"I know, housekeeper." Chen Jie smiled at Xiao Baihe, and suddenly felt something hit his head.
I raised my head and saw the squirrel, holding something like a hazelnut in his hand and chewing it. His little teeth were clicking very fast, and within a few moments he dropped a bunch of peels.
Chen Jie moved around a little, looked at the hazelnut skins on the ground, and frowned unconsciously.
Can hazelnuts still grow here? If so, they would be good as snacks.
Squatting down, Chen Jie picked up the core of the fruit on the ground and looked at it. Although the shell was very hard, it was not a hazelnut. It should be something unique here.
"Captain, is this a pine nut?"
In Xiao Baihe's impression, squirrels seem to only eat pine nuts.
"No, but we can look for it. It should look good." Chen Jie stood up and waved towards the squirrel to drive it away.
Sure enough, the squirrel saw something moving below, thought it was in danger, and ran towards another tree.
The squirrel moved very quickly and soon ran out of several trees. Chen Jie followed closely, intending to explore the squirrel's nest.
After following the squirrel for a while, I saw the squirrel enter a tree hole.
"Hold it for me." Chen Jie handed the weapon in his hand to Xiao Baihe and climbed up the tree neatly.
"Be careful." Xiao Baihe looked down, watching Chen Jie put his hand into the tree hole. When Chen Jie took his hand out, he saw the squirrel trying hard to grab Chen Jie's hand, trying to get his food.
Grab it back.
"Captain, how about we let this poor squirrel go?" Xiao Baihe couldn't bear to see the squirrel look so serious.
But Chen Jie was not polite and took out all the food stored in the squirrel tree hole, put it into his pocket, and climbed down from the big tree neatly.
Xiao Baihe looked at Chen Jie speechlessly, wondering why Chen Jie was having trouble with a squirrel.
"team leader……"
"Shh, you'll know in a minute." Chen Jie made a silent gesture, watched the squirrel run towards the big tree to the east, and quickly followed.
Xiao Baihe could only follow closely behind.
Two people followed the squirrel one behind the other.
I came to a strange meadow and watched the squirrels get into the grass.
"Captain, what are these?" Xiao Lily pointed to the plants on the ground. They looked like peas, but they were many times larger than tamarind.
Chen Jie looked happy, squatted down, reached out and picked one off. The pea was bigger than his hand. Chen Jie stretched out his hand and broke it open. Inside were fruits one by one, about the same size as walnuts, with extremely hard shells.
"These should be black beans. We can add them to dinner tonight." Chen Jie quickly picked some and threw them into the bamboo basket behind him.
Xiao Baihe heard Chen Jie say that this thing called black beans was edible. She picked up one and was about to stuff it in her mouth, but Chen Jie reached out to stop her.
"You can't eat this, it's poisonous."
"Poisonous?" Xiao Baihe subconsciously threw the fruit in his hand on the ground, breaking into a cold sweat.
"That's right, half a fruit can kill you. Do you still want to eat it?" Chen Jie looked at the fruit that Xiao Baihe threw on the ground, reached out to pick it up, picked up the stone beside it, and started to smash it.
The hardness of the nut can withstand the heavy hammer of Chen Jie's unicorn arm. Chen Jie smashed it hard seven or eight times before breaking off the outer hard shell and exposing the pulp inside.
"Is the skin poisonous?" Xiao Baihe pointed at the pulp inside, but had no urge to taste it.
"It's also poisonous inside. I just smashed it open for you to see. It needs to be processed before it can be eaten." Chen Jie threw the smashed fruits into the grass, picked some more and put them into the bamboo basket.
"If it's poisonous, it's better not to eat it. What's wrong with eating it?" Xiao Baihe looked at the bamboo basket on Chen Jie's back with disgust, always feeling that the captain was carrying a basket of poison.
"Don't worry, I'm here and I won't poison you." Chen Jie smiled and led Xiao Baihe towards the stone steps.
The two people circled twice and still couldn't find the location.
"Are we lost? Captain?" Xiao Baihe looked at the familiar surroundings.
Although the appearance in the woods was similar, she did feel like she was back again.
"Yes, we are lost." Chen Jie nodded and looked at the direction of the sun, planning to follow the sun's position so that he could easily find the exit.
The two people walked along the sun for a while, and found that there was still no sign of leaving the woods. Instead, they walked deeper and deeper.
"Captain, why don't I remember that this forest is so big?" Xiao Baihe raised his head and looked at the towering trees above his head, feeling a little suspicious.
"Lily, we may have been deceived by that squirrel. This should be another forest." Chen Jie sighed.
He had to admit that he shouldn't have offended the squirrel for those black beans.
"Deceived by a squirrel?" Xiao Baihe's eyes widened, unable to understand what Chen Jie said for the time being.
Are all squirrels so smart today?
"When you come, make peace with it. Just treat it as a exploration. Maybe you can find some treasures." Chen Jie comforted Xiao Baihe and walked forward with excitement on his face. He took out his knife and cut it every once in a while.
Just make a cut on the tree and make a mark.
"Captain, why does this place feel so familiar?" Xiao Baihe looked at the surrounding environment and always felt a sense of familiarity, but at the same time it felt very strange.
Chen Jie stopped and looked at the tree in front of him with his own mark on it. Could it be that they were circling in circles again?
"Take a rest and continue on your way." Chen Jie took Xiao Baihe and sat down under a big tree.
Looking around, I couldn't see even a squirrel except for the birds above my head, which was really weird.
Xiao Baihe sat quietly next to Chen Jie, seeing Chen Jie constantly looking around, and knew clearly that Chen Jie must be looking for a way out.
After resting for about ten minutes, suddenly there was a burst of noisy footsteps, vaguely accompanied by a woman's scream.
"Captain, did you hear anything?" Xiao Baihe frowned and listened carefully.
What should I do? I seem to hear the voice of that woman Fan Yuan.
Could it be that she was hallucinating?
Why does that woman Fan Yuan appear here?
"Shh, someone is coming." After Chen Jie said that, he pulled Xiao Baihe and quickly hid aside, lowering his body and hiding himself as much as possible.
…
Fan Yuan and Zhang Li walked into the woods and began to look for Chen Jie. They searched for a long time but could not find it.
"How about giving up? It's still no luck after all." Zhang Li looked at Fan Yuan aside and sighed.
Maybe this is life.
"No, if you want to go back, go back by yourself. I don't believe that I can't find Chen Jie, and I will definitely join their team."