Don't panic in a famine, I live in the mountains with my golden finger

After entering the forest, the hot air immediately changed, and the further we walked, the cooler it became. There were chirping in the forest. If it wasn't for survival, it would be a nice place to go for a spring outing. But thinking about the lack of water and food, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it's not as satisfying as having enough food and drink.

There were only four people who came in to look for water. Lao Fan and Lao Zhu went in another direction. The villagers who came in later also went their own way. Wang Linfeng didn't think Gu Qinghan and Xu Yuan could find water, so he followed the direction of Lao Fan and Lao Zhu.

In order to avoid any accidents, Gu Qinghan never lets anyone go into the forest alone, so he followed Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan was searching ahead, and suddenly saw a small piece of purple wild fruit, which was nightshade, and he quickly picked a handful of ripe purple fruit and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Ding, I found the nightshade fruit, and I'll give you 20 points as a reward."

Xu Yuan recently discovered that Xiaojiu's point system has changed again. No physical objects will be accepted for redemption. Points will be given immediately as long as something is discovered. So Xu Yuan will touch any grass or tree he sees recently, except for poisonous ones of course.

Many of Xuyuan thought that their sister was hungry and wanted to try everything to see if they could eat it. So they secretly left food for Xuyuan, but when Xuyuan found out, he was scolded again.

Xu Yuan's fiery throat finally calmed down a little, and he picked up a handful of leaves, rubbed them together and stuffed them into his mouth. This series of actions shocked Gu Qinghan.

"Xuyuan, are you okay? There's still some water in my water bag. Would you like to drink some first?" He took off the water bag from his waist and handed it to Xuyuan.

"Thank you!" Xu Yuan was not polite either. He had become more familiar with Gu Qinghan along the way. Xu Yuan had never called him Brother Gu. He would just call him by his name whenever he had something to say.

After all, she didn't call anyone "big brother" when she made the wish. She herself is the big sister, and she really feels it's awkward to call someone of her age "big brother".

Although this man is taciturn, he is absolutely steady in his work.

"Gu Qinghan, these purple wild fruits are edible. The green ones are not yet ripe and are poisonous. The leaves are also edible. Pick some and take them back."

After walking around like this, Xuyuan found a thick patch of grass, where the ground was still wet. He walked a little further and paused.

A pheasant was pecking at something in a crack of a rock. Gu Qinghan carefully picked up a small stone on the ground and threw it with his strength. It hit the pheasant's head and the pheasant died. Gu Qinghan walked over, picked up the pheasant and handed it to Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan refused to accept it, "This is what you hunted, why give it to me?"

"You were the one who discovered this, so how about this, let's each take half." Seeing that Xu Yuan was unwilling to accept it, Gu Qinghan suggested that they each take half. Xu Yuan then reluctantly took it and looked at the small crevice in the rock where there was water, and some dead branches, rotten leaves and some feathers floating on the water.

Xuyuan also saw the water and did not want the water here. Since there was water here, it proved that there was still water in this forest, so the two walked further in.

Lao Fan and Lao Zhu followed Wang Linfeng along a path and came to a hut in the forest, but it was very dilapidated and no one had been there for a long time. There was nothing inside, so they continued walking along the road.

The further Xu Yuan and Gu Qinghan walked into the woods, the stronger the tide became.

The sound of water gradually became clearer. This was a small pond surrounded by big trees. The bottom of the water was clearly visible, and small fish and shrimps were swimming around in the water.

This was the right place, and Xu Yuan quickly took out his water bags and filled them up. After the three water bags he brought were full, he saw that Gu Qinghan's were also full, so he followed the original path, pulled a few vines, took out the small knife he carried with him, tied it to a branch beside the road, and left the forest.

Lao Fan and Lao Zhu and Wang Linfeng searched for a while but couldn't find them, so they stopped looking and followed the path out of the woods.

When Xu Yuan and Gu Qinghan came out, Lao Fan and the other villagers who went in later all came out. After all, they had agreed to go in and look for water at a certain time, and if they didn't find any water by then, they would have to leave.

When Lao Fan and the others came out, they did not see Xu Yuan and Gu Qinghan, so they waited outside the woods for a long time. When they saw that they had not come out yet, they went in to look for them, and just then Xu Yuan and Gu Qinghan came out.

"Did you find any water?"

Lao Fan asked expectantly.

Xuyuan nodded and weighed the water bag on his waist. Everyone was delighted and envied the pheasant in Xuyuan's hand.

I have marked the places, you should follow the marks. You'd better go quickly as it's getting late.

Now that we have found water, it means that we don’t have to worry about drinking water anymore, and we can finally drink as much as we want.

Xu Yuan came back and put down the pheasant, asked Xu Zhi to boil water, and then he carried two wooden buckets to fetch water.

Everyone started to get busy again. The villagers who were following here also heard that water had been found, so they hurriedly took their wooden buckets to get water.

When Xu Yuan came back with the water, it was just boiling, so he poured some hot water on the pheasant, plucked its feathers, and buried its internal organs in a pit. He picked up a stone slab, cut it in half, and gave it to Gu Qinghan.

The women also found edible wild vegetables outside the forest, so everyone ate their fill with plenty of water.

Xu Yuan crushed the nightshade leaves he picked in the woods and put them in the pot to cook. Gu Qinghan still had some oil, so he only put a fingernail amount in it every time he cooked wild vegetables, but he didn't use much.

If only I could find some seasoning in the woods.

"Mom, I want to eat meat too." She swallowed her saliva while watching Xu Yuan eating pheasant meat. The child who spoke was from Qingshan Village. His name was Song Guozi. He was five years old this year, but due to long-term malnutrition, he looked about three years old.

The woman picked up a bowl of picnic soup and a dark cake and handed it to Song Guozi. "Eat it quickly while your father is away."

The woman stared at the entrance to the woods and urged her son to eat quickly, "Mother, you eat too." Song Guozi picked up a spoon and scooped a spoonful of wild vegetable soup for his mother, and broke half of the cake and put it in Zhang's mouth.

Seeing her son had put the food in front of his mouth, Zhang opened her mouth and ate it. "Mom is full, eat quickly!" Zhang stared at the entrance of the forest without blinking.

Gu Qinghan got half a chicken and gave it to his mother to deal with. He also gave the nightshade fruit he had just picked to Gu Qingming. Gu Qingming had been on the road these days, eating and sleeping poorly, and his chubby face had become thinner. He got his brother's fruit, which was fresh, dark purple, small, and sweet and sour. He wanted to share it with many people, but when he learned from Gu Qinghan that the fruit was picked by Sister Xuyuan, he gave up.

"Mother, this little fruit is so sweet, you can try some too." Gu Qingming picked up a small bunch and put it to Xu Qing's mouth.

"Okay, okay, okay, eat it, mother."