kingnovel Chapter 837 Everyone Goes to Huaiyang
Chapter 837 Everyone Goes to Huaiyang
Zhou Guo spread his hands, "I don't know either. My uncle won't tell me about these military secrets. He only said that he is now in Huaishan Camp and will return to the manor once a month. If I calculate, there are only about ten days left. Mom, do you want to go?"
Li said, "Of course I have to go. We haven't seen him for a few years. I heard you say that your uncle has changed and looks like a great general. I want to see him, too."
Zhou Su said excitedly: "Mom, I want to go too. I want to see my uncle too."
Zhou Mai, Zhou Mi and Li Lai expressed that they also wanted to go. Uncle, since his uncle is a general, they must go and see him.
Zhou Gu looked around and said with some confidence, "I want to go too."
Li said, "You can go next time. Now that everyone has left, who will take care of this part of the family? Don't you want to take care of this big mess?"
Zhou Gu was disappointed. He knew that he had to stay at home.
Zhou Guo said: "Brother, it's okay. I just said that my uncle will come out once a month in the future. We will take turns to come. I guarantee that you will see him next month."
Only then did Zhou Gu become happy.
Zhou Guo warned: "My uncle and his family came to the south quietly this time, and the outside world doesn't know about it yet, so this news must not be leaked out. If it is leaked out, our family will be finished."
Everyone in the room nodded; they knew this truth.
Li said, "If that's the case, how can we hide this from the villagers if our whole family leaves?"
Zhou Guo laughed, "Why can't we hide this? Just say we went to the capital city. Our family has been to the capital city many times over the years. What else can they say?"
Li slapped his head and said, "Yeah, I'm confused."
Zhou Mai and the others still had school to do, so Zhou Guo said, "Brother, you guys..."
Zhou Mai smiled and said, "Don't worry about us. Mr. Youxue is always accurate."
Zhou Guo opened his mouth and asked, "A study tour lasting more than ten days?"
Zhou Mi said: "What's wrong with a study tour for more than ten days? It's still a study tour. The teacher will definitely allow it."
Zhou Su was very happy. "Oh, I will be able to see my uncle in a few days. That's great. I miss him so much. I haven't met the general yet."
Considering that the journey would take several days, they had to prepare at least some delicious food when he came out. The next day, the family packed up two carriages and left with only Zhou Gu's family of three.
Even the bold black man Zhou Guo was brought into the car.
Li looked at the big dog with some disdain, "Why bring it with you? It's not a good idea to let it guard the house and the mountains."
A dog can take up the space of a person, and there is not much space in a carriage.
Zhou Guo said, "It wants to go. It's so boring staying at home all the time. I'll take it to the farm to play. It's much more fun there than at home. There are all kinds of things."
Seeing how they were making such a big fuss, even Zhou Mai and the others followed them, the villagers asked curiously, "Where are you all going? Even those who are going to school are leaving?"
Li smiled and said, "Let's go to the prefectural capital to have a look. As for them, they said they were going to study abroad. The children are grown up and have their own ideas. I don't know what studying abroad means. If they want to go, let them go."
The road from the village to Huaiyang is not short, and they have to spend three or four days on the road, and it is difficult to find a place to stay on the road.
The old man looked at the sky and said, "Let's just rest by the roadside. It's terribly hot in the summer, but not cold at all. With today's weather, it will definitely not rain tonight."
Zhou Mai and the others agreed, "That's right. Xiaohua isn't here anyway. When we were escaping, we slept on the roadside every day."
Seeing that no one objected, Li smiled and said, "I'll follow you. If you want to rest on the roadside, find a good place."
To be honest, it is much more interesting to camp out at night than to stay in an inn.
Zhou Guo had walked this road countless times. She knew better than anyone where to rest and where to find water.
Before the sun sets, find a place with water and stop.
The family has a clear division of labor: some build the nest and cut grass, some make fire and cook, some prepare the food, and some go out hunting and looking for wild vegetables.
Huzi and Erpang also helped with cooking.
Zhou Guo took a stick and went to the creek to catch fish. It was good that the whole family was out, and she just had to wait to eat.
In less than half an hour, two grass carps weighing more than three kilograms were caught.
Li smiled and said, "This fish is good. Chop it into pieces and stew it with wild vegetables. I also brought some pickles to stew a pot."
Zhou Guo heard this and said, "There are so many people, two fish are not enough for the stew pot, I'll go get another one."
Not long after, another fish weighing four pounds was caught.
Zhou Su brought Li Lai back with him to dig up some wild vegetables. Seeing the two fish Zhou Guo had caught, he said, "Why didn't we see any fish? We walked along the shore and only saw a few small ones."
Zhou Mai rolled up his sleeves to handle the fish. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Do you think anyone in our family has such luck besides her? Isn't she the only one who has this luck?"
Li looked at the two fish and said with emotion, "When we were fleeing, the most delicious thing we had on the road was a few fish. At that time, you and your husband went to the mountains to catch a lot of fish. We had a large family and got the most. We ate up such a big pot, and there was not a single drop of soup left. We even licked the bottom of the pot clean. It was so delicious!"
I had been hungry for a long time at that time, and there was no oil or water in my stomach, not even any watery soup.
We just happened to get so much food from selling the fruit, and we also happened to get a few fish. Although there was no oil, that meal was enough to feed everyone in the family.
They still remember that feeling till now.
Zhou Guo said, "Mom, you kept talking about the fish we caught that day, so I picked a place like this today and caught two fish for you to cook and eat."
In fact, it’s not just Li. Everyone in the family misses her, including Zhou Guo himself.
The old man came out carrying two pheasants and two rabbits, and Zhou Mi followed behind him and picked a lot of bright red wild fruits.
Start another fire, clean it up and start grilling.
The staple food is steamed buns, a big basket of them.
Dinner was finally ready when the sun was about to set.
There was a pot of stewed wild vegetables, pickled cabbage and grass carp, roasted rabbit and pheasant cut into pieces and placed on a plate, and some vegetables brought from home.
These dishes came in two servings, and Hu Zi and his friends had to eat them separately.
There were all kinds of things laid out on the ground.
Everyone took a steamed bun and held a bowl to eat.
Du Zhouguo was holding a clay pot, which contained a pot of cold rice. Of course, pickled fish must be eaten with rice, and steamed buns would not be tasty enough.
He scooped a large bowl of rice for himself and asked everyone, "Who wants rice?"
Except for Zhou Su, everyone shook their heads and said, "We don't want food."
Zhou Guo: “…”
Zhou Su raised her hand and said, "I, sister, I want food. I'll have a bowl."