Yin You was eating porridge, and when he met their eyes, he couldn't help but pause for a moment, "You guys eat too?"
Everyone shook their heads together, and Bai Shan said: "You and your husband can just eat. We will eat solid food."
In fact, what Liu Huan wanted to eat, he didn't understand why he didn't cook it more. That's what he thought, so he asked.
Manbao looked up at the sky at a forty-five degree angle and said sadly: "Because you brought too much luggage, and there is little room to store charcoal in the car."
Liu Huan: "...So it's because there's not enough charcoal?"
Bai Shan glanced at him and said, "There's not enough space."
They brought too much luggage. After all, if they want to live comfortably, they have to bring a lot of things, and they also brought so many books.
Although they couldn't pack more charcoal, they could still light a fire when the night stopped and they just needed to find firewood.
Nie Canjun asked two scouts to go ahead and find a place to stay for the night in advance.
There was a swamp on the other side of a forest. There were several pools of water there. The water was quite clear. They left the official road and did not enter the forest. They camped on the edge.
They didn't bring many tents, so they all set them up. Mr. Zhuang and two pedestrians shared one, Yin or the four of them crowded into one, Man Bao and Zhou Liru slept in one, and the carriages surrounded the tents in the middle.
The guards separated, those who gathered firewood, those who fetched water, and those who prepared to bury pots to make rice.
Man Bao and the others took a look and found that there were too many people and basically no need for them to do anything themselves, so they made an excuse to collect firewood and then slipped into the forest to play.
Daji followed behind as always.
Keke scanned it carefully and pointed Manbao to find three plants that had not been included in the list. One of them was a very tall tree, so tall that she couldn't even break a branch to include it.
She looked up at the tall tree that seemed to be piercing the clouds. When she took her head back, she rubbed her neck and said, "It's too high. I don't have the guts to climb up."
Bai Shan also swallowed his saliva, nodded and said: "It's very high, and I don't dare to climb."
Keke:……
Man Bao lowered his head and looked for it on the ground, "Doesn't this tree bear fruit?"
The last two pedestrians were invited, and Wei Xingren also looked up for a long time, his eyes full of confusion, "Sir, isn't this a locust tree?"
Man Bao was puzzled, "Does the locust tree look like this?"
Bai Erlang had already shouted: "It's not like we haven't seen a locust tree before. It doesn't look like this."
Wei Xingren laughed and said: "This is also a locust tree. It seems to be called Robinia locust here. It grows very tall. It seems that Xiazhou likes to cut it down to build houses. It is also very good for making furniture."
Man Bao asked him hopefully, "Can you climb trees?"
Wei Xingren: "... Sir, I'm joking, I can't climb trees."
Bai Shanze touched his chin and asked, "Are there any trees like this further north?"
There is only one tree in this forest, which is strange. Ordinarily, it can't grow more trees?
I don’t know how this tree grew.
Wei Xingren said: "There should be some, but the further north we go, the fewer the woods. Once we get out of this grassland, we will cross the Great Wall. Once we get out of the Great Wall, we will enter the desert, and there will be even fewer trees.
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This is the value of following pedestrians. They are not only proficient in various languages on the grasslands and deserts, but also know the way. Both of them have been on foreign trips, but so far, those who follow Zhou Manzhi have the longest distance and the longest time.
once.
Manbao nodded, weighed it up, and said to Keke: "Let's go forward first. If we don't meet anyone shorter, I'll find a way to climb up and break a branch for you when I get back."
Otherwise, she would have to cut down the entire tree, and then it would not be conspicuous for her to remove even one branch.
But for what reason should trees be cut down?
Man Bao was already thinking about it, um, what about making a bookshelf for Senior Brother Yang?
Bai Shan was also thinking about what reason he would give to cut down the tree if he couldn't find any other black locust trees after he came back. Well, maybe he should give a gift to Senior Brother Yang?
What to give?
Bai Shan stared at the tree in front of him and thought, what can it do, a carriage?
The big tree standing in front of them didn't know what they were trying to do with it. It gently swayed its branches and leaves in the breeze, but because it had grown too tall, it only made a rustling sound, and they couldn't even look up without trying hard.
arrive.
The two passers-by waited for a while, and when they saw them, they looked around the tree. It seemed that there were no other important questions. The two couldn't help but look at each other and couldn't help but ask Man Bao, "Mr. Zhou, can this tree be used as a medicinal material?"
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Then this medicinal material is too big, right?
Man Bao touched his chin and thought, "Maybe it is really a medicinal material. Well, if we encounter it again in the future, we will study it. If we don't encounter it again, we will chop it down."
Everyone:......
Yin Or turned around and said, "I seem to smell the fragrance."
Liu Huan was stunned for a moment and immediately followed, "I'll go back and take a look too."
Bai Shan also held Man Bao's hand, "Let's go, we should be able to eat soon."
Zhou Liru fell behind and couldn't help but go up and smell the tree trunk. After looking forward, she stretched out her hand and peeled off a piece of skin when no one was paying attention. Then she caught up and asked why she hadn't seen any black locust food on the tree.
medicine?
So a few people who were going to collect firewood went in empty-handed, and finally came out with two grasses.
Not many people paid much attention to the grass that Man Bao dug, because in the carriage behind there were various flowers and plants that Zhou Man dug along the way. Most of them were dried by her and used as medicinal materials, and a few were discarded by her.
It seems that I have heard that it looks undesirable and cannot be used as a medicinal material.
Three fires were lit next to the tent. The sheep they hunted in the morning was picked up and divided into three parts. They were strung together and hung on the fire. In addition, a large pot was hung to cook something.
Inside were shaved sheep bones. It had been simmering for three quarters of an hour and was now smelling fragrant. The servants opened the box of ingredients and selected many things to add to it.
The rice has been cooked and we have consumed a lot when we go out, so we should still eat rice and noodles.
Everyone took their own bowls and chopsticks to serve the rice and started eating with a lot of cheers.
Mr. Zhuang was drinking soup. When he saw them coming out, he asked, "What's in the woods?"
Man Bao said: "There is no rabbit."
Mr. Zhuang felt a little regretful, "I heard there are a lot of rabbits on the grassland."
Bai Shan: "Sir, it's spring now and the rabbit is not fat."
"This sheep is not fat, so why are you willing to hunt it?"
Bai Shan had no choice but to promise: "Okay, let's look for rabbits tomorrow, and if there are any rabbits, we'll give two to you, sir."
Mr. Zhuang was now satisfied, but he still felt a little regretful, "The rabbit meat cooked by your sister-in-law is still delicious, and it is very delicious when fried."
Manbao thinks so too.
Rabbit meat is tender, and Mr. Zhuang has been obsessed with it since he occasionally ate Xiaoqian's cooking. Unfortunately, this meat can only be fried, and it is a bit tough when grilled and marinated. It is too chewy and he doesn't like it.
Because Mr. Zhuang liked it, the three of them rode horses on the grassland together the next day, trying to find a few rabbits, but they didn't know if they were too close to the official road, and there wasn't a single rabbit where they walked.