181 Night falls

"Lu Li, what are you going to eat at night?" Song Lingyi's voice rang out in the gurgling stream, reawakening Lu Li's attention. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lu Li raised his head and looked at his parents in front of him, the eyes of the two fell on his shoulders, he straightened his waist slightly, and his thoughts turned around in his mind, "Do you recognize mushrooms?" Are there still wild vegetables? ”

In fact, they carry convenience food with them, such as potatoes, corn, ham sausages, compressed biscuits, instant noodles, etc., and Cole even prepared a small piece of beef for them. It's mostly a close-up hike, and it's only for two days and one night, so you don't have to worry about the food not being fresh enough, so you have plenty of food reserves. However, since they had all come to the wild, Lu Li couldn't help but ask in passing.

"Of course." Song Lingyi showed a disgusted expression, as if Lu Li had raised a stupid question, "When you were born, the times were already very good, and then the farmland was expropriated not long after, so you haven't experienced those times when you relied on the sky to live." When I was a child, I used to go up the mountain to look for wild vegetables and pull mushrooms, which was just basic work. Then beating rabbit grass, herding cattle, mixing chicken food, these things are also not a problem. ”

Song Lingyi has experienced those turbulent ten years, and also experienced the most difficult black years of food, and in the most difficult moments, nature is their only object of help. "Not only me, but also your dad." Song Lingyi added.

Lu Huaijin nodded in affirmation, "Look for mushrooms, look for grassroots, look for wild vegetables......"

"Then let's take a look around." Lu Li crossed his hands on his hips, like a general giving orders, "Since you have come to the field, why don't you try to take a look?" If you don't have a harvest, how about using the spare food in our backpack? ”

Song Lingyi and Lu Huaijin exchanged glances, and similar smiles appeared in their eyes, and finally Song Lingyi said, "Obey!" ”

This time, Lu Li became an attendant, following behind Song Lingyi and Lu Huaijin, studying humbly, as if opening the door to a new world, just searching within a range of less than fifty meters nearby, he found a lot of edible wild vegetables and mushrooms, and of course, he also identified more poisons that could not be touched at all, especially those that looked colorful.

Nature is like a treasure trove waiting to be explored, searched, and explored.

Compared to wild vegetables and mushrooms, what really touched Lu Xuan was that their generation has gradually lost their connection with the land and nature, maybe they can write many different languages, maybe they can write data programming, maybe they can build cities, maybe they will have countless modern skills, but when they leave the shelter of the city and return to nature, they will be completely lost.

It has always been said that nature is the mother that gave birth to human beings, but now they are cut off from nature, as if they are imprisoned in the steel forest of the city.

This is the same all over the world. In the United States, in fact, Boy Scouts still teach the skills of survival in the wilderness. But for most people, the Boy Scouts are the object of ridicule, especially on high school campuses, where sports darlings joke that the Boy Scouts are sissy, trashgeeks, losers.

That's the case with the chubby little boy in the classic animated movie "Flying House".

Getting back to nature may not be the most rewarding thing to do, but exploring nature is a lot of fun.

After going around in a big circle, he returned to the camp with the mushrooms and wild vegetables he had collected, and then he saw that the small low table placed next to him had been knocked out, and all the things on it were scattered, and the bucket placed next to it had also been knocked over, leaving a mess on the ground.

The three of them couldn't help but pause, and their expressions suddenly began to become nervous, but at this moment, a group of little guys ran out of Lu Huaijin and Song Lingyi's tent, the fluffy dark red woolen balls, holding the pine cone in their front paws and putting it to their mouths, jumping and jumping with great joy, isn't this the same kind of jumping?

The little guys looked left and right vigilantly, and then they found the three Lu Li people standing next to them, and they were also startled, and the pine cones in the hands of the little guy standing at the front fell to the ground in fright, snapping.

Song Lingyi couldn't hold back for a moment, and burst out laughing, and the group of uninvited guests became more and more frightened, and fled in different directions as soon as they slipped away, and disappeared into the grass and treetops everywhere in a blink of an eye, and the camp was quiet again, as if nothing had happened just now - except that the groceries scattered all over the ground were still a disaster.

Lu Li stepped forward, put the soup pot full of wild vegetables and mushrooms next to him, looked around, and rubbed his temples, "Sure enough, we still have no experience." ”

Generally speaking, the camp should be guarded by one person, after all, this is a barren mountain, and inadvertent visits by wild animals are inevitable. Fortunately, it was the squirrels that appeared just now, not the dangerous large animals, otherwise it would be a real desire to cry without tears.

turned around and looked inside the tent, fortunately, Lu Huaijin hadn't opened the mountaineering bag yet, and the things inside hadn't been taken out yet. Lu Li suddenly thought of his tent, his hiking bag had been fully opened, walked over quickly, and saw the zipper pulled up, Lu Li breathed a sigh of relief - when he left just now, he casually pulled up the zipper, but he didn't expect that this move would actually avoid a potential disaster.

"Smack! Smack! ”

There was a crisp slap around the camp, and as soon as Lu Li turned around, he saw Song Lingyi waving his right hand, as if he was concerned about something at his feet, "Mom, what's wrong?" What have you been doing since just now? Mosquitoes? Or spider webs? ”

"Mosquitoes." Song Lingyi looked at Lu Huaijin and Lu Li, father and son, "Don't you feel it?" There are really a lot of mosquitoes in this forest. ”

"Nope." Lu Li shrugged, while Lu Huaijin shook his head.

Song Lingyi slapped his arm again, and the crisp sound made Lu Li couldn't help frowning, it must have hurt.

Unzipping the tent, Lu Li rummaged in the outermost pocket of the mountaineering bag, found a box of cool oil, and then handed it to Song Lingyi, "I remember that there is still a can of mosquito repellent in the backpack, I will find it, Dad, you spray it now, otherwise it is estimated that the situation will be very miserable when it is night." After spraying in the tent, zip it up and sleep at night. ”

Song Lingyi turned on the cooling oil and began to apply it to the mosquito bite; Lu Li opened the mountaineering bag again, dug through the medical box, and then handed the mosquito repellent to Lu Huaijin.

Lu Li began to tidy up the camp that had been disturbed by the squirrels, and after Song Lingyi finished smearing the red and swollen areas, he took the mushrooms and wild vegetables to the side of the stream and began to clean them, and then Lu Li went further into the surrounding area and collected more dry firewood.

The visit of the uninvited guest just now made Lu Li realize that they needed a bonfire. While the light of the fire will attract the attention of the animals, the fire is also the only thing the wildlife fears, so they need to keep the campfire burning for as long as possible to keep it safe for the night camp.

After the dry firewood was collected, Song Lingyi had already begun to prepare dinner.

The sky above the forest gradually began to dim, and it seemed that only ten minutes ago the sky was still full of sunset, and the bright red light dyed the whole sky in brilliant colors, and the fresh red was burning; But now, there is only a rich peacock blue left in front of me, and it is faintly beginning to be dyed with navy blue.

In the blink of an eye, the sparse light left in the sky was already blocked above the treetops, the outside world was not completely dark, but the world of the forest had already entered the scope of night, the rich night stained everything in sight black, even the crystal clear stream was swallowed by the darkness, before the moon drilled out of the clouds, the short but complete darkness enveloped the isolated world.

Fortunately, Lu Li lit the bonfire and lit it early. Otherwise, if you come back at this time, you will be in a hurry, and it is very likely that you will not even be able to find a lighter.

The red flames stained Song Lingyi's face with a layer of red, it was a little difficult to complete this dinner, but it was not difficult for Song Lingyi. A mushroom beef soup, a cold salad, a potato stewed ham sausage, and then in addition to the rice, Lu Li wrapped six corns in tin foil and threw them into the campfire, and dinner soon began.

"Wait." Seeing that Lu Li brought the rice to Lu Huaijin and was about to prepare for the meal, Song Lingyi raised her voice and handed over two cups of hot boiled water at the same time, gave them to the two fathers and sons, and then took one for herself, "Before the formal meal, I want to thank Lu Li." Thank you for inviting us over for a vacation to the United States, and thank you for taking us out for hiking, honestly, I'm so happy. Speaking of this, Song Lingyi's voice paused slightly, there were more ideas in her mind, but she didn't know how to express them in words, so she nodded again, "I'm really happy." ”

"Mom." Lu Li couldn't help but chuckle and looked at the cup of hot water in his hand, "I didn't do anything, I just paid for a plane ticket." This is what I, as a son, should do. ”

"No, your mom was right." Lu Huaijin also spoke, "We all need to thank you. If it weren't for your insistence, we wouldn't have come out to travel. Your mom and I need to take such a vacation. ”

Those sincere words made Lu Li blush a little, and his cheeks were slightly hot, and then he saw Lu Huaijin raise the disposable water cup in his hand, "Salute Lu Li." ”

Song Lingyi also raised her water glass, "Salute to Lu Li." ”

Lu Li shook his head lightly, smiled dumbly, and then raised the water glass as well, "I hope this is a good start, and I will be able to win more thanks in the future." Such a response made Lu Huaijin and Song Lingyi chuckle.

Raising his head and drinking the warm water in the water cup, the plain water tasted a hint of sweetness, Lu Li put the paper cup upside down on his head, and stared at the fragrant mushroom soup in front of him with wide eyes, "Then, let's have a good meal!" ”