diskusbooks Chapter 209: Back Home (3)
Chapter 209: Back Home (3)
At this time, only Master Xu was lying on the grass.
Han Mingxiang stood there and looked for a while.
I wondered where these people came from?
Li Lanzhen looked at her youngest son, who seemed to be thinking about something. She glared at him and said, "What are you still looking at? Go collect firewood."
Han Mingxiang pulled Shuisheng, who looked confused, up the mountain to look for firewood.
Silver Fox came back first with three secret guards.
They brought with them a number of tree trunks as thick as a man's arm, six pheasants, and four wild rabbits.
Li Lanzhen said with a smile.
"You guys are awesome! We gained so much!
Silver Fox, what are you doing with these sticks?"
Putting down the stick in his hand, he said, "I want to build a frame in the middle and hang straw curtains on it, so that men and women can be separated."
Li Lanzhen nodded. That was indeed the case. In ancient times, people were not allowed to sit at the same table when they were seven years old.
It’s better to be careful, and there is an old man among this group of people!
"Okay, go build a shelf."
Suddenly, Li Lanzhen remembered that the straw mats she took out might not be enough.
He hurried to the pile of straw mats and took out a dozen thinner ones.
"Silver Fox, use these thinner straw mats when setting up the scaffolding."
Silver Fox agreed, saw Master Xu lying on the grass, and asked her again.
"Aunt Lanzhen, why hasn't Master Xu woken up yet?"
"I'm afraid it will take some time. He's weak. Let him sleep."
"Let's go and lay the Master down on the straw mat, cover him with a mattress, and let him sleep."
As he said this, he walked over with a secret guard.
Two men lifted Master Xu up, laid him on a straw mat, and covered him with a quilt.
At this time, Tiehua came over with a group of women.
Li Lanzhen looked at them and now they looked like a woman and a girl.
Although her hair was not washed, she had combed it through with her fingers and tied it into a braid, making it look neat.
Seeing their shy and timid looks, Li Lanzhen greeted them.
"Tiehua, come here, let's quickly prepare dinner. Those who are going to light the fire, make the fire. Those who are going to knead the dough and make pancakes, come quickly. Those who are going to wash the wild vegetables, go wash the wild vegetables. And who can clean up these chickens and rabbits, clean them up and bring them back."
When she said this, all the women and girls came over to find something to do.
The chickens and wild rabbits have been slaughtered by the secret guards, and now all we have to do is wash them.
Li Lanzhen looked at the pheasant feathers that had been burnt by fire and felt amused. It must be Silver Fox. He took the lighter to show off to the secret guard. What a child.
Li Lanzhen was worried that these people had not eaten meat for a long time and were afraid that they would get stomach upset when eating pheasants or rabbits.
I cooked some white porridge in two clay pots and let each of them drink a little to help them feel better.
After all the ingredients were prepared, Li Lanzhen cooked a large iron pot of stewed chicken, rabbit meat and potatoes. There was a lot of soup, and the seasonings from the space were added to it, making the meat more fragrant.
Pat the cornmeal into a palm-sized cake and stick a circle of cornmeal cakes on it.
Li Lanzhen knew that these cakes would not be enough, so she took out 20 sesame cakes from the space.
Silver Fox and the others set up the shelf, but did not put it in the middle, but placed it against the side.
Now there are six fires burning vigorously in a row in the middle.
The fire was filled with wood as thick as arms, which was burned on a rack.
"Silver Fox, why are you gathering all the living ones in the middle?"
“Aunt Lanzhen, put the fire in the middle first.
When it’s time to go to bed, move the fire around so that the ground in the middle is heated and the straw mats spread on top are not cold.
Li Lanzhen smiled and said, "Yes, why didn't I think of this?"
This kid has rich life experience. It seems that he often survived in the wild in the past.
I gave him a silent thumbs up.
Silver Fox smiled when he saw Li Lanzhen praising him and giving him a thumbs up.
While everyone was drinking porridge, Master Xu slowly woke up.
Looking around, there were still mountains, but why was he lying on the ground? And his granddaughter was no longer by his side. He was so shocked that he sat up and shouted loudly.
"Zhihua, Zhihua, where are you?"
Zhihua quickly ran over, looked at her grandfather, and kept saying, "Grandpa, don't be afraid, Zhihua is here, Zhihua is here.
Grandma Lan Zhen said, "We are at the foot of the mountain and we will be home tomorrow. Grandpa, hurry up and have some porridge. There is also meat to eat. It is so delicious!"
Li Lanzhen, Yinhu and Han Mingxiang all came over.
"Master Xu, how do you feel? Are you feeling unwell?"
Li Lanzhen asked with a smile.
The old man sat for a while before answering Li Lanzhen.
"I am fine. I am in good health and spirits. Don't worry. We are here now."
Mr. Xu originally wanted to ask, how did we get here? Why are there so many people here?
But the words went around in my mouth for a while, and after thinking about it, I didn't ask it out loud.
"Talk less!" is his motto in life.
Yinhu and Han Mingxiang stepped forward and helped him up.
Han Mingxiang gave him a student salute.
"Master, hello, I am your student Han Mingxiang."
Li Lanzhen looked at her younger son's well-behaved appearance and said to Master Xu with a laugh.
"Master Xu, this is my youngest son. He is already a student. If I hadn't fled from famine, I would have sent him to school to take the exam for a scholar."
The old man looked at Han Mingxiang and nodded repeatedly.
"Good! Good, not bad!"
I don’t know if it’s because the water used for cooking tonight is all the spiritual spring water in the space.
These people did not have stomach upsets. They ate happily and were very full.
They all whispered that this was the most delicious meal they had ever eaten in all these years, and also the most filling one.
The three secret guards had a lot of questions to ask Silver Fox, but were stopped by a stern look from Silver Fox.
After dinner, Tiehua led the women to clean up the dishes, took them to the stream, washed them, and brought them back to put in a basket.
At this time, the fire had been moved to the surroundings, and the area in the middle where the fire had burned was warm.
Li Lanzhen said to everyone, "Women sleep over here, men sleep over there, each person has a straw mat, a mattress, a quilt, and a backpack.
All of these belong to you. When you arrive at the Peach Blossom Spring, they will be yours too.
So when you get up tomorrow morning, roll up your bedding and put it in the backpack and carry it with you."
The mattress and quilt are both dark blue, and the quilt that Li Lanzhen took out this time is quite thick.
These things were exchanged at the Star Mall with the merchant who often exchanged labor protection products with him.
Li Lanzhen saw Silver Fox and three secret guards keeping watch, and Han Mingxiang also joined in. Shuisheng did not rest at this time and also wanted to keep watch together.
"Silver Fox, you guys should arrange the shifts, two or three shifts, so that everyone can take a break. Two people per shift is enough."
Then she picked up a basket, half filled with sweet potatoes and some smaller potato eggs, and brought it to the campfire where Silver Fox and the others were gathered.
"Silver Fox, if you get bored while on night watch, put these in the fire and roast them. They are delicious."
Han Mingxiang looked at Li Lanzhen's familiarity with the man called Silver Fox and was not jealous.
Instead, together with Shuisheng, he immediately became friends with the three secret guards of Silver Fox and became familiar with them.
Since they are boys of similar age, we have a lot to talk about.
"Aunt Lanzhen, go and have a rest. Don't worry about us."
Silver Fox said to Li Lanzhen.
Han Mingxiang glanced at him and called out affectionately, "Mom, go to sleep. We are chatting here and you just ignore us."
Li Lanzhen really ignored them, turned around and went back to her bunk and went to sleep.
Next to them, a group of women led by Tiehua were sleeping on soft mattresses, covered with thick quilts. The quilts were clean and soft, and their clothes were also clean and without patches.
They all shed tears silently, because they didn't receive such good treatment even at home.
They thought in their hearts that they must work hard to repay their benefactor!
Mr. Xu, after eating, lay down on the bed. Zhihua did not sleep with him.
Ran away and slept with Li Lanzhen.
The old man looked up at the starry sky, his heart full of doubts.
How did I get here? Where did all these people come from?
The delicious potatoes and the seasoning for cooking meat I ate these two days...
Many of them I have never seen before.
It seems that Sister Lan Zhen is not an ordinary person, or the child named Silver Fox is a person with secrets.
No matter what, it was they who saved himself and his only relative, his granddaughter Zhihua.
From now on, just live a good life in Peach Blossom Land.