Chapter 282 This is their future home!

It was difficult to come but easy to go back.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Qiao Ran returned to the outside of the miasma forest, put her protective clothing, gas mask, searchlight, machete, etc. into the space and rushed outside.

Outside the mountain, the people of Qingshui Village were waiting eagerly at the intersection. When they saw Qiao Ran coming out, they couldn't wait to surround her.

"Ran Ran, how are you? Is there a miasma in the valley? What should we do?"

Li Daqiang took the lead in asking questions that everyone was concerned about.

Chen Huiniang handed over a water bag and a piece of pancake with distress.

"Ran Ran, let's drink some water and eat something to fill your stomach first. This mountainous run is very tiring!"

Everyone was suddenly full of questions and too embarrassed to ask.

But no, Qiao Ran, a little girl, has been running away for a long time, why doesn't she let someone take a breath first?

Li Daqiang grabbed his arm by his wife, scratched his head sheepishly and smiled, and quickly asked his wife to bring a meaty pancake to Qiao Ran.

Qiao Ran took the water bag handed over by her mother and drank a few mouthfuls of warm water. She took two more pancakes, took only one bite, and said to the anxiously waiting people while chewing:

"There is indeed a huge miasma in the valley. Let's camp outside the miasma forest first, and then slowly deal with the miasma."

"Is there any suitable place to camp inside?"

someone asked.

Qiao Ran said: "There is a large flat land outside the Miasma Forest. We can set up a tent after cutting down the weeds and shrubs. And there is a small stream there, so drinking water is not a problem."

Everyone got excited when they heard there was a place to camp.

The most important thing right now is to find a place to stay and rest. As for the miasma, it cannot be solved in a short while.

As long as they have a place to pitch their tents, water to eat, and they won't be freezing or hungry in the short term, that's good enough.

They say that there must be a road before you reach the mountain, but sometimes, you have to carve out the road yourself.

The mountain trail leading to Devil's Valley is small. Only some hunters, woodcutters and herb gatherers have walked on it, and there is no way for horse-drawn carriages or ox-carts to walk on it.

However, none of this was difficult for these hundreds of people. With machetes and hoes in hand, and with people pushing and carrying them on their shoulders, everyone forced several horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts into the mountain, until they reached the area Qiao Ran was talking about. Flat ground.

This is a small mountain col, not far from the real Devil's Valley. After turning another mountain col, you can see the miasma forest.

Qiao Ran chose to camp here because there was a turning point blocking it to ensure that the miasma would not be blown here.

Secondly, there is a mountain spring stream flowing down from the mountain at the foot of the mountain, which is convenient for boiling water for cooking.

When everyone saw the weeds, shrubs and rocks in this mountain col, no one complained. Instead, they all picked up hoes and machetes and cleared a piece of flat land enough to pitch dozens of tents.

It was already past noon and everyone was hungry.

But at least we have arrived at our destination, and we no longer have to travel hard. Everyone still feels very relaxed.

It's like something that has been worked hard for a long time, and when it finally comes to an end, the feeling of a big stone falling to the ground makes people feel particularly relaxed.

No matter how hard it is in the future, there will no longer be a sense of tension in guarding against refugees, bandits, and wild beasts along the way. There will also be no anxiety about the unknown road ahead.

Here, in the middle of this mountain, is their future home!

How they want to lie down on the ground and have a good rest immediately!

However, the most important thing remains to be done!

Everyone started to set up tents one after another. No matter what, we had to settle down first.

The men and young men were setting up tents, while the women were setting up earthen stoves, fetching water from the stream, making porridge for those who cooked it, and filling it with pancakes for the next meal.

The tents were set up quickly, and every household arranged their own tents. Waterproof mats, cotton or fur mattresses, cotton quilts or fur quilts were placed in the tent, and it looked very warm.

The charcoal basin was lit, and the old people and children who were afraid of the cold gathered around the charcoal basin to warm themselves up.

They have learned how to make charcoal. Anyway, there are a lot of trees in the mountains that can be used for burning charcoal or firewood, so there is no need to save anymore.

The men also decided that when they settled down, they would chop some wood to make charcoal. If they couldn't use it all at home, they could also pick it up and sell it at the city gate.

In less than two-quarters of an hour, this small mountain col that was originally overgrown with weeds and bushes changed drastically. A large number of tents were firmly set up, earthen stoves were set up one by one, and charcoal fires were lit in each household. .

With smoke curling from cooking stoves and children playing around, it suddenly turned into a popular little village.

If someone accidentally sees it, they must sigh, human vitality is so strong!

No matter what the harsh conditions are, you can take root and turn the barren mountains into your home.

In the Qiao family's tent, Chen Huiniang and Mrs. Qin brought a pot of white rice porridge, a handful of flour pancakes and a plate of sauce-flavored bison meat to the tent.

Qiao Dong had already brought a few brothers to place a bamboo basket at the entrance of the tent. A wooden board was placed on the bamboo basket to serve as a dining table.

The pot of porridge was placed on the ground, the pancakes and soy-flavored bison meat were placed on the table, and the hungry family started to eat immediately.

"Ran Ran, thank you for your hard work. Eat more meat to replenish your body!"

Chen Huiniang felt very sad when she thought that her daughter had been tired for most of the day.

She couldn't help her daughter share the burden, so she could only let her eat more delicious food.

Qiao Erhe and others also put vegetables in Qiao Ran's bowl. They all felt sorry for her because she was running around the city and into the mountains and never stopped to rest.

Seeing this, the little guys also put all the beef in their bowls into the eldest sister's bowl.

"Sister, I'll give you my beef too. Eat more, you've been the hardest worker!"

"Eldest sister, there's still mine! Yueyue's beef is for you too!"

"And me! And me! Xiaobei/Xiaoxing's food is also for eldest sister!"

"Sister Ran, I won't eat beef anymore. Let me eat it all for you! My chopsticks are clean and I haven't eaten any yet."

Qiao Ran saw that the bowl she had filled with half a bowl of white porridge was filled with a pile of beef, and it looked like it was about to fall down. She really didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Okay, okay! Enough is enough! You all have worked hard. Let's eat quickly! No matter what, we are finally here, and we will definitely have a good life in the future."

So, everyone held up their bowls one after another, and the sounds of slurping porridge came and went, which showed how delicious this family's food was.

Most of the other families took out the dried meat that they were reluctant to eat along the way to celebrate that they finally arrived at their destination and the place where they would settle down in the future.