Chapter 127: Hawthorn Forest
Hua Shi looked at the half-empty rice bag again, frowned and fell into deep thought.
Will the only silver she has left on her body survive this cold winter......
It's only been a few days, and half a bag of rice is only used to cook porridge, and half of it is eaten after a few meals.
While thinking, she drank the white porridge in the wooden bowl into her stomach.
The amount of cooking is just enough for one person and one bowl, and if there is more, there will be no more.
In fact, just a bowl of porridge into the stomach, I don't feel much, I can't even do it full, even if I only lie in bed all day and do nothing, at noon, I will start to get hungry.
Often at this time, Hua Shi will cook two meals a day, both of which are white porridge, the conditions are limited, and there are no other side dishes.
Hua Shi's gaze unconsciously fell on a fox and a cat not far from the ground.
The three bamboo basins placed on the ground were licked clean in three or two strokes, and there was no rice grain left.
And the white fox sitting on the ground, looking at the gaze, sent out a signal, obviously not full......
Flower time: ......
She was silent for a moment, and under the white fox's intently staring, she spoke: "Are you not full?" ”
"Chirp!"
The white fox's watery eyes widened suddenly, and he barked at her twice, as if in response.
Hua Shi pondered: "Didn't I tell you earlier? If you can't eat enough, you go out to forage for food by yourself, why don't you go, do you have to stick here? ”
"Chirp tweet..., tweet tweet! Tweeted! ”
After listening to her words, the white fox was obviously a little excited, and chirped at her for a long time.
Hanatoki frowned and looked at it seriously, trying to understand its words.
Pity......
"Forget it, I don't understand, I'm still the same sentence, when I'm hungry, I'll find something to eat by myself, all I can give you now is this small plate of white porridge, and nothing else."
Hua Shi said, and raised his finger to point to the back door that she knocked open that day.
There was no plank at the back door, so she made a long, thick curtain out of straw rope and a large piece of straw, and hung it on the top of the door frame.
"Tweet ......"
Seeing that he had been talking for a long time and had not received a response from Hua Shi, the white fox suddenly wilted and drooped.
Hua Shi reached out and rubbed its furry head: "What the hell is wrong with you?" ”
She was a little confused and a little worried.
I finally realized what it means that the bull's head is not in the horse's mouth, and everyone says its own thing......
"Meow!"
The black cat meowed twice, and then pounced, lying on the side of the flower's leg, holding the flower's ankle with two paws, rubbing it for a while, as if it was coquettish.
The white fox also leaned over her fluffy head and rubbed her calves stickily.
A fox and a cat, on each side, rubbed her calves stickily, and from time to time looked at her pitifully with a pair of big watery eyes.
Hua Shi couldn't stand it anymore, "What the hell do you two want to say?" ”
"Meow ......"
"Tweet ......"
As soon as she spoke, the two fellows lengthened their voices again and screamed.
After spending time holding his forehead, he was helpless, so he changed his way and said: "Then I ask you now, if you call once, if you don't call twice, is this okay?" ”
"Meow."
"Chirp."
Hearing that they were about to be questioned, the two fellows sat up at once, and obediently squatted down in front of her, staring at her with wide eyes.
Hua Shi coughed lightly, "Ahem, then I'll ask you now, do you want to go out?" ”
She asked, not forgetting to point out the back door.
"Meow!"
"Chirp!"
Hearing the word outside, the eyes of the two guys brightened even more, and they looked like they wanted to wear it.
When I spent it, I just wondered, "Why don't you go if you want to go?" ”
"Woo......"
A cat and a fox let out a whining sound in unison, looking at her with tears in their eyes, aggrieved.
"It can't be because of me, right?" Hua Shi was stared at by these two guys and blurted out.
"Meow!"
"Chirp!"
As soon as her words were spoken, the two of them immediately screamed.
Hanashi pointed to himself, "Me? She paused: "I didn't stop you from going out, you can go if you want, and you can come back by yourself when it's time?" ”
She was becoming more and more confused.
Thinking back carefully for the past ten days, she didn't say anything to these two guys, let alone say that she wouldn't let them out......
"Meow?"
"Chirp?"
The black cat and the fox tilted their heads, as if looking at her suspiciously, as if to confirm with her the truth of what she had just said.
Hua Shi: "I'm not a vicious mother-in-law, as for stopping you......"... Is it?
Before she could finish her sentence, the black cat suddenly kicked on its hind legs and jumped at her.
Hua Shi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously reached out to catch it.
Obviously she is a vigorous and strong adult cat, but now she is like a milk cat, crawling in the crook of her arm, constantly arching her belly with her head.
Coquettish, naked, clingy coquettish......
The white fox also stood up, circled around her twice, and seemed to want to pounce into her arms, but a pair of dim fox eyes, looked left and right several times, determined his figure, and couldn't let Hua Shi hold it, so he rubbed his head over.
For the unusually clingy emotions of these two guys, Hua Shi was silent for a long time, holding one with one hand at a time, and he couldn't figure it out half-loudly.
What kind of delusion is it that makes these two fools think that they will not let them go out to forage??
She can't afford to raise them, these two were originally grown up in the mountains, they have the ability to hunt and forage, they can fill their stomachs outside, and then come back, of course she is a good thing, how can she stop it......
Hua Shi couldn't cry or laugh: "Okay, okay, I've been rubbed, I want to go, I really don't stop you, just come back when you're full, I didn't see that I also opened a door for you to facilitate your entry and exit, but you are good, stuck in the house for more than ten days and haven't gone out, where did I get so much meat, so much food, raise you ......"
"Meow?"
"Chirp tweet、... Chirp tweet! ”
Black Cat: 'Misunderstanding? ’
White Fox: 'I thought Hua Shi was going to drive us away, but I was scared to death, but it turned out to be a fake ......!' ’
When you want to break your head, you won't think that these two guys are making trouble, and she dislikes two sentences, so they start to think crankily, discuss with each other, and they all feel that their dead faces are entangled in flowers, and they are disgusted.
For fear that he would run out to forage for food, he would not come back by himself when he spent the time, and he insisted on lying in the house for more than ten days, preferring to be hungry and not eating meat than to leave an inch......
Hua Shi's explanation finally convinced the two guys that he didn't stop them from going out.
The emotions of the black cat and the white fox are visibly active and restless......
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"Xiao Hei, you run slower!"
In the snowy sky, it was originally a green grove, and it had snowed for more than a month, and now it was dyed white by the vast snow, as if it was covered with a thick layer of snow......
A thickly dressed figure with a cloak on the outside, followed by a black and white shadow, quickly passed through the mountains and forests.
Hua Shi panted and followed behind the white fox and the black cat, and had just walked into the mountains along the thick snowy road.
The white fox in front of him seemed to spread joy, and in the blink of an eye, he ran away.
White hair, mixed in the vast snow mist, could not see anything......
Hua Shi's eyes followed closely, and the black cat shadow not far in front of him sped up his pace, stepping on the snow that had not come to his calves, and moved forward with difficulty.
"Xiao Hei, you wait for me, it's too fast, I won't be able to find you for a while......"
Hua Shi followed forward, and did not forget to shout.
Reaching out and patting the snow on his shoulder, the snow that had piled up at some point made Hua Shi frown unconsciously, and his lips were a little pale from the cold.
Although she was thicker than before, and she had a cloak and a hat on her shoulders, the biting cold wind was pervasive, and her face hurt.
Who knows...... She just let the little black and the white fox go into the mountain to forage for food by themselves, and didn't think about following them, but the black cat somehow, the cat's eyes lit up, and he bit her trouser legs, meowed fiercely, and wanted to take her into the mountain with her.
Seeing that the snow was thick outside, she didn't plan to go out, let alone go into the mountains.
But the black cat kept barking loudly, looking like a dead beggar, biting her trouser legs, refusing to let go, and taking them outside.
Xiao Hei had never been like this before, and she couldn't think of why, there was a reason for it, she hesitated for a while, but she still followed these two guys out.
Who knew that as soon as he entered the mountain, after a while, the white fox ran away, and Xiao Hei also spread her joy, almost leaving her alone in the vast snow......
"Meow Meow Meow ......"
Hua Shi was tired of walking, and stopped for a while, not far in front of him, half of the black cat whose body was buried in the snow seemed to find that she hadn't followed, and was finally willing to stop.
"Where the hell are you going to take me?"
Hanasaki exhaled, snuck in his nose that was about to freeze, and muttered as he walked towards the black cat.
"Meow meow meow...... Meow meow! ”
The black cat barked merrily, and its two front paws dug into the thick snow.
Looking at Xiao Hei's round cat's eyes, the doubts in Hua Shi's heart became a little stronger.
What's really there...... Stuff?
I don't know if I have walked for too long, in the thick and dense forest, going around, the white snow, I am a little dizzy when I see the flowers.
The black cat running in front of her suddenly jumped into the dense layers of bushes, making a clattering sound.
Hua Shi's chaotic thoughts were startled by this sudden sound, gasped, and trotted over.
"Booming ......"
Pushing aside the layers of bushes that blocked the view, half-height bushes, there was a rustling sound.
Hua Shi was taken aback by the scene in front of him for a moment and stood in place.
"Meow meow, meow...!"
The black cat was particularly excited, and meowed at her several times.
In the white snow, you will see a large forest of hawthorns, bright red fruits, hanging on the branches in large bunches.
In the snow, this large area of red color is particularly eye-catching.
The hawthorn, which was ripe enough to fall from the branches, was mixed with withered yellow branches and leaves, and red fruits, one by one, dotted in the thick snow......
"Meow meow!"
Blooming aside the bushes, he got in, blinking his eyes in astonishment.
There is a large area of hawthorn forest hidden here......
She remembered that the winter jujube forest last time was also brought by the white fox to find her, otherwise she would not be so easy to find these fruit forests in this huge mountain forest alone......
She didn't remember the season when the hawthorn was ripe, and looking at the hawthorn trees full of trees in the snow, her mind became active again.
Hawthorn can be made more than winter dates, hawthorn cake, canned hawthorn, hawthorn sauce...... Moreover, the rock sugar gourd is made of hawthorn......
Hua Shi looked at this large hawthorn forest with some eyes, and his heart couldn't help but beat with it.
She can also use these hawthorns to make some new patterns......
"Meow meow!"
The black cat can clearly feel the pleasant mood change at the time of the flower.
It cried twice and looked up proudly, attracting Hanatoki's attention, which seemed to be waiting for Hanatoki to praise it.
Hua Shi rubbed his soft cat face and praised without hesitation, "Why are you so smart, Xiao Hei!" It's really my little beckoning cat, when I make money when I turn around, I'll buy you meat to eat! ”
"Meow ......"
The black cat enjoyed the smooth hair and praise of the flowers, and proudly straightened its small fluffy chest.
It knows it's going to love it when it's flowered!
It's not in vain that it searched for so long last time, and it was attacked by that stinky snake!
Huashi reached out and picked a hawthorn, wiped it with his sleeve, and threw it directly into his mouth.
The sweet and sour hawthorn juice exploded in her lips and tongue, and she blinked in some surprise.
This is still a pure original hawthorn that has not been processed, which is sweet and sour.
Generally, like this thick and large hawthorn, the flesh is a little hard, and the taste is slightly sour, it is a sour hawthorn, but what she tastes is sweet and sour, and the flesh is also soft.
I don't know if it's overcooked......
And when she was pulled out of the door by the black cat and the white fox, she was too anxious, so she habitually carried a bamboo shoulder basket in her hand, and she didn't take anything next to it, let alone a bag that could hold things......
Since the last few times, after getting lost in the mountains twice, Hua Shi got used to it, and every time he entered the mountain, he would roughly remember the route he had taken.
Therefore, I also pay attention at this time, this hawthorn forest is farther away from the winter jujube forest last time, and the road is also winding and winding several times, far away, and it is not easy to walk.
If you want to pick up this large piece of hawthorn, take it all back...... I estimated the distance, it was too far to take it back......
There's no way, this time I can only pick a basket and go back, wait for tomorrow to see, if the snow is not heavy, come in again......
A small bamboo basket was quickly filled with red and bright hawthorn, and it was heavy to lift.
The fine snow was still hitting her, half of her trouser legs were buried in the wet snow, and her shoes and socks were soaked with snow.
Hua Shi didn't want to linger too much, and after picking up the things, he beckoned to the black cat and prepared to go back.
"Xiao Hei, I'm going back, do you want to go back with me?"
Her voice seemed a little empty in the uninhabited mountains and forests.
"Meow meow!"
Hearing the voice, the black cat suddenly jumped out of the hawthorn forest, and with a flicker, the vigorous figure rushed to Hua Shi.
When he looked down, he saw that Xiao Hei was still holding a bloody bird in his mouth.
After picking hawthorns for a while, Xiao Hei lay on the thick trunk of a tree not far away, poked a bird's nest, and devoured several birds.
"Meow ......"
It lowered the last bird into the snow, brought it to Hanashi, and picked it with its paws in her direction.
Hua Shi blinked: "For me?" ”
"Meow!" The black cat looked at her with bright eyes.
Hua Shi was amused by it, and there was a touch of smallness in her eyes, she shook her head, and her heart was moved, "I don't eat it, you can eat it yourself." ”
The black cat pushed, but when she saw the flower, she still shook her head and refused, and after making sure that she didn't eat it, she feasted on it.
A man and a cat walked on the way back, eating a nest of birds, the black cat was obviously addicted, walking beside her, slowly, where there was still the galloping appearance when it came.
As she walked, the black cat suddenly ran two steps in front of her, meowing vigilantly at the empty forest,
"Meow meow, meow meow!"
After a pause, he didn't react, "Xiao Hei...?" ”
Suddenly, in the silent mountain forest, from not far away, there was a sharp cry......
"Dumb, dumb, dumb——!"
The sound seemed to be the cry of some kind of fowl, and it was like the cry of a crow, high-pitched and terrible......
Hua Shi paused, stopped, and looked vigilantly in the direction from which the cry came......
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