Happy Farm Ranch

Chapter 80 The Forest of Fireflies

"This meal looks scary..." Xia Jin sat on the ground in front of the picnic tablecloth, looked at the four dishes and one soup on it, and frowned slightly.

Instead, her mother put down the camera and sat down next to her daughter, sniffing the fragrance floating in the air and said with a smile: "What a silly girl, these dishes are really good!

Let’s talk about grilled water snake first. Snake meat contains a variety of essential amino acids for the human body, which can enhance the vitality of brain cells, relieve human fatigue, strengthen the body, and prolong life. For example, when you are studying hard, eating more is just a supplement;
Not to mention frog meat, the meat is delicate and has low fat content, which is very nutritious and can supplement calcium and tonify deficiency, and it is also delicious for beauty and beauty;

I don’t need to explain in detail about the roasted snail prepared by Muzi, right?Snails, shark fins, scallops, and abalone are called the four famous dishes in the world. How can the taste and nutrition be so bad?

The tender lotus leaves in cold salad are the tender tips of the lotus leaves that have been plucked. They are boiled in boiling water and have a slightly cool and bitter taste, but they can promote intestinal peristalsis, eliminate toxins, and the most important thing is to lose weight! "

Sure enough, as soon as the word "weight loss" was mentioned, Xia Jin's eyes turned hot as she looked at the plain-looking young lotus leaves in cold salad, and quickly picked up the chopsticks and took a big bite into her mouth.

After chewing a few mouthfuls, she felt a unique fragrance of lotus leaves permeated her mouth, and her lips and teeth were instantly fragrant, which made people remember this unique taste immediately!

Xia Jin chewed the cold salad and muttered, "Then I will be a vegetarian today, and I will eat cold lotus leaves. It is not only delicious, but also lose weight!"

"If you lose weight, you will lose weight. You should eat more meat." Su Mu deliberately picked up a piece of grilled snake meat and put it in her small bowl. eat!"

"Mom..." Xia Jin was holding the bowl, and she froze in place, not daring to move. She wanted to ask her mother for help but saw that she was eating a piece of snake meat with great relish.

What's more, Su Mu still looked at her with a smile, which made Xia Jin feel embarrassed to push the snake back.

After being deadlocked for half a minute, she took a deep breath and simply closed her eyes and put the steaming piece of snake meat into her mouth!
"Smells so good! It's just a bit irritating..." After taking a small bite, Xia Jin was attracted by the unique delicious smell of snake meat.The texture of the snake meat is very tender, and Liang Dayong is roasted directly over the fire, so the meat is roasted with straight oil, not to mention how fragrant it is!

After taking the second bite, Xia Jin finally broke the fear of snake meat in her heart, and began to swallow whole pieces.

Seeing that she was eating happily, Su Mu felt happy unconsciously, so he gave her the snails and roasted frogs.

After thoroughly enjoying the lunch given by the big forest, the four of them, who were full and full, took an impromptu nap by the green grass by the river at noon.With the clever and clever Heihu and Dahui standing guard, their lunch break was naturally not disturbed in the slightest.

Continue the journey in the afternoon, a group of four shuttled through the valley to enjoy the high mountains and flowing water, drilled through the green tunnel, and passed through a gloomy forest full of strange trees.

Su Mu felt that the scenery here was strange, so he gave it the title of "Black Forest", and planned to promote this forest as an important scenic spot.

"Let's live here tonight, and tomorrow we will have another day's journey to go out of the mountain. I will show you how to build a residence first, and I will go to catch fish and cook later, and you will be responsible for building a place to sleep." The setting sun is about to When the mountain was falling, Liang Dayong took them to the place where they had planned to stay overnight.

There are still all kinds of trees around, which are as gorgeous as a layer of gold in the afterglow of the setting sun; there is a small natural lake in the middle of the forest, which is only about five or six acres in size, but it is surrounded by lush vegetation. Take a closer look at the lake, there are many green water plants inside, reflecting the golden sunset, the scenery is very warm.

Small ripples appear on the lake from time to time. In the eyes of Liang Dayong, who is familiar with the rules of nature, different ripples represent different fishes.Only the same, they are destined to be today's dinner!
"See this clean land? It's very suitable for building a residence." Liang Dayong pointed to a clean grassland with lush bushes growing beside it, and there were many lush young trees in it.

He first selected a small tree with good elasticity, dragged its branches and leaves to the ground and pressed them down, and the whole small tree formed a roof beam with a perfect arc; Liang Dayong carefully tidied up the scattered branches and leaves of the small tree, Make them all fit snugly into the arch of the tree house.

Five minutes later, the prototype of the temporary residence was ready.

Liang Dayong grabbed some branches and leaves from the lush bushes and carefully covered the "roof" to make this temporary residence not so drafty.

"That's good. There's not much wind in this area at night, and the leaves won't be blown through." He trimmed it for the last time, and showed Su Mu that in the hut he built, there was already enough room for one person to sleep. , "Just do it like this. Anyway, you're going to practice your hands first. If you can't get it right, I'll make it for you after dinner."

Su Mu was a little stunned!

No wonder the wisdom of the working people is endless. This way of building a temporary residence is simply a realistic version of survival in the wilderness!

He never thought that he could experience this kind of life in person. He couldn't wait to choose a location where he could build a tree house, and was ready to do it.I don't know if it was specially arranged by Liang Dayong. You can find suitable small trees and clean grass almost everywhere in this camp. He and Xia Jin cooperated tacitly and started to build the residence according to the original appearance.

Xia Jin's mother completely acted as a full-time photographer for the two of them.

From the two discussing which small tree to use, to being scratched by a branch after one failure, and having many red marks on the face; All that was left in the camera were their bright smiles and various embarrassing or happy moments.

After dinner, the night fell in the forest.

Beside the bonfire, wormwood, which is specially designed to repel mosquitoes, is burning. Lying on the grass, Sumu can see the night sky with a wide view on the lake.

There are twinkling stars hanging in the sky like a dark blue curtain. In addition to the smell of wormwood, the breath smells of earth and grass; the summer night sonata of various small insects is heard in the ears.At this moment, his heart was extremely calm, he closed his eyes slightly and simply didn't think about anything, letting his thoughts drift away at will.

"Brother Su Mu, come and see, there are will-o'-the-wisps over there!" He was squinting his eyes to enjoy the peaceful world, when Xia Jin suddenly whispered in his ear.

The warm breath blew against his ears, making him itchy.

Su Mu hurriedly turned over and sat up and said with a smile: "Little girl, you still want to scare me? Be careful that I will tell you a ghost story later, it will scare you so much that you dare not sleep by yourself at night!"

Before the words finished, Xia Jin couldn't wait to move his face to the direction of the lake with both hands, and asked with a trembling voice: "Look at the other side, what is it if it's not a ghost fire?"

The moon has not yet risen, only the sky is full of stars, and the light source in the forest is seriously insufficient.

Su Mu hastily stretched out his hand to push the frame of the glasses, and looked carefully at the forest across the lake.Sure enough, a small cluster of faint light flickered suddenly, and then seemed to disappear into the lush grass!

"Damn it, what the hell is that!" He really saw it this time, and hurriedly stood up from the ground to try to see more clearly.

Unexpectedly, that ball of light disappeared out of thin air, and I didn't see it again after waiting for a long time.

"Could it be that our eyes are dazzled? Or, the will-o'-the-wisp is actually phosphorus that ignites spontaneously when it encounters air. It's normal for some animal bones in the big forest..." Su Mu was trying to relieve the little girl's nervousness, but he didn't know what to do. Thinking of another light floating from the lake not far away!
Before the two of them could see clearly, the light floated into the grass again and disappeared.

"By the way, I haven't seen what a will-o'-the-wisp looks like, but the thing just now doesn't look like a will-o'-the-wisp, does it?" He was slightly startled, and then felt a little strange.

Su Mu always felt that the light he saw just now seemed a little familiar...

Xia Jin was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she was about to drag him to look for Liang Dayong who was going to tidy up the house to build up her courage, when she saw four or five balls of light suddenly flickering out from the lake!

There are even two groups less than two meters away from them!

"Scare me, what kind of will-o'-the-wisp is this?" Su Mu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, scratched the tip of Xia Jin's nose and smiled, "Silly girl, there is no chance to see fireflies in the city, right? It scares you so much." !"

"Fireflies?" Xia Jin didn't recover for a while, and said in a daze, "Oh my God, I've only seen it on TV, but I've never seen a live one! Is it really a firefly? Don't lie to me." !"

Su Mu looked at the small rays of light that had gradually increased and reminded her, "Hurry up and ask your mother to take pictures, it's hard to see so many wild fireflies gathering."

"Mom, come out quickly, there are a lot of fireflies here!" Xia Jin didn't move, but turned around and shouted at her mother who was making the bed.

The fireflies were not disturbed by their uninvited guests. Starting from the first light, many fireflies flew up one after another.

One, two, and three sparkling stars float into the night sky, like countless lights rising from the ground; more like stars falling from the sky!

The shining light flows and dances, gradually turning the woods by the lake into a dreamlike world.

Xia Jin's mother was helping to spread hot stones on the ground, then set up a layer of branches and leaves, and then spread a sheepskin mattress, so that it would not be attacked by moisture at night.

Hearing her daughter's call, she took the camera and just climbed out from under the small tree when she saw crystal clear light spots flying around her.Looking a little farther away, the daughter and Su Mu were standing far away from the bonfire. The tall and short figures of the two were like silhouettes; in front of them were the shadows of the edge of the forest and the dense grass, and many fireflies were flying around. In mid-air, this admiration is embellished like a dream.

She hesitated for a few seconds, and finally raised the camera and pressed the shutter, taking the first shot of the figures of the two young people, and then chasing a large number of fireflies to the lake to take pictures.

(End of this chapter)