Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1255 - 1252_1

Xiao’er and Shangguan Xuanyi found Brother Ri and his team inside a certain cave in the valley.

The reason Brother Ri and his team had been unable to leave the valley was due to the numerous caves and caverns within it. Brother Ri had brought his men into the largest cave, thinking that such a large cave might have an exit. They didn’t expect this cave to be so magical with irregular, odd-shaped rocks scattered everywhere, stalagmites, stalactite pillars in rows, delicate rock flowers and rock trains of varying forms — it was truly diverse and realistically depicted. Most magical of all, these oddly shaped rocks were naturally arranged into an Eight Trigrams Array.

You can’t help but marvel at the supernatural craftsmanship of nature!

Of course, the formation is quite simple, at a beginner level, for those who know a bit about formations. It wouldn’t require any thought to break through.

However, for those who don’t understand formations at all, it would be a bit difficult to get out, but not impossible, just need a bit more time.

That’s why Brother Ri and his team were trapped for several days and still couldn’t find an exit to leave this cavern.

Swallow Ridge is named as such because many birds live in the forests around this area, and the most numerous of them are swallows. Hence the name, Swallow Ridge.

Why are there so many swallows? It turns out that this valley has numerous caves.

There are many swallow’s nests built inside the caves. Every spring and summer, there will be many swallows hovering in the valley. However, because the valley is too deep, many people don’t dare get close, so few people see them.

Right now, it’s winter, so this phenomenon is naturally not observed, which is why Xiao’er and her team haven’t seen it.

Therefore, when Xiao’er and Shangguan Xuanyi found Brother Ri and his team, Xiao’er was amazed to find them eating bird’s nest!

Eating bird’s nest as though it were a meal!

Xiao’er, ignoring the excitement and surprise of Brother Ri when he saw them arrive, stared at the translucent bird’s nest in the half coconut shell in Brother Ri’s hand with disbelief and asked:

"Brother Ri, are you guys eating bird’s nest?!"

God! Isn’t that a bit too luxurious?!

How much silver would it cost for them to eat a bowl! Silver!

"Yes, this is the only thing available to eat here!" Brother Ri nodded, his face a bit disgusted. After eating this for a few days, he was feeling a bit sick of it!

"God! We can’t even find a single root to eat! But you guys are eating bird’s nests! This is just too infuriating!" Feng Qing couldn’t help but exclaim!

They specifically came down to rescue them!

The rescuers have nothing to eat, while those waiting to be rescued are feasting on costly bird’s nests. What kind of logic is this?!

"There’s not much else to eat in this valley, mostly just these bird’s nests! Do you guys want to eat some, there’s still plenty here!" A deputy general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty said, seeing Feng Qing so angry.

"Of course we do! We haven’t even had a sip of hot water these past few days!" Feng Xing spoke and hurriedly called their soldiers to go eat the bird’s nests.

The soldiers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, seeing that they had no bowls, gave them their own coconut shell bowls.

"Why do you guys have bowls? And why is there a pot?" Feng Xing asked.

"We picked up a broken pot from a certain cave. Someone lived in that cave before. These bowls were prepared for us by our Crown Princess. She said that during a military march, carrying a lightweight and unbreakable bowl would be convenient! And it could save your life during crucial moments." So, each soldier of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had a coconut shell bowl hanging in front of their chest.

Very unique!

However, sometimes, this coconut bowl really could block enemy attacks, so the soldiers all accepted it!

The soldiers of Minze were embarrassed when they thought about the Eastern Jin soldiers going to battle with a bowl hanging in front of their chests!

The Crown Princess of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is indeed a genius!

Was it Anyi’s idea? To hang a coconut bowl on their chests? Why not hang a big pancake on their chests so they could just lower their heads and eat it? They wouldn’t have had to eat all her bird’s nest then! Xiao’er thought to herself.

However, going to battle with a bowl slung over is indeed very much like Anyi! There’s no denying that coconut shell bowls do indeed have many benefits, Xiao’er thought.

In her previous life, there were many craft products made out of coconut shells. When Xiao’er had traveled and admired the craft products made from coconut shells on a stall, the stall owner was very enthusiastic and shared many benefits of coconut shells with her. One of them being that coconut shells can be used to make bowls and are also anti-toxic. When coconut shells encounter strong poison, they will explode. Therefore, making bowls out of coconut shells means you wouldn’t have to worry about being poisoned.

Of course, Xiao’er had never confirmed this statement, but making bowls out of coconut shells for the soldiers was indeed convenient. Wearing it on their chests, if they were not careful, it might just block swords for the soldiers, saving their lives!

No, that’s thinking too far ahead! Coconut bowls are not important, the most important thing right now are the bird’s nests! Xiao’er looked at the numerous bird’s nests in the cave and her heart was filled with excitement!

Xiao’er picked up a bird’s nest to observe: it had a slight golden-red color, very few corners, feathers, and impurities, and it smelled good. This was a high-quality cave swallow’s nest!

Xiao’er was even more excited!

These are all natural cave swallows’ nests! It would be silver when sold!

Cave swallow’s nests are made by the swiftlets that nest in the natural caves of subtropical rain forests.

Most of these caves are located in primary forests, with little human pollution, and the depth and humidity of the caves are not affected by weather changes, the minerals in the cave walls are absorbed by the birds’ nests. Therefore, the quality of these cave swallow’s nests is superior, with a smooth taste and they are resistant to stewing!

Such premium cave swallow’s nests are priceless in modern times and are not affordable for everyone in this ancient era!

If only she knew this cave had so many bird’s nests earlier!

Xiao’er would have come down sooner!

Great! She found another way to get rich! Xiao’er ran back and forth in the cave, counting how many swallow’s nests were inside.

Seeing Xiao’er so excited, Brother Ri said, "Not only does this cavern have bird’s nests, but there are also other caves in this valley. Although they are not as big as this one, they all have some bird’s nests."

"Really? That’s great! I’m going to be rich! It’s good that you guys were trapped in this valley. Otherwise, I would never have known that there are so many bird’s nests here! That’s great!"

The soldiers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were speechless upon hearing this. What does she mean by it’s ’good that they were trapped in this valley’?

"What’s so good about this stuff! We have been eating this every day, and we’re sick of it! I just want to eat rice and meat!" A soldier from the Eastern Jin Dynasty said.

"Exactly! I don’t understand why women love this so much! Isn’t the bird’s nest just swallow’s saliva?! Just thinking about it is disgusting, I am so hungry, otherwise I couldn’t eat this at all!"

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Xiao’er: "...."

Bird’s nest is a great beauty product! They really don’t appreciate its worth!