Chen Xu looked at Li Xiao. If he didn't know in his heart that he still had to rely on Li Xiao for a living, Chen Xu would have to take action.
While the two were fussing, they picked out a few that tasted pretty good. Seeing that they were not enough, they went to pick some more.
Li Xiao looked up at the big tree above his head and couldn't help but doubt his life.
"Chen Xu, tell me the truth, how did you get up to pick the fruit from such a tall tree?"
Chen Xu laughed slightly awkwardly, "Ahem, that's what I picked it up on the ground."
Li Xiao glanced at him and then at the ground. He saw that there were indeed a lot of fruits on the ground, but they were all rotten. Finally, he saw one that was intact. Li Xiao quickly went over and picked it up.
Then I threw it away in great disappointment.
It turned out that only the side of the fruit that Li Xiao and the others saw was good, and the rest, the part next to the ground, was rotten.
Just when Li Xiao and Chen Xu were looking at the fruit tree, unable to do anything, a voice suddenly came from behind them.
"What are you doing here?"
Li Xiao and Chen Xu looked back and saw a child who looked about thirteen or fourteen years old.
Chen Xu's eyes lit up when he saw this child, "It's Xiaomu, do you still remember me?"
The boy known as Xiaomu nodded, "Brother Chen."
Li Xiao looked at the two of them, "Do you know each other?"
Chen Xu nodded, "I lived in his house before."
After saying that, Chen Xu looked at Xiaomu again, "Are Aunt Liu and the others okay?"
Xiaomu nodded, "Very good, thank you for the money."
Hearing what Xiaomu said, Chen Xu scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, then turned to look at Li Xiao.
"Their conditions were not very good. I had some cash with me at the time, but not much, so I left some money for them."
Li Xiao nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Chen Xu looked at Xiaomu again, "Take us to your home later to have a look."
Xiaomu nodded and looked at Li Xiao. Before Li Xiao could react, he heard Chen Xu say: "His name is Li Xiao. You can just call him Brother Xiao."
Xiaomu nodded, called "Brother Xiao", then looked at the tree above them and asked: "Brother Chen, Brother Xiao, do you want to eat this fruit?"
Chen Xu nodded, and then Li Xiao saw the small wooden tree climbing up the tree in threes and fives and then starting to shake the fruit on the tree.
I saw the fruits on the tree starting to crackle and fall down.
Li Xiao and Chen Xu looked at the scene in front of them with their mouths wide open.
Seeing more and more fruits, Chen Xu quickly said: "Enough, enough!", and then Xiaomu stopped.
Although the fruits that were shaken off were somewhat bumpy, it did not prevent them from being eaten, so Li Xiao quickly picked up some, and also selected some that were relatively intact, and put them in the refrigerator in the car, planning to keep them for later.
eat.
After all, this fruit tastes really good, sour and sweet, very crisp, very juicy, and not astringent at all.
The three of them just held a bunch of fruits and walked towards the village.
After walking for about half an hour, Li Xiao saw a house not far away.
Although Chen Xu said that the conditions here are not good, Li Xiao looked at the houses and felt that they should be fine. After all, compared to the adobe houses in Tashi's village, the houses here are generally brick houses.
But when Li Xiao walked in, he changed his mind. He saw some people sitting at the door eating breakfast. Li Xiao couldn't see clearly what they were eating, but everyone he saw looked...
They are very thin, and some children even have skinny limbs, but they have a big belly.
These children are all caused by severe malnutrition.
When Xiaomu saw Li Xiao looking towards the pregnant child, he thought Li Xiao had misunderstood, and quickly whispered: "He's just like this because he can't eat good food. He's not pregnant."
Li Xiao was stunned. First he was surprised as to why Xiaomu thought he had such thoughts, and then he was surprised as to why Xiaomu knew that the child's big belly was due to malnutrition.
It's not that Li Xiao looks down on Xiaomu, it's just that this place is too backward and seems to be isolated from the world. Generally, there are very few people in places like this who believe in science and understand science.
So Li Xiao asked: "How do you know he is like this because he can't eat good food?"
Xiaomu pursed his lips and said, "Dr. Zhou told us."
Doctor Li? Li Xiao is a little confused.
When Chen Xu saw this, he said: "Doctor Zhou is a barefoot doctor here. I heard that my ancestor was also an imperial doctor. He saved me before."
Li Xiao nodded clearly.
After a while, several people arrived at Xiaomu's home. Xiaomu put down his own basket and walked into the house first.
Only then did Li Xiao see clearly that the small wooden basket was filled with branches.
Xiaomu first poured a bowl of water for each of them, then picked up the basket and entered the house.
Li Xiao was really thirsty, so he didn't care whether he was done or not. He picked up the bowl and took a sip, only to feel a sweet taste slipping from his mouth.
Chen Xu saw Li Xiao looking a little surprised after drinking the water, so he laughed twice, and then said very proudly: "How is it, is it sweet?"
Li Xiao nodded.
Chen Xu was even more proud when he saw this, "This water is mountain spring water, pure natural, pollution-free, and delicious. Let's drink a bottle before we leave."
Li Xiao raised his eyebrows. What a coincidence, he thought of going together.
He also thought so. If he could drink such a bowl of sweet spring water when he was tired, he would be so happy.
After the two drank the water, they turned around and went to the kitchen. They saw a small piece of wood burning a fire, so Li Xiao stepped forward.
"Is there anything we can help you with? Just ask."
Xiaomu shook his head, "It's okay, Brother Xiao, you and Brother Chen can go in and rest, I can do it myself."
When Li Xiao saw this, he didn't force himself and followed Chen Xu into the house.
"Brother Xu, why haven't you met Xiao Shitou's parents?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Chen Xu's face didn't look very good when he mentioned this.
"Oh, forget it." Chen Xu sighed, then looked outside the door to make sure Xiaomu was not here before continuing: "His parents said they went out to work, but they never came back.
I didn’t ask anyone to send me a letter or anything.”
Speaking of this, Chen Xu shook his head again, "I heard that he left a long time ago. He has been gone for several years without even writing a letter. Even though this place is isolated from the world, there are people there every month.
When they go out shopping, some families with children will write back letters, so people who go out shopping will also take a look in the mailbox."
Li Xiao didn't know what to say for a moment. Just at this time, Xiaomu entered the room carrying tsampa and butter tea.
"Brother Chen, Brother Xiao, you haven't eaten yet this morning. This is the tsampa that Aunt Liu gave me. Eat some of it."
Li Xiao and Chen Xu looked at each other and were not polite. They picked it up and ate it. After all, they had not eaten in the morning and were a little hungry at this time. Besides, there were a lot of these things outside, so they were not bad at it.
If you have enough money, you can buy a little more and give them to your children.
But one thing Li Xiao is curious about now is that Xiaomu and the others don't look like Tibetan people.
So Li Xiao took advantage of Xiaomu to walk out and asked Chen Xu.
Chen Xu has nothing to hide.
"They are indeed not Tibetan people. I heard that they seemed to be residents of a province nearby. Then it seemed that due to some natural disaster, a bunch of people fled here. They accidentally discovered such a place and settled here.
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Li Xiao nodded clearly, no wonder the Mandarin they spoke was quite standard.
While the two were chatting, Xiaomu walked in from outside again.
"I'm going to set a trap, do you want to follow me?"
Li Xiao nodded without hesitation. It was not that he was curious about how to set the trap. He was simply bored and wanted to go out for a walk.
When Xiaomu saw that they wanted to go together, he didn't say anything. He just brought more water and gave a basket to Li Xiao and Chen Xu.
Chen Xu's basket is empty, and Li Xiao's basket contains dumplings.
Not far from Xiaomu's house, there is a forest.
This forest is different from the one on the mountain. It is not an upward slope, but slopes downward. If you look at it from above, you can't see anything deep in the forest at all, you can only see darkness.
Without saying a word, Xiaomu took the lead and walked down. As he walked down, he reminded Li Xiao and the others to be careful.
Li Xiao and Chen Xu also followed.
After they had walked downhill for about ten minutes, the terrain leveled off.
I saw the small piece of wood stopped in front of a hole, and then pulled some grass from the surrounding area to block the hole.
Li Xiao saw this and asked, "What are you doing?"
Xiaomu pointed to another small hole not far from this hole, "These are rabbit nests, as well as the one on the left. In a moment, you and Brother Chen will be in the hole in front, and use this net to block the entrance.
I'll go burn the grass on the other side so the smoke will draw out the rabbits."
Li Xiao nodded clearly. This kind of thing relies on experience. If it were someone who didn't know better, he would probably collapse the hole without knowing that it was a rabbit hole, let alone catch the rabbit.
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So the two of them did as Xiao Mu said and blocked the hole in front. Xiao Mu took a handful of semi-wet grass from the side and lit it with the lighter in his hand.
I saw a burst of thick smoke drifting in from the entrance of the hole. After a while, there was a burst of noise from inside. Li Xiao and Chen Xu quickly got ready, holding the rope net tightly in their hands. After a while, they saw a
A big rabbit rushed out, and then five rabbits were caught one after another.
Two of them are bigger and the remaining three are little rabbits.
Li Xiao looked at the cute little rabbit and wanted to touch it, but Tuanzi held his hand and refused to let go.
"I can't hug him, I can only hug him." Tuanzi grinned at the little rabbit.
Li Xiao only felt funny in his heart. This little guy was still jealous.
But now that there were so many people, he couldn't open his mouth to coax Tuanzi, for fear of being thought of as a lunatic, so he had no choice but to touch Tuanzi's head soothingly.
Here, Xiaomu glanced at the smaller of the two big rabbits, frowned and touched the belly of the rabbit, and then looked up at Chen Xu.
"Brother Chen, this rabbit is pregnant, let's let it go."
Hunters also have hunting rules. Generally, if you encounter such a pregnant woman, you have to let it go.
Chen Xu was also good at eating, so he naturally had no objections. However, after thinking about it for a while, he still picked up the male rabbit.
"It's okay, Brother Chen, we can eat this one and we won't be hungry."
Chen Xu nodded.
Seeing that neither Chen Xu nor Li Xiao objected, Xiaomu planned to let the mother rabbit and the baby rabbit go. Seeing this, Li Xiao quickly stopped him.
"Why let it go? Wouldn't it be better to take it home and raise it? Then the rabbits will eat it when it grows up."
Xiaomu pursed his lips and shook his head, looking very unhappy.
"Those who can't be raised, let alone running away, in the village... if the people in the village see them, they will take them away directly."
Li Xiao was speechless for a moment.
As the saying goes, poor mountains and bad waters bring out unruly people. This is the truth. When people's lives are threatened, who will care about ethics and morals.
Li Xiao sighed, and then asked Xiaomu: "Are there many people in this forest?"
Xiaomu thought for a moment, then nodded, and then shook his head, "Generally there are a lot of people outside, but if you go inside, not many people will go there, because some old people said there are ferocious beasts inside that can eat them.
It’s human, but I don’t know what it is specifically.”
Li Xiao nodded. He originally planned to persuade Xiao Mu to raise the rabbit directly in the forest if there were not many people coming here.
Now it seems that it is no longer possible. There are many people outside the woods and there are ferocious beasts inside, so we have to give up.
So Xiaomu took only the male rabbit and put it into the basket.
They may have been really lucky today. After a while, they caught another pheasant. Chen Xu even shot a few sparrows with his homemade slingshot, and Li Xiao also picked some mountain mushrooms and wild vegetables.
Seeing that everything in their hands was almost gone, they planned to go home. Li Xiao even went back to the car to get a bag of rice. Now he really wanted to eat rice instead of tsampa!!!
Back at Xiaomu's home, Li Xiao never expected that Xiaomu had already put the dishes in the pot.
Because he went to get rice again, Chen Xu and Xiao Mumu did not follow him. They only said that they were going back to deal with the pheasants and rabbits first. Li Xiao did not expect that these two people had already put the dishes in the pot very quickly.
"Okay, you guys are moving fast enough."
Chen Xu smiled "hehe" and said, "Isn't this just so you can eat earlier?"
Li Xiao also laughed twice, "The chicken is stewed in this pot? What about the rabbit? I'll fry it for you. That stuff is still delicious after stir-frying."
Upon hearing Li Xiao talking about rabbit, Chen Xu coughed twice and looked at Li Xiao hesitantly.
