Chapter 131 Bring in the charcoal brazier
When it comes to fighting for village glory, people in every village have an indomitable stubbornness.
Her aunts were arguing fiercely, and she decided not to get involved.
I can’t win the argument, I really can’t win the argument.
Gu Yuexuan, who knew her own limitations, stomped her feet on the spot, certain that the situation here could not be settled in a short time, and waved goodbye, deciding to go home.
As Tu Suminyang entered the house, a look of regret appeared on his face: "How I wish I could go with my uncle and brother to pull the nets! It's so exciting to see them pull out so many fish!"
Gu Yuexuan couldn't help laughing and sarcastically said, "Your heart is surging?"
"With your frail little body, you'll probably be dragged along by the fish more often than not. Who's catching who?"
"You should wait until you are a bit bigger."
Yu came out and saw the cloth bands tied around their hands. She couldn't help but laugh out loud: "We were worried that there were too many people and you couldn't control them. I didn't expect you to have so many solutions."
"The sweet soup is already cooked in the house. Let's go in and warm up first."
The sweet soup was brewed with rice wine and added with glutinous rice balls the size of lotus seeds. After drinking a bowl of hot sweet soup, sweat broke out on my forehead.
After Gu Yuexuan finished drinking, she looked alert and said, "Mother-in-law, you can't use the kettle this time."
The sweet water that Tu Su Yunxi could drink became a fatal temptation in Tu Subo's mouth.
Never give him any chance to get drunk again!
Xi Lanfang responded with a smile: "Do I need to tell you that?"
Who dares to let Tu Subo drink alcohol?
Gu Yuexuan felt a little scared and quickly put down her bowl and stood up: "You guys rest in the house, I'll go prepare a meal for our hero who caught the big fish!"
In these cold winter days, there are actually very few ingredients to choose from.
Gu Yuexuan looked up at the bacon and sausages that had been smoked and cooked for several days before being successfully made, and an idea suddenly came to her mind, and she came up with a new plan.
The steaming hot water slowly washed away the faint smoke marks on the bacon and sausages, and the fat and delicious meat was skillfully cut into small cubes.
At the same time, the peeled potatoes and pre-soaked dried mushrooms are also finely chopped into small pieces.
Oil is poured into the pot, and seasonings are added and stir-fried until fragrant. Various ingredients jump happily in the pot, emitting an enticing aroma.
Then, cover the washed rice with all the fried ingredients, add an appropriate amount of water so that the water level just covers the rice grains, cover the pot, and simmer over low heat.
The rice in the pot bubbled softly, as if whispering something. Gu Yuexuan then cut the remaining potatoes into chunks of suitable size and mixed them with the glistening bacon stir-fried in another pot. She then added a full pot of water and, finally, the roughly chopped white radish.
Tu Su Yanting came over smelling the aroma and asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, why do you have to cook the same ingredients in two different pots?"
“That’s a big difference.”
Gu Yuexuan bent down slightly to adjust the stove fire and patiently explained, "This side has the fragrant braised rice with preserved meat, and that side has the delicious bacon and radish soup."
"Your eldest brother is very averse to sweet soup, so..."
“Hurry, hurry, hurry!”
"Go inside!"
The sudden chaos outside the door made Gu Yuexuan frown slightly. When she straightened up and saw the person rushing in, her brows involuntarily furrowed.
"Tu Subo, what's wrong with you?!"
When she came back, he was still full of energy, how come he became so miserable in the blink of an eye?
"Hey, now's not the time to chat!"
Wu Hongsheng, who had been supporting Tu Subo all the way, said anxiously, "Just now, the two children from Uncle Gang's family accidentally fell into an ice hole, and it was Tu Subo who jumped in and rescued them!"
"Sister-in-law, the water in that ice hole is freezing cold. Find him some dry clothes and let him warm up inside first!"
Gu Yuexuan quickly put down what she was holding and rushed over to support him. When she touched Tu Subo's cold hand, her heart couldn't help but tremble.
"Come in quickly."
Tu Subo's face was pale, his lips were purple, and his breathing was so rapid that it was heartbreaking.
His lips trembled, as if he wanted to explain something, but he was unable to speak due to the extreme cold. He just instinctively kept some distance between his cold body and Gu Yuexuan.
There was a noisy sound outside the door.
The people in the house came out when they heard the noise, and Xi Lanfang was frightened and panicked.
"Bo'er?!"
"Bo'er, are you okay?!"
"Sister-in-law, don't worry."
Yu was the first to react and said decisively, "Go and get the charcoal brazier over here. The most urgent thing is to get him changed into dry clothes!"
"Third sister, quickly bring the boiling hot water from the house over here! Be quick!"
There was a bustle of activity inside and outside the house. Tu Subo's rapid breathing was particularly prominent in the tense atmosphere. Finally, he managed to squeeze out a few words with difficulty: "Don't worry, everything is fine."
"Mom, you guys go out first, I'll change my clothes."
Xi Lanfang staggered back with tears in her eyes, her worry evident in her words.
Gu Yuexuan quickly closed the door, blocking out all the noise. She grabbed Tu Subo's collar with an expressionless face.
Tu Subo couldn't help but tremble: "Xuanxuan, I..."
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Gu Yuexuan said sternly, "Your arms are so frozen and stiff you can't even bend them, and you still want to change your clothes by yourself?"
"Take off your clothes!"
Her anger poured down on Tu Subo like a torrential rain, making him stunned for a moment, and then he withdrew his trembling hands.
Tu Subo had just returned from the river. His clothes were soaked with water and covered with a layer of ice, which was as cold and hard as a knife and pierced his bones.
Gu Yuexuan didn't have time to think too much. With Tu Subo's stiff cooperation, she quickly took off his wet clothes, put on a dry piece of clothes, and then wrapped him tightly with two layers of thick quilts.
Tu Subo only showed a small part of his head.
Yu asked worriedly outside the door, "Xuanxuan, can I bring the charcoal basin in?"
"Okay, Second Aunt, come in!"
Four freshly lit charcoal braziers were placed perfectly in the house, and the warmth quickly spread, dispelling the remaining coldness in the house.
Tu Subo drank two bowls of hot water and his body gradually regained warmth. He reached out to push aside the quilt that was almost ridiculously thick.
"Do you dare to try to move?"
Gu Yuexuan glared at him sharply: "If you dare to lift the quilt, I will have to use sorghum wine to drive away the cold for you."
Sorghum wine...
Let’s just forget it.
Tu Subo withdrew his restless hands with embarrassment, exhaled softly, looked at Xi Lanfang with red eyes and said, "Mom, I'm really fine."
He has quick reflexes and is an excellent swimmer.
It took only a few moments from the time the children fell into the water to the time he rescued them one by one from the ice cave.
It's just that after being soaked in ice water, his face looked a little pale, but it was nothing serious.
Xi Lanfang's eyes welled with tears, distressed: "Why are you so reckless? If anything happens..."
"Is everyone okay? Is Tu Subo okay?"
"I've always said that there are so many traps on the ice, and children shouldn't be allowed out there unsupervised!"
"Look what a mess this is!"
The old grandfather, who learned the news a little later, hurried back home, followed by a group of worried villagers.
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