Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1938 Sleeping Together
In ancient China, the prohibition on studying astrology actually had a threshold. It was not a ban from top to bottom, nor was the same standard applied to all dynasties. If we really want to discuss it in detail, it would become another big paper.

Wang Fuzhi once cited an example, saying that the numerous astronomical phenomena recorded in the Book of Songs and Chu Ci showed that everyone in ancient times was studying astronomy, and even old women and orphans who only knew how to sing folk songs could sing a line or two.

This is of course an exaggeration, but the knowledge of identifying the stars, memorizing the division of the starry sky, and the sequence of seasons is indeed something that ordinary scholars must also know.

There are actually a lot of knowledge points hidden in the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. For example, the origin of the villain Queen Mother is a very long process of change in the history of the evolution of Chinese gods and immortals. From the earliest terrifying image of half-human and half-beast to the final title of the head of the female immortals in heaven, the change is huge.

Moreover, in Chinese legends, there are two main ways to ascend to heaven, except for some legends that say people ascend to heaven in broad daylight. One is to go out to sea from Penglai to the five fairy islands, and the other is to go to Kunlun and ride a fairy raft into the Milky Way.

In fact, this legend was originally related to the Queen Mother living in the Kunlun Stone Chamber and possessing the elixir of immortality. Even the Chinese nation's later worship of mountains and the rituals of offering sacrifices to the Five Mountains were all related to this earliest legend.

However, as they were chatting, Zhou Zhi felt that the atmosphere became a bit weird. After all, the story came from "Classic of Mountains and Seas: Western Classic of the Sea", and the area around Kunlun Mountain was full of gods and monsters. Even if Zhou Zhi did not exaggerate, telling the story in such an environment would still make the girls a little scared.

"Why didn't Renzhong remind me? This place is really not suitable for talking about mountain spirits and ghosts, right?" Zhou Zhi finally realized it and turned on the lights in the camp again: "It's getting late, why don't we go to bed early?"

This time they brought three double tents, one for Wu Renzhong and Shama Ricong, one for Jike Azi and Mai Xiaomiao, and one for Zhou Zhi alone. As a result, Shama complained that the three tents were too far apart and should be placed next to each other.

Fortunately, it was not difficult to move the tents, so Wu Renzhong and Zhou Zhi moved the three tents next to each other with the help of the three women's flashlights.

"Is this all right now?"

"Okay." Shama rushed into the middle tent and said with a smile, "Renzhong is not very reliable, so we will rely on you and A Zi for protection!"

"Uh..." Zhou Zhi was stunned for a moment: "Shama, so this is what you came up with!"

"How about...we live in one tent too?" Mai Xiaomiao tugged at Zhou Zhi's sleeve.

While Zhou Zhi was thinking about how to phrase it, Mai Xiaomiao continued, "The three of us can live in one tent."

So that's what he meant! Zhou Zhi couldn't help but feel sorry for his dirty thoughts, and was glad that his brain had short-circuited and he didn't come up with an excuse.

"Yes, the three of us can actually live in one tent!" Jike Azi said, and arranged the positions: "I'll sleep inside, Sister Xiaomiao will sleep in the middle, and Brother Elbow will sleep at the door."

Mai Xiaomiao nodded repeatedly. The story Zhou Zhi just told made her feel that it was scary to have no one on either side.

"That's fine." Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "Then you guys go to sleep first. The mushrooms are still a little bit cooked. I'll go to sleep after I harvest them."

"Brother Elbow, let's go pick deer ear leeks tomorrow morning. And didn't you say that the Japanese and Koreans asked you for the Wen Wang Pen? I saw it when I went mushroom picking today." A Zi said.

"It depends on the situation." Zhou Zhi said, "Our main purpose is to have fun, and secondly to eat. If you feel a little tired, you don't have to go. As for the Wen Wang Pen, it depends on my mood. Anyway, I don't need it."

After everyone fell asleep, Zhou Zhi put the uneaten food into a stainless steel basin, took it to the edge of the cold water stream, placed it there, covered it with a lid, and pressed it with stones.

This is meltwater from snow mountains. The temperature is very low, which is equivalent to creating a natural refrigerator.

After coming back and waiting for a while, he put away all the roasted mushrooms, then put all the charcoal into the fire pit, blocked the "stove door" with a stone, covered the charcoal with ash, and then put a pot of water on it, and then he tiptoed into the tent.

There were three sleeping bags in the tent. Ah Zi and Mai Xiaomiao took the two inside, leaving Zhou Zhi with the outermost one. When he unzipped the tent, the light from the camping lamp shone into the tent. Mai Xiaomiao's head was exposed outside the sleeping bag, smiling, and looking at him with a pair of eyes.

"Aren't you going to sleep yet?" Zhou Zhi mouthed the words and gently crawled into his sleeping bag.

Mai Xiaomiao moved towards Zhou Zhi in her sleeping bag and whispered in Zhou Zhi's ear, "Good night, Elbow."

"Huh?" Zhou Zhi couldn't help but laugh, and turned his head to whisper into Mai Xiaomiao's ear: "Good night, Xiaomiao."

The floor mats and sleeping bags were very warm, we had done enough exercise today and were in a good mood, so we all fell asleep quickly.

When Mai Xiaomiao woke up, he opened his eyes and saw the soft orange light above. He thought vaguely for a while before he realized that he had slept in a tent last night and now he was looking at the somewhat translucent ceiling.

Then, I remembered that Zhou Zhi slept next to me last night.

When I turned around, I found myself sleeping on Zhou Zhi's sleeping bag, and Zhou Zhi was no longer in the tent without me noticing.

"Sister Xiaomiao, are you awake?" asked Jike Azi beside her.

"Ah? Ah Zi, have you been awake for a long time?"

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"No, but I didn't want to disturb you by getting up, so I took another nap." Jike Azi said with a smile: "Thanks to you."

"Azi, you are making fun of me." Mai Xiaomiao unzipped her sleeping bag somewhat embarrassedly and got out. "Elbow always wakes me up to exercise every day. I ran first today."

"Brother Elbow is going to make breakfast for everyone." Jike Azi also came out: "It's not like at the grain station where my mother cooks for us."

"Then let's go out and help." Mai Xiaomiao began to comb her hair.

"I'm afraid that Brother Elbow will dislike us for making things worse by helping." Jike Azi quietly asked Mai Xiaomiao, "Sister Xiaomiao, how did it feel to sleep next to Brother Elbow last night?"

“Hey, what nonsense are you talking about?!” Mai Xiaomiao’s face suddenly turned red: “Didn’t you initiate it yesterday and asked him to sleep in our tent?!”

"I just suggested that Brother Elbow sleep in our tent." Jike Azi almost laughed, "But I didn't suggest that some people wait eagerly for him to come in and then say 'Good night, Elbow' in a coquettish voice..."

"Oh my, you little devil, you didn't even fall asleep!" Mai Xiaomiao was embarrassed: "I'm going to teach you a lesson!"

By the time the two girls came out of the tent after making a fuss for a while, Zhou Zhi had already prepared breakfast. It was still a pot of porridge in the middle of the fire pit, but this time, sausage, minced meat, shredded ginger, and chopped green onions were added to the porridge. It was still meat porridge, but the taste was different from last night.

There are fried buckwheat cakes and potatoes roasted on a small charcoal fire around them. The buckwheat cakes have been roasted to a golden brown and are fragrant.

"Are you up?" Zhou Zhi stirred the basin with a long-handled spoon and greeted the two girls.

"Ahem..." Jike Azi looked at Zhou Zhi and raised her voice playfully, "Brother Elbow, good morning..."