mtl008 Chapter 253 Trip to Hot Spring
Chapter 253 Trip to Hot Spring
"It smells a bit bad, but I've seen this kind of hot water recorded in a book. It's called a hot spring. If it's not dirty due to the influence of the outside world, you can go in and take a bath. If you soak for the right amount of time, it will be very beneficial to your body."
She tested the water temperature and it was just right, about 40 degrees. The parts wetted by the hot spring water felt slippery. When she put her hand into the water, she clearly felt a sense of buoyancy, as if something was holding her hand up from below.
Overall, she thought this hot spring was very good and she could go in and take a bath. It contained sulfur, which had a bactericidal effect and she felt relatively safe soaking in it.
When Han Zhibai heard her say that he could take a bath, he nodded in sudden enlightenment.
"It's still early, we can go down and soak later."
It was past noon and they came to make lunch. There was a ready-made rabbit, which had been killed and skinned.
There was a spring not far away. Han Zhibai fetched water twice and boiled a pot of drinking water.
Xia Qingyue chopped the processed rabbit into large pieces, boiled it in a pot of water for the two little ones to eat, and made a pot of spicy stir-fried rabbit and a big bowl of wild vegetable soup.
The staple food is cakes made from sorghum, which is a coarse grain and very filling.
While eating, they appreciated the beautiful scenery, immersed themselves in the moment and felt happy.
While they were eating, a few sheep tied nearby kept bleating.
Han Zhibai deliberately tied them under a tree where there was no grass or even water around.
After eating, the two of them cleaned up the pots and pans together and then set up the tent.
As usual, Han Zhibai took the bag of medicine powder and sprinkled it around a few times while setting up the tent.
It was a sunny afternoon. After setting up the tent, she spread out the brown sugar to dry in the sun, washed yesterday's dirty clothes and hung them up.
Everything was done and there was still early, so they decided to go for a walk.
Han Zhibai pointed to the northwest and said, "I remember there is a bamboo forest over there. Let's go find some bamboo shoot shells, wash them, dry them, wrap them with brown sugar, and seal them in jars. This way they can be preserved better and longer."
"it is good."
They headed northwest, and the scenery along the way was breathtaking.
The green grass is like a natural green carpet, stretching as far as the eye can see. Colorful flowers are in full bloom, red, yellow, blue and pink, with a strong fragrance. Industrious little bees are buzzing around collecting nectar, and from time to time colorful butterflies fly past.
When Heihei and Xiaobai saw the flying butterflies, they became playful and chased them to catch them, having a lot of fun.
Xia Qingyue was so busy seeing the flowers that she couldn't move, so she picked the pretty ones. In a short while, she had picked a large bunch of flowers and added some foxtail grass to mix them together. It looked very beautiful.
She raised the flowers in her hand and smiled, "It's so beautiful!"
We also saw some wild fruits on the way. They were pitch black and as big as grapes, but they were not grapes. Most of them were rotten and fell to the ground.
They didn't recognize this kind of fruit and didn't see any signs of it being eaten by birds or insects, so they didn't dare to pick it.
There were some fruits I recognized, wild mulberries. There were two mulberry trees growing separately, with many black and purple fruits on the trees. Unfortunately, many of them were eaten by birds. I picked the good ones and got several handfuls.
Thinking that there were a lot of snakes here, she resisted the urge to eat it and decided to go back and wash it before eating it.
She carries a bag of medicine that repels mosquitoes, snakes and insects with her. The smell is a little pungent, but she can still accept it.
They encountered many snakes along the way. Those snakes were hiding in the grass. Some of them had not been discovered by them yet. The sound of them slithering in the opposite direction exposed their whereabouts, so they stayed away from them.
She guessed that those drugs were natural enemies of snakes, and they would feel uncomfortable if they got even a little bit close.
After walking for more than two quarters of an hour, they arrived at a bamboo forest. It was cool in the forest, and the green bamboos were tall and straight. There were many bamboo shoots. Most of them were old, and they didn't want to pick the tender ones. There were some in Wei Hai, so they found two baskets of bamboo shoot shells and carried them back.
Take a stroll outside in the evening. The sunset is so beautiful and the sky is full of rosy clouds, which adds a lot of color to the scenery on the mountain.
They went back admiring the beautiful scenery.
Heihei and Xiaobai each hunted some prey, and ran very fast on the way back, disappearing in a flash.
When they returned to the vicinity of the camp, they heard low growling barks. They looked at each other with serious looks in their eyes and quickened their pace to go back.
After seeing the situation clearly, they breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was a false alarm.
There were several thick and long poisonous snakes outside the garrison. Several large rats were affected by the powder and fell to the ground dizzy. The two small ones discovered the intruders and roared at them to warn them.
"I'll take care of it." Han Zhibai picked up a machete, killed the poisonous snakes and rats, and threw them off the cliff. When he came back, he sprinkled some more medicine powder on the periphery of the camp.
Over there, Xia Qingyue cleaned the bamboo shoots and spread them out on a bamboo raft to dry.
She was preparing to cook dinner and wanted to eat something spicy, so she soaked some dried rice noodles and had three pheasant eggs, fried them, added some sliced dried mushrooms, chopped shepherd's purse, and most importantly, dried chili powder, to make spicy fried rice noodles.
The fried noodles alone were a bit dry, so she also cooked a bowl of wild vegetable soup.
Finally, she ate some washed mulberries, which were sweet and she liked them, but the difference was that her mouth and teeth became discolored after eating them.
It was getting dark and they packed up the kitchen utensils.
They were going to take a hot spring bath later, so she found four sets of loose clothes, two sets for each person, one set to wear when bathing and one set after.
After finishing their meal, they sat by the fire and watched the setting sun in the sky slowly sink to the west until it disappeared.
Even though the sun disappeared, the skyline dyed in salted egg yellow was still there, and was eventually swallowed up bit by bit by the quietly approaching dark night.
Time flies by quickly when I am immersed in the splendor of nature.
It was completely dark between heaven and earth. Heihei and Xiaobai were tired from playing during the day and were so sleepy that they went back to the tent to sleep.
They returned to their tent and changed into loose clothing.
Han Zhibai insisted on going down to the hot spring first. He took a deep breath, stepped on the stone at the edge of the hot spring, stretched one foot down, felt the buoyancy of the water, and the wonderful experience made him open his eyes wide.
With her encouraging look, he squatted down and slid into the hot spring.
The feeling of being immersed in the warm spring water made him feel a little overwhelmed. Slowly, he adjusted his breathing and posture, swam to the shore, and after making sure there were no hidden dangers, he reached out to her, "Hold my hand and come down."
Her hands rested on his strong and sturdy arms. With this reliable support point, she leaned forward boldly and confidently and jumped down.
With a splash, water splashed everywhere and ripples appeared in the spring.
A bright moon in the sky emits a cool glow.
Xia Qingyue couldn't swim, but there was buoyancy in the hot spring. She let go of her hands on him and imagined herself as a fish, swimming around in the water.
Imagination is beautiful, but the reality is that the swimming posture is not very beautiful, but she swims happily.
Beside him, Han Zhibai also started swimming, and his posture looked very familiar.
She asked in surprise: "Isn't this breaststroke? Can you swim?"
He nodded and said, "My father taught me this before. When we were in Weihai, we swam into the sea and saw a lot of small fish."
Just by listening to him, she could imagine how beautiful the scene would be. "Wow, that's great. Can you teach me? I want to learn."
"can."
Han Zhibai swam a few laps for her to see, asked her to demonstrate the swimming posture, and then adjusted the instructions one by one.
After soaking for a while, my body started to heat up, and my skin, both in the water and on my face, turned red.
The clothes are loose and thin. They soak in the hot spring water, with the clothes fitting tightly to their bodies, outlining their figure. They are taught hand in hand and close physical contact is inevitable. They can feel the burning body temperature of each other and occasionally look at each other with shy smiles, in a tender and charming manner.