"I went to several water sources we often visited before. Three of them had dried up, and two others didn't have much water left. We packed them all back."
Even after loading them back, they still couldn't fill the ten buckets they brought with them.
After Yan Shilei finished speaking, the faces of the people around him looked very heavy.
"But don't be too discouraged. These are just the places we often visit. I once heard from the old hunters in the village that there is a lake in Anshan. It's just because there are tigers walking there all year round. So the people in the village have been there for almost twenty years. Never been."
Yan Shilei looked at the not-full bucket, clenched the bow and arrow in his hand and said, "If there is really no other way, I can go find that lake."
The water in the lakes in the mountains always drains slower than the water in the lakes below the mountains.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the sky and said, "The birds are flying to the southeast."
Zhou Yunshu's inexplicable words confused the people around her. Wei Zhong thought she was distracted and said to her: "Mr. Zhou, I will ask the patrol team to follow Lao Yan to find the lake tomorrow. Let's..."
Zhou Yunshu pointed to the direction where the bird flew away, looked at Yan Shilei and said, "Look in the direction of the bird's flight tomorrow."
"What direction do birds fly?"
Zhou Yunshu nodded, "The birds living in the mountains and forests always understand the topography of the mountains and forests better than outsiders like us, and they also know where the water is."
She looked to the southeast and said, "In the past three days, this is the sixth group of birds that have flown to the southeast."
Yan Shilei's eyes lit up, why didn't he think of it!
"Okay, I'll take someone over there tomorrow to have a look!"
The next day, Zhou Yunshu and the others walked very slowly in order to wait for the results of the search by Yan Shilei and his party.
Before noon, Yan Shilei and others returned to the team with faces filled with surprise.
He looked at Zhou Yunshu, who was teasing the little girl with a puppy made of dogtail grass in his hand, and slowed down, "Mr. Zhou, we found the lake!"
Zhou Yunshu gave the dog's tail grass in her hand to Xixi beside her and nodded.
"How did you know?"
They often wandered in the mountains and forests, and they had many ways to find water. But the Zhou Yunshu in front of them looked like a scholar who did not eat grains. How could she know this?
"You will know if you read more books."
In fact, Zhou Yunshu knew this method from watching Wild Survival in modern times. When she watched it before, she just watched it for fun, but she never thought that one day she would actually be able to use it.
If she had known that there would be a day when she could travel back to her own world, she would have memorized all that program and similar programs!
After hearing this, Yan Shilei did not have any doubts. Instead, he felt that letting Luo Xiaoshan study with Zhou Yunshu was an extremely correct decision. If he could find his wife and children, he would also like to give them to Zhou Yunshu to teach.
The reason why Yan Shilei thinks so is because during this period, the children in the team often learn to read with Zhou Yunshu half an hour before dinner in the evening. Zhou Yunshu doesn't refuse anyone who comes, so he shouldn't refuse his children.
The longer he spent with Zhou Yunshu, the more Yan Shilei admired Zhou Yunshu. After all, no scholar he knew would teach children like Zhou Yunshu, regardless of high or low, without giving anything in return.
If Zhou Yunshu knew what Yan Shilei was thinking at this moment, she would just say that she is not that noble yet.
"How long is the distance between the lake and us? Is the road difficult to walk? Can we go back to the original route after we get there?" Zhou Yunshu asked several questions in succession.
"It's about five or six miles. It's not difficult to walk. It's a gentle slope. The lake is not far from the original route. We can go back."
"The tiger?"
Yan Shilei said: "There is animal droppings next to the lake, but I only saw wolf droppings, not other beasts."
He thought about the wolf pack that raided yesterday, and said, "I think the territory here may have been taken over by that pack of wolves. If there are really tigers, they should be driven away."
Xixi blinked her big eyes, raised her head curiously and asked, "Can a wolf beat a tiger?"
Yan Shilei had never seen such a pretty girl before. Hearing her question, his tone couldn't help but soften, "You're definitely no match for a single person, but if there are many wolves, a tiger can't beat her."
Xixi nodded her little head, "I understand, thank you grandpa."
"You're welcome."
Yan Shilei touched his head. This little girl acted like a lady from a wealthy family. She didn't know where Mr. Zhou came from.
With Yan Shilei leading the way, the team slowly walked towards the lake.
Before she was completely close to the lake, Zhou Yunshu felt the moist air coming towards her.
The closer we got to the lake, the more lush the vegetation became. When we reached the edge of the lake, there were bursts of exclamations from the entire team.
They haven't seen so much water in a long time!
The lake is not big, at least not as big as Zhou Yunshu's artificial lake in modern school, but it is rare these days, especially since it is still living water with fish in it.
There is a large circle of open space around the lake. It can be seen that its original size was more than that. People settled around the lake, urging the patrol team to quickly fetch water, boil water and drink.
Yes, even when they saw so much water, no one rushed over to pick up the water and drink it.
Not to mention Zhou Yunshu's many warnings not to drink raw water. Looking at Zhou Yunshu's punishments for those who do not follow the rules these few times, no one dares to commit crimes.
Not to mention that although they lack water on weekdays, they do not lack water, and they still have some sense in them.
The patrol team was divided into three teams. One team patrolled to guard against attacks by wild beasts; one team carried water; and the other team went hunting with the people from the village at the foot of the mountain.
The group of people who lit the fire privately began to collect firewood, move stones, carry luggage, and do various laborious tasks in the surrounding area.
Chunque and Feng Xujie went hunting with hunting dogs and bears, while Zhou Yunshu and Li Jialan accompanied the children to boil water at their place.
Perhaps because there was finally no shortage of water, the lakeside was filled with the laughter of men, the chatter of women and the joy of children.
The staple food in the evening was still wolf meat, coupled with the rich and fragrant fish soup. Everyone in the team was very satisfied with the meal, and some even cried while eating.
Zhou Yunshu and his party did not eat wolf meat. Instead, they ate pheasant meat and rabbit meat brought by Spring Bird. In addition, Fang Huiwen also cooked a pot of millet and red date porridge and a pot of steaming fish soup, served with grilled meat. Sweet potatoes are eaten with enthusiasm.
While Zhou Yunshu and the others were eating and chatting, the women not far away who had already eaten ordered the men to build simple tents for bathing.
They couldn't use up the water anyway, so they might as well take this opportunity to wash themselves off.
Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen were also very moved. Since they began to flee, they had not washed themselves for a long time and felt that their whole bodies were rotten.
After finally getting an opportunity, they didn't want to miss it.
Action was better than a heartbeat. Chunque directed the bear and the hunting dog to build a shed in their corner. Zhou Yunshu and old doctor Xue were chatting and heating hot water for bathing.
After Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen took the children to wash, they got hot water for Zhou Yunshu, lit candles, and asked Chunque to watch over them while Zhou Yunshu went to wash.
The candlelight was very dim, so you could barely see what was going on inside the shed. As for the hay outside the shed, you couldn't see anything inside the shed at all.
When Zhou Yunshu immersed her body in the tub, she felt her whole body relax. She leaned on the side of the tub comfortably and touched her growing belly.
Unknowingly, they had left the palace for a long time.
If it weren't for the fact that the clothes she was wearing were getting thicker and thicker, and the cloak was blocking her, she might not have been able to hide her pregnancy for two months.
Footsteps sounded outside, and Chunque's alert voice came: "Stop! Who are you?"
"I'm here to serve Mr. Zhou."
