Li Lanzhen returned to Peach Blossom Spring and came out directly from the treehouse.
In one morning, Xue Nizi and several other women, along with the children, had set up the kitchen and dining room.
The kitchen wasn't completely sealed off, but there were several reed mats and tree branches placed nearby.
I guess they'll just put it up when needed; leaving it open like this is better for ventilation.
The dining room was set up more securely.
It was rectangular. A hole was dug in the ground, and then a wooden stake as thick as a man's arm was buried in it and compacted. Then a reed mat was placed around it, probably two layers of mats.
Between the wooden stakes, many tree branches climbed up to provide stability.
When Li Lanzhen went inside, she saw that the roof was also covered with wooden poles as thick as a man's arm, with slightly thinner ones laid horizontally. Reed mats were placed on top of these, and then a layer of branches were laid on top of them. There were probably stones or wooden sticks on top of the branches as well.
Li Lanzhen saw that Xue Nizi and the other women were by the river, preparing for dinner by frying wild duck eggs, digging wild vegetables, washing wild vegetables, and catching fish.
With a wave of his hand, he brought out six baskets of chicken, duck, and goose eggs from the kitchen.
After looking at the row of large grain vats, I saw that there wasn't much cornmeal left. So I filled the cornmeal vat, the wheat bran vat, and the black flour vat with my spare space.
Then he took out several bags of various beans and put them down.
Zhang Deshui took all the sweet potatoes and potatoes to grow seedlings.
Let's not take anything out of the space for now. Even if we did take it out, if Zhang Deshui found out, it would be moved to the ground to be used as seedlings.
After thinking for a moment, Li Lanzhen took out a bundle of sweet potato noodles.
Anyway, when there's a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes and potatoes next year, she'll build a vermicelli factory.
I'll teach everyone how to make vermicelli, and then gradually sell the vermicelli to make money.
Li Lanzhen came out of the kitchen, thinking that it was still early, and decided to go to the western mountain to see if she could find a spring.
Before they even reached the riverbank in the reeds, they saw the eldest daughter-in-law and Han Youliang's wife, Cuihua.
Han Youliang's wife is also pregnant, but she is still quite far along in her pregnancy, probably only five months along and just starting to show.
The two people sat on a reed mat, doing needlework.
It looks like she's sewing clothes or blankets for the baby in her belly.
The warm sun shone on them, and their expressions were kind and peaceful.
Li Lanzhen was happy for them; it was truly not easy for women to live in this era.
She thought that if she hadn't traveled through time, probably only a few members of this family would have survived to the end.
Hearing footsteps, Zhang Yuniang turned around and saw her, greeting her warmly with a smile.
"Mom, you're here too. My sister-in-law and the others are catching fish! They said they're going to make fish soup tonight."
Li Lanzhen looked at the two of them with a smile.
Are you making clothes for the baby in your belly?
Cuihua was soft-hearted. When she saw Li Lanzhen coming over, she smiled and called out "Aunt Lanzhen" before lowering her head to continue with her work.
Zhang Yuliang has changed his personality, becoming lively and generous.
"Mom, we're making some little clothes for the baby in my belly. Cuihua's needlework is better than mine, hehehe, I'll learn a few tricks from her."
Cuihua patted her on the shoulder and lowered her head without saying a word.
"Alright, you two take your time. I'll go up the mountain and take a look."
"Mom, you'll be safe resting. Come back soon!"
Li Lanzhen waved her hand to indicate that she understood.
She did not go from the area where Xue Nizi and the children were catching fish.
Going there would inevitably waste time, so she walked south along the reeds, because this was the only way to get to Xishan Mountain from the reeds.
When Li Lanzhen arrived here, she saw that the river in the reed marshes narrowed here, and about 500 meters of the river water passed underground.
It's as if someone had laid stone slabs here to form a bridge.
Nature is truly amazing!
Li Lanzhen stomped her foot hard on top of it, feeling quite stable.
When Xue Laohu and his group went up West Mountain that day, they originally wanted to build a bridge over the river, but they discovered a natural bridge in this place.
And they've already checked it; it's very sturdy.
After Li Lanzhen went up the West Mountain, she kept walking north. She thought that if she wanted to find a spring, it would be best to find one that was close to where she was building her house.
As long as the mountain spring water is brought to the village, drinking water will be readily available.
She thought of drawing water from a well, but without the right tools, it would be very difficult.
I'll mention it over dinner tonight and see if any of these people know how to dig a well.
The water level here should not be high. If a well is dug, the outlet point will be low, making it more convenient to use water.
As she walked and pondered, she put all the fresh wild vegetables she saw into her spatial dimension, and she also put the saplings of a few trees that were not in her spatial dimension into her spatial dimension.
When she encountered pheasants or rabbits, she didn't deliberately chase after them to catch them; if she could catch them, she would throw them into her spatial storage.
Leaving them in the mountains allows Xue Bao and his men to come up and catch them whenever they want, providing them as an extra meal for everyone.
The mountains here are probably sparsely populated, so there are many wild animals, and they are not very wary of people approaching.
Inside the space, the silver fox retreated back to the courtyard and storage warehouse where Li Lanzhen had been.
He walked along this path again and again, but found nothing.
There was no water in sight, nor was there the bowl of water.
It's like I just had a dream, but the sweetness of the water in my mouth is still there.
The changes in his body after drinking that bowl of water clearly told him that there should be a spring here, and there should also be a bowl, but he couldn't see it; there was nothing there.
He simply kept walking in that direction, and eventually, after walking to a certain point, there was no way out.
After he awoke here, he walked in all directions, but at the end of each direction, something blocked his way out.
He tried to push it, but he couldn't move it.
And you can't see what's blocking it.
Could this be a fairyland? Did the lady rescue me here?
Otherwise, it's truly inexplicable.
He was covered in injuries, but now there isn't even a single scar left.
The burns on his face are still there.
He looked in the lotus pond; the burn scars were still so horrifying! So shocking!
The burns on my face haven't faded yet; how can I stay in such a comfortable place!
I need to go out and see if my sister and brother-in-law's house has been burned to ashes.
He always felt that they were still alive, and that he would find them in this world.
And he's going to get revenge!!
Those bastards who burned down my sister's mansion, how dare they!
He will make them pay for their crimes in blood!
Thinking this, a violent urge to kill surged within him, churning wildly in his chest.
He simply drew his soft sword from his waist and practiced a set of punches, leaping across rooftops and walls in the space.
Silver Fox felt once again that the bowl of water was very beneficial to his body and could improve the efficiency of his cultivation technique.
I wonder when this lady will come in again to ask for another bowl of water.
While the water remained in his body, he leaped and soared, his longsword flashing like afterimages.
He collapsed onto the green lawn when he was covered in sweat and exhausted.
Li Lanzhen didn't look into the space and was completely unaware of Silver Fox's actions.
At this moment, she came to a precipice. There was no way forward. The precipice was very deep. If she wanted to go through, she would have to go back the way she came and climb up to the middle of the western mountain before she could go down.
She hesitated, wondering whether to go down the cliff and return the way she came or go down to take a look.
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