Chapter 49: The Artificial Bird

When I went all the way to the hillside, I looked up and saw that the water was trickling down from this rock, and suddenly I realized: "Xiaoxin, do you remember the warm depression we encountered when we were sheltering from the rain in the cave above?" Sure enough, there was a warm stream in the mountain that flowed all the way to the valley. Thinking that there was another way out below, the spring flowed back into the ground. Such a continuous cycle for many years can ensure that the temperature remains unchanged! ”

The little witch also remembered it and said with a smile: "When you say that, I also understand." So what are we looking for? We can't get into the stones. ”

But I'm an occupational disease and I'm curious about where the water comes from. I saw a huge rock jutting out of the hillside, and the trees and thatch were growing very much outside, and there was a mist of water rising. I figured that it was the hot spring seeping out of the rocks, so I said, "Anyway, I'll go and take a look." Are you tired? Why don't you take a break? ”

The little witch shook her head and said, "Strange, after walking for two or three hours, I don't seem to be tired at all, on the contrary, I feel that I still have endless energy, why is this?" ”

I smiled and said, "Maybe...... The answer lies in this spring. Come, I'll take you, and we'll go up and have a look!" ”

We went all the way up, and I tested the water temperature all the way. Sure enough, the higher you go, the higher the water temperature. When we reached the boulder, we could already hear the sound of dripping water inside.

I walked a few steps, walked around the boulder, and suddenly felt a warmth on my body. Brushing aside the lush thatched branches and leaves, Huo Ran saw a half-human-high cave on the mountain wall, and the trickling water came out of the hole.

I smiled and said, "Xiaoxin, we don't have to be afraid of the cold at night, there is a natural heating room here." Just don't get too hot! ”

The little witch turned out from behind the stone, and when she saw this hole, she was also happy and said, "Hey? A cave? That...... Could it be a little damp inside? ”

I said, "It depends on how big the hole is, such a small trickle, isn't it that powerful?" "As soon as I said that, I went into the hole. With the light of the cave opening, I was surprised to find that the cave was unusually wide and the temperature was very high. It's not hot, but you don't need to cover anything when you sleep.

Directly in front of the cave was still the same trickle, all the way up, and I saw a huge rock with smoke curling and steaming, and a small waterfall sliding down the stone wall of an unknown height, and it was from here that the murmuring sound came from.

We climbed up the boulder and saw that the huge rock had sunk into a small pool of water. I touched it with my fingers and quickly withdrew my hand back, it was so hot!

The little witch also came up and asked me, "Brother Tang Qian, have you found anything?" ”

I shook my head and said, "There must be a lot of articles in this spring, but unfortunately I don't have any tools at hand now, so I can't do research, otherwise I ......."

The little witch sneered and said, "Don't do it, let's put your occupational illness aside for a while, let's find a dry place to live!" And we have to hunt again before dark, or we will be hungry again at night. ”

I understand that we can't get out of this valley in the short term, and to survive, then we have to have something to eat. Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is not to study the quality of the water, but to find food. "Okay, it's still a while before it gets dark." Let's find a flat and dry place here first, and spread thatch as a bedroom. Then we'll go bird hunting, but I probably can't, it's all up to you! ”

For some reason, we couldn't find our way out. I'm not in a good mood and not in a high mood. But the little witch seemed to be happy and excited. I only heard her say, "No problem, look at me." "Bento walked after the stone rock pond first. The further you go inside, the dimmer the light becomes. I don't know how deep this hole is, and what is strange in it. When we walked into the pitch black, we didn't dare to go.

The little witch touched the stone and said, "It's still a little damp here, why don't we go hunting first, and then we'll come in with torches to find the prey." ”

I nodded in agreement, and we went back the way we came, out of the hole, and down the slope. Now the day is to the west, and the night at the bottom of the valley is coming quickly, and there is not much time left for us to hunt.

Luckily, the hot springs may be sweet and delicious, and the birds in the vicinity are already known to them. So from time to time, flocks of pairs, well-known or unknown birds fly to the bottom of the valley to drink from this spring. Sometimes two or three, sometimes five or six. Even more than a dozen of them come in groups.

The little witch and I crept to the fountain and launched a stone-throwing attack on the birds. The funny thing is that no matter how we pitched, we never got it right again. But they were so frightened that the birds flapped their wings and fled.

The little witch was angry and anxious, and kept shouting: "It doesn't make sense, how can I vote in the morning?" I don't believe it, is it just a coincidence? ”

I smiled, almost certain that she had happened in the morning. If you think about it, how difficult it is for a person who has never been trained to throw to hit a flying bird with a stone. This kind of coincidence is hard to come by, you run into it once, and it is too difficult to touch it a second time.

After successive failures. The little witch seemed to be a little deflated, she sat down in the flowers, and sighed: "Forget it, I admit that it was a coincidence in the morning, and I want to shoot birds with stones?" It's not a bird, it's too hard! ”

As soon as I heard the word bird, my heart moved, and I suddenly thought of a good idea.

I smiled and leaned over to pick up a few rocks, held them in my hand, and said, "Hehe, look at me, look at my artificial bird." ”

The little witch was stunned and said, "What artificial bird?" ”

I let out a "shh At this time, seven or eight more birds flew down. Without waiting for them to settle down, I waved my hand and threw a handful of stones out of my hand. The flock was frightened and flapped its wings again. It's just that it flies too intensively, and there are a lot of stones. There was a "poof", and one of the unlucky birds was hit in the head by a stone. Suddenly, there was no scream, and it fell straight into the spring.

The little witch cheered and shouted, "Brother Tang Qian is so good!" How could I not have thought of such a simple method? She said as she unzipped down her tracksuit, and in a blink of an eye, she took off her bra shorts and jumped into the hot spring with a "plop" to catch the hapless bird.

Once again, I saw her proud body, and fearing that I would make a fool of myself again, I hurriedly looked away, not daring to look at her again. The spring water is very shallow, and when the little witch reaches the center, it is only past her waist. After grabbing the bird, the little witch sat down in the water and called out to me, "Brother Tang Qian, the water is so warm and comfortable. How about we take a shower together in a moment? ”

I smiled bitterly and said, "Come up, how dare you come down and drink water in the water?" Such a small bird, where is there enough for us to eat! ”

The little witch grinned and came up to the spring, leaned over and grabbed a handful of stones, and said, "I will do the artificial bird gun, hum!" Brother Tang Qian, I'm going to compete with you to see who shoots more birds. ”

I stumbled upon her wet shorts clinging to her buttocks again, and almost had a nosebleed. I had to secretly scream: "Amitabha, sin and sin!" Quickly and forcibly eliminated all distractions, grabbed a handful of stones and ambushed them into the flowers.

The little witch also hid beside me, and after a while, the birds in the mountains were really stupid, and it was clear that there were similar people who had suffered accidents here, but they did not learn their lesson at all, and a dozen or so flocks of slightly larger birds fell from the sky. The little witch and I jumped up at the same time, and at the same time threw the stone in our hands at the birds......

In one afternoon, we did just that, and the results were brilliant. A total of eight birds of various sizes were shot down by our artificial bird guns, enough to feed us for several meals.

It was almost dusk, the birds had returned to their nests, and no more birds had come to the spring to drink. The little witch and I were happily washing and peeling the trophies by the spring, and just after washing two, I suddenly remembered something, and secretly screamed that it was not good, and hurriedly unloaded the hiking bag and took out two bottles. When I looked up at the sky, I saw that the sun had already set in the western peak, and it was too late to make a fire.

I had no choice but to pause and exclaim, "Damn it, damn it!" Just now, I was only concerned about catching birds, but I forgot the most important thing to make a fire. So what a fart is there for hitting so many birds? ”

The little witch also came to her senses, was stunned for a moment, then laughed, sat on the ground all of a sudden, looked at me and said, "It's really good now, one afternoon, it's been in vain!" ”

I felt guilty in my heart, squatted in front of the little witch, and said ashamedly: "It's all my fault, now we are going to be hungry at night." Otherwise, I'll try to find a way to see what else there is to eat in the valley, and I won't let you go hungry!" ”

The little witch smiled and said, "Silly brother, your clever method doesn't work, but there is still a stupid method of Xiao Xin that can be used!" It's just that it takes a little more effort, and we can still make a fire! ”

My eyes lit up, and I said happily: "Drill wood to make fire?" Yes! How did I not think of that? Xiaoxin, you are really ...... So smart! I...... I am so grateful! ”

The little witch smiled and said, "What is so clever about such a stupid method?" Go and gather firewood, I'll wash these birds.

I was overjoyed, and suddenly I felt the urge to kiss her. As soon as this thought came to me, I was taken aback. He nodded hurriedly, turned around and hurried towards the mountain.

I was thinking: Could it be that I am also emotionally attached to this little girl? This thought only turned in my heart, and I immediately forced it out of my mind, and I didn't dare to think about it again. But the fear in my heart is getting deeper and deeper. I know that if I continue like this, I will ...... sooner or later It's about making mistakes!

I gathered a lot of firewood and put it in the place where we had made a fire in the morning. Drilling wood for fire, as the name suggests, is to use a branch to rotate a piece of wood constantly, and use rapid friction to create a high temperature, which ignites the dry flammable material placed around the friction point.

It's easy to say, but it's so hard to do. After more than half an hour, I was so tired that I was sweating profusely, and my hands were red and painful. There was not even a trace of smoke from the shards of thatch in the wood.

But I still didn't dare to stop, for fear that the temperature of the drilling wood would drop after I stopped, and my half day of work would be in vain. At this time, the little witch put on her clothes and came over, and when she saw that I had been busy for a long time and it didn't take effect, she immediately put down the things in her hand and came to help me.

She crushed some of the dead leaves and kept sprinkling them where I was drilling. I gritted my teeth and tried to speed up. A few minutes later, the sky was pitiful, and at last I saw a wisp of black smoke rising from the wood.

The little witch immediately put her mouth in her mouth and blew gently, the black smoke became thicker and thicker, and finally the fire flashed and ignited. The little witch screamed happily: "It's done!" As he spoke, he continued to expand the flame with dry thatch. I breathed a long sigh of relief, and immediately lay down on my back, panting for breath, and I didn't even want to move.

The flames quickly turned into fire, and after the little witch finished dealing with it, she ran over to help me up, and said with a smile: "Brother Tang Qian has really worked hard for you, Xiao Xin will come to feed you bird meat in a while, okay?" ”

I smiled bitterly, looked at my red palms, and said, "Forget it, it will be fine in a while." Let's start roasting the birds, you're hungry, aren't you? ”

Next, we barbecued and ate meat, and the little witch and I ate one each and were full. We also roasted the remaining six and put them away as food for later.

By this time it was completely dark, and the moon had already risen on the mountain peaks. I said to the little witch, "I'll go and fold some firewood, make some fire, and we'll go to that cave and find a good spot." I'm really tired today, I need to get some sleep and rest. ”

The little witch glanced at the hot springs, and suddenly whispered, "Wait a minute, okay?" I want to go take a shower. ”

I was stunned for a moment, and then I thought that she was a girl, and after coming down the mountain with me, she was hunting and barbecuing, looking for a way out and exploring the cave, not to mention sweating profusely. As a girl, love cleanliness is her natural surname. It is also human nature to want to take a shower and go to sleep.

I nodded and said, "Okay, go, I'll watch the fire here." ”

The little witch said again: "That...... I also want to wash my clothes and bake them dry in front of the fire. The clothes on my body are so dirty that I can't wear them anymore. ”

I'm really having a hard time doing laundry now? That...... Aren't you going to be naked? You almost couldn't stand it just now when you were only wearing underwear, if you were naked...... O my God! Test my concentration, don't you have to do this?

I was in a dilemma, and the little witch was quite hesitant to see me frowning. What a smart girl she is, she understands my mind when I think about it. smiled softly: "Brother Tang Qian, I believe you are a righteous gentleman, you won't peek, will you?" Wait a minute, I'll wash my clothes first, and you help me dry them on the fire, while I'll hide in the water and take a bath. You go wash it in a while, and Xiaoxin will help you dry your clothes, okay? ”

I thought about it seriously, at the moment we are in a predicament, and there are many embarrassing things between men and women, which are inevitably encountered. Haven't there been several running out incidents before? You can't avoid it. At this very time, if I still deal with my current life as a normal habit, I really won't be able to live it. It's rare for the little witch to trust me so much, and dare to wash and bathe in front of me with confidence, then I want to be hypocritical and embarrassed, but I seem to be a villain!

Thinking of this, I smiled and said, "Okay! You wash the clothes, I'll dry them! ”

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