Song Xixi's steps didn't stop: "Gather more firewood and go back to Song's house to sleep."
After saying that, she turned to look at the others: "If you regret it, you can still go back to Qingshan Village. Those people want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, and they won't let you live there."
Yang Cuilian thought she had misunderstood and said hurriedly: "No, no, I have no regrets. It's just that Niuniu and the others are still young, and I'm afraid they will get cold from the cold night."
Zhou Taohua and others also echoed: "Since we came out with you, we have never thought about going back. Like you said, pick up more firewood and burn a few piles in the open air to keep warm. It won't make you cold, so why bother to be a pawn for others?"
Taken advantage of!"
No one backed down, and everyone actively looked for caves that could accommodate people. Before nightfall, they actually found two.
The two caves are not large and can barely accommodate more than 40 people.
Everyone worked together to clean the cave, took Song Xixi's hoe produced by the system, cut off more than a dozen bamboos, and then cut the bamboos into lengths and lengths, and found vines to make a solid bamboo door.
The entrance to the cave was sealed.
This bamboo door cannot block wild boars and other wild beasts, but it can block the cold wind at night.
While the adults were busy, half-year-old children like Song Niannian were not idle either. Each one was more diligent than the other, picking up dry firewood and cuddling dry pine needles and leaves to "make a bed".
Song Xixi did not take action, standing on a big rock and watching quietly. If a venomous snake or insect bit them, or a dangerous beast emerged, she would be able to detect it in time.
At this time, a small animal was startled and suddenly emerged from the bushes, causing the children to exclaim: "Rabbit, big rabbit!"
This rabbit is gray and quite fat, and its four legs are running quickly along the hillside in the direction of Songxi Creek.
Song Xixi picked up a stone and threw it at it to try her luck, but she didn't expect to hit it. Unexpectedly, the stone seemed to have eyes and went straight towards the fat rabbit's head.
With a "thud" sound, the fat rabbit fell down, its four legs twitched and stopped moving.
"Wow!" The children looked at Song Xixi with admiration, their eyes widened: "Xixi is so amazing!"
Song Xixi didn't expect such good luck. After being surprised, she quickly stepped forward and picked up a fat rabbit weighing about five or six kilograms. She smiled at these little brats and said, "I'll give you extra food tonight!"
"Okay!" The children cheered and stopped picking up firewood. They rushed up to surround Song Xixi and drooled while touching the soft rabbit.
The three Song Qingshan brothers were even more excited and their eyes turned red, and they begged: "Little sister, please teach your brother. Once he learns it, he can hunt rabbits for you to eat every day!"
Song Xixi spread her hands: "It's purely luck, there is no skill at all."
"You're lying, my little sister is lying!" The three Song Qingshan brothers didn't believe it at all. They thought that their little cousin could hunt down a big wild boar, and hunting a hare was a piece of cake.
Song Xixi was so entangled that she had no choice but to give an excuse: "You are too young and not strong enough. You can't catch rabbits with just your skills. In the future, you will eat more and work more until you develop your strength."
The three brothers Song and Qinshan believed her words to be true and took her words into their hearts: "Yeah, yeah, we know, we will eat more and work more in the future!"
Song Xixi shook her head, these three silly boys were too easy to fool.
Seeing the stupidity of her brother Song Qingbai, Song Qingqing couldn't bear to look at it, and she almost couldn't say the word "brother".
Seeing that Song Xixi had caught a fat rabbit, the adults were very happy. They praised her for her good luck and offered to help her deal with the fat rabbit.
Song Xixi did not refuse, and handed the fat rabbit over to a nimble woman, and then ordered the children to continue collecting firewood to stew rabbit meat at night.
The pots and spatulas are ready-made, but the knives and chopping boards are not.
In the end, I could only wash Song Xixi's hoe, spend some effort to cut the fat rabbit into small pieces, then add a pot full of water and stew it with the salt contributed by the Song family.
The sky was getting dark, and everyone gathered around the warm fire, guarding the bubbling pot, smelling the increasingly rich aroma of meat in the air and talking.
A group of children stared at the pot and kept swallowing saliva, sharing with each other the feeling of eating meat for the last time in their memories, but it completely brought out the gluttons in their hearts.
The atmosphere in the cave is peaceful and peaceful, and everyone is full of hope for the future.
As the adults chatted, they talked about the people who were assigned to Shuitou Village and Wantou Village:
"I don't know how the old village chief and his friends are doing. Have they been settled now?"
"I'll go to these two villages tomorrow to check out the situation. They're close to each other anyway. It's just a good time for everyone to get together and discuss building a house."
"We need to discuss how many rooms we can build before the weather cools down completely. This cave is fine for living in for a short time, but it's not good for a long time."
"..."
After everyone discussed it for a while, they decided on what must be done next. They only waited to see the old village chief tomorrow and let the old village chief make arrangements.
After the fire was reduced to low and simmered for an hour and a half, the rabbit meat became soft and rotten. The rich meat aroma filled the entire cave, and even the adults secretly swallowed their saliva.
The rabbit was hunted by Song Xixi, and the salt was brought out by the Song family. Everyone agreed in a tacit understanding to let the Song family cook it first.
After escaping from famine for several months, the Song family only suffered hardships for the first twenty days or so. Later, the ancestors "appeared" and the family was able to eat and drink well and not be greedy for meat at all.
Finally, Zhang Xiaomei happily served a few pieces of rabbit meat and asked others to share the rest.
Life was difficult before the escape, not to mention after the escape. Those present had not tasted meat for almost a year or two.
This time I got the pot of rabbit meat from Song Xixi, but because there were so many people it was impossible for everyone to get a piece.
In the end, all the meat was given to the children, and the adults each got two mouthfuls of broth, barely tasting the meat, and put the leftover bones eaten by their children in their mouths and chewed them carefully.
"It's so delicious. I feel more energetic when I have meat to eat, haha!"
Most of the game meat was fishy, and the rabbit meat with just added salt didn't taste good, but it smelled very fragrant. But everyone was extremely satisfied with the meal, and the smiles on their faces never faded.
Song Xixi reluctantly took two sips of the soup and gave the rabbit meat in the bowl to Niu Niu and Tu Maomao.
"Thank you Sister Xixi!"
The two children were not picky about food. They thanked Song Xixi in unison, then squinted their eyes and ate the rabbit meat. Their little mouths were shiny with joy.
The most interesting thing is that Tu Maomao is obviously several years older than Song Xixi, but he still likes to call her "Sister Xixi".
Song Xixi corrected him several times, but seeing that he still couldn't change, she simply let him go.
Tongtong, who only got a small piece of meat, looked at Tongtong eagerly and moved his mouth as if he wanted to say something. However, when he met Song Xixi's cold eyes, he was so frightened that he couldn't say a word.
That night, everyone laughed and fell into a sweet dream with good expectations for the future.