A peasant girl through the ages

Chapter 26
Lin Changhe, who was in a hurry, suddenly thought of a way: "Yes, I remember that there is a cave here, why don't we hide our things in the cave and slowly toss back and forth."

Lin Changhe didn't bother to open his mouth, and Lin Changhe ran away. Speaking of which, this cave is really not far from the place where the dead pig is, but it is covered by dense vegetation and dense thorns. It may not be possible to see that there is a cave inside.

Lin Changhe didn't dare to go in, he hadn't been here for so many years, he was afraid that there might be some monsters inside.

Looking back at her daughter: "Xinyu, can you see this place? Come in with me and have a look."

Xinyu glanced at his father: "Aren't you afraid that there are snakes in here?"

Lin Changhe was really cowardly this time, it's nothing to be cowardly in front of his daughter.

"Why are you not afraid? This is not the two of us as companions, can you be brave? Let me tell you, I came here by accident when I was a child. The cave is quite dry and there is nothing there, just some earthen pots and stone jars. I haven't been here for many years, and I don't know what's going on here."

Xinyu didn't talk nonsense, and used a dagger to pick apart vines, thorns and branches, and repaired a passage for people to enter and exit. Then he took out matches, found some dry wood and hay, and lit a fire at the entrance of the cave. The burning stick walked into the cave first.

What Xinyu didn't expect was that there was still light inside the cave, not as dark as she imagined.

The smell in the cave was not that bad, and there were really no other animals in it. Perhaps, the thorn really played a role.

Lin Changhe walked behind Xinyu and said, "I came in when I was ten years old. I remember there was a small pool inside, and the water in it never overflowed—"

As Xinyu walked and observed, her mouth was not idle: "Dad, did you dare to come over at that time? Are you not afraid?"

Lin Changhe couldn't understand the meaning of the girl's words: "Oh, at that time, I didn't know how to be afraid when I was young. Besides, my grandma was sick, so I thought about going into the mountains to get her some prey to eat. Who would have thought that I would get lost and run away?" I came here, and then I met a hunter who sent me down the mountain."

Xinyu listened to her father's nagging, her eyes searched everywhere, there must be no python hiding in the dark, in case of a sudden attack, if she was caught off guard, it would be too late to regret it.

As she walked, she actually smelled an inexplicable smell. It seemed that there was a mixture of medicine and other smells. If nothing else, just this smell. There must be something strange in this cave.

"Dad, do you smell anything?"

Lin Changhe sniffed the air, then shook his head with a puzzled look on his face: "No, what did you smell?"

Xinyu shook his head hesitantly: "I can't tell."

Because her fiancé had an accident in her previous life, the mother-in-law would boil medicine every day. After a long time, Xinyu was particularly sensitive to the taste of traditional Chinese medicine.

Lin Changhe sniffed it carefully again: "Hey, let alone, why do I smell the aroma of wine?"

It's not that Lin Changhe is greedy, the smell is old and very strong.

"I remember that I didn't have this smell when I came here before, but I didn't dare to go in. I was so scared to death that I took a look and ran out."

Xinyu smiled, as her father was really timid, it would be better to kill him than to let him explore.

Walking inside, Xinyu saw that the pots and the like that her father mentioned were all piled up on the side of the cave wall, and she also took a look at the small pool, which was formed by the collection of running water on the cave wall. It's too big, it's too deep to see to the bottom, and there are fish swimming in it, which makes Xinyu very surprised.

As Lin Changhe said, the water in the pool was really not full, and Xinyu felt that there should be a dark river or something below.

Going further inside, turning a corner, and walking a long and narrow road, there is a big cave in front of you. There is a tree in the cave, which leads directly to the top, and the light pours in from above.

Xinyu was not in a hurry to look at the tree, but observed the hole. There was a simple stone bed, and beside the stone bed was a cabinet built of stones, and the top of the cabinet was covered with stone slabs.

Xinyu moved down the stone slab, and there were still clothes and boxes in the stone cabinet.

The clothes rotted at the first touch. As for the wooden box, it was still strong. When I took the wooden box out and opened it, there were some silver dollars, small yellow croakers and some jewelry, and a small bag of precious stones and diamonds.

"Who left this?"

Lin Changhe didn't care what his daughter found, he just smelled it and went under the big tree, good guy, guess what he found?
In the tree hole of the big tree, he actually found wine, and there were all sorts of rotten things in it. He didn't know who did it?
"Girl, come here and have a look, what is this?"

Xinyu put down the box and went to have a look, and couldn't help being happy: "Monkey wine? Haha, Dad, you can find something good this time. Look, there are a lot of medicinal materials and fruits in it. No wonder, I smell this Taste is not right, emotion is this thing.”

Lin Changhe rubbed his hands anxiously: "Then what should I do, don't you have anything to put on?"

Xinyu hesitated for a moment: "Dad, how about this, let's get some meat for you to take home first, and then, bring tools from home and ask my mother to help, there is so much meat, can our family consume it?"

Lin Changhe shook his head: "When will this be eaten?"

Xinyu continued to ask Lin Changhe to bring other things, and the two of them went out to drag the wild boar into the cave together.

Xinyu cleaned the clay pot first, then took the pig's blood, took off two big elbows and asked Lin Changhe to pick it back, and covered it with wild vegetables to cover it up.

There were too many, and Xinyu was afraid that his father would not be able to handle it, so she helped Lin Changhe send the pick frame up, and she started to butcher pigs in the cave.

Xinyu was also afraid that the bloody smell would attract other prey, so she went out for a walk, blocked the entrance of the cave with a big rock, got some mugwort and other grasses and threw them into the fire, the mixed smoke was at least It can make the beast that wants to come back to retreat.

Lin Changhe didn't think the food was too heavy this time, it was all meat, enough for their family to eat for a long time.

Du Qiuchan didn't go to work in the afternoon, but stayed at home to tidy up the house. She hasn't come back for more than a month. You said that the house and the kitchen are made by the old man. She also has to wash the clothes. Wash and mend, weeds in the vegetable garden should also be removed.

She also picked all the good vegetables, and those that should be pickled should be dried.

Don't look at the lack of work, but after doing these jobs, it is not an easy job. She is a man who complains about herself while doing it, and she can't do anything.

Just as Du Qiuchan was drying things on the pole, Lin Changhe came back, put down his things and took his wife into the house, and after explaining the ins and outs of the matter clearly, Du Qiuchan was stunned for a while before he realized it.

"Is the child all right?"

Lin Changhe shook his head triumphantly: "Can our daughter learn that skill for nothing? There's nothing wrong with it. Hurry up, don't smudge, quickly grab something to help, the child is still watching there, hey, a lot of meat Well, look, where should you put the meat in my box?"

Du Qiuchan went out to have a look. Two big pork knuckles were quickly picked up and put in the cellar. The weather was hot, so it was not safe to put them outside.

(End of this chapter)