Chapter 11: Exploration

Jia Yi and Donna returned home, put down their gear, and looked at the sky, the sun was already past mid-heaven. Jiayi can't figure out what time it is, it's really inconvenient to have no clock, there is not even a sundial in the village, and all the work and rest time is related to sunrise and sunset.

Kaichi felt a little hungry. There are only two meals a day, and there is not much oil and water, so I get hungry quickly. Jiayi feels that his appetite has improved a lot recently, even if the food is unpalatable, he eats a lot every day. Jia Yi felt that it might be the reason for insisting on practicing Tai Chi, although he had practiced for so long, he had not developed any internal strength. In fact, Jia Yi does not have any evidence to prove that the Tai Chi he practices has these effects, but he has to find a reason for his persistence in practicing boxing, and there is nothing that motivates him more than practicing the effects that he can feel.

Kaichi wanted to find something to eat, but he didn't even have a pot at home because he didn't eat rice here. Jiayi thought about fish again, and if he caught a fish, he could make some grilled fish fillets or something, although Jiayi hadn't done it before. Jia Yi sat at home for a while, so he went to Yao Lao's to see if Yao Lao had returned. It's a pity that Yao Lao hasn't come back yet.

He thought to himself, I don't know what Yao Lao is doing in the town, he should be ready to go back, a distance of more than 10 kilometers, counting the foot journey of 4km/h, it takes 6 or 7 hours to go back and forth, and if he goes out early in the morning, even if it is 7 o'clock, he will be in the town for more than 2 hours, I am afraid that he will not be able to come back until the evening. In addition, Yao Lao is so old, he may not be able to come back even later. Of course, he may also stay in the town with the Great Sword and return tomorrow.

Not knowing what to do, he returned home, lay down in bed for a while, and decided to continue to strengthen his fishing rod, mainly thickening the line. Originally, Jia Yi wanted to wait for Yao Lao to come back and see what materials Yao Lao could bring back to write. Kaichi decided to make a few night fishing hooks, and make the line thicker so that the fish could not be seen at night.

He was about to go to his parents' room to find some twine or something, Donna ran over and asked Jia Yi, "Jia Yi, I'm going to go on an adventure in the woods with Doris and Elaine, do you want to go with us!" Donna didn't really have any expectations, because Jia Yi rarely played with the children in the village, he used to be stupid, and now he is busy studying with Yao Lao.

Jiayi originally wanted to continue to work on his own fishing line, but after thinking about it, he thought it would be good to go out and play and relax, so he agreed: "Okay, it just so happens that I haven't hung out with you much yet." ”

"Uh, you agreed!" Donna was stunned, but she didn't expect Jia Yi to really agree, originally she was just polite, like we asked "Have you eaten" today. But since Kaichi agreed, Donna was not unhappy, after all, more people are more lively, and Erica also asked Donna to take care of Kaichi.

Donna and Jia Yi came to the entrance of the village not far away, there were two boys, three girls and five children waiting at the entrance of the village, both boys were shorter than girls, here, Donna was the tallest and the most beautiful. For this, Jia Yi still feels very proud. Jia Yi has seen his appearance on the water, although he is relatively thin, but he feels much better than in his previous life.

The hair of the three girls is chestnut, because of the relationship between nutrition and age, they can only be said to be cute, and the three girls are Doris, Elaine, and Ana. One of the two boys has chestnut hair, and the other has yellow hair, the maroon hair boy has a longer face and is called Walker, and the yellow face is not characteristic, and is called Badru. Here Donna's hair is red, while Jiayi is black, although they are two siblings, but the color of their hair is different from that of their parents.

This may be the treatment of the protagonist, the protagonist has to be a little different from others. After Jia Yi found out that his sister and brother's hair color was different from others, he once thought like this. I completely forgot that I had met someone in my previous life who not only had yellow hair, but also had natural curls.

When everyone was gathered, Donna said, "Alright, let's go, let's start our adventure in the forest." ”

"It's just a grove. Jia Yi muttered in his heart.

They crossed the river along a small wooden bridge made of two logs side by side at the entrance of the village, and then continued into the woods. This grove is the outer edge of the Whispering Forest, and there are many small hills a little bit later, which is where Kaichi and his expedition took place. Soon, Jiayi and the others walked through the place where they usually lived, where only the adults in the village usually came over, and Jiayi and the little children usually moved on the edge of the woods.

The group of little children walked cautiously into the woods, and Kaichi looked around, it was already the twilight of spring (April), and at this time, all kinds of fruit trees were blooming, and there were some wild flowers in the trees, and Kaichi didn't know any varieties. There are many bees in the woods who are diligently collecting honey, and when Jia sees the bees, she thinks about honey. That's all he has left to pursue now.

Kaichi searched the attachment and didn't see the hive. It is said that bees can fly far away to collect honey, and I guess all the bees here fly from afar. This place is far away for Jia Yi and his little kids, but the adults are often searching for this place, and if there is a hive, it will be picked a long time ago.

As soon as Jia saw that she couldn't find the hive, she set her eyes on the plants in the woods to see if there were any delicious wild vegetables. It's a pity that Jia Yi was not a child in the mountains in his last life, but grew up near the water, so he didn't know much about the wild vegetables in the mountains. I've only seen bracken in China, but I haven't found anything similar nearby. Jiayi was a little disappointed, he was so tired from running, and he didn't see anything delicious.

"Hey, look over there, there's a beehive. Suddenly, Kaichi heard a yellow-haired Badru say.

Jia listened to the hive one by one, and quickly followed Badru's finger. After seeing the hive that Badru was referring to, Kaichi was disappointed. It was a beehive hanging on a branch, and on the tree next to a large fallen tree, the size of a sea bowl, it looked like a newly made lotus, like an upside-down lotus canopy, and there were many peaks with thin waists and legs, and yellow and black markings in and out.

This is the otherworldly version of the bumblebee, whether it is the style of the hive or the bee species that live in it, it is the same as the hornet that Jia Yi saw in his previous life, but it feels a third larger than Jia Yi has seen. In his last life, Jia Yi was stung by a hornet because he poked a hornet's nest and lay at home for an afternoon, so he stayed away from the hornets in the future.

"Ah, it's a wasp, it stings, there's no honey, let's not go from there, let's go around it. Donna saw the hive and immediately decided to take a detour. To deal with the hornet, Jiayi they really don't have any good way, generally deal with the hornets with smoke and fire, but a group of children playing with fire in the forest, this is because they don't die fast enough, so for safety can only stay away.

"Sister, where are we going?" As soon as Jia saw that Donna was walking with a purpose, not a random walk, he asked Donna.

"When you get there, you'll know, Dad told me that the sheep in the forest are ripe, and there is a small hillside inside, and we will go eat delicious food. Donna said to Kaichi.

"Yes, the sheep *** is delicious, only in spring. Ana next to her also chimed in.

"It's delicious!" As soon as he heard about eating, Jia Yi suddenly felt that his waist was no longer sore, his legs were no longer painful, and his whole person was refreshed, "How far is it? Let's hurry up." ”

After walking for a while, Jia Yi couldn't help but ask again: "Sister, has it arrived? Is the sheep really in the spring? Does it not bloom? The fruit ripens so quickly?"

Donna looked nearby and said, "It should be right here, there are several sheep and trees." And the sheep is ripe in spring, it does not bloom in spring, it blooms in autumn, and ripens in spring the next year. ”

"How strange is that? I always thought that all wild fruits were ripe when they bloomed. Nana, what does the sheep ** look like?" Jia Yi asked again, Jia Yi had eaten horse *** grapes in his last life, but he had never eaten sheep *** mountain fruit, listening to this name, it should be a long oval shape, and it looks like a head to have this name.

"It's red, it's long, it's sweet and sour. Donna returned.

As soon as Jia heard this, he went to the side to look for it, and complained in a low voice: "Sweet and sour, can you see this? ”

After walking more than 10 meters, he pushed aside the branches in front of him and saw a small bush in front of him, about 1 meter high, with many oval purple-red and red fruits among the green leaves. There are thorns on the branches. As soon as Jia saw it, he felt a bit like the sheep *** in Donna's mouth, so he shouted to the others: "Sister, sister, come and see this, is this a sheep***?" After speaking, he stepped forward and picked a few.

Donna and they all ran over, and the yellow-haired Badru arrived the fastest, saw Jiayi pick the fruit, and said to Jiayi: "That's it, this is the sheep." After speaking, he beckoned to the others: "Come here, Jiayi has found the sheep, and it is already ripe." So saying, he went to pick the fruit.

Hearing that this can be eaten, Jia Yi hurriedly wiped the picked fruit and put it in his mouth. Well, it's a bit like hawthorn, but it's a bit sweeter than hawthorn. Some of them don't seem to be fully ripe, and they are a little astringent. He hurriedly finished eating what he was holding, and hurried to pick the fruit. At this time, Donna and the others also came over to join the fruit picking. Everyone is picking and eating at the same time, and they can't stop in their hands and mouths. In the spring, it is rare to have fruit to eat.

When Jia Yi was a child in his last life, the earliest ripening fruit was peaches, and it was not until May onwards. At that time, in the countryside, it was rare to go to the village store to buy fruits, and they all counted on a few fruit trees at home to satisfy their hunger. So basically every household has some fruit trees, mainly peach trees, pear trees, jujube trees, persimmon trees, generally peach trees and pear trees have the most species, and there are many varieties, peaches, early peaches, late peaches, etc., pear trees also have several common varieties, and the rest are basically planted one or two, and the varieties are also single.

Jiayi ate several sheep ***, until he felt that his teeth were a little sore, so he stopped, and was about to pick more to take away, so he picked up the hem of his clothes and picked the fruit and put it inside. The other friends saw it, and they did the same, picking the fruit and putting it in their front pockets.