Ancient Eden - Chapter 144
Chapter 144
(44.5)
The skin on Li Mang’s feet had frozen and was glued to his fur shoes, hard as ice.
Almost with tears in her eyes, Mu Qing soaked his feet with his shoes on in the turtle shell filled with water. She finally helped him take off his shoes, then couldn’t stop rubbing them with her hands and water, hoping to get the flow of blood back as soon as possible.
When he finally said he was now able to feel her hands rubbing on his feet, she was so excited she couldn’t help but climb on him and give him a kiss, she then took off the clothes on his body and gathered them into her warm arms, proceeding to warm them with her warm chest.
He deserved to be treated like this by her ten times over.
(45.1)
Li Mang’s frostbitten feet grew bloody scabs, Mu Qing did not allow him to walk on the ground, and it changed to her now serving him. Perhaps because he was young and strong, he recovered quickly and, within a few days the scabs fell off.
Fortunately there were no after-effects, only a black mark on the top of his feet. He himself might have felt it was ugly, for when Mu Qing examined the recovery of his feet, he covered it up a little. But in Mu Qing’s opinion, that was the medal of a hero, there was no more beautiful pattern than these black marks.
This snow collapse, which was so small it could be considered almost negligible in nature, had caused a lot of trouble for Mu Qing and Li Mang.
The snow and ice that poured down from the top of the cliff buried almost half the size of a soccer field in the valley, and the snow and ice piled up at least two stories high near the entrance of the cave. When Mu Qing went out and saw such a scene, she could hardly imagine how Li Mang had managed to dig a passageway with his own strength, pulling her back from the brink of death.
After Li Mang’s foot healed, the two of them began to busy themselves with sweeping out the remaining snow in the cave and repairing the collapsed door.
The cave next to them where food and firewood were stored naturally also was not spared, and was filled to the brim with snow. A few days ago when Li Mang was recuperating from his wounds, Mu Qing pulled out some food and firewood from the pile of snow. She was very glad that before, to prevent the firewood from getting damp, she had covered a portion of the firewood with an extra layer of skins. Now, even though it was a bit damp, but it was still basically burnable.
Other than that, the kiln they had built against the cliff wall had collapsed, the heating wall was broken, and even some of the bowls and containers that had been placed in the outer cave had been crushed.
The ground was frozen, so now they could no longer dig and fire the kiln. They would have to wait until spring to start everything once again.
The earthquake didn’t come again, and then finally one day, when the bright sun shone down on the thick ice that was knotted above their doorway, the first drops of water slowly melted out of the end of the icicle, dripping straight and gently down.
The water dripped faster and faster, hearing the sound, Mu Qing came out, caught it with both hands and licked it close to her lips, it was very cold, but she found it somewhat sweet.
Spring had finally come.
(TL’s note : some part in the raws seems to be missing, but it’s missing in every website I could find. Or it’s a choice of the author to cut the part where Li Mang gets to hersaves hergets rid of the snow in the cave)
Translator : Laura
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