Traveling through the farmhouse: farming and making a fortune and raising cubs

Chapter 70 70 Someone Wants to Show Off

When Li Changhui and Li Yu came back carrying bamboo, Lin He and Li Hao had already collected a lot of dried branches and leaves from the nearby hillside.

The place where they spread the thin quilt is exactly in the middle of the hillside and the lake, about 100 meters away from both sides.

You don't have to worry about starting a fire and igniting the hillside.

This place is far away from the village, and firewood can't come so far away. If the thick dead branches and rotten leaves on the mountain are really ignited, it may burn a whole mountain range one after another.

Lin He also used a few stones of about the same size to simply build a stove.

When Li Changhui came over, he was startled: "Why did you bring such a big crock."

Lin He sat cross-legged on the ground and looked up at him: "Did you not feel heavy when you carried it?"

In order to prevent the earthen jar from breaking, she wrapped the jar with a thin quilt, stuffed all kinds of seasonings in the jar, and put the hatchet outside.

But the weight is still there, you only need to weigh it to know, this jar weighs several catties.

Li Changhui put down the bamboo silently, without speaking.

Lin He understood: "Okay, I get it, you have great strength, this weight is nothing to you at all."

Li Changhui grabbed the earthen pot and walked towards the lake: "I'm going to get some water, and you can see what I'm going to do."

There is no one on the surrounding mountains, and the water in the lake is clean, boiled and can be drunk directly.

Lin He looked at the bamboo they brought back. There were two woody bamboos and five mottled bamboos.

But to make bamboo rice, it is best to have some other kinds of vegetables, dried meat, vegetables, etc. Unfortunately, they don't have any.

When Li Changhui came back from fetching water, Lin He soaked half of the rice in the small earthen pot used for Li An's cooking.

It's brown rice, and they only have brown rice now.

Even though he was rich, he didn’t say that he had to buy polished rice. Brown rice was pretty much the same anyway. Not to mention that polished rice was too expensive.

Soak the rice for the time being, and then ask Li Changhui to cut a piece of bamboo tube for her. Such a big bamboo tube can be made without division, and a big one will be used directly.

Keep the knots on both sides of the bamboo tube, and then drill a small hole at one end, which is about the size of a peanut.

The intact bamboo joints are also clean inside, and they don't even need to be washed. Let Li Yu and Li Hao wash their hands and stuff the soaked brown rice into it little by little.

The two brothers were also curious about what their mother would do, they were very active and didn't feel bored at all.

Lin He took Li Changhui to prepare fishing rods.

Mottled bamboo is the best fishing rod, but there are no fishing lines and hooks yet.

Unexpectedly, Li Changhui took out a sewing kit directly from his arms.

Lin He was stunned: "When did you buy it? Why didn't I know I had this at home?"

"I didn't buy it. I borrowed it from my aunt in the morning. Your husband makes a fire, and the iron needle can only be bent when it is red hot."

Lin He started a fire, and the dry pine needles were piled up loosely. When two flints rubbed hard, thin sparks fell on the pine needles. Several times in a row, a pine needle was ignited.

Dried pine needles dropped on the ground are very useful fire starting materials, even better than dry thatch. When one sparks, it instantly ignites the surrounding ones.

No need to add firewood, just a few embroidery needles, one is enough.

Under Lin He's surprised gaze, Li Changhui threw all the embroidery needles into it.

In less than twenty seconds, the handful of pine needles were all burned to ashes, which made Lin He even more surprised.

Seeing that Li Changhui didn't seem to feel any pain, he directly picked up the ashes that were still hot, found a few embroidery needles, and easily broke them into a fishhook.

Lin He finally came to his senses, and quickly grabbed Li Changhui's hand: "You're crazy, aren't you hot?"

As he spoke, he touched his finger.

The hands are full of calluses, very thick, almost every knuckle, even the palm, is full of thick calluses.

This……

Taking advantage of Lin He's stunned effort, Li Changhui calmly withdrew: "It's okay, the calluses are too thick, but I don't feel any pain."

Lin He laughed a few times, not knowing what expression to make for a moment.

The only thing she touched was her own and Aunt Li Changhui's hands.

The original owner used to do farm work every day, and was squeezed by his parents; the aunt is also in her forties, and she has done farm work for decades.

But none of their hands had such thick calluses as Li Changhui's.

However, Li Changhui had already handed over the cooled embroidery needle and a roll of needle thread: "I don't know how to thread a needle, why don't you give it a try?"

Lin He came back to his senses: "Okay, go and see if you can dig some earthworms. You can't catch fish without bait."

Earthworms were not difficult. Li Changhui went to a distant wet place, turned over a few big rocks, dug a few times with a hatchet, and returned with a small bag of earthworms wrapped in leaves.

"There's a good place for fishing over there, but be careful not to fall, the lake is very deep."

Li Changhui pointed to the position a little ahead: "By the way, why don't you watch the children and play on the shore for a while, and I'll go around and catch some prey first."

After all, if you fish, you may not be able to get anything. It is best to get some barbecue.

Moreover, being despised for his cooking skills, Li Changhui also had a little bit of thoughtfulness and wanted to show off.

He can't cook, but the barbecue is actually really good.

Lin He was really tired after walking such a long distance and then collecting firewood. He hadn't calmed down yet, so he nodded immediately.

I saw Li Changhui rummaging in the basket, and found another slingshot.

Lin He: "..."

She wrapped all the things to be prepared with a thin quilt, and then left it alone. She had no idea when Li Changhui put these things in.

Li Changhui told Li Yu and Li Hao to take care of his brother and mother, don't run around, don't go to the river, and then left.

Li Changhui was tall and long-legged, and disappeared into the mountain within a few steps. Lin He found a big rock and leaned on it.

"Yuer Haoer, I'll squint for a while, you must remember not to go to the water, you understand?"

The two brothers are quite obedient, as long as they have been instructed carefully, they will basically not run around, not to mention that she was angry about this matter just now, they will definitely not commit crimes against the wind.

Sure enough, the two brothers agreed and let the mother rest well.

Lin He fell asleep, absorbing the free spiritual power in the air by the way.

When she was in the mountains before, she had been absorbing it without stopping, and she hadn't gained much, but it was much better than at home.

But what surprised Lin He was the Crescent Moon Lake.

I only felt the strong water vapor before, but I didn't take it to heart.

Now that I got closer, I realized that the spiritual power mixed in the water vapor was actually more than when we were walking through the woods.

Could it be because the water in this lake was gathered from the surrounding mountains and forests?
Unfortunately, no one can answer her question at present.

(End of this chapter)