Xiao Yubai finished eating the lychees. "It doesn't matter what variety it is, as long as it tastes good. Huahua, let's go up and pick some more. You can put them in the basket, and we can finish picking them today." With that, he leaped up into the tree.
Such a big tree, with several lychee trees growing together. Luckily, the branches are also thick, otherwise it wouldn't be able to bear so many fruits. I picked a bunch, and it fell to the ground. I put the lychees on the ground.
When picking, we simply break off the branches and take them off. Then we pick the summer flowers and put them in the basket, leaving a little bit of the branch on top. This way, they not only stay fresh but also look nice.
By the time we finished picking from one tree, it was already noon. I thought we could finish picking them all today, but it seems that's not going to happen. In fact, we've already filled nine baskets, which are the usual fruit baskets, and they're quite big.
If you were to pack regular apples, you could fit forty or fifty of them. Now, lychees are about the same size as apples, so you could fit just as many. It's quite a feast!
Suddenly, Xia Hua, who was still packing lychees, sensed danger behind her. The next second, Cheng Yumo picked her up and flew up a tree. At the same time, Xiao Yubai also flew down and slashed the tiger's back with his sword.
Soon, a tiger came running from a distance, but he ignored it and focused on dealing with the one beneath him. Cheng Yumo put her down, then flew down and flew towards the other tiger.
Each of the two was responsible for one lychee tree. In order not to damage the lychee trees, they could only lure some tigers. Tiger meat was also edible, so they had to be careful when killing them to avoid causing damage.
Xia Hua didn't just watch. She took out a bow and arrows from the warehouse, nocked them, and shot. Although the tiger's skin was thick and its flesh was tough, she aimed directly at its eyes and vital organs.
With her interference, the tiger was killed two hours later. Cheng Yumo carried her down from the tree, and only then did she put the two tigers into the warehouse. Looking around at the mess, she was relieved that the lychee tree was unharmed.
“We can’t pick any more today, or there will be other tigers later. It’s already three o’clock, let’s go back, then we can cook for Shuyi and my sister-in-law,” Xiao Yubai said.
My wife's injury has almost healed. If they go there in the evening, she will definitely cook because she doesn't want them to work too hard. Although there is food in the warehouse, it's not convenient to take it out with my sister-in-law there.
Xia Hua nodded, "Let's go then. We'll come back tomorrow. Anyway, it won't get lost if we leave it here." If we go back now, it will be almost four o'clock when we get to the cruise ship. After washing up and cooking, we won't be able to eat until five o'clock.
They were so busy at noon that they didn't eat lunch. They didn't realize it when they were busy, but when they stopped, they found they were very hungry.
The three of them agreed to head out of the island and ask Shushu to bring the cruise ship over to pick them up.
An Shuyi was watching a movie when she learned from her pager that they were coming back. She ran to the wheelhouse and set off on the cruise ship to pick them up from the island.
After the others came aboard, they drove the cruise ship back to where they had been and parked it before going to find them. Xia Hua was waiting for her to come over, so she pulled her to an empty room. The other two had already gone to take a shower; they still had to cook later.
Put the baskets filled with lychees on the ground. "Shushu, put these in the warehouse and give me some empty baskets."
Looking at the lychees on the ground, An Shuyi happily hugged her, "Huahua, you guys are amazing! You found so many lychees, and they're so big, we can eat them for a long time."
She loves lychees the most, and has tried all kinds of them. She eats a lot every year, and still has a lot left in the warehouse. But she has never eaten a lychee the size of an apple, and doesn't know what kind it is.
I took one out of the basket, peeled off a bit of skin, took a bite, and ate the lychee like an apple. It felt so good! And I only saw the pit after two bites. The pit was so small and sweet. It was perfect.
Xia Hua was also happy to see her so happy. "I'm glad you like it. These nine baskets are from only one tree. There are still three trees whose fruit we haven't picked yet. We killed two tigers this afternoon, which took up some time. We can only pick them tomorrow."
"We can pick just as many from the remaining three trees, more than thirty baskets, enough for you to eat for a long time. After we finish picking them, we'll go look for more, and hopefully we can find enough lychees for you to eat in your lifetime."
As long as she enjoys eating it and is happy with it, she's happy to spend some time finding and picking it.
After hearing this, An Shuyi asked, "Are you all alright? Are you hurt? You've eaten so much fruit in your lifetime, that must be a lot." Then she laughed.
“We’re fine. I’ll stand on the tree and draw my bow while the other two kill the animals. You’re the only one eating them, so we won’t need too many. Besides, there are other fruits too. We don’t even know if there will be any durians. It’s about the same season now. If we find some, that would be even better.”
Shushu's favorite fruits are all those that are considered "heaty" in traditional Chinese medicine: lychee, durian, orange, and pineapple. Although she eats other fruits, she doesn't like these as much. The most important one is durian; if she didn't truly love it, she simply couldn't stand it.
"Durian, there should be some here. I'll definitely go with you to find some in a few days." They could go out and find all sorts of delicious food, but she could only stay on the cruise ship.
Although I'm not bored, I'm restless and want to go out.
"There's no rush. You can't go anywhere until your wound has healed. We don't know if you've damaged your brain, so we can't be careless."
After all, it's a brain injury. If there's blood stasis and the person runs around before fully recovering, other complications might arise that they wouldn't even know about.
"Okay, then I won't go. I'll go after I've recovered. You go take a shower. I'll put these away and then go to the kitchen to get some dishes to help you recover." With them around, if she takes out the dishes, her sister-in-law will only assume that Hua Hua and the others made them.
"Okay, I'm going to take a shower." After spending a day on the mountain, I wasn't dirty, but I was covered in sweat and it was hot, so I had to take a shower.
After putting the baskets into the warehouse, I took a few lychees to the kitchen. Passing by my sister-in-law's room, I gave her the lychees before continuing to wait in the kitchen.
I waited in the kitchen for a while before my husband and Yu Mo came over. It was too hot, so we'll take it out when we eat it later.
"Wife, bring out a chicken and some ginseng. I'll make you some soup to nourish you." She had plenty of slaughtered chickens in her warehouse, and she also had no shortage of ginseng. She had been unconscious before and could only take medicine to regulate her body.
Now that they've cleaned up, it's a good time to have some chicken soup to replenish their energy and help them heal their injuries as soon as possible, so they're not worried.
"Okay." She took out a small hen and a ginseng from the warehouse. This one was 500 years old, the youngest one in the warehouse. Older ones would definitely have better medicinal effects. She was still young, and if she took too much tonic, she would easily get a sore throat.
Xiao Yubai took the chicken and ginseng, cleaned them, chopped the chicken into small pieces, cut a few slices of ginseng and returned them to her, then took out a pot and started stewing the chicken.
After stewing the chicken, prepare other dishes on the side: stewed mutton and cold beef salad. Cheng Yumo kneads dough on the side, preparing for tomorrow's meal, which won't spoil in the refrigerator; she only prepares for breakfast.
As for what Shuyi and her sister-in-law will eat for lunch, they can just stir-fry a couple of dishes tomorrow morning and put them in the pan; it won't take too long.
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