Chương 34: Wait for Me a While
"Yes, Dad, we think Brother Gu is not a simple person, so don't worry." Li Er and the others also comforted him.
"That's true, but don't forget that he brought a dog with him. I'm afraid someone will want to take his dog." Old man Li expressed his worries.
As soon as he said that, the people in the room were stunned and all kept silent, looking at each other under the firelight. Indeed, this dog is very eye-catching. If someone really wants to take the dog, Brother Gu may not be able to deal with it.
Li Da stood up, "Dad, why don't I go out with the second brother to look for it."
Old man Li nodded, "Go, if you can't find it, come back quickly."
Li Su looked at the old man, and she wanted to stop him, but she finally swallowed the words in her mouth.
Li Er stood up with his eldest brother, "Husband..." Li Er's wife looked at her husband worriedly. She was really worried about him going out at night.
Father-in-law is really making a fuss for a stranger. It's a big deal. If he didn't come back, he didn't come back. It made the child's father go out to look for him. Li Er's wife felt a little uncomfortable.
"It's okay." After comforting the child's mother, Li Er and his eldest brother opened the door and walked into the night.
Gulan had also packed up the fish and was ready to leave. In order not to waste the blood in the pottery jar, Gulan poured it all under the tree by the river. She put the fish and the pot back into the backpack, and after packing them up, she called Dahei to hold her son and left the riverbed.
On the way back, she didn't forget to remember the route here. She came here unconsciously, and it didn't take too much time to go back. Gulan walked very fast and appeared at the end of the field behind the village in a short while.
Looking at the village shrouded in the night, Gulan stood for a few breaths, considering whether to choose a new place to rest, but finally decided to go back to the yard chosen by the Li family. The space there was large enough to accommodate the father and son, and didn't they have to inform them about the water source?
Not long after entering the village, Gulan saw two shadows moving towards this side from a distance. She involuntarily lightened her steps and slowed down her pace, and the dagger appeared in her hand at the first time.
"Is that Brother Gu?" The person called out. It sounded like the eldest brother of the Li family. Gulan slowed down her pace and returned to normal. The sword in her hand disappeared and she immediately agreed.
"It's me."
"Oh, I finally found you, Brother Gu. My brother and I have been around the village twice."
"Sorry to worry you." This was something Gulan really didn't expect. Someone would care about them and come to find them. You know, they just knew each other for a day.
"It's okay. It's good that the person is okay. Let's go. Let's go back quickly." If they couldn't find it again, the brothers were ready to go back. Li Da breathed a sigh of relief and took a special look at the dog that had been following Brother Gu. It was still there, and it seemed that it was not in danger.
"Yes, yes, let's go back quickly," said Li Er.
Gulan followed. The Li family seemed to be better than she thought, and the smile on her face became more sincere.
"they're back, they're back" Li Dahe (Li Da son), who had been watching at the door, saw the shadows of his father and second uncle and shouted into the yard. Hearing this, Old Man Li and Li Su both breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mom and Dad, we're back." The second child was more lively, and his voices were heard before he entered.
Gulan carried her son into the yard, and told Dahei to stay in the yard. Gulan followed Li Da into the side room on the east side of the yard. It was reasonable for the Li family to go out and look for them, and then go in and say "thank you".
She was less talkative, but she still understood the ways of the world.
"Uncle Li, Auntie, I'm sorry to have worried you, and to have caused Brother Li and the others to look for us. I really don't know what to say, anyway, thank you." Gulan thanked them solemnly.
"No, no, it's good that you's back. Your brother Li and his family are idle anyway, so I'll let him go out for a walk. You haven't eaten yet, so hurry up and get something to eat." Old man Li waved his hand.
"Yes, it's so late, the child must be starving, hurry up and eat something." Li Su, who was relieved after her son came back also said.
Gulan nodded. The little guy must be starving after accompanying her for such a long time.
"Then I'll take my son to get food first, but can Uncle Li and Brother Li wait for me for a while? I have something to tell you later."
Gulan kept it a secret first, mainly because they would definitely not be able to sit still if she said it out, and she and her son couldn't eat well either, anyway it was a whole night.
She took her son to the west wing opposite, and her words of staying make the Li family looked at each other, and for a moment they couldn't figure out what Gulan meant by this. What could they say? They had already said what they should thank, could it be that there was something they wanted their family to help with?
For a moment, Li Da and his family couldn't help but think wildly. Anyway, I'm not sleepy for the time being, so I'll just wait a while.
Gulan brought her son to the west side. The room was pitch black and nothing could be seen. Gulan had no choice but to take out a candle from the space and light it.
AnAn looked at the strange thing in his mother's hand. Although he was very curious about what the light was, he still resisted asking. Since his mother woke up from her illness, she seemed to always take out strange things. He was used to it.
With the light of the candle, Gulan could finally see the layout of the room. It was just a very simple room, not big, only about a dozen square meters. Looking at the furnishings in the room, it seemed that someone was living in it. There was a wooden bed and a wooden box at the innermost part of the room. There were not many things outside except some scattered things. Gulan did not go in, but took out dry firewood from the basket and lit a fire in the direction of the opposite door. After eating cold and dry food for a day, she had to drink some hot soup at night. She immediately looked at the few fish in the pottery jar and decided to eat something fresh.
Half of the mussel porridge left over from the morning was given to Dahei, and the rest was heated up and shared with AnAn. The water used to wash the pottery pot was also poured for Dahei to drink. After freeing up the pottery pot, Gulan picked up two fish to prepare fish soup. Then she found a bag of ginger that had been thrown in at some point in the space, broke off a piece and threw it into the pottery pot. As for green onions, there were also some, but they were too conspicuous, so she thought about it and decided not to put them in. She also poured some cooking wine. Fortunately, there was no shortage of condiments in the space, so it was ready. It would be ready to drink in a few dozen minutes.
Then Gulan took out the cleaned clam shells from the basket, and took out two vegetable cakes to bake on the clam shells. The heated vegetable cakes would be softer.
During this time, she secretly gave Dahei two sausages while AnAn was not paying attention. She did not forget to give Dahei a reward. Then the mother and son sat and waited for the fish soup to be cooked, and AnAn stared at the pottery pot on the fire without blinking.
As time went by, the smell of fish soup seeped out more and more. Soon, the whole room was filled with the delicious smell of fish soup, which floated out through the door.
"What smells so good?" Li Laosan, who always had a sensitive nose, sniffed.
"I smell it too, it's very fragrant," said Li Laosi.
"It seems like they are cooking some soup, why do I smell like fish soup?" Li Laosan's wife also said, and couldn't help swallowing her saliva.
"Yes, it's fish soup, that's the smell." Following his wife's words, Li Laosan said. As Li Laohan and Li Su were old, their sense of smell also declined. They didn't smell it carefully, but they did smell a bit of a fragrant smell.
Chương 35: It's What You Think
At first, it was just a faint smell, but then the smell became stronger and stronger. Everyone in the Li family, including the sleeping grandson Goudan, opened their eyes. Their stomachs rumbled after eating not long ago. They sat up from their mother's arms, rubbing their eyes. They almost broke free from her hand and ran towards the place where the smell came from, but were caught by their father.
Li Da stretched his head and looked at the side room opposite. Through the door, he could clearly see a pottery jar on the red fire, and the smell came from there.
For a while, the Li family was silent again. They were all very curious about where the fish came from. It smelled very fresh, especially Goudan, whose saliva was already flowing down. Even the adults couldn't help swallowing.
Here, it was almost time, Gulan grabbed two handfuls of dry grass and took down the pottery jar. The smelly little bun couldn't help it and stared at the pottery jar. But his mother didn't move, so he didn't dare to move. He looked at the pottery jar and drooled.
After the fish soup was served, Gulan took out pepper from the space, pinched a pinch and sprinkled it into the fish soup. It would be more perfect if there was coriander, but it was a pity.
Resisting the urge to take sesame oil, Gulan stood up and told the little bun to stay honestly, and walked towards the house opposite where the Li family was temporarily staying. When the fish soup was boiling, she had already thought about sending a bowl to the Li family.
Strictly speaking, they were just acquaintances and had no relationship at all, but they showed kindness more than once. It would be a lie for Gulan to say that she was not moved. After all, this was the first kindness she felt since she came here.
The reason for walking to the Li family empty-handed was to borrow a bowl. After all, she couldn't always pick up a bowl.
AnAn: "..."
Mother, you keep picking up, AnAn doesn't know anything.
"Li... Uncle Li, can you lend me a big bowl?" In fact, Gulan subconsciously wanted to call Aunt Li, but thinking that she was a man now, she quickly changed her words.
"Bowl, oh, yes, his mother will get a big bowl for Gulan."
"Thank you, Uncle Li."
"It just a bowl."
"Brother Gu, what are you cooking? It smells so good." Li Laosan finally couldn't help asking.
"Just call me Gulan, I'm cooking fish soup." Gulan replied, taking the big bowl handed over by Aunt Li.
Aunt Li: "Is it enough? If not I'll get you another one."
"Enough, enough," Gulan nodded hurriedly.
"Okay, borrow from me if you need anything else. I can't say for sure about other household necessities, but i do have some."
"Okay, Aunt Li, I won't be polite."
She smiled at Aunt Li with the bowl and turned back to the opposite side.
Then, under AnAn's surprised eyes, she poured a bowl of fish soup and a fish, and went to the opposite side again.
"Uncle Li, I cooked more fish soup, you can share this bowl." Gulan said, and put the fish soup in the hand of Li Da, who was closest to her.
Li Da, who was suddenly stuffed with a bowl of fish soup, didn't dare to move immediately. He wanted to push it back but was afraid of spilling the fish soup. This thing is rare at ordinary times, let alone in this period, it is too precious, he can't bear to spill it.
"This... this" Li Da didn't know what to say, and the others stared at the fish soup in Li Da's hand with wide eyes, especially the children who couldn't help swallowing their saliva.
Old man Li looked at the useless family and wanted to glare at him, but he finally sighed. The taste of the fish soup was too delicious, not to mention the children, he couldn't help it. He also understood why Gu Xiaozi (Gulan) came to borrow a bowl from them just now, it turned out to be here.
"No, fish soup is such a good thing, you and the children should keep it for yourselves." Old man Li hurriedly declined.
"I still have it, this bowl is specially for you, Uncle Li was polite to me, I wasn't polite when borrowed the bowl just now, I won't say anything, AnAn is in the room by herself, I'll go first."
Gulan nodded slightly and left here quickly, mainly because she was afraid of wasting words, whether it was before or now, she is not a talkative person.
"Hey... Gu Xiao..." Looking at Gulan who had returned to the opposite house, he was so fast that Old man Li didn't have time to finish his words.
"What should we do, old man?" Aunt Li asked, pointing at the big bowl of fish soup in her son's hand.
"Let's share it," Old man Li couldn't ignore the eyes of his children and grandchildren, and said, as if he owed a favor again.
In this way, each family member took a turn to eat two mouthfuls, and the bowl of soup was soon finished. At the same time, they also found a fish slightly larger than a palm at the bottom of the bowl.
They didn't dare to think about the fish. They were very happy to drink fresh fish soup. This was one of the few opportunities for them to eat meat since they fled from famine.
In the end, the fish was divided among the younger grandchildren. The youngest grandson got a little more. After eating it, Goudan was still licking the bottom of the bowl.
Gu Lan and his son ate the remaining soup and a fish, took the fish bone out and threw it outside and buried it with soil. The fish bone was too sharp to be given to Dahei. If it cut his intestines, he would have to wait for death. Then she rinsed the pottery jar with clean water and poured it to Dahei. The fishy water was drunk by Dahei. Then she packed up and put the things in the backpack. She didn't stop for a moment and pulled her son to come to Li Laohan again.
"Sit down and talk if you have something to say." Gulan came over. Li Laohan signaled his eldest son to move a wooden stool.
Gulan didn't hesitate to pull her son to sit down. AnAn leaned against his mother's legs obediently.
Li Laohan: "Gu kid, what was it that you couldn't say just now?"
"It's not that I can't say it, I was afraid that you would be anxious, so I waited for a while."
"Afraid that we would be anxious?" Li Da took over the words, a little confused. Looking at the family members, they were all there, what was there to be anxious about. The other members of the Li family were also confused by this sentence, and everyone looked at Gulan in confusion.
Li Laohan: "Gu kid, don't keep us in suspense"
"Is the fish soup delicious? It's fresh, right?"
"Fish soup" Li Laohan and his sons frowned at the same time. Why did they turn to fish soup again. Fish soup, fish... soup... Suddenly, Old man Li mind seemed to remember something? His eyes lit up, could it be that... Li Da and the others had obviously thought of this too. The fish soup was indeed very fresh. Only fish that had just been killed could make such a fresh soup, which meant that the fish was caught by Brother Gu.
Immediately, the brothers looked at Gulan excitedly, and they were so anxious that they almost scratched their heads.
"Gu kid, it's not what I thought." Old Man Li couldn't believe it. This kid was too lucky. He actually found water and caught fish. No wonder he came back so late. It turned out that he went to find water. Old Man Li immediately understood the truth.
Gu Lan nodded and picked up his son who was leaning against him. The boy finally couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to sleep. Now the Li brothers couldn't keep calm anymore. They finally figured out why Brother Gu had to eat before telling them. If they knew at that time, they would never have waited for Brother Gu to finish his meal. Now they can't wait for Brother Gu to take them to a place with water.
The buckets in the cart were all dry, and only the water in the water bag still had water. If they couldn't find any more water, they wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
It was because Aunt Li had taken her daughter-in-law and grandchildren to bed, otherwise there would be more people excited in the room. Li Da and the others were so excited that they stood still. Just when they were about to ask Gulan where the water source was, they made eye contact with the son in Gulan's arms and stopped talking.
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