Chapter 44: Yi Ke's First Outing
I got up before six today. I thought I was very early, but I found out that I was the last one to get up.
Ziyi was just about to go into the house to wake Yike up when he ran into Yike opening the door as soon as he reached the door.
"You go and eat. My uncle and I are full. We'll move the food downstairs. You can eat slowly. There's no rush." Ziyi said.
"Okay! Go ahead!" Yike replied.
"Yike, come here! The porridge has been getting cold here. The temperature is just right. Let's eat together. Let the two men do their work. You just eat and then run away." The aunt put the porridge on the table and brought out six or seven steamed buns.
Zhang Yuling cooked sweet potato rice porridge in the kitchen early in the morning and steamed a large pot of yellow steamed bread. In addition to making breakfast, she wrapped the rest in cloth and stuffed it into a leather bag. Zhang Yuling said that this would not be easy to get cold.
As soon as the sky began to brighten, Li Haoran, Ziyi and Yike set out. Before setting off, Li Haoran warned Zhang Yuling not to leave the cave and go to the bottom of the cliff under any circumstances. It is better to be safe than sorry. No one knows if there will be wild animals coming here in search of food. Zhang Yuling has no ability to protect herself at all.
Zhang Yuling also repeatedly promised not to step out of the cave, and only then did Li Haoran lead Ziyi and Yike to set off.
The snowy woods were hazy. Li Haoran had a snakeskin bag of mushrooms tied to his back, a long knife on the bag, and a lantern in one hand.
Ziyi also had a snakeskin bag tied to his back. The bag was filled with herbs and a long knife was also pinned to the bag. But he was holding a person in his arms, and that person was Yike.
Ziyi tied Yike in front of him. Yike was unwilling at first because it was too embarrassing to be tied like this. But Ziyi said that she was not allowed to go if she didn't agree, so Yike had no choice but to let him tie her up with a blushing face. Li Haoran also said that this would not slow down their journey, and Ziyi suddenly became a kangaroo mother.
Yi Ke now takes care of her children just like those mothers in her previous life, tying the child with a baby belt and hanging it on her chest, except that the one Zi Yi is hanging is a big child. That’s right, he is a big kid. Who said Yike is short?
Because Yike was tied to Ziyi's chest, in order not to increase the difficulty of Ziyi's walking, Yike stretched out his arms and hugged Ziyi's neck to try to reduce the amount of falling. He had no way to look around to check the surrounding environment along the way.
Walking in the forest at night is the most dangerous. Even though it is getting light now, it is still dangerous. But who can blame Li Haoran and Ziyi for their skills and courage?
After it was completely light, the light in Lin Yuli also became brighter. Li Haoran and the others turned off the lanterns and continued to move forward. Yi Ke shouted that he wanted to get off and walk by himself.
Ziyi persuaded him: "Be good! Stop making trouble! We still have a long way to go. Wait until the sun comes out and it's warmer, then you can come down and walk by yourself."
After Ziyi said this, Yike realized that she was not that cold in Ziyi's arms. Such a considerate man turned out to be hers. Yi Ke was so moved that she tilted her head back and kissed Yu Yi hard on the chin, which made Yu Yi stagger and almost fall.
"Stop it! Be good!" Zi Yixiang pretended to be angry.
"Brother Ziyi, you are so nice! I want to grow up quickly and become your wife." Yike was really touched at this moment, thinking that if there must be a man in this world, it must be Ziyi.
"You are my wife now."
"I want to be your real daughter-in-law."
When Ziyi heard this, his breathing became disordered and he almost choked. He patted Xia Ke's butt gently and said, "Don't talk nonsense."
When the fart drum was hit, he felt embarrassed and buried his head in Zi Ziyi's neck, not making any sound.
At around nine o'clock, Grandpa Sun climbed up to the treetops with a smile. This snowy world is beginning to become lively. The towering trees shook their long white beards in the cold wind. Occasionally, some of the white beards fell onto the snow and merged with the snow, becoming indistinguishable. There were no more fluttering snowflakes in the sky, but the snow-white hats on the big trees were falling in the wind. They were pushing and shoving each other, holding hands affectionately, or bumping into each other mischievously, kissing the earth playfully, gently kissing Ziyi under the tree, and Yike who was looking up at them.
The birds in the forest that are not afraid of the cold occasionally chirp. The further you go outside, the quieter the forest becomes. You can't even see the shadows of the small animals, and the shadows of the birds are gone too.
Li Haoran sighed: "Maybe even the mice were eaten up. I wonder how many people starved to death this winter."
Only then did I understand why there were fewer small animals the further you lived outside. Will the starving people let them go? The answer is an obvious “no”!
Yike was finally able to get out of bed and walk on his own. They stopped for lunch at noon, which consisted of steamed buns and dried meat. After eating, they continued on their journey. They spent the night in a cave and continued their journey at dawn.
It took them two and a half days to get out of the forest. They came out of the forest at four o'clock in the afternoon, which was an awkward time, neither too early nor too late. They could not get anything done in the city, so Li Haoran decided to rest in the small hut where the hunters lived outside the mountain and go into the city early the next morning.
"Yike girl, since you don't have a letter of introduction, we can't go into the city and stay at a guesthouse. You'll have to stay in this thatched house for the night. I'll get you a letter of introduction tonight, so it will be convenient for you to go out in the future."
"Can the letter of introduction be used for a long time?" Yi Ke asked.
"Of course not! But the ones we got are blank, and we can fill them in when we need them."
"Wow! That's possible! But the person who helps will be taking risks!"
"Yes! He is our friend and we saved his life. He is a grateful person and we have been grateful for his help over the past few years. You should repay him when you have the chance in the future."
"Don't worry, I will definitely repay you when I have the chance in the future." Ziyi said.
"Where is he from? There must be a food shortage outside right now! His family must not be very wealthy either. We brought so many herbs this time, we can buy some food for him, and we can also give him some mushrooms." Yi Ke Jianyi said,
"He won't accept it. We have given him food before, but he refused." Li Haoran said helplessly.
"He is the team leader of Beishan Village. He has 6 children in his family. 4 boys and 2 girls. The oldest is 15 years old. Each child is only one year younger. The little boys eat their father out of poverty. With so many children in his family, life is difficult." Ziyi said
"If he doesn't accept the grain, we can give it to his wife. His wife will definitely accept it because she loves her child. Besides, we have to let him know that we are not short of food. He may not accept it because he is worried that we will have no food." Yi Ke analyzed and suggested.
Uncle Hao and Ziyi looked at each other and both thought that this method was feasible.
"Beishan Village is not far from here. It's only afternoon now. I'll go call him over and let him see our harvest with his own eyes. I'll also get Yi Ke's letter of introduction. Then we can stay at the guesthouse tomorrow night." Li Haoran said.
"Okay, Uncle Hao, then you go quickly and come back soon. Bring the mushrooms to him. If he doesn't want them, give them to his wife." Ziyi was also very happy. He could finally repay his kindness a little.
Shortly after dark, Li Haoran came back with a tall man.
This was a man whose whole body was tanned by the sun, his clothes were washed white, and his eyes were shining in the firelight. One could tell at a glance that he was a rough and shrewd man.
"Hello, Uncle Wang! Long time no see! I'm so happy to see you again today!"
Ziyi took Uncle Wang to sit next to the fire and poured him a bowl of hot water. "Come, drink a bowl of water to warm yourself up first."
"You kid, you didn't even inform Uncle Wang when you got married." Uncle Wang drank the water, handed the bowl back to Ziyi, patted Ziyi on the shoulder, and then said to Yike: "This is the bride, right?"
"Hello, Uncle Wang!" Yi Ke politely bowed to Uncle Wang as a junior.
"I heard the news so suddenly at home, and I didn't prepare anything good. Here are ten eggs laid by our chickens. Consider them my gift. Alas! It's a little shabby." Uncle Wang stuffed a cloth bag into Yike's hand. Yike didn't know what to do. Ziyi saw it and gestured to Yike to accept it.
"Thank you, Uncle Wang!" Ziyi and Yike thanked Uncle Wang together.
"What are you thanking me for? You know Uncle Wang's situation, I hope you don't mind."
"Uncle Wang, thank you for your hard work. How dare I complain? Next time, when you have time to come into the mountains, we will treat you to good things!" Ziyi took out the steamed buns and dried meat and handed them to Uncle Wang to eat.
"What good stuff? Did you kill a blind bear again?" Uncle Wang asked while eating.
"Don't listen to his nonsense. A blind bear is not that easy to beat. He was lucky last time because he ran into a fight between a tiger and a blind bear, and he took advantage of the situation. This time he killed a tiger, and I made tiger penis wine. The little brat wanted to steal my tiger penis wine and give it to you to drink, thinking that I didn't know." Li Haoran exposed Ziyi's trick of trying to use someone else's talent to pay tribute to Buddha.
"That's really good stuff! Next time I must go in and have a few drinks. You are really good, you can fight as soon as the tiger says so. You are really good at martial arts."
Yike didn't know how long Li Haoran, Uncle Wang and Ziyi talked. She had been walking for more than two days and was exhausted, so she fell asleep while listening.
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