The Return of Gratitude Volume 2

It was a small stream no more than ten meters wide, and on both sides of the stream were open areas of woods.According to the marks on the map, there are two such small streams in the upper reaches of the forest, and finally they merge into one, and you can go downstream along any of them to the direction of the entrance of the Golden Lake.For Archer, finding water is half the battle. First, he has successfully transformed back into a handsome and invincible young man with wheat rolls. Second, the drinking water they are about to run out of is also available.

They camped by the creek that day, the two of them ate compressed biscuits for the past few days, and they almost vomited. As soon as they transformed back into human form, Archer found a branch of a tree and jumped into the stream to spear fish.

Qin Xiu got out of the tent, the sun was setting, and the wheat roll was jumping in the water with his back bare and his trousers rolled up. He shouted: "There is the last pack of biscuits, do you want to eat?"

Shen Che held the branch in his hand, hunched his back and stared at the water surface with piercing eyes, and made a gesture of silencing with his fingers around his mouth.

Qin Xiu leaned against the tent, with a biscuit in his mouth, and said vaguely, "Forget it, you can't catch it." His eyes rolled again, he took down the biscuit and said, "Why don't I teach you?"

At the moment when the eyeballs rolled and the white horse passed by, in fact, what flashed through Mr. Qin's mind was such a picture——

Your posture for holding the fork is wrong, like this, chest up...abdominal... leaning against me... good... standing in the water is also wrong, step back, lift hips...legs leaning against me... ...closer...

Qin Xiu squinted his eyes like a cat, the wheat-colored back under the sunlight was very delicious, Xiaoman bent and stretched, the water was glistening, and he looked very chewy...

As soon as Archer felt that he had grasped a little bit of the essentials, he heard a "crash" behind him. Looking back, he saw Qin Xiu taking off his white shirt backwards, and walking straight into the water without even pulling up his trousers.

"Give me the fork, and I'll show you." The handsome Bingshan stood naked in the water, his expression still cold and proud.

Qin Xiu stood in the middle of the water with such a long body, his white upper body exposed to the sun still reflected a little wave of water light, combined with his delicate face and black hair, he looked particularly natural and unpolished, Archer couldn't help but look away He was fascinated, but after he was distracted, there was always a feeling that he was deliberately putting on an iceberg pose. He accidentally caught sight of Qin Xiu's little movement of puffing out his chest and retracting his abdomen, and Archer suddenly felt amused: "Why don't you break it yourself?" one?"

Hearing the words, Qin Xiu was right in his arms, and walked up behind Student Shen, with a low and sexy voice: "Then I can teach you like this."

Unexpectedly, Shen Che turned around and handed him the fork.

The polar bear held the branch with a scrunched face.

15 minute later.

Archer got out of the tent, the sun was setting, and the white and thin back of the polar bear was completely soaked, looking very pitiful, flopping more fiercely in the stream than him. "There's the last piece of biscuit," he shook the biscuit in his hand, "do you want to eat it?"

"Crap!"

Archer watched Qin Xiu wipe away the water splashed on his face, biting a biscuit and said in embarrassment, "Forget it, if you can't catch it like this, let me teach you some experience."

Qin Xiu straightened up suddenly, turned his head and gave him a cold look, and inserted the branch into the water without any hassle. Archer saw that it was clearly an act of venting his anger, and was about to shout, "I finally found this branch, don't hit it!" It's an idea." Seeing Qin Xiu's expression stunned, he picked up the branch in surprise, and Archer stared at the fat trout wriggling on the branch, dumbstruck, did he make a mistake that he could hit the fork like this? !

Although he was a little dissatisfied, he would have grilled fish to eat at night anyway. The young dog ran over with his ears shaking and his tail bouncing. Qin Xiu looked at him sideways and said coldly, "What's the matter with spearfish?" Difficult”, and then threw the fish back into the water with a spear.

Archer almost jumped up: "Qin Xiu!!"

The handsome Bingshan gracefully brushed his hair, walked ashore, picked up his clothes and entered the tent.

Archer dived into the water and managed to touch the branch, but the fish on it was gone.As night fell, the unbelieving wheat rolls were still tossing in the water.

It was getting dark and it was impossible to see. Qin Xiu stood by the stream with his arms folded: "The blind man fishes." After speaking, he turned around and went back.

Blind Shen was furious, this guy came out on purpose to scare him, and said in his heart that I must be caught today!

Qin Xiu lay in the tent and slept with his legs crossed, until he heard a very funny sound of "puff-grunt" outside the tent, as if a giant had farted in the water. He opened his eyes and smiled, and lay down. Lazily shouted in the tent: "Juan [-], come back, I don't despise you!"

Shen Jinmao floated on the water with his head up, his four paws scratching in the water, and the fish slipped slipperily under his paws. Although he could not hold the tree branches when he became a dog, he also had other advantages. The fish was approaching, and the dog slammed its head down, and opened its mouth to bite a slippery little fish.

Archer was so proud that he quickly surfaced and shouted at the tent, "Qin Xiu! I'm holding—"

"Plop", the dog opened its mouth, and the fish leaped into the water, swishing its tail as if to say "thank you idiot", and swam far away in the blink of an eye.

Qin Xiu got out of the tent when he heard the sound, and saw the wet and ugly big golden retriever standing by the stream in shock.

At the tent entrance, Qin Xiu wiped the dog's drenched body with a dry towel: "What were you barking just now?"

Archer felt bitter in his heart.

Qin Xiu didn't ask any more questions, grabbed the wet dog hair with a towel and wrung it vigorously, just like this repeatedly, Archer felt that his body, which was still dripping before, gradually warmed up under Qin Xiu's rubbing.

"I imagined that the journey to find the Golden Lake would be more bitter and arduous than this." Qin Xiu said, looking up at the second volume, which was a little puzzled why he made such a statement, and said calmly, "So I am mentally prepared."

The big dog tilted its head and looked at him, then straightened its head again: "Wow!" I have it too!

Qin Xiu continued to wipe the dog's hair with a smile: "Actually, this is much better than I imagined, at least I'm not alone." If a person gets lost in this spooky forest, it's him No matter how courageous you are, it is impossible to be calm, but two people are different. If the person around you happens to be the one you love, then you will really be fearless.Even if you can't get out for the rest of your life, even if you die, you will still be with this guy. The word "fearless" is quite simple when you think about it. "Sometimes I also think, why do you have to accompany me to suffer this crime? Even Wang Ziqiong doesn't believe that the lake really exists, Shen Che." Qin Xiu put down the towel and looked directly into the big golden retriever's eyes, "You really letter?"

"Wow!" I really believe it!

"I'll tell you a story. It's a true story. Have you ever heard of the prehistoric cave paintings in Spain... Tsk, why am I asking you? You must have never heard of it," Qin Xiu grinned unhappily. The big golden retriever wiped the hair of the dog and said, "In the [-]th century, a lawyer and his daughter accidentally discovered the exquisite murals in the cave when they were exploring in the countryside. These murals were painted on the top of the cave high above the ground. The murals depict running wild horses, wounded bison, and dexterous wild deer...with myriad postures and extraordinary elegance, the lawyer and his daughter were stunned by the dreamlike picture scroll above their heads with oil lamps in their hands..."

Archer listened to Qin Xiu's eloquent story about the cave paintings of Altamira. The discovery of the cave paintings quickly aroused the interest of the archaeological community. However, these caves belonged to prehistoric humans in the Paleolithic Age 3 to 20 years ago. The archaeological community firmly believed that it was impossible for humans at that time to have such a high level of art. According to the understanding at the time, prehistoric humans could not even solve food and clothing, and these murals not only consumed a lot of time, but also did not seem to have any meaning. At that time Everyone thought that these paintings were forged by Mr. Lawyer. People insulted him and called him a liar. It was not until more than 20 years later, when the same murals were discovered in other European countries, that people were surprised how valuable it was. And they have wronged the great discoverer for more than [-] years.

Archer was completely relieved when he heard this. Qin Xiu's eyes were calm and deep when he said these words. He didn't trust his father unconditionally and naively.Qin Xiu is a person with his own beliefs and principles.Stories from cave paintings convinced him that nothing is absolute.

"Okay!" Qin Xiu took the towel away in one breath, "It's almost done, now it's the last link!" Then a pair of quiet eyes lit up.

The towel was wrapped around the tail, and Qin Xiu's fingers rubbed and rubbed through the towel like peeling onions. Archer writhed in pain and howled angrily. I take back what I said before, you are a childish ghost!

In the morning, Archer had to force himself to get up early. He had to go to the stream to fill the water bag. With the help of the sun, the water bag took more than three hours to barely reach the heat needed for transformation.But after finally being able to take a shower, the water ran out after a while. The dog raised his head and looked at the still heavy water bag hanging on the branch, wondering, and jumped up and jumped a few times. It's full.

Qin Xiu was tidying up the tent. Usually at this time, Shen Che had already showered and came to help him, but he hadn't come yet, so he stood up wonderingly, only then did he see Shen Che walking over with a water bag.

Qin Xiu frowned: "You filled the water bag again? I'll use it tomorrow and refill it." It's several kilograms, so it's not tiring to carry it.

Shen Che lowered his head and glanced at the heavy water bag with a slightly tangled expression: "...we may have fish to eat."

The reason why there was no water in the middle of the shower was because the water outlet was blocked. Archer took off the bag and opened it, and found that there was a fish inside. went in.Having fish to eat is certainly a good thing, but the problem is...

The two of them opened the water bag and looked inside——

ugly fish...

This is a fish about the size of a sardine. It is estimated that it was roasted by a solar hot water bag and passed out. However, the fins on the chest are still flapping and the stomach has not turned over, indicating that it is still alive.Qin Xiu picked up the fish and looked at it, but he couldn't tell what species it was, and he couldn't figure out how the fish in the fresh water could be so ugly, with a mouth as big as a funnel, and a row of jagged teeth that looked creepy. The belly is as fat as a lantern. All in all, it is a fish that is a test of courage to eat.

Archer has only seen this kind of fish that looks so casual in the deep sea. Anyway, since he and Qin Xiu are not very good at catching fish, this kind of food that is delivered to your door still has to be brought with you for emergencies. just need.

The further downstream the stream became wider, it could be called a small river, and the flowing water also became turbulent. There were gravels accumulated beside the water, and the road was a bit difficult to walk. After walking for a long time, they stopped to rest, and Archer put his luggage Putting it on the big dry rocks on the shore, unscrewed the mineral water bottle and looked up to drink a couple of sips of water. Qin Xiu used his mobile phone to take pictures of the nearby scenery not far away, as a mark for the return journey.

Just as Archer was about to bring water to Qin Xiu, there was a dull "plop" sound of falling into the water behind him. Archer thought it was terrible, and turned his head to look, and the bag of luggage on the boulder was indeed gone.He stood on the boulder in two steps, saw the black mountaineering bag wrapped away by the rapids at a glance, and jumped off without saying a word.

He took advantage of the momentum of the water and swam a few times before catching up with the luggage. He grabbed his backpack and tried his best to swim to the shore, but he couldn't do what he wanted.When he pedaled the water, he could feel the heights and heights of the rocks and dangerous shoals underwater, so that although the current was not strong from the shore, it was surging under the water. In addition, the bag was full of photographic equipment, which was very heavy. Dragging the backpack was useless, he struggled a few times, and was pushed away by the water, and the backpack was about to be carried away by the current, so he hurriedly reached out to grab it, when suddenly he heard a loud noise The sound of water, following the sound, the stream seemed to have suddenly stopped in front of it, and the sound of water was clearly the sound of water rushing down!