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Chapter 104 Overnight
From the county seat to the prefectural city, the journey takes six days.

We set off from the county seat early in the morning when the gates of the city opened, and we traveled until midnight that night. Both people and mules and cattle couldn't bear it, so Mrs. Xu and his party had to camp in a place with a stream.

The so-called setting up a camp is nothing more than simply setting up two simple windshield sheds with tarpaulins brought from the village.

There are more than 100 households in Erdaohe Village, and there are only six livestock carts.

Of the six mule carts, Liu Laozhu's family occupied two, and Liu Jingdong's cart was sent back.Without pulling a bicycle, he recently lived in the academy and would not return to the village.

Yu Jiagun's ox cart was also requisitioned by the village, and it took more than a month to add it together. Hao Yinhua's family could not go out to do work.

The cost of the six cars along the way is money, let alone use the cars of these families for nothing, and when they go back to the village, they have to be included in the cost together with the borrowing fee.

Therefore, Mrs. Xu and the pedestrians were not even allowed to bring any luggage. They kept everything simple, only six pieces of oilcloth fanned to prevent rain, and straw mats spread flat on the car floor.The long wooden sticks used to prop up the shed were their weapons, and they brought a few long sticks because they wanted to be able to support the shed and fight, and nothing else.

I didn’t bring any thick cotton-padded clothes, so try to make the most space for the cattle car to make more money for the price difference.

When the two simple tents were set up, the shed was only high enough for Xu Tianxin and Mrs. Xu to get in without much effort. Other tall boys, such as Xu Sanshu, had to be short to get in.

Two tents were set up, one large and one small. In Liu Laozhu's words, the small one was to take care of Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin's two female relatives, without listening to their snoring.

But Mrs. Xu doubted that they would build a bigger tent.

Just one big and one small, it was her granddaughter who instructed how to build it with wooden sticks, oilcloth and stones.

At this time, Xu Tianxin took off the straw mat on the car board and spread it on the grass in the small tent.

The tent can keep out mosquitoes and the cold autumn wind, otherwise it would be very windy today, and the cold wind in the middle of the night would make people unable to sleep.

Since there were no quilts or cotton-padded clothes, six oilcloths were not enough to set up the tent, so Xu Tianxin went to get another piece, intending to use the impermeable oilcloth as a quilt to cover his body.

When Xu Tianxin was setting up the shed, Mrs. Xu was fetching water from the stream with a small clay pot borrowed from Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Xu used the torch to light up the light, and tried to use a long wooden spoon to scoop up relatively less turbid water in the middle of the stream and put it into the pot.

Speaking of pots, in fact, when I went out, I also brought a small clay pot with me.

It was originally used as a medicine pack for boiling milk. I thought it would be convenient for my granddaughter to make milk soap with a small pot.For this reason, the second son also modified a brazier at home, so that a small clay pot can sit on it, and directly burn firewood underneath, which is very convenient to use.

But this set of guys even gave a full table.

Mrs. Xu was thinking about it. She didn't even know anyone when she went to other counties to sell sets. It was impossible to live in a Datong shop and borrow pots and stoves, so she put this set of things on a hemp rope and straddled the neck of the table. Take it away.

Right now, Mrs. Liu's clay pot is used, and it looks dilapidated after not being used for many years.When I came back from approving goods in Fucheng, I always had to pass by the county to pick up the oil I bought, and then return the pot and spoon to Mr. Liu.

Mrs. Xu was scooping up water while watching what everyone was doing.

Liu Laozhu was leading four young men from the village to unload the cart. After unloading the cart, he led the six mules and cattle to the stream to let the mules and cattle drink water.

And with a tired face, he still didn't forget to soak the sweat towel that he carried with him. He didn't rush to wipe the dust on his face, but wiped the body of the mule first.

Mrs. Xu has been here for a month, and she already understands that people here value animals more than people. Many men's families have not even washed their parents' feet, but they serve the fields and large animals as if they were their ancestors.

She reminded: "Stay away from me, go downstream", she scooped up water that people can drink.

After reminding, he turned and looked at the others.

The few remaining people scattered around, or picked up or picked up some hay and dry branches, and used them to light the fire for a while.

Among these people, the third child in her family walked the furthest.

In the vast meadow, there is not even a shack nearby, let alone a village.

It was the second half of the night and today it was windy and there was no moon in the sky. Mrs. Xu could vaguely see the light of the third child’s torch. Seeing that she was going further and further away, she worried and shouted: "Just enough firewood for boiling water, come back quickly!" Who knows What will happen if one foot is deep and one foot is shallow.

Liu Laozhu admired the elder sister of the Xu family, who spent half the night on the road all day, chatted and slept late at his elder brother's house last night, and was still full of energy.

Xu Youcang didn't listen to his old lady's words, thinking to pick up more dry grass and branches, which would be enough to burn the fire in the middle of the night.

Xu Youcang was worried that his mother and niece would live outdoors and suffer from the cold without quilts and cotton clothes.

Second, he was worried that the more wild the place was, the easier it would be for wolves to come and go at night.

Xu Youcang planned not to sleep tonight, he was in good health, it would be fine if he didn't sleep for a few days.Tonight, I will sit in front of the small tent to warm up my mother and niece and guard the gate.

Fear of wolves is also the main reason why everyone no longer rushes in the dark.

I heard Uncle Lizheng say that if you go further, there will be a series of mountains, standing next to each other by the roadside.

It’s okay during the day, people don’t attract beasts, and the beasts don’t lack food and drink in autumn, and they don’t wander down the mountain casually, but it’s hard to say at night, it’s not safe to go there.

Because of this, after discussing with each other, they chose to stay in the deserted land tonight, and continue marching until tomorrow morning when they have enough sleep.

It is said that after walking for another day and a half or nearly two days, you will be able to arrive at the inn jointly opened by Boss Liu and others.Seeing the inn opened by Boss Liu also means that the journey has been halfway through.

At that time, after entering the inn, he can rest assured to sleep and recharge his energy for the next three days.

Xu Youcang was disobedient, and was still looking for hay in the distance with a torch, but thanks to the others, he came back after picking up some, otherwise Mrs. Xu would not be able to cook if she wanted to.

Mrs. Xu put a pot of water on the firewood and fired it. She opened a small palm-sized oil bag and sprinkled some salt into the water. This is the "soup".

It's not that they are reluctant, they insist on making themselves miserable, as if they can't even drink egg drop soup, it's because they can't get eggs along the way.

So when they saw water on the road, they put some salt in the water to drink. People don't have the strength to go on the road if they don't eat salt.

When there is no water, I will take out the small pickles provided by each family, and eat two bites with roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Mrs. Xu didn't bring pickles when she set off. She brought out a small jar of chili sauce, but tonight she specified that she was not willing to give it to everyone.

Even the boys in the village looked at her expectantly, shouting that the chili sauce she made was delicious, and it was delicious when spread on potatoes.

Don't hurry, I'm going to take a nap soon, what kind of hot sauce should I eat, I don't want to think about good things.

The little jar of hot sauce she brought with her was for the return trip.The mule cart on the return journey will be full of goods, and even she and her granddaughter can no longer travel by car, and have to walk, which shows how hard it is to return.

At that time, let this group of people eat better.

In Liu Laozhu's words, at least they won't let everyone eat potatoes when they come back, and they will buy some dry food to take away before leaving Fucheng.

After Mrs. Xu boiled the water, she threw the potatoes and sweet potatoes into the fire.

Remembering that Mrs. Liu's daughter-in-law had stuffed her with two ears of raw corn this morning, Mrs. Xu rummaged through the basket to find them, put a long branch on a corn rack and roasted them over the fire, and left them for her granddaughter.

Before Xu Youcang returned, Xu Tianxin had already finished eating the roasted corn in the small tent.

It's not that they avoided it on purpose, but the smell of stinky feet was very strong on the side of the big tent and near the fire.Grandpa Lizheng and those uncles took off their shoes to make things easier, and sat on the side peeling potatoes.

Mrs. Xu went into the tent, watched her granddaughter finished eating the roasted corn, and asked if she was full, and if she wanted more sweet potatoes, would she open the chili sauce for you and eat some more?

Xu Tianxin shook his head and said that he would not eat so much.

The old lady Xu didn't persuade her anymore, but took the corn cob from her granddaughter, and handed the soft corn leaves to her granddaughter: "Let's go, grandma will take you to the toilet first, and you can take it neatly." Wipe your face with the handkerchief and go to sleep."

Corn leaves are used by the granddaughter to use the toilet.

Granny Xu uses corn cobs.

The grandparents and grandchildren were covered with an oilcloth, and they covered each other with outstretched arms like eagles catching chickens.

(End of this chapter)