Chapter 24: Settling in the Cave
When he arrived near Daliang Mountain, Old Man Ming asked Mingyue with some uncertainty, "Are you sure there is a cave here?" No beasts around here? ”
Mingyue explained, "Sure, it is estimated that it is the place where the hunter settled, there is everything in it, there are a lot of small wild things around, as for wild beasts such as big insects, this is all on the edge of the mountain, I have been here many times and have never seen it." ”
Except for Mingyue and a few children who didn't have any sense of danger, everyone else cautiously followed behind Mingyue, and when they saw a few children following Mingyue, they kept shouting from behind, "You guys slow down." He didn't dare to make too much noise, for fear of alarming the beasts in the mountains.
Around the end of the evening, the group followed Mingyue with trepidation and finally arrived at their destination.
As soon as he arrived at the door of the cave, he heard the sound of wings fluttering from inside, and everyone was so frightened that they held their breath, only Mingyue's eyes lit up, and she instructed a few children who didn't have much in their hands, "You guys quickly disperse and block the entrance of the cave." ”
Mingyang walked in front, had already seen the scene in the cave, and cried excitedly, "There are a lot of pheasants." ”
The adults behind him breathed a sigh of relief, and several men were a little ashamed, this courage was not as good as that of the three-year-old Mingyang.
The adults in the back also put down the things in their hands, scattered, blocked the hole, the pheasants were frightened, fluttering indiscriminately, the pheasants in the mountains were flexible, flying high, plus everyone was in a hurry with big bags and small bags on their backs, some were in a hurry, a nest of pheasants, in the end it was most of the run out, and finally only caught three, but everyone was also very excited, took the luggage into the cave.
It is said to be a cave, in fact, it is almost a rock cave, above is a low cliff, the cliff is concave into it very deep, just forming a natural cave, the space inside is not small, plus it was cleaned up by the bright moon, it looks very good.
However, Mingyue has been very busy recently, and Xu Jinniang has been watching it closely, so she hasn't come up for a while, and she actually let pheasants come in this cave and set up a nest, but it is also cheap, and she caught three pheasants without hunting.
When the Ming family saw this neat and spacious cave, they seemed to have forgotten about the beast, and their hearts were finally more steady, at least for the time being, and they had a place to settle down.
Everyone consciously began to pack their luggage, although they didn't say anything, but looking at everyone's actions, Mingyue knew that maybe everyone was willing to settle here temporarily, maybe it was because they were carrying their luggage to spend the night today, and they would rather live in a cave where there might be wild beasts.
Mingyang was clamoring to eat called flower chicken, Mingyue responded, took a kitchen knife, and asked Minghui on the side to carry a wooden barrel, Mingyue carried a few pheasants, and took the three children to a nearby mountain spring.
The sky was gradually darkening, and seeing a few children go out like this, Ming Wenli and Ming Yao followed uneasily.
When we arrived at the mountain spring, a curtain of mountain springs slowly gathered in this col from a high place, forming a small lake, which was crystal clear.
Looking at the beautiful scenery in front of him, Ming Wenli couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "If there are no wild beasts, this will be a pure holy place." ”
Mingyao hadn't read a book, but he didn't have so much emotion as Mingwenli, so he pushed Mingwenli, who was looking at the lake in front of him in a daze, "Fourth uncle, go over and help." ”
Only then did Ming Wenli come back to his senses from the scenery in front of him, followed Ming Yao over, and began to help Mingyue deal with the pheasant.
The two looked at Mingyue's familiar and fast movements, and Ming Wenli said, "You girl didn't do this less, right?" Do you run here often? He was a little bolder. ”
Mingyao couldn't help frowning, and said, "This is too dangerous, Yue'er, you really have to be more restrained with your bold temperament." ”
Mingyue naughtily stuck out her tongue at the two of them, and responded, "I know, it's getting dark, let's hurry up." Then he looked up at the three children who were looking at the pheasant expectantly and said, "A few of you will pick up a little firewood around and bring it back for a while, and you are not allowed to run far, just pick it up around us." ”
It was almost packed up, and it was almost dark, at this time, Mingyang took a few large sycamore leaves in his hand and handed them to Mingyue, and said proudly, "Sister, give you a pheasant." ”
Ming Wenli looked at Mingyang, who was waiting for praise with a proud face, and turned to Mingyue and said, "You won't have brought Mingyang here, right?" ”
Mingyue smiled awkwardly and changed the subject, "It's getting dark, we have to go back quickly." ”
After speaking, he picked up Mingyang and walked quickly in the direction of the cave.
When a few people returned to the cave, Xu Jinniang and the Liu family had already started cooking on the fire and hanging pot of the stone frame that originally existed in the cave.
Mingyue smeared the cleaned chicken with a little salt, wrapped it in sycamore leaves, and then took the thin mud prepared by Minghui Mingkang and put it on it, and buried it in the fire.
When the old man Ming saw that Mingyue put all three chickens into the fire, he opened his mouth and reprimanded, "Why don't you save some, kill it at once, and can you eat the roasted chicken?" ”
Mingyue added firewood and said, "The most important thing on this mountain is prey, and I have tried this before, and it is quite good." ”
Old Man Ming didn't speak, indeed, no one dared to come up to this Daliang Mountain, and those who hunted didn't dare to enter the mountain easily, of course there were many prey, and it was estimated that there were a lot of big insects, and seeing that the moon girl was so familiar with this place, I was afraid that I didn't come less, and I felt that I didn't know much about this moon girl before.
Not only the old man Ming, but everyone in the Ming family felt that there seemed to be a feeling that they had just known Mingyue, but no one doubted that Mingyue would not be Mingyue, even if Mingyue had changed greatly recently, she was still the Mingyue of the Ming family.
Xu Jinniang and Liu's laid the ground with straw and quilts on both sides of the cave, planning to be on the side of the women and the men on the other, and now this situation can only be done like this.
When they were free, they moved stones and stakes, and sat down around the fire.
At this time, Mingyue said, "We don't have a place to live for the time being, let's settle here first, no one comes in this mountain, let's cut some wood tomorrow, and then enclose this cave, it's not bad, it's no worse than staying in someone else's house." But you can't go in the mountains, when I came here before, I picked up a bow and crossbow, it is estimated that it was left by the previous hunter, it is quite easy to use, tomorrow we will do a few more self-defense, and a few of you, you are not allowed to wander around here, be careful of being dragged and eaten by wild beasts, you know? ”
Several boys nodded obediently, and Mingyue continued, "We have no house now, no land, the first task is to build the house first, master, how much savings do you have in the family?" ”
Old Man Ming sighed and said with red eyes, "This year's crops are still in the ground, and I am afraid that the savings in our hands will not even be able to approve a piece of foundation." ”
Ming Lao Avenue, "Let's go to the county seat tomorrow to see if we can find some work to do." ”
Mingyao sighed lightly and said, "I paid attention to inquiring before, it's not easy to find a job recently, and the salary is still low." ”
Mingyue saw that everyone was depressed, so she said loudly, "Let's rely on this big Liang Mountain, hunting, collecting medicine, we can always earn some, don't worry about not being able to survive, the most important thing at present is to fence this cave and arrange it around, although there are no big beasts in this vicinity, but just in case." ”
Ming Wenli said, "What the moon girl said is that no one dares to enter this Daliang Mountain, there must be more prey, and there must be more medicinal materials. ”
Mingyue suddenly remembered a thing, and said to Mingwenli, "Our poultry, tables, chairs, benches and other miscellaneous items were all moved to grandpa's house yesterday, what did you say when you left?" ”
Ming Wenli was stunned and said, "I'm in a hurry, I've forgotten about this, let's go and come back tomorrow." ”
Mingyue snorted coldly, no wonder I agreed to live in the past yesterday, but today I will not let me enter the door, it is really a good idea, and she said coldly, "I will follow me tomorrow." ”
Dinner in the evening was still corn mush, but when Mingyue dug out the chicken in the fire and knocked it open with a stone, the aroma of chicken wafted throughout the cave, making the hungry boys on the side swallow their saliva incessantly.
Three chickens, more than a dozen people, and they were hungry for a day, Mingyue felt that she only tasted the taste of meat, and it was gone, thinking that she must go and get a few more tomorrow morning.
Spending the night in this mountain, Mingyue is also the first time, when she sleeps at night, Mingyue is still not at ease and asks the uncle, the third uncle and the fourth uncle to take turns to keep vigil, watch the fire, and take the bow and crossbow that she made herself hidden in the cave, teach them to use it, and hold it in her hand.
The night finally passed safely, and when a trace of fish white appeared in the sky, Mingyue woke up.
The fire at the entrance of the cave was still burning, Mingyao and Mingwenli were guarding a fire, sitting in front of the fire, napping, as soon as they heard Mingyue's movement, both of them opened their eyes.
Mingyue walked lightly to the entrance of the cave, called the eldest brother and the fourth uncle, and planned to go out of the mountain spring to wash his face first, and then go to get some game for breakfast.
Seeing that Mingyue took the bow and crossbow in Mingyao's hand, Mingwenli let Mingyao watch at the entrance of the cave uneasily, and followed Mingyue out.
Catching up with Mingyue, I saw that Mingyue was washing her face on the edge of the lake, Mingwenli also went to the lake, picked up some water and threw it on her face, woke up, and said to Mingyue on the side, "Moon girl, what are you going to do with a bow and crossbow?" ”
Mingyue responded, "Of course I'm going hunting, I can hunt a few more today, I didn't eat enough last night, and now my stomach is still empty." ”
Ming Wenli stood up, looked at Mingyue, and said, "Do you know how to hunt?" ”
Mingyue let herself behave as a matter of course and said, "Of course, this bow and crossbow is very good, just shoot at the pheasant and rabbit, do you want the fourth uncle to follow?" I asked Uncle Fourth to see how accurate I was shooting. ”
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