Oops, it's actually a chestnut? Will there be chestnuts this season?

Ma Xiao picked up the chestnut on the ground, and with the help of the light, he found that there were many ripe chestnuts scattered on the ground.

However, considering that the growing season of many plants is weird, Ma Xiao doesn't think about it anymore.

He looked up at the sky, but he couldn't see the black sky, because it was obscured by the branches and leaves of the chestnut tree.

That's a lot of chestnuts on it.

Just by shining from the oil lamp, you can see the countless large chestnuts hanging on the branches.

Today's dinner has arrived!

If you eat chestnuts raw, it does feel like you can't eat much fruit, but now that there is fire, you can process it, and when you process it with fire, the sweetness in it will drop a lot, and it will be easy to be full, and it will not be as crisp as when it was raw, and it will become glutinous like the change after the rice is cooked.

And when it comes to how to process chestnuts, it is also a very easy thing, the most convenient is to dig a pit, put chestnuts and firewood in it, and then a fire is over, just cook it, there is no need to process it well or add some seasonings, although the things that Ma Xiao carries can be satisfied, but there is no need for it.

It's a wild place, isn't it so good to fill your stomach for a while? I don't know how long Elder Song can let them rest and stay here, if it is too complicated, they will continue to hurry if they don't get it done for a while, wouldn't it be a big loss?

This time, it was going down the mountain for two months, how could Ma Xiao be willing to leave his precious knife on the desolate Swordless Mountain?

At this time, there were already many other disciples who entered the forest to find something to eat, Ma Xiao didn't care about them, and now his goal has been determined, which is chestnuts.

Place the oil lamp at the foot of the tree, climb the tree, and shake the branches.

Then I heard the sound of chestnuts falling to the ground on the tree.

A few shakes of the fallen chestnuts are enough for Ma Xiao's dinner, and even as a snack or supper on the next road.

Many of the surrounding disciples also heard the movement here, and immediately became vigilant, and the disciple with the sword directly pulled out the sword.

Such a big movement must have been caused by some beast.

They didn't think about the little ones who had just entered the woods.

Could that little guy have already been killed?

Looking at the chestnut tree, they only saw the oil lamp at the foot of the tree, but did not see where the owner of the oil lamp was, which made them think that Xiao Budian had been dragged away by the beast.

There were quite a few people who were already scared and turned back to Elder Song, and many of them continued to stay where they were, vigilantly surviving their surroundings.

Of course, there are also a few brave people who approach the oil lamp step by step with a sword.

Even if the person is dragged away, the oil lamp is still valuable and must be taken away.

Coupled with the fact that they were wary for a while and there was no other movement, they were even more bold to approach this way.

Just when they were not far from the oil lamp, a dark shadow suddenly jumped down from the tree.

The "animal" landed on all fours and had no tail.

The appearance of this black shadow really frightened many people, and those who originally stayed where they were and didn't know how to see the situation immediately turned their heads and ran, and many of them who boldly approached here sat down with soft feet.

Not good, in ambush!

However, there are also disciples who are quite vigilant and have bright heads, and this is the first thing that comes to mind.

Then I saw the small, four-legged creature standing up on two legs.

There are many sharp-eyed people who have already discovered that this monster is the first little point to enter the forest before.

Others thought that the monster was about to start hunting, so they pulled their legs and ran out of the woods, and many of them were tripped by chestnuts on the ground and messed up, and they didn't even want oil lamps.

In this panic, some oil lamps were even broken.

The broken oil lamp, the wax oil in it splashed everywhere, but fortunately this is the wax oil lamp, if it was a kerosene lamp, there would have been a big fire.

But even though it's a wax oil lamp, the spark inside is still burning.

A few sparks just fell on the dead leaves, igniting the dead leaves.

The surroundings were much brighter.

"Extinguish the fire!"

I don't know who shouted first, but everyone reacted and hurriedly stepped on the dead leaves that had just been ignited with their feet.

Fortunately, the fire had just risen, and the people who reacted quickly stepped on the fire.

Finally, there was a false alarm, and everyone began to care about the little guy who jumped from the tree again.

Ma Xiao was also relieved to see that the other disciples had extinguished the fire, and the previous sentence "Quickly put out the fire" was what he shouted.

Ma Xiao, who lives not far from the forest, knows how terrible it will be if the forest catches fire, although he has never seen it, but he has heard adults talk about fires that have occurred before.

Now that the fire crisis has been lifted, he naturally has to continue to do the next job, which is to pick chestnuts.

Filling your stomach is true.

Ma Xiao obviously didn't realize that he had become the focus of everyone's attention again.

Pick up the oil lamp at the foot of the book and pick up chestnuts while sticking to the ground.

Finding that he could only grasp two or three with one hand, and there were still a little stinging, Ma Xiao put the oil lamp on the ground.

That light was enough, especially now that there were so many other oil lamps around.

With one hand, he pulled his black inner disciple's robe, making it into a pocket that could put things, and the other hand kept picking it up.

Before picking up, you have to see if the shape of the chestnut is good, if it is broken or the shell is broken, then there is no need to pick it up again, anyway, there are so many chestnuts on the ground, right? You might as well leave them for birds or bugs.

One of the disciples was very curious about what this little dot was picking up on the ground, so he bent down and groped for it.

Soon you will see the spiky balls.

What the hell is this?

He carefully pinched a thorn with his index finger and thumb and picked one up.

Then the light looked at the unknown object in front of him.

"Isn't this a chestnut?"

A fellow disciple came up next to him and said.

"Chestnuts grow like this? Have you never eaten it to me? ”

"That's the meat you eat, do you have common sense? Bring it, I'll peel it out and give you a long insight. ”

As he spoke, the disciple took the chestnut.

But the grip was a little too hard, and the stabbing "oops" sounded.

The thorns on this chestnut are thicker, so it's not a big deal.

After the disciple adjusted his strength, he immediately opened the thorny chestnut in his hand.

"No, do you see, the chestnuts you eat should look like this."

Another disciple looked at it, and it was really like that.

"I've seen it for a long time, but I didn't expect this to be a chestnut. There are so many shells in this thing. ”

He sighed as he looked at the chestnut with the open shell in the disciple's hand.

Not only did they find out that Xiao Budian was picking up chestnuts, but others also found out.

At the same time, they also guessed that this little bit was going to take chestnuts for dinner!

If this little one can eat this dinner, why can't he eat it?

So the men all began to bow their heads and bend down to pick up the chestnuts.

With so many people picking up, there are obviously not enough chestnuts on the ground.

Someone remembered that the little dot jumped from a tree before, and immediately set the target on the tree.

Ma Xiao has already picked up almost all of them, and there are almost thirty or so thorn balls in his simple pocket, and it is estimated that there are at least sixty edible meats in it, which is enough for him to have a supper?

He doesn't pick up more anymore, not to say that the pocket is about to be unable to fit, just to say that it is a waste for him to pick up too much and not eat.

So he stopped, took the lamp in one hand, and went out into the avenue.

Why not start doing it right there? It's not that I'm afraid of causing a fire, besides, the tall and low trees in this forest let the moonlight come in, and it's not as bright and wide as it comes up on the side of the road.

After Ma Xiao walked out of the forest, what he saw was not a wide road, but a sword facing his juniors.

What are they doing? Why are you holding a sword? Could it be that there is a fierce beast?

"This little bit hasn't been eaten?"

"No way, this must be a beast that can turn into a man! I've heard storytellers say that there are such beasts. ”

"That's right! I've heard of it too! What this beast likes most is to become an honest person, let others let their guard down, and then eat others at once. ”

"A four-legged monster that just fell from a tree!"

"You see, the others haven't come back yet, so they can't be eaten!"

"I think it's very likely that I was eaten! This beast that can turn into a human is very powerful. ”

What is it? Are these people crazy? Is it me who they're guarding against? What did I do? Am I like a beast? Sick!

Ma looked at the group of juniors and disciples, as if he would cut them when he approached them, so he did not approach the road any further, but stopped.

"What are you talking about? Where are the beasts? ”

Ma Xiao asked suspiciously.

"The beast has spoken! Do you listen to the story that turns into a man? ”

"I don't remember, I was able to hear it when I was very young."

"Isn't that nonsense? can become a human, how can you still not speak? ”

"I don't think there's any mention of whether I can speak in the stories I heard."

"I've heard that the most intelligent beasts can speak."

"Hey! Are you a human or a beast? ”

"Are you a fool? Even a fierce beast would say that he was human! ”

"Stop, don't come here again, otherwise, otherwise we will let Elder Song accept you."

If I were such a powerful beast, I wouldn't have eaten you directly?

"Sick."

After the horse whispered, he shook the chestnuts in his pocket to the ground.

He's going to dig a hole here, and the view here is already very good.

So Ma Xiao put the lamp on the ground, took a relatively strong branch and drew a circle on the ground, and then began to draw hard.

In fact, he has better tools for digging holes, that is, the knives on his body, and he can cut the soil into pieces with any handful, which is more convenient for digging holes, but unfortunately he is reluctant, so he can only draw a hole like this.

Fortunately, he didn't ask for how deep the hole was, just a silent thickness, and the hole was mainly used to concentrate fire.

"What do you say he's doing?"

"I don't know. Could he be drawing? ”

"Draw your head, he's obviously digging a hole!"

"He's going to bury us all!?"

"If he was a beast, shouldn't he dig a hole with his hands? I see that the dogs all used their legs two days ago to dig holes. ”

"Look! Someone else came out! ”

Their gaze followed the direction of the disciple's finger.

There are indeed a lot of lights coming out.

"It can't be a ferocious beast, right?"

"So much? Are you stupid? One is very powerful, can we still run out of such a group? ”

"I see my neighbor!"

As familiar faces came out one by one, everyone also let down their vigilance.

"Hey, what are you doing? What are you doing with your sword at us? ”

"Like, do you still want to eat? If you have kung fu, don't go in and pick up chestnuts quickly. ”

"A bunch of cowards, they ran faster than anyone else just now, and none of you want to eat my chestnuts in a while!"

The group of people who came out said one by one.

"Chestnut? It seems to be true! This little one is a chestnut at his feet! We misunderstood. ”

Without the disciple's reminder, the others also noticed it, so they awkwardly inserted the sword back into the scabbard and asked where the chestnut was.

As for Ma Xiao, he has already begun to find firewood.

What dead leaves, dry branches, etc., as long as you feel that you can burn, just grab that handful and put it in the pit.

When the pit was filled, he sat on the ground and began to peel the chestnuts.

The other disciples who picked up the chestnuts also sat down, but many of them didn't understand what this little point was doing at first.

Chestnuts can be eaten directly, and they also know it, so many disciples peel them off and eat them directly, but they don't feel good after eating many of them.

A small number of disciples followed Ma Xiao's example, digging holes and filling holes, but they could dig holes much faster than Ma Xiao, so they would not be reluctant to dig holes with swords.

They are very comfortable to see the square hole, this hole is definitely several times better than the hole that is not round when the horse is small, and it is also deep.

The horse sitting on the ground is small, peeling a few and throwing them into the hole, and sometimes they will directly remove the shell and eat one.

Throwing them one by one, I found that my hole was small, and I began to expand.

Finally able to pile it all on the firewood, Ma Xiao took out the matchbox without pity, and then took out a match from it, marked it, lit it, and threw it on the dead leaf ball.

This ball of dead leaves is specially prepared for matches, if it is made of dry wood or something, it has to be put on the flame for a period of time before it can be lit, that time is too long, maybe a match is not enough to light a fire.

In fact, there is a better way to light the fire, and this is the method used by the disciples who don't have matches on the side.

Isn't this a bit of an oil lamp? Is the fire inside only for light?

Wouldn't it be enough to take a dead wood and set it on fire? Where do you need dead leaves to ignite wood?

I have to say that Ma Xiao just felt that this time the matches were brought and not used in vain.