Chapter 41: The Heart of Man (Part II)

Hu Yuniang stood on tiptoe, looked into the distance, except for the stars and moons that were covered by snow and fog, there was no light, and whispered in the ear of the long pavilion, "At least ten miles away, there are no people in the village, and I am afraid that I will have to build a shed in the forest tonight." ”

He glanced around again, smiled, and praised his tone, "The leader of the convoy has chosen a good location, the terrain is high and flat and open, close to the water source of the river, but he does not blindly approach - the river in this area near the population has not yet frozen, if you get too close, I am afraid that when the avalanche and flash flood occur, the sound of flowing water will interfere with the judgment." ”

Hu Yuniang pointed to the northwest corner not far away, and the long pavilion poked his head to take a look, but saw that there was a natural pit behind the pothole, just under the slope, which could shelter from the wind and rain.

It's a pity that there are already people in it who are kings.

Hu Yuniang took advantage of the faint light, through the branches of the branch, to look at the group of strong men's arms thicker than her thighs, and said in a sullen voice, "That is a good place to spend the night, but unfortunately we can't grab them." ”

Whoever has the big fist will listen to whomever he says.

One road, there are people of three religions and nine streams, afraid of wolves and sudden snowstorms, everyone chose the same way with full tacit understanding, and the big guys faintly took the group of strong men as the leader, he called rest and rest, and they said to go.

The three little girls put away the water bladder and walked forward, always looking for a suitable place for the night, while walking in the dark, Hu Yuniang told Sù Changting where the snowdrift can not be stepped on, what kind of wild vegetables can not be eaten, how to prevent the bear from being blind, "It can't see, you are afraid of it, it is more afraid than you!" Just don't move, pretend you don't see it, and you'll do it. Rabbit meat is better than yours, and the bear is not stupid, what do you do to take the initiative to tease you? ”

Changting nodded while listening, and it was not too much to learn the way of survival.

Hu Yuniang quickly looked for a big stone, just under the pit, looked left and right for a long time, thought about it and took out a roll of hemp rope from his pocket, one end was tightly tied to the cliff of the stone, one end was bolted to the very low pine treetop two meters away, tied one and then tied the other side by side, pulled out the big felt blanket from the baggage, threw it to the sky, just put it on the tied hemp rope, a move was very sharp, it can be seen that it is often done.

The carpet was almost dragged to the ground, backed by large boulders, and although it was small and narrow on three sides, it was an excellent shelter from the wind and a place to spend the night.

Xiao Changning raised his head and praised loudly, "Sister Ayu is really good!" ”

Hu Yuniang looked at Changting with a smug face, Changting covered his mouth and laughed, stretched out his hand and clenched his fist to cheer Hu Yuniang up.

Xu had never seen it, Xiao Changning was rarely in good spirits, he bent down and drilled into it, and from time to time he whispered exclaims, the little girl was hunched from one end to the other in the shed built with a felt carpet, although she only walked in three or four steps, but she still looked very excited, Hu Yuniang also laughed, and while laughing, she moved dry grass and small wooden forks from the pile of trees and grass to get tired in the simple shack.

Changting was wrapped in a turban, his face had been dried by the wind, but his eyes were bright and his heart was warm.

From early in the morning to now, Yu Niang has not stopped helping her scold the homeless people who are very close to build shacks to the end, and even Changning was carried forward by Yu Niang on her back

Yu Niang is not a servant of the Lu family, and she has no obligation to help them before and after the saddle. No one in this world is born to owe others, Yu Niang willingly supports and helps, she is warm-hearted, good people, but they have no reason to enjoy the benefits of others without guilt and are unmoved.

No one is a master these days.

Changting shrunk his shoulders and let out a white breath, rubbing his hands, wanting to follow and go to find firewood to burn, but was stopped by Hu Yuniang, "You can't find it!" As soon as the snow soaked, the firewood in the forest was full of moisture, and it couldn't be ignited at all! You go! I don't understand at all! ”

Said with a smile, like a stupid girl, while saying that, he put on his leather gloves with both hands, and squatted down to plow the snowdrift.

Changting was surprised, this firewood can still be found under the snowdrift!?

Hu Yuniang is used to doing this, planing very fast, the snow particles are thrown backwards, and after a while, they are planed to the foot of the roots, Hu Yuniang squatted, and the palm of her hand turned to the side, Changting was stunned for a while, and then hurriedly found a small shovel with very fine workmanship from the package and hurriedly handed it to Hu Yuniang, Hu Yuniang did not reply, and took the shovel and dug the roots of the big pine tree!

After a while, Hu Yuniang shouted, "Oops! Got it! Ha ha! ”

Changting hurriedly turned his head to take a look, but saw Hu Yuniang half-sideways, pursed her lips tightly, her eyes looked up and her expression was very focused, one hand leaned forward and reached into the small hole dug out by the shovel, groping in her hand, raising her eyebrows and smiling at Changting, and taking it out with her hand!

As the night darkened, the pavilion was close to each other, and it was a fluffy mass of hay!

Hu Yuniang spread the palm of her hand a little more, full of pine nuts, hazelnuts, and chestnuts!

It's like a trick!

Changting looked at Hu Yuniang in surprise.

The little girl's eyes are as bright as the pearl earrings brought by the eldest wife of the Wang squire's family, no! Like the North Star in the sky!

The corners of Hu Yuniang's mouth became bigger and bigger, and she proudly put the top three or five pine nuts and chestnuts back in place, then poured all the food in her hand to Changting, and the shovel was pinned to her waist, and then walked to the front of the next pine tree.

They can't bake naan, but they can eat nuts to satisfy their hunger!

And the tired hay on the side can be used as a fire mark!

Hu Yuniang got up a little tired, stretched her waist, and then took out the dagger from her arms, Changting tiptoed and grabbed the low-growing pine tree, Hu Yuniang was responsible for chopping, and after a while, she was tired of a bundle of firewood.

"Ignition! Simmer pine nuts! ”

As soon as Hu Yuniang spoke, her anger came out of her mouth, and she was frozen, and suddenly turned into a white mist.

As soon as the fire was raised, the three little girls sat under the felt carpet tent, and the long pavilion buried their heads in digging a pit under the fire to simmer pine nuts. Hu Yuniang smiled so much that she lay on her back and put her arm around Xiao Changning with one hand, and pointed at Changting with the other and smiled, "Look at your sister who is as stupid as a roe deer!" ”

"You're like a stupid roe deer!!"

Changting immediately roared, turned his head and thought about it, and asked softly, "What is a stupid roe deer?" ”

The three little girls are like a dead place in the corner, guarding a cluster of fire, which will be fresh for a long time.

In the west, the evening breeze was howling, and nearly 100 people gathered together in groups of three or five, lit bonfires, and sat around the fire to keep warm.

The two groups of people in front and back were very far away from each other, mixed with a little tightly tied headscarf, stinking all over their bodies, and full of vicissitudes of life.

The previous group of strong men guarded the windy place at the intersection, did not rush to eat, first set up the cart, and then set up a bonfire, in addition to baking naan cakes, but also took a coarse porcelain pot to stew the broth, the broth "gurgling" boiled bubly, the fragrance of meat and salt permeated the air, was blown by the wind, and ran to the sheltered place.

Some of the latter group of people couldn't hold their breath, pinching the roasted dried vegetables in their hands, and looked at that place with their heads propped up—that's right, the latter group of people didn't have dry food in their food, and when they took a few locks of wild vegetables from their cloth pockets and roasted them, Xiao Changning warmed his hands next to the fire, and was startled, and then saw through the cascading trees that each person could only get a lock of wild vegetables, and was shocked again.

The long pavilion also saw it.

Now there are no wild vegetables to eat at this time, most of them are roasted and saved when they come out.

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This journey is very important to Xiao Changting, and it has played a very effective impact on her future heart, choices and world view.