Chapter 53: On the Road 2
There were bursts of laughter in the carriage, and the fire flickered, and the night seemed to be no longer terrifying.
The carriage walked all the way to a flat road, and from time to time it would encounter messy broken trees and gravel blocking the way, and after the family made a few detours, Su Buxing felt troubled.
After confirming that there was still room left in the Zhao family, Su Bu came up with an idea.
Whenever there is an obstacle blocking the road, let the Zhao family put it into the space first, and then release the things that are in the way after the carriage passes.
This not only does not need to be detoured, but also much more convenient.
Zhao readily agreed.
The family just walked all the way, stopping all the way, and occasionally encountered some large holes that cracked when the ground moved.
Whenever they encountered, the Su family could only make a detour far away.
Everyone has also become accustomed to acting in the dark.
Today, it's time to stop and rest again.
Su Yuanshan led the horse to the side to feed the grass, and by the way, cleaned and took care of the sludge and grass clippings stained outside the carriage.
Zhao and Su Buwei raised torches to pick up branches nearby, and Su Buyi and Su Buwei quickly lit a fire in place.
The place of stop suddenly brightened, and at least for a moment, the darkness was dispelled.
The scorching flame brought bursts of warmth and a sense of security, and the Su family sat around the fire, one holding a roasted taro, looking at the fire, and eating quietly.
Su Buxin looked up at the sky while eating.
I don't know if the sky still exists? Or is there only land left now?
After all, black like this, it's really no different from nothingness...
In the silence, Zhao clapped his hands and proposed with a smile:
"We can't sit still like this! Gotta find something to do. So be it! I still have a lot of ginger here, let's make ginger soup together, so it's easier to drink later! ”
No one in the family refused, and they really should find something to do.
Su Buyi took the pot from the carriage, set it on the fire, and began to boil water.
After the water boiled, Zhao took out a large handful of ginger from the space and threw it into the pot, ready to make hot ginger soup.
It's not raining anymore, but it's not warm at all, it's getting colder than it was when it rained!
The most intuitive change is that if there is no heating stove to maintain the temperature, the boiling water will turn into solid ice cubes in less than half a cup of tea!
To solve physiological problems, everyone has to put the stove next to the fire.
In such a cold environment, even if the Su family wears the warm sachet given by Su Bujing, the body will not feel cold and unbearable.
However, the thick clothes they wear will inevitably form shallow water stains on the outer layer.
Therefore, Su Bujing and the others will still drink hot ginger soup to dispel the cold when they are in a hurry, so as to prevent the cold from entering the body.
In between boiling the ginger soup, Zhao and Su Yuanshan packed their bags together.
They wrapped the usual pots, bowls, basins, and a few large sealed bamboo tubes with water, as well as some sweet potatoes, vegetable cakes, turnips, and taro, bags of corn, and a few pieces of processed pork, rabbit, and fish, and placed them in a thick mattress stuffed with cotton.
Then the mattress was placed on the roof of the carriage, tied to the roof with strips of cloth, and finally covered with a thin layer of tarpaulin.
This way it does not take up space in the carriage and is easy to access.
The bags were packed, and the ginger soup on the fire was ready to taste.
Su Bujing and the others took a few large bowls, and after packing the ginger soup, the Zhao family put it into the space.
In this way, the next time they need to drink ginger soup, it will be hot from the space.
After doing this, Su Bujing and the others got into the carriage to rest.
And Su Yuanshan, Su Buyi, and the Zhao family each kept vigil for an hour, and everyone took turns to rest, monitoring the accidents and dangers that might occur in the dark.
The fire in the dark must not be extinguished.
So before going to bed, Su Yuanshan and Su Buyi went to pick up some branches together and came back to ensure that the fire source would not be broken during the rest.
Su Bujing and the others lay flat next to each other, and the sound of gentle breathing sounded one after another in the carriage, which seemed extremely quiet.
Su Bu pursed his lips in shock, and seriously absorbed the aura of the broken spirit stone in his purse.
Accumulate a lot, I believe that it will not be long before Su Bu is surprised to break through again!
In the darkness, all that was left was the crackling and burning of the branches in the fire, and it was very silent.
However, after resting for less than three hours, the Su family all woke up.
In such a strange and tense night, everyone's sleep is very shallow, and they will wake up at the slightest breeze.
Su Buwei and Su Buwei opened their bloodshot eyes and leaned softly against the wall of the car, they felt very sleepy, but they couldn't sleep.
"It's all right, when we get on the road later, the carriage will swing and fall asleep." Su Buyi said with relief.
Zhao got out of the carriage and went to collect the remaining branches by the fire into the space and store them.
Su Yuanshan re-boiled the stove in the carriage, warmed a red clay teapot on it, and lit a honey candle.
The Su family chatted and ate a few meat buns and drank some hot water in the dim candlelight, which solved the problem of eating.
Su Yuanshan sat on the edge of the car and hurried away with the light of the torch in Zhao's hand.
The time of rushing is always extremely boring, and after Su Buwei finished eating and drinking every day, he just lay in the carriage to cultivate, and by the way, he used his aura to brush the meridians for Su Buyu.
Or just watch Su Buwei compare the iron sword while listening to Su Buwei's study.
After staying in a place without aura for a long time, Su Bujing's cultivation could only be through broken spirit stones, but she couldn't enter the space directly, so naturally, her cultivation progress slowed down a lot.
The family rushed around the clock like this, and after a long time, they even felt that they had never moved the place, and they had been standing still.
They didn't see anyone else, as if they were the only ones left in the world.
They often lose their sense of direction.
Whenever this happens, Su Bujing will pull his family to play dice together.
Don't make poems and songs, just talk about everyone's luck, generally Su Bu is not surprised to be the commander to roll the dice, roll the dice, and guess the points.
Those who guess wrong will be punished for drinking, and those who guess correctly can be exempted from drinking, and at the same time, they can ask the person who guessed wrong to do one thing.
Of course, the wine drunk was not a high-level burnt knife, but the sweet and greasy osmanthus brewed by the Zhao family before.
It's not intoxicating, but it smells a little alcoholic, and it's the most suitable for relieving anxiety.
In order to be greedy for a few more cups of his favorite sweet water wine, Su Yuanshan often asked Su Buwei, who always lost, to give him the wine after winning.
So angry that Su Buwei almost dropped the cup, and shouted, "Daddy bullies!" ”。
After playing, the Su family's mood improved slightly, their sleep was normal, and there were few more anxiety and insomnia.
Every time he ate, Zhao would take Su Bujing and others to cook more meals.
Six people make twelve, and more will be put into the space in case of emergency.
Su Buyi also prepared an empty booklet, wrote down what he ate and did every day, and read it to the family before going to bed.
After Su Bujing and the others heard this, they would also say some of their feelings that day, so that Su Buyi could add it.
The family did their best to enrich their life on the road.
They don't remember how many days they've been rushing, and time has lost its meaning here.
If it weren't for the fact that he hadn't replaced the grass in the warm sachet halfway, Su Bujing would have thought that it would be a vicissitudes of life now.
There is no sun or moon, no people, and as far as the eye can see, there is only a terrible darkness.
The Su family can only judge that they are still alive through their families, not the walking dead.