Chapter Seventy-Two: The Cave of Safety
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The ghost van only sent us to the earthen house in the slanting tree ditch, and then turned around and left, and after a night of traveling, I was so sleepy that I couldn't open my eyes, and Pan Qingqing's stomach was rumbling again.
I endured my sleepiness, collected some dry grass and dead branches near the earthen house, brought them back to the house and made a fire to keep warm, and then used a quick knife to peel off the outer skin of one branch, and sharpened the other end, and looked at me with a pair of beautiful big eyes full of doubt.
Most of the daily necessities in the earthen house were packed by me and put on the back of the little black donkey to take away, leaving less than a plastic pot of water, but without a small iron pot, it was impossible to boil hot water for drinking.
I pierced the sharp end of the branch into a croquette and grilled it over the fire.
The hot oil from the croquettes dripped into the fire, raising a puff of black smoke, but it also gave off an enticing aroma, and I handed the cooked croquettes to Pan Qingqing to take.
"Are we going to spend the night here?" Qingqing asked me as she ate the grilled meatballs.
I continued to put the meatballs on the fire to grill, and before I could answer her question, there was a terrible wolf howl outside, and Qingqing's frightened hands trembled, and the cooked meatballs fell into the fire.
"And wolves here?" Qingqing was surprised, I immediately handed her the branch in my hand, picked up the quick knife and went out to investigate.
A pair of small green eyes appeared on the nearby hillside, and I knew that they were the eyes of wild wolves, and the earth house did not even have a door, but it was afraid that it would be difficult to resist the sneak attack of these wild wolves.
I returned to the house, handed the flashlight to Qingqing, and said to her, "It's not safe here, I'll take you to a safe place!" You bring the food, I'll bring the water. ”
Qingqing stood up, and I immediately tied the plastic pot around my waist with a white coat, made a simple torch from these dead branches, and took Qingqing out of the earthen house and continued to walk along the mountain road.
As I led the way, I looked back to see what was going on, and the wolves crept up, but no longer roared.
"It's scary here, where are you going to take me?" Pan Qingqing asked tremblingly.
I didn't answer, and she continued to plead, "Let's go back to the city!" ”
There was only one road ahead, and it didn't take long to walk with Midorihime on her mount Snow White, but now it's a long and difficult way to walk on foot.
The snow underfoot is not too thick, but it is somewhat muddy.
The torch in my hand was about to be extinguished soon, so I simply threw it on the ground, took the flashlight from Qingqing's hand, and continued to lead the way, and when we were all exhausted, we finally saw the cliff.
Qingqing saw the abyss in front of her, and she was depressed. He put the bamboo basket in his hand on the snow and gasped for breath.
I used my flashlight to find the mechanism of the drawbridge, which was quickly opened and the wooden bridge was lowered.
Qingqing looked surprised, and I immediately handed her the flashlight and asked her to cross the single-plank bridge first.
I untied the kettle from my waist, carried a bamboo basket in my left hand and a kettle in my right hand, and walked on the trembling single-plank bridge, when the wild wolf behind me roared again. The cry was furious, but I held my breath and walked across the wooden bridge with full concentration, put down what I was holding, quickly found the chain, pulled it, and put it away.
The wolves were blocked from the cliff and had to look at us and howl.
Although Qingqing was tired and sweating, she was curious about this chain.
"Let's go, there's a place to rest ahead!" I picked up food and water and continued to lead the way.
When I entered the cave, I felt safe. He put down food and water and lit the oil lamp on the cave wall with a lighter.
Qingqing looked at the cave in surprise and asked, "Is this your hometown?" ”
I took her behind the wall and said, "There is a bed and a futon here, you can rest quickly!" I went to sleep outside, it's safe here! ”
Although there were still snowflakes outside and the cold wind was blowing, it was not very cold inside the cave.
I lay on my desk and quickly fell asleep.
Pan Qingqing came to the screen, saw the bath bucket, washed his face briefly, and then lay down in the tent with his clothes and fell asleep.
When I woke up again, it was already noon, and I was awakened hungry.
There was silence in the cave, and I hurried to the back of the wall, opened the tent, and found Qingqing still asleep.
As long as she was safe, I turned back to the antechamber and found that the small tandoor had long since been extinguished, but there was a copper kettle next to it.
I walked outside the cave and saw a clear sky, but no sun, the snow had stopped, and the wind was still a little cold.
There were a lot of dry branches and hay on the hillside, so I collected a large hug and brought it back to the cave to make a fire and boil water.
Qingqing, probably awakened by the sound of water vapor, came to the front hall, looked at me, and asked, "Is this your hometown?" ”
I shook my head and introduced, "This is Miss Yang's hometown, we are here to wait for her to come back, you must be hungry!" ”
Qingqing nodded in response, looked at the hot water in the copper kettle, and asked, "Can I wash my face with hot water?" ”
Here, although the water is a little tight, I can still meet her basic requirements.
She washed her face in the tub and wiped it with her old ropa, then went to sit down at the dresser, and said to herself, "There is no dresser here, but no cosmetics, not even rouge and gouache." ”
I washed my face in a hurry and went to prepare lunch for us.
When I lifted the cover on the bamboo basket, I found that it was full of fried food, as well as bacon and a few apples.
Qingqing ate barbecued meat and cooked apples, and asked me again, "Who is Miss Yang?" How could you live in such a strange cave? ”
I didn't know how to explain it to her, so I didn't answer.
The herbs I collected two days ago were still drying in the cave, and after a light lunch, I began to sort out the herbs.
Qingqing sat in front of the small tandoor in a daze.
After sorting out the herbs, I told Qingqing to stay in the cave and not go out, and then went to the hillside to continue to collect dry firewood, which belongs to the mountainous area, sandwiched between two mountains, and a deep ditch goes diagonally to the southeast, if there is water flowing at the bottom of the ditch, it will be good if there is water flowing here.
I don't know when Midori Ji will come back, and I don't know if the old Taoist priest and Brother Zhenmin will be able to find here?
In the evening, after we had a simple dinner, Qingqing said, "Since there is fire and hot water, then I want to take a hot bath." ”
How much water does this take? Besides, if you use a copper kettle to boil water, how many pots will you need?
Qingqing said: "There is a bath bucket behind the screen in the back, Miss Yang must often take a bath in it, right?" ”
I nodded in agreement, and I took a lot of stones from the outside and put them in the furnace.
Qingqing asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
I explained, "We don't have a big kettle here, so we have to use this stupid way to heat the water in the tub. ”
She responded: "I understand, you continue to boil water, I'll go and make it easier!" ”
Qingqing took the straw paper on the table, and I hurriedly handed her the quick knife and flashlight, and advised: "Don't be too far away from the cave, call me immediately when you encounter danger!" ”
Actually, there was no danger here, and she answered, gave me a grateful look, and left the cave.
I took the opportunity to lie down on the bed in the back for a while, and my bones ached all over my body as I slept on the table.
Close your eyes and think of my life with Midorihime here, sweet and fulfilling, but unfortunately Midorihime was caught back by the black-faced tent, and her body was left here, but it was another person's, although Qingqing didn't have a wary attitude towards me, but kept her distance from me.
What should I do if Midorihime comes back? What should Qingqing do?