Chapter 70 Washing your clothes
After his Bajiquan skills were upgraded to level five, Zhou Ziwen became much bolder and dared to go deeper into the mountains.
The deeper you go into the mountains and forests, the more complex the environment becomes.
However, this place is still on the periphery, and there are brave villagers coming in from time to time, so it is relatively safe.
As Zhou Ziwen went deeper, he could clearly see that the surrounding resources were richer than outside.
Mushrooms, fungus, herbs, wild fruits, wild vegetables, etc., these things appear in front of Zhou Ziwen from time to time.
"Hehe, luckily I was prepared this time."
Zhou Ziwen took off the sack from his waist with a smile and collected all these things.
Not to mention mushrooms and wood ears, the wild fruits are mainly small fruits such as jackfruit, sea buckthorn, and mountain plum.
The twisted fruit is a purple-black fruit that is sweet and sour and delicious. Children love to eat it.
Seabuckthorn is a fruit covered with small thorns on the surface. The flesh inside is very sweet and delicious.
These were told to him by Erzhuzi from the village, who also gave him a few to taste.
As for wild vegetables and herbs, he knew them because he had recently learned about them from the barefoot doctor manual.
Some herbs have both medicinal value and can be eaten as vegetables, such as purslane, qingmingcai, shepherd's purse, alfalfa, etc.
These wild vegetables can clear away heat and toxic substances, cool blood and stop bleeding. Some can treat chronic bronchitis, wheezing and coughing, ulcers, rheumatic pain, and some can clear away heat and toxic substances, and act as diuretics and dehumidifiers.
Along the way, Zhou Ziwen did not do any work, but he did harvest a lot of wild vegetables and fruits.
But this is also an important matter. Since the Chen sisters are collecting firewood, he does other things.
"Hey, these are chestnuts, right? They're good stuff! Now Yiyi and the others have something to snack on."
After walking for a distance, Zhou Ziwen gained new insights.
September is the golden autumn, the time to eat chestnuts. Zhou Ziwen discovered that there were still many chestnuts on the chestnut tree, and quite a few had fallen on the ground.
Zhou Ziwen was too lazy to pick up the things on the tree, so he just picked up everything on the ground.
These chestnuts alone filled half a bag.
To this end, he took the wild vegetables out of the sack and took off his shirt to hold the wild vegetables.
"It seems that having too many things can be a hassle sometimes!" Zhou Ziwen sighed after picking up the chestnuts on the ground.
But this is also a happy trouble.
If he had such troubles every day, Zhou Ziwen would probably be very happy.
Zhou Ziwen also discovered that this mountain was truly a treasure land. As long as they had the ability, they could live a comfortable life just by relying on this mountain.
The saying "live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water" makes a lot of sense.
However, the reason why he was able to gain so much was because Zhou Ziwen learned the knowledge from the book.
If he hadn't learned about so many herbs through books, he wouldn't have known these things even if he came to the mountains.
Including mushrooms, which mushrooms are edible and which are not, all of this is knowledge and experience.
The ones who understand these things best are actually the villagers who have lived here for generations.
Zhou Ziwen only understands the basics of this.
With two bags in his hands, Zhou Ziwen couldn't continue chopping wood, so he simply went back to the outside, put the things down, and came back again.
When he was picking wild vegetables just now, he had already found his target and was just about to start chopping it.
"Brother Ziwen, what did you bring back?" Seeing Zhou Ziwen carrying a lot of bags, Chen Qiaoyi's eyes were full of curiosity.
"They are all good stuff, and there are quite a lot of varieties. Please take a look at them later!" Zhou Ziwen said with a smile.
"What is it? Let me see." Chen Qiaoyi took out the package and sack with great interest, opened them and looked at them.
"Wow, so many fruits, including chestnuts."
"Sister, look, there are still a lot of wild vegetables."
"Brother Ziwen, what is this grass? Why does it look so strange?"
In the open space, Chen Qiaoyi's chattering voice continued to ring out.
Zhou Ziwen didn't find it noisy at all. Instead, he thought her voice was as beautiful as a lark.
"Sister, Yiyi, you two should go back first. I just found a dead tree. I'm going to chop it down."
Seeing that the two sisters were still sorting out the things he had picked, Zhou Ziwen put his shirt back on and said.
"We'll wait for you together." Chen Shiying said.
"Okay, I'll be back soon." Looking at Chen Shiying's concerned eyes, Zhou Ziwen smiled slightly and went back up the mountain with his axe.
In fact, there was no danger in the mountains, but Chen Shiying didn't know the situation, so she was a little worried.
Zhou Ziwen did not dislike this kind of concern. Instead, he felt that his sister-in-law was quite heartwarming.
Because someone was waiting, Zhou Ziwen did not delay. After going up the mountain, he went straight to his destination, and hurried down the mountain after cutting down the trees.
"Let's go home." Zhou Ziwen carried the dead tree and strode to the two sisters.
"Let's go." Chen Qiaoyi cheered and walked ahead.
After returning home, the three of them started to get busy.
Zhou Ziwen was busy chopping firewood, and the two sisters were busy washing the wild vegetables and fruits that Zhou Ziwen picked.
By the time Zhou Ziwen finished chopping the firewood, the two sisters had almost finished their work and were preparing to make chestnut cakes and stir-fry chestnuts.
This time he picked up a lot of chestnuts, and he definitely couldn't eat them all by just frying them. It was Chen Shiying's cleverness that made her think of making chestnut cakes.
Watching them busying themselves in an orderly manner, a breath of life came to his face. At this moment, Zhou Ziwen seemed to enjoy this feeling.
The two sisters were still busy, and Zhou Ziwen couldn't fall behind.
He took out the wild rabbit he had shot today, took it to his yard and started skinning it.
This thing was bloody when it was peeled, and he was worried that the two girls would be scared when seeing it, so he simply peeled it at home so that they could avoid seeing it.
"Wow, Brother Ziwen, you are skinning a rabbit!"
While Zhou Ziwen was busy, Chen Qiaoyi's somewhat frightened voice came from the gate of the courtyard.
"Why are you here? Aren't you going to help me?" Zhou Ziwen calmly used his body to block the bloody dissection scene while changing the subject.
"I came to see if you had any clothes to change into. Your shirt was dirty just now, so I came to wash it." Chen Qiaoyi remembered the important business.
"This is not so good!" Zhou Ziwen was happy in his heart when he heard this, but he looked a little reluctant.
Of course he was happy to have a woman help him wash clothes, but he and Yiyi were only dating in name only, and it was not to the extent that she helped wash clothes. If the villagers saw it, he would probably be laughed at again.
"What's the big deal? I'm your girlfriend. What's wrong with helping you wash clothes? I'd like to see who dares to say anything nonsense." Chen Qiaoyi showed her little fangs, looking very fierce.
"Are you really not afraid of what others will say?" Zhou Ziwen looked at the girl in front of him with some surprise.
He remembered that the girl always blushed when the villagers joked about their relationship.
"Hehe, what should I be afraid of? I haven't finished work yet, and I'm not afraid even if someone sees me." Chen Qiaoyi clenched her fists, looking like she was encouraging herself.
"Okay, thank you for your help." Zhou Ziwen found it a little funny, but was willing to let Yiyi help him with the laundry.
"Hehe, no trouble."
(End of this chapter)
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