The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!
Chapter 58: Worry and Can’t Sleep
Tian Cuifen had a sad face. At first she didn't want to scold her wife, but she was angry and wanted to argue with the old woman Hua.
As a result, the old woman entered the cave without even making eye contact with her. She had just spread out her bedding, and when she saw so much water boiling, and the one who was lighting the fire was her eldest daughter-in-law, didn't she blurt out something?
The old men glared at him and said, "Look at what you have done. We finally found the cave, but you are just looking for trouble."
The old lady and the young wives hesitated. They were really scared by Shen Zhiqiu. But they couldn't just go their separate ways. They couldn't do that!
Shen Zhiqiu sighed, not thinking about what to do to everyone: "I'll just say a few words, ladies and aunts, if you are upset in the future, just scold your son. Your son is your son, you can scold him as much as you want. My daughter-in-law didn't eat or drink well after she married into our family.
There are no maids or old women to serve them, and they have to flee the famine along the way. They have to take care of the elderly, serve the husband, and take care of the children. It is not easy enough. The aunts and sisters-in-law were also daughters-in-law. I don’t need to tell you how difficult it is. You know the hardships best.”
Originally, he wanted to say, even if you don’t treat her as your own daughter, you should at least treat her as half a daughter, because you will have to rely on her to serve you in the future.
In the end, she swallowed the words and didn't say them out loud, because these old ladies scolded their own daughters a lot, and the key point was that many of their daughters were married to other villages.
I didn't even think about it when I left, so don't mention it and make the old ladies sad.
Although Shen Zhiqiu held back and didn't say everything, it still made the old lady and the daughters-in-law cry.
The old ladies recalled their youth when they had just gotten married and their mother-in-law only asked them to cook a little and let the men eat first. They had not had a full meal in the past few years, not to mention being scolded all the time.
The young wives think that Shen Zhiqiu is a scholar for a reason, look how sensible he is, and Li Jingshu is so lucky!
Looking at her own man, he just listened to her being scolded without saying a word. There is such a big difference between them, brothers of the same clan.
In fact, this has nothing to do with the same or different ethnic groups. The main reason is that Shen Zhiqiu considers things with modern thinking, not that he does not understand the ancient survival rules.
I feel that I will be inseparable from this group of people in the future. We will live in the same village and see each other every day. I can't keep my opinions to myself all the time, because I will be the one who feels depressed if I do.
It is better to fundamentally change their thinking so that you can live a happier life in the future.
There is a saying: People with different ideals cannot work together.
But they have to do this, can they just abandon them?
Since we can't, then fine, let's slowly change to the same "Tao".
And fundamentally, the old ladies are not bad. They may scold their daughters-in-law a few words, but at least they are not the kind that would torture their daughters-in-law beyond recognition.
Shen Zhiqiu believed there was still hope, so he said so much.
However, there was one person who felt uncomfortable, and that was Old Mrs. Hua. She now understood that her son was really being raised by someone else.
Fortunately, the third son’s wife is not like the fourth son’s wife, otherwise, with the way the third son spoils his wife, the family would be turned upside down by his wife.
Old Lady Hua rolled her eyes at Shen Zhiqiu, and just then met the flattering smile from her third son. The old lady said nothing. Forget it, as long as everyone lived in peace in the future.
Shen Zhiqiu finished speaking and went into the cave. The women outside went back to their normal business. The water boiled and they filled the bamboo tubes one by one.
There was enough hay, so we moved the cows and horses to the entrance of the cave, and used a cart to round up the horses. We lit a half circle of fire outside, and then returned to the cave to prepare for sleep.
However, this time the night shifts were divided into front and back shifts, with four people on duty for two hours in the front and four people on duty for two hours in the back.
There is no way. We still have to travel tomorrow. I’m afraid it will be like today. No one can bear it without a night’s rest.
Shen Zhiqiu was very tired, but he couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard he tried.
Shen Youyou was really sleepy, but his father was beside him, tossing and turning as if there were bugs on his body.
"What are you doing, Dad? Aren't you sleepy?"
Shen Zhiqiu turned around and looked at his daughter, and sighed again: "Oh, I'm worried. What if we can't find water later? The water we brought won't last for a few days. How much water do cows and horses drink in a day?
What's more, we don't have one or two horses, we have nearly 60 of them. It's so hot, we have to eat several times a day, and we need to drink water. There are more than 300 people, what do you think we should do if there is no water at all?"
Shen Youyou looked into his father's eyes and said, "You don't want to kill cattle and horses, do you?"
Shen Zhiqiu was helpless: "Can I think of killing cattle and horses? Without them, we can't take many things with us. But if we can't find water, they won't survive in two days. And if we really wait until we have no water at all and then cut off their water supply, I tell you, we won't survive either."
Shen Youyou definitely understands this principle, but it’s not easy to pass the Shen Luming level!
Shen Youyou was so sleepy that she could hardly open her eyes. She said dazedly, "Forget it, I'm too tired today. I'll continue to use my weapons to drip water tomorrow. The more I can save, the better. It'll be good for moistening my mouth! Go to sleep, Dad. Maybe we can find some water tomorrow."
Shen Zhiqiu saw that his daughter looked sleepy, so he stopped talking. However, he was not optimistic about finding water tomorrow. If there was water, the refugees could not be like that.
And there was something he didn't say, which was that there were so many mosquitoes. If the road remained like this, the cattle and horses would be bitten by the mosquitoes and get sick, and it would be very likely that the disease would be transmitted to them.
Aren’t there enough cases of infection from these animals? We can’t put hoods on cows and horses, we don’t have those cloths!
After sighing in his heart again, Shen Zhiqiu closed his eyes. Even if he couldn't sleep, he had to keep his eyes shut because he had to travel the next day.
Hunter Gao was also whispering to his family, "Let's not quarrel when things go wrong. It's too difficult right now. Ask the boys who are exploring the way. There's no water on the road, not even a wet piece of land.
The third child is in trouble. We can't help him, but at least we shouldn't make things worse."
Grandma Gao also scolded her daughter-in-law today, and nodded quickly: "I know, stop nagging and go to bed."
As soon as it was daybreak, the women got up to prepare dry food. Since they had boiled water yesterday, they made pancakes. Today, most families made pancakes made from a mixture of corn and flour. After being tired from the journey, they just wanted to eat something better.
Old Mrs. Shen’s daughters-in-law made it directly with white flour.
It’s not that the old lady wanted to be extravagant, but they had no coarse grains at home, so Shen Zhiqiu bought fine rice and noodles in the county town.
There are newly harvested corn kernels, but there is nothing for them to grind into cornmeal.
Dried corn kernels are so hard, how can we eat them without grinding them into powder?
However, the noise from cooking was not loud, and the volume was deliberately controlled because the person who was on duty last night had not woken up yet.
Shen Zhiqiu didn't wake up either, because he didn't sleep at all in the first half of the night. He didn't want to disturb his family, so he went to watch the first half of the night with the men.
Today, when they woke up, the men said, "We can't make more trouble. The three brothers were so worried that they couldn't sleep last night."
Master Shen, Old Man Shen, and Old Lady Hua were all very distressed.
Even Li Quan said to Da Hu and Er Hu, "Hey! Uncle is a very grateful person. He helped me when I was studying, and he has almost repaid me after all these years. He has been supporting me all the way and always thinks ahead. I hope they won't let Uncle down!"
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