Send me to the countryside? Turn around and make you homeless!

He then divided the cloth into small strips, looked up and carefully took a look at the surrounding environment, and then tied the cloth strips to the branches as a mark.

"Let's go. Linlin will find us according to the marks."

The two of them walked forward. This place was rarely visited and there was no path for people to walk on.

Tan Yuan could only find a thick branch for Li Xiu to use as a crutch. She led the way in front, knocking the weeds on the ground with a wooden stick and clearing the branches with a knife.

From time to time, she could hear the rustling of saxaul in the weeds. She knew it was probably a wild animal like a snake.

Li Xiu was filled with regret and guilt. If it weren't for her, how could they have ended up like this?

The further you go, the taller the vegetation grows.

"Yuanyuan, give me the knife. My clothes are a little too big for me."

The strips of cloth that Tan Yuan had just cut off had been used up, and even a lot of the fabric on the trouser legs had been cut off. A pair of good trousers was now almost down to the calf.

What kind of bugs are in these weeds? Tan Yuan's calves and arms are covered in little bumps from bug bites. Just looking at them makes your skin itch and your scalp tingle.

Tan Yuan used a knife to cut the fabric on her right leg, making the two sides exactly flush.

"No, mine just turned into capri pants, they look pretty good, don't they? If you need them later, I'll use yours."

As she said this, she continued to lead the way.

As the vegetation grew denser, she knew she was nearing the place she was looking for.

I sniffed hard and it smelled like soil.

"Hold on a little longer, there should be water ahead!"

After walking for such a long time, both of them were extremely thirsty, and their lips were dry and chapped. Hearing that there was a water source, Li Xiu's exhausted body finally had some strength.

"Water! It's water!! I hear the sound of water flowing."

Li Xiu has sharp ears and is more sensitive to sounds than ordinary people. He can always hear sounds before others.

She was so excited that she almost ran, of course, provided she wasn't dragging her injured leg.

Tan Yuan made a hushing gesture to her.

"Don't come over yet, don't make any noise, I'll go over and take a look."

Water is the source of all things. Where there is water, there must be wild animals. She has to be careful.

She had finally been reborn, and she didn't want to die so soon.

I stuck my head out to look, and saw a stream appearing in front of me.

Mountain spring water drips down from a cliff not far away. This should be the source of the stream. The dripping water makes a "dong dong dong" sound, forming a small puddle, and then flows to a lower place, stretching downwards, with no end in sight.

Looking around carefully, there were no large wild animals, only a few unknown birds stopping on the shore to drink water, and a gray wild rabbit.

When they heard the sound, they all raised their heads sharply. The moment they saw Tan Yuan, the bird flapped its wings and flew away. The rabbit also quickly turned around and disappeared into the weeds in front of them with its butt twisted.

The area near the water source was obviously trampled by wild animals, and both sides were bare.

"come on."

She waved at Li Xiu behind her.

"Xiu Xiu, go wait for me over there and wash the venison. I'll go take a look around."

Tan Yuan pointed to a puddle not far from here. There were stones all around and no weeds. At least it looked safer than here.

Li Xiu nodded while leaning on his crutches: "Go ahead and don't worry about me. Be careful."

She just felt that she was so useless and always held Tan Yuan back.

Tan Yuan first ran over to wash her face, and then drank a sip of sweet mountain spring water. Her exhausted body instantly felt a little stronger, and she felt like she was alive again. She then looked around, trying to find a suitable place to rest nearby. She didn't plan to go any further.

If they continued walking like this, both she and Li Xiu would not be able to bear the physical strain. It would be better for them to wait at the water source and wait for Linlin to bring people to find them.

Li Xiu was not idle either. She first took care of her own physiological needs, and then began to deal with the deer leg.

There were teeth marks from wild animals on the deer leg. Just looking at the teeth marks made her feel terrified and creepy. She really didn't know how Yuanyuan could remove the deer leg without blushing or beating her heart, and even carried it so far.

About half an hour later, just when Li Xiu was about to go look for someone, Tan Yuan finally came back.

"There's a cave over there. It looks like no wild animals have ever lived there. Let's go over there first."

The terrain of the cave is higher than this side and is relatively safe. Although it is dirty inside, there is no sign of wild animals living there. It is also convenient to come and get water. Standing at the entrance of the cave, you can see far away, so it will be easy to be discovered if someone from the team comes looking for you.

The cave was on the edge of a cliff. Li Xiu had difficulty walking, so Tan Yuan went up first and then pulled her up.

"Wait here for me. I'll get some dry firewood."

This place is sparsely populated and no one picks up dry branches, but in a short while, Tan Yuan picked up a lot of them and brought them back to the cave.

Without a fire source, we can only rely on the method left by our ancestors, which is to make fire by drilling wood together.

It is not about blindly taking two pieces of wood and drilling. Instead, you need to dig a hole on the bottom stick, then put dried pine needles on the hole, and then put another stick on the pine needles and rub it continuously.

It is not easy to make fire through friction. You need to watch carefully and blow towards the smoke when you see it coming out.

"Fire, there is fire!"

Li Xiu's eyes widened as he saw this. It turned out that the fire-making by rubbing two sticks together in martial arts stories was real.

After living in the resettlement site for a few days, she already knew how to make a fire. She would arrange small branches into a triangle, and then stuff easily ignited leaves into it. Only when the fire was big could she add larger pieces of dry firewood.

The fire gradually grew bigger. The temperature in the mountains was already several degrees lower than outside, and it was even cooler inside the cave. I didn't feel hot while roasting the fire, but rather felt quite comfortable.

Tan Yuan used a knife to sharpen a wooden stick that was still wet and cut the venison into small pieces, strung them on the stick and started grilling.

It was not until the aroma of barbecue wafted out that Li Xiucai deeply realized what Tan Yuan meant when she said "what a pity" when she saw the deer carcass.

Also, her decision to remove the deer leg and take it away was absolutely the right one!

The roasted venison tasted a bit strange without even adding salt, but the two of them had been walking on the mountain road for most of the day and their stomachs were already empty. Being able to eat meat, regardless of whether it had taste or was fishy, ​​was a rare delicacy.

Both of them were women and had small appetites. They had eaten less than half of a deer leg and were both feeling a little full.

Tan Yuan simply found a few big sticks and hung the deer legs above the fire, slowly smoking them, which made them easier to preserve.