"It's no different from ordinary water." Gong Yueyue paused and said against her will.
"I think it tastes pretty good." Zhang Linfeng pouted, hugged the bamboo tube, and took another sip. He looked very satisfied.
"Drinking some water can make you so satisfied anytime." Gong Yueyue tapped Zhang Linfeng's forehead with her finger in dissatisfaction and said angrily.
"I was eating dry food along the way, and I haven't drank water for a long time." Zhang Linfeng showed a sense of grievance on his face. After complaining for a moment, Gong Yueyue immediately admitted his mistake.
"It's my fault for making you suffer, Linfeng. If you like this water, drink more of it." Gong Yueyue quickly softened her tone and comforted her in a soft voice.
Zhang Linfeng cracked the corner of his mouth and smiled proudly. He drank water and watched Zhao Changyuan and Liu Ru working.
Liu Ruyi looks like a person who often uses his hands. Even if he has no internal strength, a machete is still sharp and flexible in his hand. He can cut off a row of miscellaneous branches in just a few strokes. On the other hand, Zhao Changyuan's side only needs several strokes to cut it.
Break a small branch, and the progress is unbearable.
"I'll do it." Gong Yueyue's figure stood in front of Zhao Changyuan, Qingyue's voice was full of disgust and dissatisfaction, and she went to get the machete in Zhao Changyuan's hand.
This time, Zhao Changyuan quickly avoided the past, straightened up and looked at Gong Yueyue, smiling softly:
"Instead of letting you and Linfeng take a break, just leave this place to me and senior sister."
"You're too slow." Gong Yueyue snorted and looked at Zhao Changyuan with disdain.
Zhao Changyuan smiled sarcastically, touched his nose, and still did not let Gong Yueyue escape from the machete, but solemnly promised:
"Don't worry, I'll do it before nightfall tonight."
Gong Yueyue curled her lips, glanced at Zhao Changyuan suspiciously, then turned around and left.
After taking two steps, Gong Yueyue stopped again. Zhao Changyuan thought that Gong Yueyue still refused to give up. Just when he raised his head to continue persuading, he saw Gong Yueyue walking straight towards Liu Ru.
What is this going on? Zhao Changyuan's black eyes moved and he looked at Gong Yueyue's back carefully.
"Why does the water in the bamboo tube taste different from what you usually drink?" Gong Yueyue stood in front of Liu Ru and asked with a somewhat unnatural expression.
Liu Ru inserted the machete into the tree trunk, straightened up and looked into Gong Yueyue's smart and clear eyes, and said directly:
"I made that bamboo tube from the nearby mountains, and the water was also picked from the nearby mountains, but I added a special spice to it. If Miss Su is interested, I can teach you."
"No need, I'm just asking." Gong Yueyue snorted, shook her head and refused, turned around and left again.
"Senior sister, are you still studying spices?" Zhao Changyuan interjected with a smile.
"It's actually a kind of medicinal material." Liu Ru had nothing to hide from Zhao Changyuan, the doctor. He lowered his head and continued to chop, explaining casually:
"When I first went into seclusion, I still had some injuries in my body. A friend from the martial arts community once mentioned this method of soaking in water to me, so I gave it a try."
"Really? There is such a good thing, so I will try it soon." Zhao Changyuan grinned, but in his heart he could imagine Liu Ru's difficulty.
After Gong Yueyue and Zhang Linfeng got tired of standing, they found some branches and sat down, leaning on their chins and chatting leisurely while waiting for Zhao Changyuan and Liu Ru to finish their work.
The sun was gradually setting in the west. Zhao Changyuan was sweating profusely while chopping. His hands were sore and his arms were numb. There were only three pieces of wood piled under his feet.
"It's almost time to put together a piece." Liu Ru took a breath, stopped his movements, and laughed in a low voice.
Zhao Changyuan stood up awkwardly and looked at the seven or eight pieces of wood lying at Liu Ru's feet. A slight smile appeared on his handsome face and he grinned:
"Then go back first."
"It's a good thing I didn't believe you." Gong Yueyue also walked over with a machete in hand and sneered at Zhao Changyuan with a look of arrogance on her pretty face.
Zhang Linfeng ran over quickly and counted excitedly: "Sister Su has split ten boards!"
"I can make you a small bed." Zhao Changyuan coughed lightly and grinned brightly.
The candles went out, and the wooden house fell into a quiet darkness. Zhao Changyuan lay on the bed, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Without him, just because he was the only adult man in this wooden house, and it was indeed a bit strange to be in the same room with two women.
Zhao Changyuan ignored it. When he, Gong Yueyue, a man and a woman were in the same room, he didn't seem to have such an uncomfortable feeling, but a strange feeling.
Gong Yueyue didn't fall asleep either. The wooden bed was still a bit too small for her and Zhang Linfeng, so Gong Yueyue curled up slightly for fear of squeezing Zhang Linfeng. Her beautiful black eyes flickered in the night.
Yeah, I don’t know what I’m thinking about.
Liu Ru closed her eyes and breathed evenly, but she didn't know if she was asleep or not. Only Zhang Linfeng, the brat, was too tired during the day and fell asleep after falling down. It was so uncomfortable.
Zhao Changyuan turned over, looked towards Gong Yueyue in the darkness, raised the corner of his mouth with a slight arc, and slowly closed his black eyes.
In the wooden house, the sound of steady and even breathing finally sounded, and everyone fell into a deep sleep after the noise and excitement of the day.
Only they themselves know the scenes that appear in their dreams. When they open their eyes, the light outside is already bright.
"Are you awake?" Zhang Linfeng stood at the head of Zhao Changyuan's bed, lowered his head, blinked his big black eyes, and grinned.
Zhao Changyuan was stunned for a moment, then sat up suddenly, and then realized that everyone had already stood up. He couldn't help laughing, glared at Zhang Linfeng, and said dissatisfied:
"Why didn't anyone wake me up?"
"Sister Liu said that you were tired from working yesterday and asked you to sleep a little longer." Zhang Linfeng replied honestly.
"Where's Senior Sister?" Zhao Changyuan looked around and saw Gong Yueyue practicing martial arts outside the window of the wooden house, but he didn't see Liu Ru.
"Sister Liu got up early in the morning and went out. She didn't even say what to eat for breakfast." Zhang Linfeng pouted, with a hint of grievance on his cute and well-behaved face.
"Why do you only remember to eat all day long?" Zhao Changyuan scolded with a smile, got up and got out of bed.
Stepping out of the wooden house, Zhao Changyuan squinted his eyes and looked at Gong Yueyue's heroic and energetic appearance while practicing martial arts. His dark eyes were full of pure satisfaction and comfort.
Gong Yueyue performed two sets of punches in a row, and this time she took a long breath, collected her internal strength, turned to stare at Zhao Changyuan, her pretty face slightly raised to face the morning light, and said arrogantly:
"I watched it for a long time and didn't bother to cook!"
"I'll go right away." Zhao Changyuan grinned and walked quickly towards the vegetable garden Liu Ru planted.
Zhao Changyuan bent over and leisurely selected fresh vegetables in the vegetable garden, thinking that he should prepare more for breakfast. As soon as he got up, he suddenly saw a dark shadow in the corner of his eyes.
"Hallucination?" Zhao Changyuan frowned, and his black eyes looked sharply and suspiciously in the distance several times, but found nothing.
"What are you looking at?" Seeing that Zhao Changyuan was not picking vegetables properly, but instead looking around, Gong Yueyue immediately nodded on her toes and rushed over to supervise the work. (To be continued)