"That's not the case, is it? This, a little trick, isn't it just messing with people?
Are you guys so upset?"
"Alas," Li Yan sighed and sat on the stone next to her.
"Before, we could still save face. A few days ago, when we were having dinner, Tang Cui came over and said that they wanted to form a partnership with us, but we refused at that time.
Their food was not oily at all, and it was cooked like pig food. They were so stingy, just thinking about taking advantage. Who would want to eat it?
Besides, we had to cook separately from them on purpose. What's the point of cooking together?
Then after a few days, the firewood was inexplicably less, or the water was inexplicably dirty, alas."
Although she complained, her hands were not idle. She simply dug up two large dandelions and threw them into the backpack.
"Where are Jixiang and the others? Let's go a little further?"
Li Yan was now more and more interested in going up the mountain. She simply looked back at the full backpack and then looked forward for a while. The little ones were already rolling around in front of her, and she was speechless.
As expected, if these few wanted to borrow strength, they would have to wait.
"Let's go, or we can go and have a look."
Ignoring them, the two of them explored nearby.
The mountains in spring were green and full of tenacious plants. They were not picky and put anything edible in their backpacks. Soon, the two of them couldn't even press down their backpacks. They were really full.
Li Yan straightened up, wiped the sweat off her face, looked around, and paused when her sight caught a red spot.
"You dig first, I'll go over there and take a look."
Before Jian Jian could say anything, Li Yan ran out when she stood up, and soon, she heard an excited scream,
"Ah! Jian Zhiqing, come here quickly!"
A flock of birds were startled by the fluttering of their wings.
Jian Jian rushed over here, and a few little guys also rushed over there. If Jian Jian hadn't collected them quickly, they would have rolled into a ball.
But even so, the little ones rolled twice before they could stabilize themselves. They turned over and stood up, still wobbling. Jiandan laughed without any sympathy. Li Yan said, "You are such a shameless master. You laugh like a vicious villain." Jiandan waved his hand, "With such a lazy master like me, they have to learn to be self-reliant. They are so big, can they still point fingers at me?" Li Yan's mouth twitched, "What you said is really right, and it's justified!" Jixiang and the others got up and shook off their bodies. The grass clippings on the ground were circling around Jiandan's feet, barking "woof woof woof" non-stop, and rubbing their little bodies against her feet. Jiandan was squeezed back and shouted, "What were you yelling about just now? What did you see?" "Oh," Li Yan finally reacted and pointed to the side with a beaming face, "Come here quickly, there are strawberries and raspberries here," "Really?" I had seen these two things when I went up the mountain in my previous life, so they were not unfamiliar, but this was the first time I saw them here. "Oh, there are quite a lot?"
Li Yan's eyes were full of smiles, very proud,
"My eyesight is good, right? I felt like I saw red from over there, vaguely, and when I came over to take a look, it was real.
However,"
Li Yan stretched his neck to find his backpack, scratching his head,
"Our backpack is full, how can we put it back?"
Jian Dan was speechless,
"Even if there is room in the backpack, can these delicate things be put in the backpack?"
Strawberries and raspberries are almost the most delicate fruits on the mountain. They will go bad if touched or wet, and even have to be washed gently.
Jian Dan looked around, and there was really nothing with big leaves nearby, but there was a low-lying area not far away, and some cattails grew around it. Jian Dan went over to cut some, crossed them and spread a piece according to the woven pattern, and gathered branches around them, and pinned them on top in a cross-shaped pattern. Now, there is even a handle for carrying.
At first glance, the bottom is still quite flat, which is enough to hold light things like strawberries and raspberries.
"Here, go pick them."
He handed it to Li Yan, and then wove another one. Li Yan was stunned.
"You can do this?"
He turned his hands over without looking up.
"This is nothing. It's just for emergency. I don't know how to weave a basket. It would be great if I could do that. The materials on the mountain are ready-made, and they are much stronger than this thing."
Yes, this temporary small mold is not very strong. After all, it's just cattail leaves that are not very hard, but it's enough to hold on until home.
Li Yan squatted down to pick strawberries, teasing,
"Don't ask too much, you want to learn everything? Do you want to be all-round?"
"I don't think so much, but there is an old saying that is right, many skills are good.
No matter what skill you learn, it is yours, and you may need it at some time.
Just like if you can cook, you don't have to worry about going hungry when you go out, and if you can identify the direction, you won't get lost in the mountains."
Li Yan added casually,
"Just like if you can hunt, you won't lack meat, right?"
Jian Dan had a meal, and it seemed right, nothing wrong.
The two squatted down to pick fruits, and a few cubs were making trouble beside them. The only idle dog Dahei was walking around and wagging his tail, very leisurely.
As they picked and stuffed the fruits into their mouths, the two temporary small baskets were full, and the two people's stomachs were bulging.
"Burp!"
Jian Dan also burped. To be honest, it was the first time she ate this little thing to the top of her neck, and she felt that her teeth were about to fall out.
Li Yan was also grinning,
"I feel like this tongue and this mouth are not mine anymore, they seem numb."
"My teeth are broken, I guess I won't be able to eat when I go back."
When they were about to leave, they realized that the group of cubs who had been making trouble here just now were gone, even Dahei was gone, and it seemed that they had followed him.
Dahei was there, so Jiandan was not very worried.
"Good luck, good luck, peace, and joy!"
"Woof woof woof!"
The sound came from the side and back, as if it was from below, Jiandan handed the thing to Li Yan,
"I'll go take a look."
Following the sound, it was a small fork in the road they had just passed but didn't take. Pushing aside the thick weeds that blocked the way, less than ten steps ahead, there was a steep slope that was almost like a cliff. The cries of the cubs and Dahei were coming from there, and the grass they had crushed when they went down was still there.
"Jian Zhiqing, how is it, have you found it? I'll send the things over and come find you later."
Li Yan only heard the voice, still a little anxious.
Jian responded quickly,
"You don't need to come, Li Zhiqing, put the things together, take a rest first, we will be back soon."
After saying that, she pulled the weeds on both sides that were more than one person tall and moved down the slope. Fortunately, the weeds on both sides had developed roots and could withstand her small body.