Chapter 53 Borrowing Fire
Su Hanchu looked at the children. Their faces were pale and bloodless, with bloodstains on their cracked lips, their hair was messy, and there was no light in their eyes.
"Yes, let your children come over and warm themselves by the torch. Water is hard to find here, but there's plenty of clean snow outside. You can use a basin to scoop some water in, put it in the pot, and boil some hot water for the children to drink."
Chuntao and the others were filled with gratitude when they heard this.
"Thank you, Madam. We'll clean the pots and dishes later. After we're done, we'll go find some firewood."
Most of the people in the Jun and Su families were injured, so it would be a good thing to have someone to help with the work. Su Hanchu nodded slightly.
In addition, Chuntao and the others had no bad intentions, and they had put in a lot of thought for the sake of the children. Su Hanchu took out a handful of mushrooms and asked them to cook them and mix them with the steamed buns in their hands.
Considering that there were too many people and a large fire would be a waste of firewood, they simply divided the people into two groups to gather around the fire to keep warm.
The fire at the Jun and Su families' side was burning very brightly, but it was not so easy for the other families. They finally found some dry grass and started the fire, but it was too wet and it wouldn't burn. The whole cave was filled with smoke and the air was bad. Many people in the cave started coughing because of the smoke.
Su Hanchu couldn't help coughing and yelling a few times, frowning.
Seeing this, Jun Moshi hurriedly handed her some water.
"Take a couple of sips to relieve it."
Su Hanchu took two sips, and Jun Moye pulled her into his arms and wrapped her in his cloak.
"How about we go out for a walk......"
The second master of the Fang family came over with a small bundle of firewood.
"Master Jun, could you please let us start a fire? It's too cold and we really can't make anything burn."
Su Hanchu heard the voice and crawled out from Jun Moye's arms.
"Master Fang, if you take your time, we won't know when the fire will start. How about this? You leave this little firewood here and take some of the firewood we have burning here."
Upon hearing this, Master Fang Er hurriedly spoke with gratitude.
"Okay, thank you, Madam."
Liu Shan was tactful enough to put the firewood that Mr. Fang Er brought on the firewood, and gave a lot of the originally lit firewood to Mr. Fang.
Soon the Tao family also came to borrow fire. Su Hanchu did not refuse and still asked Liu Shan to give them some firewood. After all, if this continued, the cave would no longer be able to accommodate anyone.
Seeing that the Jun family was willing to borrow fire, several other families also brought firewood to borrow, and Su Hanchu agreed one by one.
The fires in the other houses were finally lit.
But during the time when the fire was being lit, Su Hanchu was so smoked that she cried.
Jun Moye raised his hand to wipe her tears.
"Let's go out and get some fresh air. No one should come to borrow a fire anymore. Even if someone does, let Liu Shan take care of it."
As a result, he just pulled Su Hanchu up.
Then Chen Sun from the second branch of the Chen family came over.
"Mo Ye."
Jun Moye gave her a cold look.
"What can I do for you, Madam Chen Er?"
Hearing him address her in such a distant way, Chen Sunshi, you know that the Chen family has offended him badly.
"Mo Ye, kid, I am your second aunt after all. Although your eldest aunt and her family have some conflicts with your wife, our second branch has never had any conflicts with you. Why do you have to..."
Su Hanchu now felt annoyed when looking at the Chen family and spoke unhappily.
"Mrs. Chen Er, why don't you just tell me what's going on? Given the current relationship between our two families, anything else would seem redundant and ridiculous."
Chen Sun's face suddenly became embarrassed when she heard this. She originally wanted to ask the Jun family to send some food over, but now she couldn't open her mouth, so she had to give in and say something.
"Mo Ye, Han Chu, your grandmother is old after all, and all our Chen family's things are gone. Now, let alone cooking, even getting a sip of hot water is difficult. Even if you don't want to share your food with us Chen family, can you lend us your pot to boil some water?"
So you came here to take advantage of me, Su Hanchu spat out two words.
"No."
Chen Sun didn't expect that she would refuse so bluntly, without considering at all that the Chen family was Jun Moye's maternal grandmother's family.
"Su Hanchu, you kids have a feud with each other, you can't hold a grudge against the old man too. Before the Chen family fell, they were really good to Mo Ye..."
Jun Moye pulled Su Hanchu up and looked at Chen Sun.
"When the Chen family benefited from this, it was genuine. Madam Chen Er, you don't have to make things difficult for Han Chu. The Chen family wouldn't lend us a pot, a fire, or even a blade of grass. Madam Chen Er, please go back and don't come over here again.
So that I don't feel so choked up when I see everyone. After all, every time I see anyone from the Chen family, I'll be reminded of how my parents died, and I can't wait to avenge them."
After all, Jun Moye had always respected her as an elder in the past. When Chen Sun saw the real hatred in Jun Moye's eyes, she couldn't help but feel scared and didn't dare to stay any longer.
"If you don't want to lend it, then don't lend it. The Chen family's efforts over the years should be considered as a reward..."
Noticing the cold gazes of Jun Moye and Su Hanchu, Chen Sun had to swallow the rest of her words and walked towards the Chen family.
Jun Moye looked at Liu Shan and spoke.
"Liu Shan, don't give a damn about anyone in the Chen family. Don't let anyone from the Chen family touch anything from the Jun and Su families. If they don't know their limits, don't be polite and just fight them back."
Then he pulled Su Hanchu out.
Both of them were wearing thick warm clothes and had heated insoles on their feet, so they didn't feel very cold even when they went outside.
Because of the white snow on the ground outside, you can see the road and trees clearly.
Since he had already come out, Su Hanchu didn't plan to come out in vain.
Pulling Jun Moye to look for suitable wood, since it has been snowing, he can make a simple sled to push and pull the luggage. This will save a lot of effort, and if done well, he can even pull people.
Fortunately, when I was traveling on missions before, I might sometimes have to live in the mountains, and there was a machete in the space that could help me cut down trees.
Su Hanchu looked for suitable wood for a sled among the surrounding trees.
Only after finding two relatively satisfactory branches did he take out the scimitar from the space.
"Jun Moye, cut the tree down from here. I'll make you something good later."
Jun Moye took the knife.
"What you are going to make must be extraordinary. I am looking forward to seeing it."
Then he started chopping with a knife.
Because of the cutting of branches, the snow on the tree scattered all over the two of them, and their hair was covered with a layer of white snow.
After Jun Moye cut down the tree, he reached out to clean the snowflakes on Su Hanchu's head.
"Won't you stay away a little?"
Su Hanchu smiled and reached out to clean the snow off his body.
"There's another one here. Once we're done chopping it, we can go back. We have a lot of firewood today, so we can pick out other materials from the firewood."
Soon the two men chopped another piece of wood.
Dragging back.
As soon as I entered the cave, I found that the Chen family and the Fang family were surrounding the Jun family and the Su family and were arguing about something...
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