Space Food Storage: Daily Travel

A person's energy is limited.

After breakfast, Liu Yuhan told the two elders and her parents what happened in her dream last night, and their expressions instantly became solemn.

Liu Yuhan didn't bother to say anything soothing. He told them that if fleeing famine was unavoidable, they needed to prepare some tools, and a wheelbarrow was essential.

After waking up from a dream last night, Liu Yuhan used Baidu on his mobile phone to look up the shape of the ancient wooden wheelbarrow and drew it with a pencil.

When Liu Daling heard his granddaughter say she wanted to make a wheelbarrow, he took the blueprint. His eldest son, Liu Shihu, knew how to do some handicrafts.

Liu Shihu, his late father-in-law, and his brother-in-law, Li Dazhu and Li Erzhu, had learned a lot from him. If there was a lot to do, he would ask him to bring his brothers along.

Before his death, his father-in-law held on for a while and entrusted his son to the care of Liu Daling and his elders. Although his three children had already started their own families, he felt that he could die in peace because he had the protection of his elders.

If they really had to flee the famine, they would definitely have to take their family with them. Perhaps the other young wives had the same idea. This was a big deal, so they discussed how to properly tell the village chief.

This matter cannot be implicated in Xiaohan's affairs. This is a major issue for the whole village, and Xiaohan cannot be the only one who is busy and giving advice on everything.

Fortunately, Liu Mang, his adopted nephew, was quite convinced by his uncle's words, and Liu Daling was mysteriously confident about this.

In fact, if we really want to convince someone, then Mrs. Jiang is definitely more important. You know, my father Liu Xiaoman feels that his eldest brother is sometimes unreliable and prefers to listen to his sister-in-law.

Yesterday, the villagers had already pooled their money to buy a number of water bags. Today's mission, besides finding food and herbs in the mountains, was to fill them all up for emergencies.

The water we usually use is still collected from nearly dry wells and mountains.

With water and a small amount of food, the village chief felt relieved. He was such a caring village chief.

I have to talk about Liu Laizi. He didn't go with us to dig yam on the first day and no one knew where he went. When he came back in the evening and saw the yam given to him by the village chief, he suspiciously cooked it with millet and ate half a bowl himself. After half an hour, when he found that he was fine, he dared to give it to his silly mother.

The next day he got up very early and went to dig yam with everyone. He had gone up the mountain with them for the past two days, but he just wandered around here and there, reluctant to exert any effort, looking cunning.

The village chief saw it all.

When they gave him the yams, they only gave the others 1/2. Liu Laizi was furious! But seeing that everyone was staring at him with eager eyes, as if they were going to beat him up if he was not satisfied, he immediately became timid. Although his name was Liu Neng, he really couldn't...

I don't know what Liu Daling said to his younger brother and the village chief's nephew. He assigned five strong laborers to follow Liu Shihu to the mountain to cut wood.

Liu Shihu and Li Shi didn't know about Liu Yuhan's dream. But they were obedient. They didn't dare disobey their parents, and their words must make sense.

Li went to Xiaoshi Village early in the morning to look for her two brothers, fearing that they had followed the villagers into the mountains to dig yams and would not be found.

Mrs. Li felt that her daughter's complexion had improved a lot in the past few days after she had been with her eldest niece, and she no longer gasped for breath when she ran a little.

I've been eating well these past few days, and my face has gained some weight. My two sons, Liu Yang and Liu Guang, have also become stronger.

Liu Shihu and his wife expressed their gratitude to their niece.

I also learned that my eldest niece had been given a lot of food and cloth because she had saved someone in town. The whole family ate the food and used the cloth as well.

Inwardly, he admired his niece's abilities and secretly made up his mind to help her. He also privately instructed his two sons and daughter to help Liu Yuhan with the work and not to complain.

With the help of Li Dazhu and Li Erzhu, and a team of nearly 10 people, progress was accelerated. Some chopped down trees, while others crafted parts. This was a simplified wooden wheelbarrow, and the blueprints were simple enough for Li Dazhu and his brother to understand. They marveled at how much less effort it would take to push or pull something on their own.

Today, Liu Yang and his brothers went to the mountains to collect herbs. Liu Yuhan prepared plenty of large steamed buns from Northeast China for them, and each of them had a water bag filled with salt and sugar water, which they had been drinking for the past few days. Sweating a lot and replenishing salt and sugar water is good for the body.

None of their family members participated in digging yams. Old Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Li took the women and elderly people who stayed in the village to clean and dry the herbs.

Near noon, Liu Yuhan took his mother to the kitchen to work. They poured a lot of white flour into the wooden basin, added some black flour at home, mixed them together, and prepared to make dumplings.

The white flour was sent by Xiao Yan, along with two bags of white flour and white rice. Liu Yuhan poured some yeast, white sugar, and a little lard into the flour and stirred it with warm water.

My mother, who is strong, is responsible for kneading the dough. In hot weather, she kneads half of the dough after it has risen for about 15 minutes, makes the buns, and then leaves it in the pot for about 15 minutes before steaming it over high heat for another 15 minutes.

The other half of the flour is used to make dumplings, with pork and cabbage filling, less pork and more cabbage. The filling is slightly frozen in the air, so that it is easier to wrap.

The two of them finished wrapping the buns and continued steaming them. After steaming the steamed buns, Liu Yuhan set aside some and put them into the space since no one was paying attention. Liu Shi was no longer surprised.

Her job was to help cover up when her daughter was about to make these. After the buns were steamed, some were left, and most of them were put into the space.

At noon, everyone went back home. Those who had lunch included Li Dazhu and his brother, except for the family members who went up the mountain to collect herbs. They moved the dining table into the main room and called Li Dazhu and his brother to eat.

The two brothers were a little restrained. They were shocked to see that the adults' lunch was a large steamed bun and a large dumpling for each person, as well as a bowl of brown rice porridge and two bowls of "wild vegetables".

Although I learned from my sister that it was a gift from a guest. You can't do this to such a large family. Even if they come, you don't have to be so polite.

A younger brother is meant to be ordered around.

But seeing how normal my sister and her family looked, I didn’t say much and just started eating in silence.

The steamed buns were soft and delicious. The more they ate, the more delicious they became. The taste was indescribable. If they weren't embarrassed at my sister's house, they would have saved some and taken them back for their wives and children. They were even better than the meat buns you buy in town.

After the two brothers finished their meal, they had another bowl of refreshing chrysanthemum tea. They sighed contentedly: "This is what normal life should be like." Life at their sister's house seemed better, and they, as younger brothers, felt relieved.

A few days ago, when they saw their sister coming to them with a worried look on her face to borrow money, they thought that since they had some skills, they could do more and secretly support their sister if she needed it.

Although his wife is a good person, he doesn't want to cause trouble and make people look down on his sister and brother-in-law's family.

Good intentions will surely bring good rewards.

With more energy and a full stomach, they sped up, their work becoming increasingly smoother. They only needed to finish the main planks and air the wood for a few days before they could be assembled. The most important thing was the shape of the wheels and axles, how to make the cart run more smoothly. Liu Yuhan didn't understand these things, so he didn't interfere.

The wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated. Many major inventions are derived from ancient times. It is truly rare that they were able to achieve these achievements in harsh environments and within the existing knowledge field.

Modern people are more concerned about convenience. Only by standing on the shoulders of our predecessors can we stand higher.

Liu Yuhan was thinking about what to do with the cart now that it was made. There were 30 households in Liujia Village, 10 of which were hunters. Together with their family, there were about 30 adult hunters.

Of course, there are strong and weak people everywhere.

Most hunters, like Liu Shinan, had bows and arrows, and even the most basic ones were made of wood. Therefore, it was necessary to carve more bows and arrows out of bamboo. This task was also handed over to Liu Daling, Liu Shinan, who was asked to speak to the village chief.

You must be able to protect yourself when fleeing famine. If you don’t have enough force, having the right tools is the most important thing.

In addition to bows and arrows, which about 10 households have, the remaining 20 households, ordinary families, will have a hoe, an axe, and a kitchen knife because of farming. These are tools for fleeing famine and self-defense.

If the family members couldn’t get some, they would make some wooden sticks. They could be used to “stir up trouble” when walking, save some effort on steep slopes, and could also be used as tools when necessary.

Well, although the tools are a bit backward, it’s better to have them than not.