An orphan girl from a farming family: Everyday farming in the mountains during natural disasters

Xia Qingyue searched for about ten minutes, and Heihei, who had just finished drinking water, came running over. Somehow, he had a fawning smile on his face, and kept acting coquettishly towards her, making meowing sounds.

"Heihei, what's wrong with you?"

Heihei raised his head towards the woods beside him, his eyes shining with excitement.

She stood up and looked, and found that Han Zhibai and the other men were gone, and only Chen Yuzhen was under a tree.

"Where are they?"

She returned with what she had found.

Chen Yuzhen was sitting under a tree fiddling with dry firewood. She saw Xia Qingyue coming back and said, "The stream is full of small fish. Kang Ersheng'er and the others should go around and see if they can catch any rabbits."

"Oh, so they went hunting."

She immediately realized that Heihei was acting coquettishly because he wanted to go hunting with them in the woods.

Heihei hasn't been allowed to go hunting for a long time.

It obviously wanted to go, but it still came to ask her first instead of just following them.

Heihei is sensible and knows his limits.

Her heart softened suddenly.

It wasn't that she deliberately restricted Heihei from running outside, but the situation was chaotic and there were all kinds of people on the mountain. She was afraid that it would be in danger and she wouldn't be able to get there in time.

She thought for a moment. Today's forest is not an area where ferocious beasts are often active, and the Li family is here, so it's the right time, the right place, and the right people.

"Heihei, go ahead then. Remember to go find your uncle and big brother Weikang Weisheng and the others. Don't run around."

"Mmm!" Heihei shook his head twice and ran into the woods like the wind.

Chen Yuzhen couldn't help laughing, "Heihei is really smart, smarter than a few-year-old child."

"Yes, he is sensible and obedient, but sometimes he can be naughty."

"Qingyue, I got the mushrooms and cleaned them. You can see how to cook them. I'll light the fire."

"Aunt, I just went over there to find some stone chips." She held a pile of stone chips that were stacked up and shaped like tiles.

The stone slabs are about one finger thick and larger than tiles.

"This is good. It's suitable for cooking. Let me adjust the rack and put the stone slices on it to cook together."

Chen Yuzhen found some stones of similar size and arranged them so that the stone slab could fit perfectly.

Xia Qingyue put the washed mushrooms on the stone slices. "Wild mushrooms have their own freshness. Some juice will come out during the cooking process. It tastes good without adding water or seasoning."

"Yes, Qingyue, we went back yesterday and used the dried mushroom powder you gave us to cook some vegetables. They were fragrant and delicious. We will also dry some in a few days."

Chen Yuzhen was making a fire, and Xia Qingyue went to the nearby area to find some wooden sticks, washed them, and used them as chopsticks.

At the same time, in the center of the forest, a group of people were walking.

Ten burly men, some holding bows and arrows, others holding hunting cages and knives, walked and looked around.

"This is a good place to set a trap."

Three men stopped to set a trap.

Among the other men, the tallest and fierce-looking man said, "Let's go over there and see if there are any rabbits or pheasants. As for the rest of you..."

At the end of his words, he turned his eyes to the three disheveled women who were following them closely, "You guys go look for wild vegetables and fruits nearby. If you come back empty-handed, I'll skin you alive!"

The three women were so frightened that they turned pale and ran to the side.

After running a distance, two of the women linked arms and snorted at the other woman, "Let's go look over there."

The woman who stayed behind stared at the backs of the two women who left for a while with sinister eyes, then walked to the other side, saying viciously:

"Who do you think you are!"

This person is Tan Xiaozhu.

Since she realized that Li Benfu intended to kill her, she escaped and fled in the woods. By chance, she saw a group of men hunting.

She was alone, a weak woman, powerless, and without a place to live, and she suffered a lot in the forest.

Therefore, she took prompt action and pretended to faint on the road in front of the men, and was taken back by the men as a helpless and weak woman.

The men were villagers from the foot of the mountain. All their families had died, so they lived together in a cave. When she went there, there were two other women in the cave.

Because she was good-looking, sweet-spoken, and capable, she quickly won the favor of the men, causing resentment and exclusion from the other two women.

During the day they had to follow the men out to look for food, and they would only have food if they found it.

Tan Xiaozhu was looking for wild vegetables and fruits in the forest as usual, but she had searched this area several times and there were no good mountain products at all. Today she had to go farther away, otherwise she would be hungry when she returned later.

After walking a little further, I barely found some wild vegetables, but if I went further, I would reach a dense forest with many ferocious beasts.

She had been to the edge of a dense forest with that group of men once. They were unlucky that time as they encountered a pack of wild wolves. They fled in a hurry at the cost of the death of two men.

Tan Xiaozhu looked into the distance timidly.

She walked around, trying to find more wild vegetables, when suddenly a dog barked.

It only rang once and disappeared so quickly that she thought she had misheard.

The next second, "Woof woof woof!"

Is there really a dog?

Tan Xiaozhu looked in the direction of the sound and saw two dogs, one black and one white, chasing a hare on the slope diagonally over a hundred meters away.

"Isn't that Xia Qingyue's dog?"

Tan Xiaozhu was surprised and delighted. "If I can find Xia Qingyue's shelter and live there instead, I won't have to rely on others anymore. I can live freely and without fear of danger!"

From what she had heard from the Li family and her own observations, she believed that Xia Qingyue lived in a shelter that was isolated from the world, very safe, and had no worries about food and drink.

At that time, she went to great lengths to capture Xia Qingyue, hoping to secretly leave Tianlang Village and take his place, but the result was not satisfactory.

Now, new opportunities are once again before us!

Just as Tan Xiaozhu was about to chase Heihei and Xiaobai, a tall figure came into her sight. She was attracted by his handsome face and strong body, and she stared at him unconsciously.

The man was like a fierce wolf in the forest, exuding wild power.

Han Zhibai noticed something was wrong while running, and looked down, but saw nothing. He became suspicious for a moment, then quickened his pace to chase Heihei and Xiaobai.

Tan Xiaozhu, who was hiding behind the bushes, didn't dare to breathe. After a while, he raised his head and saw that there was no one around. He tried his best to chase in the direction Han Zhibai left.

Han Zhibai caught up with Heihei and Xiaobai not long after chasing. The two little ones surrounded several wild rabbits. With their cooperation and his swift hand speed, all the rabbits were caught alive.

Having caught a rabbit, the two little ones ran back happily.

Han Zhibai trotted to catch up.

In the darkness at the back, Tan Xiaozhu knew how powerful Han Zhibai was, and the two dogs had excellent sense of smell, so they followed from a distance.