From the mountain station to the Longquan station, it has been a continuous autumn rain. The exile team had a great time, and ten days later, on the morning of the seventh day of the ninth month, they finally reached their destination.

Longquanyi is located on the outskirts of Beijing and is a must to enter the capital. The post station covers an area of hundreds of acres and has hundreds of rooms. The front yard is inhabited by peddlers and merchants, and the back yard is inhabited by dignitaries.

A high wall made of brick and stone separates the front yard and the back yard, and the class barriers are clear.

It was overcrowded and there were so many cattle that it was impossible to have extra barns for the exile to live in. The exile team was assigned to the clearing to the north.

The open space was reserved for exiles. It is surrounded by mountains and guarded by special personnel on the periphery. The dirt on the ground was dark in color, and there was a smell of blood that could not be ignored, and I don't know how many people had died.

Many dignitaries and nobles who were sentenced to exile chose to die here because of despair for the future and the last nostalgia for their homeland.

Du Ruoli and others have no time to think too much, finding a good position is more important than anything else.

The weather is wet and cold, and people prefer to sleep in the middle and squeeze in to get warmer.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to rush to the middle, Du Ruoli quickly grabbed a dry and flat place on the edge of the woods, next to the tree on the right, and the smuggling Du Ruoying on the left, which was very safe.

Placing the salute scroll on the ground, Du Ruoli looked at the woods next to her.

After the autumn rains, it is the time when the mushrooms grow wildly, and there is no one in the woods to pick them, and the mushrooms are all over the ground. Especially in damp places, clusters are very crowded.

In this era, there was a habit of eating mushrooms, but there were not many recognizable varieties. Only the most common shiitake mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, porcini mushrooms, chongyang mushrooms, etc. Morel mushrooms and chicken fir mushrooms are rarely encountered and can be eaten occasionally.

The clansmen rushed up and pulled desperately into the basket.

Du Ruoli tied her sleeping sister behind her, and went up the mountain with Du Ruoying, Du Ruozhen and Zhou Daya, and also pulled half a basket of porcini mushrooms.

There are the most porcini mushrooms in the mountains, and almost all of them are at a glance, and it is enough to pull them in a few minutes.

She squatted down and quietly poured some sugar water on the ground and sprinkled some cookie crumbs to lure out the ants.

To be exact, it is to draw out termites.

Because termites and chicken fir fungus symbiotic, termites are introduced, and when they find their nests, they also find chicken fir fungus.

Chicken fir mushrooms are very valuable, and if they can be found, they can be sold for a lot of silver.

Under the sugar water, ants and insects with a keen sense of smell quickly sensed it and rushed towards it in swarms.

Among them are termites.

Du Ruoli beckoned to his partners: "You follow these white ants, follow them all the way, follow them to their nests, and pick them if there are any." ”

After experiencing the incident of Ranbai, the partners were convinced of her, and they chased the termites away, letting out bursts of exclamations from time to time.

Du Ruoli herself also turned over a chicken fir fungus, which had just shown its head, and the round small umbrella was tightly wrapped, which was the most tender time.

Pick off all of them without leaving them, and find a few more chicken fir mushrooms in the same way, and fill the basket.

Her basket was the smallest, and she was the first to fill it, so she said hello to her friends and sent it back early.

The partners didn't raise their heads, they hurried down and continued to be busy.

Du Ruoli smiled and went back alone.

In the clearing, mushrooms were piled up into hills. The tribesmen were hungry along the way, and they were eager to take all the food and eat it.

Even the twenty exiles who joined later picked some and left them on the ground.

On the way back, Du Ruoli picked up a bundle of dry firewood. Actually, it wasn't picked up, it was taken out of space.

Usually when the weather is good, she will pick up dry firewood and put it in the space, and then take it out and use it when the weather is cloudy and wet.

When she arrived, she lit a fire, boiled a pot of hot water, and sat by the fire to bake it.

It's a pity that I don't dare to take a grill out, roast meat to eat, or make tea around the stove.

The temperature dropped again and again, down to five or six degrees, and the usual activities were fine, but as soon as they stopped, the cracks in the bones were cold, and the team had long been inseparable from the fire.

Du Ruoli wore hiking shoes, thick socks, cotton autumn clothes and pants, fleece pants, and put on the original coat outside, baked for a few minutes to warm up, got up to clean the porcini mushrooms, tore them into small pieces, threw a little salt and tasteless corn oil, and put them in a pot to stew. When Du Ruozhen and them come back, they can directly drink warm and warm.

I'm busy. Suddenly, a skinned pheasant appeared in front of her, staring at her with dead eyes. Du Ruoli was so frightened that she jumped up, holding her pounding heart and looking at the initiator.

The man was carrying two bloody rabbits. I don't know how long I haven't cleaned myself up, my hair is half-covered, my beard is unkempt, and I can't see my true face. I only know that he is very tall, and his eyes are dark and dull, like a deep pool with a whirlpool, which makes people dare not look directly.

Isn't this person a weirdo, and who is Lu Jizhou?

After walking together for more than ten days, Du Ruoli tried not to come to his side. Although he didn't say a word or make trouble along the way, and seemed to be more docile and talkative than the other nineteen prisoners, she just felt that this person was dangerous.

He felt that there was a volcano hidden in his heart, which could erupt at any time and burn the surrounding area to the ground.

At this time, she was frightened for no reason, she couldn't bear it anymore, jumped up and yelled: "Hey, what are you doing?" Want to scare people to death? Where did I offend you? ”

"I want to borrow firewood." Lu Jizhou pointed to the pheasant and said, "This is the reward!" ”

I'm going, this is the posture of asking for someone?

Du Ruoli's anger was even worse than just now, glaring at him and scolding: "You can fight pheasants, are you?" You're not an equal exchange, aren't you? Silently stand forward and throw a dead object over, do you want to scare people to death or do you want to scare people to death? ”

Silently?

Didn't you hear the deliberately aggravated footsteps and coughing just now?

What a girl, she turned out to be deaf!

Lu Jizhou took a step back and said in a higher volume than usual: "I'm sorry, I'll be louder next time!" ”

Being treated as a deaf person, Du Ruoli was happy. Pick up the pheasant on the ground, wash it and put it on the board, and crack it with a machete. Chop the pieces of meat and bounce up and down, and the machete will dry out sparks.

If you are scary, you will be frightened, and you will take advantage of you and eat your chicken for nothing.

Lu Jizhou tried to stay away from her as much as possible, took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, evenly spread the powder in the porcelain bottle on the rabbit, and roasted it on the fire.

As time passed, the roasted hare emitted bursts of aroma. Du Ruoli twitched his nose, good guy, this person actually has cumin and pepper.

You must know that in this era, spices are very expensive and expensive, and some are comparable to gold. He's still a rich man, but he doesn't know if it's clean.

The aroma of roasted rabbit is really domineering, and it drills into people's noses for a while, scratching their hearts and lungs. Du Ruoli did not lack oil and water in her stomach, but she was still hungry, and her saliva continued to secrete.

Lu Jizhou tore off a rabbit leg and handed it to her with a smile: "Eat, wait for the fire to go out!" ”

Du Ruoli can't wait to kick him over, you are greedy, and your saliva will extinguish the fire!

If she doesn't eat for nothing, she snatches the rabbit leg and bites it hard.