Chapter 24 Follow Her
Brother Lin had to catch the bus, so he got up at five in the morning.
Lin Qi got up earlier than him and made pancakes for him at four o'clock. The combination of flour and shrimp was so delicious that it made people bite their tongue off.
Brother Lin ate two in a hurry, Lin Qi ate one herself, and then gave the rest to Brother Lin.
Brother Lin smiled fondly, "Why don't you leave some for everyone?"
"No." Lin Qi refused with confidence.
In addition to the cakes, Lin Qi also filled a basket full of jujubes and wild grapes for Brother Lin. In addition, she also gave Brother Lin the only remaining jar of jujube honey.
Brother Lin looked at the backpack that was half his height and said helplessly, "Qiqi, I can't carry so much."
"Sure." She had ridden in a car before and saw someone carrying a backpack like this.
"Then you can't give it all to your brother. If you give it all to your brother, what will you eat?" Brother Lin felt sorry for his sister.
"There are more on the mountain." Lin Qi said indifferently, and urged Brother Lin, "Hurry up and leave."
"Are you urging me to leave? Are you willing to leave me?" Brother Lin said, and walked over to hug Lin Qi, rubbing her head with his big hands. "You are willing to leave me, but I can't leave you. Promise me that you will take good care of yourself. When there is a chance, I will find a way to get you back to the city."
Lin Qi shook her head, "I'm not going back."
Brother Lin laughed angrily, "It's not up to you."
After saying that, he let go of Lin Qi, picked up the backpack, and strode outside.
The tall figure quickly disappeared into the darkness, and he didn't even look back once until he was gone.
After Brother Lin left, Lin Qi went back to her room and continued to sleep.
After cutting grass for pigs that day, she packed some jujubes and wild grapes in a winnowing basket and went to Sanya's house.
"Haven't everyone picked most of these wild fruits? How come you still have some?" San Ya said in surprise. She picked up the jujubes and put them in her mouth without washing them. "Luo Wei said that the jujubes you picked are especially delicious."
Lin Qi raised her eyebrows. Has this been spread out?
"Woo——" Sanya's eyes lit up, "So sweet!"
San Ya ate a handful of jujubes and a bunch of grapes, praising them non-stop, "Too sweet, but I can't eat any more, I have to save some for my brothers and sisters. Are you here for something, or are you here just to give me some fruit?"
"Buy a bamboo mat." Lin Qi said. She was still sleeping on a wooden board. If her brother hadn't come here, she wouldn't be able to explain where her money came from.
She had earned 42 yuan from selling jujube honey before. This time, her elder brother came and gave her another 20 yuan. When Xu Hexiao sold the eight cans of jujube honey, she would have another income.
There is no such rush to make money.
Lin Qi thought for a moment and said, "Buy another stool."
After September when autumn comes, it gets cold at night and we can’t always sleep on the floor.
Bamboo mats and stools were readily available. San Ya took Lin Qi to her grandfather's workshop to choose a bamboo mat and four stools, and charged Lin Qi six dollars.
The solid wood stools were very heavy, so San Ya helped Lin Qi to deliver the bamboo mats and stools back to the educated youth site, and then the two of them went to the river to catch fish and shrimps together.
"Now everyone in the team is saying that you are very good at catching fish and shrimp." San Ya looked at Lin Qi, this stupid friend, how did she catch so many fish and shrimp?
San Ya is not the only one who is curious.
Today, when San Ya and Lin Qi arrived at the river, a group of half-grown children came up to them. These children greeted San Ya with their mouths, but their eyes were looking at Lin Qi. After greeting, they had no intention of leaving.
San Ya didn't notice anything unusual. She took off her shoes and went into the water with a dustpan.
Lin Qi clearly felt something was different. She found that there were people all around her, and they were all looking at her. To be more precise, they were looking at what she was doing and how she was doing it.
Whatever she did, those people followed.
Lin Qi suddenly remembered what San Ya said just now, 'Now everyone in the team is saying that you are very good at catching fish and shrimps.' So, these people are here to watch her catch fish and shrimps, no, they are here to learn?
That day, Lin Qi worked for two hours and only got one bowl of food.
When she got ashore, the children following her looked disappointed.
"Who on earth spread the rumor that she's good at catching fish and shrimp?"
"Many people spread the word that she caught a big fish, and those people at the educated youth camp also said that they ate fish weighing two or three kilograms, and more than once."
"What happened today? There are no big fish, and there are only a few small fish and shrimps!"
"Could it be that too many of us followed her and scared the fish away?"
"But I see that her operation is no different from ours. Could it be that she was just lucky?"
"I think we should send someone to follow her tomorrow to see if she can really catch a big fish."
"Okay, let's do it!"
“.......”
Perhaps these kids thought Lin Qi was a fool and were not on guard against her. When they said these words, they didn't care that Lin Qi was three meters away from them.
Lin Qi: “…”
It seems that I should come to the river less often in the future. Even if I do, I will do it sneakily and come when no one is looking.
Lin Qi didn't go fishing or catching shrimp in the river, so the food at the educated youth camp was in a bad state. But no one said anything. When they went to work, they often heard others talk about this little fool Lin Qi, and they also knew that the children from the Anliang Brigade were all staring at Lin Qi.
"Then don't go to the river to catch fish and shrimp for the time being. We are new here, and if we eat too many fish and shrimp, it's bound to make people jealous." Ming Kangjian said.
Lin Qi hummed. She also knew that she was being envied.
But she didn't go to the river, but to the mountains.
Xu Hexiao took her to his secret base. "These past few nights, I carried a total of three clay pots here. In addition, there is also a large clay pot."
The entrance to the secret base was very hidden. One side of the entrance was covered by vines that fell from the cliff, and the other side was covered by stones piled up by Xu Hexiao.
After the stone was moved away, Lin Qi followed Xu Hexiao into his secret base. When she saw the large earthenware jar that was big enough to accommodate her, she was stunned.
How did Xu Hexiao carry such a big creature over mountains and across rivers?
Lin Qi turned her head to look at the boy who was about her age. She hadn't noticed it before, but when she looked closely, she found that the boy had several wounds on his body.
"How did you get hurt?" Lin Qi pointed to the deepest wound, which was on the arm. Blood and flesh were flying around, and it looked horrifying.
Xu Hexiao himself didn't care. "Are you scared? The weather is hot and the wound will rot if I wrap it. This is the only way. It is because of this wound that the captain assigned me an easy task today."
He didn't answer the question, and Lin Qi didn't insist on an answer. Instead, she looked around the cave.
The cave is very large and deep. With a few rays of sunlight shining through the cracks in the rocks, it doesn't seem too dark.
The most rare thing is that there is water here!
Lin Qi looked towards the deepest part of the cave with surprise, where thin streams of water were dripping from the rock wall, forming small puddles on the ground.
Next to the puddle, there was a clay jar with a rotten corner.
"We can put the brewed wine here." Xu Hexiao said.
Lin Qi nodded. It was cool here, away from light, so it could indeed be stored.
After coming out of the cave, Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao sealed the cave entrance together. Each of them carried a basket on their backs, one to the left and the other to the right. Whoever picked the grapes first would bring them back first. At noon, no matter whether the baskets were full or not, they had to return to the cave.
"If anything happens, just shout. I'm on the other side of the mountain, very close." Xu Hexiao said.
Lin Qi nodded and looked in the direction Xu Hexiao pointed, but she was thinking that she should avoid this place.
With supernatural powers, Lin Qi sent two baskets full of grapes to the cave and filled the large jar, but Xu Hexiao never came back once.
She was not in a hurry to find the other party. She used local materials outside the cave and weaved several large and flat baskets with vines to dry the grapes.
Near noon, Xu Hexiao came back. In addition to a basket full of wild grapes, he also brought back a wild rabbit.
Lin Qi didn't look at the grapes and the hare, she saw at a glance the bleeding wound of Xu Hexiao. The old wound had not healed yet, and he was hit hard again, which was even more terrifying than when she saw it in the morning.
"We're going to have roasted hare for lunch." Xu Hexiao showed Lin Qi the rabbit in his hand.
Lin Qi nodded, "I'll go find something."
What Lin Qi was looking for was the prickly lettuce, whose scientific name is Cirsium cyrtonema. Cirsium cyrtonema can cool the blood and stop bleeding. It is very effective in treating external injuries.
Just now when she was picking grapes, she saw some small thistles on the road, not far from the cave.
The thistle was green and in good shape. But Lin Qi did not pick its leaves directly, but used her supernatural power to stimulate the growth of several plants.
The thistle grown with her special power has doubled its healing effect.
When Lin Qi returned to the cave, Xu Hexiao had already cleaned up the rabbit and was making a fire. The young man was focused, with a suppressed joy on his body.
Why is he happy?
Because of the hare?
Lin Qi withdrew her gaze, found two stones, washed them clean in a puddle, then placed the small thistles on the stones and crushed them.
"Come here." Lin Qi waved to Xu Hexiao.
The fire had already started and the hare was placed on the fire. When Xu Hexiao saw Lin Qi calling him, he didn't ask anything and just came over.
"Wound." Lin Qi said again.
Xu Hexiao looked at the crushed green plant and asked, "What is that? Can it heal injuries?"
"Aconite, stop the bleeding." Lin Qi said.
Xu Hexiao had no doubts and obediently put his arm in front of Lin Qi. Only then did he realize that his wound was still bleeding.
He forgot the pain.
I just wanted to roast delicious rabbit meat for this little fool in front of me.
Xu Hexiao sighed deeply in his heart. Did he treat her as a friend, or as himself a few years ago?
There were seven wounds on Xu Hexiao's body, big and small, and Lin Qi applied medicine to all of them. The effect of the medicine was immediate and the bleeding stopped quickly.
"It feels cool and refreshing, very comfortable." Xu Hexiao said in amazement, "Take me to recognize this prickly lettuce later, and I can use it directly when I get hurt next time."
Lin Qi nodded, "Okay."
The two men ate a wild rabbit in the cave, and after eating, they washed the grapes they picked.
"It needs to be dried so we can make wine tomorrow." Lin Qi said.
"I have to work all day tomorrow." Xu Hexiao looked embarrassed.
"I can do it myself." To fill the large earthenware jar and three earthenware pots, three baskets of grapes were obviously not enough, and she would have to force some to grow tomorrow. Without Xu Hexiao, it would be more convenient for her to move.
"Then I'll pick you up in the mountains tonight?" Xu Hexiao was worried that she would be too late.
"Okay." Lin Qi didn't refuse.
Before going back, Xu Hexiao took Lin Qi to see the traps and traps he had dug. There were five traps and three traps, but perhaps today's luck was not good, there was nothing in the traps and traps.
Xu Hexiao looked calm. It was normal for him not to be able to catch anything. He said, "Forget it. Let's go back first. I'll find another place for them when I'm free."
Lin Qi looked at the condoms and secretly memorized how to put them on.
Maybe she could give it a try.
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