After Du Laoer calmed down, he drove the carriage to buy some quilts.
When the road is bumpy, putting quilts in the car can save your wife and daughter from suffering.
Then Du Laoer took Ling Bao to the iron shop and bought three hunting knives.
Including the three knives he asked his sons to buy, there are six knives in total, just enough for him and his sons to have one each.
These hunting knives are handy weapons that can be used to deal with evildoers with bad intentions on the road.
In addition, the six of them are naturally born with supernatural powers, and Du Laoer will teach his sons some martial arts on weekdays.
When the time comes and one person holds a machete, to be honest, their family can be stronger than a thirty-man escort.
Du Laoer is extremely proud of this.
They had walked half a street, and Du Laoer took Lingbao to a few more shops.
Du Youling was curious about everything he saw during the whole process. After all, it had been a long time since he had seen such an antique and ancient shop.
Under the eaves of green bricks and green tiles, customers are hiding from the sun from time to time, and customers are coming in and out of the rows of shops.
It was quite lively.
Although there has not yet been a rush to buy supplies in the county, the tension can be seen in the calm atmosphere.
Du Laoer went to Dongshi and bought ten catties of salt, twenty catties of sugar, five large jars of lard, and made one hundred catties of spirits.
He had been on the battlefield and knew that if he was injured on the road, the strong alcohol would be able to disinfect the wound and prevent it from becoming inflamed and pus-producing.
Then Du Laoer took his daughter to the grocery store and bought two hundred catties of dried vegetables, two hundred catties of bacon, two hundred catties of salted fish, and two baskets of eggs.
I bought another 10 large jars of pickles. The pickles in the county are better than those in their town.
Oil and water are added to it, as well as some spices and dogwood. It is also very good to eat pancakes on the road.
Finally, he weighed twenty kilograms of preserved fruit for Ling Bao and let her eat it as a snack on the way.
These are not packed into Lingbao's space, they are placed in the carriage.
They couldn't go home. The family discovered that they didn't buy anything.
After buying the things, Du Laoer took his precious daughter back home and drove the carriage to the town.
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When we arrived in town, we happened to see several sons at the intersection of the town, getting ready to go back to Willow Village.
So, the fifth father and his youngest daughter rushed home together.
By the time we got home, it was getting dark.
The last orange-red sunset in the sky has disappeared into the sky, and there are still the sounds of a few families talking in Liushu Village.
Most of them have gone to bed early.
During this period of drought, every family is short of food and saves food. Most people skip dinner at night and go to bed early so they won't be hungry.
Du Laoer took his son and daughter home and put all the things he bought in the backyard.
Li Yueniang prepared dinner and helped me unload the things.
Everyone was busy for a while and it was done.
In the main room, a dim oil lamp illuminated the area.
Seven people sat around the table to have dinner, and the atmosphere was particularly warm.
Before the bowls and chopsticks were put away, Li Yueniang asked her husband:
"Tomorrow, I have to send a message to the restaurant in town to ask Xiao Wu to come back."
Du Laoer thought for a moment and said, "I won't go tomorrow, lest I call him back when it's not his day off and attract other people's attention. The day after tomorrow happens to be his day off, so I'll go the day after tomorrow."
Moreover, my uncle told me that there was a lot of luggage there, and it would take two days to pack it even if I hurry up. We will continue to clean up tomorrow and ask the boss to go to town to pick up Xiaowu at dawn the next day. "
"Okay, it's up to you."
The second and fourth children in the family also came back today. Not only did they study hard, they were also smarter than the other.
Especially the second child, who matures early, and ordinary adults are no match for him when it comes to scheming.
The sons are back, and Du Laoer's courage has become lighter. The family has to discuss what else to prepare.
Du Erlang said: "Dad, let's sort out the things in the backyard now."
"good."
The group of people put down the dishes and went to the backyard. The lamps were lit in the courtyard. This was not the time to worry about the money for lamp oil.
The good thing is that the Du family put a lot of effort into repairing the yard, and the fence in the backyard was built high and thick.
Even if they kept the lights on all night, they would not be noticed by their neighbors.
In the backyard, Du Laoer didn't mention the grain that Mr. Liu sent them. He only mentioned the 1,500 kilograms of grain that his uncle gave them. I'm still in the county town now. I'll bring him over with my uncle from the Li family later.
He doesn't want to reveal his daughter's space for the time being. It has nothing to do with anything else. He just thinks that this is an opportunity given to his daughter by the old god, and he doesn't want to let too many people know about it.
Everyone started to deal with the things they bought, first the sons bought them in the town.
The first is three mules plus a carriage, which are large objects and are their main means of transportation on the road.
Then there is the food on the car. You can’t buy much rice in the town, and most people eat miscellaneous grains on weekdays.
So Du Dalang bought 200 kilograms of rice, 200 kilograms of noodles, and 600 kilograms of corn.
Du Xingjian opened the carriage of the mule cart, pointed the grain bag to his father and said, "Dad, I pretended to be buying from a wealthy family, so no one would be suspicious when I bought so much grain."
"Very good, you did a good job, boss." Du Laoer patted his eldest son on the shoulder and praised him.
Then there are some useful items and food bought by the sons.
The sons bought twenty sacks to hold their things.
Two large stacks of greaseproof paper can be used to store the prepared dry food:
Just lay the oil paper flat on the bottom of the sack, then put a large piece of oil paper around it, roll it into a roll, and stick it around the sack. One person is holding the sack and the oil paper, and the other is loading the dry food cakes. When the cakes are stacked, the oil paper also stands upright, close to the sack.
The advantage of packaging dry food in this way is that the oil paper is moisture-proof and rainproof, which can keep the cakes dry to the maximum extent and facilitate long-term storage.
From yesterday to today, Li Yueniang put a total of five sacks of dry pancakes and two sacks of fried rice. These can be eaten directly after taking them out. It is most convenient to eat these on the road.
The sons bought another 100 jins of dried vegetables, 100 jins of bacon, 50 jins of salted fish, and five jins of salt in earthen jars.
There weren't many things in the town, and my sons were smart enough to buy everything they could.
The brothers loved Ling Bao very much and weighed her twenty kilograms of various snacks for her to eat on the way.
Finally, there were 8 mats and 8 sets of cotton-padded clothes and trousers, which Du Erlang asked me to buy.
Du Erlang Du Hongyu said: "On our way out of the desert, we often had to sleep in the wilderness without access to villages or shops when it was dark. At this time, it was much better to spread the mat on the ground than to sleep directly on the ground.
"As for the cotton-padded clothes, I guess dad will go north to the capital. The winter there is very cold, and it will probably be winter when we arrive. My mother originally said she would wait until autumn to make the new cotton-padded clothes at home, but now she has no time to do so. Just buy it ready-made. Although it’s a little more expensive, it’s certainly much cheaper than in the capital.”
Du Laoer nodded repeatedly after hearing this. Otherwise, his second son was the smartest and thoughtful one.
Look, the third child didn't mention anything when he picked him up. This kid could guess that they were going north, not to the south, the land of plenty.
And I can still think of arriving in the capital in half a year. It will be cold and the new cotton clothes at home have not been made yet.
It can only be said that Erlang is fortunately his son. If not, he would have snatched a talent like Erlang back to his daughter.
What kind of thinking is this? What is the talent of being an official?
Du Laoer has always been generous in praising his children: "Yes, Erlang always thinks long-term, and this time it's even better. You thought of it even when dad didn't think of it. It's really good."
After all, Du Hongyu was only 14 years old. His father praised him like this, which made him blush a little.
Du Youling, who had excellent eyesight, felt happy when she saw that her second brother, who had always had a superior IQ, was a little shy.
But she didn't dare to laugh at her second brother blatantly.
He quickly covered his mouth with his chubby hands and smiled secretly.
Fortunately, the candlelight was dim and the second brother in the yard didn't see her snickering at him.
If he finds out, he will make fun of her again.
Because the second brother has been smart since he was a child, he always dotes on her, but he also loves to tease her the most.
When she was a child, the second brother could go to high places and feed her mulberries that others could not reach. In summer, he would go up to the mountains to pick various fruits for her.
The other brothers also pick them for her all day long.
But only what the second brother picked was the sweetest, and what the eldest brother picked was also very good. The fifth brother was not at home often, but half of what the third and fourth brothers picked were very sour.
