169 Wilderness Survival
◎Snail girl?◎
Lin Duoyu looked at Ye Zhizhi. She didn't understand the meaning of Ye Zhizhi's cry, but she tried hard to understand.
After a brief encounter, Lin Duoyu noticed that this little girl, who had lived in the jungle for many years, was very smart. Not only could she understand what he said, but she could also respond accurately. She seemed to have difficulty speaking fluently.
Lin Duoyu subconsciously wanted to communicate with her more and tried hard to find a topic: "Is there anything I can do?" She walked around the cave. Ye Zi was kind enough to take her in and protect her in such a dangerous jungle. Lin Duoyu was thinking about what he should do, otherwise he would feel uneasy.
She had been through a lot of ups and downs in the past few days, and her body and mind had been devastated. Although she had managed to get a good night's sleep last night, Lin Duoyu still felt very uncomfortable all over, but she had become accustomed to enduring it.
Ye Zhizhi has already decided to take good care of this human being and naturally will not exploit her. Besides, there is nothing in the cave that requires this fragile human being to do.
She looked at Duoduo's fragile little body and decided to eat more, sleep more, rest more, and exercise more, and strive to become stronger.
Ye Zhizhi brought over the fruit shell that was still warm from the fire. She opened the lid of the fruit shell with one hand, revealing the water soup made from the plants inside, and motioned her to drink it.
Although Lin Duoyu had felt that this dish was specially made for her last night, she was still flattered when she realized it was true. She hugged him with both hands and said, "Is this specially made for me? Thank you, Ye Zi!"
After the plants and water were boiled overnight, the soup was a dark green color and looked like a dark dish.
Lin Duoyu looked like he was holding a rare treasure, his eyes full of joy and caution.
She picked it up and drank it without hesitation.
The temperature was just right for the mouth, and it directly warmed Lin Yuyu's body. She felt her hands and feet warm up.
Ye Zhizhi watched from the side but did not stop it. This plant has the effect of anti-inflammatory and relieving internal discomfort. Moreover, after being boiled overnight, there is actually not much soup, and it is all the essence left.
Lin Duoyu chewed the plants inside and put them into his mouth without wasting a single bit of Ye Zhizhi's kindness. His flat stomach was directly bloated by the soup.
Ye Zhizhi thought about it and realized that this water could not satisfy her hunger. The barbecue she had yesterday was not good, so she decided to make some broth with some plants in it. She looked through her food reserves and found that there was not much dried meat and dried fruit left. She had been thinking about finding a direction these days and thought that when she was hungry she could just hunt for barbecue and fruits, so she did not prepare much dry food.
Ye Zhizhi glanced at the backpack he had picked up and threw aside, walked over and squatted in front of the backpack, and took out all the things inside.
Lin Duoyu, with his belly bulging from the soup, slowly moved to Ye Zhizhi's side and squatted down carefully.
Ye Zhizhi pushed all the things he knew and didn't know in front of Lin Duoyu, "Ah~"
Ye Zhizhi asked her to look and gave her everything edible.
Ye Zhizhi didn't recognize the words on the package, nor was she sure if it had expired or was edible. Moreover, the products had been piled up on the ground in the forest like garbage for so long. After she collected them, she only opened one package and sniffed it. Finally, she tried to take a bite, but was turned away by the unpalatable taste.
Even barbecued meat without salt and flavor is not as bad as this.
Lin Duoyu looked at Ye Zhizhi's bright eyes and lowered her head in shame. She picked it up and looked at it carefully, but she could not quite recognize the words on it.
She is just a high school student, having just entered her third year in September, and her grades are not very good, especially in English. When asked to identify the meaning of the text on the packaging bag, she only knows that it is English and recognizes only a few words on it, but does not know the meaning of the entire paragraph.
But she didn't bring any packaging bags when she came to the jungle.
Lin Duoyu thought about it, and after obtaining Ye Zhizhi's consent, she carefully opened a package, revealing the rough square biscuits inside. Seeing that they were compressed biscuits, she was ready to try them herself. In the end, Ye Zhizhi stopped her. What if they had been expired for a long time and it would be bad if she got an upset stomach if she ate them.
Ye Zhizhi still remembered that the real daughter had a weak spleen and stomach, and she couldn't bear to eat such a small amount of barbecue.
She thought that humans were too fragile and difficult to raise, so she would work a little harder and cook broth and look for wild fruits.
There should be fish in the nearby river. Let's make fish soup for her today.
Ye Zhizhi was not in a hurry to take Duoduo to meet up with her companions. After knowing her identity as the real daughter, she thought that those people who came with her were not her companions. Although she had not remembered the details of the plot, a group of people came well, but the real daughter died tragically. There must be something going on.
Although she had only known the real daughter for two days, Ye Zhizhi could see that she was a very sensitive, timid and kind girl, who even had a tendency to be self-loathing and world-weary.
She was afraid of Xiaohua, which was the instinctive fear of humans facing top predators, but there was no fear of death in her eyes.
I have to say that Ye Zhizhi still sees things very clearly.
Lin Duoyu escaped death and never thought of escaping or going back. He even found a sense of security with Ye Zhizhi and thought it would be nice to stay in the cave forever.
She now has only one thought, she wants to be a useful person, Lin Duoyu hopes that she can help Ye Zhizhi.
Ye Zhizhi was going to go to the river to catch a fish and bring it back for the humans to eat. She thought that Duoduo was so afraid of Xiaohua and probably couldn't adapt to the jungle environment. She also remembered that there were many things in the jungle that were dangerous to humans.
Ye Zhizhi hasn't brought back some useful plants for Duoduo yet, so he'd better stay in the cave.
The cave was filled with the scent of her and Xiaohua. No predator dared to come. The only ones who dared to come were the wolves next door, but they did not dare to enter her temporary territory without her consent.
Ye Zhizhi yelled at her to stay in the cave and not go out. After she went out, Xiaohua outside followed Ye Zhizhi happily.
After Lin Duoyu watched Ye Zhizhi leave, he stayed obediently in the cave.
The cave was very quiet and the daylight allowed her to see everything clearly. She no longer felt afraid.
Lin Duoyu moved slowly and started to clean up the cave.
Before she fainted and was swept away by the giant python, she stumbled and ran for a long time and fell many times. After waking up, she felt a dull pain in her knees and elbows. She had many wounds on her body, but because she was wearing a tightly wrapped green dress, the wounds were probably just bruises and not bleeding much. Ye Zhizhi did not take off her clothes to check, so naturally he did not know that she had serious wounds.
Of course, for Ye Zhizhi, who was often injured, this kind of injury was the lightest one, so light that it could be ignored, so she subconsciously thought that Lin Duoyu was not seriously injured.
Lin Duoyu had become accustomed to the pain in her body. She walked very slowly with no change in her face. Only when she walked faster and limped could it be seen.
With Xiaohua's help, Ye Zhizhi catches fish faster.
She and Xiaohua jumped directly into the water and took a bath. After they had been tossing around in the water for a while, Xiaohua drove the fish away and she picked a huge fish from the school, grabbed its tail and dragged it ashore.
Xiaohua also photographed a big fish weighing no less than 100 kilograms coming ashore.
The big fish was jumping on the shore. When Ye Zhizhi caught it and slapped it on the ground, it suddenly became quiet.
The big fish in Ye Zhizhi's hand had already stood upright.
Ye Zhizhi processed two fish by the river, then stood up and carried them on a branch.
The fish was so plump and not fishy, but Ye Zhizhi's keen nose could still smell the fishy smell.
Ye Zhizhi took Xiaohua back to the cave briskly, only to see the neighboring wolf pack wandering outside her territory. After noticing her presence, they quickly dispersed and retreated.
Ye Zhizhi glanced at them in confusion, but didn't think much about it. He only knew that they must have been attracted by the human scent.
Anyway, with her protection, as long as humans do not leave her territory, these wolves will not dare to run in and hurt her.
Ye Zhizhi walked into the cave carrying two hundred-jin fish. When she raised her eyes, her steps stopped instantly. She subconsciously stepped back and looked up.
She didn't leave the cave, did she?
Lin Duoyu, who was in the cave, had already noticed Ye Zhizhi's return and immediately smiled, "Ye Zi is back!"
…She didn’t go wrong.
Ye Zhizhi walked in carrying the big fish, but he felt like he had nowhere to put his feet.
She looked at the skinny little girl in the cave with surprise in her eyes, and a few big words suddenly flashed through her mind -
Snail girl?
Ye Zhizhi felt that she had tidied her cave very neatly. At least compared with the wolves who had little sense of cleanliness and lived a rough life, she was living a pretty good life.
But compared to now...
It turns out she had a pretty rough life before.
After Lin Duoyu's diligent cleaning and tidying up, the originally gray cave looked brand new.
How do you describe it in that phrase, "My humble home is filled with glory"?
It felt like the ordinary cave was now shining brightly. She only had a few words in her mind to describe the moment.
Clean and tidy.
The ordinary cave made her feel as if she had no place to go.
Lin Duoyu had already seen the two giant fish strung together behind Ye Zhizhi. His first glance was to see if she was injured, and then he was filled with admiration and amazement.
"Ye Zi, you're so amazing! You actually caught such a big fish! You're the most amazing person I've ever met! It's amazing!"
At this moment, Lin Duoyu only hated her lack of language. She wanted to praise Ye Zi, but she could only repeat a few words over and over again.
Ye Zhizhi's eyes suddenly lit up. She had never heard such straightforward praise before. She loved to hear it. Say more!
Ye Zhizhi unconsciously straightened her chest and strode forward, "Ah~" This was just a small matter, she could also hunt very powerful predators.
Seeing Ye Zi radiating a joyful aura, Lin Duoyu's mood also improved, so she racked her brains and said, "Ye Zi, you are extremely powerful, wise and brave, extraordinary, brave and invincible, and you are unbeatable in the jungle!"
Ye Zhizhi's face was smiling brightly. She waved her hands and said modestly, "Well, she's not that great. There are many people in the jungle who are more powerful than her. But I can take her to watch her hunting some other day. She's just average."
When Lin Duoyu saw her walk to the fire that had been cleaned, he knew that their lunch would be these two fish.
She walked forward and asked, "Do you want to grill the fish? Ye Zi, you've worked so hard catching fish, so why not take a rest and let me grill it?"
Lin Duoyu pursed his lips, his eyes filled with anticipation but also with a bit of trepidation and caution. "I'm quite good at grilling fish. Why don't you try my cooking?"
Ye Zhizhi glanced at her twice but didn't refuse. She had been eating her own cooking for so many years and had never tasted other people's cooking. She was quite curious, so she nodded, but she pointed to the fruit shells beside her, indicating that she would use one of the fish to make fish soup for her to nourish her.
Lin Duoyu understood what Ye Zhizhi meant from her body language. Her eyes lit up immediately, and she actively put the firewood beside her into the fire pit. Her voice was small but with a hint of joy, "This fish is so big that the shell won't fit. How about cutting off a small part of the fish to make soup, and using the rest to make grilled fish for you?"
Lin Duoyu still remembered that Ye Zhizhi had a big appetite, so after grilling a whole fish, he was still worried that she would not be full.
She looked at the big fish that Ye Zhizhi placed on the broad leaf, and asked in a low voice if she could lend her the dagger.
Ye Zhizhi generously pulled out the dagger from his waist and handed it to her.
Lin Duoyu took it with great joy, then gestured at the tail of the big fish, wanting to cut off the tail to make soup.
Ye Zhizhi tilted her head, let out a cry, took the dagger, and cut off a large piece of the part of the fish with the tenderest meat and the least bones.
Although the fish tail is delicious, it has too many bones!
Xiao Duoduo is too humble and cautious. He can treat others badly but not himself! He will eat wherever is delicious!
Or does she like to eat fish tails?
Ye Zhizhi looked at her and decided to respect her hobby, so he cut off a piece of the tail and put it together, and simply cooked it into fish soup.
Lin Duoyu pursed her lips. In fact, if you observe carefully, Ye Zhizhi's thoughts are easy to guess. They are almost written directly on her face. She couldn't help but want to laugh, but her heart felt sour, and tears welled up in her eyes.
She blinked and showed a bright smile. Infinite courage arose in her heart, and she bravely pushed the fish tail aside, "I actually don't like eating fish tails." She even said that what she hated most was fish tails.
Since she was very young, whenever fish appeared on the table, she was only allowed to nibble on the fish tail, which the man did not like to eat. In fact, it was not even a complete fish tail, but just a little bit of meat attached to the tail fin. Most of the time, she could only lick it to taste it.
When Lin Duoyu thinks about it now, she no longer has much emotion. She has long lost her expectations for them.
Lin Duoyu had never grilled such a big fish before, and was afraid that she had not grilled it well, so her mind and eyes were only focused on the fish in front of her. After she lit the fire, she started to grill the fish with concentration, and put water in the fruit shells to boil it on the side.
Ye Zhizhi has preserved some plant hay that can remove fishy smells, some of which have been ground into powder.
Lin Duoyu tried it and knew roughly how to use it.
Ye Zhizhi watched from the side and was completely unable to help, but seeing Xiao Duoduo's skillful posture, his expectations were even higher.
She looked at Duoduo, then at the brand new cave, examining it with curiosity, as if she was seeing it for the first time.
Duoduo is really amazing. She can clean up such a crude cave in a way that makes her think of the word clean.
There were originally quite a few stones on the ground, but Ye Zhizhi didn't care as long as they didn't hinder her walking. Usually, when she cleaned the cave, she only cleared away the large obstacles.
But now, the pebbles on the ground have been cleared away, and even the weeds on the ground and in the corners have been pulled out and leveled.
The messy things about humans that she picked up were also piled neatly in the corner.
The stone walls of the cave were cleared of weeds, but some plants were left, as if they had been specially trimmed, making it look less messy.
Even the fire in front of him, the stones surrounding it had been re-stacked, and none of the ashes inside had spilled out.
The two flat stones next to the fire, which she used as stone benches, looked different.
Ye Zhizhi's gaze fell on the huge grilled fish on the fire, and slowly froze in place.
The huge grilled fish was constantly turned over to be heated evenly, and she could faintly smell the aroma of the grilled fish.
Sweat broke out on Lin Yuyou's face, but he couldn't help but put on a happy smile.
After she was able to relax a little, she turned her attention to Ye Zhizhi. Noticing her eager gaze, she couldn't help but say softly, "This fish is too big. It needs to be grilled for a while. We can eat it after a while."
Ye Zhizhi nodded his little head and stared at it without blinking. The difference between professionalism and unprofessionalism was immediately apparent!
Ye Zhizhi thought that since she had been grilling meat for so many years, she could be considered a semi-professional barbecuer. If she set up a barbecue stall in the future, there would surely be many people who would like to eat it. But now, with this comparison, her barbecue skills might still be at an amateur level?
Although he hadn't put it in his mouth yet, Ye Zhizhi was already imagining how delicious it would be.
Slurp!
Perhaps it was because the atmosphere was so good that the usually taciturn Lin Duoyu felt like talking. "I can grill not only fish, but also meat. I'll grill it for you next time. Don't worry, my grilling skills are well-tested."
Lin Duoyu had some confidence in his barbecue skills, saying, "I used to help out at a barbecue stall just to have enough to eat. The owner was very kind and took pity on me, so he let me stay and help out as a relative..."
In order to stay longer, she worked hard to learn and study the techniques of grilling fish and meat, fearing that she would be useless and unable to help.
This little girl worked very hard and not only learned the boss's barbecue skills, but also grilled meat even better than him. Later, the business became more and more prosperous, and many customers specifically asked for her barbecue.
Although it was very hard and tiring, and she was not paid and could only eat leftovers, that period was the happiest time for her. She even thought that when she saved enough money and grew up, she would take her mother to another city to rent a stall and sell barbecue, so that she could escape from that terrible family. Unfortunately, later...
Lin Yuyu's eyes dimmed, as if he was lost in the past.
Ye Zhizhi listened carefully. She tried hard to recall, but she couldn't remember this passage in the original novel. But when she thought about it, the real daughter was just a cannon fodder supporting role in the original novel. The perspective was based on the fake daughter heroine, so there was no detailed description of the real daughter's past, as if her previous sufferings were not worth mentioning.
"Actually, I don't know what the meaning of my life is. No matter where I am, it seems like my existence is a mistake. Everyone blames me for not showing up." She laughed at herself.
Lin Duoyu raised her head and met those clear and bright eyes, which were full of concern. She was stunned and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have confided my negative emotions to you." Such a clean and pure person should be like the little sun without any haze, happy every day without any worries. Even the bad things of others should not appear in her world.
Ye Zhizhi sobbed twice in comfort. She thought for a moment and slowly uttered two words: "No, cry."
Lin Duoyu shook her head. They could no longer affect her emotions. Without expectations, there would be no more disappointments. She smiled at Ye Zhizhi with relief, "Come to think of it, I'm quite grateful to them for this trip."
"You know what? I didn't want to come here originally. My grades weren't very good. I had thought that since I finally had the chance to study, I just wanted to work hard in high school, try to get into a good school, and get away from it all. But they all wanted me to come because she wanted me to come. She said traveling together would help us bond and fit in more easily."
“Later I found out that it was this dangerous forest that I came to.”
Her family was not good when she was a child. The man favored boys over girls, which can be seen from the name she was given. He also had a tendency to domestic violence. She had been beaten since she could remember. Later, they didn't want her to go to school. If it weren't for the nine years of compulsory education and the relevant departments coming to her door every few days, she would probably be illiterate.
But that was only in junior high school. By the time she entered high school, she had no chance at all.
She knew that studying was her only way out, and she had tried very hard. However, because she was beaten every other day and could not go to school, she fell behind in her studies. Moreover, because she was often hungry, most of her energy was spent on finding food, which made it even harder to keep up.
No matter how hard she tried, her grades were only in the middle and lower levels, and she could only barely get into an ordinary high school, but she had been deprived of this option.
Later, she was visited by her so-called relatives. She had some hope at first, but after experiencing more things, she gradually became disappointed. The only thing she cherished was the rare opportunity to study.
Because there was a year gap in between, during the summer vacation when her peers in the so-called circle had finished the college entrance examination, they only needed to wait for the college entrance examination results to come out and then choose a school of their choice, but she was still in her second year of high school, and she originally wanted to take advantage of this year to work hard.
But because that person wanted to take advantage of the graduation trip to bring her into the so-called circle, he ignored her reality and her wishes.
The so-called parents thought that this arrangement was better. Her grades were average anyway, and they didn't expect her to get any good results. They just asked for leave for her and let her come out with them so that she could integrate into the circle of her peers and stop embarrassing them.
Because of this, she felt that life was meaningless. She could no longer see a way out for her future. Her future was stuck in a quagmire, and no matter how hard she tried, she could not break free.
But now, she felt lucky because she met a very special person here.
She could feel the other person's kindness. She had never received such pure kindness before. It seemed to slowly erase the darkness in her life.
Lin Duoyu smiled at Ye Zhizhi, then concentrated on grilling the fish.
She hoped that Ye Zi could taste the meat she roasted herself, which would make her feel that her existence was meaningful.
As Xiao Duoduo talked, Ye Zhizhi slowly recalled some memories.
After talking about how she came to this forest, she remembered some fragments.
Yes, that’s right, it’s this dangerous forest.
Of course, from the heroine's perspective, it's definitely not what Xiao Duoduo said. The original novel seems to say that the cannon fodder real daughter forced to follow the heroine and her childhood friend to explore the outer periphery, and finally left secretly and got lost in the jungle. When she was found, only a little blood was left...
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