Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 1236 Pheasant
"Tieshan, Xiaohua, look what I found!"

Shi Jia carried a basket on his back and two chickens, walking briskly into the cave.

"A pheasant?" Wang Tiehua exclaimed in surprise.

"Not only that, look!" Shi Jia put down the basket, reached out and rummaged through it, revealing more than a dozen white eggs.

"An egg!" Wang Tiehua exclaimed, his mouth watering uncontrollably.

"Okay, let's cook six, two for each of us," Shi Jia said with a smile, putting the tied-up chicken aside. "We'll eat these two tomorrow."

After she finished speaking, she took out the herbs and began processing them. She chopped the herbs and then ground them into a paste on a clean stone.

"Xiaohua, find me a few straight sticks," Shi Jia said.

Wang Xiaohua immediately found a suitable wooden stick from the woodpile and handed it over. Shi Jia found a clean piece of clothing, tore it into strips, washed Wang Tieshan's feet with water, applied medicinal mud, wrapped them with the strips of cloth, tied them with the wooden stick, and then bound them securely with the strips of cloth.

"That's fine, try not to move this foot," Shi Jia said. "Once we get to a safe place, we'll find a doctor for you."

"Thank you, sister-in-law, I'm fine." Wang Tieshan tried to act like he didn't care, but he couldn't help feeling guilty. He wished he had walked faster.

Shi Jia patted Wang Tieshan on the shoulder and said nothing more. They were all starving after working so hard. Shi Jia then asked Wang Tiehua to prepare food for everyone.

Dinner was plentiful, with boiled sweet potatoes, boiled eggs, and wild vegetable and egg soup. All four of them ate to their hearts' content.

Nothing in the night

The next morning, before the sun had risen, chirping sounds could be heard from the woods.

The fire in the cave had gone out, and the temperature had dropped, causing the sleeping group to shiver. Shi Jia groggily opened his eyes and looked towards the light.

The mountain forest is very humid in the early morning, and everything is shrouded in mist.

Shi Jia got dressed, walked out of the cave, stretched, and subconsciously looked to the east, where the sky was brighter than elsewhere.

After stretching his body a little, Shi Jia turned and went back into the cave. He lit a campfire, watched the flames burn steadily, and then picked up the earthenware pot and walked out of the cave.

A stream flowed nearby, its waters gurgling and crystal clear. The morning water was excessively cold and icy. Shi Jia dared not touch it for long, only filling an earthenware jar with water.

While fetching water, she noticed many wild vegetables growing by the stream and numerous small fish swimming in it. She was tempted, but remembering Wang Tieshan's broken leg, she frowned and had to give up.

Without delay, she returned to the cave and put the earthenware pot on the makeshift stove to burn.

"Sister-in-law?" Wang Tieshan had just woken up, his voice slightly nasal, probably because he had caught a chill while sleeping last night.

"Tieshan? How are you feeling today? Does your leg hurt?" Shi Jia walked over and helped Wang Tieshan up.

Wang Tieshan shook his head, but looked somewhat embarrassed. Shi Jia remembered his habit, "Are you going to take a shower? Let me help you up."

Wang Tieshan blushed instantly upon hearing this.

Shi Jia pretended not to see it, helped Wang Tieshan up with all his might, and then bent down to pick up the cane and hand it to him.

To be honest, although her abilities were sealed, her soul was still powerful. In the past half month, Li Yunniang's body had become much stronger.

Wang Tieshan went out leaning on his cane, and Shi Jia did not follow. He picked up the wild rooster and cut its neck with a sickle to bleed it.

Of course, she didn't pass up the chicken blood either. Whether it tasted good or not, as long as it was edible in this world, that was enough. After draining the blood, the water was boiled. Without a wooden basin, Shi Jia could only use a bowl to scoop hot water and pour it little by little over the chicken. After all, she couldn't very well stuff the whole chicken into an earthenware pot, could she?

...Hmm? It's not impossible! We can just wash it a few more times later!
Shi Jia stuffed the pheasant directly into the earthenware pot, letting the hot water completely submerge it. After a few seconds, he pulled it out and tried to pluck the feathers by hand. It wasn't easy to pluck them, so he stuffed the pheasant back in.

This time it was much easier to pull it out.

It wasn't easy to pluck the chickens in the cave. So Shi Jia carried the chickens and a clay pot on his back to the stream. Wang Tieshan was there too, squatting by the stream picking wild vegetables.

"Sister-in-law, I'll pick some wild vegetables." He was a little embarrassed.

Shi Jia waved her hand, "No need, you go back and look after Xiao Hua and Niu Niu."

"Okay." He placed the wild vegetables next to Shi Jia, then swayed back home with his cane.

Li Yunniang had helped with chores since she was little, and she was very skilled at killing chickens and ducks. Shi Jia was also doing it with ease. In no time, a chicken was completely cleaned up.

Surprisingly, this chicken was quite fat.

After frowning as she cleaned the chicken offal, Shi Jia finally turned her attention to the lush wild vegetables. Suddenly, her eyes lit up – mushrooms!

Mushroom and wild pheasant soup!
Shi Jia couldn't help but drool just imagining it. She grabbed her basket and rushed into the woods. "One, two, three..." Every single one of them was a mushroom she remembered being edible.

Just then, Wang Tiehua's voice came over, "Sister-in-law, let me help you!"

"Xiaohua, are you awake? Is Niuniu awake yet?" Shi Jia saw Wang Tiehua and then remembered that she seemed to have a son.

"Not yet." Wang Tiehua shook her head. "My older brother is watching over Niu Niu in the cave. He will take good care of him."

"Okay." Shi Jia nodded. "Xiao Hua, go pick some wild vegetables. I've almost finished picking them all here."

"it is good!"

Wang Tiehua was overjoyed to see so many wild vegetables. As she picked them, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Sister-in-law, there's so much food here, why don't we stay here?"

Wild vegetables were everywhere, and there were even pheasants. Wang Tiehua wished this was her own home.

Shi Jia shook her head. "It's nice here, but there's no doctor, no oil or salt, no clothes. It's not suitable for us."

Wang Tiehua knew, of course, that her sister-in-law was just saying it casually. Seeing that her sister-in-law disagreed, she obediently picked wild vegetables. Her sister-in-law said that for the next period of time, they would have to speed up their journey.

The aroma of mushrooms mixed with chicken filled the cave. The three people sitting around couldn't help but swallow their saliva frantically.

"Wah~" Suddenly, the little guy started crying, which startled Shi Jia. You know, this little guy is usually too well-behaved. In the past two weeks of being on the run, he has cried like this only a handful of times.

Shi Jia even once thought that he was a little mute.

"Niu Niu, sweetie, where does it hurt?" Shi Jia first pressed her face against his forehead, then reached out and touched his little bottom, which was dry and clean, indicating that he had peed not long ago. She then touched his bulging belly, and finally her gaze fell on his wriggling little mouth.

"Are you hungry? Sweetie, it'll be ready soon." Shi Jia kissed the little guy's cheek, her heart melting completely.

Shi Jia handed the little guy to Wang Tiehua, who personally ladled a bowl of soup for him and then mashed the soft sweet potato into the soup to make a porridge.

Li Yunniang's breast milk dried up after five months, and she fed the little one rice porridge and various kinds of porridge ever since, so Shi Jia wasn't worried that the little one wouldn't like it.

But actually, if the little one doesn't like the food, there's nothing she can do. It's already good enough that there's anything to eat.