Sisters in the Deep Forest Valley: Many Fun Things

She called out from the tree:

"Sis, I'm going to throw it down, catch it carefully so it doesn't fall to the ground."

"Okay, the trees are slippery after the rain, so be careful."

One of them picked peaches from the tree, while the other caught them below. Those that accidentally fell to the ground were picked up by Taozi and Tuanyuan Ankang.

After picking everything she could, Lin Lanshan stepped onto a branch of the tree trunk and jumped down.

Then, as if still wanting to say more, he said:

"Sister, learning light-body kung fu is amazing! Now I can jump down from a height of seven or eight meters without even feeling it!"

"Others use their lightness skill to fly upwards, while yours only makes you jump downwards, and you're quite proud of that."

"hey-hey……"

Then they went to the jujube tree, picked some jujubes that looked like chicken feet and tasted them. They were half sweet and half astringent, and not very tasty.

They don't look fully ripe yet, I'll pick them next time.

On their way home, they saw a lot of chicken leg mushrooms and hazel mushrooms. They picked them all the way, filling both baskets and Lin Lanshan's space.

They went home before dark, because if they encountered a pack of wolves after dark, it would be difficult to deal with them.

The next day, the sun was still high in the sky. The heat baked against my skin, as if the rain had never happened.

Fortunately, the vegetables in their outer courtyard were almost all grown, and they only needed to water them a little each day, so there were no problems.

After the two sisters returned from watering the mushrooms in the outer yard, they cleaned the soil and roots off the mushrooms and spread them out directly on the drying mat.

Lin Chunyi washed the small earthenware jars clean, turned them upside down to drain, and then called out,

"Lanshan, bring out the drying rack and winnowing basket, let's put the dried fruit on it to dry."

"Here it is." After washing two basins of hawthorn berries and giving them to her sister, she went to move the drying rack.

Cut the hawthorn fruit into three or four pieces and spread them on a winnowing basket to dry in the sun.

Lin Lanshan asked, "Sister, shall we go down the mountain after the mushrooms and dried fruit are dried?"

"Well, after those people finished talking about the situation down the mountain, I feel like everything is going wrong."

The weather feels hotter, the stream seems to be getting shallower, and the wild animals in the mountains seem to be getting restless…

"Sis, this is just psychological, it's not as serious as you're making it out to be. Let's wait until we get down the mountain and see."

Lin Chunyi sighed and said:

"That would be best. Let's quickly tidy up the house."

The two sisters quickened their pace of work.

The ripe fruits and vegetables were picked, and the dried mushrooms and wild hawthorns were bagged and canned and stored in the cellar, where they can last a long time.

Next, they tidied up the space they had piled up.

A few days would be enough for them to finish all the food in the space.

Then there's fresh fruit; there aren't many blueberries and strawberries, so they'll only last for a few meals.

I soaked the few kilograms of bayberries I bought in the county last time in salt water and then washed them clean.

Lin Lanshan couldn't stand sour tastes at all; she shivered from the sourness after just one bite.

"Sis, I can't eat this directly. If I eat another one, my tongue will probably be ruined. I simply can't eat any more!"

"I think it's alright, about half sour and half sweet. But I really can't finish it within a few days, so I'll make it into dried bayberries."

The two marinated the bayberries with sugar overnight, then boiled them dry.

Place it in a winnowing basket to dry in the sun, then steam it twice in a steamer, dry it twice more, and finally coat it with powdered sugar.

Springtime filled the earthenware jars with dried bayberries, and suddenly it occurred to me...

"Lanshan, I heard that this year's harvest wasn't very good. Do you think... we should give Uncle Lin and the others something?"

After she finished speaking, she seemed a little annoyed and continued:

"But what if they find out that our remote mountain area hasn't been affected much, and they all come here..."

"Sister, I also want to help them, but I'm also afraid that it might harm us."

"Hey!" "Hey!"

Neither of them could think of what to do for a moment, and they sighed repeatedly.

The village chief's family and their family had always had a good relationship; their fathers were like brothers. The last time they visited, they received a great deal of care and affection.

If Uncle Lin and the others really can't survive, can the two of them just continue to eat, drink, and live their good lives without caring about anything and pretend they don't know anything?

But... natural disasters are merciless. What if people's hearts change because of this, and they want to hurt their families for the sake of their own?

But... this mountain doesn't just belong to the two of them!

There are so many resources in the mountains that can sustain life, do they mean they won't let people use them?

If someone really manages to get into the deep mountains and valleys, are they supposed to kill them and throw them out?

Hey!

I want to be selfish and pretend I know nothing, but my conscience is still there; I want to help others, but selfishness keeps getting in the way.

Why can't a person have both?

It allows you to both protect yourself and help others.

The two sisters were worried until the day before they were to descend the mountain; their faces were contorted with worry.

The night before descending the mountain.

The two emptied the space and began putting in the things they needed for this trip.

Lin Chunyi separated the items.

"First and foremost, we must bring all kinds of medicine, all our money, and hidden darts and arrows."

"Sister, let's put the hidden darts directly into our sleeves. That way, we can have a little more space and be ready to respond to any danger at any time."

“Okay!” She took out the hidden dart.

Then put the whole ginseng plant in.

They also steamed some rice, cooked mushroom and meat sauce, made twenty rice balls, and put them into the space.

Then they added some candy, a few pieces of compressed dry food, and a few pieces of chocolate.

Then there were two thermos cups filled with warm boiled water and two old water bladders filled with cold plum juice.

Two bamboo knives, a whistle, a costume for making people look ugly, and a few other small items.

Everything that needed to be packed was packed, and there was still more than half the space left.

This is the spot the two sisters left when they planned to go to town or county to buy more food and medicine.

the next day.

The two sisters specially wore the dark gray and dark brown coarse linen clothes they usually wore when working.

Within the many loops of belt around their waists were their nine-section whips and twin swords.

On the left is a new water sac filled with plum juice, and on the right is a purse containing snake-repelling pills.

He had a three-pronged sleeve arrow tied to his left sleeve, and a large basket about half his height was also on his back.

Besides the bow and arrows, there were also some dried vegetables, a piece of cured meat, three salted fish, and three winter melons that they had finally agreed to bring to Uncle Lin and the others.

After much deliberation, the two finally decided to take these.

Not many. But within their "capabilities," it's not a small number either.

After everything was packed, the two sisters took Peach out the door.

We can't bring Tuanyuan and Ankang this time, because we're afraid they might actually turn into food!

As for the question of whether the mule cart was conspicuous, there was no answer. Without a mule cart, they wouldn't have been able to carry back seven or eight hundred catties of grain.

They sat at the front of the car, driving downhill. The closer they got to the bottom of the mountain, the more unpleasant their expressions became...