Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

At 4:30 in the afternoon, the setting sun dyed the clouds golden, reflecting from the west of Baishigou, warm but not hot, bright but not dazzling.

The wide river valley of Baishigou is lined with green trees on both sides, as if it is a peach garden. The small mountain stream jumps happily in the canyon, and the crisp and pleasant water flow and the whistling breeze are like a moving melody.

There are scattered white strange rocks and a small amount of soft sand on the edge of the stream.

Lin Heng and Xiulan sat with their backs against the stream. The green beard in their hands was crackling in the firelight, and the feathers melted quickly in the flames, emitting a burnt smell like burning nails.

The remaining debris curled up on the skin and flesh, making the roasted bird, which should have been very beautiful, become black.

"Awoo~~"

Xiulan was doubting whether it was really edible to roast it like this. Xiongba was swaying back and forth on the edge of the fire, opening his mouth and shaking his tail, and his saliva was almost flowing all over the floor.

"Okay, these three are ready!"

Lin Heng handed two of them to Xiulan, took one himself, and used a hatchet to scrape off the charred feathers stuck on the fur.

Suddenly, the golden fur was revealed, and then the belly was cut open, and the cooked internal organs were gently picked out and thrown to Xiongba, and a roasted bird with the aroma of meat was ready to eat.

Lin Heng took the lead to tear off half, took out the salt and pepper packed at home, mixed them together, dipped a little, and took a bite and immediately showed a satisfied smile.

The meat of the bird is delicate and soft, and even the bones can be chewed and eaten directly, just like a pigeon, but it has a more chewy texture than a pigeon.

"It's really delicious, try it!"

Lin Heng tore off a piece, dipped a little chili powder and fed it to Xiulan.

Xiulan opened her red lips, took it, chewed it twice and couldn't help blinking: "I didn't expect it to be so good."

"Here, the remaining half is for you, I'll deal with the remaining two." Lin Heng gave the remaining half to Xiulan.

When he took out the entrails of the second green-bearded croaker and threw them to Xiongba, Lin Heng found that it had not eaten the first entrails yet, but was staring at the chili powder.

"Silly dog, you can't eat that!" Lin Heng was helpless. This dog was too smart, and wanted to try everything.

"Woof woof!"

Xiongba was dissatisfied. Why can you eat it, but I can't?

"Xiu Lan, sprinkle some chili powder on it." Lin Heng looked at the silly dog ​​and said.

Xiu Lan sprinkled some chili powder on it, and Xiongba ate it immediately.

A-choo!!

As soon as it ate it in its mouth, it sneezed directly, turned around and ran to the stream to drink the stream water.

"You won't eat it now?"

Lin Heng shook his head helplessly, gave the processed bird meat to Xiu Lan, rinsed the entrails in the stream water, and threw them to Xiongba.

This time it ate obediently, but the look in its eyes when looking at Lin Heng and Xiu Lan became strange, as if saying that you humans are really good at eating.

"Open your mouth!"

Xiu Lan handed a piece of meat to Lin Heng's mouth.

Lin Heng smiled and opened his mouth to eat. He grilled the meat, and Xiu Lan took the grilled meat and ate it slowly.

When they were thirsty, they took a spoon made of tung leaves and scooped cool stream water to drink. From time to time, they had a bite of steamed bread. Their life was very comfortable.

Lu Hu Diao Zi and his partner ate four, and the remaining six were all given to Xiong Ba.

"Let's make a beggar chicken for the turtledove."

Lin Heng roasted the turtledove's feathers, took out the internal organs, cleaned them, smeared salt on them, picked some mountain pepper and put it in its stomach, then wrapped it with leaves and yellow mud, and threw it into the fire to burn.

"I found some early-ripening thornberries, put them in together."

Before Lin Heng's second turtledove was wrapped in mud, Xiu Lan brought back a handful of thornberries and handed them to Lin Heng like a treasure.

"Good stuff."

Lin Heng's eyes lit up. This was one of his favorite wild fruits in the mountains. It tasted great. It usually matured around the Dragon Boat Festival. Now it was still about 20 days away from the Dragon Boat Festival, so it was normal to find it.

He quickly opened the belly of the turtledove, took out the mountain pepper inside, and signaled Xiulan to throw the thornberry in.

Xiulan kept three to feed Lin Heng, and threw the rest into the turtledove's stomach, which was then wrapped up by Lin Heng and made into a beggar's chicken.

"I also saw some goat milk, but it's a pity that it's still green." Xiulan said with regret.

She just wandered around after eating the green beard berries.

"It's okay, there should be more thornberries nearby, let's go find some more." Lin Heng said with a smile. Thorns like to grow by the river, so there must be some nearby.

"Okay!"

Xiulan nodded and went to find thornberries with Lin Heng.

"Awoo~"

Xiongba was a little full after eating the green beard berries, and lay on the stone to bask in the sun. Seeing the two people leave, it just raised its head and gave a symbolic call, then lowered its head and continued to sleep.

When it felt hot, it went to take a bath in the water, and came back to continue basking in the sun. The main theme was leisure.

"Sure enough, there are still a lot."

Xiulan smiled happily, looking at the several blackberry trees in front of her and was very happy.

"Let's pick the blackberries, put them by the stream, and eat them while soaking our feet."

Lin Heng suggested.

Xiulan blinked and nodded: "Okay."

While picking blackberries, Lin Heng accidentally saw a camellia tree next to him with bright white flowers, and couldn't help but reach out and pick a few.

"Xiulan!" Lin Heng called.

"What for?"

As soon as Xiulan turned her head, Lin Heng handed the snow-white camellia to her.

"Here you go." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Xiulan was stunned for a moment, then turned her head: "Plug it in for me."

"Okay." Lin Heng smiled and put the words in his wife's head.

He remembered the first time he saw Xiulan in Lushui County. She was selling dried tofu, and then she was tricked into getting a bouquet of camellias from him.

"nice!"

With a flower inserted, Xiulan looks more elegant.

Xiulan blinked her eyes and said nothing, with a smile on her lips.

The two picked more than half a catty of thornberries and came to the creek.

Lin Heng found a small pool with soft sand at the bottom, found two stone slabs and placed them on the shore as benches.

The two took off their shoes and soaked their feet in the water. The water was not deep, only about fifteen centimeters. The soft sand felt like a foot massage when they stepped on it.

Xiulan's beautiful feet were rippling slightly in the water, her skin was delicate and white, and she was eating thornberries like a little girl, eating one for herself and feeding one to Lin Heng.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Although Xiulan is more than one year older than Lin Heng, she is only 21 years old this year. She will still be in college at this age in future generations, but she has shouldered the burden of life early in this era.

In this rare free time, she showed a somewhat childish side, playing with her feet in the water, and a smile appeared on her face from time to time.

"I'm going to see if the beggar's chicken is ready."

There was still a handful of thornberries left to eat. Lin Heng noticed that the last fire he had set had been extinguished and walked over to check if they were ripe.