing hung the venison at the innermost end of the cabin and separated the venison from the mutton with a wide banana leaf. Then, under each row of charcoal, she carefully started a fire with dry bark and weeds. The fire was not big, and when the fire started, she added fresh pine and cypress branches. The moist pine and cypress branches did not ignite a flame but instead emitted a pungent thick smoke. Soon, the whole cabin was filled with pine-scented smoke.
Chen Qian was blown away. Some smoke floated out from the gaps in the wooden walls on all sides, some escaped to the blue sky along the roof made of tree branches, and more thick smoke emitting pine resin was trapped in the wooden house and kept company with the "meat forest".
The two men watched the fire for three days in a row. Whenever the smoke began to dissipate, one of them would add some dry grass, and whenever the fire began to grow, the other would add fresh branches to the fire one by one.
Just like that, on the afternoon of the third day, Chen Qian looked at the color of the bacon and felt the texture of the bacon. She finally nodded and said, "It's time to put the meat in."
So the two of them put out the fire, took down the strips of smoked meat that were bright red from the pine smoke from the wire, wrapped them up in strips of cooked and dried dragon bamboo leaves, put them in a bamboo basket and hung them in the main room for ventilation. The smoked venison and mutton would not go bad even after being stored for several years.
Gao Lang arrived early in the morning on the fourth day. He took two bamboo baskets from the car and put them in the yard. One basket contained some staple foods such as sweet potatoes and yams, and the other basket was filled with most of the vegetables, including emerald green radish threads, round little pumpkins the size of a palm, cabbages the size of a human face and bigger than the head, and several flat vegetables as big as clubs stuck straight out of the edge of the bamboo basket.
There is a small rattan basket on top of the leeks that are longer than rice ears. The basket is covered with a thick layer of hay, and on the hay is a pile of round yellow eggs.
Seeing what was in the bamboo basket, Lin Xing's eyes widened in surprise: "Brother Gao, what is this?"
In the last days, food is much more precious than human life. Let alone sending you two baskets of food, even if I give you a bowl of porridge, it is still a precious meal.
Not to mention that winter is coming, and it will be difficult to find food in the wild. The base has absorbed so many outsiders at the moment, and I don’t know if there is enough food in stock.
Gao Lang rubbed his hands and said, "Don't talk nonsense. This is a gift from me, your elder brother. Where's your sister-in-law? Hasn't she gotten up yet?"
After looking around and not seeing Chen Qian, he frowned again and revealed an expression that all men can understand: "Xingzi, you should take it easy. Even though you are greedy, you can't always exploit girls..." As he spoke, his voice lowered, "Besides, there is no uncultivated land, only cows that die of exhaustion. Even though you are young now, you are still a man. You have to take care of yourself, otherwise in the future, this precious sword of yours... hehe..."
Lin Xing rolled his eyes. Ever since he dreamt, the old hands in the team had been clamoring to take him to eat meat. Although he didn't get to eat meat in the end, he did hear a lot of greedy talk.
Now he was amusing himself again, and he said, "Big Brother Gao, I have been following you and Captain Shen since the day I joined the team. Although we are not blood relatives, you are no different from my brothers in my heart, especially Big Brother Gao, you are more than 20 years older than me. Sometimes I feel that you are as solid as my father. No matter what happens, you are like a mountain standing in front of me."
Gao Lang felt sad when he heard this. That's right, if nothing unexpected happened, his son should be the same age as Lin Xing. A trace of tears flashed through the man's eyes very quickly.
Lin Xing approached and whispered, "So, did you get into trouble today and come to my place to avoid trouble?"
What are you thinking about?
Gao Lang walked into the main room with his eyes glaring. He didn't hesitate and first took a cup from the high table, then took out a thermos from under the square table and poured a cup of hot water into it. Then he sat astride the main seat, blew away the hot steam in the cup and took a sip. He felt extremely relaxed.
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