Shen Youyou continued to explain: "This snake body is a good thing! The gallbladder, skin and bones of the pit viper can all be made into medicinal materials. Moreover, the meat of the pit viper also has many benefits.

For example, it can detoxify and dispel wind; if you have boils, you can use snake meat to treat them. In addition, pit viper meat has the effect of dispelling wind and reducing phlegm, and it is very effective to treat epilepsy and other diseases caused by wind and phlegm. "

The sisters were stunned when they heard this. They didn't expect that such a small snake could be so full of treasures.

"Of course, these need to be processed before they can be eaten or used as medicine. You can't eat them raw! Besides, I plan to take this snake body home and ask Grandpa Guo to help process it and make it into medicine."

Wang Taohua warned: "Don't do that. If you take it back, grandma might beat you up for touching such a dangerous thing."

In fact, everyone was still a little frightened at this moment, and they didn't know whether they were scared by the snake or by Shen Youyou.

So no one wanted to dig wild vegetables, so they all went back together. In fact, Shen Youyou also thought that if she brought the viper back, her grandmother might scold her.

But because he was greedy for money, he didn't lose it.

As expected, after returning, I was bombarded by the elders for more than half an hour in turn.

Even Grandpa Guo, who collected the viper, nagged her a little, and the elders also ordered her not to go out without her brothers.

They stayed here for another three days and then set off on their journey.

But this time, they didn't use bamboo tubes to hold water. Shen Youyou came up with a new idea. She made bags out of cloth and coated them with rubber, which was similar to rain boots.

The water bag was made into a water tank-like shape, with a hole dug at the bottom and a bamboo pole tied to it. The rubber sleeping bag on the top of the bamboo pole was then tied tightly with a rope.

When waterproofing, untie the rope and the tied bamboo pole will be equivalent to a faucet. Keep it tied tightly when no water is needed.

The top of the water bag is also tied tightly with a rope. The cloth used to make the water bag is the same cloth used to make covers in the summer. When it is not coated with rubber, it looks like a patchwork of cloth.

The rubber coating made it much better, but Shen Zhiqiu was worried that it was unhygienic, so he asked the women to scald the cloth with hot water and disinfect it with alcohol.

Shen Youyou was afraid that it was not safe enough, so she coated the inner and outer layers with rubber and wrapped the cloth tightly inside.

So they brought more water with them on this journey. The skillful women also used the wild cotton they had harvested in the past few days to thicken their own cotton-padded clothes. They also made a pair of cotton socks and two pairs of straw-rope-soled shoes for each person.

There is really no waste at all. The shoes are made of pieces of cloth from here and there. Many people have a pair of completely different shoes.

But even so, everyone is very satisfied. Now they have water, food, and grass seeds are also food.

There are also cotton-padded clothes and cotton shoes, not to mention that this time I don’t have to wear straw sandals to travel, the newly made straw rope rubber soles are very elastic.

But when we left, everyone looked at the Eucommia ulmoides forest as if it was saying, "Trees, wait until you grow well, and we will come back."

It was because the Eucommia tree couldn't talk, otherwise it would have yelled, "Why, stripping you once wasn't enough? Go away now."

Before setting off, the women made a lot of grass seed cotton cakes. When they got hungry halfway, they sat down to rest and eat something. Shen Youyou was a good eater. She wrapped two grass seed cotton cakes and ate some dried cicadas. They were so delicious.

In the end, it became the unified standard of their team.

But eating delicious food doesn’t mean you won’t be tired. Although they brought a lot of water, no one knew where they were going. Isn’t it the same in the mountains?

There were still continuous mountain ranges, and they had no idea how many days it would take them to walk, so they could only speed up their journey.

Everyone was tired and out of breath, but as long as the team didn't stop, no one would fall behind.

They hardly stopped along the way. Only when they were too tired to walk anymore did they take a short break. When they were thirsty, they drank water. When they were hungry, they ate cicadas wrapped in grass seed cotton cakes. Now cicadas have become their side dish.

Shen Youyou was exhausted but still sighed, is their life good or bad? If they say it is good, they eat grass seeds as dry food, walk every day, and sleep in the wild mountains.

Although it is not good, it is hard to buy wild cicadas nowadays. The ones sold outside are also artificially cultivated.

But now they can eat whatever they want, every day.

It went off track again, and I had to pull it back. Anyway, I just had to keep moving forward, without any hesitation, and just keep walking with my head down.

It feels like the rubber soles of my straw sandals are almost wearing out and sparks are forming.

"Dad, how far are we?" Shen Youyou panted. This was the third time she asked her father.

Shen Zhiqiu was also tired: "Hurry up and stop asking. Who has the energy to count how many steps we have walked? Just bear with it. The mountain road is difficult to walk on. I'm afraid it will be even more difficult for us to walk if it snows in winter."

Da Hu carried Shen Luming on his back: "Son-in-law, let's find a place to rest before we go. I think the woman behind us can't keep up."

Everyone nodded in agreement, saying that they really couldn't keep up. They only slept for two hours at night. Except for the time to boil water and make pancakes, the rest of the time was spent on the journey.

Shen Zhiqiu looked forward and saw the endless dense forest, but the leaves were sparser and yellower, and the ground was covered with fallen leaves, which rustled as he walked.

"Rest on the spot for half an hour. Eat quickly if you are hungry. If your water bottle is empty, fill it up quickly. If you need to go to the toilet, go to the toilet. It is best not to act alone."

Shen Zhiqiu was also exhausted and sat down under a big tree.

The first thing the women did was to get dry food for the group.

The dry food is placed in a cloth bag, which also contains a bamboo charcoal bag wrapped in cloth to prevent moisture.

It was the water bag that they used to store water. They boiled water at night and put it in the bag after it cooled down a little. That bag was enough for a group of people to drink for a day.

The other bags contain filtered water. Although you can drink it directly and there are doctors, everyone still tries to drink boiled water.

Li Jingshu said chewing food slowly is mainly a habit developed in modern times, and chewing food slowly can help lose weight.

"How long will it take us to reach the North?"

She was really tired after the journey. She, her mother-in-law and her daughter supported each other and carried luggage. They were already exhausted.

My biggest wish now is to find a place to settle down so that I don’t have to flee from famine anymore.

They are afraid to walk, and sometimes they want to stop going forward. They just reclaim land, cultivate crops, and build shelters on the spot. Even if it doesn't rain, they can dig wells to get water.

But in this desolate mountain area, it will be a problem for the children to get married in the future, not to mention other things.

Shen Zhiqiu looked around and encouraged her in a serious manner: "Wife, we are almost halfway there. Keep going, we will reach the north soon."

In fact, he was worried. Who knows where he will end up? Half? I'm afraid it's only a little bit!

But he didn't dare to say it, for fear that his wife would be discouraged and don't want to leave anymore, so he lived in seclusion in the deep mountains and forests, because now he can dig wells and is not afraid of running out of water.

It’s not that Shen Zhiqiu doesn’t want to live a secluded and carefree life here, but he doesn’t want his daughter and son to live such a life with them.

The child is still young, and only when he is in a place where humans live can he have more possibilities. And this barren mountain is now a paradise for wild animals.

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