Lunch was prepared by Grandpa Gu and Qiao An'an together.
Because they had a lot of leftover food from last night, after steaming the rice, they put the remaining spicy rabbit head, cumin lamb, and hot pot together and cooked them thoroughly as their lunch.
These students were never this tired during their initial military training upon entering university.
The morning's training had left them starving, and they exclaimed that these leftovers were the most delicious food they had ever eaten in their lives.
After finishing their meal, the exhausted students were given an hour to rest. They went straight back to their dormitories, lay down on their beds, and fell asleep instantly.
Grandpa Gu is getting old and doesn't have the habit of taking a nap. He used a knife to split the bamboo that the college students had cut back in the morning into the required size and length, and then put the bamboo on the fire to roast it to the required curvature.
Qiao An'an helped from the side.
During a break from helping out, she said to Grandpa Gu, "Although these students say they are not afraid of the threats from the capital and are determined to keep us here, we can't just sit here and wait to die with these kids, can we?"
After hearing Qiao An'an's words, Grandpa Gu stopped what he was doing, looked up at her, and asked, "You have an idea?"
Qiao An'an: "When we were in the neighborhood, if there wasn't a wooden house in the woods, the children wouldn't have anywhere to hide when the masked men came. I was thinking that since there are mountains here, could we replicate a wooden house?"
Grandpa Gu thought it was feasible.
After discussing it, the two of them took Chi Xiaoyu, Ya Ya, and Da Hei into the mountains to find a suitable place to build a base while the students were practicing in the afternoon.
After entering the mountain, Qiao An'an and her friends discovered that the mountain behind the school was much smaller than the mountain behind their neighborhood, and there was a stone-paved path at the back gate of the school.
The path leads directly to the top of the mountain, and the trees in the mountain have all been trimmed. Following the path up the mountain, you can see the top of the mountain clearly, and from the top, you can see the other side of the mountain clearly.
On the other side of the mountain, there were no trees, only bare rocks, and below the rocky mountain was the beach.
The rocky mountain and river beach are almost vertical at a 90-degree angle, and there is a hole in the middle of the rocky mountain, which looks like a trace left by a quarry.
Qiao An'an was very disappointed when she saw this. Behind their residential area, there were continuous mountains. Except for the half of the mountain near the residential area which was a manicured park, the other mountains were in a wild state. They were so lush that outsiders could not see inside. But here, half of the mountain was completely visible, while the other half was bare. There was no way to build the secret base she had envisioned.
She said to Grandpa Gu and the others, somewhat dejectedly, "Let's go back. We probably can't build the base we want here."
Grandpa Gu nodded and prepared to return the way he came with everyone.
At this moment, Ya Ya pointed to the sea beyond the mountains and asked Qiao An'an, "Mom, is this the sea we passed by on the big ship before?"
Reminded by Ya Ya, Qiao An'an suddenly remembered the yacht. Although the engine was broken, it could still set sail.
When they are besieged by the capital and have nowhere to go, they can go to sea. When there is no food, they can catch fish in the sea. Most importantly, there is a seawater separator on the ship, so even if they drift at sea for a year or two, they don't have to worry about fresh water.
There are a lot of them, so we can't guarantee that everyone can get a bed.
But at that time it was equivalent to fleeing.
No need to worry about whether you can sleep comfortably anymore, just having a place to stay is enough.
When Qiao An'an told Grandpa Gu and Chi Xiaoyu about this idea, she said, "We can put some supplies on the yacht in advance, so that when we can't win and have to run away, we won't be empty-handed."
Grandpa Gu and Chi Xiaoyu thought the suggestion was excellent.
Chi Xiaoyu also pointed out: "In order to prevent the yacht from being detected by satellites in the capital, we can dig a hole in the mountain on the side facing the sea, and then dig a water channel directly into the hole to hide the yacht inside."
The mountain has been largely hollowed out. There was already a hole at the foot of the mountain, and with a little more work, a hole big enough to fit a large yacht could be dug out. The distance between the mountain and the sea is less than 200 meters, so it wouldn't be difficult to dig a canal leading into the sea.
Qiao An'an thought it was feasible: "Let's do it this way!"
On their way back to school, the group found several mulberry trees. It was mulberry season, and the trees were laden with mulberries that were almost purple in color. Qiao An'an decided to pick some to take back for everyone to enjoy.
Ya Ya was small and could only pick the bottom mulberries, which were still greenish-red and tasted very sour. Ya Ya took a bite and immediately spat it out: "So sour, not tasty."
Qiao An'an picked a large, dark purple mulberry from a high place and handed it to Ya Ya: "It's not that mulberries aren't good, it's that you don't know how to pick them. Try this one that Mom picked."
Ya Ya took a bite with some skepticism, then her eyes lit up: "The ones Mom picked aren't sour at all, they taste sweet, delicious!!!"
For the rest of the time, Qiao An'an was in charge of picking the fruit, while Ya Ya was in charge of eating it.
At first, Ya Ya put the food into her mouth one by one, but later she started stuffing handfuls into her mouth, making her hands and mouth purple with food, which made Qiao An'an laugh.
Ya Ya ate for a while and then got full. While Qiao An'an and the others were picking mulberries, Ya Ya wandered around catching grasshoppers, picking wildflowers, and chasing butterflies. While catching grasshoppers, Ya Ya discovered a lot of mushrooms.
Ya Ya picked a mushroom and asked Grandpa Gu if it was edible. After receiving an affirmative answer, Ya Ya took off her sun-protective clothing and gathered up all the mushrooms in the patch: "Mommy, look how many mushrooms I picked! How about we have chicken stew with mushrooms tonight?"
Qiao An'an affectionately rubbed Ya Ya's head: "This is the apocalypse. What kind of family do you think you are? You expect to eat meat every day. At most, I'll make you an egg and mushroom soup."
Ya Ya looked up and asked her mother, "I don't like soup. Can I have scrambled eggs and mushrooms instead?"
Qiao An'an had finished picking the fruit and was ready to go back to school: "Okay."
Ya Ya chased after him, saying, "Sprinkle more cumin and chili powder!"
When the group returned to school, the students had already finished their afternoon practice and were too tired to move.
Qiao An'an took out the mulberries and gave them to everyone to eat as fruit to supplement their vitamin C intake.
After resting for a while, it got dark, and everyone prepared to cook dinner. The students divided the work clearly: some washed the vegetables, some chopped them, and Qiao An'an couldn't help, so she ran over to help Grandpa Gu sharpen the arrows and told everyone about their thoughts that afternoon.
When the students heard that Qiao An'an and her friends were going to get a yacht, their eyes lit up: "We've only ever seen big yachts in movies and TV shows, we've never seen one in real life."
Shen Zhou felt that Qiao An'an's foresight was correct. When Grandpa Yan taught Ye Jing how to control the yacht, Shen Zhou was no longer on the yacht, so he didn't know who among them could still drive it: "Does anyone here know how to drive a yacht?"
Qiao An'an patted Ye Jing on the shoulder: "Of course! Little Ye is Grandpa Yan's personal disciple!"
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