The fish was cut in half vertically from the middle with a knife, and more than a dozen cuts were made diagonally on both sides to make it easier to taste. It was grilled on the charcoal stove and evenly sprinkled with barbecue ingredients. It still tastes like fish when you bite it in your mouth.

Burnt smell.

Chen Shuo would never admit that he was not good at grilling. He explained that the grilled focus could cover up the smell of fish. In addition to grilling the fish, he also cooked some instant noodles in a small hanging pot.

I didn't use the bottles of mineral water I brought with me. I used river water. I don't know the name of this river.

They are all the same river, but the river at the foot of the mountain is very wide, dozens of meters wide, while the width of the river in the valley is only a few meters. It is said to be a river, but it is more like a stream, and the deepest part is only about two meters.

Then follow the creek in the valley and reach the end of the mountain wall. Between the cracks in the mountain wall, the Gudong Gudong water slowly flows out from there and flows along the mountain wall into the river.

It looks very clean, clear and dust-free, and should be drinkable directly, but to be on the safe side, I put it on the fire and boiled it again and again.

After the meal, Chen Shuo went to the river to clean the eucalyptus boards of the pots and pans. Bai Xiaoqi buried the fish bones in the soil and helped them put them to rest.

At this time, around five o'clock in the afternoon, the sun in the sky released its light without hesitation, and there were at least three hours before dark.

The two came to the foot of the elm tree. Chen Shuo didn't untie the rope when he came down. He kept it tied to the treetop. He took the rope and made a circle around his hand, then tightened it, preparing to go up first.

, then pull Bai Xiaoqi up.

But Bai Xiaoqi had already started to try to climb up. She grabbed the trunk of the tree with her small hands and seemed to want to jump up. However, after jumping up and down, she still stood on the ground and couldn't go up at all.

Yushu is known for being strong and hard, but she is not a cat now. She has no claws, and she doesn't even have many nails. If the nails are slightly longer, Chen Shuo will come over with nail clippers to help trim them.

What's more, this elm tree is so strong that it is impossible to climb up with hands and feet while holding the trunk.

Seeing that she was jumping on the spot without giving up, Chen Shuo couldn't help but said: "Stop jumping, I will use the rope to pull you up after I go up."

"...."

Bai Xiaoqi didn't say a word. She grabbed the rough bark of the tree with both hands and rubbed it upwards. As soon as she rubbed it up a little, it slipped down again.

The cat ears on her head twitched twice. She stood on the ground and looked at her little hands. Because of climbing the tree just now, her white palms were rubbed red by the rough bark.

She raised her face again and stared at the tree crown with wide eyes, unable to accept the reality.

Now I can’t even go back to my previous home?!

"Just wait here. I'll pull you up in a while. Don't jump around blindly holding the tree. You'll suffer if your hands get scratched in a while."

After a few words of warning, Chen Shuo tightened the rope and stepped up along the huge tree trunk. This time, with his previous experience, he had to move faster, and he climbed up to a height of several meters in just a few strokes.

Bai Xiaoqi just stood there and looked at him. She felt that this guy looked a bit like Tarzan in that movie. If he wore a turf skirt and howled a few times, he would look more like him.

After climbing two-thirds of the way, Chen Shuo tightened the rope and took a few breaths. Climbing such a tall tree was quite exhausting and required mobilizing all the strength of the whole body. His feet stepped on the tree trunk to form an angle, which produced friction, and his hands needed to be stretched.

Use the rope to pull down to straighten the rope to create tension.

Yes, that's that junior high school classmate.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and kept mumbling to the tree: "Did you see that the biggest difference between humans and animals is that they know how to use tools? Climbing trees is not like jumping around blindly like you."

"Climb yours quickly."

"I know." Chen Shuo took a deep breath, grabbed the rope and climbed up with all his strength. The many days of training had an effect at this moment. He grabbed the branches with his hands, pulled up, and sat up.

He untied the rope, hung it on a higher branch, threw one side of the rope down, lowered his head and shouted to the tree: "Tie the rope to your body, and I will pull you up. Tie it tightly, do you hear me?"

"I heard."

Bai Xiaoqi tied the rope around her waist several times and grabbed the rope with her hands. Then Chen Shuo grabbed the rope on the other side and started to pull it up bit by bit. It was like a pulley structure and was almost not used.

With no effort, she was quickly pulled up.

The diameter of the tree crown is nearly 100 meters. It is summer, the leaves are thick and leafy, and the sunlight is completely blocked. Only a little light flickers between the branches.

Avoiding the branches and leaves in all directions, the two of them walked on the branches. Chen Shuo was led by her to find the tree hole. To be precise, it was her former home.

The tree hole was dug out diagonally under a thick branch. It was so small that Chen Shuo felt like he could just put his head in. He took out his cell phone from his pocket and turned on the flashlight to shine inside.

It has to be said that Bai Xiaoqi's construction skills are indeed a bit rough. The inside is an irregular oval, about a cubic space, and is surrounded by various scratches. At first glance, it looks like it was scratched with a cat's claws.

Obviously, this tree hole not only serves as a place for sleeping, but also doubles as a cat scratching post.

There was a layer of leaves under the tree hole, which looked very thick and had long since dried up and turned yellow. Chen Shuo knew that this was the mattress she used to sleep on, and it would be softer under her body.

His eyes were in a trance, and his ears were filled with the soft sound of the breeze blowing through the branches and leaves. The withered leaves in the tree hole gradually turned fresh and green, and a white cat with soft fur was curled up into a small ball and sleeping inside.

As if aware of his gaze, the cat's ears on its head moved slightly, and then it opened its blue eyes to look at him.

After looking at each other for a long time, they meowed softly, stretched out their small and soft tongues to lick their paws, got up, shook their bodies twice, and walked towards them.

Bai Xiaoqi put her hand into the hole of the tree, as if she wanted to get something, but she couldn't reach it several times. She could only ask Chen Shuo for help, "There are good things under the leaves that I hid before. Please help me get them."

Come out, I can't reach it."

When Chen Shuo came back to his senses, the scenery in front of him changed. There were still withered and yellow leaves in the tree hole, and the white cat that came towards him also disappeared.

Instead, the girl with white hair and cat ears was looking at him with big clear blue eyes.

"What did you say?"

"I said I hid something good before, please help me take it out."

"What good thing? Where is it?"

"Inside the leaves."

"Oh, inside the leaves, right?"

Bai Xiaoqi frowned slightly and stared at Chen Shuo for a few times. She always felt that something was wrong with this guy, he was very stupid.

Not paying attention to her gaze, Chen Shuo put his hand in and dug around in the leaves. He didn't know how many layers of leaves the girl had spread. It was nearly ten centimeters thick. It was quite dry and there was no moisture or rot.

After groping around, he finally found a hard object. It felt boxy, like a box, and felt uneven, with a small ring on it.

Chen Shuo hooked the small ring with his fingers, pulled it out, and a box was taken out.

The whole body is purple-black, and the small ring embedded in the lid is golden in color, either gold or brass.

The body of the box is engraved with cloud patterns of flowers and birds, and is inlaid with a piece of round white jade. A blooming flower is also engraved on the white jade. It is a very delicate wooden box with an ancient charm and does not feel like a modern product.

"Is this the good thing you said?" Chen Shuo felt that it was indeed a good thing. He didn't know where the girl got it from. Maybe it was an antique.

"No, the good stuff is in the box."

"Is there something better?"
Chapter completed!