"This is a good suggestion. I fully support it!" Song Yingchun responded immediately.
Seeing her sister so happy, Song Bailu also said, "Zhou Bo, we have been so nervous for such a long time, why don't we relax and celebrate the festival? Let's celebrate the New Year. After all, this was Yunwen's idea, what do you think?"
I see that they are always trembling with fear with me every day. It is really hard for them. It is already difficult for all of us to survive on this island, and we have to add pressure to prevent other dangers. It is really hard for them. It may not be a bad idea to relax a little. Anyway, that big guy will not take action for a while.
"Okay, then let's all have a good holiday today. Yunwen and Yingchun, you stay at home and do your usual work, such as picking up some firewood and patrolling. Bailu, come with me to collect more food. We'll prepare a good dinner tonight and celebrate the holiday." I said.
"Very good!"
All the girls were excited, smiling widely, and really felt a bit festive.
When I was leaving the house, I looked at the footprints again out of habit and found that there were no new Bigfoot footprints, only those from the past two days. I felt more at ease, picked up my backpack, raised my gun, and held my bayonet, and we set off.
Along the way, we picked a lot of wild fruits, wild berries, some edible wild mushrooms in humid places, some wild peppers, etc. We went to the beach to try our luck and found some larger shells. There were also bird eggs in some places, so I quickly climbed up the tree to pick two. In addition, we also got a lot of peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, etc., and then some wild vegetable roots. After collecting these, we went back.
When I got to the other end of the house, I saw two lines of vertically arranged words on the door outside the house. The handwriting was neat and beautiful. It was obvious that it was written by Yunwen. She was as beautiful as her. Not only that, there was also a horizontal banner on the top.
It only read: "The disaster has passed and blessings are coming. The New Year has arrived and I wish you good luck and a happy holiday."
I don't know where this was adapted from, but I'll just use it for what it is. It's pretty good as long as it's not too wordy to read.
Yingchun was baking something in the clay kiln she had recently built. It seemed that everyone had their own little thoughts for the festival. Yunwen smiled and said, "Yingchun plans to make a lucky clay sculpture for everyone. I don't know what it is."
"It's a good idea," I said.
Song Bailu looked very pleased. It was rare for Yingchun to take the initiative and actively participate in team activities. Compared with her usual careless state, she had made great progress. She seemed to have noticed the recent changes in her sister. She was more spoiled before, but now that I am much stricter with Song Yingchun, she seems to have restrained herself a lot. This is also a blessing.
Afterwards, Bai Lu went to wash vegetables and prepare dishes, and I also took part in this festive team activity. It is said that one should take a bath during the New Year to get rid of the old and welcome the new, so I prepared something. I took a clay jar, drew some well water, and warmed it up by the campfire. Then, I temporarily built a bathhouse around the earthen house with branches and mortise and tenon techniques. The walls were tied with hay and the door curtain was covered with a coat hanging on it. It was a temporary bathing place.
Although we don't know the exact time, so it is very likely that today is not the Spring Festival, but since spring has arrived, we may as well just treat it as the Spring Festival.
After it was built, I borrowed some soap leaves and flower petals from Bai Lu to try out the effect of this bathroom. It turned out to be quite comfortable after washing with warm water. For most of the winter, all of us basically just rubbed our faces or wiped our bodies, but when it comes to taking a good bath, this is a real one.
The soap leaves can be used to cleanse the body slightly, while the petals can leave a little fragrance on the body after washing, so after this wash, it is relatively good. Although it is a temporary structure, it is completely sufficient to cover up one's shame.
After I succeeded, I asked the girls to wash their bodies one by one according to my method. They were not as grudges against each other as I was. They each carried some warm water and went into the temporary bathing room to wash together. I could hear the sounds of laughter, fighting and scolding between the girls, which made me feel itchy.
"Oh, there's not enough water." It was Song Bailu's voice.
"Why don't we ask Zhou Bo to heat it up for us a little more?" Yunwen said.
"Aren't you afraid that he will peek at us? He is so tall, and if he looks up a little, he will see everything we do." Song Yingchun said.
"I believe Zhou Bo won't do that." Yunwen said.
"It's okay, it's okay. Just pass it to him from the bottom and let him take the jar from under his coat. Then he won't be able to see anything." Song Bailu said.
"Well, Sister Bailu has considered everything carefully." Yunwen said.
In fact, I heard their conversation in the earth house. After all, my hearing has always been good. But I had to pretend that I didn’t hear it. Otherwise, if I went over immediately, wouldn’t they think I was eavesdropping and a hooligan?
"Zhou Bo! Zhou Bo! Come here!" the three girls shouted in unison.
I cleared my throat, feeling inexplicably excited for some reason, so I pretended to have just heard it and shouted, "What's going on? Are there wild beasts invading?"
"No! We don't have enough water for bathing. Can you heat it up for us?" Yunwen said.
"Oh...ok." I said.
I walked over and the clay jar was handed out from below. I was a little disappointed, but I immediately corrected my thoughts and decided not to think about it blindly.
However, God seemed to see through my thoughts. I saw a gust of southwest wind blowing, and my coat fluttered. I had just taken the clay jar and was able to get a glimpse of the situation inside because of the wind. They screamed in fear, and I ran away immediately, gasping for breath, to fetch water. However, I had already seen a lot of things vaguely just now, and when I arrived at the well, I was really confused and stunned for a moment.
At this moment, something warm dripped on the back of my hand. I reacted and found that I was bleeding from the nose. I hurriedly wiped it, cursing myself for being so shameless.
I fetched water in a clay jar and heated it slightly by the campfire. When the water was warm, I passed it to them. They handed me a clay basin and asked me to fetch more water and heat it up. After doing this three or four times, the three of them had finished washing and came out dressed. When they saw me, they all looked strange in the eyes.
"It was windy just now. I wasn't seeing anything, I swear," I said.
Boom! Thunder roared!
I was slightly embarrassed.
"Don't swear blindly. What if you get struck to death by lightning? Right, sisters?" Song Bailu laughed.
"That's right." Yingchun also agreed.
Only Yunwen was a little shy and said, "What did you see? Are you disappointed?"
The other three of us looked at her in disbelief...
Afterwards, Song Bailu continued to cook dinner, which included wild vegetables stewed with black fungus, a bowl of pork bone and kelp soup, boiled bird eggs, cold-mixed peach blossoms, a plate of wild fruits, and a cup of ginseng tea for each person. Although there were no main dishes and they were all ingredients that could be found temporarily, it was already a luxurious meal. At least it looked quite presentable.
The girls all had a fragrant smell and their skin looked much whiter. Delicious food and beautiful women was a good way to celebrate the festival. Everyone imitated the way of celebrating the festival, holding up the baked earthenware cups in their hands and gently touching them together for fear of breaking them. They also said some polite words of blessing to each other, which was quite decent.
Everybody ate to their heart's content, enjoying the festive mood and enjoying the meal to their heart's content.
I was chewing cooked bird eggs and listening to their witty chatter, but I keenly heard the sound of branches breaking outside. My heart tightened, as I thought it was only the evening hour, approaching the evening hour, and the sun had just set. This must be at least two or three hours earlier than usual. So early?
What's more, not only did it come, but judging by the sound, it jumped over the fence!