Chapter 170(1/2)
Staying in the mountains for a night was pretty good, not afraid of safety issues, and it was quite cool.
When Du Yong got up early in the morning, he went to the Xitan to take a bath, and he felt very happy.
Yang Jin simply washed his face, then went to dig some wild vegetables and prepared to make breakfast.
I had some meat left yesterday, and all of them were covered with salt and smoked into bacon, which was just enough to make a wild vegetable and bacon broth.
When leaving Pingzhou City, he brought a lot of things, including various ingredients and pots and bowls, tied them up and placed them in the corner of the carriage. This was Yang Jin's foresight.
While making breakfast, Yang Jin looked at Du Yong who was still taking a shower and reminded him: "It's just a shower. Do you want to take a shower for so long? Be careful to wash away the energy in your body."
Du Yong was still very happy in his wandering life, but he stopped immediately after hearing this, laughed and said, "Cleaning out your energy? Who did you hear?"
Yang Jin said lightly: "The old man said that you can't take a bath every day, and you can't take a bath for too long, otherwise you will easily become sick, just like trees, and you can't water too much water."
Du Yong smiled, finished taking a shower, jumped up from the water, grabbed it from the air during the flight, sucked all the clothes on Tanbian bluestone into his palms. At the same time, he felt a little hot, and instantly evaporated all the moisture on his body. The clothes just reached their hands, and quickly put on the clothes after they landed on the ground.
The whole process only took a few breaths, and it was breathtaking.
Yang Jin shook his head as he saw it: "Fancy and whistle!"
Du Yong put on his boots and came to Yang Jin. He looked at the bacon and wild vegetable soup in the pot and sniffed it. He felt the aroma was tempting, so he gave a thumbs up and praised: "Brother Yang, although your barbecue skills are average, you are very good at cooking soup."
"That's of course!"
Yang Jin nodded perfunctorily and ordered: "Get the bowl over."
Du Yong took two bowls, came upstream and rinsed them with water, and then placed them on the ground.
Yang Jin directly picked up the pot and poured the bowls all over.
Du Yong couldn't stand the fragrance, so he quickly picked it up, not caring about burning his mouth, and drank it softly. After drinking a few sips, he felt relieved all over and praised: "After drinking this bowl of soup, even if you take a shower for a long time, you won't be sick, haha!"
Yang Jin laughed in silence: "Not that magical."
After saying that, I took out a small bag from the carriage and opened it. It contained fried rice. It was prepared by the uncle from the small village in the south. It tasted very delicious.
Du Yong chewed the fried rice slowly, then added another bowl of soup, and suddenly said, "When I talked about sickness, I remember Mr. Hu. Didn't they say Mr. Hu is in good health? Do we have to give some supplements?"
Yang Jin smiled and said, "Why are you lying? Is that okay?"
Du Yong waved his hand: "Whether it's a lie or not, let's treat Mr. Hu as he is sick and give some supplements to express his feelings. Maybe it's a breakthrough."
Yang Jin smiled bitterly: "I don't mind giving some supplements to the old man, but there are no supplements now? Should I go back to Pingzhou City to buy it? I definitely can't buy it in the Nanjiao, and it's all in chaos."
Du Yong smiled: "When we entered this forest yesterday, I saw red mushrooms coming in the grass on the side of the road."
"Red mushroom?"
Yang Jin's eyes lit up and he nodded slightly: "Red mushrooms are good, expensive, high-grade, very good taste, and very nutritious, and can indeed be considered a tonic."
Du Yong continued: "Then let's catch a few more pheasants alive and send them with red mushrooms, so that Mr. Tiger can eat chicken stew mushrooms. That's a famous dish."
Yang Jin felt that the proposal was very good, so he nodded in agreement.
After drinking the soup, the two of them acted separately. Yang went in to catch pheasants and Du Yong went to pick mushrooms.
Few people should have come here in this forest, there is no obvious road, no trace of firewood, and no hunting traps or missing equipment.
There are many red mushrooms, most of which are hidden beside rotten branches and leaves, and they grow very well. It may have been light rain not long ago.
Du Yong held a small basket woven with fine rattan in his left hand and a bamboo slice cut with a dagger in his right hand, and specially picked large red mushrooms to dig. Soon after, he dug a full basket.
When he returned to Xitan, Yang Jin had already captured three pheasants alive, all of which were quite large.
Du Yong said, "It's very fast, why didn't I catch pheasants yesterday?"
Yang Jin smiled: "I didn't expect yesterday that the pheasants here were not afraid of people, so I took some fried rice to seduce them, but these three almost flew into my arms."
Du Yong sighed: "How come this mountain is rarely visited? Not to mention wild game, even if you pick mushrooms, you can guarantee food and clothing."
Yang Jin smiled: "Because there are blind bears and leopards in this forest, I just saw several, all of which are very large, and maybe there are other more dangerous beasts."
So that's it.
Ordinary people really can't beat the blind bear and the leopard.
Of course, I will go to Zhangjiazhuang next.
The horse was full and full of energy. As Yang Jin's whip swung his whip, it spread its hooves and started running.
When they arrived at Zhuangzi, they attracted the attention of many people, and their faces were still wary, but some people were a little curious while being vigilant.
Du Yong smiled at everyone he met, and did not take the initiative to ask questions, but slowly rushed to the foot of the mountain.
Not long after, the short and strong man yesterday stopped him with a group of light and strong men holding sticks.
Du Yong quickly jumped out of the carriage and bowed, without any impatience or fear. This made Qingzhuang, who surrounded him very impressed, and his hands holding the stick tightly couldn't help but relax a little.
The short and strong man looked calm: "It's you two again? Wouldn't you let you come back another day?"
Du Yong was stunned when he heard this, grabbed the back of his head, and showed a confused look: "Brother, isn't this day another day compared to yesterday?"
This was fine, and the short and strong man didn't respond immediately. After pausing, he said angrily: "Uncle Hu's health is not yet well. You can come back in a few days."
Du Yong nodded and chuckled, "After all, Mr. Hu is old and it is normal for him to have some minor physical problems. As juniors, we specially brought some small gifts to express our feelings today. I hope this elder brother will give it to you."
Don't hit people with a smile.
Seeing that Du Yong was so humble, it was difficult for him to continue to force him, but he did not want to accept gifts, so that Du Yong would not beat the snake and follow the stick, so the scene was a little frozen.
A few years ago, people came up, pulled the man who was pretending to behave and whispered: "Brother, they don't look like bad guys, why don't we make things difficult for them?"
"Why are you trying to make things difficult for them?"
The short and strong man thrust his waist and raised his voice and said, "Can the bad guys write it on his face? This kind of smiling tiger needs to be paid the most attention."
The young men did not speak anymore, lowered their heads and muttered a few words, then smiled at Du Yong with a slight apology.
Du Yong replied with a smile and said it was okay, and then continued to say to the short and strong man: "Brother, we just hope that Mr. Tiger's health can get better as soon as possible. You can rest assured that after giving the small gift, we two smiling tigers will get out immediately."
Du Yong not only did not get angry, but actually recognized him directly, which made everyone admire him even more.
The short and strong man caught off guard, but he didn't want to lose his style and said lightly: "What little gift?"
Yang Jin took out the basket of fresh red mushrooms and the three pheasants from the carriage.
Du Yong laughed and said, "Steaming mushrooms with chickens is a good Taoist dish. Mr. Tiger should like it, right?"
After seeing the red mushroom, Naozhuang's face became quite serious and she asked, "I picked it from Wild Boar Ridge?"
After hearing the words "Wild Boar Ridge", the others were in a turmoil and started to talk in a low voice.
Du Yong was stunned and replied, "It's in the forest northwest of Zhuangzi. We don't know if it's Wild Boar Ridge. We didn't see wild boars, we only saw leopards and blind bears."
The short and strong man said lightly: "That's Wild Boar Ridge."
"oh!"
Du Yong nodded and smiled, "Good name, but that place is very good. We stayed overnight last night."
hiss!
Except for the short and strong man, everyone else took a breath and looked at Du Yong and Yang Jin with great admiration.
A young man came to Du Yong and said astonished: "You really stayed in Wild Boar Ridge for a night? Didn't you encounter any danger?"
Du Yong nodded: "I stayed overnight. Because there is no one nearby to stay, and I want to cross the river and there are no bridges, so we can only live in the mountains. As for the danger, if we haven't encountered it, there should be no danger in the mountains, right?"
The young man sighed, "You are lucky. The wild boars there are terrible, they are all in groups."
Du Yong chuckled and said, "I'm not afraid, how many more days will we stay there."
The young man quickly shook his head and said with concern: "You should not live in the mountains anymore, it's really dangerous."
Du Yong waved his hand: "It's okay, I'll wait for the wild boar to come to you. Then I'll bring you wild boar meat."
The young man shook his head and said, "Just live in our village."
The short and strong man immediately glared at him.
The young man was not afraid and muttered, "Brother, you can't be hostile to all the city people just because the city people cheated us a few times, right? These two people obviously have martial arts skills, but they have such a good temper. They won't get angry if you scold them. They even think they are smiling tigers. If someone else comes over, they may beat you to death."
Others agreed.
"Yes, brother, they were just entrusted by someone to repay Mr. Hu, and it wasn't something that they asked us for."
"Depending on their demeanor and dress, they obviously have the ability, and they can't get it on our heads!"
"Living in Wild Boar Ridge is not a big deal. If we really have a few mistakes, we will be sorry."
"If it is spread, it will ruin our Zhuangzi's face."
Listening to everyone's chatter, the short and strong man glanced over coldly and shouted, "What are you saying? Are you confused by a basket of mushrooms and a few pheasants? You have forgotten the pain after your scars have healed, right?"
Du Yong asked in a row: "Brother, did something big happened to Zhuangzi before? Why not tell me what kind of help we two may be able to help."
The short and strong man glared at his eyes and said angrily: "No matter what your business is, I will hand it over to Mr. Tiger. Now you can leave me immediately."
Du Yong nodded: "Okay!"
However, after such a quarrel, many villagers gathered around, blocking the road tightly.
The carriage cannot pass.
To be continued...