Li Lanzhen rushed over and looked down in the direction Xue Bao was pointing.
I was stunned!!
From here, you can see the entire Forget-Worry Valley!
At this moment, Li Lanzhen felt a chill run down her spine, and a layer of hair stood on end!
They mistakenly believed they had found a safe haven.
However, from here, nothing in the Valley of Forgetfulness can escape the eyes of the person standing here watching!
Luckily, no one was here!
Xue Bao was also taken aback and muttered to himself.
"Luckily, there's no one here. If there were, or if soldiers or government officials found this place, they would discover the Valley of Forgetfulness, and if they found the Valley of Forgetfulness, they would find us. How terrifying!!"
Li Lanzhen observed that although Forget-Worry Valley could be seen from here, it would take most of a day to walk down.
By this time, lunchtime had long passed.
The children were afraid of falling as they went down the mountain, so they were highly focused and walked cautiously. Their legs were already sore, and now they lay on the grass one by one, not wanting to move anymore.
She said to Xue Bao.
"Xue Bao, it should take us most of a day to get back to Forget-Worry Valley from here, right?"
Xue Bao craned his neck and looked down.
"Pretty much, because there are also small children who walk slowly, and it's not easy to walk down the mountain, so they can easily fall."
Li Lanzhen looked at him and Shanxing and said.
"Let's rest here tonight and go home early tomorrow morning."
The two nodded in agreement.
Li Lanzhen turned to look at the listless children lying on the grass and called out.
"Children, get up, gather firewood, dig wild vegetables, and prepare lunch. Grandma will make you stewed fish in an iron pot."
Hearing that it was time to eat, the children all sat up and happily found things to do.
Li Lanzhen quickly released Douhua and Datou, the two little guys, from her spatial dimension.
"Come on, Douhua? Big Head will help Grandma cook."
Li Lanzhen used her carrying basket to take out two large iron pots, half a basket of fish, and half a basket of wild duck eggs.
Yan Ming moved some stones to prop up the pot and started adding firewood to start a fire.
The fish were all cleaned, and even the wild duck eggs were washed clean.
Li Lanzhen placed the basket at her feet, intending to retrieve seasonings and cooking oil from her spatial storage later to cheat.
When Li Lanzhen was about to wash the pot, she realized that she didn't know if there was any water available.
Looking up and around, I saw that Shi Tou, Xing Hua, and several other children had each brought a bowl of water.
“Aunt Lanzhen, I found a spring on the cliff next to us.”
Xinghua smiled smugly and said to her.
Stone grinned, "Aunt Lanzhen, the spring water is so sweet! It's just that the flow is too weak!"
Li Lanzhen also took a bowl of water, poured it into the pot, and washed the pot.
"That's fine! Wait a moment, put the wooden bucket there, and fill it with water."
The children looked at each other without saying a word.
Whether it was Shi Tou and the others, or Shan Xing and the others from Lishu Village, they all sensed that Li Lanzhen was unusual.
But what does it matter? All they felt was her love and protection for them!
Li Lanzhen saw the children's eyes and clearly understood their feelings and thoughts, which made her happy.
"Alright, put the water bowl here, go wash the wild vegetables and bring them over."
After the children left, Li Lanzhen quickly brought out a wooden basin full of cornmeal and added yeast powder to it.
She called to Lihua, "Lihua, come here and knead the dough. Auntie will make you pancakes later."
"Hey, here you are. Leave it to me, Auntie, I'll knead the dough."
Li Lanzhen scooped a spoonful of pure white mixed oil and melted it in a large iron pot.
Then, fry the fish until half a basket of fish are golden brown on both sides. Add seasonings, pour in water, and simmer.
In another pot, there were wild duck eggs, and the quantity was calculated so that each person would have one large duck egg.
After cooking, take it out and put it in a wooden basin of cold water.
"Come on, you guys, peel the duck eggs."
The children didn't know what Li Lanzhen was going to do; they just saw that everything looked delicious, so they just focused on working.
Li Lanzhen lifted the lid of the pot where the fish was cooking, and a fragrant aroma immediately filled the children's noses.
She heard her stomach rumbling and the sound of her constantly swallowing.
With my hands wet, I pinched off a piece of the soft, risen cornmeal, rolled it into a ball with both hands, and then pressed it down—smack! It stuck right to the side of the iron pot.
Pour in the peeled wild duck eggs and cover the pot.
Seeing the children gathered around, their eyes shining, she chuckled.
"It will be ready to eat in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea."
Pear Blossom had already blanched the wild vegetables in another pot.
Squeeze out the water and put it in a wooden basin, filling it more than halfway. Li Lanzhen then picked up the mixed oil, sesame oil, and other seasonings left over from cooking the fish and poured it into the wild vegetable basin, mixing it well.
Take out three large bowls, fill one bowl, and since there are many children, divide it into three portions.
The children held their bowls, their eyes fixed on the pot of stewed fish.
"Dinner's ready!"
Li Lanzhen lifted the lid of the pot where the fish was cooking and called out.
The children immediately lined up and waited for Li Lanzhen to serve them fish.
Xue Bao and the other boys brought stones to help the younger children carry their bowls over and put them away.
The child's bowl contained a fish, a wild duck egg, half a cornbread, and half a spoonful of fish soup.
Li Lanzhen prepared the food according to the children's appetites.
"Eat slowly, be careful of fish bones. There's still some in the pot, add more if you're not full."
Li Lanzhen was going to remove fish bones from Douhua and Datou and feed them to them.
Douhua shook its head.
"Douhua eats fish but not fish bones. Grandma eats it."
Li Lanzhen is also in high demand!
The fish, over a hundred meters long and plump, was pan-fried and then stewed, resulting in a delicious and fragrant dish.
The cornbread is soft and fluffy, with a golden-brown crust. Soaking it in fish soup makes it even more fragrant.
At this moment, no one spoke; all that could be heard was the smacking of food being eaten.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Li Lanzhen let the children stroll around the platform to digest their food.
A peaceful night.
After breakfast, we continued our descent.
After noon, Li Lanzhen took the children to the lakeside of Wangyou Valley.
After resting for a while, we took the children to the entrance of the Forget-Worry Valley.
Xue Bao jumped up the hilltop and pushed aside the vines that were obscuring the mountain gate.
He jumped down and looked around in confusion.
"Aunt Lanzhen, have you noticed something's wrong with Forget-Worry Valley? Why aren't there any patrols? If the enemy comes, they can just march straight in! I don't know what my father was planning."
Li Lanzhen listened to his muttering and grumbling. Actually, after going down the mountain,
She sensed that something had happened in the Valley of Forgetfulness.
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