flee from famine!After being forced to sell to a rough man, I counterattacked

Qin Min choked.

The soles of the feet are sensitive areas, no matter how slow Fu Minglai moves, she will not be able to relax.

Fu Minglai didn't touch the soles of her feet, he pinched her toes with his fingertips, kneaded and pinched, and pulled out her toes between his fingers.

Seeing that he didn't touch the soles of his feet, Qin Min slowly relaxed. Looking at his focused and quiet face, he said suddenly, "I saw a small stone shed in the saline-alkali land just now."

Fu Minglai hummed, and said, "Are you scared?"

Qin Min was stunned for a moment, a little confused.

What's so scary about that little stone shed?

Fu Minglai said softly: "Little lady, don't be afraid. Although the fire in the shed can be burned without firewood, it is definitely not a will-o'-the-wisp. We have been using it all the time, so there is no danger."

Qin Min, "..."

She blinked her eyes, her words were hesitant, and she followed his words, "Isn't it really a will-o'-the-wisp?"

Fu Minglai said flatly, "The sky is bright and the sun is bright, and the fire is still burning well, so how could it be a will-o'-the-wisp?"

Qin Min nodded, and then sighed sincerely, "This fire is really good. It can be burned directly without firewood. There is not even a tree nearby. It is not easy to find some firewood."

The firewood in their cave was collected along the road, and after entering the saline-alkali land, they never picked it up again.

Fu Minglai hummed, and while Qin Min was distracted, he pressed his finger on the Taixi acupoint on the sole of her foot.

"We used to bring a lot of firewood when we came here. After the fire that day, all the firewood was saved."

Qin Min whispered, his eyes sparkled, "By the way, you can also directly set up a pot in the shed and use the fire to cook the salt, so you don't need to spend all that firewood."

She asked Liang Dawei that after the rock salt was brought back to the thatched cottage, it would be broken and dissolved in water to become brine, which would then be heated and boiled to purify it into edible salt.

It takes a lot of firewood to boil the brine to the bottom, so it is better to use this day's fire to cook it.

Fu Minglai paused for a moment with the fingers pinching his feet, and looked up at Qin Min, "Little lady, aren't you afraid of the fire that day?"

When Liang Dawei and the others saw the fire that day, they all thought it was a punishment from the gods, and they were terrified, and even brought pheasants and ducks to sacrifice.

As soon as he was indifferent to the gods and Buddhas, he saw that the pheasants and ducks they had found so hard were going to be spoiled, so he simply put them on the fire that day and roasted them.

Seeing this, the others were terrified, fearing that he would be struck by lightning the next moment because of his disrespect.

It turned out that everything was fine, and the roast chicken and duck roasted in the sky fire were still delicious.

After they all ate roast chicken, they gradually stopped being afraid of this rootless fire.

Qin Min was puzzled and said: "But didn't you say that the fire is not a will-o'-the-wisp, and it's not dangerous?"

Fu Minglai looked at this little face full of doubts, his eyes darkened slightly.

His throat rolled slightly, and finally he hummed flatly, then lowered his head and continued pinching her feet.

The little lady had never eaten roast chicken and duck, but because of his words, she believed that the fire was really not dangerous.

"My lady's proposal...it can save firewood and bring back more edible salt. It's really good."

Fu Minglai paused, "It's just that there is no pot or water here."

Qin Min, "Just bring the pot next time, as for the water..."

Qin Min frowned. The water near the saline-alkali land is almost all saline-alkali water, and the water contains various impurities.

Using that water to boil salt means adding impurities to the rock salt, and the boiled salt may be astringent and bitter, and must be treated with plant ash before it can be eaten.

Instead, the good quality rock salt was ruined.

Fu Minglai, "The water we brought here is enough for drinking and processing prey for the past few days, not enough for boiling salt."

Moreover, boiling salt still consumes water, and they may not even have enough water to carry it at full capacity.

Qin Min pursed his lower lip, so the water had to be obtained locally.

Saline-alkaline water is not good, so distill the saline-alkaline water into pure water.

There are many objects in her space, and she can assemble a distillation device, but they are all objects that cannot be revealed in front of people.

It is still necessary to use ancient objects to make a distillation device.

Fu Minglai pressed the acupuncture point on the sole of the foot, and looked up at Qin Min.

She seemed to be lost in thought, not caring what he was pressing at all.

Fu Minglai felt relieved, and pressed all the acupuncture points on the soles of the feet thoroughly, and then pressed the insteps and ankles...

"All right."

After a long time, Fu Minglai put down those slender feet, and when he looked up, he saw Qin Min leaning against the cave wall, falling asleep with his head sideways and his eyes closed.

The slightly drooping black straight hair on the temples framed a slender and handsome face, and the brows were slightly frowned as if thinking about some trivial matter.

Fu Minglai sat on the side of the bed, looking at Qin Min with dark eyes.

They are tired no matter how tired they get the rock salt, so why bother to help them simplify their work and let them relax.

It's because he's too kind-hearted and too soft-tempered that those people outside will bully him.

Fu Minglai sighed softly, supported Qin Min's shoulders, gently helped her down on the bed, and covered her with animal skins.

He left the cave, went hunting, and roasted the meat, waiting for Qin Min and others to eat.

Qin Min was still sleeping.

Fu Minglai originally wanted to wake her up to eat before going back to sleep, but thinking of her haggard appearance during the day, he let her continue to sleep.

The others knew that Qin Min was sleeping in the cave, so they simply ate the barbecue in the stone shed in the saline-alkali land, blowing the cold wind.

Only then did they return to the cave, and instead of chatting around the bonfire as usual, they all rested quietly.

Qin Min woke up the next day, the sky was bright, there was no one in the cave, and their rattan baskets were gone.

Apparently they all went to the salt mountains again to collect salt.

Qin Min sat up reluctantly, but still felt very tired, his whole body was still limp and weak, obviously still in the stage of recovery from hypoxia.

Only the feet felt a lot more comfortable, not as red as yesterday, and returned to the original jade white.

Just as Qin Min was about to get out of bed, he saw Fu Minglai walking into the cave without saying a word.

"Grumbling..."

The sound became very clear in the quiet cave.

Qin Min clutched his stomach, embarrassment flashed across his face, he didn't expect the drumming to be so loud.

Fu Minglai took out the dried snake meat without changing his expression, and said in a low voice, "Little lady, eat this."

The dried snake meat was easy to carry and eat, so they naturally carried it with them when they left the thatched cottage.

Qin Min ate some dried snake meat with water, so he didn't feel hungry.

Fu Minglai moved the medicinal herbs placed in a corner of the cave outside the cave, laid them flat in the sun, and dried them.

Qin Min bit the dried snake meat, looked at the hilly pile of herbs, his face was full of confusion, "Did we pick so many herbs yesterday?"

She was busy collecting natural gas, so she picked a little, and Fu Ming came to pick a basket and a half of herbs.

Fu Minglai said softly, "I went to pick some herbs again at Chenshi."

Qin Min understood, and asked involuntarily, "What time is it?"

"It's noon."