Chapter 17: Happy Life

Ou Shangwen looked at Su Xiaoman in surprise very unexpectedly: "Really? Ha, great, I want to take a bath and I'm already crazy." ”

Su Xiaoman just pursed her lips and smiled: "Hey, I'm quite tired from working here, can you go cook first?" Let me replenish my physical strength, as well as my brain power, I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I feel a little exhausted." I'm working with my brain, you know?"

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away, but you're too powerful, I can't even think of it, were you a master of weaving before?

"I told you, I have no weaving experience, I have just seen this thing, although I have not seen the process of making it, but it is not difficult, imagine that I can still make it. I didn't think I had the potential to do that, I adored myself so much!"

Ou Shangwen looked at Su Xiaoman's eyes, and he was also very appreciative and charming.

As she spoke, Su Xiaoman became unceremoniously proud: "In this way, it would be good for me to open a straw weaving shop in the future, and maybe I could make a lot of money." Because I'm making it up randomly, there is no one before and no one after me. As if she had really seen her own shop, Su Xiaoman smiled like a flower.

After listening to Su Xiaoman's plan for the future, although it was a little slim and a little distant, Ou Shangwen's heart felt steady, and Su Xiaoman finally had some imagination and some longing for the future life, which was the best. This is a good phenomenon, a person at least has hope and desire for life, only then can he have sustenance, and will make efforts for the future, which is the normal attitude of life. Looking at this enigmatic girl, Ou Shangwen's eyes were full of affection that could not be concealed.

Su Xiaoman, who was completely unaware, had already begun to seriously think and study on a pile of grass, and the next grass skirt was made for herself, of course she had to make it sturdy and safe. Otherwise, if something happens, it will be miserable. What should I do after taking a shower without a change of clothes? This is Su Xiaoman's biggest problem, it's not that she doesn't want to take a bath, but she still wears dirty clothes after taking a bath, so she can't imagine this situation.

Su Xiaoman finally thought of the best way, which is to make a grass skirt, the upper body can be covered with a few large leaves, this is relatively simple, but the lower body, it is more beautiful and more secure to make a grass skirt. The only thing that discouraged Su Xiaoman was that he didn't find a big leaf at all, so he had to change his plan.

Ou Shangwen is really interesting, when he goes to get grass, he also brings some more tenacious bark that can be used to tie things, which is especially useful for Su Xiaoman, just like having a rope. These grass skirts can only last for two or three days at most, so they must be used immediately after they are done, otherwise they will dry up after a long time, and there may be a phenomenon of the grass rope breaking, so there is no way.

Su Xiaoman looked at a pile of grass, and finally decided not to waste her brains, and directly made a rectangular grass skirt, one tied on the upper body and the other tied around the waist. After washing, the clothes should be placed on the stone to dry, the stone itself is hot, and there is the sun, it should dry quite quickly. Su Xiaoman had never designed these things so carefully, and this time it could be regarded as racking her brains.

Aushanwen was boiling wild vegetables in the cave. He had never eaten this kind of vegetable, bitter herbs and bitter herbs, it sounded very bitter, and he once tried the raw bitter herbs with his mouth, and it was bitter. However, Su Xiaoman said that it was delicious and could be eaten, and he couldn't say anything, so he could only endure it. Just crush the bitter herbs and put them in a pot to boil, but there is no other foil to accompany them, and it may feel even worse.

Ou Shangwen came out of the cave and hurriedly walked past Su Xiaoman, Su Xiaoman looked at him suspiciously: "Why are you going?"

"I seem to have seen an apricot tree in that place the day before yesterday, and there are some fallen apricots, and I want to look for them. The kernel of the apricot, if you have one, can be mashed and put in as a condiment. ”

"You're so smart. Su Xiaoman suddenly remembered something: "Hey, I said, have you already put the bitter vegetables in to cook?"

"yes, I've put it in and cooked it, and"

Su Xiaoman directly changed her bitter vegetable face: "My God, I forgot to tell you something." A look of regret.

"What's the matter? Is it poisonous? It's not disinfected?" asked Ou Shangwen humbly.

"No, I heard my grandmother say that bitter herbs should be soaked for three days and two days, so that they will not be bitter, and if you cook them directly, they may be bitter to death. Thinking of the bitter feeling, Su Xiaoman made an unbearable expression: "Oh, no way, it's all my fault, just cook it, it's not poison, I can eat it." Su Xiaoman bravely expressed her position.

"Well, okay, I'll go get some more condiments, and add a little other dish, if there are almonds, then this taste can be mixed in, it should be better." ”

"Oh well. Su Xiaoman was a little deflated, it seemed that almonds were also a little bitter, and she felt that she had no hope for the dinner he prepared, so Su Xiaoman continued to bow her head and weave her grass skirt.

Ou Shangwen trotted away, if the time was too long, he was afraid that the bitter herbs he cooked would be dried up, then it would be troublesome, although the fire had been suppressed, the flame was very small, and it would not work for a long time. On the side of the road, he saw some wild vegetables that he was familiar with, and the wild vegetables he had eaten, Ou Shangwen also dug them out and took them. It should be possible to combine the bitterness with something else.

Ou Shangwen's memory is particularly accurate, and he found the apricot tree after a while, this old apricot tree, because in the deep mountains, no one cares about it and no one asks, the apricot is a particularly small mountain apricot, but it tastes sweet and sour, fragrant and pleasant.

Although there are no apricots on the tree now, and there are still fallen fruits under the tree, Ou Shangwen picked one up, and if it is not broken, its kernel can still be used for consumption. Most of the apricots that fell were rotten, because the temperature in the mountains was relatively low, and some of the apricots were not too rotten. Ou Shangwen secretly prayed, hoping that there would be a surprise in the apricot kernel, and the almonds could still be used.

Ou Shangwen smashed open an apricot pit with a stone, and found that the almonds inside were not blackened, and he was overjoyed, he quickly picked up these apricot pits that fell on the ground one by one. Looked for some. Wrap it up with a few slightly larger leaves, and put them in his pocket, some of the apricots were rotten, and he didn't have time to clean them up for fear of making the pocket too dirty, so he used some leaves. Then he took some more with his hand, and did not dare to stay long because he was afraid of the fire in the cave, and as soon as he stood up, he saw a plant, and was immediately overjoyed, and hurried over to pick a few, and then hurried back.

Ou Shangwen ran back at speed, he still had to process it. When he passed by Su Xiaoman's side again, he found that she was already skewering grass into a large piece, and Ou Shangwen didn't bother her and hurried into the hole. After a while, there was a sound of groaning in the cave, and it was Ou Shangwen who was busy smashing apricot pits and cooking a beautiful dinner.

When Su Xiaoman was about to finish, he suddenly smelled some special fragrance wafting from the cave, Su Xiaoman was afraid of having an illusion, so he sniffed hard with his nose, hugged his skirt and walked towards the hole.

Su Xiaoman put the grass skirt aside and looked at Ou Shangwen curiously: "What is it, so fragrant?"

Ou Shangwen deliberately sold Guanzi: "Bitter vegetables!"

"Impossible!" Su Xiaoman leaned over to the kettle and sniffed it: "It can't be a green onion, right?" "Shan onion, I didn't expect there to be this thing, I saw it in the book for a long time, but I never found it, and I met it today!"

Su Xiaoman swallowed her saliva: "Fate, mouth blessing!" She saw that Ou Shangwen was still roasting a bird. Because it is almost roasted, the aroma wafts up, mixed with the smell of green onions, and I feel that my appetite is greatly increased.

Su Xiaoman squatted beside Ou Shangwen: "I'll come?" Ou Shangwen handed the branch to Su Xiaoman: "Okay, you come to bake." I'll go out for a bit. ”

"It's getting dark. Su Xiaoman asked while roasting bird meat.

"There's not much firewood, I'll have to look for some more. I'll be back right away, and I'll be back before you're baked. ”

"Then hurry up!" Su Xiaoman was a little worried, but it was hard to say, she was afraid that Ou Shangwen would not come back after dark, then she would be anxious and afraid. Seeing Ou Shangwen striding out, looking at his back, Su Xiaoman wanted to speak and stopped.

Unconsciously, there was dependence and trust between the two people, and Su Xiaoman was a little surprised to realize this. She silently flipped the branch in her hand, and her thoughts flickered like a branch. In this forest, there are only days and nights, and there is no date in the environment, it seems that it has never happened in the world for thousands or a hundred years, and the life of black and white makes her suddenly full of emotion.

How many days ago, she still wanted to die, between family and love, she didn't know how to choose. Although on the surface she made a choice, she would rather fulfill her cousins Lou Jingqing and Zhuang Muran, and turn the pain of three people into the pain of one person, but that is not her sincerity. For half a year, Su Xiaoman's heart has been wandering on the blade. She sighed suddenly, the best option was to never see each other again, just like now. Out of sight, out of mind.

When I think of the happiness now, Auchanwen is indispensable. Tomorrow, tomorrow we must go to collect firewood, and the two of us will not be able to go out alone! Su Xiaoman secretly made up her mind.

Su Xiaoman raised the bird meat in her hand a little higher, and suddenly she was thinking nonsense again, Su Xiaoman was a little scared, afraid that Ou Shangwen would never come back. Frightened by this thought, she quickly took the branch in her hand, threw it casually, got up and ran out.

Su Xiaoman stood at the entrance of the cave, looking at the boundless forest, and suddenly felt like a ghost, and she was even more frightened, she shouted loudly: "Ou Shangwen, where are you? Can you hear me?" Pricked up his ears to listen, but there was no response, Su Xiaoman panicked, and his voice became louder and more urgent: "Ou Shangwen! Ou Shangwen, where are you? Ou Shangwen Ou Shangwen!