Chapter 186 Shelter
Erbao's eyes widened in shock. He watched Su Ying stuff rice cakes into her mouth one by one. He yelled and rushed over to hug Su Ying's thighs, "Mom, I'm going to go, are you going to eat or not? I want to go to school, I want to go to school with my brother."
Su Ying licked her lips with some reluctance, "Why don't we not go?" She picked up another piece of rice cake.
Erbao was so anxious that tears came out, "Go away, go away, Mom, don't eat it!"
Su Ying stopped with regret, "Okay, I'll pack the rest for you to take to school."
Dabao, who was standing at the side and was trying to gather his emotions but hadn't cried yet, had a frozen face. He looked at his sister with great disgust. A plate of rice cake made her compromise. She had vowed to him last night that she would not go to school today!
The three little guys followed Chu Yun to school obediently.
As soon as they left, Su Ying asked Tian Mu to find the charcoal-burning expert, and then they went to the North District.
As soon as Su Ying left, Qiao Yang brought people to the outside of the yard. They came to load charcoal. Because they added a lot of new pits, their efficiency in producing charcoal is now higher than before. Su Ying told Hu Wei that the charcoal needs to be sold in batches, otherwise it would be too big a deal if all the charcoals were sold at once, and they didn't have enough trucks to transport it.
The stockpiled charcoal filled ten large trucks. After Qiao Yang loaded the charcoal, he drove it back to Tiger Camp.
Hu Wei carefully checked the quality of the charcoal and confirmed that there was no problem before saying, "Let Mengzi from the North District go with you tomorrow."
Qiao Yang was a little confused, "Why? The North District doesn't have any share of the charcoal. What is he doing with them?"
Hu Wei glared at him and said, "Just go ahead and invite someone when I told you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
After being yelled at by Hu Wei, Qiao Yang became intimidated. "I know, I know, but they won't be jealous, right? What if..."
"No, Madam Su saved his son's life. He is a grateful man and would not do anything stupid. What good would it do him to covet this little profit?"
Qiao Yang curled his lips, "Got it, I'll go get someone later."
"Bring two jars of wine."
"oh."
On the other side, Su Ying also brought people to the North District.
Unlike before, Zhou Xing was waiting outside the gate of the North District early. When he saw Su Ying's carriage coming, he hurried over to greet her.
"Madam Su is here."
"kindness."
"Uncle Meng and the others are waiting. Madam Su, please follow me."
"good."
Zhou Xing jumped onto the carriage, sat in the driver's seat, and quickly brought Su Ying to the gate of Mengzi's courtyard.
"Uncle Meng, Madam Su is here."
The people in the yard heard the noise and quickly opened the door and came out.
"Ms. Su is here. Please come in and sit for a while." Tian Niu greeted her warmly.
Su Ying shook her head and said, "No, Auntie, let's go check the location as soon as possible. It's getting colder now, so the charcoal needs to be burned out sooner."
Mengzi and a few uncles also came out of the yard.
"Madam Su is right. It is better to get this done as soon as possible. Let's go. I will take you to see the place."
"good."
In order to save time, Mengzi also drove out a ox cart, took a few people in charge and ran to the front to lead Su Ying.
Tian Niu watched them go far away before returning to the yard and closing the gate. As soon as she turned around, she saw a head quickly shrinking back in front of the window of the side room.
Tian Niu frowned, but still walked towards the room.
When Wang Furong heard the footsteps, she shrank back and looked timidly towards the door.
As soon as Tian Niu entered the room, she saw her scared look and couldn't help but be curious, "Little girl, you are awake, don't be afraid, we won't hurt you. Yesterday we saw you unconscious on the ground, so we brought you back. Are you okay now? Are you feeling unwell?"
Wang Furong shrank her head and whispered, "I, I'm so hungry..."
Tian Niu laughed when she heard it. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I knew you fainted from hunger. I gave you a big bowl of sugar water this morning. Wait, there are some cornmeal cakes in the pot. I'll bring those to you."
Tian Niu said this and ran out in a hurry.
As soon as the person left, Wang Furong stretched her neck to look outside. When she saw Tian Niu running back, she quickly acted like a quail and dared not say a word.
"Here, this pancake is still hot. Eat it quickly. You will have more energy when you are full."
Wang Furong looked at the browned corn tortillas and swallowed hard. She didn't care about anything else and grabbed the tortillas, stuffed them into her mouth and started eating them in big mouthfuls.
Seeing her like this, Tian Niu felt even more sorry for her. "Hey, eat slowly. If you're not full, there's more in the pot. Auntie can take it for you."
Wang Furong wolfed down her food without taking Tian Nuo's words into account.
"Hmm, hmm!"
Tian Niu saw that she was choking, so she quickly poured her a glass of water and asked her to drink it. "Be careful, rough food hurts your throat, so eat slowly."
After stuffing a few corn cakes into her stomach, Wang Furong rolled down from the bed and crawled to Tian Niu's feet. With red eyes, she hugged her and said, "Auntie, please take me in. I'm alone and have nowhere to go. I can do anything, but I just ask you to give me a bite to eat."
Tian Niu was not a hard-hearted person. Seeing a girl so pitiful, it would be a lie to say that she was not soft-hearted. However, in this place, the family members might not be able to eat enough, let alone an extra mouth to feed.
As if she could see Tian Niu's hesitation, Wang Furong continued to beg, "Aunt, please, I only need one meal a day, no, two days, I only need one meal every two days..."
"Okay kid, don't worry, tell me where your family is."
Wang Furong lowered her eyelids to hide the strange color in her eyes, "I, I don't have any family anymore..."
Tian Niu thought that the person was already dead, and she felt even more sorry, "Forget it, you just stay here for a while. It won't be too late to leave if you find a good place to go." There was a lot of work to do at home, and her son's legs needed care, so why not just stay and be a helper.
Seeing Tian Niu agreed, Wang Furong showed a relieved smile on her face.
On the other side, Su Ying also followed Mengzi and others to the half-slope behind the north area.
Although this is a half-slope, the slope is not steep and there is vegetation all around. Although there is no flat open space on the slope, there should be no problem in burning charcoal here.
Su Ying immediately decided on a location with Mengzi and asked them to find someone to select a pit and dig a hole, and have someone teach them the process of making charcoal.
Mengzi handed the technical issues over to the person in charge, and after making sure there were no problems, he went back with Su Ying.
As soon as the two returned to the yard, they saw Qiao Yang riding a horse towards them.
(End of this chapter)
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