It was okay to eat barbecued meat once or twice, but they would get sick of it if they ate it too much. Moreover, barbecued meat without seasoning was soulless.
Moreover, they had to drink hot water in winter, otherwise they would get sick.
Jiujiu nodded, indicating that she could do it.
At night, Wu Mengze roasted pheasant.
Although there was no seasoning, pheasant meat was delicious. Moreover, the two of them hadn't eaten meat for a long time, but the two children ate up the pheasant completely.
After eating the pheasant, Wu Mengze killed the remaining two rabbits with the sharp stones that Jiujiu gave him. All the meat was roasted over the fire until it was dry without any moisture. After roasting it, they hung the rabbits up high with ropes made of vines to dry them completely.
In this way, they could be used as dry food for Jiujiu when she went out, and they could also be used as rations in winter.
The rabbit skin could also be used to make clothes and bedding for them to pass the winter.
Although it was just the beginning, Wu Mengze was full of confidence that he and Jiujiu could make jelly in the mountains.
The next day, Jiujiu went outside to pick some herbs. After changing the dressing on Wu Mengze's legs and applying some medicine on his arms, she went outside to bring back some porcelain clay for Wu Mengze to make bowls and pots.
Wu Mengze was studying how to make bowls, chopsticks, ladles, and basins in the cave, while Jiujiu went to catch several rabbits and came back.
When Jiujiu came back, Wu Mengze had already finished making a basin and two bowls.
It was already very difficult for the first time to not burn them out.
Seeing Jiujiu come back, Wu Mengze immediately urged Jiujiu to try the bowls and pots.
There was a small stream near the bear cave, so Jiujiu quickly used the pot to fill it with water. It was full of water and didn't leak out. The pot was in good condition.
She then used the water to test the bowls. It was also in good condition. Both of them had happy expressions on their faces.
They built a simple stove with the stones in the cave and cooked a pot of meat soup with the rabbits that Jiujiu made today. The two of them drank two bowls each. Then they skinned the remaining rabbits and roasted them into jerky. Wu Mengze used the rabbit skin to make a small rabbit skin quilt and insisted that Jiujiu cover it.
Jiujiu refused Wu Mengze's kindness. She let Wu Mengze covered himself with the rabbit skin quilt and covered herself with thick clothes.
Her body was much better than Wu Mengze's, so she didn't need those things.
The pots and pans were ready. Jiujiu went outside to find a lot of vines and asked Wu Mengze to make a basket to store things. Wu Mengze used a stone as a baking pan without anyone teaching him. He roasted the fruits that Jiujiu brought back and stored them all.
Because he was worried that the vines would return to moisture, Wu Mengze asked Jiujiu to bring a lot of soil outside and made a relatively large jar to store the dried fruits.
Although life in the mountains was tough, other than the fact that they could not keep up with the daily necessities, they could eat fruits and meat every day. Therefore, they were much happier than when they were in the village.
Wu Mengze and Jiujiu's cheeks were visibly plump.
They looked at the dried fruits, rabbits, and pheasants that Jiujiu brought back every day. Last time, Jiujiu even brought back a small wild boar.
Wu Mengze ate well and slept well every day. He was in a good mood and his legs recovered very quickly.
When Jiujiu discovered coal, this happiness reached its peak.
Wu Mengze, who was originally worried that there would not be enough firewood, saw the coal that Jiujiu brought back. He felt that the two of them would be incomparably happy this winter.
They ate well and rested well. Because they were full of expectations for the future, when the first snow came, Wu Mengze could already walk a few steps with a wooden stick.
At Wu Mengze's suggestion, the two of them worked together to make a door to the original cave entrance. They used vines, branches, and leaves to seal the entrance. Although the cave was large, because of the constant burning of the coal, not only was it not dark, but it was also warm.
Jiujiu and Wu Mengze both wore clothes and shoes made of rabbit fur. Although it was rough, it was very warm.
The two of them stored enough food to last until the next summer. They either lay down to rest or eat. Occasionally, Wu Mengze would teach Jiujiu how to read and write. The two of them got along very well.
Both of them believed that they could survive this winter. When Wu Mengze's legs recovered tomorrow, the two of them would be able to return to their home.
Thinking of this, Wu Mengze was full of motivation. Every day, when he cooked and taught Jiujiu, he was especially energetic.
Compared to Jiujiu and Wu Mengze's monotonous but happy life on the mountain, Old Li's family, who lost their children, and Jiujiu's family, who lost Old Wang's family, had a very boring winter.
When Old Li was young, his family spent money to buy him a wife. However, more than ten years had passed, and his wife had not given birth to a child for him.
Naturally, Old Li did not think that there was a problem with himself. If there was a problem, it must be that his wife was a hen that could not lay eggs.
In a fit of anger, Old Li sold his wife to a bachelor in the neighboring village. As a result, his wife immediately got pregnant after she went to another man's house. It was obvious that his wife's body was healthy.
The people in the village who had studied before told Old Li to go to the hospital for a check-up.
Although Old Li was unwilling and said that there was nothing wrong with him, he still secretly went to the hospital for a check-up. Then the people in the hospital told him that it was something called weak spermatozoa, and that it was his problem. If his wife could not get pregnant, she could try to have a test tube baby.
Old Li asked how much it would cost, and the doctor naturally told him that it would cost more than a hundred thousand yuan each time. However, it was not guaranteed that it would succeed on the first try.
Old Li only had a total of tens of thousands of yuan, and it was the money from selling his wife before. Not to mention that he did not have the money to have a test tube baby, even if he had the money, he could not find a wife to do it.
Moreover, when he thought of his wife who had been beaten by him for more than ten years, but still did not forget to go back to him, Old Li completely lost the desire to buy a wife. Instead, he prepared to buy a son for his retirement.
Of course, it was better to buy a son as young as possible. However, Old Li did not have the money. In the end, he could only buy a ten-year-old child to be his son.
Although this child was more than ten years old, it was cheap. Moreover, this son was more handsome than any other child in the village. At first glance, Old Li liked him from the bottom of his heart. Therefore, he happily bought this son.
However, what Old Li did not expect was that the stinky boy would say every day that he was not his son before he even felt sorry for spending thirty thousand yuan. He also kept saying that he wanted to go home.
Go home? This was his home.
Old Li really liked this handsome son. However, this son was not sensible. Not only did he not recognize him, but he also kept saying that he wanted to go home. Old Li was so angry that he beat his son several times before he became more obedient.
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