Great Zhou Empress

Tonight, it is estimated that the refractory period of the body has been reached, the two of them are excited, but they can't achieve anything else, so the two smiled and said that today will be like this.

For this reason, Xiao Liege also laughed at the book that Xue Zhijing had read, saying that it proved that what the book said was not accurate at all, seven days, who can do seven days in a row? ? ?

Probably because they didn't wake up until noon during the day, and the two of them couldn't fall asleep at this time, so they lay on the bed and chatted.

"Tomorrow my plan is to go play with bamboo rafts. There is a bamboo forest next to it? It's a river. It's a bit wasteful not to make a bamboo raft. We don't have to go too far. It's probably okay to float for a few miles. That’s about it, the guards say the whole river is very quiet.”

Xue Zhijing likes to make plans the most. On weekdays, he always takes one step at a time and thinks through several steps. Now that he is just on vacation, he must first make a pre-plan for what he will do tomorrow.

"This is interesting. I haven't ridden on a bamboo raft yet, but when I was in Liao Kingdom, I did ride on a wooden raft. It should be about the same." Xiao Liege said with a smile, her eyes were shining brightly at night.

"How did you do it before, that raft?" Xue Zhijing asked.

"When I was young, it was like learning to drill wood to make fire. My brother taught me specially. We would find some logs in the forest. It would be great if there were some logs washed down by the water. Those logs It is very convenient to be able to float in the water without cutting down. If not, you have to find some light-weight trees and cut them down, which will be a little harder.”

Xiao Liege turned over, as if lying on the bed, but propped himself up on his elbows, and spoke enthusiastically.

"My brother taught me to make a raft for one person, but I was young at the time, and I almost dragged the logs. Adults like my brother and the others can still hold the logs."

"It really has to be a relatively light wood." Xue Zhijing said.

"Yes, and then my brother taught me to use the vines by the river as ropes to tie up the wood. If time is tight, tie it loosely, but it is easy to fall apart when encountering rapids. It's solid."

It's a pity that after so many years, Xiao Liege still remembers this knowledge.

"Bamboo rafts are almost the same as wooden rafts, but bamboo is more convenient than wood. First, it is easier to cut down. Second, it is lighter in weight and easier to handle in length. Especially in areas with a lot of bamboo forests in the south, making bamboo rafts is obviously less time-consuming than wooden rafts. Save effort. Since my little girl can do it, you will take the lead in doing it tomorrow, okay?" Xue Zhijing touched Xiao Liege's face and said with a smile.

Xiao Liege was startled, then nodded with a smile, "Small things!"

The two chatted for a while before falling asleep, but when they fell asleep, Xue Zhijing hugged Xiao Liege into his arms from behind, with a feeling of wanting to get close.

Going to bed early means waking up early in the morning, so the two of them decided to go to bamboo rafting in the morning.

But if this is the case, their lunch will probably be a picnic, so the two of them took the dried meat from the kitchen and packed a bag of dried fruit for lunch. After all, if they are too tired and don’t want to catch fish, they can bake it What are you doing with the barbecue?

The guards prepared a complete set of tools. They took two axes and a wood splitting knife to cut bamboo. They also took a roll of rope. Although there are vines that can be used, the rope still needs to be replaced. It's more convenient, use it if you have it, but it's just for vacation, and it's not field survival training, so why be so serious.

The space for operation is on the river beach outside the garden. There are clumps of bamboo forests beside the river beach, which is convenient for felling, and the wide river beach is also convenient for operation.

The bamboo that both of them picked was as thick as an arm and cut down at the root.

Xiao Liege didn't know much about bamboo, so he took an ax and randomly found a place to force it. Xue Zhijing saw it and said to her, "Bamboo has knots. It will be more useful if you cut at the hollow place in the middle of the bamboo knots." Be stronger."

"Ah, that's it."

Xiao Liege found the key points like a divine help, she was a person who learned these things since she was a child, and now she chopped off the bamboo with a few strokes.

Xue Zhijing came over, supported the bamboo with one hand, and kicked towards the river bank with one foot, and saw the tall bamboo fall towards the river bank with the sound of cracking, and the bamboo leaves on the top rubbed against each other, making a clattering noise. ring.

The two looked at each other and laughed.

It was easy for the two of them.

"Hey, shall we ride on the same bamboo raft? We still have to compete, for example, who can make the bamboo raft stronger and faster." Xue Zhijing asked.

This time, Xiao Liege wasn't so excited that he wanted to compete, and he thought about it seriously, "If we really want to compete, there are still risks. It won't be good if we hit the rapids in the downstream after the competition. We still do it." One, I remember when I looked at some ancient paintings, I always saw some pictures like this, what? A gentleman standing on the bow of a boat blowing a flute or something, we can also play with this."

Xue Zhijing seemed to be obedient because he suddenly didn't know his family, "Isn't this to your liking?"

Xiao Liege gave her a white look, "Hey, I should be an excited person who loves to compete, I can't like to look at some paintings."

"Okay, okay, but let's not prepare a flute here." As she said that, Xue Zhijing suddenly thought of something, she took off a bamboo leaf, put it on her lips as she remembered, and began to blow.

Ok.

It's hard to hear.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?" Xiao Liege looked at Xue Zhijing's movements with a strange expression.

Xue Zhijing smiled awkwardly, "I once saw people blowing music out of bamboo leaves, so I wanted to try it. No, it's still a bit difficult."

"Haha, come on, give me a try." Xiao Liege also suddenly became interested, and took the bamboo leaf from Xue Zhijing's hand, "Is that so? Put it in your mouth."

In fact, Xue Zhijing also jingled with half a bucket of water, so he reluctantly instructed Xiao Liege twice, of course it was impossible.

"Let's just make fun of it." Xue Zhijing said bluntly, "Hurry up, we still have more? Just chop a few."

"oh oh."

The two chopped a dozen or twenty bamboo poles and piled them up on the beach.

Xue Zhijing took a look, and told Xiao Liege to clean up some branches and leaves. In the end, it turned into a pile of bare bamboo poles that were about [-] meters long. The two of them divided these bamboo poles into two parts, arranged one part in a row, and tied them together with a rope. bundle up.

Xiao Liege is much more familiar with this part than Xue Zhijing, she even directly tied the bamboo poles of the two parts together into two layers.

"Hey, so good? Much faster than me." Xue Zhijing looked up at Xiao Liege's progress, and he was not stingy with praise.

Xue Zhijing's praise was simply a strong stimulus, which made Xiao Liege feel that he was special, and his movements became more and more agile.

When the sun was high, the bamboo raft for the two of them was ready.

"Push it down and try?" Xue Zhijing asked.

"Okay!"

The bamboo raft is sinking now. It is composed of dozens of bamboo poles. It took a little effort for the two of them to put it into the water. The water's edge is relatively shallow, and after pushing it into the middle of the river, it floated completely. .

Xue Zhijing stepped on the water, dragged a rope tied to the bamboo raft, supported a bamboo pole as a pole, poked the bamboo pole to the riverside, tied the rope, and the bamboo raft stopped in the river .

"Come on, first? Have something to eat, we'll play rafting in the afternoon."

Hearing Xue Zhijing's words, Xiao Liege came back from stepping on the water.

The two work together? One makes a fire and the other barbecues dry meat.

Anyway, before he left, Xue Zhijing simply went back to fetch a bucket of well water and a small pot, and boiled the jerky in the water to make it softer.

Although the food was rough, fortunately the jerky prepared by the guards was well made. Xue Zhijing also put some dried fruit in the broth. Although the taste was a bit weird, it was quite delicious.

"It feels like I haven't eaten such simple food for a long time, haha, I feel like I'm back in the grassland hunting." Xiao Liege said with a laugh, "Oh, it would be great if there was wine."

"Shall I ask the guards to go down the mountain tomorrow to buy some? Or let's go down the mountain and drink it ourselves, two white dragon fish clothes?"

"Hey, this is a good idea." Xiao Liege said, "There should be some small towns nearby. It should be interesting for us to taste the simple food in the countryside."

"But just because I'm afraid you won't be used to it, I wanted to go farther and go to a nearby big city."

"How could it be? I'm not afraid to tell you that when I was young, I hunted in the Liao Kingdom, and I even ate raw fish." Xiao Liege.

"Raw fish should be okay," Xue Zhijing said, "Isn't there a way to eat fish carp in Wan Guocheng? Fresh fish fillets are cut into crystal clear slices, dipped in soy sauce and eaten with green onions. It has a special flavor."

Xiao Liege waved his hands and said, "It's not such a delicate raw fish, it's because I was really hungry that day, my brother didn't help me at all, and taught me to catch fish with bare hands. bite."

"..." Xue Zhijing's expression changed suddenly, "Your brother is really a unique brother."

After eating, the two of them got on the bamboo raft. There wasn't much on the bamboo raft, so they put some dried fruit and a jar of well water.

Adding the weight of the two of them, it was just right.

It can be seen that water has begun to appear on the surface of the bamboo raft.

However, tools such as bamboo rafts and rafts are not boats, so there is no need to be afraid of water, because they have their own buoyancy, and the fear is that the weight exceeds the buoyancy. Now it seems that it is just right.

Anyway, the trouser legs of the two of them were all wet, so they didn't have to worry about getting their clothes wet, so they sat on it with a laugh.

Xue Zhijing asked Xiao Liege to stand at the front of the bamboo raft, and she stood at the back of the bamboo raft, pushing the bamboo raft forward with a bamboo pole on the bottom of the river.In the rivers in the south where these rivers are not too deep, it is a common way to use bamboo rafts to propel them forward with "struts".

Xiao Lie was holding a bamboo leaf in his hand, and he was still competing with the bamboo leaf, expressing that he must blow out his voice and imitate the young master Pianpian in that painting.

Xue Zhijing, on the other hand, was like a man in a lonely boat, diligently supporting the pole, and said, "Then work hard."

From time to time there were rustling movements in the surrounding woods, probably the guards were running wildly in the woods.

As the river gradually widened, the poles were temporarily useless, so Xue Zhijing simply put down the poles and sat with Xiao Liege, floating along the river.

Xiao Liege was playing in the river, which seemed to have some green water from a distance, and said with a smile, "It feels like the two of us are wandering around the world."

Xue Zhijing also fiddled with the water spray with his hands, feeling cool and comfortable, "Do you feel like all the freedom in the world is now?"

"Yes." Xiao Liege turned sideways and gave her an angry look, "With you here, freedom is everywhere."