Traveling through the ages with the hotel, being doted on by four brothers

Chapter 347 This Forest is So Strange
"Let's not pick wild vegetables for now. We have no shortage of them. Let's walk around and see if there are any better ones. We can't waste our precious time on worthless wild vegetables." Xia Chan gave Zhou Qizhi a self-defense tool, and then the two of them walked forward cautiously.

Zhou Qizhi held Xia Chan's hand the whole time, keeping his eyes and ears open, not only paying attention to the front, but also to Xia Chan's back, fearing that something would attack Xia Chan from behind.

As the two walked, they heard the sound of flowing water. Xia Chan raised his eyebrows, "Is there a river here?"

"Let's go take a look." Zhou Qizhi took Xia Chan by the hand and followed the direction of the sound. When they walked out of the small woods, they saw a river in front of them, and there was a forest on the other side of the river.

There was white mist rising above the river, making it look ethereal.

Xia Chan couldn't help but get excited. Could there be a hot spring here? Otherwise, how could the temperature in this forest be so high? Just like in summer, they would be suffocated to death if they didn't wear summer clothes.

What kind of magical place did they discover? It’s so wonderful here, and the scenery is so beautiful!
"Zhou Qizhi, let's come here every winter from now on!" Xia Chan said excitedly.

"Don't you have to go to the Xiao family?" As long as Xia Chan wanted to come, he would naturally accompany her. He would never let other men accompany his lover to such a place.

But it is not realistic to come here every year.

Xia Chan thought about it and said, "Then we will come here in the year when we don't go to Xiao's house. We will go straight here and not waste time in other places."

Arriving at the river, Xia Chan pulled a blade of grass and touched the river water. Seeing that the water was not corrosive, he stretched out his hand and found that it was hot. Xia Chan was very happy, "Zhou Qizhi, this water is hot, it is a hot spring. We can take a bath in the hot spring."

Zhou Qizhi also reached out and touched it. He couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He didn't expect that it was actually a hot spring.

"Zhou Qizhi, let's find a piece of vacant land tomorrow and build a wooden house. In this way, we can come here for vacation in the winter, and we can bring everyone here with us." Xia Chan was very happy. She knew that there were good things in the deep mountains and old forests, but she didn't expect that there would be such a good place. It was really worth the trip!

Zhou Qizhi also happily agreed. He was naturally happy to be able to vacation with her in such a beautiful place.

"The water temperature upstream should be higher. Let's go upstream and take a look!" Then the two of them walked upstream along the edge of the river. They were afraid that there might be snakes, insects, rats, and ants in the grass, so they knocked on them with bamboo poles as they walked.

As they walked, the two noticed that there were many prey drinking water on the other side of the river, including wild boars, pheasants, wild goats, wild deer, roe deer, hares... and some animals that Xia Cicada did not recognize.

Xia Chan held Zhou Qizhi's hand tightly, and was mentally prepared to take Zhou Qizhi into hiding if the prey rushed over. However, the prey acted as if it didn't see them and was completely indifferent.

The wild boar even looked at them for a few seconds, then continued to drink water with its head down without making any sound.

"What's going on? It's okay that pheasants and rabbits didn't run away when they saw us, but why is the wild boar so indifferent? Are the prey here not aggressive to humans?" Xia Chan was confused.

"Whatever, if they don't attack us, we'll be safer." Zhou Qizhi pulled Xia Chan and continued walking. "With so many prey, are we just going to let them go?" Xia Chan asked.

"How much do you want?" Zhou Qizhi asked.

"Not too many, twelve of each large prey, and twenty of the small ones!" There are quite a lot of prey in this forest. Catching a little can help control the number, so as to prevent the population from becoming rampant and hurting people when brought down the mountain.

Seeing Zhou Qizhi about to go over, Xia Chan hurriedly pulled him back, "I'll go by myself, I can take it in directly, it won't be troublesome."

"I'll go with you." Zhou Qizhi said seriously. How could he let Xia Chan face the danger alone!
The river was not deep, so the two men waded across and came to the opposite side of the river. They were very close to the prey, but the prey did not run away. The pheasant did not fly, and the hare did not run away. Xia Chan felt very strange. Do the prey here have no natural enemies? That's a bit stupid?
When Xia Chan saw that the pheasant did not fly, he reached out to hug it, just like hugging a domestic hen. He hugged it very easily and then put it directly into the space.

She didn't collect much, twenty each of pheasants, hares and pigeons, and twelve each of the remaining large prey, and then left with Zhou Qizhi.

Zhou Qizhi also found it very strange. These prey were obviously alive, so why would the summer cicada be so obedient to catch them?
After walking away, Zhou Qizhi looked back and saw that the prey was gone. He was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He suspected that he and Xia Chan had just had hallucinations, and hurriedly reminded, "Xiao Chan, check to see if the prey you just caught is still there."

Xia Chan thought it was very strange, but still closed his eyes to take a look. He saw that the prey were all sleeping soundly in the space, and he even caught a rabbit from it. "They are all here!"

Zhou Qizhi felt relieved when he thought that the prey should have eaten their fill and gone back to rest. However, he still felt that this forest was too strange.

I don’t know how there could be such a place in the deep mountains and forests.

After walking for a while, the two men saw a natural dam that connected the two sides of the river like a bridge, but there was a hole in the middle to allow the river water to flow downstream.

Xia Chan stood on the embankment and used the bamboo pole in his hand to test the water level upstream. It was a bit deep. He then tried the water level downstream. The water level downstream was less than one meter deep, only a few dozen centimeters. It was safer to soak in the downstream side.

"The water is shallower here, let's soak here!" Xia Chan then carefully entered the water, then squatted down, letting the hot spring water cover her shoulders. "This hot spring is so comfortable, Zhou Qizhi, come over and try it."

"Okay." Zhou Qizhi also went into the water. The warm water soaked through his skin, which really gave him a very comfortable and enjoyable feeling, allowing him to relax his whole body and mind. "This is really a good place."

"I want to come here to soak in the hot spring every day." Xia Chan sighed, "Why is our home so far away from here? I feel so sorry when I think about not being able to soak in such a hot spring when I go back. I really want to live here."

"Or you can collect some hot spring water and take it back. I'll ask a carpenter to make a bath tub for you. You can take a hot spring bath at home, or we can take a bath together. This way we can save a bucket of water." Zhou Qizhi swam to Xia Chan, stretched out his hands to hold her in his arms, and just looked at her.

When Xia Chan heard Zhou Qizhi's proposal, a gleam of light rose in her eyes. After hearing the following words, she couldn't help but poke his abdominal muscles, "Want to take a hot spring bath with me? You're dreaming!"

"I'm taking a bath with you right now!" Zhou Qizhi said with a smile while hugging Xia Chan, and then said very seriously, "Xiao Chan, you are so beautiful."