Chapter 259 258. Nap

The taro fried in the simple environment in the mountains is still a little worse than the big iron pot at home. Huaiyu said very experiencedly:

"This multi-functional pot is limited by the material, and it doesn't have the pot flavor!"

Zhou Qian: ...What kind of anger?

"And this taro is actually best when pickled and sour, but that takes time to make at home... Let's just make do with this for today."

Zhou Qian found it hard to imagine why there were so many ways to eat the taro stems. But no matter what, for him, the crispy taste of the taro stems, the slightly spicy and salty taste, and the feeling of crisp juice after taking a bite, coupled with the pancakes prepared earlier, was indeed much more comfortable than eating them dry.

He was already quite satisfied.

After finishing the meal and cleaning the pots, the two of them shared the remaining handful of raspberries. Huai Yu looked at the woods not far away and couldn't help but hesitated and said, "Brother Zhou Qian..."

Zhou Qian's scalp tightened: "If you have something to say, just say it."

"That's it..." Huaiyu took out a ball of hemp rope from the backpack: "We have been walking for the whole morning. Are your legs sore? How about taking a nap?"

"Look!" She shook the hemp rope: "This is the hammock I tied at home. I can share the sleeping bag with you."

Zhou Qian: ... He almost laughed! He thought, do you think this is a picnic? I have to take a nap after lunch! But just as he was about to say no, he suddenly realized that this was no different from a picnic.

So he paused for a long time before refusing, "No, my legs aren't sore or painful, they're even very strong, let's keep going."

He checked the time on the communicator, thought about Kuang Biao's description, and finally said, "Rest for half an hour at most."

The branches and leaves in the woods provide shade. It is not as hot as outside at noon. Instead, the temperature gradually rises at three or four in the afternoon. Zhou Qian said this because he planned to take a rest at that time.

After all, they had been walking around all morning, so this amount of exercise shouldn't be tiring, right? But Huaiyu had already quickly found two trees and started tying the hammock.

Zhou Qian paused and took out a rolled-up sleeping bag from the backpack - no wonder the basket was so full, it really had everything.

However, the moment he spread the sleeping bag flat under the shade of the tree, Zhou Qian couldn't help but smile when he saw Huai Yu swaying in the hammock.

No need to be on guard, no need to clear everything in advance, and no need to worry about losing... It feels really good.

The air was filled with warm breath, but the wind under the shade of the trees was slightly cool. The sleeping bag was placed on the ground, so there was no need to worry about insects or ants. Huaiyu was able to ensure safety all the way around.

He stared at the spots of sunlight projected through the leaves. He could see Huai Yu's swaying figure out of the corner of his eye, and his consciousness gradually began to become confused.

…

When he opened his eyes again, Zhou Qian was in a daze for a moment and didn't even know what day it was.

The wind gradually brought heat, and my body was soaked with sweat. The hammock not far away disappeared without a trace, and Huaiyu was nowhere to be seen.

But there was an exceptionally strong fragrance in the air!

Zhou Qian came back to his senses and finally remembered what he was doing. When he quickly turned over and sat up, he saw the familiar small pot on the stove that had been set up at noon.

Huaiyu was fiddling with the pot with chopsticks, and a sizzling sound came from the pot:

"What's this?"

Zhou Qian came over, only to see her looking up and smiling happily: "Brother Zhou Qian, you're awake!"

Zhou Qian stared at her: "Where did the shrimp come from?"

Huaiyu pointed to the stream they passed by and explained, "I didn't touch the water, nor did I go near it! I caught it with a straw pole from a distance!"

These shrimps were not defensive, and the blue-gray, translucent river shrimps were hard to see in the water, but she caught a bunch of them easily. It was too hot to preserve them, so Huaiyu simply opened her small oil bottle, removed the shrimp heads, and fried a bottle of shrimp oil.

After heating it up, fry the wild garlic. It will taste good with anything you stir-fry.

The remaining shrimps were shelled and deveined, and soon fried in the same frying pan. When Zhou Qian came over, Huai Yu had just sprinkled a little salt on them. Looking at Zhou Qian, he quickly picked up one with chopsticks and said, "Brother Zhou Qian, try it!"

She was so attentive and careful that Zhou Qian couldn't vent his frustration. He had to reach out and pinch the shrimp's tail and put it into his mouth.

It’s really delicious, crispy, and the meat is tender.

Seeing him open his mouth, Huaiyu immediately laughed, and then quickly put all the cleaned shrimps into the leaf bucket, and then asked: "Are you ready to go now?"

Zhou Qian raised his arm to check the time, and for a moment his expression almost froze.

"I slept for over an hour?!"

Huaiyu nodded: "Yes! But you must be very nervous and tired this morning. It's normal to sleep a little longer, so I didn't call you."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

She wiped the sweat off her face and said, "We still have time to leave now! Although we have taken a long detour, I still remember a cave we came across before. We can rest there tonight."

It was indeed unsafe to sit in the open air and have a bonfire in the jungle at night. Zhou Qian nodded and helped to clean up the pot. Seeing that Huai Yu had put out the fire, he quickly packed up his sleeping bag and said, "Let's go."

The cave still needed Huaiyu to lead the way. Although she couldn't remember some sections of the road, she was always able to walk to the plank road that was previously reserved for tourists. At this moment, she was standing on the flat road, and she was still gesturing at the area where she would rest at night -

"The cave is at the corner of the plank road. It's not a cave, but more like a large protrusion of stone and a depression at the bottom."

"Not much dirt, very clean, very suitable for resting at night. The last time I checked, there were no bugs or ants."

She tried to search her memory and described it: "That cave is quite unique. There seems to be a tourist attraction next to it. Standing on the plank road, you can see a stone mountain there, standing up like a finger. It is very abrupt, very conspicuous, and very close."

"Brother Zhou Qian, let's go and take a look together this time. If possible, we can mark the place and choose it when we go up the mountain to spend the night."

She even had a plan in advance: "In this case, next time we go into the mountains to spend the night, I will ask Xiaokui for a handful of melon seeds in advance."

"It has now grown as tall as a bamboo, and its flowers are large, yellow, and conspicuous. If we plant one in a strategic location, wouldn't it be recognizable from a distance?"

“It can definitely be used as a landmark.”

When she said this, she turned her head proudly and said, "Brother Zhou Qian, what do you think of my arrangement?"

Zhou Qian had a blank expression on his face: "Very good."

I just don’t know if Huaiyu realized that the place she described was very similar to what Kuangbiao said, a place where mutant fungi grow.

Update 2, good night. Writing furiously next door.

(End of this chapter)