roccoschili Chapter 159 Follow the Lotus
Chapter 159 Follow the Lotus
Goudan hurriedly carried the clay pot back to his home, "Egg, find Duck Egg and go to Village Chief Xu to deliver the ginger. Remember, don't let anyone find out."
"I know bro."
The eggs responded with serious faces, and walked through the crowd with the duck egg.
"Grandpa, this is the ginger that Sister Lotus gave me. There is boiled ginger and brown sugar water in the earthenware jar."
Grandpa Goudan took it with a smile, and Goudan's mother quickly poured out a bowl. Their family had plenty of bowls, but every household was short of water, so Goudan's mother only prepared three bowls, and now the two of them would take turns drinking together.
"Sister Hehua said that her family was building a house and asked us to find a way to build one as the snow was getting heavier. She said she was worried that we wouldn't be able to make it through the night."
As soon as Grandpa Goudan heard what Hehua said, he immediately agreed.
"Okay, let's cooperate with Dali's family and see if it's enough. If not, we can find another one. No, Goudan's father, you ask Erli to go to the front and see how Hehua and the others set up their equipment. We will learn from them."
After Goudan's father finished drinking from his bowl, he went to call Erli to join him.
Goudan sat next to his grandfather and whispered that Dali's family was going to follow Su He to Yunhe.
"Why didn't I think of that? We'll follow too! But we have a lot of kids at home, so I'm afraid Lotus won't agree."
Grandpa Goudan slapped his thigh in anxiety. He wished that the drought had come ten years later. Ten years later, the radishes in their family would have grown up, and there would be nothing for six strong young men to worry about.
"Grandpa, you stay at home and I'll go ask Sister Lotus."
Goudan didn't even wait for his father and ran out again.
Goose eggs and ox eggs are the smallest, and now they are arguing over brown sugar water.
"Fifth brother, you've already had two sips, it's my turn."
Little Niudan was very anxious, but he could count.
"I couldn't help it. It tasted really good. I felt warm after drinking it and my stomach was full."
Goose Egg felt embarrassed and returned the bowl to his brother.
The calf egg gulped down the drink, and now it was the goose egg's turn to be confused.
It seemed like my younger brother took a sip, but he drank more than he did in two sips.
"Niu Dan, shut up, you've finished drinking!"
Edan pulled his brother's hand hard, but Niudan was the smallest and had a lot of strength, so he continued drinking steadily and successfully made his fifth brother cry.
Goudan's mother had no choice but to pick up another bowl and add some more goose eggs.
Now both of them calmed down.
Goudan found Hehua and told her that his family wanted to follow him. Su He readily agreed. She said that these eggs were all good, and she let them grow up with Mu Tou so that they would have more helpers in the future.
Goudan got a positive answer and jumped back.
Not long after, Wang Fugui and his group came back.
I saw Wang Fugui and Lu Sheng coming in a carriage, while Wang Bin, Wang Liangshunzi and the other two were jogging beside them.
"Uncle, did you buy water smoothly?"
"It's OK. Many houses in the city collapsed, and there were dead bodies on every street. We didn't go far, and we drew water from a family near the city gate. We gave them one silver coin, which was enough for seven days of well water. We will go there again later."
Wang Fugui asked Lu Sheng to get off the car, and he took out ten copper hot water bottles. This was the same heating method as the modern hot water bottles, both of which were filled with hot water for heating, but the only difference was that one was made of soft rubber, and the other was made of copper and felt hard.
"Okay, uncle, you guys drink the ginger water first to warm your body. I'll add more water after you finish drinking it. You can drink it anytime you feel cold these days."
Ten hot water bottles were strung together with a rope. Su He took them to Zhou and asked her to light another stove and boil water in a pot.
Father Lu must have been frightened by his daughter. He huddled pitifully beside his luggage and dared not say a word. After a month of bumpy ride, he seemed to realize that leaving alone would be a dead end.
Wang Fugui brought him a bowl of brown sugar water, and Father Lu happily took it and said, "Thank you for thinking of me, dear."
"Don't be polite. After we finish drinking, we'll go again. This time, we'll buy a few more barrels and bring back more water."
Luf didn't dare to refuse, so he responded and squatted there drinking brown sugar water.
A quarter of an hour later, the four set out again. This time, Dali and Goudan followed behind. The two families shared a carriage to fetch water, and also bought a hot water bottle and a wooden barrel. Anyway, they just followed the Wang family's purchases.
Soon, people from the village also went out to buy water one after another.
The third earthquake also came suddenly. Su He had just boiled the water and was about to pour it into the hot water bottle, but there was a familiar shaking of the ground. She turned around and shouted to the carriage, "Miao Miao, come down quickly!"
I saw a few little kids coming down from the carriage not far away, like dumplings.
Because they were afraid that the livestock would panic and run around, dragging the carriage with them, the mules were not harnessed to the carriage this time, and the few idiots got off smoothly.
Several people successfully reunited with Su He and hugged each other. This time the shaking was more severe than before. Su He and the others rolled around. Half an hour of bumpy ride made Su He collapse.
This time she lay down for a long time and her head was still dizzy, so Zhou and Yanzhi helped her to go to the carriage to rest.
Zhou accepted the task of boiling ginger and brown sugar water and boiling hot water.
In the next five hours, everyone experienced more than a dozen aftershocks of varying sizes. Half of the Wang family were injured. Fortunately, most of the injuries were minor. Su He took out the ointment she had bought from the old doctor in Meicun and gave it to everyone.
This medicine is expensive but it is indeed effective. No one in the Wang family went out to see a doctor.
The situation in the county town was much worse. Su'an County had a large population and a wharf, and there were countless inns. With more houses than open space, the places where people taking refuge in the city lived were not as big as the place where Su He's family stayed.
After more than a dozen aftershocks, Su He was no longer dizzy. He even had the energy to prepare dinner with Zhou. When we say "together", it actually means that Zhou did the work and Su He did the talking.
"Aunt, make more steamed buns. I have the steamer in my carriage, and we still have our cloth bags. The steamed buns need to ferment, so let's make more and keep them. They won't go bad in the winter. When we want to eat them, put them in the pot with the rice. They are really filling. Maybe the earthquake will stop in a couple of days, and then we can take them out and steam them to eat."
Zhou waved her hands at Su He as if to shoo away a fly, "Alright, alright, I get it, just ask Liu Niang to help, or call your aunt, cousin, or Yanzhi, and go play by yourself, and stay with Miaomiao and the others."
Su He touched her nose and left. She originally had a job making ginger and brown sugar water, but now she had nothing to do.
The cause was that there was an earthquake and the pot overturned. When the earthquake was over, Zhou came to take a look. Wow, this big iron pot had one-third of the ginger slices in it. No wonder everyone coughed desperately after drinking it, as if they were about to die. This girl Hehua was too unreasonable.
Mrs. Zhou had made it clear that Su He would never be allowed to do any kitchen work again.
Su He pouted and walked away, thinking to herself that her aunt really didn't understand. If there wasn't enough ginger, it would be even more troublesome if everyone caught a cold. Why should she save the money on ginger? It was free, and she still had two mountains of space.
Wang Quangui's task of building houses was also fraught with difficulties. Every earthquake would cause the houses that had just been built to collapse. Everyone started with high morale but ended with dejected feelings.
The only thing worth being happy about is that everyone's speed and proficiency in building houses have improved significantly. Practice makes perfect.
Finally, at six o'clock in the evening, the temporary earthquake house was built.