Mentioning the Water Curtain Cave made Ye Moxun feel depressed. He wondered if he should find a day to summon the men of the village to bury the person in the box, otherwise he would always feel that something was stuck in his heart.
Although I really didn't want to come, my aunt had already spoken, so I had no choice but to go.
The place Song Zhuiyan chose required passing a pool and walking for about fifteen minutes. It would take half an hour to get back to the village from here. Actually, moving the stone quarry here would be a bit troublesome to mine, and they would also have to figure out a way to transport it back.
But we can't just put it in front of the house. We've cleared land in front of and behind the house to make vegetable gardens, so there's no extra space to put a stone quarry, even though it's not a very big one.
Looking at the patch of weeds that Song Zhuiyan pointed to, Song Tantan said with a complicated expression, "The villagers have been here before and know that this used to be an empty lot. It's too strange that a stone quarry has suddenly appeared here."
“Knowing there are dead people here, no one has come here for a long time. Even if they have been here before, they probably don’t remember what this place looks like,” Song Zhuiyan said in a low mood. “I’ve thought about it. In a few days, we will bury the people in the Water Curtain Cave. We will leave the stone quarry here for now and build a biogas digester next year or two later. After all, cement has not been developed yet.”
She had acted impulsively and was eager to build a biogas digester, but yesterday when she went hunting in the deep mountains, she found that other people were also going into the deep mountains. In the past, even in groups, they rarely went into the deep mountains for fear of encountering large wild animals.
After chatting for a while, I learned that everyone's food supplies were almost exhausted, but the corn and sweet potatoes in the fields would not be ready for harvest for another two months. Before that time, everyone had already tightened their belts and was eating wild vegetables and mushroom stew every day, only getting half full.
Song Zhuiyan realized a very serious problem: everyone was starving, so where would they get the strength to work? They wanted people to mine limestone to make cement and build biogas digesters. They were just wasting their time and energy. They should solve the food problem first.
They definitely couldn't take any more old rice from the supermarket. They thought it was old rice, but for these refugees it was a precious food that they rarely had. How could there always be white rice in this desolate wilderness? It was too suspicious.
However, you can't take the rice, but you can take other things.
"Let's put these spiritual things aside for now. Food production is the priority. Don't spend all your time studying printing, papermaking, and biogas digesters. People are starving to death. Who has time for technology?" Song Zhuiyan shook her head, as if she wasn't the one who had insisted on building biogas digesters earlier.
So the adults didn't have time to learn any characters. They went into the mountains every day. The older children also had to go into the mountains to find food, while the younger ones stayed in the school. No one cared much about whether they could study or not. The main thing was to have Ye Moxun and Song Tantan look after the children.
Song Zhuiyan and Zhong Qingyi lost interest in being part-time teachers. Every day after breakfast, they would go into the mountains to hunt. Before, it was easy to catch wild rabbits and bamboo rats, but as time went on, and with all the villagers going up the mountain, the small prey became scarce.
After discussing it, the two decided to venture deeper into the mountains to search for prey. They didn't dare to take anyone else with them, so they decided to go with the two skilled fighters. After all, neither of them had ever truly ventured into the deep mountains before, and who knew what kind of ferocious beasts they might encounter as they went further in.
If there's a pack of wolves, that's no joke.
"Auntie, bring a few more bottles of liquor with you. If you encounter a wild beast, just 'bomb' it. Don't worry about it, we have plenty of liquor, and nobody wants to drink it, so it's not a waste." Song Tantan grabbed more than a dozen bottles of high-proof liquor and stuffed them into her bag.
He took out two more bottles for Song Zhuiyan, leaving only two. "Don't say it's a waste, each bottle should weigh about two pounds. I still have a long way to go, carrying dozens of pounds of stuff will kill me."
It would be better to give them more food.
Song Tantan gave her several packs of compressed biscuits, which are easy to carry and filling, along with some chocolate and milk...
"Don't give me chocolate, I don't like it. Besides, Zhong Qingyi is here. Should I share some with him? What if he sees me eating it secretly? Give me a few big meat buns and scallion pancakes, I love those."
In the morning, they teach children of that age to recognize characters and practice horse stance at the school. In the afternoon, Song Tantan and Ye Moxun also have their own things to do.
"Tantan, how are you? Wake up, Tantan..." Ye Moxun cried out anxiously while holding Song Tantan.
Just now, Song Tantan moved the stone ore from the space. At first, she closed her eyes and concentrated on using her mind to slowly cut the stone ore out of the mountain and then move it out.
This is a huge project. Compared to capturing a pack of wolves and drawing water from a small stream in space to put out a fire, it is a much larger undertaking.
Song Tantan felt a throbbing pain in her head, clearly indicating that she had overused her mental energy. But she had already done half of the job, so how could she give up halfway? She was also stubborn; once she decided to do something, she wouldn't back down and would get it done no matter what.
Her face flushed redder and redder until she broke out in a cold sweat. After the entire stone quarry was moved out, she felt as if all her strength had been drained away. Her face turned deathly pale, and her body went limp as she collapsed to the ground.
Ye Moxun was standing right next to her but couldn't catch her. He watched helplessly as she fell down, which terrified him. As soon as he came to his senses, he hugged her and shook her and called out to her.
But the person in his arms showed no reaction at all, breathing heavily but not deeply, looking like they were about to die.
"Song Tantan, don't scare me, wake up!" Ye Moxun pinched her philtrum, but it was no use. He checked her breathing and found she was still breathing. He gritted his teeth, put her on his back, and hurried back to the village. "I told you to stop if there was anything wrong. It's not like you have to do it."
Song Zhuiyan knew that she had fainted last time because of overuse of the space, so she told her in advance that if she felt unwell during the stone-moving process, she should stop immediately and not try to be brave.
But this silly girl agreed verbally, and then secretly ran away to try to move the mountain after her aunt went into the mountains. Ye Moxun disagreed. He vaguely guessed that things were not so simple. This was not just about taking out some food and clothes. It was about moving a mountain. He thought she could do that.
He had spent the entire winter reading medical books and had gained some experience in treating patients. He considered himself to be a fairly good doctor, but he didn't know how to treat Song Tantan's condition and had no idea where to begin.
We can only carry her home first and let her rest. Hopefully, after she wakes up and eats something, she will recover like last time.
Ye Moxun waited for Song Tantan all day. As darkness fell, Zhong Qingyi and Song Zhuiyan still hadn't returned. Ye Moxun felt uneasy. He had been thinking about how to explain things to Song Zhuiyan when she came back, but she hadn't returned.
He cooked yam porridge, scooped out a bowl to fill his stomach but couldn't eat anymore. There was still a lot left in the pot, enough for three people to eat, but the two who went hunting hadn't returned, and Song Tantan hadn't woken up either.
Ye Moxun sat motionless on the edge of the bed, his lips pursed and his brows furrowed, his eyes fixed on the person on the bed.
The wait was long and agonizing. It was already 10 p.m., and his uncle and Aunt Song still hadn't returned. Could they have encountered danger in the mountains? Although he was anxious, he didn't go looking for Lin Fuhai.
If even my uncle and Aunt Song, with their excellent martial arts skills, can't handle this danger, then anyone else who goes to help will only be sent to their deaths. Let's just wait and see what happens tomorrow morning. In the dead of night, he went to find someone to help, but no one dared to go into the deep mountains at night.
He still had to stay with Song Tantan and wait for her to wake up.
"You think Tantan is in danger, you useless system?"
The system doesn't want to talk; is this how it asks for help? It won't reply unless you omit the unnecessary words.
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