Chapter 117: I still have to go over the mountain
We retreated back to the entrance of Panshan Road, parked at the foot of the mountain, and began to study countermeasures.
"It's okay to have a large number of humans in the old world, otherwise there is no reason for those zombies to surround the tunnel and never die." Zhu Hong narrowed her eyes.
"This mountain is much higher than the mountain in the valley where we lived before, and the forest is also dense, especially for tin mining, many mountain slopes have been blown into steep slopes with only rocks, although this forms a natural protective barrier, so that zombies can't climb the mountain, but we want to get in, it's very difficult." Luohan observed the surrounding mountains, and the only way to enter the tunnel was to climb over the mountains and dense forests and enter in the most primitive way.
"You don't have any equipment to climb the mountain, do you?" I looked at a few cars, the trunks were stuffed with bullets, gasoline and food, and it seemed that no one was ready to climb the mountain.
"There are a few laps of climbing ropes in my car, there are not many of us, it's probably enough to take care of each other, let's go." Zhu Hong pointed to the foot of a mountain not far away and said, "That forest is quite dense, let's hide the car there." ”
"This is Yunnan, there are so many poisonous insects, snakes and ants on the mountain that we northerners can't imagine, if you go up the mountain, it's not enough to just consider climbing safety," Lei Storm continued, "I remember that there was a professional outdoor goods store in that commercial street in Mengzi, if it wasn't connected to the pot, you could still find a lot of useful things." ”
"Then let's go back to Mengzi?" As soon as I pondered, it only took more than an hour to go back and forth, and it was necessary to be well prepared.
"No, you don't! I'll just go with Luohan, and I know what to take. You wait here, it's time to eat, Xiaoyou, you can get some for us after eating, and we'll come back to eat. After the thunderstorm finished speaking, he and Luohan returned the same way.
We started setting up the barbecue grill and lit the fire, intending to get some hot food.
Tang Xiao suddenly ran to the side of the road and squatted not far away, not knowing what he was doing there, and after a while, he ran over excitedly with a few big potatoes.
"That field is full of potatoes! Got rich. Tang Xiao threw down the potatoes again, and ran over with Xiaoman and Niannian to continue digging.
I suddenly remembered that the land of Yunnan is indeed rich in potatoes, and because of the soil, the most suitable for planting is potatoes, which are called artichokes locally, which are floury and sweet.
"In these last days, will there be any man who will farm the land? It's amazing. "I looked around, as if I was afraid that the owner of the land would suddenly come out and accuse us of stealing other people's potatoes.
"I'm afraid that I grew it myself, and no one harvested the potatoes back then, and those that didn't rot in the ground would become seeds and continue to germinate and bear fruit. What we're eating now is wild potatoes. "I'm guessing too.
"It makes sense, in fact, this food that grows in nature was not invented by humans, but discovered by humans, and before humans discovered it, they were wild growers, and humans just improved them and took care of them to increase their production." Zhu Hong is reliable.
Tang Xiao and the two girls dug back dozens of big potatoes, as if they had picked up gold ingots, they were happy, and they wanted to dig it, I stopped it with a smile, and told them that in Yunnan, potatoes are everywhere, and there is no need to hollow out this piece of land all at once, and there is no place to stuff it in our car.
The barbecue grill was already hot, Tang Xiao didn't bake anything else now, all the grills stuffed a few potatoes into the grill and started to roast, and he was very busy.
It takes a long time for the potatoes to be roasted, and in the process of waiting, we walked to the place where we planned to hide the cart and go up the hill to step on it, and unexpectedly found a cornfield, the corn cob was full of corn stalks, not large, but the fruit was extremely full, and it was clearly ripe.
Now Tang Xiao finished baking potatoes and roasted corn, they can't be baked, the corn is roasted faster than potatoes, the surface of the corn is roasted to brown, exuding a mushy and fragrant smell, just baked out can be hot, you have to pad thick corn leaves to hold in your hands, smell this tempting fragrance, we ignore the hot mouth, hiss down a few grains and chew first, ouch, this corn is so sweet! It's still sticky corn!
Tang Xiao didn't succeed in baking the first potato again, looking at the appearance quite decent, when he broke it open, he found that the potato was baked with an empty shell, haha baked it vigorously! But the potato shell was also super fragrant, and it was snatched up and eaten by Zhu Hong.
With experience, Tang Xiao's baked potatoes are becoming more and more successful, and we surround him like a group of children who were waiting for popcorn to break when they were children, and they will be robbed of one after baking......
When Thunderstorm and Arhat returned, they found us boiling water to make some coffee to refresh our spirits, and we were left with several sticks of hot roasted corn and seven or eight lightly charred potatoes.
"Where did you get all this natural green food?" Luohan asked vaguely as he nibbled on roasted corn.
"It's a gift from nature, eat, there is." I tore the coffee apart and poured it into everyone's stainless steel cups, where the water was boiling.
"How's the result? What's going on? Zhu Hong and Qi Jin ran into the car that the two drove back and turned over.
"Good thing old nose, look at yourself! Sister, hurry up and make me a cup of coffee, the potatoes are fragrant, and I choked in a panic. Thunderstorm whined.
"Be careful, drink slowly." I handed over the coffee I had brewed in his cup, made another cup for Rohan, and ran off to see the "good things".
There are a lot of special equipment for mountaineering on the back seats, including leggings that can wrap up from ankles to calves to prevent snakes and insects from getting into their pants, and several large sprays that say that as long as they spray on the grass, the insects and snakes hiding in them will flee in all directions, and there are many things that have been used in climbing mountains before.
There are still a few tents, do we have to prepare to spend the night in the mountains?
"Even if I don't use it this time, I think I'll use it sooner or later in Yunnan, where there are mountains and forests everywhere." Luo Han leaned over with his coffee and explained, corn particles still on the corner of his mouth.
"Then there are baked potatoes, don't waste them if you eat them." Tang Xiao chased after him again, these were all baked by him, and they were cute.
After eating and drinking, we cleaned the ground, removed the traces left, and then drove the three cars into the depths of the cornfield just now, each of them packed up, brought all the equipment and food needed for climbing, and set off for the mountain.
In addition to the cold weapons we carried with us, each of us only brought a pistol and a small number of bullets, and we did not go to fight, but to investigate the situation and find people.
The mountains of Yunnan are really more difficult to climb than the mountains in the north, and the vegetation is too dense, so we keep adjusting the route to avoid the dense vegetation that cannot be passed, and we can't finish cutting it by cutting.
And there are a lot of steep slopes, and the tools such as climbing ropes and pickaxes come in handy, and we feel as we walk, no wonder those zombies can only block the tunnel, and they are so stupid that they can't climb over the mountains around the old neighborhood.
Seeing that it was getting dark, and we had not yet reached the top of the mountain, we decided to find a place to camp for the night, and then march again tomorrow morning.
We really found a cave with a narrow entrance! The men went in first, and when they found out that there was no danger, we all went inside.
The cave was narrow on the outside and wide on the inside, like one of those small-mouthed potbelly bottles, and as soon as we entered, the temperature dropped by several degrees, and the cold penetrated through the clothes, and we found that there were people living here, and there was a simple stone bed of stones, and there was a damp hay on it, and there was a circle of black ash on the ground, which was obviously lit by a fire.
"Let's go out and get some wood and build a campfire, because it's going to get colder in the mountains at night." Enter, Tang Xiao and Zhu Hong went out with an axe again.
"The cave is big enough, these tents can be erected, sister, this largest and thickest tent will be given to you three people?" Thunderstorm began to set up tents, tents are big, small, thin and thick, he supported the largest and thickest, I and Xiaoman live in it, Nian Nian three people are no problem at all, very spacious.
The moisture barrier mat of the tent belt is also very thick and soft, and we also throw the blankets we bring on it, and cover them when we sleep at night.
The wood was brought back, the bonfire was lit, the temperature in the cave gradually increased, and the cold and damp feeling disappeared.
Although they had eaten a lot of food at noon, and had climbed the mountain all afternoon, the little food had already been exhausted, and everyone started to make dinner again, and added hot food to their stomachs, leaving two companions to guard the campfire, and the others went into the tents to rest and sleep.
The three of us women huddled together in a tent, a little sleepless for a while, whispered to ourselves.
Nian Nian put her arms around Xiao Man's waist and whispered, "Where are you and Zhu Hong going?" ”
Xiaoman replied shyly, "I have nothing to do with Brother Hong." ”
I turned my head sideways and said with a grin, "Pull it down, when are you two going to have a baby?" ”
My words instantly thundered the two girls, in fact, I was just teasing Xiaoman, and I laughed when I finished speaking.
The three of us laughed for a long time, and then Xiaoman said, "Brother Hong can't forget Sister Xiaobai, I can't force him, I just like him to be emotional." ”
"That Xiaoman, do you think Zhu Hong likes you?" Nian Nian asked with concern.
Xiaoman said embarrassedly, "I think he treats me like a sister." ”
In fact, the blind man can also see that Zhu Hong is full of affection for Qin Xiaoman, and sometimes he spoils her very much, but he just behaves like he is his sister.
"Tell you Xiaoman, there is no real friendship between men and women, so I make sure for you, Zhu Hong likes you, hehe." Nian Nian said in the tone of a passerby, and we laughed again.
"Hey, why aren't you sleeping yet? I have to go down tomorrow, and going down is no easier than going up. Xiaoman, stop pestering people to chat, be obedient. Zhu Hong's voice suddenly sounded outside the tent.
The three of us were stunned, Xiao Man was so ashamed that he grabbed the blanket to cover his face, but Niannian and I couldn't help laughing.
I don't know if Zhu Hong heard our whispers in the middle of the night.