I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

Ever since he entered the forest, Luo Shixing felt that he was like Grandma Liu who had entered the Grand View Garden. There were many plants that he had never seen before, as for animals... let alone.

From time to time, some small animals would come out of the bushes, disturbed by him.

In the beginning, Luo Shixing was still nervous, and wanted to turn around and go back, but just now he swore that he would find the place, so it would be too embarrassing to go back now!

He could only grit his teeth and continue walking, so along the way he encountered several cauliflower snakes, one or two pheasants of unknown species, and canines that ran so fast that he couldn't see them clearly.

This journey can be said to be a wild ride. After staring at a cauliflower snake, scratching with a pheasant, and running faster than canines, Luo Shixing felt that he was not looking for water, but participating in a wilderness adventure. !

Courage is about to be practiced!

Of course, things like insects and ants are definitely indispensable, and birds are naturally indispensable.

When Luo Shixing saw those birds, he used to think they were so cute and beautiful, but now his first reaction was that it would be great if he could catch them. Even if he couldn't catch the birds and find their nests, he could get some eggs to add to his order.

It's a pity that he looked up until his neck was sore, but he didn't see half of the bird's nest.

The trees here are too dense, the light coming through is limited, no matter how good Luo Shixing's eyes are, it's useless.

He didn't find the bird's nest, but he saw a very familiar plant.

That plant has oval leaves with fine hairs on the edge of the leaves. Of course, this is not the point. The point is that the fruit of that plant is a red round fruit. The protrusions on the peel are its full oil sacs. Exudes a charming fresh aroma.

He is very familiar with this aroma, it is pepper.

Luo Shixing's eyes lit up. He didn't expect to find peppercorns here. You must know that at first he didn't dare to recognize them. Dried peppercorns were somewhat different from fresh peppercorns. After confirming it, it feels like this road is too difficult, but now his luck has exploded!

He put the bamboo bucket on the ground, found a relatively short branch, raised his hand and began to pick peppers.

During the picking process, he needs to avoid the sharp thorns on it, and at the same time, he must be careful not to damage the oil sacs of the peppercorns. The oil sacs of fresh peppercorns are relatively delicate, and once damaged, the oil sacs are easy to lose their fragrance.

This level of difficulty will not make Luo Shixing shrink back. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a good thing. Ordinary people may think that it is just a seasoning, but in fact, Zanthoxylum bungeanum has a wide range of uses. Before it became a seasoning, it was most famous as a spice and traditional Chinese medicine.

In terms of medicine, it has the effects of warming the middle and relieving pain, killing insects and relieving itching. It can treat abdominal pain, vomiting, and blood-sucking roundworms. It can even be used as an epidermal anesthetic... Anyone who has eaten peppercorns must understand .

As for spices, this may be unfamiliar to many people, but everyone should know a name: Pepper House.

It is the famous Jiaofangdian. The pepper refers to Zanthoxylum bungeanum. In ancient times, the court would mix Zanthoxylum bungeanum into the paint to paste the wall. On the one hand, it is for antisepsis, and on the other hand, because it can repel insects, so the ancients thought it was It can also ward off evil spirits.

For the humid mountains, pepper is more useful than it is as a seasoning.

It was only after picking a lot that Luo Shixing realized that he didn't bring anything except a bamboo bucket!

Bamboo buckets are used to fetch water, and it is impossible to store peppercorns.

It is basically impossible to stuff it in your arms like on TV. The branches of the pepper tree have thorns!

Because there are a lot of fruits, Luo Shixing hasn't found a water source yet, so he needs to hurry up, so naturally it is impossible to pick them one by one. When he encounters a part with a lot of fruits, he just pulls off the whole one. How can he have time to get them in bunches?

Luo Shixing looked at his empty hand and then at his surroundings, suddenly his eyes lit up - he seemed to see the flowers of mallow with big leaves.

He knew this thing because he had seen it in a documentary about Lingnan plants.

The big-leaf mallow itself seems to have medicinal value, but Luo Shixing didn't know much about it. After all, it was not a commonly used thing, but he knew that the bark of the big-leaf mallow was used to make ropes in the Lingnan area.

Luo Shixing was holding a sickle, and he had developed countless ways to use this sickle, and now he started to use it to peel bark.

The bark of the big-leaf mallow is relatively soft when pulled out. Of course, some processing is required to make ropes, but now it is no problem to tie up the pepper branches and carry them around, or even carry them on the back.

As for how to solve the problem of thorns on the branches on the back, this jungle gave Luo Shixing the answer - he saw a banana tree when he peeled the bark.

The shape characteristics of the banana tree are very obvious, especially its flowers are very special. When the fruit in the inflorescence grows to a certain number, the flowers of the banana tree will stop bearing fruit, and then the flowers will hang upside down. Yong Jinlian is poor.

He was even more excited when he saw the banana tree. The fruit of the banana tree is not only edible, but the leaves of the banana tree are also very good things, which can be used to make banana cloth and even paper.

The height of the banana tree is not low, but it is not difficult for Luo Shixing, who is nimble. He put the bamboo bucket and the things in his hands away, and rushed to the tree in two or three strokes, and looked at it longingly while pulling the leaves. Plantains on the tree.

It's not the time when the plantains are ripe yet, and the circles of plantains that look extremely attractive are still green, but the flowers below look pretty good.

Luo Shixing sat on it and gestured and found that the handle of the sickle was not long enough, otherwise he could have cut off the flower that was no longer bearing fruit.

Banana flowers are also edible.

Hey, in the past, Luo Shixing would definitely not eat this kind of thing, but now that the situation is like this, he really won't let go of anything that can be eaten.

After getting down from the tree, Luo Shixing looked around happily, deeply feeling that there are indeed treasures in the mountains. You must know that as long as a plant exists, it cannot be a single plant, so although he hasn't found the water source yet, he has already found it. I found a pepper tree and many plantains.

If you don't pursue things like nutrition, you really won't starve to death.

Luo Shixing jumped off the tree and patted the dirt and dust on his body, then wrapped the pepper branch with the oversized banana leaf, tied it tightly with the bark of the big-leaf mallow, and hung it directly on the banana tree after thinking about it.

Although he can carry it all the way to find it, but it is still a little weight. He doesn't know where the river is, so he puts things here first, and then picks them up when he comes back!

Luo Shixing picked another banana leaf for emergencies, then got off the tree, carried the bamboo bucket and walked in the direction Cheng Jingwei said, and thanks to being in the woods, he could still pass through some surface features or objects in the sky. The sun recognizes the direction, otherwise I am afraid I will get lost.

Even so, he had to quicken his pace, as Cheng Jingwei said, the river was not too far from their residence, if it was a flat road, it might take about fifteen minutes to get there.

It's just that Luo Shixing needs to observe whether there is any danger around him along the way, and he also needs to cut down the overgrown bushes on the road.

Those bushes looked soft and tender, but in fact they were extremely tough. Luo Shixing was so pained by those branches all the way, there were red marks on his arms when he rolled up his sleeves, and there were a few places on his face that were burning hot. Want to back down.

In the end, he comforted himself: clear the road today, and it will be easy to walk later.

Halfway through the walk, he actually saw a shallow mountain spring stream, but the stream was too small, and it was different from what Cheng Jingwei said, so he thought about it and walked forward again.

As the sound of the water got louder, Luo Shixing had the faint feeling that he was about to leave the forest.

Sure enough, the light became brighter and brighter, and he could faintly see the light reflected from the water waves.

Luo Shixing was excited for a while, and after stepping out of the forest, he saw the big river in Cheng Jingwei's mouth.

He visually estimated that the width of the river was at least tens of meters. The river was not too fast, and besides the light of the water waves, he could faintly see occasional silvery-white lights flashing across the river.

At first Luo Shixing wondered what it was, but he saw it clearly after a few more visits: it was a fish!

Luo Shixing stared straight at the fish jumping out of the water from time to time in the river.

Since he was caught, his food level has plummeted. In the past, he didn't really like fish, especially freshwater fish. He disliked fishy fish.

But now seeing the fish, he felt like his saliva was about to flow down.

Suddenly, many recipes flashed in my mind: braised fish, grilled fish, steamed fish, fried fish, fried fish, grilled fish and so on.

He cautiously walked a few steps towards the shore. The river bank is relatively flat and the water quality is still clear, but the depth may not be easy to judge. You can still see the bottom of the water on the shore, and you can only see the deep river water a few meters ahead. , I don't know what's going on underwater.

Not to mention fishing in this situation, even taking a bath may be a bit difficult. Of course, if you take a bath, it should be fine. As for fishing...you need to think about it carefully. He doesn't have a fishing rod or hook at hand, and it's unrealistic to think about fishing. .

Luo Shixing squatted on the shore and thought for a while, trying to resist the urge to take a bath. Although the weather is not cold, the water temperature is not high. Go, he dare not take the risk.

Finally, he looked up at the sun and decided to go back first.

He didn't choose to carry water from the big river, it was a bit far from their house, and it was not easy for Luo Shixing to carry empty buckets along the way, and he was not sure that he could carry the water back before the sun set.

So he decided to fetch water from the nearby mountain stream first.

When he got there to fetch water, Luo Shixing found that although the mountain stream was relatively small, there were actually a lot of things, such as small fish and shrimps scurrying around, and a lot of snails.

Although there are no big fish, it’s okay to bring some small fish back!

It's a pity that Luo Shixing's fish catching skills were not very good. After flailing for a long time, his sleeves were half wet, and his hem was even soaked, without a single fish.

In desperation, he could only pick up some snails and wrap them on banana leaves. Anyway, apple snails have not invaded these years, so these snails should not be poisonous. If not, just ask Cheng Jingwei.

Well, although we haven't known each other for a long time, the almighty Cheng Jingwei is basically equivalent to Baidu Encyclopedia in Luo Shixing's place.

After everything was packed, he took the bamboo bucket and prepared to find the peppercorns he had just picked.

He walked a few steps and suddenly stopped again. The leaf of a plant that he glanced out of the corner of his eye just now felt a little familiar.

The author has something to say:

Luo Shixing: How can Mao Mao get lost if he is so capable, please don't slander Mao Mao!