Chapter 111: A Family
Silverstone's carriage continued southward, and after three days of good weather, although it was not sunny, the sun showed its face every day, and it was not cold and gloomy.
In the past few days, people's mood has been extremely happy, and Hong also wondered if they had gone to a subtropical place, maybe the new territory was almost there.
It's just that don't hit your face too quickly, this kind of good weather changed your face after three days.
Three days later, although no snow fell, there was a sudden strong wind in the sky, and the wind swept up dark clouds, making the sky and the earth gray in color. And they had already walked out of the range of the mountains, and there were not many dense forests around, so they could only face the sharp north wind like a knife, and go forward hard, and now they had to find a cave to avoid as soon as possible.
The wind lifted the snow on the ground and rippled in the air, and the snowflakes hit the carriage in pieces, Peng Peng~ made a sound, the horses were already frightened and panicked, and the dog could no longer drive the carriage, Yinshi let the dog and Hong stay in the carriage, and he went out to catch the carriage with Da Meng.
They spent the whole day in such conditions, and in the evening they finally came to a hilly area and found an idle animal nest.
Da Meng threw a stone into the nest, waited for a long time and saw no reaction, unable to withstand the bitter cold wind outside, Da Meng took the lead into the cave.
The entrance of the cave is less than a person high, only as wide as two people next to side, the cave is quite deep and spacious, the only bad thing is that there is a smell of animal feces inside, but where are they so much at the moment? Now it is a blessing to be able to find such a cave to avoid.
Da Meng came out of the low cave, took a shovel and shoveled the entrance to the cave with Haiji, and after some repairs, several horses had already led into the cave first. Due to the small entrance to the cave, the carriage could not enter, and finally the carriage door had to be blocked inwards at the entrance of the cave.
After several people entered the cave, they all breathed a long sigh of relief, and Da Meng lit a fire with the dung they had cleared and the hay on the ground, and several people sat listlessly around the fire, and there was no one who was not embarrassed.
Silverstone spread the tent on the ground, sat in front of the fire with the rainbow in his arms, and waited for the men to come back to gather firewood. The cold wind of this day scraped through the animal skin clothes on their bodies several times, like ice blades, and if there was no firewood, the night would not be easy.
In addition to the dog and Silverstone, Parry, who was almost injured, also went out together. However, there is great strength in numbers, and when they went out this trip, they brought back enough dry branches for a day and a night. Actually, think about it, it's no wonder that the wind is so strong that it doesn't break the branches!
Fortunately, the food they prepared could be eaten for two days, and dinner was easy to solve, and Hong ate the corn porridge that Yinshi cooked for her. Da Meng made the simplest broth, the broth with water can deceive people to fill their stomachs, if they make barbecue, they are afraid that the food will not be enough to eat for two days, in case they are trapped here, it will not be good if they run out of food.
After eating, Da Meng and Haiji boiled some snow water for the horses, mixed the hay, and settled the horses, and the men fell asleep around the fire, leaning against the earthen wall behind them.
Hong was nervous for a day, and she didn't have any appetite at all, so she just drank a bowl of corn porridge, and the remaining half bowl went into Yinshi's stomach. After the two of them filled their stomachs, Yinshi took the animal skin quilt from the carriage, first wrapped Hong in the quilt, and then hugged the quilt in his arms, and the two of them snuggled and fell asleep.
The next day, the sky was still chaotic, and the wind outside showed no sign of stopping, and the wind blew through the treetops with a whistling sound.
The water they used to drink was boiled with snow water, but now the snow outside is dusty, and there is no white snow at all, so Silverstone has to dig up the dirty snow above and bring out the frozen snow below to boil in order to boil a pot of hot water for the rainbow.
On the third day, they still ate broth, and from two meals a day to one meal a day, Hong only then realized why they didn't like to eat barbecue, it turned out that their food had reached the point of being stretched.
Moreover, Hong's corn porridge has also become less, and it used to be enough to cook enough for Yinshi and her to drink, but now Yinshi cooks a bowl every time, which is only enough for her to drink alone. Silverstone only drank a bowl of very thin broth a day, and her corn porridge man didn't drink a single sip.
On the fourth day, the hurricane was still blowing vigorously, and I don't know when it will stop? They had been stuck in this cave for three days and three nights.
After Hong ate corn porridge in the morning, he saw that several men had no intention of eating, and the hungry dog said that there was a giant bird? It's that Brother Da Meng won't let them eat, and they don't have an opinion yet, Hong listened to the dog's words, and his nose immediately turned red.
She got up and went to the carriage, found a large handful of fried beef jerky left, and told them, "See?" This is my ration in the future, even if I don't drink corn porridge, I can eat the preserved fruit that Jian An brought me, if you don't eat, if the beast comes, who will take care of me. β
Silverstone breathed a sigh of relief, when he was dead? This woman really didn't clean up, but she still softened her voice and said, "Hong'er, don't be afraid, no matter how big the beast is, I will stand in front of you and won't let you have anything to do." β
"Have you ever thought about my feelings? The two of us are one. Hong turned around and pointed at them again: "And you, we are a family, a family in the same territory, you don't eat, how can I swallow it myself?" β
After Hong finished speaking, she ran into the carriage in a huff, wanting to take out her own corn to cook, but when she took it out, she saw that there was enough to cook up to three bowls of rice.
Usually, she is not a detailed person, unlike Jian An, who can take care of her life in an orderly manner, in life, she is actually a Ma Daha, as long as she eats this meal, she doesn't care about the next meal at all.
Unable to find anything, she had to rummage on the roof of the carriage, and after a while, her eyes lit up, and she saw a bag of animal skins, which contained a large handful of dried fungus and dried mushrooms, and now there was something to eat.
Rainbow was about to get out of the carriage with her leather bag, and just as she met the man who came to look for her, Silverstone stretched out his arms and carried the man down from the carriage, and the two of them returned to the fire together.
Hong looked at the few men on the opposite side who didn't plan to eat, leaned against the wall and closed their eyes to recuperate, and didn't come forward to persuade people, and said directly to Yinshi: "I want to eat mushrooms, the broth boiled by fungus, you cook it for me." β
Silverstone looked at the things in front of her, how could the little woman finish eating? He knew her thoughts, and she would definitely not be able to eat if she let her eat by herself.
Hey~ It seems that we have to share the joys and sorrows!
Silverstone called: "Dog, go and boil hot water to soak mushrooms and fungus, and boil the broth for a while." β
As soon as the little dog heard that there was something to eat, he immediately stood up happily and shouted that he had gone out to dig the snow.
With a smile on her face, she raised her eyes and looked at Yinshi's face full of pride, as if to say: I just want to eat with you, see what you can do with me?
Yinshi shook his head, looking helpless, so he had to reach out and touch the black hair on Hong's shoulders and said, "I know that you are a big fool, you!" Let me say what is good about you? Tomorrow, when you don't have anything to eat, you can't cry because you're hungry. β
Hong pursed her lips and retorted unconvinced: "I won't cry, you think I'm a dog!" β
Silverstone shook his head, and began to chop the meat of the giant bird with a knife, not to mention that the giant bird had at least forty or fifty catties, or more, Silverstone stuck the bird's legs and wings on the branch and roasted it, leaving half of the remaining meat, and the remaining half was eaten at noon that day.
After the mushrooms and fungus are soaked, the two stone pots are put on the fire together, and there must be more than 20 catties of meat and dried vegetables in one pot, so they can only be boiled together in two pots.
It didn't take long for the low cave to be steaming, I don't know if it was because the food here was all natural, and Hong smelled the special aroma of the bird broth that day.
According to Hong's observation, even a few men over there were silently swallowing their saliva, they hadn't eaten enough for several days, so it was strange that they weren't hungry? Sure enough, her idea was right, everyone who had food ate together, and if there was no food, it would be a big deal to starve together again.
The bird's meat had been boiled for less than an hour, and the meat in the low hole was fragrant, and Rainbow's mouth and tongue were full of relish, and Yinshi looked like she was about to drool, and first served her a bowl of broth, which was full of meat.
After Yinshi filled himself with another bowl, several men took their bowls one after another and began to eat them. Hong tasted the deliciousness, and her mouth was still blowing hot, and Silverstone looked at her and felt very cute.
His woman is really different, she is not a person who doesn't care about the life or death of others when she is full, she has the same safety of her clan in her heart as he is, and he is also proud of the little woman's open-mindedness.
Although there were two large pots in this meal, in the end, even the soup and water in it were eaten cleanly, and it was really not wasted at all. Everyone's stomachs are full, and several people also feel that the doctor is different from the women in the territory who only care about themselves.
The Physician not only heals the sick and saves people, but also has a warm heart to care for the people, and share weal and sorrow with the warriors, which also makes a few men who have never received the warmth of family stir a warm current in their hearts, infiltrating their hearts and intestines, as if injecting new vitality into their emotional glands.
After eating, the cold wind outside continued to rage, and several men returned to their state of closing their eyes and recuperating, especially Sai Yan, who was leaning against the earthen wall, and the words that Hong said were echoing in his mind.
"We are family"
His Abba, Eminem, and those so-called brothers, none of them cared about him, and his heart was cold from childhood to adulthood.
Tonight, his heart actually experienced a warmth, never thought that one day, someone would tell him that he was a family, he was a little greedy for this sudden warmth.
His eyelids opened a slit upward, and he saw the rainbow in Silverstone's arms smiling sweetly, and he didn't know what Silverstone said? The woman's face flushed a shy crimson again.
He is so envious of Silverstone, envy that Silverstone can have such a woman, and can be accompanied by such a woman, every day should be happy!
He thought that he would never be as happy as Silverstone in his life, because there was only one woman in the world. She'sβin Silverstone's arms......
In the evening, Silverstone cooked the broth with the last half of the giant bird, mixed with the last dried vegetables, and everyone sat around to eat, but the meal was much more silent than it had been at noon.
They all knew that this was the last food, and if the hurricane continued tomorrow, their physician would starve with them.
To be honest, several people are quite uncomfortable in their hearts, this feeling of indescribability spreads in the hearts of several people, this feeling is stronger than their single-minded pursuit of silverstone, they all remember Hong's words, they are a family.
From now on, they are all family people, but I don't know, will the weather be better tomorrow?