Chapter 5 Foraging in the Snow Forest

The cold winter of Xia Tong Jingxi's eighth year came too quickly, and the temperature seemed to have dropped just now, and the heavy snow fell from the sky, suddenly and urgently, which caught Du Yunyang off guard. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Caught off guard was not ready for how to survive this winter, without warm cotton clothes and thick bedding, without enough food and firewood. No...... There are too many things that don't have it, which makes her who has never been worried about it, and the ideal is to eat and wait for her to die and live without pursuit, and finally seriously face up to her situation again, not to mention the comfortable life in the future, even the problem of food and clothing also needs her to consider carefully and work hard to earn.

Because, she is no longer the Du Xiaojin who lives in the house left to her by her parents, works in a company in the metropolis, earns a salary of thousands of yuan, and has a simple life without worrying about food and clothing. But in a small village not far from the capital of the Xia Tong Dynasty, Du Yunyang, who had just lost his father and took a sick younger brother, lived in a small courtyard that could barely shelter from the wind and rain.

Although she had appointed her situation, there was always something about her return home, thinking about how good her life had been before. It's a pity that the past is gone, and she can't go back, and now she's just trying to fill her stomach, and she really can't think about it......

"Hey, what's the use of thinking about this, it's important to think about how to get up the mountain." A gust of cold wind mixed with snowflakes rushed towards her, freezing Du Yunyang to the point of excitement, she quickly reached out to her mouth and took a breath of hot air, and then she pouted the little pout in her hand and continued to walk up the mountain.

The snow in the sky was much lighter, but after a few days of heavy snowfall, the road to the mountain was already covered by snow, and she went down to a pit under her feet, and the snow was covered by Du Yunyang's ankles. In addition, she was wearing a cotton coat made three years ago, and she was already covered with patches. And because the arm sleeves were too short, she used a single linen cloth to renew them, so she was so cold that her arms were numb and stiff, and even her feet felt that they were not her own.

With the addition of this thick snow, it was really difficult for her to walk and move slowly. Fortunately, there was a broken pouting head that was missing, but it took a long time to complete the journey that could be completed in just a few steps on weekdays.

When Du Yunyang walked to the mountain, the sky was already bright, and when she went out, it was not yet dawn in the winter night, but because of the snow light that filled the world, she could still see the road clearly.

And she walked almost an hour to the mountain, so I am afraid that the sky is almost the hour at this time, the village in winter is the most leisurely time, there is not so early rise of the curling smoke and people working in the field, so when Du Yunyang looked down, he only felt that the village in a silver white seemed so quiet and lonely.

Then she looked to the west end of the village, where there was a small fenced yard, and because it was very bright, she could see that the courtyard was extremely simple, with nothing but a well, and that the thatched-roof house with mud walls and thatched ceiling was so different from the rest of the village. Of course, it is different from the appearance of shabby poverty, although this Xujiazhuang is not a rich village, it is also a medium-sized village in Huide County, and the Du family, an outsider, is the poorest family in the village.

Seeing her own house, Du Yunyang naturally thought of her younger brother who had just woken up and was still very weak after recovering from a serious illness, thinking of the empty rice bowl and noodle jar in her house, and thinking of their sister and brother who had only eaten one miscellaneous vegetable nest for three days in a row and drank boiled water.

And now thinking of Wowotou, Du Yunyang's uncompetitive stomach growled again, she touched the bulge in her arms, couldn't help swallowing saliva, and wanted not to eat first, otherwise she wouldn't have the strength to go into the forest to find something to eat.

Thinking like this, he took out a blackened nest head from his bosom that was frozen hard, almost a wild vegetable with very few faces, and then couldn't wait to bite it. It's just that the weather is too cold, and the nest head is frozen hard, and she is too eager and hard, so immediately her gums are bloodshot, so the smell of blood in her mouth suppresses the strange smell of the nest.

However, Du Yunyang was really hungry, and he didn't care about the bleeding gums, and he devoured the nest head, although he was still very hungry, at least he had something in his stomach, so he didn't have the same convulsions as before. And I don't know if it's an illusion, she feels more strength in her body.

"I hope I can find something to eat, otherwise it is a small sin to suffer this crime, and it is a big one to starve to death!" Du Yunyang sighed again, then gritted his teeth and continued to walk towards the mountains and forests.

A few days ago, Du Yunyang counted the assets of the family, and knew that it must not be enough for their sisters and brothers to fill their stomachs, so he only left five cents in his hand, and all the rest were taken to the only grocery store in the village, in exchange for a bag of broken chestnut rice, and a bag of thick noodles.

And her younger brother, who had been asleep, finally woke up, although his body looked weak, but after all, he woke up. But I don't know if it's because Du Yunyang told him that his father died, Du Yuncheng looks very gloomy and silent, which is completely different from the soft and crying brother in Du Yunyang's memory. Sure enough, people say that change can make people mature, but isn't it, the younger brother who used to be a little kid, now seems to be sick, as if he has changed a person, not only is he silent, but he also looks like an adult.

In view of the fact that his younger brother woke up, for the sake of his body, Du Yunyang did a good job every time he cooked, and both his sister and brother could eat to their heart's content. Moreover, Du Yunyang gritted her teeth and bought a few eggs, steamed eggs for Du Yuncheng to replenish her body, of course, she only ate them three times in three consecutive days, and she herself was only willing to smell the fragrance. So after a few days, Du Yuncheng's spirit seems to have improved a little, at least he doesn't seem to have that pitiful sense of illness and weakness.

It's just that this doesn't consider the long-term results, which leads to the family's food inventory going down quickly, so that Du Yunyang was a little panicked, tossing and turning for a day and a night, and finally came up with a not good method. She seems to have seen it on TV or books before, saying that there are many small animals in the mountains and forests in winter to come out to feed, and because the cold and frozen mountains and forests are not popular, those animals are very leisurely and sluggish, and they are easy to catch. Du Yunyang thought that since this was ancient, there must be more animals in the mountains and forests than in later generations, and she could try her luck, just in case, she caught one or two small animals, not only had meat to eat, but also sold their fur for money......

Du Yunyang is a man of action, he got up early the next morning to wash up, boiled boiling water and drank a big bowl by himself, and then soaked a bowl of steamed wowotou with boiling water for his younger brother, let him eat it for breakfast, and told him to go out by himself, but he didn't say what she was going to do, because he was afraid that he would worry. After she finished speaking, she saw that her brother didn't make a sound, so she packed up the dishes and chopsticks and went to the stove, took a nest head in her arms, took the only small pouting head in the family, and went out to go up the mountain.