Volume 1 Chapter 13 Stewed Chicken Soup
When the villagers saw the pond, they were so excited that they didn't know what to say, and two children from Yuqian Village cried out, their fathers were hacked to death by barbarians, and only two small jars were installed in the water they found before.
Seeing that the water was about to run off again, fortunately there was a Xu family, and they could live longer, maybe they could go to the south safely, and everyone hurriedly took out the water ladle to fill the water.
After filling the water, everyone happily took the bucket and water jar and walked down the mountain.
Xu Yunjin also brought a bucket of water, which was for Old Man Luo's family, the Luo family had no labor, and there was not much water to mention.
At the foot of the mountain, because they had to wait for the team to fill the water, the large army stopped on the side of the road, and the rest of the refugees had already left.
"Second sister, you're back, can you take me to find water to hunt pheasants next time, I want to go too, okay?"
Xu Yunjin, who had just come down the mountain, was hugged by Xu Yunzhao's little bun and staggered to be coquettish with himself.
"Little brother, there are big tigers in the mountains, but you are still a child, and you can't go into the mountains."
Xu Yunjin pinched Xu Yunzhao's face, it was so soft.
"Hmph, the second sister knows how to deceive people, aren't you also a child, still a girl, I'm a boy, I must be better than you."
"Okay, okay, your second sister and uncle have worked hard to find water in the mountains, let them rest for a while, we will start to rush again later, but we can't stay here for too long."
The Lin family rescued Xu Yunjin from Xu Yunzhao's hands, and each family carefully tied the buckets and covered them with oilcloth before they set off, otherwise they would not be able to catch up with the next resting place.
"Everyone's packed up, let's go."
Xu Dahai held a gong bell in his hand to inform them that they were about to leave, and after a while, the large army continued to move forward.
The large army did not rest all the way, and finally arrived at the junction of Anyi County and Dafang County before the unitary hour.
"Okay, let's rest here for the night today, and continue to set off early tomorrow morning, over this mountain, we can reach the boundary of Dafang County."
It took five days to walk from Nanyun County to Dafang County, all because there was a basin in the middle from Nanyun Mountain Range to Dafang County, and the terrain in the middle was relatively flat, so everyone could go so fast.
But they don't know how many mountains they will have to climb next, and they may have to rest in the mountains every day.
The Xu family had already set up the stove, and Xu Yunjin quietly gave half a chicken to Old Man Xu to Xu Danian's family.
Xu Yunjin bought another chopped chicken from the farm and mixed it into a pot where the chicken was placed, and the Xu family was covering Xu Yunjin throughout the whole process.
More than a dozen wild eggs were handed over to Xu Yongnian's daughter-in-law, Chen, and asked her to cook two pots of egg soup in a large pot and send a bowl to every family in the village with elderly people and children under the age of three.
After a while, the smell of meat and eggs wafted from the camp where Nanyun Village was stationed, and the Li family's craftsmanship had always been the best of the Xu family.
Of course, except for Xu Yunjin, who rarely cooks, she was not allowed to approach the kitchen at first because of her young age, and later because of the drought, she was afraid that Xu Yunjin would waste food, so she hadn't cooked for a long time.
Xu Yongnian's daughter-in-law, Chen, is the chief chef who will be invited by every family in the village for happy events and funerals, and her cooking skills are also very good.
Hearing Xu Yunjin say that he wanted to send egg soup to the elderly and children, the people in the village took out the dried vegetables prepared by each family and asked Chen to put them in the egg soup, so that everyone could eat more.
"Auntie, why don't you put some fern root vermicelli in the chicken soup, so that everyone can have more."
Seeing the people who delivered the food, Xu Yunjin also remembered that he still had some fern root vermicelli at home, and hurriedly asked Li to take some vermicelli to soak in hot water.
After the chicken soup was stewed, Xu Yunjin directly called the people of the Luo family, the Lin family, the Li family and the Chen family to the Xu family's cooking pot, and as for the Wu family and Chunhua's grandmother's family, the Zhang family took the Li family to send two large bowls.
"Come on, come on, you're welcome, let's eat something good today, drink chicken soup and eat rice."
Old Man Xu and Zhang stood in front of the two cauldrons, uncovered the two pots, and the other pot turned out to be rice.
In order not to let people find out that the Xu family had cooked so much rice, although the families were shocked, they still spoke in a whispered understanding.
"In-laws, this is too extravagant, no, no, no, you gave us a small bag of rice yesterday, and today you let us come to your house to eat and drink chicken soup for nothing, and now you actually make so much rice."
The grandfather of the Li family couldn't understand what he said when he looked at the rice in the pot, they had already entrusted the Xu family with too many blessings, and the people of the Li family village didn't trust him and didn't want to leave.
He only had the cheekiness to drag his family with his in-laws, and he was entertained by good students along the way, and they had already taken advantage of a lot.
"Now at this time, don't say it's okay, the in-laws are pulling us, after we go to the south, we will find a way to repay the kindness of the Xu family, eat and drink enough, and tomorrow will be good to cross the mountain, you little cubs can't go around and talk nonsense about what you have eaten today."
Before Old Man Xu could speak, Lin Dali patted Grandpa Li's shoulder and said, he was very hungry.
Several of the men in my family are very strong and have to eat a lot of food every day.
Although their family background is okay, they can't eat and drink nonsense, and now they are blessed with their daughter.
"That's it, you all listen to me, it's delicious and delicious, we have to exert more strength tomorrow, it's all our own family, what's wrong with eating something, and there are so many meals, we can't finish eating and we're going to spoil it."
Old Man Xu hurriedly took a rice spoon and filled their bowls with a spoonful of rice, while the Zhang family next to them scooped a few pieces of chicken and a spoonful of chicken soup each, and asked them to sandwich their own vermicelli.
"If you don't have enough food, I'll come to Grandma Zhang to add vegetables and rice to you, and we are full today."
A few children also happily brought their own small bowls to Mr. Xu's Zhang's place to pack food, looking at these lovely children, Zhang smiled and said to these children, these are the hope of the future, we should treat them well.
When they ate meat for the first time since fleeing, several families were sour and happy in their hearts.
Other people who didn't eat meat saw the children and the elderly drinking egg soup with a satisfied look, and they felt like they were eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and they were very happy.
After packing up their things, they entered the tent, and they had to set out as early as possible tomorrow, and the longer they stayed in the mountains, the more dangerous it became.
Xu Yunjin pushed the Luo family's car and wanted to scold his mother, this mountain road is too difficult to walk, it is all slopes, and there are some big stones from time to time.
It seems that they can't get out of this mountain today, and Xu Yunjin suddenly misses the cement roads that are everywhere in modern times.
"Ah Jin, do you want to take a break, I see you are sweating a lot."
Luo Xianglan looked at Xu Yunjin, who was gritting her teeth and sweating profusely, blaming her useless body, not only could she not help her family share the pressure, but also often made them worry.
Fortunately, Ah Jin and Yunqing's brother came to help push the cart from time to time, otherwise her brother and grandfather would have been tired a long time ago.
They had been walking for several hours since they set out in the morning, and the summer mountain forest was extremely hot, and the mountain roads were not easy to walk, and many of them wilted.
The dozen or so young adults who opened the road in front of them each held a firewood knife in their hands, and they cut down a large area of dead bushes to make the way better.