The two followed the sound of the stream to the side of the stream and picked a handful of wild water celery. Seeing that they had been out for quite some time, Gu Beiheng urged Su Qi to return to the cave quickly.
Su Qi came out just to get some fresh air.
It's tiring to be with those people all day long.
After the ventilation, I still have to go back to cook for the eldest and second babies. With so many people staying in the cave, it is not convenient to take out other delicious food.
When they were halfway there, a wild fruit fell in front of Su Qi.
The orange-red wild fruit cracked open and smiled foolishly.
Su Qi was delighted.
persimmon.
"Beiheng, there's a persimmon tree here." Su Qi picked up a cracked persimmon and peeled it. He took a bite and it was fragrant and sweet.
Wild persimmons taste better than those sold in supermarkets in my previous life.
Gu Beiheng stopped and Su Qi had already handed half a persimmon to his lips.
"Why don't you try it and see if it tastes good?"
Gu Beiheng had gotten used to being fed by Su Qi during this period of time, so he naturally held the persimmon in his mouth, rolled the persimmon skin with his tongue and spit it out.
The flesh has already entered the stomach.
Facing Su Qi's curved smile, he felt like something was blocking his chest, an indescribable sour and numb feeling.
"tasty."
"Qiqi, you continue down there. I'm going to pick persimmons from the tree."
Gu Beiheng suppressed the discomfort in his heart and jumped onto the tree. Like a soaring monkey, he climbed to the top of the persimmon tree in a few steps.
He kept knocking down the persimmons from the tree. "Qiqi, move aside. Don't let it hit you on the head."
"Don't fall from the tree." Su Qi dodged with a smile.
Soon the ground was covered with orange-red persimmons.
Su Qi kept picking persimmons below and put more than half of them into the space.
Hold the persimmons in a cloth bag made of coarse cloth.
"Oh, there are so many persimmons here."
Other people who happened to pass by also saw the persimmons on the ground.
Gu Beijing came over and said with a crisp laugh:
"Second sister-in-law, let me help you pick persimmons."
"good."
Gu Beihan's two concubines also quietly squatted down to pick persimmons. When other people saw this, they naturally followed suit, but these people put the persimmons in their pockets.
Su Qi pretended not to see it.
Most of the persimmons had been picked up, so she didn't have to worry about the remaining ones.
Those who came out to look for wild vegetables and fruits at this time were poor people who were hungry. They didn't get a share of the official's money for a snack at night, and Su Qi didn't want to argue with them over a few wild persimmons.
Gu Beiheng also saw other people coming.
He plucked all the persimmons from the treetops.
When they landed, Su Qi had also filled the cloth bag. "Beiheng, help me hold it." Gu Beiheng picked up the cloth bag and held an umbrella in one hand to shield Su Qi from the raindrops.
"Go back. Be careful of the rain and cold."
"good."
Gu Beijing ran over and placed the persimmons in the pocket of her skirt in front of Su Qi.
"Sister-in-law, take these persimmons. They were picked by my second brother. I'm just helping you pick them." The little girl was eager to prove that she didn't want to keep them for herself.
My rain-soaked hair stuck to my scalp.
The clothes were wet and stuck to my body.
"Take the persimmons back." Su Qi felt a little sorry for Gu Beijing, who was frail and whose bright eyes were gradually losing their luster. "Beijing, come back with us. Go back and change your clothes quickly. What if you catch a cold?"
Gu Beijing's dimples were filled with smiles.
"Okay. Let's go together. Second sister-in-law, I'll give you the persimmons."
Su Qi handed the umbrella she had placed on the ground to Gu Beijing.
He put the persimmons in a coarse cloth bag and handed it to Gu Beijing. He asked:
"Do you listen to your second sister-in-law?"
"Listen," Gu Beijing answered without hesitation. She and her sisters Beihe admired Su Qi the most. They dreamed of having Su Qi's courage and momentum.
Unfortunately, none of them are as brave as Su Qi.
"Listen to your second sister-in-law and take the persimmons back to eat with your aunt. As for Zhang Yunyu and the others, just ignore them." Su Qi really wanted to teach these girls who had been miserable and selling smiles in their previous lives a lesson.
But I also know that this matter cannot be rushed because those people are their parents.
In this era where filial piety is more important than anything else, what I say and do seems too eccentric.
Gu Beijing was silent.
The hand holding the umbrella handle was pinching hard, and the small face the size of a palm seemed to have made up its mind.
"Second sister-in-law. I'll hide a few." The little girl tilted her head and thought for a while, "Auntie will be beaten to death by her. I don't have any brothers who were born with her to help me."
Gu Beijing stretched her thin arms and for the first time felt that she was too weak.
Su Qi forgot.
You need strength to resist, and I sighed helplessly.
"Put half of it with me. Come to me when you're hungry next time." Su Qi took half of the persimmons from Gu Beijing's cloth bag.
The few people stopped talking along the way and returned to the cave in silence.
Those who were picking persimmons behind also followed back.
Gu Beiheng's uncle gave him an iron pot, and everyone laughed at him at the time. But now, when he looks at the pot again, he looks at it with envy.
Su Qi saw that the location of the cave entrance was well ventilated and would not get wet in the rain, and it was only the hole dug by Dabao and Erbao.
He simply waved his hand and requisitioned the pit dug by his two sons.
Dabao and Erbao, who were still in the competition, pouted and wanted to say no, but seeing Su Qi's serious expression, they had to swallow their words of resistance.
"Mom, the hole was dug by Erbao." Erbao is good at flattering people.
He crawled out of the hole like a little clay man, and crawled to Su Qi on all fours to ask for a hug.
Su Qi looked at her own child with disdain. He had none of the self-awareness of rich kids. He had a natural affinity for clay. Just look at these two little clay figurines and you'll see how much fun they had playing with it.
Except for Gu Jingfeng from Gu Beihan's family, the other little boys are similar to Dabao and Erbao.
"You two naughty boys. How are you going to sleep at night?" Su Qi said with disgust.
There wasn't even a hint of disgust in his actions.
The gentle hands rubbed Erbao's head for a long time before slapping him on the butt.
"Go play."
"Hey." Erbao moved to the side of the bearded man with the dagger in hand and raised his neck, "Big brother, I'll give you the dagger back."
Su Qi really wanted to go forward and pick up Erbao.
The second baby of the Sheniu.
You are facing a bearded man who likes to beat people up every day.
The bearded man's nose twitched as he lifted Erbao up and sat him on his lap. "Calling me Big Brother? You really want to be my brother?"
Erbao nodded very solemnly and touched the bearded man's beard with his dirty little hands.
"Yes, you are my big brother."
"Hahaha, okay. I accept you as my little brother." The bearded man let Gu Erbao lie on him and play with his beard.
Gu Beiheng built a simple stove using a few small stones on the hole dug by Dabao.
Then he took some dry leaves and lit them, then put some thin dry branches on top, and finally added some thick dry branches.
Su Qi was holding an iron pot to collect rainwater, but in fact he was using the water in the space.
The two of them worked together to place the iron pot on the stove.
Put the washed rice into an iron pot and cook.
Old Huang and his friends also brought their own iron pots, which they placed on the hole dug by Erbao to cook rice porridge.
Old Huang and his companions were constantly escorting prisoners and commoners, so they knew they wouldn't always be able to reach the post station. When camping outdoors, they had to bring cooking utensils and some dry food.
Exiling criminals is different from exiling common people.
The prisoners are tougher.
They had to wear anklets and wooden shackles that could not be removed, and were often beaten along the way. The accommodation was even worse.
Exiled commoners could pay money to have their shackles removed after traveling a certain distance.
Moreover, you can spend money to improve your food when you stay overnight, and you can also buy food and daily necessities in towns along the way.
You can go by water.
Later you can hire a horse-drawn carriage or an ox-drawn cart.
Su Qi and his companions were commoners, and what they experienced along the way was much better than that of the criminals.
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