After everything is installed and the car is set up, everyone is ready to hit the road.
Except for Liu Sanli, who was sitting in the car in front, everyone else was walking beside him.
Liu Sanli was too embarrassed to do anything, but he happened to be good at driving a car. He didn't need his legs anyway, so he just had to keep them flat.
The shaft of the cart is relatively wide, and there is a wooden board across the front, which is just right for placing your legs on it. There is a thick straw mat underneath, and everything in the back is tied up, and you can lean on it, so it is comfortable to sit there.
In this way, everyone is relaxed, except of course the donkey.
We slept all night last night and had a full meal in the morning. Everyone was in good spirits, so we walked thirty or forty miles in one breath before stopping.
Although the mountain road here is not flat, it is fairly wide. So walking is not very strenuous.
And there aren't too many mountains here, they're not steep, and the woods aren't very dense, so it's fairly safe.
Until noon, they walked to a relatively flat place, found an open space and stopped, preparing to make a fire here to cook.
Before lighting the fire, Yang Dashan said: "Don't rush to light the fire now. Shuan Zhu and I will go to the top of the nearby mountain to take a look. Don't look back when the smoke rises and exposes our position."
Qingyan stopped them and said, "Just let Chou Chou go. It climbed to the tallest tree nearby and can see further."
Their current location is halfway up a mountain. The view is not good if it is too low, and it is easy to be exposed if it is too high, so this location is actually the best.
Let Chou Chou go. Firstly, it climbs trees easily, and secondly, its eyesight is good and it can see farther. It can see two or three miles around.
It’s too far away to be seen, and it doesn’t matter if there’s anyone there or not.
After all, they didn't set fire to the mountain, or deliberately create smoke. Even if the smoke rose, it would dissipate quickly, and it would be impossible to see it if they were far away.
When Chou Chou came back, they were still waiting and did not take out the things to save the trouble of putting them back if necessary.
Seeing Chou Chou shaking his head, he started to take it out.
They built two earthen stoves with gravel from the ground, set up pots and filled them with water.
I also took out the straw fan, thinking that if it didn't work, someone would use a fan to disperse the smoke, and it shouldn't be a big problem.
Everything else about this place is good, it is flat, spacious and shaded by trees. The only drawback is that there is no water source.
There was no way, they were in the northwest and there wasn't much water. If there hadn't been a river where they lived, four or five villages wouldn't have been built in such a small area, just because water was harder to come by in other places.
Fortunately, before they left, they filled the empty earthen jars and wooden barrels with water, and covered them with lids and tied them tightly. Just like that, a lot of water was spilled on the bumpy journey.
It's enough for eating and drinking, but don't even think about washing up.
Qingyan looked at the half bucket of water left and thought that water was also a problem.
There is water in Chou Chou's space. It not only collects a lot of fragrant spiritual spring water (although it has turned into ordinary water) but also stores a lot of drinks.
That’s right, drinks.
This guy is greedy and often secretly hides drinks bought by her parents in his own space.
Later, when my mother found out, she bought a batch for it and let it collect it and drink it.
There are also canned fruits in Xiangxiang Space. These are all machines that my father got back. He bought glass bottles and made them himself in the space.
It didn’t have any additives, and it also contained spiritual spring water, not to mention the taste. I planned to save it for the family to eat, but this guy took half of it, which was hundreds of bottles!
The problem is that in its space, the spiritual spring water is completely useless, even if it is sealed in a can.
These two guys, Chou Chou and Xiang Xiang, are worthy of being old enemies, and they are truly incompatible with each other.
The premise now is that these cannot be taken out, at least those glass bottles and plastic buckets cannot be explained.
Fortunately, Chou Chou also brought back some good news. He sent a message to Qingyan: "When I was looking at the tree just now, in the direction we were walking, there should be a water source in the distance. I just don't know if the water is clean or not. Drink, it’s too far away to see clearly, but I can see a reflection.”
Qingyan was happy when she heard it. As long as there were supplies, it was better than no supplies along the way.
The men collected firewood and the women cooked. Everyone divided the work and cooperated. Lanhua and Qingyan had nothing to do and just watched from the side.
Yang Dashan brought some grass nearby and fed it to the donkeys. Fortunately, there is no shortage of such things in summer.
In particular, it would be better to let go of the donkey and let it eat by itself, but Liu Sanli was still sitting in the car, and there were many things on the car. To unload the donkey, there must be a shelf under the car's shaft, otherwise it would be Things will probably fall off.
The trees on both sides are straight, there are no crooked trees or giant rocks. We can only continue to stand on the donkey.
To be honest, it takes a while to eat something for more than a dozen people.
The main reason is that they don't have stone mills to grind flour, otherwise they can prepare dry food in advance, which will save much trouble.
It's just that the weather is hot, so I can only make enough for one day, and it will spoil if I can't finish it.
But now I can only make do and cook some oatmeal vegetables into a paste.
The firewood they picked up was not dry, and it looked hard to burn.
Because of the summer, everything was green and green. It was not easy to pick up a few dead branches, but they were still a little damp.
Even on the roadside and in the shade of trees, there is still a lot of moisture on the ground.
Everyone finally lit a fire, but suddenly there was smoke.
Liu Sanli couldn't help but said: "Why don't you put a piece of coal in and put the firewood aside to bake for a while and then it will burn."
Yang Dashan's family clapped their hands and said: "Really, why did we forget that we still have coal and stone! One piece is probably enough for cooking. We can still use it at night after the firewood is dried."
After striking the iron, there is still a lot of coal left, which can be used for cooking.
Not to mention that the smoke from that thing is small, it still burns for a long time. When you leave, just put it out and bury it with soil.
And they can also slightly reduce the weight of the donkey cart. Anyway, as they go south, it will only get hotter and hotter. Maybe they can burn it to keep warm in winter.
For them, it is better to use it now. If it is seen in any town later, it will be dangerous. After all, civilians cannot have this thing, and it must be reported.
Although Liu Sanli originally worked in the coal kiln, there are no people in the coal kiln now, and it is useless to talk about it. In addition, the world is so chaotic now, and they, the people at the bottom, don't care what they say. They can just charge you with anything. , it is estimated that all the belongings are included in this.
Even people may be caught, but they may not be able to escape intact...
