Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

After the ginger fish entered the mountains, it felt like it had entered its own home. Its keen senses were amplified and it searched everywhere in the mountains.

She also saw from afar Yi Chi's little friend Tuanzi chasing a pheasant into the valley. Jiang Yu retracted his gaze and focused on filling his locker.

One grid for mushrooms, one grid for herbs, one grid for firewood, one grid for the last nuts of the year, and the remaining space is used for prey.

Pheasants, rabbits, silly roe deer, Jiang Yu heard that snakes are very nutritious, so he also put two venomous snakes that hibernated in caves into the space. Oh, and leave a grid for eggs, all kinds of bird eggs.

Jiang Yu's original space became a storage grid after he came here. Although it looked much smaller, it was now like a storage cabinet outside a supermarket with 4 horizontal and 8 vertical, which could shrink and store things outside. Although the storage cabinet looked small, the actual internal space was about the same, and it became much neater because it could be classified and stored.

The main thing is that it is much easier to find things. Jiang Yu has woven many baskets to hold her spoils. The grids only count the quantity, and the same type can be stacked, so no matter how much she loots in the mountains, she can put it all in. If the baskets are not enough, she can just weave some on the spot.

After breakfast, Xue Li asked the male comrade where Jiang Yu was going. When he heard that she went up the mountain, he sighed. If he had known, he would have asked her to go to the town together last night. She wanted to go for a walk and buy some comic books to kill time.

"I'll go with you." Chen Jinghan was eager to spend more time alone with her, and immediately said, "I want to buy some books to read, too."

Xue Li glanced at him coquettishly, "Then you can ride my bike to give me a ride?"

"Okay." Although Xue Li's bicycle was smaller, Jiang Yu didn't have time to build a new bicycle recently, and he had no choice. It was good enough to have one to ride.

The two men pushed their bicycles, talking and laughing in low voices as they walked out of the educated youth site.

Fu Biao glanced at Wu Aiqing who was busy with herbs and asked, "What are we going to do?" They had not been working since they started growing vegetables in the fields. Now that they had some free time, they didn't know what to do.

This is also the characteristic of the construction team. The light work of growing vegetables is mainly used to take care of the elderly, the weak and the poor in the village, allowing them to accumulate more work points so that they can exchange them for more food at the end of the year.

Most families with good financial conditions go into the mountains to look for mountain products, whether it is hunting or picking mushrooms. No matter how much they get, it is their own harvest, so they don't care about the work points. After all, mountain products can be exchanged for money, whether it is mushrooms or walnuts and hazelnuts. The purchasing stations will take them all.

Wu Aiqing thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the mountains to collect firewood. We have never experienced winter here and we don't know what the temperature is like. It's always a good idea to prepare more firewood."

"Okay. Then when you're done, we'll go to Yaoer Mountain to collect firewood." There was no need to go to the mountains to look for firewood. It was close and they could make more trips back and forth.

"Okay." Wu Aiqing nodded and quickened the pace of putting the herbs in his hands.

Fu Biao went to fill the kettle and sharpen the hatchet.

When Luo Xinci heard their conversation, he hurried to find his brother and forced him to go with him to collect firewood, not giving Li Fenfang a chance to get involved.

Yuan Jiaojiao couldn't help but want to laugh when she saw Luo Xinci's actions, but she didn't know what Luo Chengli's attitude towards Li Fenfang was so far. She hoped that everything would be peaceful.

Li Fenfang looked at Luo Xinci with tolerance, then turned to Luo Chengli and said, "Brother Chengli, go ahead, I'll go collect firewood too. I live alone, so I should save more firewood."

"Okay, then I'll help you pick it up. Little girl, go with Sister Jiaojiao. Just don't be too far away." When Luo Chengli heard that Li Fenfang was also going and that she lived alone, he immediately felt that as a girl, she might not be able to carry so much firewood. Then how could he, a grown man, just stand by and watch? Of course he had to help!

Luo Xinci was so angry that she stared at her brother, unable to say a word for a long time.

Yuan Jiaojiao didn't expect Luo Chengli to say that he would help Li Fenfang collect firewood. His sister was raised in a pampered family since she was a child. He didn't know if she could endure hardship. Luo Xinci said that he would go to collect firewood, and she would just accompany him to play. Now, Luo Xinci can't work, so she is the only one who is unlucky?

Li Fenfang said with a grateful look, "Thank you, Brother Chengli, you are so nice~"

Fuck you! Yuan Jiaojiao cursed in her heart, then looked at the disappointing Luo Xinci, rolled her eyes, and said, "Chengli, won't you help Xinci? The two of us can't move much firewood, and the temperature has dropped a lot recently. We both woke up from the cold this morning, and we may have to start heating the kang in a few days. If you don't help us, then we will definitely not have enough firewood to survive the winter today."

Luo Xinci's constant unreasonableness was naturally no match for Li Fenfang, who was willing to humble herself and pretend to be weak. But Yuan Jiaojiao was different. She grew up with the Luo family's children and was used to being a close sister. She only needed to explain the facts to him in a reasonable manner. As long as Luo Chengli didn't want to go against her, he would definitely listen.

Luo Chengli scratched his head. Yes, it has been getting colder recently. These girls will definitely not be able to stand it. His sister is so squeamish... "Okay then. You three collect firewood and I will be responsible for bringing it back. Let's go, let's go up the mountain early."

Fu Biao witnessed the whole process and almost laughed out loud when he heard his speech. What are you talking about? You are responsible for bringing it back? Good fellow, if I don't tire you out today, it's all your sister's fault.

He looked at Luo Xinci who was getting angry next to him. Sure enough, this girl was burning with rage. When she heard that her brother still wanted to help Li Fenfang, her anger was like explosives that had exploded, and she was just waiting to find a channel to vent it.

Not long after the group of three women and one man left, Wu Aiqing also packed up her things and went out with Fu Biao.

Wu Aiqing also brought a small medicinal hoe, which was made by Jiang Yu for him to collect herbs in the mountains. When he saw herbs that could be used along the way, he would habitually pause and calculate his stock in his mind. If it was not enough, he would dig it out and take it away.

Fu Biao was not in a hurry. He walked leisurely along the way. When he saw dead branches, he gathered them together. He held a hemp rope in his hand, with some sparse dry firewood tied to the other end.

Jiang Yu threw out a short stick and knocked a deer unconscious, then picked it up and stuffed it into the basket to store space. Good stuff! You have to eat some venison in winter to replenish your body!

The further they went in, the deeper the snow became and the temperature dropped. Jiang Yu had to take out her constant temperature suit and put it on, after all, wearing cotton clothes affected her movements.

Her adventure ended at a brown bear's lair. Although there were no footprints or feces nearby, Jiang Yu heard the bear's heavy breathing and strong body odor.

Jiang Yu was considering whether to kill the big bear and take it away.

Just as she was about to step closer to the cave, a little bear coming towards her with unsteady steps made her stop.

The bear's hands were sticky, and he licked them every two steps. Jiang Yu guessed that he might have just dug out a beehive? He didn't know where there was a beehive in this icy and snowy place.