Before leaving home today, Song Qiu'e heated up the fried food and wrapped it in tin foil.
Now, when you open it, the fried food is still warm, even though it's not smoking.
The Xiao family didn't have such good skills, so they only brought compressed biscuits and water.
"Come on, let's eat together!"
Xu Haiguo warmly invited Xiao Rui and Li Qingya.
Li Qingya felt a little embarrassed because she hadn't yet reciprocated the meal she had offered to treat others to last time, and now she was eating someone else's food again.
Even so, Li Qingya was still so tempted by the incredibly enticing aroma that her mouth was watering.
Sitting next to his wife, Xiao Rui glanced at her, who was holding a compressed biscuit but hadn't taken a bite yet. He reached into his backpack and took out five bottles of drinks that could quickly replenish energy, handing one to each person.
"Thank you very much, Uncle Xu!"
After saying that, seeing that the three members of the Xu family had all taken beef patties, Xiao Rui reached out and took one, placing it in his wife's hand.
Song Qiu's beef patties were pan-fried until golden brown on both sides, and the beef filling inside was tender and juicy.
Li Qingya held the pancake, which was about the size of two of her palms, in her hands, opened her mouth, took a bite, and chewed slowly. It was so delicious that she almost swallowed her tongue.
In no time, everyone ate their meal quickly, and in less than ten minutes, the five of them packed up their things on the rubber boat and set off for Wangtai Mountain.
They landed on the north side of Wangtai Mountain.
This is also the route hikers take up the mountain before the heavy rain, as the slope is relatively gentle.
Xu Lai, who deliberately went up the mountain last, took advantage of Xiao Rui and his wife's inattention and put the rubber boat into her spatial storage.
The path up the mountain is made of stone steps, which are covered with moss due to the long-term rain.
"The stone steps are a bit slippery, everyone be careful!"
Xiao Rui, who was walking at the front, spoke up to remind him.
Perhaps because they had been climbing up and down seventeen floors on their legs during this period, the five of them managed to climb to the halfway point of the mountain in one go.
There were several paths leading in different directions halfway up the mountain. Without saying a word, Xu Lai led everyone to one of the paths based on his memory.
The path was also made of stone steps, but it was only one-third the width of the path they had just taken up the mountain.
For more than a month, there has been continuous torrential rain, and no one has passed by. The branches of the low bushes on both sides of the path have grown long, making the path appear even narrower.
The five of them first walked down the path, and after walking for about two or three miles, the path became flat and wide.
On the right-hand side of the path, there appears a two-story building with a huge courtyard.
This is the farmhouse that Xu Lai visited before.
One of the gates to this farmhouse inn is crooked, and it looks like it was damaged by external force.
“It seems someone has been here before!” Xu Haiguo said.
Xu Chao, young and impetuous, took the lead and went inside.
"Take this with you all!"
Xu Lai took off the backpack from his shoulder, took out five extendable stun guns, and gave one to each person.
Sure enough, when the group entered the house, they found that the contents had been ransacked.
"Let's split up and look for anything that's still usable!"
After Xu Lai finished speaking, everyone nodded.
In this special time, even highly educated people like Xiao Rui didn't act coy. He didn't care about keeping what wasn't there; survival was the only important thing.
Xu Lai went straight into the kitchen, where she found several gas cylinders connected to the gas stove.
She reached out and turned on the switch to test it; there was still gas inside.
In addition, the kitchen is fully equipped with all kinds of kitchen utensils, such as knives, bowls, and basins.
After searching the kitchen, Xu Lai walked out of the kitchen and into the large courtyard outside the main house. There was a small door on the inner side of the courtyard.
After Xu Lai went inside, he saw a large chicken coop.
When Xu Lai went inside, the chicken coop was empty.
Were all the chickens moved out?
Just as she was about to turn around and go out, she suddenly heard the clucking sound of a hen laying an egg, but the sound seemed to be coming from outside the chicken coop.
Xu Lai hurriedly walked out of the chicken coop and headed into the woods behind it.
She actually saw a large flock of chickens in a half-collapsed tarpaulin shed. It was probably drizzling outside, and the chickens were all huddled together.
The seven or eight chicken coops nearby, which had been popped out by the chickens, were filled with white eggs.
She couldn't possibly catch so many chickens by herself, so she immediately turned around and quickly walked to the hall.
"Quick, I've found a flock of chickens! Come with me and catch them!"
In the main hall, Xiao Rui and his wife also found several alcohol stoves for burning alcohol, and several small boxes of solid alcohol blocks in a box in the corner.
They were overjoyed when they heard Xu Lai's words.
Especially Xiao Rui and Li Qingya, whose families were small before, had not stocked up on much meat and had already finished it, and now they could not buy meat at all in the supermarkets outside.
They hadn't eaten meat for a while, so now, as soon as they heard there were lots of chickens, the couple turned and ran outside.
Upon hearing this, Xu Haiguo and Xu Chao also ran towards Xu Lai.
The five followed Xu Lai to the oilcloth shed, where they indeed saw a group of chickens huddled together.
How do we catch them?
Li Qingya grew up in the city and had never done chicken-catching work before, but Xu Haiguo was very experienced.
"Seal the door to this shed, then use an electric baton to stun these chickens inside!"
Xu Lai was speechless after hearing her father's advice. She never dreamed that the stun gun she had prepared would be used against these chickens instead of the enemy.
"Okay, I'll seal the door!"
Xiao Rui was tall and strong. He walked to the door of the tarpaulin shed, pulled down the tarpaulin fixed to the roof, and blocked the half-meter-wide doorway.
The chickens in the shed sensed the noise outside and panicked, scrambling around inside.
"Can we go in now?"
Standing outside, Li Qingya looked at Xu Lai with some impatience, and Xu Lai nodded.
Xiao Rui stood guard outside the shed, while Xu Haiguo led the others into the tarpaulin shed one by one.
They took out the extendable stun guns from their pockets, swung them open, pressed the switch, and pointed them directly at the chickens.
This retractable stun gun looks small, but it's very powerful; any chicken it touches immediately collapses to the ground.
Inside the tarpaulin shed, chickens were initially flying around, but within ten minutes, they were all stunned by electric shocks.
Li Qingya counted them carefully: "There are actually thirty-eight!"
While Li Qingya was counting, Xu Haiguo returned to the kitchen, found a few plastic buckets, and then pulled some grass from outside the shed.
Several people layered eggs and straw, filling the shed with every single egg.
"There are two hundred and twenty eggs!"
"Should we take these chickens home directly, or process them first?"
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