This child is really a worry-free thing. He doesn’t cry or fuss, and he seems to be quite considerate. This is a child less than 3 years old! The more this happens, the more distressing it is. Premature maturity is due to the harsh living environment. If parents take care of them,

So, why is this so?

He held the candlestick with his left hand and Xiaobao with his right hand. Both hands were occupied. This was not good. Chu Qing pinned the candlestick behind his waist. Even if it was not used as a weapon, it might be possible to replace it with a steamed bun.

The road becomes more and more deserted as we go.

Chu Qing began to feel unsure. He had been walking for about two hours, but he didn't meet anyone along the way. He couldn't find anything to ask about. It would be better if he didn't meet anyone. What if he met a gangster?

Xiaobao has to die?

Thinking like this, I thought it was to stabilize my mind. The top priority was to fill my stomach. I was hungry for at least two or three meals, and so was Xiaobao. It was heart-wrenching for such a small child to be hungry and not cry or fuss.

He seemed to hear the sound of water in his ears. Chu Qing stood still and looked around. It was quite desolate here, and there was no way to see the road, because there were no boundaries on both sides, and the grass on the road was thin and short.

There is a lot of shallow or deep grass growing around. Looking up at the direction of the sun, it is estimated that it is past nine o'clock. Where there is the sound of water, there can be fish.

I walked towards the sound of water and saw a small stream.

This place is very interesting, it can be regarded as a grassland. The terrain is very gentle, with mountains in the distance. The mountains are covered with trees, and it looks like a continuous deep green. The grass on the ground is almost as high as the calf.

Fortunately, there is this road, otherwise it would be really difficult to walk. The whole person would be exposed to the sun without any protection.

Chu Qing and Xiaobao were both sticky with sweat at this time.

Fearing that there were snakes and insects in the weeds, Chu Qing squatted down and picked up her and Xiaobao's trouser legs and tied them into a knot.

"Look, let's tie our trouser legs tighter, so we won't be afraid of snakes and insects getting in." Chu Qing muttered to Xiaobao as she tied her trouser legs.

Chu Qing usually doesn't like to talk much, but he kept silent, and Chu Qing felt like a walking zombie.

Besides, Xiaobao doesn't look like a fool. His silence may be due to his late development.

His son Meng Dao was late to speak, so Chu Qing would always talk to his son about heaven, earth, flowers and trees. He would talk about whatever he saw, hoping to inspire his son to speak.

Now Chu Qing is also preparing to do the same.

"We'll go to the creek later and let's catch fish to eat."

"You will be held by the water for a while. Don't move. Let me see you at any time."

Xiaobao looked up at Chu Qing, his expression still dull, wondering if he understood. But Xiaobao felt in his heart that these words sounded familiar, so he nodded.

Nodding? Chu Qing raised his eyebrows. Oh, this means you understand, this means you are reacting, this means you are interacting with me.

Chu Qing was very happy, so she raised her hand and rubbed Xiaobao's hair. The child was supposed to have braids, but the lady boss of the restaurant probably stopped caring about Xiaobao when she got pregnant, and the servants looked after the master.

The look in his eyes doesn't care about Xiaobao.

Xiaobao's originally shaved scalp has now grown more than one centimeter of hair, which feels like a small brush and is very thick. The braid is also loosely covered on the top of his head, and it will block his eyes when it is windy.

This boy's hair is very good, just like Meng Dong's.

Chu Qing picked up Xiaobao and walked towards the river, still mumbling:

"I will carry you to the water, do you know why I won't let you go by yourself?" Xiao Baomu looked at Chu Qing blankly, without any reaction.

"Oh, it seems that you don't know. There is a lot of grass on the ground, and I'm afraid that you will be scratched or bitten by a grass crawler. This grass crawler may be patient, despite its small size, but if it bites you, it will

He will bury his head in your flesh, and then slowly burrow his whole body into your flesh to suck blood."

Grass crawlers are ticks, but I had never heard of the scientific name ticks when I was a child. I was afraid that the world would not call them that, so I simply called them grass crawlers.

"If there is a snake in the grass, if it gets entangled in your leg, it will hurt you even if it doesn't bite you."

Xiaobao looked at Chu Qing, and then reacted - Xiaobao tapped Chu Qing's heart with his little finger.

The eyes were inquiring. Look, the child was ready to talk to me. Chu Qing felt very accomplished.

"What do you want to say?" Chu Qing tried to get Xiaobao to speak. Xiaobao didn't even move his lips and had no intention of speaking. But he still nodded at Chu Qing's heart and looked at the ground.

"You asked me if I'm afraid of snakes and insects?" Xiaobao nodded again, very slightly.

"I'm not afraid. I'm very powerful. They don't dare to eat me because I eat them!"

Eating snakes and insects is disgusting just thinking about it, but when dealing with children, you should give them a complete sense of security. This is how I dealt with my son before. But my son never asked himself if he was afraid, and he trusted his mother very much.

Chu Qing thought this and then looked at Xiaobao. Only a strong mother can bring a sense of security to her child, but Xiaobao obviously didn't.

When we arrived at the creek, we found that the water was quite clear, so we put the baby down. He taught the baby to hold the water and drink it. Then he took off the turban on his head and rubbed it in the water. He washed the baby's face and drank water to wash his face too.

Rub your neck.

When I lowered my head, I saw Xiaobao standing by the water obediently, but his eyes were fixed on the water. Chu Qing poured some water on Xiaobao, and Xiaobao raised his head. Chuqing poured some more water on Xiaobao, and Xiaobao splashed.

The water was cold all over his face and neck. Xiaobao shuddered, moved his little feet towards the water, and then stepped back.

"Take off your shoes and step into the water. The water is not deep. I thought it was a river just now, but I didn't expect it to be such a small stream." Chu Qing encouraged Xiaobao. Xiaobao did not move.

"Then let's go downstream and find a place with muddy water to catch fish." Fishing in muddy water, without experience in surviving in the wild, can only be done as the name suggests.

Walking downstream, I saw several large rocks lying across the stream, bending the water flow and slowing down the speed of the water flow.

This place is nice. When he saw a fish blocked by a stone, Chu Qing held the candlestick and plunged it in.

The candlestick was very impressive. Although the spike at the top only scratched the fish body and did not stab it, it was a three-branched candlestick, like a three-pronged fork, and the fish was caught in it.

The fish was not very small, weighing over two pounds. When I caught it and threw it to the ground, the fish stopped moving.

Then knock off the fish's head with the base of the candlestick, and the fish won't even shake. Use the tip of the candlestick to cut open the fish's belly, and clean the gills and internal organs with the stream water. Place it next to Xiaobao, turn around and catch another fish.

I was really lucky, and the second fish was soon caught. Then I saw Xiaobao's fingers digging around on the fish.

"You're smart, Xiaobao, I forgot to shave the fish scales!" Chu Qing was a little funny. He had never done this job before. In the past, when I bought fish from the vegetable market, the fish boss would clean it directly.

I found a stone in the river, smashed it hard on the big stone, found one that was broken into pieces, and used it as a knife to scrape off the fish scales. Then Xiaobao and I started staring at each other. How should we eat raw fish?

There is no fire.

"Don't worry, I have a solution."

Chu Qing looked around and saw that there was a lot of grass. He grabbed some tough ones, twisted them into ropes, and tied one end to the head of the candlestick and the other to the base of the candlestick. Hay was easy to find, but some always withered and dried out in the sun.

It's just that it's hard to find wood to use as a drill bit.

After wandering around for a long time, I picked a lot of willow and wormwood, and finally found a half-cut arrow in the grass.

It was really an age of war. There were weapons in the wild. Even the tail feathers were incomplete. There were no arrows. I also found a piece of broken wood with a piece of residual paint on it. The color of the broken part of the wood was still very new, like some kind of furniture.

fragments.

Were there any violent incidents in this area? Chu Qing looked into the distance and saw nothing but weeds. He hurriedly returned to Xiaobao. Xiaobao was observing the candlestick tied with a straw rope and there were two fish at his feet.

Chu Qing took out the willow grass stuffed into her arms, rinsed it in the stream, divided it into two parts and stuffed them into the fish's belly.

"This stuff doesn't taste good when eaten raw, but it can remove the fishy smell." Regardless of whether Xiaobao could speak or not, Chu Qing told him.

"It's a pity that we don't have salt and pepper, and we can't boil hot water. Otherwise, it would be better to blanch it in water and mix it with you to eat."

As Chu Qing spoke, he brought a few stones up from the river, placed them in a circle, and prepared to light a fire.

Wrap the broken arrow around the straw rope on the candlestick, dig out a small hole in the broken wood with a fish-scaled stone chip, and align the broken tip of the broken arrow with the small hole. Pull the "bow" made of the candlestick and the straw rope back and forth.

"The broken arrow stubble becomes a drill bit.

Xiaobao looked fresh and stared at it with good eyesight.

Chu Qing then rubbed the collected hay with strong toughness until it turned into fluffy fibers. He placed it around the small pit and started "drilling wood to make fire".

Although this is more troublesome, it is better than rubbing the stick with your hands, otherwise you may not be able to get the fire if your hands are broken.

It took more than ten minutes of drilling to light the fire. Surrounded by stones, the fire was lit.

Put the candlestick on the stone, put the fish on the candlestick, that's it! Grill the fish! It's really not easy! Just this busy meal becomes lunch.

There is no salt, so there is really no taste, but it is not fishy either. Xiaobao's stomach growled while eating. This is because he is very hungry.

The wormwood in the fish's belly is also ripe, not bitter or astringent. This month is the time to eat wormwood, and it won't taste good later in the month. Two big fish weighing more than two kilograms are enough for two people.

There's still half a piece left.
Chapter completed!