Chapter 34 Like a Chicken Crowing
Liu Ye was puzzled when she heard this. She always covered her face with black paint, how could he possibly tell what she looked like? "Brother Bai, my face is so dark, and I even cover it with my hair, how can you tell that I'm prettier than her?"
Bai Zilin walked up to Liu Ye and looked at her face carefully. Liu Ye's face was dark, and her messy hair covered her face. Through the gaps in her hair, he could see that her bright eyes were big and beautiful. Just from that, he knew that she was very beautiful: "Although I can't see what you look like in detail, I think you are prettier than that young lady. Your voice is also nice, soft, sweet and pleasant. Did you hear what that young lady was saying? It sounded like a chicken crowing."
"Hahaha, hahaha, I almost couldn't hold back my laughter, hahaha." Bai Zilin clutched his stomach and laughed so hard he was doubled over.
Liu Ye nodded with a smile. She had heard it too. The young lady seemed to be speaking in a high-pitched voice, deliberately pretending to be gentle, just like she was imitating a certain Sister Ling: "Hehehe, I heard it. It's quite funny. Brother Bai, let's hurry up and leave so we can distance ourselves from Village Chief Zhao and the others. We don't want them to catch up with us. I get annoyed whenever I see them now, especially the Bai family. They're so annoying. They even chased you out, but they still cling to you. They're so shameless!"
"Why can't they learn from the Liu family? Look at the Liu family, ever since they kicked me out of the Liu family, they haven't even bothered to look at me, afraid that I'll stick to them. Isn't that great?"
Bai Zilin sighed and said, "Who says otherwise? I get annoyed just looking at them. Let's go, let's walk a little further before we eat. The fried rice is gone again, isn't it?"
Liu Ye nodded and said, "There's still a small handful left. We'll stir-fry it at noon."
Just as Liu Ye was about to pull the cart, Bai Zilin pulled her onto it and said, "My leg is better now, let me pull the cart. You can't stop exercising now that your leg is better."
After Bai Zilin finished speaking, he pulled the cart away. Liu Ye sat down inside the cart. Well, she had been pulling the cart for more than 20 days. She was tired and had walked enough. Brother Bai's leg was better, so it was time for her to rest.
Once outside the city, the road was lined with mountains again, one after another, big and small. "Brother Bai," said Bai, "the mountains here look quite green. This afternoon I'd like to go into the mountains to pick some wild vegetables and fruits. We've been eating coarse grains every day for the past two days, and I'm completely tasteless. I'd like to go up the mountain to find some chestnuts and apples. There's water in the wells in the city, and I reckon there's a water source in the mountains too. I'll fill my water bottle while I'm at it."
Bai Zilin also looked at the green mountains on both sides. He also wanted to go hunting: "I'll go. You stay and watch the cart. I'll take the bow and arrows and see if I can catch any game. Actually, I'm craving meat too."
Liu Ye rolled her eyes and said, "There are usually more prey in the morning, Brother Bai. Why don't you go hunting in the mountains tomorrow morning, and I'll go this afternoon? You can watch the cart and fry the grains while you're at it. I think yours is better than mine..."
Bai Zilin agreed, "Alright, I'll go up the mountain tomorrow morning."
Bai Zilin pulled the cart for an hour before pushing it to the edge of the woods: "This place is nice. Liu Ye, you go ahead. Be careful and don't go too far into the mountains. Be careful not to get lost. If you can't find any wild fruit, that's fine. I'll go up the mountain to find some for you tomorrow."
"Okay, I won't go far."
Liu Ye took a bag from her basket, put the water pouch inside, and then took a machete. She got off the cart, waved to Bai Zilin, and disappeared into the woods. As she walked, she used the machete to scrape the grass on the ground. Suddenly, she saw a bunch of mushrooms in the grass, grayish-brown in color, which looked like hazel mushrooms.
Sure enough, as she got closer to the south, there were more things in the mountains. She waved her hand and put them into her space. As soon as the hazel mushrooms arrived in her space, they were automatically planted on the edge of the black soil.
Willow leaves were found in the grass, and many mushrooms were found under the tree roots. After collecting almost all the mushrooms in her space, she picked them and put them in her bag.
Brother Bai will go hunting in the mountains tomorrow morning. Maybe he'll catch a pheasant. She can keep the chicken to stew with mushrooms. Just thinking about it makes her mouth water. There are still four pheasants in her space. If Brother Bai doesn't catch any prey, she'll find another excuse to go up the mountain and take out one of the pheasants from her space. She's really craving meat.
That's about enough. She seems to have been in the mountains for quite a while. If she goes any further into the mountains, she's afraid of getting lost. She'd better go into her space to store water.
Liu Ye flashed into the space. She first filled two water pouches with water and put them aside. Then she picked a cucumber and ate it as she walked. When she arrived at the edge of the field, she saw that the wheat and rice she had planted a couple of days ago had already flowered and would probably be ripe in two or three days.
In the past two weeks, she has harvested grain from the black soil twice more, and the black soil has grown to 12 mu (approximately 1.8 acres). Now, she has planted wheat on half of the field and rice on the other half, and she no longer plants corn.
After harvesting corn from four acres of land last time, plus the harvest from the previous one, there must be more than 20,000 jin of corn. Now she doesn't know what to do with the corn. Should she sell it for money? Oh well, she'll just leave it there. These days, whatever she sells will be snatched up by others.
She finished eating the cucumber and then picked an apple to eat. Now there are many more apple trees, from the original four to 25. The chestnut tree has also multiplied from one to five. The field has become an orchard, and there is also a vegetable garden. After the vegetables in the garden mature, the seeds fall to the ground and reproduce and grow on their own. She doesn't need to replant at all, and there are always more vegetables than she can eat.
Liu Ye went to the Lingquan Well to get a bag, picked out 20 small apples from the tree. Last time she picked big apples, but this time she picked small ones. It wouldn't work if she always picked big apples. Next time she would pick chestnuts instead, to avoid arousing Brother Bai's suspicion.
She put the water pouch into the bag, then added ten wild duck eggs. Liu Ye carried the bag out of the space, turned around and walked back. After a while, she came out of the forest: "Brother Bai, I'm back. Look what I found."
Liu Ye opened the bag and showed it to Bai Zilin. Bai Zilin looked into the bag and said, "Wow, you found apples again, and you even picked wild duck eggs and mushrooms. You've had quite a haul. It seems there's something in the mountains. Maybe I can hunt some game tomorrow too."
Liu Ye smiled and nodded, taking the wild duck eggs out of the bag and putting them in the basin. She placed the water bag in her basket and handed Bai Zilin an apple: "Brother Bai, let's boil some wild duck eggs for dinner tonight. I haven't had them in so long, I've been craving them."
Bai Zilin took a bite of the apple. It was sweet, crisp, and juicy, bursting with flavor with every bite. This girl was so lucky to have picked such a delicious apple. He would look for some more when he went up the mountain tomorrow. "Okay, I've already fried the rice. You can sit there and rest. I'll cook it. I'll cook three. I'll eat one, and you can eat two. You should eat more to nourish your body. You're so thin. I'm worried the wind will blow you away."
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