Chapter 76 All Tuntun Rats
Shen Qingman and the others all covered their mouths and laughed out loud. It turned out that there was a female bandit in their Shen family.
Shen Qingqian also felt that Shen Qingning had become more and more like a gangster recently, which was a good thing under the current circumstances.
Everyone chatted and laughed, and before they knew it, they had finished the work. They had another good night's sleep and woke up refreshed the next day.
Today we have to regroup, so Li Laosan separated everyone and divided them into five groups, men and women. One group stayed to guard the camp, and four groups went out to look for things.
This time, Shen Qingqian was still in the same group with Sheng Ze, but the other sisters of the Shen family were assigned to other groups.
"Those who stay behind must not be careless. We have dug a trap outside the tent, but it is not wide or deep enough. If you encounter a wild beast, pour the tung oil you collected earlier on it and burn it with fire. Understand, don't be reluctant to use the oil." Li Laosan repeatedly reminded them worriedly.
"I understand, Third Master. Don't worry!"
It was Shengze who insisted that everyone dig traps around the camp, firstly to prevent forest fires and secondly to protect against attacks by wild animals.
The oil that Li Laosan and his men brought with them was used up on the night they fought with hyenas. The tung oil was made by picking tung fruits from tung trees they encountered on the road. It was originally used to pour on torches for lighting, but now the situation is special, so Li Laosan asked people to take it out for emergency use.
Everything was arranged properly, and the four groups set off immediately.
Because of the gains of the previous two days, Shen Qingqian was once again pushed out to lead the team this time, and Sheng Ze walked alongside her to open the way.
Their team chose the north. The road outside the camp was relatively easy to walk on, but they encountered many obstacles not long after.
With the experience of the previous two days, Shen Qingqian and others each held a wooden stick two fingers thick to clear the way, making it much easier to walk.
However, the only young women in the team today were Shen Qingqian and another girl she didn't know, who followed her spontaneously.
Not long after they started walking, Shen Qingqian felt something was not right.
From time to time, the girl looked at Cheng San who was leading the way in front with admiration.
Shen Qingqian's first reaction was that her third sister had a love rival.
Based on this subtle psychology, Shen Qingqian stopped chatting with the girl and carefully looked for food and useful things along the way.
As for what Shen Qingning said last night about not letting go of even the weeds, we'll have to wait until we return to do it.
"Our people have searched all the places ahead. We'll probably have to wait five miles before we find anything useful."
"It's okay. With Miss Shen Liu in our team this time, we will definitely be able to find more things to take back than the other groups."
"Indeed, it was Miss Six and Cheng San's team that found the most things before. This time, it's finally our turn to get some."
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Shen Qingqian walked in front, occasionally hearing a few words of discussion behind her. She secretly held her forehead, thinking that these people had too much confidence in her.
Just as she was thinking, she saw familiar branches and leaves out of the corner of her eye, and she quickly said, "Stop for a moment, there seems to be a tung tree ahead!"
The tung trees here refer to the oil tung trees. This season is the time when tung fruits are ripe. They have seen a few tung trees before, but not many fruits are ripe, so they could not get much tung oil.
Tung oil of this era was purely physically squeezed, so it was not pure, but it did not affect combustion much.
"Tung oil can only be used for lighting. Let's not waste our energy on it for now," someone said hesitantly.
Shen Qingqian smiled and said, "Who says tung oil can only be used for lighting? It has many uses!"
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