[Ting Yu] Abandoned in the wild

07. Saponin

"Ah Ting, where are we going?"

Xiyu, who came out of Ning Zhiyuan's house, has basically mastered the method of making straw shoes, and the rest is to collect more straw by himself and dry it at home, and then he can start making shoes.

"On the mountain." Ignoring the voice of Ning Zhiyuan jumping and scolding behind him, Chen Ting directly pulled people away.

"Why go up the mountain?" Xiyu trotted all the way to keep up with Chen Ting's footsteps. The baby behind him was sleeping soundly, and he didn't take little bumps seriously.

While walking, Chen Ting looked sideways at Xiyu's hair, then saw his big dirty feet and the black lines on his face.

"Go to the mountain to find some food for the night." When he went up the mountain in the morning, he found many familiar plants, which happened to be dug up and planted in front of the house, which would be more convenient to use in the future.

"Oh." Xiyu never refuted his partner's decision, so he obediently followed, and the two of them went up the mountain again along the path.

It's early spring at this moment, but when Chen Ting went up the mountain in the morning, he saw a clump of leek-like plants in the distance. He wasn't sure if these were what he was thinking about, so he planned to check again.And their family of three is indeed dirty enough.Perhaps as a person in the barbaric era, he had no sense of hygiene at all, but Chen Ting, who was sitting in the restaurant in the majestic port city, couldn't stand it anymore, thinking about whether he could find a saponin tree to get some saponin.

As the evening approached, the mountain road became darker and more difficult to walk. Chen Ting found a long stick and beat it in front of him, and walked up the morning route.The dense branches and leaves of the forest blocked part of the light, so he could only use the dim light to find the things before. He picked a few tomatoes and dug a few sweet potatoes and put them in Xiyu's carry-on bag.After walking up for a while, he finally found the clump of 'leeks'.If you look closely, it really is wild wheat. In the spring season, it looks no different from wild leeks.Chen Ting was so happy that he made a mark on the nearby tree trunk, and planned to come over by himself tomorrow during the day to see if he could move it outside his house and plant it.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Chen Ting didn't dare to go any further when he thought of Xiyu and Bao Bao beside him, so he had to turn around and walk back.Passing by the place where he caught the rabbit in the morning, he accidentally found a saponin tree.It's just that it's early spring, and there are very few fruits on the branches. He climbed up to pick some saponins that had just begun to grow, and then took Xiyu down the mountain and returned home.

"Can Xiyu cook by himself?" When Chen Ting was roasting rabbits in the morning, he had explained to Xiyu in detail how to use walnut tree roots to burn salt, and he was more at ease about dinner.

"Well, Xiyu can do it." The little guy nodded briskly.

Chen Ting nodded in relief, turned around and walked outside the stone house to do his own business.Fortunately, the fire was not a problem here, so he went to the stream to find a lot of round-headed but not too big stones, piled them up in the shape of a steeple, and left an air outlet at the bottom to put the firewood in. While watching the burning situation, I kept adding more firewood, and by the way, integrated the information I collected in my mind one day.

He is very dissatisfied with the place where he lives now, and he is afraid that the house with air leaks everywhere will suffer in winter.But things like building a house are aimed at the current reality, no matter how many theories he has in his mind, it is impossible to do it easily.On the contrary, stone houses like today, if they can be well modified, may also be able to solve the problem of warmth and comfort.

Chen Ting had a plan in mind, so while taking care of the stone fire, he drew on the ground the appearance of the house in his mind, and at the same time thought about how to renovate the house.

"Ah Ting, the meal is ready." Xiyu roasted a lot of leftover rabbit meat and some dried meat at home, poured water into the stones that could be used as pots, and surrounded them with stones Burn the fire below and put the stone pot on it. Although the fire is slower, a pot of mush was successfully boiled in the end.But this time the raw materials were the sweet potatoes and tomatoes brought back by Chen Ting, and Xiyu added some salt grains of walnut roots, which smelled much more fragrant than the previous paste.

"Okay." Chen Ting nodded, watched the situation of the fire and refueled enough firewood, then followed Xiyu back to the house to solve the problem of dinner first.

Sweet potatoes and potatoes are the two foods that contain the most starch. The paste made from them is naturally much more delicious than Xiyu’s messy food, not to mention the refreshing and delicious tomatoes mixed in it. Add some black salt grains, it tastes very delicious.The previous barbecue was a little scorched after being heated, so Chen Ting asked Xiyu to drink mush for the baby, while he and Xiyu shared the rest of the barbecue.There wasn't a lot of food in the house. While eating, Chen Ting began to plan in his mind to make a simple hunting tool to make up for his lameness.

"Ah Ting, you eat." After all, the baby is still young, so there is no way to finish the whole pot.

When the little guy was full, he climbed onto the animal skin to play alone. Xiyu saw that there was still a lot of this delicious mush, so he planned to let his partner who was still recovering eat all of it.

"You can eat it." Although the roast meat in his mouth was a little dry, it was still edible, Chen Ting shook his head and signaled Xiyu to eat it by himself.

"You eat." The obedient Xiyu also has times when he is stubborn, and every time he has something good, he will eat it with his baby and partner first.The taste of the barbecue in his mouth was no longer good, but the freshly made mush was delicious, so he was naturally reluctant to eat it by himself.

Xiyu’s spoon uses a branch to cut a few times on the head to make a flat surface with a slight groove, which can be used as a tableware.He dug a spoonful and handed it to Chen Ting, looking at him earnestly and sincerely with his big wet eyes, not being persistent.

Chen Ting sighed, leaned forward and drank the spoonful of the paste.

"How?" Xiyu asked expectantly.

Although the ingredients were found by Chen Ting, the finished product was completely Xiyu's handicraft.It is his greatest wish to let his two most important people eat happily.

"Delicious." Compared with the previous meal, this is already very delicious.Chen Ting smiled and praised affirmatively.

"(*^___^*) Hehe..." Xiyu was very happy, he lowered his head and took a bite, and gave Chen Ting another bite.

In this way, the remaining roasted meat and mush were quickly wiped out when the two of you took a bite and I took a bite.After the meal, Chen Ting went out to the stream not far away with a heavy stone pot to wash, and told Xiyu to take the baby outside and lean against the fire inside the stone pile, and it must not be extinguished.

"Ah Ting, what are we going to do?" Seeing Chen Ting coming back with the stone pot again, Xiyu couldn't help asking curiously.

"Take a hot bath." Chen Ting put the stone pot away, glanced at the discolored stone, and started his next step.