Spring is in full bloom

Chapter 23: is fruitful After a rest, the two men continued to walk towards the depth of the forest. This time, Shanzi slowed down, and Xu Xing'er finally had the heart and strength to enjoy the surrounding scenery. He just walked too fast and didn't have time to look at both sides. Most of the two sides of this mountain road are still pine trees, standing tall and straight on both sides. With the mountain wind rustling, the air with rosin is breathing in the mouth and nose. Xu Xing'er takes a hard breath. The whole baby's lungs are full of this fragrance, and the brain seems to be more awake than usual. It's no wonder that later generations like to go to such a place for tourism. This primitive forest is really worthy of the title of natural oxygen bar. Shanzi is now walking slowly, so he starts to look at both sides and introduce some useful herbs or wild vegetables to Xu Xing'er from time to time. "You see, this is a rose fruit. The shape of the fruit is very recognizable, and it's not ready yet. It can be used as a medicine to cure diseases when the fruit is ripe, dried and the core and hair are removed. It's just too troublesome to clean up. The land on the mountain is valueless, so there's no one to pick it." Shanzi pointed to the Bush barley on the side of the road and said to Xu Xing'er. This thing Xu Xing'er is recognized. It was often seen when I was a child. It is very common in the mountains. Children will also pick a few to eat and play. But I've been told since I was a child that the hair in the rose fruit can't be eaten, and it's going to make my stomach upset. So you think it's too much trouble. Most of them are picked and left to play, and it's not a good thing. Not far away, Shanzi pointed to several yellow flowers not far away and said, "look, that is pseudocoptis." he said that he cut the roots and put them into the back basket. The remaining one in his hand continued to say to Xu Xing'er, "it's toxic and can't be tasted casually. It's said that it's also called heartbroken grass, but I don't know if it's really heartbroken after eating, but it's a medicinal material that can sell money." "It's easy to recognize the appearance of fake Coptis. If you're not sure, you can pinch it and see that it's orange juice. That's right." Shanzi reversed that thing and pinched it with his fingernail, and the juice that flowed out was a little bit light orange. "The root of fake coptis is useless, just cut it off close to the ground." Xu Xing'er watched carefully and tried to remember in his mind. Seeing her serious appearance, Shanzi said with a smile: "it's not necessary to be so serious. You can recognize it by running several times." "Yes." Xu Xing'er said it, but he still remembered it with his heart. After all, following Shanzi, he will surely delay his collecting medicine and making money. It's not a good idea to disturb him all the time. The two people walked all the way to recognize things, and walked to the depth of the forest for more than one hour. The mountain road at the foot is not as clear and easy to walk as before. From time to time, there will be tree roots from the underground arch. The Bush barley that was originally windward is born in disorder, from time to time stabbed out, blocking people's way. Shanzi takes a knife to open up in front of him. In fact, he doesn't pay attention to such small branches at all. But I don't know how to think of Xu Xing'er's white skin. I don't think it's as hard to scratch as I am. So I consciously open up in front of her and remind her to be careful of her feet from time to time. In fact, it is very quiet in the deep forest. Occasionally, a few birds call from afar, on the contrary, it makes the surrounding more quiet. Only two people's footsteps can be heard. Occasionally, one or two words are not loud, for fear of disturbing the peace of the mountain forest. Two people were walking, suddenly there was a gray shadow in front of them. Xu Xing'er thought it was a mouse, but then he thought it would not be so big. He couldn't help shouting: "rabbit, Shanzi Ge, look, it's a rabbit!" In fact, Shanzi has seen it for a long time. He has already clenched his knife and intentionally came to disturb the rabbit, intending to add vegetables at noon. "Shanzi Ge, look, there is a rabbit here. Xu Xing'er opened the grass, and there was a gray rabbit in it. It's strange that the rabbit only fluttered in the grass nest, but it didn't escape. Shanzi went up to hold the rabbit's ear and lifted it up. It turned out that the rabbit's hind leg was injured, like it was injured by a trap. The gray rabbit squeaks, kicks four claws, and the scar on the hind leg splits again. "There is a place for lunch." Shanzi smiled with the rabbit, "I'll let you taste my craft later." Xu Xing'er opened his eyes and said, "you need to make it delicious, or I won't buy it." "You're waiting for your mouth to flow." Shanzi knocked hard on the forehead of the rabbit with the back of a machete, and the rabbit directly passed out. He took out the hemp rope from his waist, hung the rabbit on a tree, and cut a knife on the rabbit's neck. After the blood was drained, he added a large incision, and pulled the rabbit's ears, like taking off clothes. In an instant, he peeled off the rabbit's skin, leaving only clean white rabbits. Then he cleans up the water with his hands and feet, flushes the wine in the wine pot into the chamber, pinches some salt noodles and wipes the inside and outside, then ties the rabbit meat outside the back basket, and the two continue to walk forward. Then along the way, Shanzi occasionally pulled a few leaves from the side of the road, or pinched a few grass, but he didn't say what it was for, or put it in the back basket, just holding it in his hand. The two men walked for half an hour, the sun has basically climbed to the top of the head, and Tian'er is also more and more hot. Xu Xing'er raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, looked around and asked: "Shanzi Ge, let's find a place to have a rest." "Hold on a bit more, it's almost here." Shanzi slowed down, pointed to the front and said, "over this dirt ridge, there is a river below, let's go to the river to get lunch." Xu Xing'er heard that there was a sudden spirit of the river, and he took the initiative to speed up his pace. The two people quickly climbed the ridge, and they could hear the sound of the water. As expected, it was a winding river. There were several big trees along the river, and a small piece of open space in the middle of the trees. "Oh, Shanzi Ge, is this your secret base? Xu Xing'er looked at the slate under the tree and the stove, blurted out. "Base? What is that?" Shanzi asked strangely. "Nothing, you heard me wrong. I'm talking about a secret place." Xu Xing'er hurriedly covered it up and came forward to find that this small area was well arranged. A blue stone plate was raised with several stones, like a small table under a big tree. There was a smooth stone beside the stone plate, which was slightly lower than the stone table and used as a stool. Not far away from the stone slab, three big stones are placed in the shape of goods. The three stones are all burned black. The middle ground is covered with vegetation ash. It can be seen that it is a cooking stove. There are two "Y" shaped branches on both sides of the stove. It is estimated that they are used to stand burning things Xu Xing'er turned around, looked left and right, and finally smiled: "OK, Shanzi Ge, you've done a decent job here!" "That's because you can't lose anything." Shanzi said that he put everything down, tightened his belt, and climbed to the tree beside him. Not long ago, he took a pot from above. Xu Xing'er chuckled and pointed to Shanzi: "Shanzi Ge, I didn't see that. You are really a foodie." Shanzi has never heard the word "food", but he can also roughly understand the meaning of Xu Xing'er, put the pot on the stone stove, and said: "you get some branches to make a fire, and I'll go to find some food." "OK, don't worry!" Xu Xing'er agreed, watching Shanzi turn around and disappear in the forest, and began to collect firewood. Naturally, it's hard for her to make a fire. After the fire was lit, she washed the pot with the river water, and washed the leaves and grass stems that Shanzi just picked and put them on the stone plate for standby. Here they are all cleaned up, but still no Shanzi came back. Staying alone in the jungle of Kongwu, Xu Xing'er can't help but feel bored. He shouted twice with his hand in his mouth: "Shanzi Ge? Shanzi Ge come back. I can only hear the echo of my voice in the forest, but there is no other sound. She had no choice but to sit in a daze on the stone, and the spicy sun was blocked by the canopy, leaving only warm laziness on her body. After a while, people began to feel sleepy and doze with their backs against the tree. Not long after that, Shanzi came back with a full load and came out of the forest. He saw Xu Xing'er sleeping soundly against the big tree. He couldn't help laughing. In his heart, he said that the little girl was courageous. She even dared to sleep when staying here alone, and was not afraid of being taken by the wolf. Although I thought so, I didn't wake her up. I was ready to go to the river to pick up the things I just came back from. In fact, Xu Xing'er didn't sleep well. She heard the footsteps of Shanzi when he came back. It's just that people were sleepy, couldn't open their eyes, and confused for a while. It was just that they broke away from that strength. Looking up, they saw Shanzi cleaning up a snake with a baby's arm thick and thin. The head of the snake was nailed to the trunk by him with a knife, and the belly of the snake has been cut off. His index finger is flexible to hook inside, and the other three fingers hold it and pull it. The dark green snake bile was torn off, and he threw it on the stone plate. The sharp knife in Shanzi's hand is just like a finger in his hand. It's not flexible enough. With a wave of his hand, he drew a circle under the back of the snake's head. The skin was easily torn off by him, revealing the fresh and tender flesh. Finally, he cut it into sections and threw it on a large leaf. He poured some wine and then tore up several leaves and threw them on it. After a while, he put them aside. Xu Xing'er watched with interest. Seeing his quick action, he knew that he must have done such a job for many times. Maybe every time he went up the mountain, he would come here for such a game. He couldn't help but ask: "Shanzi Ge, you have to run the mountain for half a year in a year. You always eat these things. Are you tired of them?" "Wake up?" Shanzi looked back at her, and turned to continue to pick up the things in his hands. "I'm still tired of eating. How many people can't eat rice. I'm still tired of eating meat for you. Why so crazy?" Xu Xing'er, "who is crazy? I'm just curious. I don't eat meat every day." "It's like I eat meat all day long." Shanzi laughs and picks up the fish in his hand, but he doesn't say it. What he usually gets in the mountain, where he is willing to eat, is to take it back to sell for money. This time, it's not because Xu Xing'er comes up the mountain with him.