I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 5 Bamboo shoots in the mountains
Country people go to bed early, and the Zhou family didn't have money to buy lamp oil, so after dinner, they went back to their rooms.

Although the Zhou family was in ruins, there was one advantage that Zhou Chenyu was very satisfied with.That means the house is big enough that you can sleep in a room by yourself.

Zhou Chenyu was lying beside the bed meditating. There were no car horns and noises between floors outside, so the chirping of insects and frogs around the house was particularly clear, like a sweet lullaby, coaxing people. Fall asleep slowly.

She hugged the soft quilt, feeling warmth coming from her body, her eyelids gradually drooped, and she fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Zhou Chenyu was awakened by the sound of ducks quacking outside the window.

On the path behind the room, a middle-aged woman was holding a stick to drive away a group of ducks. The ducks flapped their wings in panic and flew several meters into the paddy field.

Such a fat duck, how delicious it would be when made into roast duck.

Zhou Chenyu swallowed a sip of water, closed the window, put on his clothes and walked out of the room. A wet breath came over him, penetrating into his bones through his clothes.

She slept so hard last night that she didn't even know it was raining outside.

The ground in the yard is wet, and there is a fine drizzle of rain floating in the sky. Looking in the distance, the fields and mountains are shrouded in a vast white rain and mist, just like Penglai Wonderland in the book.

She stretched out and was seen by Li Xiuju in the kitchen, "Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

Zhou Chenyu looked at Li Xiuju. Although she was a mother in name, she couldn't say the word mother. It felt like betraying her mother.

However, she can no longer return to the modern world, so it is not a bad idea to treat Li Xiuju as a relative. After all, she may have to depend on each other in the future.

You won't suffer a big loss if you make a sweet dessert that people like to talk about.

"I've been sleeping for two days. If I sleep again, I will fall apart." She took the soup basin from Li Xiuju's hand and was still cooking sweet potato porridge. "Your legs and feet are not good, be careful of slipping, I will carry it out."

Li Xiuju saw that Zhou Chenyu's face was much rosier and he was willing to take the initiative to speak. Her worries for many days gradually subsided and she couldn't help but smile.

Zhou Baoyu poked his head out of the utility room, choking on the dust and coughing, "Mom, are you talking about these two backpacks?"

Li Xiuju came to her senses and went over to lend a hand, "Yes, I'll take it to the stream and wash it clean later. It'll be perfect for holding bamboo shoots."

Zhou Baoyu shook off the dust on his clothes and said, "Mom, the road is slippery on a rainy day and your legs and feet are not good. I will go up the mountain alone later."

Li Xiuju shook her head, "No, I'll just stay at home, just be careful."

Zhou Chenyu hadn't picked up the bamboo shoots yet. If Li Xiuju didn't go, it would be so embarrassing for her to be alone with the old lady.

She loudly replied, "Baoyu, I'll go with you."

"No, you haven't recovered for a long time. Mom is worried." Li Xiuju refused without thinking.

"Old lady, you don't trust me, and I don't trust you either. Baoyu, do you want to save your worries with me, or do you want to save your worries with the old lady?"

Zhou Chenyu winked at Zhou Baoyu. Zhou Baoyu hesitated for a moment, glared at his sister threateningly, and immediately changed his words: "Yes, mother, I will go with my sister, you stay in the house."

Li Xiuju couldn't resist the two of them, so she had to agree.

After breakfast, he took the sweet potatoes specially roasted by Li Xiuju, and Zhou Chenyu followed Zhou Baoyu, carrying the basket on his back, and walked towards the forest behind the village.

To enter the mountain, you have to cross the other side of the stream and climb up the grassy slope. After reaching the top, a large piece of wide wasteland extends to the foot of the mountain.After the heavy rain, the moss-covered road became slippery. The sunlight passed through the leafy forest and shuttled through the forest. The dripping water droplets fell and hit the stacked leaves.

This mountain is covered with dense bamboo forests. The line of sight for more than ten meters is completely blocked by the trees. In addition, there are occasional sounds of branches and leaves breaking, as if someone or an unknown living creature is moving around.

In ancient times, the level of development of mountain forests was far less than that of modern times. If you got lost in it, you would not know how to get out. It would be even more dangerous if you were unlucky enough to encounter animals such as jackals, tigers and leopards.

Zhou Chenyu was afraid of going deeper and followed Zhou Baoyu cautiously, "Baoyu, are there tigers in this place?"

"Sister, what are you talking about? If there were tigers here, the people in our village would have been eaten long ago." Zhou Baoyu walked forward and encountered a slope. He quickly turned around and handed over, mocking: "I knew you were so brave. Xiao, I won’t take you out.”

"Tsk, I still need you to lead me?" Zhou Chenyu rolled his eyes at him, grabbed his hand, and kicked up the high slope.

Zhou Baoyu finished laughing playfully and continued to lead the way seriously. The bamboo forest was hidden among the trees and surrounded by dense jungle.

Zhou Baoyu used a hatchet to split the weeds on both sides and broke in like a monkey.

After entering the bamboo forest, they discovered that there was a path at the other end. The roots of the bamboo forest did have signs of being broken. It might have been a rain, and many new pointed bamboo shoots sprouted around it.

The new bamboo shoots grow in the middle of the small bamboo. They are as thick as a thumb and long as chopsticks. The young bamboo shoots are very brittle and can break easily. However, you need to be careful because the bamboo shoots are also covered with a hard shell and covered with tiny hairs that can hurt your hands. .

In the supermarket, a package containing only five or six thin bamboo shoots will cost you six to seven yuan.

Here, bamboo shoots are a gift from Mother Nature.

Zhou Chenyu had only seen peeled bamboo shoots in the supermarket, so he excitedly bent over and picked one off.

Zhou Baoyu saw a bamboo forest diagonally above, "Sister, you pick it up here, and I'll pick it up above. This way we can hurry up and go home with the baskets full."

Zhou Chenyu looked at Zhou Baoyu's flexible figure. Before he came, he thought he was unreliable, but he didn't expect him to be quite reliable.

"Okay, then be careful."

After he left, Zhou Chenyu broke off one spring bamboo shoot after another. After just a while, his hands were already full.

She spread it on the ground casually, and searched around where the bamboo shoots grew. There were so many bamboo shoots that they piled up into a hill.

When he was tired of picking, Zhou Chenyu sat on the grass, peeled off the shells of the bamboo shoots, leaving only the white and tender parts inside, and put them all into the basket on his back.

At noon, the sun gradually became stronger and the water droplets in the forest evaporated away.

She only ate sweet potato porridge in the morning, and she was starving quickly. Zhou Chenyu was sweating profusely from the heat. She sat down under the shade of the tree with a roasted sweet potato and shouted "Zhou Baoyu" above her head.

Zhou Baoyu rushed down from the slope, holding a bunch of red flowers in his hand, "Sister, you have a try."

Zhou Chenyu looked at the red flowers with disgust on his face, "What? You want to poison me?"

"Sister, what are you talking about? Will my younger brother harm you?" Zhou Baoyu picked a flower and sucked the stamen part hard. "The juice of this flower is very sweet and will quench your thirst."

Zhou Chenyu imitated his actions and took a sip. There was not much juice, but the sweetness was really sweet, like drinking watermelon juice. It was just right to relieve the greasiness of roasted sweet potatoes.

(End of this chapter)