"Sambo, let's run!" Yan Yu smiled happily, leaving her uncle feeling like even the wind was free.
Yan Laoer had already tied the two of them to the back of the cow, symbolically holding the reins with one hand, and helping his daughter hold the straw hat that was about to fly at any time with the other hand.
After his daughter had had enough fun, the two men got off the back of the cow and walked slowly.
"Dad, I'm afraid everyone's running out of water," Yan Yu said.
She saw that some of the jars in which the villagers stored water were empty.
"You can tell from the number of steamed buns that were exchanged. Although we still had three meals, the portions were smaller." Yan Laoer naturally noticed it.
"Sambo, can you find the water source?" Yan Yu asked with hope.
Sanbao shook his head, it doesn't have this function.
Yan Yu sighed.
"The platform opens at 0 o'clock tonight. If the three people from last time are still connected, Dad, who do you think can change more water from?" Yan Yu tilted her head and recalled.
Yan Laoer: "It doesn't look like either one."
One drinks nutrient solution for a living.
Although there is water everywhere, one cannot drink it and lives on the bottled water provided by the platform.
Although the last one may have water, considering the environment he is in, he has to fight hard to obtain food and water.
"Why haven't we gotten out of the drought yet?" Yan Yu was a little irritated.
Because of taking shortcuts, they are getting further and further away from official roads, as well as from counties, towns and villages.
Sometimes there is even no way forward and they just forcibly find a way out.
Surrounded by barren, cracked land and smelly, yet-to-be-dried water beaches, there are bare stone mountains one after another.
Yan Yu: "I really want that uncle's exploration and collection robot. If I had it, it would be so convenient to find water sources and food!"
"My dear, wake up, you said it was a robot. Even if it is covered with bionic skin, how can we explain the sudden appearance of this extra person?" Yan Laoer tapped her little head.
"We have already walked quite far. According to everyone's walking distance, we can walk more than 20 kilometers every day. These two days are much better than at the beginning. It should be about 30 kilometers shorter. Calculating it this way...
…
Wow! That’s a lot. In half a month at most, we can achieve our first small goal and get out of Qishan Mansion.”
Yan Laoer struggled for a while and then said: "Forget it, I'll show you."
Yan Yu:???
What are you looking at?
The two men got on the cattle again, and this time Yan Laoer checked again and again and tied them tightly.
Yan Yu didn't know why, but she began to look forward to it, feeling that her father was going to make a bigger move.
"Sambo, go up the mountain and drive!"
Even after doing enough mental construction, Yan Laoer was still shaken to pieces.
His daughter, on the other hand, kept squealing with excitement, her little voice becoming hoarse.
"Oh my God! Sanbao, you are so awesome! You can jump so high and far, how come you are so awesome!" Yan Yu did not hesitate to praise him.
Standing on the top of the tallest stone mountain nearby, she finally saw the long-lost green.
The green mountain peaks were far away from them, but it didn't matter, she saw hope.
"I see you!" Yan Yu declared domineeringly: "Wait until I come over!"
Yan Laoer was speechless for the time being. He felt that when he opened his mouth, he had to explain breakfast here.
When going down the mountain, Sanbao was as gentle as possible, but Yan Laoer still couldn't bear it, so he took it easy for a while.
Yan Yu worriedly handed him the bamboo tube: "Dad, are you okay?"
Yan Laoer shook his head and felt weak.
"Why don't you faint?"
Yan Yu blinked: "It feels quite exciting. I really don't feel dizzy."
In ancient times, the purely natural stone mountains were quite irregular. They were naturally raised and grew as they wanted.
There is no manual way to go up the mountain. It is purely driven by mechanical braking, which is not exciting.
"Let's go back and review your list again to see if there's anything missing." Yan Laoer grew tired and asked Sanbao to drive automatically when he went back.
He closed his eyes and listened to his daughter read one by one:
"There are a lot of pots and basins, but they can't be changed all at once, two at most.
There are so many straw sandals, it would be great to sell them all to the platform, but unfortunately we can only sell some of them.
Of the four medicines given by Dr. Cui, two were for diarrhea and two were for colds. If the sister had made it clear to her, the medicine might be less effective.
As for the pallet truck... the folks are squeezing their stuff, and it's no problem to have two more, but it's a bit difficult to sell these, so I won't think about it for now.
Each family has a lot of clothes and quilts, which are also difficult to deal with.
Dad, what do you think of secretly selling two copies of the book I gave to my uncle?"
Yan Laoer opened his eyes sharply: "Then your uncle must not fight with you! Look at him and your eldest brother, they are both bookworms. They read and read every chance they get."
"And Dad, how are you preparing for the charcoal burning?"
"I made an agreement with the Qi brothers. They will look for wood at noon and try to burn it in the evening when they have a rest."
Every day during the break, the villagers spend time looking for firewood. Sometimes it is easy to find, but sometimes they have to walk a long way. Why not try the method of three bamboo slips to burn some charcoal, which is easy to carry.
"It's just an excuse to keep the wood pile far away." Yan Laoer said, he realized it and laughed: "Yes, we will burn charcoal on the day when the platform is opened, regardless of whether it is used or not."
…
The father and daughter returned to the team, and they could smell the fragrant smell of meat from a distance.
Yan Yu ran over quickly and saw that the piece of dried meat hanging on her car was missing a piece, and she laughed so hard that her eyes went out.
"Mom! Do we eat meat?"
Li Xuemei raised her hand to wipe her sweat and said with a smile: "I was lucky today. I found a small handful of wild vegetables and fried them with the meat."
She was frugal and finally waited until the second platform was opened. Li Xuemei couldn't help but want to eat something good and have some luxury.
Pour some oil, add the sliced meat, stir-fry a few times, the aroma will burst out, add a handful of wild vegetables, and stir in a little of her mixed seasoning.
Not to mention being seductive!
Everyone's eyes want to be glued to the Yan family's pot.
Even Yan Huaiwen put down his book and strolled around.
I couldn't help but glance over here.
As soon as the small table was set, the Yan family automatically returned to their seats.
As soon as the meat slices were imported, Yan Yu fell into great happiness.
Ouch! Meat is the most fragrant!
…
The Qi brothers helped find a lot of wood, both thick and thin.
This was also mentioned by Yan Laoer. He didn't know what kind of wood burned well, so he tried them all.
When they rested in the evening, the four of them walked further and found a place near the river beach.
The three brothers of the Qi family began to pile the wood upright according to Yan Laoer's instructions, then dug out river mud from the river bed that had not completely dried up, and pasted it on the pile of wood, leaving the top hole.
Stuff a handful of hay into the hole and light it.
Yan Laoer started to do it himself and dug a few small holes for ventilation at the bottom.
"That's fine, just wait."
The Qi brothers looked at each other.
Is this the end?
So simple?
Can this burn charcoal?
Where did Yan Laoer learn this unreliable method...
