As expected, the spring water did not disappoint Tang Baozhu. Less than ten seconds after it dripped down, she could feel fish swimming towards her from all directions.
The fish swarmed to the spot where the fairy spring water had just dripped, and they were all particularly large fish; the smaller ones were not allowed to squeeze in.
Tang Baozhu didn't stand on ceremony and directly put all the big fish into the small space. The largest of them felt to weigh thirty or forty pounds.
It felt like more and more fish were swimming over here, and we couldn't keep up with them all. It took about a minute before they stopped.
Seeing the mountain of fish piled up in the small courtyard, she didn't think about adding a few more drops of the fairy spring water. She had just tested its effect, and now that she had tested it, she was content to keep it in mind.
As for the fish in the courtyard, the robots would take care of them anyway. After looking around and seeing that no one was paying attention to this place, and not even a single person in sight, he left.
She walked towards the small hill on the side, not wanting to go back so soon anyway. She decided to try to see how long it would take to freeze a basin of water into ice in such cold weather.
Reaching a secluded spot on the mountain, I took out some basins and poured in the spiritual water from the small gourd. These ice cubes were for my own consumption, so the water I used was imbued with spiritual energy.
Once they had stockpiled enough ice for their own consumption, they started filling lakes with water to freeze. Since they were using ice, any kind of water would do.
Tang Baozhu squatted by the basin, preparing to see how long it would take for the water to turn into ice, and a rock-hard ice at that.
Since I have a fire crystal on me, I won't feel cold even if I squat there for a long time.
An hour later, I noticed the ice had hardened considerably. Since it hadn't been long, I figured I could put some more basins by the door in the middle of the night, fill them with water, freeze them, and then store them away. I could do this every night, and over time I should be able to accumulate a lot of ice.
Tang Baozhu thought her idea was good, so she put the basin away and prepared to return to the educated youth settlement. She planned to walk around the mountain, go around to the back of the settlement, and then go down the mountain.
I had only been gone for two minutes when I found a frozen rabbit on the ground. I didn't know how long it had been dead. Although I didn't lack meat and didn't dare to eat it, I could ask the other people at the educated youth settlement if they dared to eat it. Anyway, it was like it had been frozen in the refrigerator, so it shouldn't have spoiled.
As she approached the back of the educated youth settlement, she suddenly heard some noises nearby, some soft and indistinct. She wasn't an inexperienced young girl; she immediately recognized that there were two lovers roaming around.
In this freezing weather, who would dare to come here to forage? Worried that accidentally stepping on a branch might alert the people over there, I cautiously walked over and peeked out from behind a tree.
Seeing the people startled her, because the two people fighting in the wild both had families and seemed to be relatives. The woman appeared to be the man's cousin-in-law, which really frightened her.
Carefully back away, trying not to alert the two people, and once you're a good distance away, turn around and run away as fast as you can.
Tang Baozhu left, unaware that just ten meters to the right of where she had been standing, there was another person squatting there. Perhaps that person was there first, and then the two scavengers found this spot, leaving him in a dilemma of whether to leave or stay. They were so close that he dared not even breathe too heavily.
I was a little surprised to see a young female educated youth walking over from that direction. I didn't expect her to be so bold as to sneak over and watch. Later, she was probably scared by the relationship between the two people and she left sneaking away. She looked quite cute.
Two people who were hunting for food lingered there for almost an hour before leaving. After they left, a figure emerged from the bushes. Surprisingly, instead of returning to the village, the figure headed straight for the back of the mountain, traversing mountains and valleys for several hours before arriving at the military base.
After leaving that place, Tang Baozhu found a place to go down the mountain and hurriedly headed towards the educated youth settlement.
When she got back, she ran into Xu Man, who was out using the restroom. Xu Man was startled to see Baozhu rushing in from outside, covered in sweat, and quickly asked her what was wrong.
"Baozhu, why are you running so fast? What happened?"
Tang Baozhu was unsure whether to speak up or not, since in this era, issues of conduct could be subject to demotion. She decided to just pretend she hadn't seen anything.
"No, it's just that running around makes me feel warmer and less cold. I wasn't wearing enough clothes when I went out just now. I'm sorry to have worried you."
Xu Man glanced at Baozhu's clothes and saw that they were indeed a bit thin, so she dismissed her earlier doubts and casually asked, "Do you have any warm clothes? If not, I have one left. Don't get too cold."
"Xu Man, thank you. But I have warm clothes. You know I bought some leather last time, and I've already made clothes. I just didn't feel cold when I went out, so I didn't wear them."
Tang Baozhu was touched by Xu Man's concern. The comrades in the educated youth compound had no vested interests and got along very well. They came from all over the country and banded together for warmth, so they were less likely to be bullied by others.
"Alright, since you have warm clothes, hurry back inside. Don't catch a cold. I heard from Fei Fei and the others that the lake will freeze in a week or so, and then people will start patrolling. Didn't you say you wanted to be the first to patrol? When it's assigned, you can be the first one. Anyway, there are always several people going each time, so you don't have to worry about anything happening if you go alone."
"Really? That's wonderful! I've been looking forward to seeing it. I'll head back now and go to the bathroom before I get inside, lest I catch a cold."
Tang Baozhu returned to the house and added a few more firewood to the stove, making it warmer when he lay in bed. The piece of spirit beast skin that had already been kneaded also seemed very warm when he lay on it. He planned to take it with him on patrol and wrap himself in it when he slept there at night, so he wouldn't be afraid of the wind.
After the initial excitement wore off, I started thinking about the two people I had just met on the mountain. I wondered how they could do something so daring.
The two men are cousins. In this era, family ancestral halls are very united. If the two men do something like this, the entire family will be disgraced.
He shook his head, trying to clear his mind of what he had just witnessed, and told himself to forget about it and pretend it never happened.
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