Jiang Li smiled after hearing this and said, "If you like it, I'll catch it and bake it for you tomorrow."
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and nodded, "Have a rest for the night and let's see if we can find rice around here tomorrow morning."
While cooking, she summed it up and felt that her idea of finding rice seeds was wrong.
You shouldn't look for it based on the appearance of rice in later generations, because even if there is rice now, it should be the kind of wild rice with long stalks, long awns on the grains, and looks like barnyard grass.
Seeing her brows relax, Jiang Li felt relieved. He moved to her side and said softly: "Okay, I will burn two bonfires by the river in the evening. You can go to the river to freshen up and have a good sleep."
Yao Xiaoqing's face felt a little hot, and she smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's time to take a good wash. The smell on your body is almost the same as the sour smell in the forest."
Jiang Li was afraid that she would be embarrassed, so he pointed at his sour long hair and said, "I stink worse than you."
"We are competing here!" Yao Xiaoqing rolled her eyes at him angrily and picked up a spoon to scoop out the porridge.
Heiba and Daliang washed their hands and ran back. Each of them picked up a large fish that Jiang Li had roasted and stuck on the ground and started to eat it.
Heiba's eyes lit up: "It's delicious, even better than the fish in Ninghe River."
"Let me try it." Yao Xiaoqing picked up one and took a bite. He found that the fish was so tender that he could swallow it with his tongue. "Yes, it is indeed delicious."
Seeing that everyone liked grilled fish, Jiang Li smiled proudly, "I don't care about anyone's skills. I rank second in grilled fish and barbecue, but no one dares to rank first."
Yao Xiaoqing pointed to the river, "Look, you two, the cow is flying in the sky!"
Heiba and Daliang hurriedly turned their heads and looked over, "Why didn't we see it?"
"You idiot!" Jiang Li smiled and patted Heiba, "Xiao Qing said I was talking big words and bragging!"
Daliang looked at Yao Xiaoqing seriously, "Qingwu, the grilled fish is really delicious!"
"Yes, it's delicious." Yao Xiaoqing smiled.
The three men ate delicious mushroom soup and a plump grilled fish. They felt that it was not enough, so they ate some dried meat before they felt full.
It was sweltering in the woods, and when it got dark, black mosquitoes flew over the campfire, making an annoying buzzing sound.
From time to time, moths would fly into the fire, emitting a smell of barbecue.
Yao Xiaoqing rolled up the mugwort and threw a handful of it on the bonfire. A puff of green smoke appeared and the mosquitoes flew away.
Jiang Li thought of the water snakes in the river and said, "There are long worms in the river. If you go to the river to take a bath, you have to burn two bonfires."
"Just grab some firewood and light it on the beach." Heiba said.
Da Liang picked up a bundle of firewood and said, "Let's go!"
The water in the river was cool and pleasant. The three people buried themselves in the water and quickly washed away the sweat from their bodies.
Heiba and Daliang laughed and splashed water on each other. Jiang Li quickly cleaned up and changed into clean clothes, feeling much more comfortable.
Looking back, he saw two people holding dirty clothes and about to walk to the shore. Jiang Li stopped them and washed the clothes together, then took them back and hung them up with wooden sticks to dry.
"Xiaoqing, go wash it faster. There are worms and giant pythons in the water." Jiang Li warned Yao Xiaoqing, "If anything goes wrong, just call me and I'll wait for you here."
You must be careful when bathing in the river at night in summer. There are long worms and giant pythons in the water, which are hard to guard against.
"I know, I'll bring the dagger with me."
After saying that, Yao Xiaoqing stepped up the steps on the big tree to the treehouse, pulled back the flower curtain, and saw that the cabin was covered with an animal skin mat, and it felt soft when barefooted on it, as if it were covered with a thick carpet.
She took out a bamboo tube in her backpack, filled with soap liquid, and smelled the fragrance of the wild flowers hanging around the house. She thought that after these flowers were gone, she would cut some back and tie them to the tree house.
She took out a set of Gebu clothes and pants from her hiking bag. She liked the clothes and pants made of Gebu very much. They were thin and comfortable and cool to wear.
Yao Xiaoqing arrived at the river, looked around cautiously, took off her shoes and walked into the water until she was waist deep, immersed herself in the water and quickly washed herself up.
After smelling her hair, she found that it had a refreshing smell. Then she went ashore and changed into clean clothes. She cleaned the dirty clothes. When she returned to the campfire, she saw Jiang Li sitting there alone. Hei Ba and Daliang were already on board.
The tree went to sleep.
Jiang Li handed over two shaved wooden sticks, and each of them held them while the other put his clothes on them.
Jiang Li took the wooden stick that was drying his clothes and pants, and said softly: "You let your hair dry, I tied a few buckles next to the tree house, and just put the stick through the buckles."
"Thank you!" Yao Xiaoqing sat by the campfire, took off the horn comb from his head, his long black hair was scattered on his shoulders, and slowly combed it with the comb.
Jiang Li hung up his clothes and turned to look at the girl who was sitting by the fire combing her hair. She had waist-length black hair, a smooth forehead, two dark eyebrows, and a pair of clear eyes that were lively and as pure as autumn water.
Under the handsome Qiong's nose, there were two bright red lips like cherries, glowing with an alluring luster. His mind wandered, and his heart seemed to jump out of his chest. He hurriedly turned around and took the clothes to dry, calmed down for a while and then walked back.
By the campfire.
Looking at Yao Xiaoqing's honey-colored skin, he blushed, took out a few fruits from his pocket and handed them to her, "Xiaoqing, do you think we should rest for two days before looking for them, or should we just wander around?"
Yao Xiaoqing's hand that was baking her long hair stopped, took the maroon fruit, thought for a while and said: "Let's look for it along the river bank tomorrow morning. If we can't find it, just forget it."
Jiang Li looked at her gently and said, "I didn't find it here. Next time I go hunting across the river, I will look for it more carefully. I will find it one day."
"Well!" Yao Xiaoqing smiled at him, "We will find it one day, otherwise where would the rice we eat come from! Unless this is another time and space."
Jiang Li nodded and stretched out his hand to Yao Xiaoqing, "You eat the fruit and give me the comb and I will comb it for you, okay?" Before he finished speaking, he felt that his ears were ripe.
I was still a little worried, worried that Yao Xiaoqing would think him frivolous.
Yao Xiaoqing turned to look at him, smiled and handed him the horn comb, took a bite of the crispy and sweet fruit and turned around: "Jiang Li, were you a northerner or a southerner before?"
Jiang Li held her long black hair and gently combed it down, "I grew up in the south. Before coming here, I was stationed in the north. There was rice in the military camp." After a pause, he added, "Xiao Qing must have been from the south before.
, that’s why I’m so persistent in looking for rice.”
"I was born and raised in the south. I eat white rice three times a day... and only occasionally eat pasta." Yao Xiaoqing sighed, "Sometimes I dream about eating white rice."
"It's also because you have plenty of food and clothing that you become obsessed with food. In Dajin, people are thankful to have brown rice to eat. To tell you the truth, I was hungry for a few days when I first arrived.
"
Jiang Li remembered that when he first arrived, he was covered in injuries and had to suffer from hunger and cold. Fortunately, Yao Xiaoqing did not see him in his most miserable state.