The trees near the sea have been almost completely cut down; if you want to gather firewood, you'll have to walk at least twenty or thirty miles.
The brother and sister walked and stopped, wandering around for a long time, and went quite a distance into the mountains before finally bringing back some firewood.
On the way back, we turned to the opposite coast and could see Guo Qi and He Xiao busy in the distance.
Pei Nansheng said:
“He Xiao is very cunning. He took the car keys yesterday, saying he would use them when hauling stones.”
Zuo Ling snorted: "That's just a mythical creature. Once it's in his pocket, it'll be hard to get it back."
Zuo Ling made a note for He Xiao in her little notebook: "Take it, take it, He Xiao, your aunt's debt to you is reduced by one more."
Pei Nansheng laughed and said, "Forget it, let's give it to them. We don't really need it anyway, so let's just consider it helping them out."
Zuo Ling rolled her eyes at him, "You mean well, but he thinks we're stupid."
"So what if he's silly? Didn't you notice the light in Xiao Hao's eyes?"
Zuo Ling squinted, searching around for Xiao Hao's figure.
"Xiao Hao needs to communicate with people; he needs friends."
After thinking for a moment, Pei Nansheng continued, "It's not just him who needs to communicate with people; we do too."
Zuo Ling smiled at him, "Brother, are you missing a wife? Tell me, who have you got your eye on?"
Pei Nansheng's face darkened. "I was talking to you seriously, but you're getting off-topic."
"What do you mean by being irrelevant? I'm being serious."
I can't be bothered with you.
"Go ahead and talk, I'm not laughing at you."
"What to say, what to say, what is there to say?"
"You're just getting angry out of embarrassment."
"Hmph! You're just looking for trouble."
"..."
Zuo Ling continued to chatter on, while Pei Nansheng stared at a certain spot on the cliff face for a long time without moving.
"What's wrong? Is something not right?"
There's a hole up there.
"It's just a hole, isn't that quite ordinary?"
“We can make it unusual.”
Zuo Ling paused for a moment, then understood what Pei Nansheng meant.
The cave entrance is more than 300 meters above the ground. The cliff face is slippery, and you really can't climb up without some physical strength.
The cave wasn't very big; it contained one large and two small structures, resembling a large head with two small ears.
The large hole is over thirty square meters, facing the sea, and is very humid, while the ear hole is over ten square meters and is relatively dry.
Zuo Ling first placed about twenty boxes of weapons and ammunition in her left ear hole, muttering as she took them out:
"He Xiao, He Xiao, these are all your treasures, I'm returning them to you..."
Pei Nansheng had exceptional hearing. "What did you say?"
Zuo Ling chuckled twice:
"Let me tell you, Professor Jin once took me to empty the house of his son's friend. He Xiao, that unlucky guy, all these things belonged to He Xiao."
Pei Nansheng was sleeping and didn't see the scene of Xiao Hao recognizing his family. If he had seen it, he would have guessed it long ago.
"Don't just stand there, check for any markings and erase them all. He Xiao is shrewd; don't let him spot them."
Pei Nansheng shook his head. What a small world! He could run into something like this. Resigned, he checked each item one by one, erasing any markings that might cause trouble.
Zuo Ling was pondering which of He Xiao's things she could take out.
Edible oil, canned goods, barrelled grains, compressed biscuits, various vacuum-packed beans, fabrics, military overcoats, military quilts, tents, rainproof cloths, moisture-proof mats, portable gas stoves, portable gas stove canisters, refined and coarse salt, white sugar, cookware, threshing machines, electric mills, gasoline and diesel fuel, rubber boats, assault boats...
Replace those with Chinese labels that were obtained on cargo ships.
The bits and pieces filled both ear piercings completely.
After thinking about it, she realized that construction would require all sorts of tools, including carpentry, electrical, mechanic, and masonry tools... She took out some of everything she had in her space.
Seeing Zuo Ling painfully taking things out, Pei Nansheng deliberately teased her:
"If you don't want to give it, then don't. He doesn't know anyway."
Zuo Ling chuckled twice, "Give it to him, give it to him, so he won't be heartbroken to the point of vomiting blood."
"He Xiao? It can't be that bad."
He Xiao gave Pei Nansheng the impression of being quite open-minded, not the kind of person who would vomit blood over external things.
"You can't judge a book by its cover. You didn't see it. I heard that when Kyoto fell, people were vomiting blood so badly that they fainted."
Zuo Ling recounted what had happened yesterday to Pei Nansheng.
Pei Nansheng shook his head repeatedly. If it were the very beginning of the apocalypse, it would be understandable if someone was so distraught that they vomited blood. But so many years have passed, and anything could happen. Even if Zuo Ling didn't take it, He Xiao's safe house wouldn't be safe.
Zuo Ling didn't want to appear too selfless, so she found two pieces of cloth, a portable gas stove, a gas canister, compressed biscuits, beans, cooking oil, salt, sugar, cookware... and took a little of each item.
Most importantly, they also need to make a living, and they need to get their things from somewhere.
She and Pei Nansheng each carried a cloth bundle and the firewood they had collected as they climbed up the cliff.
Xiao Hao, with his sharp eyes, spotted his older brother and sister first.
"Brother, sister, how did you get up here?"
Li Tian followed behind him, chuckling as he called out to Xiao Hao, "Brother Pei, Sister Zuo."
His eyes darted back and forth over the large bundles on Pei Nansheng and Zuo Ling's bodies.
Zuo Ling asked him, "Where are your Uncle He and Uncle Guo?"
He sighed inwardly. Xiao Hao was being protected too well by them. Compared to Li Tianyi, he was clearly a bit dim-witted.
Li Tianchao pointed into the distance: "They're working over there. Do you need to find them? I'll call them for you."
"Okay, tell them I have good news to share with them."
Zuo Ling was a little tired from climbing the cliff, so she took a break.
Xiao Hao was about to run after Li Tian again when Zuo Ling grabbed him, saying, "Why are you running so fast? Don't you know how to rest for a while?"
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