Chapter 18: Sleeping Rough

Because they didn't know the road, the two asked for directions while hurrying. On the first night they were lucky, and they arrived at a village before dark, where they spent the night. Before they left, they gave some money to the people who stayed overnight, but it wasn't much.

The next day, their luck was not good, it was almost dark and they didn't see any villages or towns, not even a broken temple and grass hut, not even a shadow. There was no way for the two of them to sleep in the wild, but fortunately, although it was cold at night, it was still passable, and they had prepared a lot of things themselves, so it wouldn't be cold.

In addition, it is spring now, so you can still see a lot of wild vegetables in the wild, although not luxuriant, but there are a lot of them, and the two of them can eat casually. So the two of them found a place to settle the ox cart before it was dark.

After settling in, one of them looked for firewood to make a fire, and the other went to find a water source, Yang Xue stayed to make a fire, and Li Bokang went to find water. The place they were looking for was in a windswept hill, and it was easy to find firewood, and soon she found a pile of firewood.

I picked up a few stones and made a simple stove and started to burn the fire, probably because the wood was a little damp and it took a little time to rise. Except that it took a little more time to make a fire at the beginning, and then the fire burned very quickly, and soon it became a big fire. Taking advantage of the fire, she found some wild vegetables around and prepared them to be boiled with rice or vermicelli for a while.

It just so happened that she had found the wild vegetables, and Li Bokang also came back with water, and brought back a pot of water and a jar of water. When Li Bokang came back, he said: "We are quite far from the water source, and I have just taken a general look, and there is also a good place near the water source, why don't we go there to rest." It's a long way off, so it would be easier for us to move there. After saying that, he looked at her and waited for her to make a decision.

It just so happened that she was looking for wild vegetables and couldn't find water to wash them, and she was moved when she heard Li Bokang's words, but she still asked: "How far is it?" Li Bokang immediately continued: "If we leave, we will have to take half a pillar of incense, and the car will be very fast." "Alright then, let's move in, we didn't find a good place to waste so many things. But we have to put out the fire before we go. She immediately agreed to the move.

Before leaving, the two put out the fire they had lit before, and carried the firewood she had found to the car, and finally arrived at the new campsite before dark. The first thing to do when you get to the place is to raise the fire, and before making a fire, you make an open space on the ground for making a fire, and you always need to be cautious when lighting a fire in the wild. After lighting the fire, she took another look at her surroundings.

The place where they camped this time was on the way to get water from Li Bokang before, and it was four or five meters away from the place where he took water. It's about 10 meters away from the main road, and it's a relatively flat area, so it's early spring, so the vegetation is not very lush. It's still close to the foot of the mountain, but it's also some distance from the foot of the mountain, so it's not easy to find firewood, but fortunately she brought the firewood she was looking for before.

After looking at the camping place, I went to see the surrounding environment, and the main thing was the water source. Following the path pointed out by Li Bokang, she took a simple torch to see the river where he was getting water, the river was not big, to be exact, it could only be regarded as a small stream.

Just by lighting the torches, you can see that the aquatic plants by the stream are quite lush, not growing deep, but there are quite a lot of them. It may be because it is dark and you can see a lot of small fish swimming in the stream, but you can't see any big fish. If you look in the direction of the current, it should be flowing down from the mountain.

When she had seen that, she went back and took the wild vegetables she had found to the stream and washed them, and put the torch in the soil on the side and began to wash them. Over there, Li Bokang went to find some firewood and came back, mainly because he was afraid that there would not be enough firewood at night, and sleeping in the wild was actually quite dangerous, especially in an unfamiliar place.

It is also very simple to eat at night, that is, wild vegetable and meat porridge with steamed buns. Originally, they ate vermicelli, but because they still had a lot of steamed buns left, and the weather gradually began to get hotter, they decided to eat steamed buns for the past few days. As for the vermicelli, keep it for later and eat it later. The meat is bacon that they bring from home, and they cut a few pieces with the knife they brought and put them in porridge to cook together. In addition, I boiled a can of boiling water to drink at night.

As for the knife, it was made a long time ago, that year after she was injured by a wild boar. At that time, she deliberately went to the iron shop to get two daggers and two knives, and each of them had a dagger and a knife for self-defense or emergency use. Since then, as long as there is nothing special, they have daggers and knives with them, and she has three of them, plus the dagger she already has. Originally, they said that they would buy a bow and arrow, but they gave up because they were not very good at using it.

No, it's just right now. At night, the two of them did not sleep and rest, but kept vigil and rested alone. Originally, Li Bokang said that he kept a vigil to let her rest, but she disagreed, and finally decided that when she stayed at the end of the night, Li Bokang kept the second half of the night and exchanged like this. Her reason is also very simple, because Li Bokang has to keep his spirit up to cope with the exam, and the first half of the night is the best time. Of course, Li Bokang also objected, but the opposition was ineffective.

Li Bokang rested around the time of the war, and when he was ugly, he got up and replaced her to rest, and slept for about two or three hours. Li Bokang was napping when he came out to change her, and when she saw him come out to change her, she thought it was time, so she went to sleep in the car in a daze.

Seeing her confused appearance, Li Bokang was a little funny, and thought it was cute, but she basically couldn't see it in ordinary times. But in addition to feeling cute, he also has some distress, if it weren't for him, she wouldn't have to suffer this crime, this time he must work hard to be admitted to Xiucai.

The next morning, she was still sleeping at dawn, and Li Bokang didn't wake her up. After making breakfast, I made a pot of water and put it in the car, and I also boiled a pot of hot water.

After he packed up all his things, he saw that she was still sleeping soundly, and he had no intention of waking up, so he ate breakfast by himself, and then brought the rest of the pot with porridge to the car. He put out all the fire in the fire, and then drove the ox cart slowly, and let the oxen eat some grass along the way.

It took almost an hour for her to wake up, and when she woke up, she felt as if the car was moving, and she was startled. Then he slowly got up, felt the dagger on his body, and slowly moved to the car door, lifted the curtain and saw that it was Li Bokang who was driving the car.

He took back the dagger in his hand and asked, "Bokang, what time is it?" Hearing her speak, Li Bokang realized that she was awake, so he said: "It's time now, you're awake, am I arguing with you too quickly." ”

When she heard this, she knew what it meant, it turned out that she wanted her to sleep more, and it was late, so it was like this. Look at the small area at the door of the car is already full, and there is almost no place for him to stay, and I didn't see him make a loud noise, let alone put things in the car. There was also a pot of porridge placed there, and I suddenly felt warm in my heart.

Then he said, "No, I've slept well." With that, he returned to the car and began to pack his things.