The next day, the two of them did not get up early and rush on their way.
When the sun came up, I simply had breakfast, packed up my things and set off again.
Xiao Mu's massage yesterday worked. Her legs, which were sore and swollen before going to bed, were no longer so uncomfortable now.
"Are you okay?" Xiao Mu asked with concern.
Ye Luoxin gritted her teeth: "No problem."
Xiao Mu said nothing more.
Climbing a mountain for the first time will inevitably cause backache and leg pain, and I won’t be able to rest for ten days and a half.
He chose gentler places to walk. Sometimes the mountain road was too steep, so he deliberately took a longer detour.
This long detour, although it took a little longer, also yielded unexpected rewards.
Just when they turned around an inconspicuous big pine tree, a rabbit didn't know what happened. It ran over from a distance like it was desperately running, hit the trunk of the tree with a "Peng" sound, and fell to the ground not far away from the two people. Go two meters away.
Um?
Xiao Mu has been in the mountains so many times, but he has never encountered such a thing.
He walked over and picked up the rabbit, felt it was dead, and put it into his backpack.
In order to avoid misunderstanding, he also specially explained to Ye Luoxin: "Not all rabbits on the mountain are so stupid. This is the first time I have seen this kind of thing."
Ye Luoxin nodded.
If all rabbits played like this, they would have become extinct eight hundred years ago.
The two continued to move forward. There were still many wild flowers in bloom in the mountains and forests in June. After a while, Ye Luoxin picked a large handful of flowers of various colors.
Seeing that Ye Luoxin still had the energy to pick flowers, Xiao Mu felt relieved.
After noon, they finally arrived at the second place to stay.
This place is more remote than before, and the houses are more crudely built.
Ye Luoxin lit the fire to cook porridge and hot cakes as usual, while Xiao Mu took the rabbit to the river.
While the rabbit meat is still fresh, he will peel off the rabbit skin. After the intact rabbit skin is dried, he can use it to exchange for money. Even if he does not sell it, he can make a leather mattress or fur coat himself.
Xiao Mu moved quickly. When Ye Luoxin finished cooking and walked out of the house, she saw that he had already lit a fire and put the rabbit on the fire to roast.
"Luoluo, bring me some salt." Xiao Mu suddenly called her name.
Ye Luoxin had never been called so kindly by someone, and she felt a little embarrassed and hurriedly went to the house to get some salt.
Then she moved a wooden block and sat next to it, watching Xiao Mu bake it and apply salt on it.
The rabbit was very fat. After a while, the fat dripped down and fell onto the charcoal fire. It made a clicking sound and a unique scent of animal fat came out.
Ye Luoxin couldn't help but swallowed.
Slowly, the outer layer of the rabbit meat began to turn golden. Xiao Mu took down the wooden rack for the barbecue, took out a sharp dagger, cut a piece of the roasted meat, and handed it to Ye Luoxin's mouth: "Try it. .”
Ye Luoxin opened her mouth and bit it carefully.
The rabbit meat that had just left the charcoal fire was still very hot, so she had to take two deep breaths.
The aroma of rabbit meat quickly spread in her mouth. She chewed quickly, swallowed, and then frowned fiercely.
"Cough cough cough...water..."
Xiao Mu was startled and quickly went into the house to fill a bowl of water and watched Ye Luoxin drink it down.
Cautiously asked: "Does it taste bad?"
"Uh..." Ye Luoxin looked at him with hopeful eyes and was speechless. This was really hard to comment on.
Xiao Mu cut off a piece and put it in his mouth, and immediately knew why Ye Luoxin didn't speak.
It’s so salty!
"I really didn't expect it to be so salty. I was reluctant to put too much salt in the past. I thought it would taste better if I put more salt today..." He explained incoherently.
"It's okay, you can still eat it if you put it in the porridge." Ye Luoxin smiled softly and comforted him.
Why is this man so cute when he is so anxious to explain?
…
The fragrant roasted rabbit head was not finished, so the two of them went back to the house to drink porridge and eat cakes. But today there was an extra pickle, rabbit meat pickle, which was also quite good.
After washing up in the evening, Xiao Mu squeezed Ye Luoxin's legs as usual.
With these two days of close contact, Xiao Mu felt more courageous today.
When sleeping, he deliberately stayed very close to Ye Luoxin, and then took advantage of her turning over to hold her gently in his arms.
The person in her arms was very soft, and as she leaned closer, the faint citrus fragrance penetrated into her nose.
Xiao Mu had only smelled this smell in the mountains before, but he never expected that his little wife could have such a fresh and fruity fragrance.
While smelling the good smell, he thought about his future life and soon fell asleep.
Have a good night's sleep.
The next day, the two people packed up their things and walked up the mountain.
In this dense forest, Ye Luoxin couldn't tell the direction at all, but Xiao Mu seemed to know every place by heart and never took the wrong path.
This time they didn't walk long, and they arrived at their destination near noon.
This house is larger than the previous two. It even has a yard and a gate. The yard is neatly kept, like a place where masters from outside the world live in seclusion.
"Is this your resting place too?" Ye Luoxin asked breathlessly.
"No, this is where my master used to live."
Sure enough, he is an expert.
"Then Master, are you there?"
"He said he had something urgent and came down the mountain half a year ago." Xiao Mu replied.
Ye Luoxin listened to Xiao Mu's words while carefully looking at the furnishings in the yard.
The house is relatively large, with two rooms in total, and is built with stones.
The courtyard is also paved with bluestone slabs, and the courtyard walls are also made of stone and poured with red clay.
It can be seen that a lot of effort was put into the construction.
Xiao Mu moved the things in and placed all the food in the kitchen. Then he walked out and took Ye Luoxin around the yard.
"It's very safe here during the day. If I'm not here, don't go too far. If you get lost, look up and look for this red sign and you can come back."
Ye Luoxin looked up and saw a very tall pole standing in the corner of the yard, with a strip of cloth tied to it.
It's said to be red, but I can't see the color at all now.
It must have been standing there for a long time.
"When the master was here, I used to visit his old man once a month. Now that he has gone down the mountain, I haven't come for a long time." Xiao Mu said,
"You go inside and have a good rest. Anyway, we have to eat cakes in the evening. We are not in a hurry to cook. I will go get a few buckets of water first."
After saying that, Xiao Mu went to the corner and took out a bucket. Before leaving, he locked the courtyard door from the outside.
It was very quiet in the mountains, and the chirping of birds from time to time was the only sound at the moment.
Ye Luoxin walked around the house. It was indeed a place where people lived all year round. The kitchen was fully equipped with everything, including a lot of spices.
There are two bedrooms in total.
Xiao Mu put the quilt on the bed in the east room, so the west room must be where his master used to live.
