Cats grow fields in the apocalyptic wasteland

A few people went down the mountain all the way, followed quietly by a pepper tree.

The prickly ash tree taps the ground with its roots, jumping and jumping, it is very difficult to jump, it looks clumsy and serious.

When they got to the place where the truck was, Yan Xiannian went around the truck to check for any abnormalities before beckoning them to pass.

Everyone was exhausted after a day's work.

Yan Xiannian checked their supplies and said, "Don't worry about it at night, let me cook something casually?"

"Well, are you looking at it?" Xia Huoqu gathered the collected firewood into a pile, and started a fire with matches.

"Anything is fine, as long as you don't think it tastes bad." Yan Xiannian commanded Kong Zhi, "Kong Zhi, you wash the mushrooms first, Xiao Nong, you... Forget it, you are too tired today, just sit on the side and rest."

Xia Lu nodded lazily.

Xia Huoqu went back into the truck, took a large kettle, filled it with clear stream water, put it on the fire, and started boiling the water directly.

The tongue of fire licked the bottom of the pot, and the spout quickly released heat.

Yan Xiian washed the rice, put an appropriate amount of water in the pot, and put the pot on the firewood.

The firewood surrounds the rice pot, and the rice gradually emits a fragrance.

Xia Lunong yawned, put her head on her knees, and fanned her long eyelashes to feel sleepy.

Drinking water is boiled.

Xia Huoqu filled everyone's cups with boiling water, and left the bottles open to dry on the ground.

The evening wind was very strong, and the hot water rippled, and the wind blew, and the water cooled down.

Xia Huoqu put two fingers on the side of the kettle, feeling that it was not too hot, so he went back to the cab and took out a small plastic jar.

The plastic jar contained dark brown honey. Xia Huoqu unscrewed the jar, and a strong smell of honey wafted out to everyone's nostrils.

Xia Lunong turned her head, staring intently at the honey in his brother's hand.

Xia Huoqu met his eyes, dug out two tablespoons of honey from the honey pot with a clean dry spoon, poured it into his water glass, and put a spoonful in each of the other three water glasses.

Xia Lunong's eyes lit up.

After putting the honey, Xia Huoqu stirred it casually, then handed him the honey water, "Drink it."

Xia Lunong used his supernatural power many times today, and was very tired. He was not polite when he heard the words. He held the cup with both hands, gurgling, and drank more than 500 ml of sweet honey water in the cup in one breath.

After drinking, his mouth and nasal cavity were filled with the sweet smell of honey, and his whole figure was like a plant that had been full of water, showing a sense of laziness.

Xia Huoqu handed his glass of honey water to him, "Do you want more?"

Xia Lunong wiped her mouth and shook her head quickly.

Xia Huoqu withdrew his cup, "Change back to the animal shape for a while, and call you after eating."

Xia Lunong yawned again, hiccupped a little, with a look of satisfaction on her face, "Brother, help me look at that little pepper tree."

Xia Huoqu turned his head to look at the miscellaneous forest at the foot of the mountain.

The pepper tree blended into the trees and stayed there obediently, showing no sign of leaving, not conspicuous at all.

"You rest first, and I will call you if there is a situation."

Xia Lunong got the promise, and turned into a cat directly, lying on her clothes, closing her eyes and sleeping.

The sounds of wind, firewood, collisions, low voices and other sounds rang in his ears, which was extremely hypnotic.

The tips of the cat's ears trembled, but soon stopped moving.

Kong Zhi washed the mushrooms, and the rice in the pot was almost done.

Kong Zhi glanced at it, and simply poured the mushrooms into a large basin, added a large amount of sausage, then put in dried tomatoes and winter melon, sprinkled with chili powder, salt, soy sauce, and oil, stirred it, and spread it directly on the In the rice cooker, cover the pot and continue to steam the rice.

The heat of the rice steamed the ingredients, and soon exuded a unique aroma of claypot rice.

In her sleep, Xia Lunong dreamed of all kinds of delicacies flying around, and the more she slept, the more hungry she felt, her soft stomach was rumbling, and her belly seemed to be sticking to her abdominal cavity.

The half-asleep and half-awake Xia Maomao turned over and turned into a long cat blanket on the clothes.

His long, soft fur was blown up by the wind.

Kong Zhi passed by him, paused slightly, returned to him a while after walking away, and directly covered him with one.

Xia Maomao half opened her green eyes, lowered her eyes to look at the clothes on her body, then at Kong Zhi, and called out in doubt, "Mi?"

"Go to sleep." Kong Zhi patted the cat's head with his big palm, picked him up and rolled him into a cat bug with his clothes, and said in a calm tone, "It's not so easy to catch cold if you cover your belly."

Xia Maomao felt comfortable being rubbed by Kong Zhi's big palm, as if a layer of numbing static electricity had passed through the upper reaches of his skin, he could not help but narrow his eyes, and raised his head to let Kong Zhi scratch his chin.

Kong Zhi scratched lightly.

Xia Maomao fell asleep again amidst his gentle movements.

When Xia Maomao woke up again, it was already dark, and the mountain wind blew over with a shriek that was not gentle.

"When you wake up, get up and eat first."

Xia Maomao turned around, only to find that his brother was sitting beside him.

Xia Maomao ran to the back of the truck and turned back into a human form. After putting on his clothes, he also put on the Kong Zhi coat that still had his own body temperature, and ran down to ask, "Brother, where are Kong Zhi and the others?"

"I went to look at the rice field eels and fish with a flashlight." Xia Huoqu served out the meals specially reserved for him, "I don't know if they have harvested tonight, if they have, tomorrow will be the rice field eel rice."

"I guess there will be." Xia Lunong took the food and stuffed a big mouthful into her mouth, making her cheeks bulge.

The rice is very fragrant, the bacon is also very fragrant, the mushrooms are very fresh, and the spicy and salty tastes are just right.

Kong Zhi's cooking skills have improved again.

After eating, Xia Lunong scooped up water by himself to wash the dishes, and suddenly remembered the little pepper tree, so he straightened up and looked left and right, trying to find the little pepper tree in the dark.

Xia Huoqu knew what he was thinking at a glance, and pointed out, "The pepper tree is over there."

Xia Lunong looked in the direction of his finger, only to realize that the direction was just on the diagonal.

The little pepper tree was obviously not there before he went to bed, Xia Lunong's eyes showed doubts, "Why did it move there?"

There was a smile in Xia Huoqu's eyes, "Maybe I was frightened by the fire and sound from our side, and moved to several places in one night, moving farther and farther."

Xia Lunong instantly felt that this little guy was a bit pitiful.

He stood up, "Then I'll go and see it."

"Let's go." Xia Huoqu stood up, took a spoonful of clean water from the bucket and handed it to his brother, "See if it needs watering."

Xia Lunong quickly took it, "I even forgot to water it."

The two brothers walked towards the pepper tree with flashlights.

After a distance of several meters, Xia Lunong noticed that the leaves of the pepper tree were wilting. Maybe the pepper tree was exhausted after a busy day with them.

The Zanthoxylum bungeanum soon found that there was a living thing approaching, and the leaves "squeaked" and lifted up, and the crown of the tree turned slightly, looking very vigilant.

Xia Lunong said, "It's me."

The pepper tree also found him, and the canopy hung down again, listlessly.

Xia Lunong walked to the pepper tree and saw that the thorns on its branches only protruded a little, so she gently stretched out the fingers of her left hand to touch the place where it had no thorns, and shook the spoon in her right hand, "I want to give you some water ?"

The crown of the pepper tree was lifted up, and the leaves shook with a "crash".

Xia Lunong felt its longing, which should mean it.

Xia Lunong raised her hand and poured the spoonful of clean water on the tree roots.

The pepper tree trembled again, this time with gratitude.

Xia Lunong clung to it, closed her eyes, and used the last bit of power on it.

A sister came out of her body and floated onto the pepper tree. Xia Lunong opened her eyes and withdrew her fingers.

The pepper tree responds much more to powers than to water.

After receiving Xia Lunong's ability, the crown of the pepper tree swayed happily from side to side, retracting all the spikes.

When Xia Lunong withdrew his finger, the pepper tree reluctantly hooked his finger with a branch.

Xia Lunong withdrew her finger and smiled at it, "I'll give you some powers tomorrow."

Xia Lunong turned around and walked back to the temporary camp with his brother.

The pepper tree behind it uprooted itself, fell to the ground and bounced, as if it wanted to go to the camp with Xia Lunong.

After following for a few meters, the pepper tree still didn't dare to go out of the forest, stopped at the edge of the forest, paused for a while, and then jumped back to the place where Xia Lunong was watering.

Xia Lunong gave the Zanthoxylum tree the supernatural powers she accumulated during her rest, and now she was so tired that she yawned, sat by the fire and nodded her head like a chicken pecking at rice, and could no longer care about the Zanthoxylum tree's reaction up.

Xia Huoqu saw it clearly, poured a glass of honey water for his brother, and sat by the fire, "The pepper tree should follow us tomorrow."

"Let's talk about tomorrow." After drinking the honey water, Xia Lunong rubbed her head on her knees wearily, "Brother, I'm so sleepy."

"Sleep first." Xia Huo channeled, "Kong Zhi and the others don't know my sister's words yet, so there's no need to wait."

Xia Lunong was curious about the results of their going out to catch eels, but they were really sleepy.

Hearing that he didn't insist, he changed back into a beast shape and climbed onto his brother's knee, "Meow."

Xia Huoqu touched his back, and wrapped him in Kong Zhi's clothes, "Go to sleep."

Hearing this, Xia Lunong fell into a dark and sweet dream. She had no dreams and did not wake up all night.

When he opened his eyes again, it was the early morning of the next day, the sky was pale, and fog was floating in the forest and the mountains.

Only his older brother was adding firewood by the fire, and the small pepper tree was two meters away, and now it was planted there upright, like an ordinary plant.

Xia Maomao's face was blank, and the emerald cat pupils looked at the pepper tree. How could the little pepper tree be here because of the incident last night?

The pepper tree seemed to sense his gaze, and its branches trembled.

Xia Maomao let out a "huh" in his heart. It seems that this small pepper tree is the pepper tree he is familiar with, and it has not been dropped.

Yan Xiannian noticed that he was awake, and said: "The little pepper tree came over last night, afraid that it would be uneasy, so I didn't carry you to sleep in the car."

Xia Maomao nodded, but Maotong was still dazed.

Yan Xiannian suppressed the smile in his eyes, "Last night a sheep ran over to eat the leaves of the Zanthoxylum bungeanum tree. We chased the sheep away and brought the Zanthoxylum bungeanum here."

Xia Maomao subconsciously turned to look at the pepper tree.

The Zanthoxylum bungeanum turned its branch, and turned the twig gnawed by the sheep in front of Xia Maomao.

Xia Maomao: "Meow?"

Why don't you smoke sheep?

The confusion of this meowing was too obvious, Yan Xianian understood it, and the pepper tree also understood it.

Yan Xiannian suppressed his smile, "The sheep run too fast, they just curl up the leaves of the pepper tree and run away, just like mosquitoes, harassing this guy all the time."

Only then did Xia Maomao realize that the pepper tree is not having a good time in the wild, so it looked at the pepper tree with sympathy.