The next morning, after filling the water tank for the chickens, ducks and geese in the backyard and closing the gate, the two of them headed into the mountains.
As they walked toward the hawthorn trees, they kept their heads down, searching for medicinal herbs, making the journey feel like a treasure hunt.
"Lu Chuan, look! There's a hawthorn tree over there. Let's go pick some!" With that, she ran towards the hawthorn tree.
Ever since she obtained the ginseng and made a fortune from it, Xu Han's mindset has changed.
I used to be afraid of not having enough money to buy food or stockpile supplies. Now that I have a large sum of money and have bought enough food, the weight on my heart has finally been lifted.
Now, when I go out to find things, I don't feel as much pressure. Before, I would frantically hoard food, always afraid that I wouldn't have enough to eat. I would try to bring home anything edible, because hoarding food made me feel safe.
Now that we have food in our hands and money in our pockets, things are different. When we come to collect things, we think about adding a good meal to our future life and making our lives better.
There's no longer that feeling of being pressed for time and frantically stocking up.
Even though we have money, we can't buy everything. We should grow what we can grow ourselves, and pick what we can find in the mountains ourselves.
It would be very boring to stay at home all day, eating and waiting to get hungry, and spending money on everything.
Having this money only makes my life a little easier. I don't have to be so tense all the time; I still have to do what I need to do.
Not only has Xu Han's mindset changed, but Lu Chuan's mindset has also changed noticeably in the past two days. He is under less pressure and is in a better mood.
The two arrived at the hawthorn tree and began picking hawthorns as before.
After picking the fruit, we continued walking and found a stream around noon. We washed our faces in the stream.
Then they filled the water tank in the space with water, so it would be ready to use that night without having to look for water again.
Lu Chuan found a clean, large rock, and the two of them sat on it, eating lunch and resting at the same time.
Xu Han felt like she was on an autumn outing—free and easy, and she could even gather resources. She couldn't be happier.
After lunch and a short rest, we continued walking.
As they walked, Lu Chuan suddenly told Xu Han to stop and not make a sound, while he took out his bow and arrow and shot in one direction.
Before Xu Han could even see what it was, it was shot down.
"What is it?! I didn't see anything!" Xu Han said.
"It's a pheasant. Let's go and get it."
The two walked over to the pheasant, Lu Chuan removed the arrow, and handed the pheasant to Xu Han.
"Look, there are even wild eggs! What great luck!" Xu Han hurriedly went to pick up the wild eggs.
"I'll grill some for you tonight, do you want some?" Lu Chuan asked.
"Great! I've never roasted a pheasant in the wild before!"
"Let's catch another wild rabbit later and roast it together."
"Okay, there are still fish in the space! We can grill them too."
The two of them have been in the mountains together for so long, and they've only been eating the food in the space. They really haven't had time to have a barbecue!
Because I was always rushing around collecting materials, I didn't have the leisure to enjoy it.
He put the eggs into his spatial storage and continued walking forward.
During this time, they also dug up a lot of medicinal herbs, some of which were found by Xu Han and others by Lu Chuan.
The dogs sometimes help with the search too. In one day, the dogs alone caught 11 pheasants and 7 rabbits. That's so many, we really can't finish them all tonight!
In the evening, Lu Chuan processed the pheasants and rabbits, while Xu Han tidied up the cave. The cave they had found today was particularly large and more than enough for their needs.
Xu Han finished preparing, and Lu Chuan also processed the wild game. Then Lu Chuan started roasting the pheasant and rabbit in his own way.
First, they took a large wooden stick, skewered the wild game on it, and then stuck it next to the fire to roast it.
They took out a few more fish from their spatial storage and grilled them together.
Everyone got a share tonight. We grilled a total of 4 fish, 4 pheasants, and 4 rabbits. Most of them were hunted by the dogs, so of course they got to eat them.
The two sat by the fire, grilling fish while taking out the garlic cloves they had bought some time ago. They peeled them in their spare time, planning to plant them once the potatoes were harvested.
Large garlic cloves are used to grow garlic bulbs, while small garlic cloves are used to grow garlic sprouts; they are kept separate by size.
After all the garlic cloves were peeled, the meat was also roasted. It took a long time to roast, and Xu Han was already very hungry.
Sprinkle some salt on the grilled meat, and you can start eating. It's juicy and smells delicious. Xu Han couldn't wait to tear off a piece of grilled fish, breathing on it as she ate.
"It's too hot, but it smells so good!" Xu Han said, her words slightly slurred.
"Eat slowly, don't burn your mouth."
Eating only meat was definitely not enough, so Xu Han took out some steamed buns from her spatial storage, skewered them on sticks, and roasted them.
It's crunchy and very delicious.
Eating grilled meat with carbonated drinks and some fruit is such a treat! It's just a bit cold though; you get chilly all over after leaving the fire for a short while.
After dinner, they boiled some water, washed their faces, soaked their feet, and then went to rest.
In the middle of the night, Lu Chuan got up again to add some firewood to the fire. It was really cold, and Xu Han was so cold that she even covered her head with the blanket.
The next day, after dawn, the two got up, drank a bowl of hot porridge, and ate some steamed buns. They ate their fill and felt warm all over before setting off to pick hawthorns.
As they walked, Lu Chuan said, "We're not far from the reed marshes. Where are we going?"
“Sure! Let’s go catch some more ducks and collect some more duck eggs, so we don’t have to come back.”
"Alright then! Let's go to the reed marshes now."
So the two changed their plans and headed towards the reed marshes. Once there, Lu Chuan left Black Dot with Xu Han while he took the other dogs to catch ducks.
Xu Han didn't linger and immediately took out her basket to start collecting duck eggs.
After collecting eggs for a while, Lu Chuan came to find Xu Han for lunch. After lunch, they rested for a bit and then started collecting duck eggs again.
That evening, the two returned to the cave where they had stayed before.
For two days in a row, the two of them caught ducks and collected duck eggs in the reed marshes. Only after they had collected almost all the duck eggs in this area did they move on to the next place.
Today is the fourth day since they came out. The two continued to walk deeper into the mountains, starting to look for new hawthorns and other mountain products or medicinal herbs.
"Is this place far from the cattle herd?" Xu Han asked.
"It's not far. Are we going over there?" Lu Chuan asked in return.
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