Chapter 35: Lao Yan is a road idiot
After another hour of walking, they finally saw the vague post station in the night.
Yan Lao Er immediately stopped, and a group of people began to look for a connection between the official road and the trail, turned up, and walked far before choosing an open and flat place to settle.
I walked back and forth for about four hours, and when I saw that more than half of the hour, the people of the village were tired enough.
If you don't pay attention to it, you can just roll up a broken list and fall asleep.
There are old and young people in the family who can't do this, scattering the wheat stalks on the ground, spreading straw mats or thin quilts, and the crazy children in the day sleep quietly, and the old people curl up and close their eyes, and they don't know whether they are asleep or not.
Village Chief Luo took his son and grandson with torches to find some firewood around and lit three fires.
The frames were all removed to let the livestock loosen up.
The men endured the sleepiness and unconsciously moved closer to the location of the Yan family.
It was their first night away, and the open-air environment was uncomfortable, and they missed their own nest.
When people are insecure, they will subconsciously approach the strong.
At this time, Yan Huaiwen was the strong man in their hearts.
Scholars, showing talent and fame, seem to have such an aura, they can do anything.
"Everyone is tired today, one person from each family takes turns to keep vigil, the others go to rest first, tomorrow we will go on the road later, and we will talk about it tomorrow morning." Yan Huaiwen said.
Yan Lao Er consciously went to work with others.
When he came back from the vigil, his daughter-in-law took his daughter and the eldest girl to climb to the top bunk, and the three of them moved some things and stuffed them around the four wheels, fixed the whole car, and then squeezed and slept very fragrantly.
The eldest nephew couldn't help but fall asleep first, and his brother, in good spirits, was writing his renovated small table.
"Brother, why don't you sleep yet?" Yan Lao Er looked at the fire not far away and frowned, "Let's write it tomorrow, my eyes are burned." ”
"Come and see." Yan Huaiwen handed over a few pieces of paper.
When Yan Lao Er saw it, he wanted to die.
Such a small word, densely packed.
Besides, even if the words are big, he can't recognize them all, don't read them, and resolutely don't read them.
"My eyes can't see, I can't see clearly when it's dark." He smoothly gave himself the perfect excuse.
Oh!
Yan Huaiwen was stunned, no wonder the second brother never studied hard at night.
"I transcribed the situation of each family, including how many people there were, how old they were, men divided into young children and young children, and the old ones were feasible and not good at doing ......
Tomorrow on the road, not according to today's law, except for the elderly, young children and sick people who are not good at walking, everyone else must take turns to walk and take turns to ride.
Cheng Ding is the longest, not Cheng Ding and women are second, and the elderly are even more second.
Walk for three hours a day, half in the morning and half in the afternoon, and rest for the two hottest hours in the afternoon.
Three meals a day.
Each night tentatively has one person from each family on duty. ”
"Brother, Elder Talent!" Yan Lao Er praised first, and then pondered what his brother said.
I said earlier that the big guy took turns to walk in wheels, which is no problem, and she thought of going with her daughter!
It's good to walk and exercise, and it's not healthy to sit in the car all the time.
He had no opinion on the three meals a day and the night watch.
But three hours a day, that's six hours, one minute in the morning and afternoon......
It didn't take long.
"Brother, isn't it a bit short to walk for three hours a day? If we go on like this, when will we be able to go to Guanzhou? ”
The people in the village dragged their families and walked a little slowly.
But there is no way, women and children have poor physical strength, and it is rare to be able to keep up without falling behind.
"For the time being, when the weather is not so hot in the future, everyone will also follow the habit and then adjust." Yan Huaiwen said.
"Brother, show me the map there." Yan Lao Er was glad that he had memorized this term.
"You're not invisible?"
Yan Laoer: "I'll see it tomorrow morning, and let me go here first."
Big brother, you let the big guy eat three meals a day, I have no opinion, but the villagers don't have much rations at home, can it be done? ”
"I've also thought about it, but if I don't eat, I'm afraid that my body won't be able to support it, so I can only eat more and eat less, and when I get out of Qishan Mansion, the situation should be better."
"Big brother, that's what I think, listen to it."
"You say."
"If we only walk along the official road, there are few villages along the way, and it is far away from the mountains and forests, so it is not convenient for everyone to find water and food.
Since the location of the nearby post station has been determined, it is better for us to go straight in the direction of the odogram, even if there is some deviation from the road, it doesn't matter, you can find someone to ask for directions, as long as we don't go into the mountains, don't go into the dense forest, we can always find the way. ”
Yan Huaiwen pursed his lips, "God bless, you ...... Can it turn on weekdays? ”
"No! I have a good sense of direction. Yan Lao Er shook the mileage map and said: "Big brother, you believe me, when tomorrow dawns, I will study a fast and straight road for you, so that we don't have to always go around near the post station, and sneak around for fear of being discovered." ”
"But let's say okay first, my eyes can see in the daytime, don't look for me at night, open your eyes blind." Yan Lao Er's ugly words are in front.
He can't deal with things with words alone, and he has his daughter-in-law and his daughter during the day, and he can help him get by.
Yan Huaiwen was relieved.
It turns out that none of their brothers are perfect.
"God bless, for brother...... The sense of direction is very poor, and the familiar place is fine, but if it is an unfamiliar place, you will get lost. ”
Yan Laoer: ......
So big brother, you took us on the official road, and you hid the post station to go around in circles, so hard, is it because you are a road idiot?!
Seeing that Yan lowered his head in embarrassment, Yan Lao Er immediately reacted, this is something that the eldest brother is difficult to talk about.
"Isn't this just complementary to our brothers, don't worry, big brother, leave the matter of leading the way to me, and promise it to be proper."
"Alas! I didn't do my duty as a brother, I didn't know that your night blindness was so serious, huh? Are you still in a hurry tonight? Yan Huaiwen was puzzled.
Yan Lao Er's face didn't blush, and he continued to make up: "My blind eyes are just descriptions, not really invisible at all, besides, don't you have a brother to show you the way, where you point and where I go."
It doesn't have much impact, it's just that the small print on the book at night is really hard to read. ”
……
The next morning, Yan Yu woke up in a noise.
It was a bright day and a good night's sleep.
Looking around, the mother and the eldest sister were not there, so she was lying on her back.
She rolled over, not in a hurry, but looking down from a high place.
Her father was teaching her eldest brother to drive, and she listened to it for a while and laughed at it.
Sanbao full voice control, what kind of handle do you need, just a long mouth.
But in order to hide their secrets, her father really racked his brains and worked hard.
The eldest mothers, aunts, daughters-in-law, and daughters of each family are all eating food.
They found a few big stones, built a simple stove, and only burned one pot, you have a bowl of batter, and I have a bowl of batter, and take turns to spread the cakes.
Yan Yu held his cheeks and couldn't take his eyes off it.
I calculated how many cakes could be produced in a bowl of batter.
If they only use one pot, will they not be able to use the extra pots?
Steaming steamed buns costs water, but compared with batter, which is more cost-effective to eat?
With so many people around a pot, manpower is a great waste.
Although I only have the time to cook, if I can pick up some firewood and pull a handful of grass, it is better than standing and waiting.