"Ah Shen, Ah Shen..."

"Why do you keep following me?" Ah Shen really couldn't stand Meng Hao's behavior like calling him a soul, so he stopped helplessly, "You should have a place you want to go to, right?" ”

Meng Hao blinked innocently, "But it's night." Even if I had a place I wanted to go, I wouldn't be able to travel overnight, would I? ”

Ah Shen let out a long sigh, "Then you can find a safe place to caten yourself, and don't follow me anymore." ”

Meng Hao shook her head, "No, you are very dangerous now, I have to follow to protect you for a while." ”

Ah Shen wanted to pull his hair, "I don't need your protection!" ”

Meng Hao looked very talkative, "Then or... Are you just on the way when we are just on the way? ”

Ah Shen was so angry that he didn't want to talk to her anymore, "I said, why are you so difficult!" ”

Meng Hao smiled good-naturedly.

Ah Shen squatted on the ground, looking dejected from a broken jar, "Don't think that I am a good person if I save you once, I am actually very cold." You see the cook who gave me steamed buns before, I didn't refuse to give me anything she sent me, but she was beaten, and I didn't react at all. ”

Meng Zhen snorted.

Ah Shen knotted, "What are you?" If you understand, you should leave by yourself! ”

"I can't go." Meng Hao looked at him, although because the light was too dim, she could only see a general outline, "And I don't think you're cold." ”

What she didn't say was that she felt that the three words "indifferent" could more accurately describe the teenager than the word "cool".

He doesn't care what others say about him, he doesn't care if he lives well or badly, and he doesn't even care where he goes next or what he wants to do.

Meng Zhen will not inquire into Ah Shen's past experience, but she will not just let her life-saving benefactor go.

It doesn't matter if it's sympathy, or if it's repaying the favor, anyway, Meng Zhen just wants to tell this young man with his actual actions that there are still people in this world who care about him and care about him, hoping that he will be safe and happy, well-fed and clothed.

"Tired of walking, aren't you? This one is up to you. After chasing the boy for more than ten miles, Meng Hao's already weak body was extremely tired at this time, she walked to the young man's side, smiled and handed over a wild melon.

The young man looked at her, the light moonlight reflected the girl's eyebrows and eyes a little soft, and he reached out and took the melon handed by the girl.

The girl's smile instantly brightened, and she took out more than a dozen fresh wild eggs from the package she carried, and I don't know how she kept them, but these wild eggs did not break because of the bumps.

"I don't have a pot, so I can only bake and eat." As she spoke, the girl took out a fire fold and blew it a few times.

Beside her, there was a small pile of dead branches and leaves that she had picked up.

She roasted the wild eggs with the dead leaves, "Eat it, it's a rare good thing." ”

Ah Shen took the egg without saying a word, but after peeling it, he didn't eat it himself, he used the clean leaves to hold the hot, fragrant shellless wild egg, "You eat first." ”

Looking at the shellless wild egg handed to her, Meng Hao gave up peeling it herself, and she pushed all the remaining pile of wild eggs in front of Ah Shen, "Then you can peel a few more yourself." ”

Ah Shen ignored her, reached out and took a wild egg, and slowly peeled it there.

Meng Zhen was not angry, and after eating a wild egg, Meng Zhen took another wild melon to the side of the stream to wash it carefully.

After she washed the melon, Ah Shen quietly handed her a fragrant wild egg that had been peeled.

Meng Hao smiled and squinted, she had melons in one hand and eggs in the other, and she was happy and satisfied with her food.

Neither of them spoke again, and only after eating all the wild fruits that Meng Zhen had picked and half of the wild eggs had been eaten, did the two put out the fire and continue to move forward.

It wasn't until the sky turned white that Meng Hao and Ah Shen finally walked out of the range of activities of the group of homeless people.

They rested by the stream and then shared the few remaining wild eggs.

"Let's walk a little longer, there is a clean water source here, and I'm afraid that other displaced people will come to get water later." After eating, Ah Shen said this.

Meng Hao's eyes were bright.

Although Ah Shen looked awkward, the implication of his words was that he no longer rejected Meng Hao, the little tail that he couldn't shake off.

Meng Zhen fetched water, and the two of them left the creek before the sun rose.

***

"Ah Shen, this is delicious, you can try it quickly."

"Roasted mushrooms?" Ah Shen stared at the string of fresh mushrooms in Meng Hao's hand with a suspicious expression.

Meng Hao smiled, "Mmmm, you try." ”

Thinking of the various foods she had gotten these days, Ah Shen took the bunch of mushrooms she had baked in disbelief.

He tentatively took a bite of a slice of mushroom and chewed it cautiously twice.

Seeing that his eyes widened slightly, Meng Hao smiled slyly, "Isn't it better than those wild vegetables before?" ”

Ah Shen bowed slightly, "It's really delicious." ”

During the six days he was with Meng Hao, Meng Zhen brought him all kinds of wild vegetables, wild fruits, and a number of wild eggs, wild duck eggs, and bird eggs to eat.

The taste of wild fruits and eggs is good, but the taste of wild vegetables is generally slightly bitter or astringent.

The reason why they were able to have mushrooms for a change of taste today was because there was a heavy rain in Qianhua Mountain yesterday.

After eating the string of fresh mushrooms in his hand that was torn into pieces by Meng Zhen in three or two bites, Ah Shen hesitated, asked without raising his head, and Meng Zhen, who was busy grilling other mushroom skewers, said, "Do you want to continue to follow me next?" ”

Meng Hao raised her head, smiled and replied, "I want to take you to Ninghai County." ”

Although Ah Shen said that Meng Hao followed him, the truth is that it has been Meng Hao who has been deciding their direction for the past few days.

It's not that Shen doesn't want to take the lead, it's that he doesn't have the skills to find food and clean water in the mountains.

"Didn't I say I wouldn't go back with you? Why haven't you given up yet? Ah Shen was so stubborn that he couldn't eat, he pinched a wild plum, and stared helplessly at Meng Hao, who was more sticky than a dog skin plaster.

Meng Hao's smile didn't change, "Then what are you going to do next?" The army of the imperial court has already begun to suppress the bandits, and those displaced people will soon be separated and resettled by the imperial court, where else can you hide when the time comes? ”

During the days the two spent together in the mountains, Ah Shen fully demonstrated his ignorance and incompetence as a rich young master.

He didn't know wild vegetables, he didn't know other fruits besides common fruits such as peaches, plums, apricots, and melons, and he didn't know the wild berries that country children loved the most.

He also doesn't climb trees, look for water and caves, judge future weather, or observe animal footprints.

Unlike Meng Hao, after this girl entered the mountains and forests, it was as if she had suddenly awakened some strange skills, and in Ah Shen's eyes, there was nothing to eat in the large barren mountains, but to her it seemed to be her own backyard.