Hard work

Chapter 2 Digging the Tree Hole 【Third Watch】

Houshan let her down.

It's big.Pieces of mountains and forests are densely packed, and you can't see the end when you go inside, and you don't know where to stretch.

But in this winter, the snow has already fallen, pressing on the lifeless branches, in addition to adding whiteness, it also makes her feel hopeless.Such weather, where is the time to look for food.

She couldn't help tightening her collar.

But feel unconvinced.

The village is not actually poor.She walked all the way, looking at all the good houses.So many farmers are idle at home, weaving bamboo strips, and doing carpentry work, it seems that there is no shortage of money earned by the day laborer.I don't know whether it means that the people in the village are honest, or it is true that the people in the village are so rich.

Not too bad after all.Otherwise, if you don't even have enough to eat, how can you have such leisure time.

The land behind the mountain does not look barren.Although the plants have lost their leaves, they are all connected together.It must be a beautiful green scene after winter.Just don't see any hunting hunters.

Maybe it's just that she didn't meet him.

Lan Hua'er tightened her collar and sleeves, but her little face was still red from the cold.It's not the kind of healthy ruddy, which makes people worry just looking at it.But no one looked at her, did they?She just got out of bed after getting sick, and her body is weak, but she hoped to lie on the kang for two more days.But when she thought of Goudanzi sucking his finger and looking at her, she felt a surge of anger in her heart.

That probably doesn't really belong to her, but to Lan Hua'er who no longer knows where her soul is.

At least, at least we must protect this little brother to grow up safely.

Now there is only half a tube of brown rice in the family, which is not enough at all.

She thought of looking for some wild fruits or mushrooms, or even wild vegetables on the mountain.But this mountain was destined to disappoint her after all.

In fact, in this winter, there are hard skating on both sides of the road, and there is naturally solid snow on the back mountain. Where did the wild fruits and vegetables come from.

Orchid walked all the way.

There is no so-called "mountain road" in this mountain, and there are not even traces of many people stepping on it.She walked among the tall trees, watching the snow carefully all the way.

If there are any large beasts here, she should be able to see it.

Although she is also confident that she will not encounter a beast on the edge of the mountains so close to the village.

Unless you are very hungry.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help shivering down the spine.It was not clear whether it was the cold or the fear.

Forget it—she told herself in her heart more than once.

She has done her best.There is half a can of brown rice at home, enough for her and Goudan to eat for several days.Moreover, she knew that the elder brother named Gaihua would soon bring the Qian family.

Let's go back.

But Goudan's yearning eyes kept lingering in her mind, making her unable to make up her mind to turn around and go back.

Lan Hua'er supported the thick tree trunks on both sides and walked into the mountain, step by step stepping on a deep footprint in the snow.She is small and light, but it is extremely difficult to step on it.

The weakness of the previous two days still remained in her body, so she could only walk slowly while leaning against the tree trunk to rest.

The only upside was probably that she didn't have to worry about getting lost.The footprints on the snow are too clear.

When she stepped on the snow for about a mile, and when she held on to the rough tree trunk to breathe again, a small shadow suddenly jumped past her hand.

The shadow was small and fast, about the size of Lan Hua'er's palm, and fell onto the snow as if rolling from her hand, before she could react, it jumped towards the bare tree next to it.

Lan Hua'er screamed in fright at the sudden appearance of the little thing, and even forgot to retract her hand.

When she came back to her senses, the expression on her face turned into ecstasy——

"squirrel!"

It must have been because she had disturbed the squirrels that had slept in the hollows of the trees for the winter that the little ones had escaped so quickly.

She was small, frail, and unresponsive.

Don't expect to catch squirrels at all.

But she still couldn't help being ecstatic.She can dig out that squirrel's nest.

Lan Huaer stood on tiptoe and groped for a long time near the place where the squirrel jumped out just now, and finally found a shallow squirrel hole behind a piece of loose bark.

She no longer had the mind to think about whether the squirrels whose burrows she had hollowed out could survive the winter.Even, Lan Huaer thought, if the squirrel fell to the ground because of hunger and cold, she and Goudan would be able to get a little bit of meat before the New Year.

The squirrel hole was not very big.Inside were handfuls of melon seeds, acorns, and walnuts that she couldn't name.

There are not many things, but Lan Hua'er's hands can no longer hold them.

She looked around, and found that there was nothing to use except snow and bare tree trunks, so she could only carefully lift up her skirt, and put those small offal-like fruits in the hem of the skirt.

According to her previous knowledge, squirrels will also make small warehouses on the ground, bury the fruits that cannot fit in the tree holes, and wait for the next spring to dig out and eat.

If she could find it—

Then she looked around at the snow that didn't reach her calf, Lan Hua'er could only sigh deeply.

It was impossible for her to dig out such a large expanse of snow.She decided to turn around and go back.

On the way back, she walked very slowly, groping around the tree poles on both sides, hoping to find more squirrel burrows.

God really treated her well.

Lan Huaer found two other hibernating caves for squirrels, and there was a little squirrel in one of the caves that had been sleeping drowsily and hadn't woken up.She pinched the squirrel's neck, feeling that her heart was about to jump out of her small chest with excitement.

It has only been two days since she traveled to this small village.She still remembered that the last meal she ate before time travel included fried pork slices and pork kidney soup.

But now Lanhua'er's body is deeply thirsting for oil.

Thinking of Rou Mozi, she couldn't help but turn green in her eyes.

She knelt by the stump carefully and knocked the squirrel to death before wrapping them together in her skirt.

This is the food she found, and she doesn't want to attract red eyes halfway.

Although the villagers she met in the past two days were simple and kind, they must not have the heart of harming others, and the heart of defense must not be without it.The villagers don't seem to go to the back mountain often, and they don't know that there are fruits and meat on the mountain.

She didn't want to compete with the swarming villagers for this hard-won foraging spot the next time she entered the mountain.

Forgive her for being selfish.But they really couldn't survive.

Thinking of the smile that might appear on Goudan's face after returning home with the fruit, Lan Hua'er smiled with her frozen face.

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