Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Although Jing'er is small, she is a smart and sensible girl.

After she knew that Luo Yu was a woman dressed as a man, she came over, took her hand, and asked childishly, "Sister, is it because your family doesn't like you being a girl that you're out there wandering the world?"

"My sister's family got separated from her, and she felt it was unsafe for a girl to go out, so she dressed as a boy."

"Sister is just like Jing'er. Jing'er needs to grow up quickly to help mom and dad, and then she needs to travel the world like sister in the future."

"It's not necessary."

Luo Yu chuckled twice. It was better for girls not to run around in this world. She had just come here to experience the life of the ancients for two months, and she was almost living like a primitive person.

Thinking about having a place to live soon makes me feel more energetic.

In order to protect the woman from the gossip of the villagers, Luo Yu changed into women's clothes on the way and pretended to be Li's distant cousin.

"Miss Qin, I didn't expect you to look so good in women's clothes. Just now, you, a woman, faced so many men. I'm scared just thinking about it."

"It's okay, sister, you can call me Sister Zhou, and I'll call you Sister Chunhua."

Of course Li Chunhua was happy about it. She was suddenly full of fighting spirit and felt that if Luo Yu, a woman, could travel the world alone, she could also support a family on her own.

It took more than half an hour to walk more than ten miles.

When Luo Yu saw the adobe house, his nose felt sore. The quality of this house was so much lower than the adobe houses around the capital.

It’s shabby and small, but luckily there are two rooms.

When he walked into a dim room and saw Li Chunhua's man, Luo Yu instantly felt a sense of suffocation. A healthy and fit man was actually staying in such a place, which was dark and airtight. The environment was indescribably bad. The man was half paralyzed and leaning against the earthen wall at the head of the bed. The complicated and incomprehensible expression on his face had become a habit.

If a strong wind blows, the house will probably just shake twice and collapse.

"Mother, please treat your cousin well. Our family is so poor that it makes people laugh."

"Brother Liu, you're too polite."

Luo Yu thought that he couldn't eat and live in someone else's house for free, so he took out a few coins from the package to show his appreciation.

"I was in such a hurry this time that I didn't have time to pick out a gift to visit Big Brother. This little bit of silver represents a small token of my appreciation."

Li Chunhua quickly declined, saying that it was already a great gesture for her that Miss Qin could help her.

"Sister Zhou, you don't have to be so polite. We don't have anything to treat you at home. I'll go to the fields and pick some fresh vegetables for lunch later."

There was a smile in Brother Liu's eyes. He knew that this cousin had helped Chunhua and he was sincerely grateful to her.

"Cousin, just come. Giving small change or something will only hurt the relationship. You see, I am a cripple now and I can't help Chunhua at all. I let Chunhua suffer alone. Alas, I am very grateful that you can come to visit us."

As he finished speaking, tears welled up in his eyes.

Luo Yu didn't know how to comfort her, so he had to stuff the change into his bag. Suddenly, he took out a piece of dried and pickled meat weighing more than three pounds from another backpack. Wow, this was the only food he had brought out of the palace and had not eaten.

"Brother Liu, don't get excited. We'll make some pickled meat porridge later. This piece of meat should last you for several days if you save it a little!"

Brother Liu's heavy heart was touched by her playful tone, and he smiled through his tears, feeling a lot more relaxed.

Luo Yu went to find Chunhua with the pickled meat. She had eaten too much meat recently and was not particularly greedy. If she added some minced meat to other dishes and stir-fried them, it would definitely be delicious.

After dinner, Jing'er insisted on taking Luo Yu for a walk to the village. As they walked, she said, "Sister Zhou, there's a stream in front of the village. Let's go fishing. We'll have fish to eat tonight."

"No, I call your mom cousin, you should call me aunt."

"Aunt Zhou, let's go fishing."

"Okay!" It was the first time that Luo Yu was called aunt. His heart was filled with joy and he wanted to catch a bunch of fish immediately to reward the sensible Jing'er.

The stream is on the east side of the village. When I went there, there were already many children surrounding it. Let alone catching fish, I probably wouldn't even get a crab leg.

Luo Yu heard what Chunhua said. Now their life can only guarantee that they can have food to eat all year round. They can hardly save any money. If a natural disaster occurs, it will be a luxury to survive.

She looked around and saw that the flat land was all wheat fields. When the summer harvest came, a small half of the wheat would be taxes, and the rest would probably not be enough to feed the whole family.

There are no mountains or rivers in this plain area, so you can't rely on the mountains or the water for your livelihood.

Suddenly, he saw a bamboo forest at the source of the stream. Luo Yu wondered if Xia Liang was hiding there. He wondered if there was any game to fill his stomach.

"Jing'er, would you like to go play in the bamboo forest with your aunt?"

"What's fun in the bamboo forest? There are no bamboo shoots to dig now." Although Jing'er is young, she doesn't like to play. Her mind is only thinking about finding food.

Luo Yu understood what it was like to not have enough food to eat. After all, her mind was full of thoughts about how to feed Xia Liang.

"It's okay, I want to go for a walk. How about I take you back for a nap and then I'll come out later."

"No, Jing'er, follow your aunt. If there is any danger, I can take you away."

Just go, Xia Liang will act according to the circumstances anyway.

After walking for a quarter of an hour, we arrived at the bamboo forest and there was indeed nothing there. We didn't know where Xia Liang had gone and there was no trace of him.

Luo Yu thought he had to go out and look for it at night, but then he heard Jing'er shout, "Aunt Zhou, I saw the fish."

Luo Yu went over to take a look. In the small pond of less than ten cubic meters, there was actually a group of medium-sized fish swimming. This should be a spring. It shouldn't be here. Why didn't anyone come here to catch fish?

Never mind him, just catch him first.

Luo Yu rolled up her trouser legs and sleeves easily and asked Jing'er to hand her the basket. She asked Jing'er to dig a small hole in the grass next to her, get some water, and put the caught fish into the hole.

Catching fish in a basket, either the fish is stupid or she is stupid, let's see who can fight to the end.

After persisting for several minutes, I didn't catch any fish.

"Jing'er, do you think these fish are a little strange?"

"Why is it so strange, Aunt Zhou?"

Luo Yu licked his mouth. This little guy is so cute, with big eyes and a curious expression that is particularly vivid.

"There are fish, but no one is catching them. Isn't that strange?"

"Hmm, that's weird. Should we still catch them?"

"Catch them, and then we'll run. We think someone will come and cause trouble later."

If she couldn't even eat her fill, who would care if someone came to cause trouble? You have to know that at noon she only drank a bowl of millet porridge that was so thin that she could clearly see her face. Although there was pickled meat, everyone tacitly ate two small pieces each, and the rest were all boiled vegetable leaves. After all, oil costs money.

If she keeps eating like this, all the weight on her body will drop off. And she has only been in this shape for a month after the confinement period!