boyutpedia Chapter 285 Return to 1
Chapter 285 Return to 1
After a hard-fought battle in the deep ravine, the harvest was plentiful, and everyone was in high spirits.
Every day they would go into the mountains early in the morning to look for herbs and flowers, and not return to the cave until evening.
After continuous searching on the mountain, everyone had almost turned the entire mountain upside down.
Another evening passed, and the group, covered in sweat, handed the collected herbs to Wang Hao, asking him to record the quantity.
The others dispersed and went about their other tasks in the cave.
Zhang Tianmeng, Wang Tang, and Liu Yu were processing the game they had hunted, while Ye Jingmo and Liang Zi were chopping firewood with knives.
Jiang Li was helping Fu Qian dry the herbs she had picked by the campfire. Since it was a rare opportunity to come to the mountains and forests, Fu Qian couldn't resist picking the thriving herbs to prepare them.
The base lacks medical supplies, so bringing back more herbs can help cure more people.
However, due to limited conditions, we can only dry the medicinal herbs, which will result in the loss of most of their medicinal properties, but it is still better than nothing.
Wang Hao sat on the ground, carefully counting his day's harvest and recording it on a piece of paper. His serious face showed a moment of stunned silence, followed by joy.
"We can go back to base tomorrow."
Zhao Mingkai, who was adding firewood to the fire, heard Wang Hao's words and initially thought he had misheard. He stared blankly at Wang Hao.
Everyone looked at Wang Hao, their expressions shifting from doubt and shock to joy.
“I said we can leave tomorrow.”
The firewood in Zhao Mingkai's hand fell to the ground. His lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but no sound came out.
The others who were stunned were brought back to their senses by the noise Zhao Mingkai made.
"Captain Wang, can we really go back to base tomorrow?"
"So, we've collected two hundred herbs?!"
Fu Qian's words were filled with disbelief, but her tone betrayed her undisguised joy.
She tossed the herbs aside, walked over, took the paper from Wang Hao's hand, and looked at the record of 227 herbs and flowers.
Fu Qian's eyes widened, she shoved the paper back into Wang Hao's hand, turned around and jumped in front of Jiang Li, reaching out to hug her and shaking her wildly.
"Jiang Li, we can finally go back to base, we're back to base! Hahaha."
Jiang Li felt dizzy from being shaken by Fu Qian, but she still had an undisguised smile on her lips.
When she gets back to the base, she'll be able to see Jelly, but she wonders how it's doing.
Pudding noticed everyone's joy and wagged its tail as it ran through the cave, occasionally letting out a howl.
Zhang Tianmeng's face was equally excited. Turning her head, she saw Wang Hao covering his eyes with his hand, "Waaah, we can finally go back. We don't have to live in fear anymore."
Although the mountains are rich in resources, hidden dangers lurk everywhere. If you let your guard down in the mountains, you may not make it back to your death in the next second.
Wang Tang missed his bedding at the base. Although he worried about his food being stolen, at least no one would die under the base's jurisdiction.
Seeing Wang Tang's tearful face, Zhang Tianmeng subconsciously stepped aside. It was nothing; he just felt ashamed.
Knowing this was their last dinner in the mountains, everyone worked even harder to cook.
Liangzi looked at the plucked pheasant in Wang Tang's hand and thought that they had been in the mountains for so long, eating either roasted chicken or chicken soup. It was rare that they had time today, so they could try something different.
He said, "How about we make beggar's chicken with this pheasant? Let's try something different today."
Wang Tang also thought it made a lot of sense. They had been eating roast chicken for so many days, and it would be nice to change things up. Coincidentally, there were banana leaves that they had picked a few days ago in the cave.
Fu Qian originally intended to use it as a base for the herbs, but now she'll just use it to make beggar's chicken.
Liangzi went outside and found some red soil. Wangtang cleaned the banana leaves with water, wrapped the chicken inside, and then covered the banana leaves with yellow soil.
Wang Tang took some charcoal from the campfire and put it aside, then placed the wrapped earthen eggs on top.
Zhao Mingkai was simmering fish soup in a pot. The bamboo forest was close to the stream, and if they couldn't catch any other prey, fish was their most common food.
Zhao Mingkai stirred the fish soup in the pot with a spoon, then looked up at the dried fish hanging on the campfire.
Sometimes they catch more fish than they can eat, so they clean the fish and hang them over the campfire to dry them with smoke, making them easier to preserve later.
Food is precious after a natural disaster, and no waste can be tolerated.
Now that they're heading back to base, they can eat these dried fish on the way.
It's a pity I didn't prepare more, otherwise I could have exchanged them for points when I got back to the base, or kept them for myself.
As time passed, everyone sat around the campfire, looking forward to dinner.
Liangzi checked the time and used a bamboo stick to remove the clay egg from the pile of charcoal.
The outermost layer of the clay egg had dried and cracked. Liangzi gently tapped it with a bamboo stick, and it crumbled into pieces.
The banana leaves inside were also somewhat carbonized. Wang Tang blew on his hands while pulling open the banana leaves outside.