It was getting close to evening and there was fog everywhere.
Only when everyone reached the barren mountain could they see the cave clearly.
The cave was about five meters square and pitch black. It looked like an abandoned charcoal-burning cave. It was not a big place, but it was enough for them to rest for a while.
There were still some dry firewood scattered in the cave, left by people who had burned charcoal before.
Shen Fuyou and Shen Jinshan quickly started two fires.
After jumping off the carriage, Chen Xinli immediately prepared to boil water.
My younger brother has a fever, and the most important thing right now is to make some ginger soup to drive away the cold for everyone.
Rainwater, also known as rootless water, can be used.
But at this moment, it had been raining heavily for a long time, and the two jars on the cart had collected rainwater, which was relatively clean and was barely enough to make ginger soup.
Chen Xinli instructed her eldest brother to quickly build a simple stove, and then filter the rainwater with cotton cloth, pour it back into the jar, and then carefully place it on the stove.
After finishing all this, she ran to the cart to find the dried ginger she had prepared earlier.
Because I forgot to wrap it, the dried ginger grew a lot bigger after being exposed to the rain.
I can't care about that for now.
Throw the ginger slices directly into the jar.
After the fire started burning, the temperature in the cave continued to rise, and everyone's clothes began to become steamy.
That was a sign of fire burning on wet clothes.
Shen Fuyou said as he built a fire:
"God is really cruel. If it doesn't rain, it won't stop. Once it starts, it won't stop. Luckily we found the cave, otherwise we would have been in trouble at night!"
"Who said it wasn't?" Old Man Wu also echoed.
"Second brother, I think we don't have enough firewood. Let's go out and find some!"
Shen Fugui picked up a piece of firewood and added it, as if to remind his brother.
The firelight shone on his somewhat pale face, making it look a little lively.
He hurriedly and carefully moved his injured leg closer to the fire.
"Oh, brother, how could I forget about this?" Shen Fuyou slapped his thigh, "Take a rest and roast your legs properly. Jinshan and I will go!"
Shen Fuyou had already seen his elder brother's expression and hurriedly reminded him.
"I'll go too." After being pushed by his master, Kuai Wei immediately agreed.
Then, the two of them went back into the rain.
"Uncle, wait a minute and drink some ginger soup. Also, when we left home, the villagers gave us a piece of oilcloth. I'll go get it for you to cover your head with before we go out!"
There was an oilcloth in Chen Xinli's space, but she didn't take it out immediately when it rained heavily, mainly because it was inconvenient.
There were several people crowded on the cart at that time. She was sitting on the outside, a little far away from the luggage at the back, and Jiang Yu was next to her, so she couldn't just conjure up a piece of oilcloth for no reason.
Now, when you go to get something from the cart, you can take the oilcloth as well.
"It's okay, Ah Li, it's just a little drizzle, I'm not afraid of your uncle!"
Shen Fuyou replied with a smile, saying that he was very grateful for his niece's concern.
Chen Xinli had no choice but to give up and looked outside the cave. The cave was thick with fog at this moment. The low bushes nearby could still be barely seen, while the bushes in the distance were baring their fangs and claws, and in the hazy light they looked like many crawling monsters.
"Uncle, you can just pick up some nearby. We can mix dry and wet firewood together and burn them."
Chen Xinli was a little worried.
He shouted into the air, and could vaguely see the figures of Shen Fuyou and the other man.
"Okay." A voice replied from the distance.
When she entered the cave again, she saw that her brother's face was red with fever, and Chen Xinli was very worried.
Seeing that the ginger soup was ready, Chen Xinli threw some brown sugar into it and stirred it.
While groping for things in the cart, he took out some medicine for treating colds and fevers from the space.
After feeding his brother the medicine, he saw Jiang Yu shivering beside him, mumbling "cold."
"Brother, please help and move him closer. He said he was cold."
Chen Xinli pointed at Jiang Yu and said to her eldest brother.
"I'll do it."
Before Shen Jinshan came over, Zhang Xiaodi immediately stepped forward. He had just been helping to pick up the scattered firewood on the ground.
Meng Yun, who was standing by, finally warmed up a little and came forward to lend a hand.
Wu distributed the ginger soup and each person in the group got half a bowl, including Yun Gu and the others.
The remaining little was left to Shen Fuyou and Kuai Wei.
"Brother, go check if the rainwater collected at the cave entrance is ready? We're ready to cook dinner."
When Second Aunt handed the ginger soup to my younger brother, she also called him up.
Zhang Xiaodi finished the drink in two or three gulps. He grimaced because it was so hot, but he was also extremely satisfied.
Then he quickly rushed to the wooden basin outside the cave to check and shouted, "Sister, there's too little water. I'll go get some water from the stream!"
Zhang Fangju took a look and nodded helplessly.
Little Brother Zhang poured the water from one wooden basin into another, grabbed a wooden basin and started looking for water everywhere.
When Zhang's younger brother brought the water, Chen Xinli instantly became worried.
The basin was filled with yellow water, and many small rotten leaves and sticks were floating on it. It also smelled like yellow mud.
"This water is useless for cooking. I'm afraid it won't be usable until tomorrow."
Second Aunt had already cut the leftover wolf meat into strips and prepared some dried vegetables, and was planning to make porridge for everyone.
After hearing my niece's judgment, I had to stop what I was doing.
After taking a look at the wooden basin, he couldn't help but shook his head. The water was too turbid and needed to settle overnight.
"But this is what we found in the cleanest stream nearby."
Zhang Xiaodi lowered his head somewhat sadly.
"Don't worry, little brother. I'll find a way. We can use this water tomorrow if we don't use it today!"
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