Early the next morning, Sun Chunfeng stayed home to watch the house and take care of the children. Yuan Chun and Geng Dalin took Geng Xiaowu to the bamboo forest behind the village to cut bamboo water and catch bamboo rats.
The bucket of bamboo water they had cut before had almost been consumed by the eight of them on their journey these past few days.
The few bowls of water left were used to make meat soup last night. This morning, without eating breakfast, they hurried to the bamboo forest.
With Yuan Chun around, they certainly wouldn't run out of water. The first bamboo she cut released half a bucket of water. After cutting four or five more bamboo stalks and collecting two buckets of water, Geng Dalin excitedly headed home.
Yuan Chun and Geng Xiaowu stayed behind to catch bamboo rats.
The bamboo forest behind Fengling Village isn't very large. Yuan Chun spent the whole morning and caught all the bamboo rats, totaling only about fifty to sixty.
