Chapter 7 Was Bai Zilin concerned about her?
Liu Ye, who had already ventured deep into the mountains, actually started digging for wild vegetables. She remembered from the silly girl's memories that what she was digging for was called shepherd's purse, which could be eaten after being blanched in water, used to make dumplings, or stewed in soup. In short, it could be eaten however one wanted.
Suddenly, a question occurred to her. She could gather some firewood and put it into her spatial storage; perhaps she could cook in the space too? Right, she didn't have a flint yet. She'd go back to Old Liu's house and steal one; she'd forgotten to take something yesterday.
After digging up a basket full of shepherd's purse, Liu Ye put the wood-chopping knife and basket into her spatial storage. She patted the dirt off her hands. These were all dead trees, weren't they? She could just put a couple into her space, which would be enough for her to burn for a while. If she couldn't start a fire in her space, she could take them outside to burn later.
With that, Liu Ye waved her left and right hands, storing more than ten withered trees into her space. Only then did she stop, take out a pancake from her space, and sit under the tree roots to eat it. This was her first meal since morning.
"Crackling sound".
Liu Yeteng suddenly stood up, looking warily into the woods behind her. It was the sound of footsteps crunching on leaves; she was absolutely certain she hadn't misheard...
Bai Zilin emerged from behind the big tree, carrying a bow and arrows on his back and a pheasant in his hand, his chest bulging: "You silly girl, you have pretty good ears. Most people can't spot me."
When Liu Ye saw it was him, her sixth sense told her that he wouldn't harm her: "Brother Bai..."
Bai Zilin felt a tickle in his heart when she called him "Brother Bai," and really wanted to pat her head: "Hmm, why did you run into the deep mountains? Didn't you know there are wolves and tigers in the mountains? Don't run so far next time. If you want to eat wild fruit, no, it's too far for you to go..."
Bai Zilin took out two apples from his pocket and handed them to Liu Ye: "Take these, I didn't find many today either."
Liu Ye didn't stand on ceremony and took the two apples he offered: "Thank you, Brother Bai. You're so amazing, you've caught another game. Are there many game in the mountains?"
Bai Zilin pursed his lips and shook his head: "Not much. I walked in the mountains all morning and only caught one pheasant. But there are wolves in the mountains, so don't go any deeper into the mountains. Just pick some wild vegetables and come down the mountain."
Liu Ye nodded. She hadn't planned to go deep into the mountains anyway; she was too weak to even kill a chicken, and would be finished if she encountered a wolf. "Oh, I understand. Brother Bai, you should go home now. I'll go back when it gets dark."
Bai Zilin hesitated for a moment before asking, "Are you still going to sleep in that dilapidated house tonight?"
Liu Ye nodded, not understanding why he asked that: "Oh."
Bai Zilin nodded: "I'm going down the mountain. You should go down the mountain early too, don't stay out too late."
After Bai Zilin finished speaking, he turned and left. Liu Ye looked in the direction where Bai Zilin disappeared, scratching her messy hair in confusion: "Is he concerned about her? He's a really nice person..."
Liu Ye looked around and found a thick tree. She hid behind the tree and slipped into the space. As soon as she entered the space, she saw the ground was lush and green. She was so happy that she quickly ran over to take a look.
The things she planted yesterday had not only sprouted, but had grown very tall and large. The soybeans had grown to her calves and had already flowered, while the corn had grown to her shoulders and had also sprouted.
The vegetables are growing even better: spinach, cabbage, bok choy, lettuce, scallions, chives, peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, and five cucumber vines that have also started to produce baby cucumbers. The lush green vines have spread across the ground.
Good heavens! They're growing so fast! It seems like she only planted them for a day and a night, and the vegetables and grains are already flowering and bearing fruit. As expected of the fertile soil in this space, it's amazing! Now she won't have to worry about food. She won't starve even if she only eats vegetables.
Right, the cucumber vines probably need trellises, right? She went outside to find some branches. She slipped out of her spatial dimension, gathered a lot of straight branches, and put them into her space. Then she went back into her space and set up the cucumber vines on trellises.
She clapped her hands with satisfaction, "OK, from now on, this space will be her home."
She then looked at the dead wood she had collected. She walked over, easily picked up the dead wood, and put it aside. It wasn't until she had picked up all the dead wood that she realized something was wrong. Wait, something's not right. Was this silly girl really that strong all along?
It doesn't seem so. Yesterday she even pushed her cheap father against the wall. No, no, she saw in the silly girl's memories that the silly girl was always hungry and weak. When her mother beat her, she wanted to run away but was powerless. When Liu Ya and Liu Qing beat the silly girl, she fought back, but she couldn't beat them at all.
She then looked at the spiritual spring well next to her. Could it be the effect of the spiritual spring well water? It must be! That's great! She won't be afraid of anyone bullying her anymore. "Hahaha, Grandma is now a strongwoman, a female warrior!"
She needed to drink some more, so she picked up the bowl on the edge of the well and drank five bowls of spiritual spring water in a row until she couldn't drink anymore. Then she put the bowl on the edge of the well and slipped out of the space.
The sun was already high in the sky, it was noon. It was only noon, wasn't it a bit early to go down the mountain? No, she couldn't go down the mountain. That brat who made her dig for wild vegetables might still be waiting for her down there. She had to wait until it got dark before going down the mountain.
Liu Ye looked towards the place where Bai Zilin had come out. The wild apples that Brother Bai had given her were delicious. Maybe she should go find a wild apple tree. Once she found one, she would put it into her spatial storage. She should be able to store it, right?
And so, Liu Ye followed the direction Bai Zilin had come from and walked on and on. She walked a very, very long way and actually found wild apple trees. There were more than one, a total of eight apple trees, sparsely scattered around. There weren't many wild apples, and they weren't growing very well. A few large ones were growing at the top of the trees.
She tried to jump up and down to pick the big apple, but after jumping for a long time she still couldn't reach it. Oh well, she figured she might as well just take it directly.
She spotted the apples on the tree, waved her hand, and the entire apple tree disappeared. "Wow, it really works!"
She waved her hand at the apple tree next to her, and the apple tree disappeared again: "Hahaha, I succeeded again. Now she won't have to worry about apples to eat."
Good things come in pairs. Liu Ye took two more apple trees into her space, leaving four apple trees outside. OK, she can go down the mountain now.
As Liu Ye descended the mountain, the sun was about to set, and there was no one left on the hillside. As she walked towards the village, she wondered whether she should go to the abandoned old house or return to Liu's house. She didn't have a flint yet, so she had to go back and steal one.
As soon as they entered the village, people who had finished dinner sat at their doorways to cool off and chat. The ignorant children would chase after Liu Ye and curse her as soon as they saw her, "Big idiot, big idiot, deaf and mute stinking idiot, big idiot, big idiot, nobody wants you, big idiot."
The adults laughed as they watched the children scold Liu Ye, and none of them said a word to stop them. Liu Ye ignored them and unknowingly arrived at the Liu family's door. She gritted her teeth, stomped her foot, and pushed open the old Liu family's door. She found that the old Liu family members were also sitting in the yard enjoying the cool air. It was too late for her to back out.
Every single member of the Liu family, sitting in the courtyard enjoying the cool air, glared at Liu Ye with malevolent eyes!
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