Yunding Ranch

Chapter 179 Night falls
"Lu Li, what are you going to eat tonight?" Song Lingyi's voice rang out in the gurgling stream, reawakening Lu Li's attention.

Lu Li raised his head and looked at his parents in front of him. Their eyes fell on his shoulders. He straightened his back slightly, and his thoughts turned around in his mind, "Can you recognize mushrooms? Are there wild vegetables? ?”

In fact, they carried convenience food with them, such as potatoes, corn, ham sausage, compressed biscuits, and instant noodles, etc. Cole even prepared a small piece of beef for them.The main thing is to hike at a short distance, and it’s only for two days and one night. Don’t worry about the food not being fresh enough, so the food reserves are very abundant.However, since they were all in the wild, Lu Li couldn't help but ask.

"Of course." Song Lingyi showed a disgusted expression, as if Lu Li asked a stupid question, "When you were born, the times were already good, and the farmland was confiscated not long afterward, so you have not experienced those relying on When I was living. When I was a child, I used to go up the mountain to find wild vegetables and pull mushrooms. This was just the basic work; then weeding rabbit grass, herding cattle, and mixing chicken food, these things were not a problem.”

Song Lingyi experienced the turbulent ten years, and also experienced the black years when food was the most difficult. In the most difficult moments, nature was their only object of help. "Not only me, but also your father." Song Lingyi added.

Lu Huaijin nodded in affirmation, "Looking for mushrooms, looking for grass roots, looking for wild vegetables..."

"Then let's take a look around." Lu Li put his hands on his hips, like a general giving orders, "Since we're in the wild, why don't we try it out? If we don't get anything, we can use the spare food in our backpack. how do you feel?"

Song Lingyi and Lu Huaijin exchanged glances, with similar smiles in their eyes, and finally Song Lingyi said, "Obey!"

This time, Lu Li became a follower, following behind Song Lingyi and Lu Huaijin, studying with an open mind, as if opening a door to a new world, he just searched within a range of less than 50 meters, and found different people. There are fewer wild vegetables and mushrooms that can be eaten, and of course more poisons that cannot be touched at all, especially those that look colorful.

Nature is like a treasure house, waiting for people to dig, find and explore.

Compared with wild vegetables and mushrooms, what really touched Lu Li is that their generation has gradually lost their connection with the land and nature. Maybe they can speak many different languages, maybe they can write data programming, Maybe they can build cities, maybe they have countless modern skills, but when they leave the shelter of the city and return to nature, they will be completely lost.

People always say that nature is the mother that gave birth to human beings, but now, the connection between them and nature has been cut off, as if they were imprisoned in the steel forest of the city.

This is the same everywhere in the world.In the United States, the Boy Scouts still teach survival skills in the wild.But for the most part, the Boy Scouts are the stuff of ridicule, especially on high school campuses, where sports darlings make fun of the Boy Scouts as sissies, geeks, and losers.

Such is the case with the chubby little boy in the classic animated film Up.

Returning to nature may not be the most valuable thing to do, but exploring nature is indeed full of countless pleasures.

After going around in a big circle, I returned to the camp with the mushrooms and wild vegetables I collected, and then I saw that the small table next to me was hit, and all the things on the other side were scattered. The bucket was also knocked over, leaving a mess all over the floor.

The three of them paused in their footsteps, and their expressions suddenly became tense, but at this moment, a group of little guys ran out from Lu Huaijin and Song Lingyi's tent, all of them were furry balls of dark red wool, holding pine cones in their front paws Put it on your mouth, jumping and jumping happily, isn't this the same kind of jumping?

The little guys looked around vigilantly, and then found the three of Lu Li standing next to them. They were also taken aback. The little guy standing in the front dropped all the pine cones in his hand in shock. Slap.

Song Lingyi couldn't hold it back for a while, and burst out laughing. The group of uninvited guests became even more frightened, and fled in different directions in a flash, disappearing in the bushes and treetops everywhere, and the camp was restored again. Tranquility, as if nothing had happened just now—except that the groceries scattered all over the floor were still a disaster.

Lu Li walked forward, put the soup pot filled with wild vegetables and mushrooms beside him, looked around, rubbed his temples, "Sure enough, we still have no experience."

Generally speaking, one person should be left to guard the camp. After all, this is a barren mountain, and inadvertent visits by wild animals are unavoidable.Fortunately, it was squirrels that appeared just now, and not dangerous large animals, otherwise it would be really crying.

Turning around and looking inside the tent, fortunately, Lu Huaijin hadn't opened the mountaineering bag yet, and the things inside hadn't been taken out yet.Lu Li suddenly thought of his tent. His backpack was fully opened, and he walked over quickly. When he saw the zipper pulled up, Lu Li breathed a sigh of relief - when he left just now, he pulled it up. Zipper, I didn't expect this move to avoid a potential disaster.

"Clap! Clap!"

There were crisp applause around the camp, and when Lu Li turned around, he saw Song Lingyi waving his right hand, as if he was worried about something by his feet, "Mom, what's the matter? What have you been doing since just now? Mosquitoes? Or a spider's web?"

"Mosquitoes." Song Lingyi looked at Lu Huaijin and Lu Li's father and son, "Don't you feel it? There are really many mosquitoes in this forest."

"No." Lu Li shrugged, while Lu Huaijin shook his head.

Song Lingyi slapped his arm again, the crisp sound made Lu Li frown, it must have hurt.

After unzipping the tent, Lu Li rummaged through the outermost pocket of his hiking bag, found a box of cooling oil, and handed it to Song Lingyi, "I remember there was a can of mosquito repellent in the backpack, I'll find it, Dad You spray it now, or it's going to be terrible at night. After spraying in the tent, zip it up and go to sleep at night."

Song Lingyi opened the cooling oil and began to apply it on the mosquito bites; Lu Li opened the mountaineering bag again, found the medicine box, and handed the mosquito repellent to Lu Huaijin.

Lu Li started to tidy up the camp that was disturbed by the squirrels, and Song Lingyi took mushrooms and wild vegetables to the side of the creek to clean up after smearing the red and swollen areas. Then Lu Li went further to explore the surrounding area and collected more dry firewood.

The uninvited visitor's visit just now made Lu Li realize that they needed a bonfire.Although the light of a fire will attract the attention of animals, the fire is also the only thing that the wild animals fear, so they need the campfire to burn for as long as possible, so as to ensure the safety of camping at night.

After collecting the dry firewood, Song Lingyi had already started preparing dinner.

The sky above the forest gradually began to dim. It seemed that only 10 minutes ago, the sky was full of sunset glow, and the bright red glow dyed the whole sky into brilliant colors. The fresh and tender red was burning fiercely; but now, there was only a piece of The rich peacock blue is faintly stained with navy blue.

In the blink of an eye, the sparse light remaining in the sky has been blocked by the treetops. The outside world has not yet completely darkened, but the world of the forest has already entered the range of night. It was dyed black, and even the crystal clear stream was swallowed by darkness. Before the moon emerged from the clouds, the brief but complete darkness enveloped this isolated world.

Fortunately, Lu Li lit the bonfire, which was lit early.Otherwise, if you come back at this time, you will be in a hurry, and you may not even be able to find a lighter.

The red flames stained Song Lingyi's face with a blush. It was difficult to complete the dinner, but it was not difficult for Song Lingyi.A dish of mushroom and beef soup, a dish of cold wild vegetables, a dish of stewed ham sausage with potatoes, and besides the rice, Lu Li wrapped six pieces of corn in tin foil and threw them into the bonfire. Dinner soon began.

"Wait." Seeing that Lu Li gave the rice to Lu Huaijin and was about to prepare for the meal, Song Lingyi said loudly, and at the same time handed over two cups of hot water for the father and son respectively, and then took a cup for herself, "In the Before the formal meal, I would like to thank classmate Lu Li. Thank you for inviting us to the United States for vacation, and thank you for taking us out for a hike, to be honest, I am very happy." At this point, Song Lingyi's voice paused for a moment, There were more thoughts in her mind, but she didn't know how to express them in words, so she nodded again, "I'm really happy."

"Mom." Lu Li couldn't help but chuckled, and looked at the cup of hot water in his hand, "I didn't do anything, I just paid for a plane ticket. This is what I should do as a son of."

"No, your mother is right." Lu Huaijin also said, "We all need to thank you. If you hadn't insisted, we wouldn't have traveled. Both your mother and I need such a vacation."

Those sincere words made Lu Li blush a little, and his cheeks were slightly hot, and then he saw Lu Huaijin raised the disposable water glass in his hand, "Salute to Lu Li."

Song Lingyi also raised the water glass, "Salute to Lu Li."

Lu Li shook his head lightly, laughed dumbfoundedly, and then raised his water glass, "I hope this is a good start, and I can win more thanks in the future." Such a response made both Lu Huaijin and Song Lingyi chuckle.

He raised his head and drank the warm water in the glass, but the plain water tasted a little sweet. Lu Li put the paper cup upside down on his head, staring at the fragrant mushroom soup in front of him with wide eyes, "Then, Let's have a good meal!"

(End of this chapter)