Space Food Storage: Daily Travel

The most inconvenient thing about fleeing famine is going to the toilet. Everyone has three urgent needs, so how can you not be urgent?

Especially the women, in order to find a hidden place, they really put in a lot of effort like detectives. Although it was a year of famine, a woman's reputation was just as important.

Liu Yuhan was glad to be able to use the restroom and wash up in the space. She also wanted to bring Old Lady Jiang and the others in, as they might be able to help her with the work.

She tried but it didn't work. Now, every time Old Lady Jiang and Lady Liu escorted her into the space, they were extremely vigilant, fearing that any negligence would harm their child.

After breakfast, everyone prepared to set off.

The village chief led everyone to kneel down and kowtow towards their hometown, sighing incessantly.

Once they left, they didn't know if they would ever come back. The families of the elderly people who stayed behind in Xiaoshi Village especially couldn't stop crying, crying for their own incompetence and for the fact that the elderly people followed them but could not have a good end.

The team headed eastwards, heading in the opposite direction from the capital, towards the next city, Wu'an.

After walking along the official road for a while, they came across the team in front of them. The team was sparse and shapeless, forming a sharp contrast with their team.

Seeing them stop to look, Village Chief Liu stopped and signaled everyone to follow closely. The heads of households and strong young men standing on the periphery took up machetes if they had them, and used sticks if they didn't. The women, holding their children, followed closely, moving to the side and overtaking the group ahead.

They walked for an hour, then rested for a quarter of an hour. Liu Yuhan put Xiao Si down from his back. Xiao Si and Xiao Wu's short legs made them walk too slowly. They ran while others walked. Their family members felt sorry for their youngest, so they occasionally took turns carrying them.

Liu Yuhan secretly stuffed a piece of candy into his mouth and gave him a few more, asking him to secretly share them with his brothers and sisters. The family had finally managed to get some meat in the past 10 days.

Everyone was covered in dust, sweat and heat, and the more they sweated, the more they needed water.

Adults can bear it, but children always need to drink water. I don’t know how many days the water we stored in the mountains can last.

Liu Yuhan was not worried that her family would have no water to drink. There was water in the space, but she had to find a suitable opportunity to take it out, otherwise she would not take the risk.

After a good rest, we continued walking. Near noon, the sun was like a fireball scorching the earth. The soil on the ground was hot and all the grass beside the official road died.

Liu Yuhan kept covering her face with a cloth, leaving only her eyes exposed. Her hair was casually tied into a bun, and she wore a straw hat on her head. The weather was so hot that it was unbearable to have the head exposed to the sun, so everyone wore straw hats consciously.

Liu Yuhan finally stopped to rest when his feet were shaking from walking, and rested for half an hour at noon.

Everyone tried to sit in the shade. The two brothers Liu Shinan propped up the straw mat with two sticks and asked the two elders to have a rest and eat cold steamed buns for lunch.

It’s not convenient with too many people, so we can only secretly add snacks at night.

Liu Yuhan said hello to Mrs. Liu, went into the space to take care of his physiological problems, replenish some water, and drink a bottle of Huo Qizheng perfume.

Move the mobile wood stove out of the room and prepare to make pork belly rice for dinner.

Fry the pork belly to remove excess oil, add corn kernels, carrots, peas, and the pork belly, and the washed rice and simmer together. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for about half an hour. This dish contains both meat and vegetables, and is nutritionally balanced.

After the rice is cooked, use two large water bags to take the cooked and cooled chrysanthemum tea out of the room and share it with family members.

I also used a separate water bag and poured some Huoqizhengxiang perfume into it. This is the most effective medicine for relieving heat.

When I left the space, I saw that everyone was listless. I originally wanted to give the village chief some cooling and heat-relieving medicine to make for everyone to drink. I thought I'd do it at night. I'm afraid it would be difficult to get water for making tea. It's understandable that everyone is selfishly protecting their own water bags.

While they were resting, the people behind them caught up and sat down at a distance not too far away.

Along the way, Liu Laizi tied a long piece of cloth around his waist and another piece around his mother's hand.

He would push the wheelbarrow. If he needed to relieve himself, he would ask his neighbor Aunt Liu to help look after his crazy mother. In return, he would help Aunt Liu and Brother Liu with some rough work for free.

Aunt Liu was his neighbor, so she naturally knew Liu Laizi better. She knew that Liu Laizi was not what people outside said he was.

Although he was a little eccentric and made some mistakes, it was commendable that a boy without parents grew up like this, did not starve to death, and took excellent care of his crazy mother.

Over the past ten years, Aunt Liu had often visited Liu Laizi's home, helping his crazy mother with a simple bath and cleaning up, and repeatedly teaching her some common sense. Liu Laizi's mother, only in her early 40s, was mostly quiet. Although she was a bit slow-witted and had the temperament of a three or four-year-old, some instinctive life skills were probably ingrained in her bones. Aunt Liu often taught her, and she had a general understanding of them.

Liu Laizi came back from the toilet and walked towards their resting place. From a distance, he saw three people sneaking towards that place. Before he could get close, the three people quickly grabbed the wheelbarrow next to his crazy mother.

My mother screamed in fear and consciously protected their tricycle.

This is his son's unicycle, his son's treasure, she can't let anyone else take it away!

The crazy mother was pushed down by one of the men and screamed in pain. Liu Laizi's eyes were bloodshot and he ran over like a fly. Aunt Liu, who was playing with the baby nearby, also screamed and hurried to help the crazy mother up and shouted loudly.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! Someone is stealing something!"

Everyone was resting their eyes. Liu Laizi and the others were sitting in the shade, some distance away from the others, so no one paid much attention.

Hearing Aunt Liu's loud shout, everyone stood up nervously and looked around. The strong men from Liujia Village picked up their weapons and ran over there.

At this moment, Liu Laizi was fighting with three people.

He didn't have any moves, relying solely on his ruthlessness, kicking, biting, and scratching. "If you dare to touch my mother, I will kill you!" He was just a miserable life. If it weren't for his mother, who was like a child and needed his protection, he wouldn't be living like this, lingering on and being despised by others.

When Crazy Mother saw him being beaten, she broke free from Aunt Liu's hand, ran over to protect her son, and was also beaten a few times.

"Mom, go away and leave me alone! Don't hit my mom! I'll fight you!"

Fortunately, everyone arrived. Seeing this, the three wanted to run away, but how could they let them escape? The young men subdued them in a few moves.

Liu Laizi was beaten black and blue in the face. He limped to see his mother. When he saw his mother's beaten face, he yelled and ran to the three men, punching and kicking them again.

The three men were restrained and could only allow him to beat them. Everyone pretended not to hear their pleas. When the beating was almost over, the village chief coughed and asked someone to pull him away. Liu Laizi was still groaning with anger like a cow.

Liu Laizi ran to his mother again and kept asking her where it hurt. Seeing his bruised face and nose, his mother shed silent tears and did not dare to touch his face. She held his head and blew on his injured face.

"Mom, I'm fine. Where does it hurt?" Liu Laizi cried.

"Don't cry, boy. Don't cry, boy." The crazy mother wiped his tears again.

Everyone was filled with emotion when they saw this scene. They were even more angry at these three people. They had just escaped from the famine and were being robbed. Damn it, if you have the ability, why don't you rob the bandits?

The village chief asked if Liu Laizi and his mother had been injured. Relieved to learn they were only superficially injured, he interrogated them and learned they were a group of scoundrels from a nearby village. He ordered his captors to search the three of them, finding less than 200 coins in total. After threatening and intimidating them, he drove them away and gave the entire 200 coins to Liu Laizi.

Liu Yuhan, who was standing next to him, had a much better impression of Liu Laizi because of his courageous behavior in protecting his mother.

No matter what time it is, people who can protect their loved ones and be filial to their parents will not be bad.

Looking at his mother's appearance, you can tell that he took good care of her. Caring for her day in and day out for ten years was extremely difficult, but he did it.

How many people in this world can do this?