Chapter 17 Mat

Xia Zhi stood at the door of the dugout and looked into the distance. In the distance, he could see a large area of ​​reeds.

He saw Liu Qianjin standing next to him.

"Liu Zhiyan, you stay at home. Liu Qianjin and I will go and get some firewood.

We have to light the fire wall at night, otherwise we will be cold tonight."

"If you can clean it up, clean up the dugout. If not, wait for me to come back."

Xia Zhi did not expect Liu Zhiyan, a half-disabled person, to be of any help. Not to mention that this person is a delicate lady, just say that this person has such an arm hanging that he can't use a wounded person.

Liu Zhiyan was anxious when she heard it.

"Can't I go with you? I can also pick up firewood. I still have one hand that can be used.

Don't leave me here alone. There are rats here."

Xia Zhi glanced at the reeds in the distance and answered her quietly.

"There are wastelands everywhere here, and there will be wolves. Are you sure you want to go?

The reed marsh is very dangerous. I asked Liu Qianjin to go with me because he is big and strong. He can drive away two wolves with two sticks. Can you do it?

Are you going to feed the wolves or the mice? Calculate it yourself!"

She didn't have time to protect this delicate lady. Besides, their friendship was not so good that he would protect her regardless of his own safety.

Liu Zhiyan immediately wilted when she heard this.

"There are wolves?"

As soon as she asked this, a wolf's howl came from a distance, although it felt very far away.

But this howl definitely made the educated youth who were still talking nonsense at this time shut up immediately.

Many people went into the caves with pale faces. After all, the caves could defend against wolves.

Xia Zhi waved to Liu Qianjin without saying a word.

"Qianjin, follow me."

Liu Qianjin followed Xia Zhi and obviously didn't care about the wolf or not.

Liu Zhiyan went into the cave. She knew there were mice inside, but compared to wolves, she was not so scared.

Thinking of Xia Zhi and Liu Qianjin risking their lives to find firewood, she couldn't just stand by and watch.

She had to roll up her sleeves and start cleaning the cave with disgust.

There was a broom behind the door for them to sweep down all the spider webs on the eaves.

She swept the walls again.

She also used the broom to pat the straw on the platform.

Fortunately, no more mice came out.

Worried about how to sleep on the straw?

But she couldn't hear any movement outside when she pricked up her ears. She looked at the time. It had been two hours, and there was no trace of the two people.

Could it be that they really fed the wolves?

Just then, footsteps were heard outside.

"Liu Zhiyan, open the door for me."

When Liu Zhiyan heard Xia Zhi's voice, she rushed over quickly. The moment she opened the door, she saw Xia Zhi walking in with a reed mat.

It turned out that Zhou Zhengan was following behind him.

Zhou Zhengan was wearing a khaki uniform and a hat with reed strips on his head.

"Okay, this reed mat has been delivered to you. You can settle down today.

Someone will be sent to call you to the canteen for dinner later."

Zhou Zhengan didn't expect that he would not be able to stand Xia Zhi seeing the dugout here.

He took two people to the reed marsh to weave two mats. He arrived three or four hours in advance.

So when Xia Zhi and Liu Qianjin arrived, they happened to meet Zhou Zhengan.

When he heard that they were collecting firewood, Zhou Zhengan took them to the place they often went to without saying a word. It is safer here, and a lot of reeds have been cut around.

The winter here is very cold. Even if it is not needed today, it will be needed in the future. He didn't expect Xia Zhi to adapt quickly.

Dare to bring Liu Qianjin alone and run to the reed marsh.

"Xia Zhi, you are so brave, aren't you afraid of encountering wolves here?"

Zhou Zhengan asked seriously while helping them cut down the dry trees.

"Zhou Zhengan, even if we encounter wolves, we have to cut wood and take it back.

Even if we don't burn it tonight, we have to come tomorrow. We have to come sooner or later."

Xia Zhi moved quickly.

Although she only had an axe in her hand, she was faster than Zhou Zhengan.

And she was very neat, cutting down the dead tree in front of her.

And she cut it into a length suitable for carrying on the back.

Put the hemp rope on the ground and tie the dead branches she and Zhou Zhengan cut together.

Seeing that Xia Zhi was about to carry the firewood on his back, Zhou Zhengan grabbed it.

"You, a woman, look more arrogant than a man.

No wonder you are not afraid of wolves."

Just watching Xia Zhi dance with the axe twice, Zhou Zhengan was sure that Xia Zhi might have practiced a few times.

Xia Zhi saw Zhou Zhengan put all three bundles of firewood on his back and couldn't help laughing.

"If Zhou Zhengan is not more ruthless than a wolf here, can he survive?

I made psychological preparations before coming here and also learned about the situation here, so I practiced a few times in advance."

Zhou Zhengan sighed. It was the first time he saw a girl who looked a little thin, but she was so tenacious.

She adapted so quickly everywhere.

"Let's go, this mat is made for you, one for you and one for Liu Qianjin."

Xia Zhi saw a look of joy on his face, his eyes sparkling, making Zhou Zhengan feel as if he had done a great thing.

What he held in his hand was not a mat, but rice and pork.

"Comrade Zhou Zhengan really wants to thank you. This thing is really what we need right now.

I was thinking about waiting until tomorrow to come here to cut reeds and go back to weave two mats.

I didn't expect you to really think about what we think and worry about what we worry about."

The earthen platform was covered with straw, so of course it had to be covered with mats, otherwise mice and insects would like to climb up.

"Can you weave mats?"

"Of course I can weave, why would I cut reeds if I can't weave?"

It was during this question and answer that they returned to the dugout, and the previous scene happened.

Looking at the mat that Zhou Zhengan brought in, Liu Zhiyan didn't react at all.

"What is this for?"

Zhou Zhengan spread the mat on the pile of straw for them and patted it.

"Comrade Xiazhi, I see that you don't have a quilt or mattress. I'll finish my meal soon.

Come with me, I have an extra quilt over there, you can take it."

Zhou Zhengan was very careful and could see at a glance that Xiazhi only had a small bag, so there was no quilt to speak of.

These days, no matter what you do, you have to bring your own luggage.

There is no ready-made luggage to sell, but if you don't bring luggage, you will have to endure the cold.

Xia Zhi heard this.

Then she realized that she only thought about other things and forgot about the quilt.

But she didn't act pretentiously. In such a cold day, if you don't cover yourself with a quilt at night, you can freeze to death.

Anyway, she can give the money to Zhou Zhengan, which means she didn't take advantage of Zhou Zhengan.

"Thank you, Zhou Zhengan, I'll give you the money later."

Zhou Zhengan wanted to say no, but he swallowed his words after looking at Liu Zhiyan.

If he had anything to say, he would wait for a while, and he would tell Xia Zhi himself.