Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Xu Han suddenly thought of something, and then hurried back to the kitchen, took out a small wooden basin, and added some cold boiled water, jam and honey into the basin.

After stirring evenly, he returned to the bathroom and placed the wooden basin into the large water tank.

Seeing what Xu Han was doing, Lu Chuan looked puzzled and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'm going to make some popsicles. You can drink them with cold boiled water. Add honey and jam to them and they'll freeze for a while before you can eat them directly. They're especially delicious when they're cold. You'll know in the evening. Let's go! Let's get to work first."

After saying that, he pulled Lu Chuan to cut the pea seedlings that had not been cut in the morning.

After harvesting the pea seedlings, she started to harvest broad beans. When Xu Han felt tired, she would go back home and take out a large chilled watermelon from the large water tank in the backyard.

After cutting the food, he handed it to Lu Chuan. The two of them ate while taking a rest, and then continued to work after they finished eating.

I was busy until it became dark and I could not see anything, then I got up and walked home.

After arriving home, Xu Han took a short rest and then pulled Lu Chuan into the bathroom.

"Lu Chuan, look, we succeeded. These are real ice cubes. We made them." Xu Han said excitedly.

Lu Chuan also seemed very excited. He touched it with his hand and took a look. Seeing that it was already frozen solid, he said, "It looks like it was successful. I'll take it out and have a look."

After taking out the bucket, I tried to pour it but nothing came out, so I took it out and left it outside to melt for a while before removing the film.

Seeing this, Xu Han quickly said, "Put another bucket in there! This saltpeter can still be used!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Chuan did as Xu Han said and placed another bucket, filling it with water.

Xu Han saw that the popsicle next to her was also frozen, so she took it out, but when she took it out, she was confused again. How could she eat such a big popsicle? She was really stupid. Why didn't she think of it?

Seeing that Xu Han, who was originally very excited, suddenly had a gloomy face, Lu Chuan asked cautiously, "What's wrong with my wife?"

"I think I did something really stupid. How can we eat such a big piece of ice? Why didn't I use a small container?"

It was rare for Lu Chuan to see his wife with this expression, and he couldn't help but laugh, "Hahahahaha, my wife, you are so cute!"

"You're still laughing. I won't give you any food. Just watch me eat!"

Then Xu Han came to the kitchen with the popsicle bowl, intending to chop the ice into pieces with a knife.

Seeing this, Lu Chuan quickly took the basin from Xu Han's hand and said, "Let me do it! Don't hurt yourself again."

Xu Han didn't try to be stubborn and obediently handed the small wooden basin to Lu Chuan. Lu Chuan then used the back of a knife to crack the ice a few times and the ice broke into pieces.

Xu Han took a piece and put it in her mouth, then said, "It's delicious, icy, cool, sour and sweet. It's so blissful to eat a popsicle on a hot day."

Lu Chuan also imitated Xu Han to eat ice cubes. After a day's work, it was so blissful to eat a piece of ice.

Although ice is delicious, you can't eat too much as it will hurt your stomach. After everyone ate a little, Xu Han put the ice into the space.

They poured the ice in the big wooden barrel into a big wooden basin, and placed it in the room to cool it down. The two of them ate the food in the space directly in the room.

It was such a hot day that Xu Han didn’t even want to cook. Fortunately, there was a lot of food in the space, enough for two people to eat for a long time.

While eating, Lu Chuan said, "How about using the water tank to make another bucket of ice? This one takes too long to make, and I guess it won't be enough for us tomorrow."

"I'm thinking of making another bucket too! But I have to water the plants again tomorrow, so the big tub at home won't be enough and the watering speed will be much slower."

"We have harvested the broad beans and peas today, so we don't need to water so much land. When we have time in a few days, we will go to the county town and buy a few more large tubs for making ice."

"That's fine. Can you help me cut some thin bamboos tomorrow? I want to use bamboo tubes to make popsicles, but the bamboo tubes at home are too thick. Can you bring me some thin bamboo tubes?" Xu Han asked.

Lu Chuan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then I will go hunting tomorrow near the bamboo forest in the mountains, but it is quite far from home, and it may be dark when I come back tomorrow. Is it okay for you to stay home alone?"

"It's okay. I won't go far. I'll stay close to home. I'll come back home when it gets dark."

Lu Chuan hesitated for a moment, and agreed. Although the drought is serious now, the water resources in the deep mountains are not particularly scarce, and large animals should not come here, so he said

"Then I'll leave the black dots, glutinous rice balls, and rice balls for you tomorrow. When it gets dark, lock the gate and don't go out. I'll try to come back early."

"Okay, don't travel at night. It's late, so don't hunt. Come back early."

"It's okay. At worst I can go earlier and I will definitely be back early by then."

After hearing what Lu Chuan said, Xu Han stopped talking. Lu Chuan was also a man with his own ideas and he would definitely not put himself in danger.

After dinner, the two of them went to bed early. Let's make some ice today! In the next few days, we will use the ice cubes in the space, and then go to the county town to buy a new bathtub to make a lot of ice.

No one knew what the situation was like down the mountain, and the two had been waiting for a long time but received no news.

But the situation should not be particularly bad. After all, although the water level in the mountains has dropped, it is still enough to maintain the ecological balance.

As Xu Han was thinking, she fell asleep in a daze.

When she woke up again, Lu Chuan was no longer around. Xu Han remembered that it was still dark when Lu Chuan got up. She didn't know when he left.

The ice in the room had melted long ago, and now only some cold water was left in the wooden basin.

Xu Han poured the water in the wooden basin directly into the chive field. Recently, the water used in daily life would no longer be poured directly into the sewer as before, but would be directly poured into the vegetable field.

Then he went back to the bathroom to collect the ice cubes into the space, continued to add new water into it, and made ice again.

After finishing all these, Xu Han started to eat today's breakfast. After breakfast, she went to the backyard to feed the livestock.

The weather was quite hot, so even the chickens, ducks and geese ate less. After feeding them, Xu Han added some water to them and then walked out of the yard with Yumi.