"It's all my fault, Wanwan, don't cry."
Bai Ze looked at her with pain in his heart.
"I'm hungry..." Wan Yu cried.
Wanyu looked outside, it was already dawn, the sun was hanging high, it looked like noon.
"Wanwan, if you don't cry, I'll cook for you." Bai Ze said.
"I want to eat boiled food, and put in the fungus I picked yesterday." Wan Yu said quickly.
"Okay." After Bai Ze finished speaking, he placed the shell on the fire.
This shell is quite big, so it’s good to use it as a pot first.
After a while, the broth is ready.
Bai Ze skillfully served it in a wooden bowl and brought it to Wanyu, "Wanyu, it's time to eat."
Wanyu raised her hand to take the bowl and eat it herself, but she moved.
"Hiss" There was a stabbing pain in the lower body.
"Don't move, I'll feed you."
Seeing this, Bai Ze hurriedly held down Wanyu.
Bai Ze blew the broth, stuck out his tongue and tasted it. When the temperature was right, he passed it to Wan Yu's mouth.
Wanyu took a sip of the broth and was so moved that she wanted to cry, but she finally ate it.
Wanyu was full after drinking a few bowls.
"I'm full." Wanyu looked at the broth in front of her mouth and shook her head.
"Eat more? You've eaten too little."
Bai Ze looked at the broth in the bowl, which was almost half full. Her Wanwan's appetite was too small, and Bai Ze felt worried.
"I won't eat anymore. I can't eat any more." Wanyu pushed the bowl.
Bai Ze took care of the rest.
"The marinated meat yesterday is ready. I'll hang it up to dry," Bai Ze said to Wan Yu.
Wan Yu said, "I'll come with you. Let's chop some wood later and use it to smoke the bacon. It will taste better."
With so much meat, it’s really a big project.
I wanted to make the sausage first yesterday, but it turned out. . . . .
Wan Yu's face turned red when she thought about it.
"Wanwan can just lie down here, and I can do it."
Bai Ze smiled.
"I don't want to lie down anymore."
After Wan Yu finished speaking, she got out of bed. As soon as her feet hit the ground, her legs went weak and she almost fell.
Bai Ze quickly supported her.
"Be careful. You just sit there and watch. You can't help me with this. Chong, be good."
Wan Yu replied softly: "Okay."
Wanyu looked at so much meat, and her back was sore now, and she couldn't help even if she wanted to.
Bai Ze put Wanyu aside, then cut the bamboo into strips, and then boiled the bamboo strips in hot water.
After the bamboo strips were ready, Bai Ze skewered the meat on the bamboo strips and hung them on the set up shelf.
Wanyu saw Bai Ze busy hanging the bacon. She took the peppercorns and cleaned them, then put them in the meat cubes she had cut last night, added salt and chili water and stirred them evenly.
Then it was poured into the pig intestines. There was a bit too much meat. After a while, Wan Yu was sweating profusely, and the crystal sweat kept dripping from her forehead like rain.
After working for almost half an hour, I finally finished it.
Wan Yu raised her head and looked at Bai Ze. He had almost finished hanging up. When he finished hanging up, Wan Yu waved her hand to him.
"Come and sit." Wanyu patted the seat next to her.
Bai Ze washed his hands and walked towards Wanyu when he saw that they were clean. He knew that his Wanwan loved to be clean.
"Let's sit down for a while, and we'll chop some firewood later." Wanyu held her chin, feeling a little tired.
"Okay" Bai Ze hugged Wan Yu in his arms.
Wanyu leaned into his arms affectionately, resting her head on his chest and nuzzling him gently, like a clingy kitten.
"Wanwan is so good, she has prepared the remaining meat."
Bai Ze kissed her little face.
Wanyu pouted her lips and said softly: "I'm always good."
Wanyu played with Bai Ze's long hair as she spoke. Looking at the silky hair in her hand, Wanyu couldn't put it down.
"Wanwan, be good, don't play anymore. Let's go chop some firewood and come back."
Bai Ze held her hand that was playing with his hair, brought it to his lips and kissed her with a very gentle voice.
"good"
Bai Ze carried Wan Yu out. Not far from the door, there was a forest with dense plants.
Bai Ze put Wan Yu down. Bai Ze looked at the tree in front of him and transformed into a half-animal form.
Climb up the tree, directly wrap the dead wood branch with its tail, break it off, and the tree will be shaken with a "squeaking" sound.
It's almost winter now, and the leaves and branches are turning yellow.
The trees here are big and have many branches.
There were many dead branches dropped by Bai Ze on the ground.
Wanyu picked up branches from under the tree and placed them neatly one by one.
Bai Ze said while breaking the branches: "Don't get too close, or you may be injured by the branches thrown down."
"Okay." Wanyu responded, and waited for Bai Ze to throw the branch down the other side before going over to pick up the dead branch.
"That's enough, Bai Ze." There is no place to stay on the ground, it is all occupied by branches. It can be used for a long time.
"Okay, Wanwan, do you want to eat bird eggs?" Bai Ze looked at the bird eggs in front of him, a little unsure. He likes to eat bird eggs the most.
Will Wanwan like it?
Wanwan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she looked up at Bai Ze.
"Eat, eat." There is another kind of food.
Bai Ze held the egg in both hands, wrapped his tail around the branch, and slowly swam downstream.
"Hey, Wanwan, take it, I'll bundle the firewood."
Wanyu looked at the bird eggs in her hand, thinking that she could use them to make steamed eggs at night.
Bai Ze directly tied the firewood into a bundle and rolled it up with his tail.
"Wanwan, let's go home."
As he said that, he was about to pick up Wanyu.
"No, no, I'll go by myself." She was fine now and didn't want to be carried around all the time.
"Okay, let's go then," Bai Ze said, holding Wan Yu's little hand.
"Bai Ze, let's build a wooden house? Living in a cave is not an option."
Wanyu looked at the big trees on both sides, which were good materials for building houses.
"What is a wooden house?" Bai Ze asked Wanyu with interest.
"Well... it's a house made of wood. It's nicer, can be ventilated, and can also keep warm, so you don't have to live in a cave."
"Is it the house in Wanwan's hometown?"
"Yes and no. Some people live in wooden houses, but I live in a cement house."
"What's a cement house?" Bai Ze was particularly curious when he heard what Wan Yu said about the house.
"A cement house is a house made of stone. But we can't build it now because we don't have the materials. If we can find the materials in the future, we can build it. This kind of house will be very strong, as hard as the stone cave we live in."
Wanyu had to patiently introduce it to Bai Ze.
“Can we just make the wooden house?”
Bai Ze asked as he placed the firewood next to the cave.
"Okay, I'll draw it for you later."
Wanyu was a little excited. She finally didn't have to live in a cave. There were so many mosquitoes at night that she couldn't sleep well.
"Okay, come on, don't worry, let's drink some water first."
Bai Ze took a glass of water and handed it over.
Wan Yu took it. After working for so long, her mouth was already dry?
Bai Ze on the side lit a fire under the bacon.
Orange-red flames lit up, sparks crackled, and smoke drifted up toward the bacon.
