The rain has stopped, and the clouds have begun to be slowly blown away by the wind. It looks like it won't rain again tonight, so you can rest assured to cook.

Cooking noodles for lunch obviously couldn't satisfy these people, so although the only ingredients they brought were ham sausage and a pack of chicken wings that had been frozen into ice cubes but had melted, and the only condiments were salt, they decided to grill them.

Huo Ran found a stove that someone had set up and packed up the remaining ashes inside: "I'm going to find some wood. I can find dry wood in a place in the forest that's not wet."

"Still going to the forest?" Kou Xiao asked in the tent. She insisted on waiting until the delicious food was ready before coming out, in case a fellow villager suddenly came back and robbed her of her pleasure.

"Well, it's okay, just look around and bake some sausages and chicken wings. It doesn't take much fire," Huo Ran said, "I have a stove for cooking noodles."

"I'll go with you." Kou Chen quickly answered and quickly took the stick he had placed on the ground in his hand.

"You..." Huo Ran was interrupted before he could speak.

"You can get your hiking stick," Kou Chen swung the stick and swung it toward the forest arrogantly. "It's more useful for me to hold it than for you to hold it."

Huo Ran didn't say anything, but took a hiking pole and followed him.

There is some truth to what Kou Chen said. Not only did he have a long history of fighting, he also had a long history of being beaten. After all, he had been beaten to the point of being nailed to a railing since he was four or five years old and was almost made into sausages. He had a lot of life experience.

In fact, if there weren't some slightly anomalous fellows in the forest, finding some dry branches on the edge of the forest wouldn't be a problem at all. If Kou Xiao was willing, she could come and pick them up by herself.

But now, when Huo Ran picked it up, he had the illusion of serving the people despite danger.

"Is this okay?" Kou Chen used a stick to lift up a pile of branches and pointed to the ones below.

"Yes, you can break some of them to see if they are wet on the outside and dry on the inside." Huo Ran said.

Kou Chen was very motivated, probably because the barbecue was more attractive. After a while, he collected a bundle and carried it to the camp.

Huo Ran also picked up the pile of dead branches he had collected. When leaving the forest, he stopped and looked back into the forest for another look.

He is not afraid of ghosts in the wild. After all, there are no ghosts in the wild, but now he is always a little uneasy. I don't know whether it is because he has a few novices with him this time, or because of his previous fellow villagers. From time to time, he feels that there is someone behind him.

Hiding and peeking.

But it was impractical and unsafe to change camps at this time. The next place where we could camp was still at least two hours away.

Lao Yang had already started to boil the water for the noodles. He was a little worried when he saw the branches they brought back: "Some of them are wet. Can they be lit?"

"Yes, it's okay." Huo Ran took out two small wooden strips and a small metal tube from his bag.

"What is this? You came out with firewood?" Kou Chen was a little curious.

One of the biggest advantages of Kou Chen is that although he pretends to be cool, he will never pretend to understand. As long as it is something he has never seen before, he will definitely ask.

"Here, let me show you a demonstration. You can use it to show off in the future. This one is called Song Ming..." Huo Ran shook the wooden stick in his hand.

"Wait," Kou Chen quickly took the pineapple and the small metal tube and took a photo with his cell phone. "I'll take the photo first. If you use it later, I won't have the real thing."

"Songming, also called pine tree Mingzi, is a mountain pine split into small strips. It has a lot of grease, which is very useful for starting fires and easy to carry." After Huo Ran finished speaking, he took back the metal pipe from his hand and clicked it.

Flames spurted out from the front end, "This is an ordinary igniter, a large lighter."

Huo Ran lit the pine tree and then the branches, and soon the fire started.

"Fuck." Kou Chen looked at him.

Huo Ran waited for a long time but didn't hear anything from him, so he frowned and looked at him: "Isn't this not good?"

Kou Chen was stunned for a moment and then laughed: "You have such a damn face that can confuse people. In fact, it's not just a simple thing."

"Barbecue," Huo Ran smiled, "There are a few sticks thrown by others, use that one."

"Has someone else used it?" Lao Yang hesitated, "That's so disgusting."

"Do you still lick the skewers when eating barbecue?" Huo Ran asked.

"I'm sick and I still lick the stick..." Lao Yang laughed.

"What's so disgusting about that?" Huo Ran took out a few packs of individually packaged alcohol tablets. "Just wipe it. There's no other contamination here. It's just burnt black. Any bacteria that were present during the roasting were almost burned away."

"Come on," Kou Chen excitedly picked up a few sticks that others had thrown into the cracks of the rocks, "I have never had such a simple barbecue."

However, due to the rudimentary tools, the taste of barbecue is also a bit crude. The sausages are okay and do not need condiments, but the chicken wings with only a little salt are not so delicious.

After Kou Xiao smelled the smell of barbecue, he got out of the tent and ordered a chicken wing. After taking a bite, he sighed: "If I had eaten this at a barbecue restaurant, I would have asked the boss to waive the order."

"A little chili powder would be nice." Lao Yang also sighed.

"Instant noodles seasoning packet," Huo Ran said, "Isn't there a packet left when I ate it in the morning? Use that to sprinkle on it."

"Hey, he's so smart. He deserves to be the king of singles in the wild." Kou Xiao praised him, and he and Lao Yang started to sprinkle instant noodles seasoning on the chicken wings.

"No wonder He Hua only grills sausages," Kou Chen whispered, "You can't eat anything else."

"Yeah." Huo Ran smiled.

"I didn't see her after the fight," Kou Chen said. "Could she blame me for being nosy? That it affected her from grilling sausages for midnight snacks?"

"If she wants to continue baking, no one will care about her," Huo Ran also whispered, "This matter must be resolved. If we don't step up, Li Jiaying and the others will keep doing this, and everyone else will follow suit.

, that’s so disgusting, ‘it’s none of my business’ is the scariest thing.”

Kou Chen glanced at him.

"What?" Huo Ran asked.

"You are very upright, young man." Kou Chen said.

"Without your integrity, I didn't even think about it before. I just followed you after you started," Huo Ran said. "Now that I think about it, it's quite cool."

"Yeah." Kou Chen nodded.

After finishing the barbecue and noodles, Kou Xiao took the pot and bowl to the water to wash. While washing, he muttered: "Who am I? I am a young lady. Why should I wait for a few fools to eat and drink enough?"

I squat here and wash dishes all the time? The key is, I actually know how to wash dishes?"

"I'll help you." Lao Yang smiled and walked over.

It was starting to get dark now. Huo Ran took out the battery light from his bag and hung it on the two tents. When he turned around, he saw a figure moving in the direction they came from.

He felt nervous at first, but soon saw clearly that the person walking in front was carrying a bag, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Someone is coming!" Kou Chen jumped to his side very nervously.

"Those who are hiking," Huo Ran said, "are all carrying bags..."

"Hello -" someone from the people coming over made a sound in time, and raised his arm and shook it.

"Hello-" Kou Chen also shook his arm.

There were six people, three couples, who came over. At first glance, they were all new people. The tents were set up in the windward direction, and not even a tent had been put up in ten minutes.

"Aren't you going to help?" Kou Chen glanced at Huo Ran, who was nibbling chocolate next to him.

"No," Huo Ran said, "didn't you see a few guys trying their best to show off? What did I do in the past? I couldn't get off the stage in front of someone's girlfriend. How bad."

Kou Chen laughed: "You said it nicely, you just enjoy the process of being a novice."

"That's you," Huo Ran also smiled, "Let's take another look. If it's not done in twenty minutes, I'll go help."

Twenty minutes later, they finally set up two tents and started working on the third one. Suddenly they stood up, stretched and took a look towards the forest.

"What?" Kou Chen asked sensitively.

"It's nothing," Huo Ran walked slowly towards the edge of the forest, stood still and looked at it, "I have passed by here many times, and I have never felt like this before."

"How do you feel?" Kou Chen asked, "Aren't you feeling at ease?"

"It should be the pressure of having three novices safe on my shoulders," Huo Ran nodded, "Well, it should be."

"You are not a guide, a team leader, or an organizer," Kou Chen said, "you are just one of the minors who went out to play together. Can I blame you if something happens... What could happen?

?”

"Twist your feet or something. This is not a difficult line. What else can happen?" Huo Ran said.

"Are you worried about those fellow villagers?" Kou Chen looked at Lin Zi.

Huo Ran didn't make a sound.

"The fellows came out to let the cows look for game or something, or as you said, to lay a trap," Kou Chen said, "but those few people were obviously not the same. They were holding sticks and ropes, and the ropes were for leading the cows.

That kind of thing, but it’s not used, it’s new.”

Huo Ran turned his head and looked at him.

"If you are looking for cattle or livestock, not to mention ropes and sticks, just the number of people is too large," Kou Chen said, "And if you are looking for livestock, why don't you ask us if we have seen them?"

"Fuck," Huo Ran said quietly, "Aren't you stupid?"

"Where am I stupid?" Kou Chen pointed at his face, "Besides being too handsome, do I have any shortcomings? I gave you chocolate when I was still fucking fine. Do you think I'm stupid?"

Huo Ran stared at his face, and then sighed after a while, turned around and walked towards the tent: "Okay, pack up and wash your face. You can go to bed while it's not too cold yet. Get up early tomorrow, otherwise the day's journey will be too long.

, we can’t reach the camp at Laoxikou at night.”

"That abandoned camp?" Kou Chen asked.

"Well," Huo Ran responded, "we have to go for supplies on the way, and it takes a short detour, but when we get to the camp, it will be much more comfortable. There is water, and there are houses, which are made of wood. Sometimes there are fellow villagers.

Sell ​​some drinks and stuff there."

"Is there a bed?" Kou Chen asked.
To be continued...