The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

It was already dark, and braving the biting cold wind, the two of them groped their way back along the riverbed at the bottom of the hillside. Lu Yun was wearing embroidered shoes, and the stones on the riverbed hurt her feet. With her back to Zhou Boli, she grimaced, her face twisted.

Listening to the howling of wolves in the distance, the most urgent thing was to find a cave to spend the night. Zhou Boli looked at the person staggering in front of him and decided to temporarily put aside the many doubts in his mind.

Finally, on a raised cliff face downstream, the two men discovered a cave large enough to accommodate about five people. Using the light from the tinder, they observed the cave's interior, which was dry, with only a few footprints of unknown animals on the ground.

Zhou Boli slowly sat down against the cliff face. The exhaustion from the long walk washed over him. His eyelids felt like they weighed a thousand pounds, and his body heaved and swayed. Gradually, the sound of his rhythmic breathing could be heard faintly in the silent cave.

Lu Yun looked at the open "gate". In the distance were rolling mountains, and nearby were piles of rocks. The cold wind whistled past, making a chilling whistling sound that made people's scalps tingle.

Her stomach growled a few times; Lu Yun was cold and hungry. After a moment's hesitation, she steeled herself and rushed into the night without looking back. She remembered passing through a forest on her way here.

He probably couldn't find any food, so he broke off some branches and straw to make a fire. Otherwise, it would be dangerous to sleep in the wilderness for a night in such cold weather.

Lu Yun ran back and forth several times, finally returning to the cave with a large bundle of branches and straw, which he dropped to the ground with a clatter. After lighting the fire, Lu Yun covered the flames with a thicker stick, then used some branches and straw to cover the cave entrance from the inside, weighing down the roots with rocks to prevent them from being blown away by the wind. The glare of the fire might attract enemies.

He then used the remaining branches and straw to form a thick layer around the fire, and finally moved the still sleeping Zhou Boli onto it.

Finally, the work was done, and the heat from the fire made the small cave warm.

Lu Yun sat down on the mat, carefully took out a dozen bird eggs from her arms and threw them into the fire. It would be even better if there was a container to boil some hot water. Lu Yun licked her dry and chapped lips, and then her eyes lit up.

There were many large clam shells on the dry riverbed. Lu Yun washed the clam shells she picked up by the small pond, dug a large handful of remaining snow and returned to the cave. She carefully placed the clam shells filled with snow next to the fire to prevent the clam shells from being cracked by the high temperature.

While waiting for the water to boil, Lu Yun estimated that the time was about right. She used a small stick to pull out the bird eggs and decided to keep ten for herself and the remaining two for Zhou Boli.

Zhou Boli was sleeping too soundly. Lu Yun reached out to feel the temperature of his forehead out of concern. Fortunately, he was not feverish. She carefully lightened the fire and added a few sticks. Lu Yun lay down on the straw and closed his eyes to rest, getting up from time to time to add a few more wood to the fire.

As daylight dawned, he finally heard movement beside him. Zhou Boli woke up. He had slept soundly that night, and as consciousness returned, he sat up abruptly and began to survey the cave's layout. No one else was there. With a complicated expression, he glanced at the little girl lying beside him, knowing there was no other possibility. So, had she done all this alone last night?

Lu Yun opened her eyes, sat cross-legged, and gave Zhou Boli a sweet smile. "Do you want to talk?"

Zhou Boli stepped back, widening the distance between them. "What do you want to talk about?"

"I'll talk to you about whatever you want to talk about, big brother~" Lu Yun stood up and stretched, slowly approaching Zhou Boli until his back was pressed tightly against the wall, leaving him with nowhere to retreat.

Lu Yun pinched her waist, looked up at his eyes, and said word by word, "Either explain it clearly, or don't mention it again." Lu Yun rolled her eyes and stared at him with a sly smile. "Besides, big brother, what is your secret?"

Zhou Boli lowered his eyes in silence. After a moment, he slowly nodded and said, "I will keep my mouth shut about what happened in the past few days.

Lu Yun finally heard what she wanted to hear. She returned to the fire, took out a bird's egg from her arms and handed it to Zhou Boli. She brought the remaining clam shells from last night to the fire and began to boil water.

Zhou Boli hesitated for a moment before picking up the egg and putting it in his mouth. Lu Yun hurriedly stopped him, remembering a variety show she had seen before where a wealthy second-generation man never ate fruit with the skin on.

The man in front of him probably had never eaten an egg in its shell. Lu Yun cracked the shell in front of him, peeled off a piece of the skin, and said, "You have to peel the skin before you can eat it, big brother."

Zhou Boli took the bird egg with his ears burning, and peeled the eggshell clumsily but carefully.

Lu Yun sighed inwardly, took the boiled snow water aside to let it cool, and deliberately said, "Big brother, this is this year's clam shell snow water, sweet and refreshing."

Zhou Boli glanced at her, took the clam and drank it gracefully. To be honest, it was not bad.

After finishing a simple breakfast, Lu Yun began to worry about where to get her next meal. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Zhou Boli push open the door and walk out. She could understand very well that people have three urgent needs.

After a while, Zhou Boli returned to the cave with a chill all over his body. He said to Lu Yun, "There's a small pond in the distance. There are some fish in it. Maybe we can catch some to fill our stomachs."

Lu Yun thought this was a good suggestion, but "I don't know how to catch fish."

Zhou Boli recalled, "I've seen my father fishing before. If I can make a fishing rod, I can give it a try."

Fishing rod? Lu Yun stood up, untied her belt, and looked at Zhou Boli. "Do you have a knife?"

Zhou Boli pulled out a short black blade from his sleeve and looked at Lu Yun. "The dagger is sharp. Let me do it."

She handed the belt to Zhou Boli nonchalantly. With a few swishing sounds, the belt was torn into several pieces, which then became a length of fishing line. Lu Yun took off her small pearl earrings and said, "You can use them as fish hooks." Ancient metal purification technology was not yet mature, and the purity of ordinary gold and silver jewelry was low and its texture was hard.

The last thing left was the bait. It was almost noon. Lu Yun picked up a clam shell and started digging the soil near the small pond. After digging for a long time, she finally saw a red earthworm. Lu Yun reached out, pulled it out, sprinkled it with wood ash, and began to thread the earthworm.

Zhou Boli, who was watching the whole process, silently took note of the little girl's actions, took the fishing rod, threw it into the small pond, and started fishing.

Lu Yun, who was not optimistic about the result, was wondering whether she should go look for some more bird eggs. Suddenly, she heard a "splash" and a white-bellied, black-backed carp as long as her arm was thrown onto the shore.

Could this be the novice protection period? Lu Yun was overjoyed and wrapped the fish in straw and placed it in a small puddle on the side. Who knew it would stay there for a few days? The fish that could not be eaten were kept first. Zhou Boli caught a total of four fish, grilled one and kept the rest in the water.

Before it got dark, Lu Yun went to the woods on both sides to look for some bird eggs. She was so lucky that she found a knocked-out wild rabbit under a tree.

She could barely kill a fish, but killing a rabbit was not an option. Lu Yun looked at Zhou Boli without any hope, "Can you kill a rabbit?"

Zhou Boli nodded and said, "I've seen others kill rabbits before when I went out hunting. If you're scared, just stay in the cave. I'll be back soon." After saying that, he picked up the rabbit and walked out.

Lu Yun anxiously watched over the fire. A moment later, Zhou Boli returned with a clean rabbit, threading it through sticks and carefully roasting it over the fire. "I've dug a pit and buried the remaining fur and entrails; otherwise, they might attract wolves," he added.

The aroma of rabbit meat almost took her away, and Lu Yun responded to Zhou Boli with hmms and ahs.

Zhou Boli sighed imperceptibly and concentrated on roasting the rabbit.

He only took one leg of the rabbit, and the rest went into someone's stomach.