Chapter 172 Overnight Stay
After quickly exiting the stone gate, Suning used a flashlight to put on the backpack that he had placed here before, and took out the small hoe inside and held it in his hand.
"Jiaming, you go first?"
"Okay, I'll clear the way for you, just wait and see!"
He chuckled, successfully finding the medicine. The old man and eldest brother's injuries were expected to be cured. His depressed mood was mostly gone, and he also regained some of his previous carefree appearance.
Fu Jiaming bent down and picked up the hemp rope on the ground. He first pulled it hard to find that there was nothing wrong with the knot he tied. Then he crawled into the pit and pulled the rope to climb up the slope little by little.
After maintaining a safe distance, Suning followed closely behind him, and followed his example, struggling to move upwards with the rope in his hand.
After successfully climbing out of the pit, Fu Jiaming was just breathing heavily, but she collapsed to the ground.
"Hahaha Suning, with your stamina, you need to exercise more often."
"You think I don't want to, it's innate!"
This is not false. Since she was in the womb, she had to rely on the pregnancy-maintaining medicine her mother gave her every day. After she was born, she was indeed weaker than her peers.
Later, it was because her grandfather carefully fed her with medicated food every meal that she was able to become like ordinary people and no longer get sick so often.
Her physical fitness was her only shortcoming, which could not be made up for. My grandfather once joked that this was a gift from God for her smart brain.
"How is it? Is it okay? Or do you want to go back too?"
"You forgot about yourself. I'm afraid you won't be able to find yourself again if you turn around."
"Hehehe, I almost forgot about this!"
One is a road idiot, the other has poor physical fitness, so no one should laugh at each other.
After Suning recovered, the two began to look for firewood around.
Since we plan to spend the night here, the temperature underground in the cave must be lower than outside the mountain, so we must prepare more firewood.
However, there was no shortage of dead branches and broken wood in the mountains, and it didn't take long for the two of them to pick up two large bundles, which should be enough.
It gets dark earlier in the mountains. When the sun is blocked by the mountains, there is an eerie atmosphere among the woods.
Rubbing the goose bumps that appeared unconsciously on his arms, Suning turned his head to look at the person not far away who was holding Uncle Yan's bow and arrow and looking for small animals.
Squat down and continue to see if there is any direct way to solve the problem.
"Hey, what is that?"
Just one glance at the furry little ball on the ground caught her attention. She quickly walked under the big tree, and when she looked up, she immediately showed a happy smile.
That’s great, I almost forgot that this is the time when chestnuts are ripe.
He quickly took off the backpack from his back and placed it at his feet, then picked up a small hoe and started to hit the "hair balls" that had naturally fallen to the ground.
Wait until the chestnuts inside come out, then pick them up one by one and throw them into the backpack.
There were quite a few wild chestnut trees in this area. Suning stopped smashing and picking up chestnuts only when he felt that the amount was enough for three people to eat.
After rolling his eyes a few times, he took out some wild onions, ginger, wild pepper and other seasonings that could be found in the mountains from the space.
"Suning!"
Su Ning, who was secretly doing something important, was startled by this shout. He patted his chest hard, stood up from the overgrown area, and shouted in the direction where he made the noise, "Here."
"You actually found wild chestnuts, awesome! Suning!"
In contrast, Fu Jiaming looked more like a flower wilted by wind and rain. He said dejectedly, "I watched the rabbit run past me!"
These little animals are so fast and their reactions are so quick that it is impossible for him to get lucky without special training.
"I think we should go to the river to catch fish!"
We have chestnuts, which can fill our stomachs, but meat would be better and help us recover faster, so there is no hope of catching wild rabbits or pheasants. We can only try to catch fish.
"Okay, then we have to hurry up."
Looking at the watch on his wrist, Suning estimated the distance to the water source and nodded in agreement.
"Did you bring the things given to you?"
"Don't worry, the sachet and jade token are still here."
Having said that, he still touched it subconsciously and found that the thing was indeed there, so he nodded more affirmatively.
This thing that can repel snakes and insects and ward off evil spirits must not be thrown away!
With her leading the way, the two of them reached the small pond smoothly.
The mouth of the pool is not big, and it is so green that you can't tell how deep it is. It must have been formed by the confluence of mountain springs, streams, rain and snow over the years.
“There should be fish here, right?”
Scratching his head, Fu Jiaming muttered and quickly took off his shoes, "Suning, wait for me by the pond. I'll go try the stream below."
"Okay, be careful!"
"rest assured!"
After he slowly climbed over the moss-covered stones and reached the stream below, Suning turned his head and looked intently at the pool of water.
Sure enough, when I looked carefully, I found black spots floating and swimming in the deep pool of water. They were fish, and they were not small at all.
We can't rely on that guy Fu Jiaming. Whether he can catch the fish with his arrow really depends on whether God allows him to do so.
Smiling and shaking his head, Suning picked up the heavy backpack on the ground, looked around and found a relatively flat place.
First, use stones to make a circle, then pour all the chestnuts in the basket into the circle to prevent them from rolling away.
The backpack was lifted off the ground and returned to the edge of the pond. He bent down, took hold of its bamboo straps and lowered the basket into the water until it sank most of the way down.
Then his consciousness entered the Utopia space and caught a few fish of medium size and weighing two or three pounds from the small river in the space.
When you take the basket out of the water again, there will immediately be lively fish in it.
Isn't this much faster and more efficient than that guy?
The backpack with the fish was quite heavy, but fortunately the strap was strong enough that it did not break suddenly even though it creaked. I managed to drag it ashore with all my might.
He spat twice, then raised his hand to wipe the water splashed on his face by the fish's tail, and then picked out a few resilient grass roots from the weeds pile by the pond.
After most of the water in the backpack had drained out, he began to pinch open the fish gills, pass them through the grass roots and tie a round knot. Soon a string of fish was tied on the ground.
"Hahaha, Suning, Suning, look, I caught a fish! We can have grilled fish tonight!"
From the stream below came a cheerful cry, which startled the birds resting in the trees.
"Keep your voice down, or they'll attract a big guy and feed you."
“Ahem~”
Touching his nose embarrassedly, Fu Jiaming made a face to keep quiet, looked up, found a path that was easier to climb up, and happily returned to the pool.
When he proudly raised the palm-sized fish in his hand and waited for praise, he saw it skewered at her feet, occasionally wagging its tail. One, two, three, four, five, five?!
With his jaw almost dislocated in shock, Fu Jiaming quickly raised his hand to close it manually, pointed at her in shock and then at the fish on the ground, "You, how did you get this?"
“Yes!”
"Backpack? Use it to net?"
Knock, why is he so stupid?
If I had known this, I would have been so stupid as to poke with the arrow.
"Haha, let's go. Together with this one, we have enough to eat. Hurry up and pick up the chestnuts and go back, otherwise Uncle Yan will be worried."
"OK."
The fish that he had treasured so much just now was casually thrown next to the string of fish. Fu Jiaming simply decided to ignore it and forget about it. He thought that if he didn't see it, he would forget about the stupid thing he had done.
The two of them worked together to pack the chestnuts back into the backpack in handfuls.
After loading everything, Fu Jiaming put the backpack on again, not caring that it was still dripping wet.
"Suning, throw all the fish you can into the basket."
The backpack was filled to the brim with just two bags, and the two of them each picked up two more bags and hurried back.
When it was completely dark, the two of them finally found their way back to the pit.
"Suning, you go down first. I'll use the rope to slide the backpack and firewood down, and you just follow."
"good."
Going down is much more convenient than going up, and it is also faster. After sliding to the bottom and no longer having the fear of the unknown, she finds it quite fun and a different kind of excitement.
"Ningning?"
"It's my uncle Yan."
"Finally I'm back. If you hadn't come back I would have gone upstairs to find you two!"
Uncle Yan breathed a sigh of relief and helped the person who had slipped down to his feet. "Are you okay?"
"fine."
Next, the three of them worked together to transport the things back to the open and ventilated place at the innermost part of the cave.
Soon they successfully lit a fire and started roasting the fragrant chestnuts and fish.
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