kingnovel Chapter 166 Bringing food
Chapter 166 Bringing food
"Yes, yes. When we find more, we will sell them, and keep the less for ourselves. What do you think?"
Everyone advised.
The old man who was trying to persuade her blushed. He was not such an unreasonable person. He just lost his composure after suddenly eating something he had been dreaming about for many years. He waved his hand and said, "I was just saying that. You can't eat too much good things. If you eat too much, you will get tired of it. If you get tired of it, it won't taste so good anymore. It's better to stop when you have enough."
After saying that, he walked into the house with his hands behind his back, "Ah, I'm getting sleepy as I get older."
Zhou Guo glanced at his back and took bigger steps than usual. It was rare that he was still embarrassed.
"Okay, it's getting late. Let's all go to bed. We have to get up early tomorrow." After picking up half a bag of pine mushrooms, Li got up and told everyone to go to bed.
Zhou Xing and others started to clean up the pots and pans, and took them back to the house after washing. Although the house had no roof, they always felt it would be unsafe to leave them outside, as they might be stolen.
Zhou Guo turned around and opened the forgotten sack that the old man had carried back. She saw four fat gray rabbits inside. They had been in there for too long and were all dead. She let the rabbits out, tied ropes around their feet, took a broken bowl to fill it with water, and picked some wild vegetables in the dark on the side of the road. She didn't know what it was, but it wasn't poison.
After thinking about it, I decided to trap a few rabbits inside the house. If I trap them outside, I’m afraid they will be eaten by weasels.
After cleaning up all these, I closed the gate of the courtyard. The gate made of twigs was not strong at all and could not block anything. It was just a consolation. When I have free time, I still have to build a wall around the courtyard.
After doing all this, she went back to the room, fell on the kang, turned over and fell asleep.
I dreamed all night of being either sawing trees or trimming branches. I was very busy. When I woke up the next day, I was still a little dazed.
Looking at the stars in the night sky that had not yet faded, she wanted to stay in bed, so she closed her eyes, but opened them again after a moment, sat up, and went out. Her master was right, if she wanted to develop good skills, she had to work hard.
The three of them practiced until dawn, when everyone at home started cooking, and then they stopped.
Thinking of how hungry she was yesterday in the mountains, Zhou Guo was still frightened and strongly requested to bring some food. Two pots of dry rice were cooked in the morning. She ate three bowls of it with her bowl in hand. She put the remaining dry rice in a clay pot and put it in a basket, intending to take it to the mountains to eat. The dry food made from porridge was still not enough to fill her up.
Soon, the others arrived, and the women and children in the family followed. Everyone carried baskets, sacks, and backpacks, and followed behind in unison.
Arriving at the door of Zhou Guo's house, he smiled and said to Li: "I heard there are a lot of pine mushrooms in the mountains, let's go and have a look. The masters are cutting trees in front and we are picking mushrooms in the back, so it won't delay us."
"Yes, yes, the children are also clamoring to go. So, we brought pots and bowls with us, thinking that we can cook a hot meal in the mountains at noon. Yesterday, the children's father came back and kept complaining about being hungry. He said that if your old man hadn't given them roasted rabbits and fish, they would have starved to death. We will cook in the mountains today. Anyway, we have ready-made dishes. We can pick pine mushrooms and put them in the pot."
Zhou Guo looked at their posture, which seemed like they were fleeing. She had just been laughed at for packing up the pot of rice. Look at others, they didn’t pack up the rice, but even brought the pot up the mountain. The rice they had was much better than hers, they could eat as much as they wanted, without worrying about not having enough.
"Guoguo's mother, you don't need to bring dry food. Let's eat together. We only have one pot. Each family can bring their own food, and we can pick vegetables in the mountains." Wang Fugui touched his head a little embarrassedly, "We have discussed it among the group. Several families will give your family food. You don't need to bring it. But we need to trouble your old man to catch some game in the mountains. I wonder if it's okay?"
When Zhou Guo heard about this good thing, he quickly agreed, "Okay, but we have a lot to eat. I wonder if the food you brought is enough?"
It would be great if she didn't have to provide food herself. You know, she could eat three bowls of rice in one meal, and even four bowls when she was very hungry. Her uncle also had a big appetite, so it would be good to save a meal for the family. Even if the master didn't want to do it, she would have to chase two pheasants back on foot. She agreed happily.
Everyone was happy after hearing Zhou Guo's words.
"Guoguo, don't worry. We have escaped such a long way together. We all know how much you can eat. We know that when you are really hungry, you can eat six bowls of rice in one go. Don't worry, we are all with you. No one will starve you."
"That's right. When we divided up, each household got so much food. We divided it among several families, and your share was left. The main reason is that the children haven't eaten meat for a long time. I thought your old man is very capable, so I have to trouble him."
The old man looked at his apprentice who was smiling happily and shook his head. It was just a meal, was it worth being so happy about? If someone didn't know, they would think they had picked up gold.
In order to find more pine mushrooms, Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi also went with them, and Zhou Gu stayed at home. After all, they had just arrived here and were completely in the dark. There were also many things in the house. It always felt unsafe for Zhou Xing, the crazy and stupid Xu and Li Lai to be the only ones left at home.
Although someone provided food, Zhou Guo still brought a can of rice with him, just in case it wasn't enough. He didn't know how much they had brought, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring a little more.
The group followed yesterday's route to the foot of the mountain and followed the path up the mountain.
Someone said as they walked, "Luckily you came today. You don't know that we couldn't find the way up the mountain yesterday, so we had to climb over the cliff. The step was higher than us, and we had to climb over it by climbing over the cliff. We were all tired like dead pigs, and it took us a long time to recover after climbing the mountain. If you had come, you would have turned back halfway."
"Bullshit! What road can you take but we can't? Besides, isn't Guoguo's mother still here? She didn't complain of being tired, only you guys are."
When Li heard about herself, she remembered that when she climbed the mountain yesterday, her feet hardly touched the ground because she was pulled up by her daughter. She really didn't feel tired, but she didn't put in any effort either. She felt a little ashamed and didn't deserve the compliment.
"Hey, you guys are comparing yourself to Guoguo's mom? You can't compare."
"They have their daughters to back them up, do your daughters have this ability?"
When the women heard the first sentence, they were very dissatisfied. Why couldn't they compare? They had lived in the same village for half their lives, so everyone knew each other. What extraordinary ability did Guoguo's mother have?
But when she heard the second sentence, she immediately shut her mouth. They could not compare with their daughters. Which daughter had such ability that she dared to kill people? Their younger daughters didn't even dare to kill chickens.
Li said hurriedly, "That's not the case. People are not the same. Everyone has different abilities and is good at different things. Guoguo knows some martial arts and is stronger than other girls, but she is not good at anything else. She can't do any housework or work in the fields. Every girl in the village grew up in the fields. Any one of them is better than her. Guoguo can't even tell the difference between leeks and wheat seedlings. She doesn't look like a girl at all. She looks almost like a boy."