Chapter 62: Sharing the Bed Again
Xu Hexiao was there, and he took over many things, such as killing chickens and rabbits and cooking. After learning cooking from his grandfather for a while, Xu Hexiao couldn't wait to cook for Lin Qi.
Lin Qi was very happy that everything was going well. She didn't even offer to help him and went straight out of the cave.
"I'm going to make some dustpans for drying things. I'll save them for the new house." Lin Qi said, and asked Xu Hexiao, "Do you and Grandpa Xu want some?"
"If it's convenient, help us get two too."
Those large round winnowing baskets in the cave were woven by Lin Qi. He used some kind of vine, but the winnowing baskets were tough and strong. Once he accidentally pressed on one, but the winnowing basket was not damaged at all, without even a crease left.
"It's convenient." Lin Qi said, thinking that Xu Hexiao also planned to build a house, she thought for a moment and said, "I'll make two more mats for you."
"One is enough." Xu Hexiao explained, "I only plan to build an adobe house, and I will still sleep with my grandfather. The kitchen will be built with stones, and the kitchen, warehouse and restaurant will be integrated into one."
Lin Qi was puzzled, "Why not build one more room?"
"I am one of the five black categories. I must endure hardships and use suffering to wash away the capitalist traits in us." Xu Hexiao said lightly. The team leader had approached him privately and told him that he could build a house, but only one room.
One room is good enough. In the past, he and his grandfather didn’t even have the chance to build a house.
He saved several people this year and received rewards from the police, so the captain made an exception and allowed them to build a house.
After dinner, Lin Qi took a bath. While she was taking a bath, Xu Hexiao went outside the cave. He came in after she finished and it was his turn to take a bath.
When the two passed each other, Xu Hexiao smelled a faint fragrance on Lin Qi, which was like the scent of some grass or tree, and was very pleasant.
Xu Hexiao greedily took two gulps, and his body instantly became hot, as if he was burning. Feeling that a part of his body was about to wake up, he panicked and hurried to the puddle, scooped up the cold water in the bucket, and poured it directly on himself, soaking himself and his clothes.
It was late autumn and the mountains were chilly. Xu Hexiao shivered and calmed down.
After taking a shower, Xu Hexiao washed both of their clothes. When he washed Lin Qi's underwear and undershirt, he was stunned again.
This is the clothes Lin Qi wears next to her body——
"Xu Hexiao?"
Lin Qi shouted at the entrance of the cave, "Are you done washing?"
It's been almost an hour, why hasn't he come out yet? Lin Qi is worried that something has happened to him.
"Okay, okay." Xu Hexiao replied with a somewhat unnatural tone.
Lin Qi walked in and saw the clothes dripping on the drying rack at a glance. In addition to Xu Hexiao's, there was also hers.
Lin Qi: “….”
Lin Qi was not angry, but just confused. Had she and Xu Hexiao become so close that they helped each other wash clothes?
Seeing Lin Qi staring at her clothes, Xu Hexiao tensed up. He wondered if she was angry because he had touched her clothes without permission. He secretly looked at Lin Qi, feeling uneasy and uneasy. He was relieved until he found that there was no angry expression on Lin Qi's face.
"Have a good sleep first, I'll set off in the second half of the night." Lin Qi said.
Xu Hexiao immediately grasped the key point of the words, "Are you going alone?"
"It's faster for me to go alone. Once I get them back, you will be responsible for skinning them." Lin Qi didn't think there was anything wrong with going alone.
Xu Hexiao felt a little disappointed. It turned out that his only role was to skin the prey.
Sure enough, Lin Qi still thought he was too weak.
"Lin Qi, when you have time, can you teach me martial arts?" Xu Hexiao asked.
"Okay." She didn't know any unique martial arts, but she learned some boxing techniques to strengthen her body and some killing moves when she was a child in the apocalypse. But later, she awakened her superpowers, and she used them more often, and didn't use those martial arts very much.
Lin Qi had two cotton quilts, one was brought by her elder brother Lin Mo when he came to Anliang Brigade, and the other was exchanged with Jian Yitong for a wolf skin.
It was cold in the mountains at night, so she had one bed and Xu Hexiao had another. She slept at the head of the bed with a quilt rolled up, while Xu Hexiao slept at the foot of the bed with another quilt covered.
Smelling the scent of cotton, Lin Qi fell asleep almost in a second. However, Xu Hexiao, who was at the end of the bed, was not sleepy at all, and was so nervous that his body was almost shaking.
The last time they slept in the same bed, he didn't understand his own feelings and was extremely nervous. Now that he understands his own feelings and the girl he likes is just one meter away from him, how can he sleep?
After Lin Qi's breathing became regular, Xu Hexiao slowly turned around, from his back to Lin Qi, to facing her. Seeing the girl wrapped up tightly, with only her furry head exposed and her face unclear, Xu Hexiao inexplicably found her cute, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.
He stared at her for a long time until his eyes were sore, and then he closed his eyes.
He needed to fall asleep as soon as possible and conserve his strength so that he could help Lin Qi more tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Xu Hexiao fell asleep after a while.
The moon was at its zenith in the sky, and the howling of wolves seemed to be heard from the distant mountains and forests. Lin Qi opened her eyes quickly, and at that moment, murderous intent flashed across her mind.
Very good, she has decided to let them go, they are the ones seeking death!
It is said that wolves are vengeful creatures, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.
Lin Qi stood up gently, put on her shoes and left the cave.
As soon as she came out of the cave, she rushed towards the deep mountains outside the planting area like a ghost.
In just a dozen seconds, she reached the edge of the planting area and saw the wolves breaking into the area.
Lin Qi narrowed her eyes slightly. It was good that they came, so she didn't have to search everywhere for their whereabouts.
The wolves also discovered Lin Qi, and with their green eyes, they seemed to wish they could tear Lin Qi to pieces and bite her to pieces.
The battle is about to begin——
However, the result was that the wolves who were planning for revenge were entangled by dozens of vines before they could even launch an attack and were unable to move.
There were a total of seventeen adult wolves, two or three more than she had estimated. Now all these adult wolves were tied up like dumplings.
Lin Qi thought about it and decided, forget it, I'll leave two for you. The tribe needs an elder to take charge and hunt for food.
Next, two adult wolves and more than twenty half-grown cubs were driven back into the mountains by Lin Qi.
Lin Qi believed that these wolves would not come back in the short term.
In the deep forest, the strong prey on the weak. It is still unknown whether these wolves can survive. If they are lucky enough to survive, it will take a few years for them to grow stronger before they come back to take revenge.
Because the wolves suddenly appeared at her doorstep, Lin Qi saved a lot of time. By the time she had driven away the wolves and carried the bodies of the fifteen wolves back to the outside of the cave, it was still dark.
Lin Qi ignored the wolf corpses and went back to bed, wrapped in the quilt and went to sleep. Xu Hexiao on the bed knew nothing about this and was sleeping soundly.
It was not until the early morning that Xu Hexiao woke up first. When he saw Lin Qi, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. Did she oversleep?
When Xu Hexiao was hesitating whether to wake up Lin Qi, he smelled blood in the air.
It seemed to come from outside the cave.
Xu Hexiao walked out of the cave with light steps. When he saw the wolf corpses on the ground, he couldn't help but take two steps back. After he stood firm, he still couldn't help feeling a chill on his back.
How did she manage to kill so many wolves? Was it dangerous? Was she injured?
Lin Qi slept until dawn. When she woke up, Xu Hexiao had already skinned ten wolves, and he had left the remaining five untouched.
"Wolf skins are rare items, and the leaders of the communes must want them too. If we peel them all off and don't leave any for them, they might not be able to get them quickly, and then they will make things difficult for the team leader. The team leader doesn't have wolf skins, so he can only come to you," Xu Hexiao explained.
Lin Qi understood. "Just send ten wolves to the commune. I will keep the remaining five for the team members as compensation for building the house. The team leader said that my house will be completed in the next two days. Five wolves should be enough."
Mud bricks are large, so it only takes one day to build a house. After the house is built, you need to install doors and windows, lay the floor, and use stones to make a place for bathing and going to the toilet. These tasks are piecemeal, but with more than a hundred people working a day, the efficiency is naturally beyond doubt.
It was getting late, and Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao didn't even have time to eat breakfast before they started transporting the wolves out of the cave.
Xu Hexiao carried one at a time, while Lin Qi carried two at a time. Xu Hexiao walked in the mountains with difficulty, while Lin Qi walked briskly.
"I'll send them to the foot of the mountain first, and then we'll transport them from the foot of the mountain to the house together." Lin Qi said.
Xu Hexiao hummed and watched her back as she walked away. He gritted his teeth and quickened his pace.
"The food has been loaded onto the truck. Now we just have to wait for Lin Qi's prey." The deputy captain asked, "Has she not come out of the mountain yet?"
"No." The captain shook his head. "The people guarding the end of the village just reported that they didn't see her. Normally, she would have come out at this time."
"Today is different. Let's wait patiently." said the deputy captain.
"I can't be patient. If there is no prey, we will have to put in a few more bags of food, which is not a small amount." The captain said with a headache, "I will drive the ox cart to the foot of the mountain to wait. When she comes out, I will load the prey directly onto the cart."
"That's fine. Is one car enough?"
"Just in case, let's have one more."
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