Li Xiaomin cooked dinner, and her brother Li Erniu helped.
Li Tugen found a secluded place and began to cultivate the lettuce seeds and peas he had obtained by signing in today.
Not long after, Li Tugen came back with two baskets of vegetables.
A basket of lettuce and a basket of peas and pea tips.
These vegetables are not dirty and have no dirt on them, so just rinse them with clean water.
As for meat dishes, Li Xiaomin prepared stir-fried pork with green peppers, stir-fried basil with garlic sprouts, stewed pig's trotters with white radish, and stir-fried pork slices with peas.
The green vegetables include lettuce and pea tips. Just blanch them in the pot when you eat them later.
It’s too troublesome to cook rice outside, so the staple food tonight is white flour steamed buns.
"Erniu, go call your brothers and sisters back for dinner." After cooking the last dish, Li Xiaomin asked Erniu to call the kids back.
"good."
After frying the last dish, Li Xiaomin scooped a spoonful of water into the pot, covered the pot and let it cook.
"Uncle Lu, Uncle Lu, Grandpa Li, it's time to eat." Li Xiaomin shouted.
Not long after, the four kids who were called back by Li Erniu also ran over.
“Wow, it smells so good!”
“It’s all meat!”
“Eat, eat, eat, eat!!”
The kids gathered around the table and chattered non-stop, their eyes fixed on the meat on the table.
"Come here and wash your hands. Whoever doesn't wash his hands won't be allowed to eat meat." Li Erniu scooped two spoonfuls of water into the basin, squatted beside it and shouted.
"handwashing!"
"Nest wash!"
"I'll wash too!"
"Everyone line up, one by one." Li Erniu said, "Tuanzi runs the fastest, so wash Tuanzi first."
The first one to wash couldn't help but raise his little head proudly, then squatted down and stretched out his hand, asking Brother Erniu to wash his hands.
After washing my hands and drying them with a cloth, I can finally eat.
The small table for placing dishes is a folding wooden table, which is just a little shorter than the small dumpling.
However, this height is just right for little ones to eat while standing.
The white flour steamed buns are relatively large, so the kids would break off half each and then add more after they had finished eating.
Su Qingyun first changed the second baby's diaper and fed him milk before carrying the child out.
Lu Changge took it and ate while coaxing Erbao.
After dinner, it was dark, so we piled the remaining firewood together and boiled some hot water while burning it.
After washing their feet with warm water and taking off their coats and putting them aside, the kids lay down in a row in the tent.
The wool blanket is big and thick, and it is no problem for four babies to be covered.
Dahei and Erhei were lying beside the fire, keeping watch.
Lu Changge entered the carriage and saw his wife still sitting there. He asked, "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"
"Wait for my husband to come together."
"The bed is too small, I won't lie down, you go to sleep."
As Lu Changge spoke, he took out a quilt from the space and prepared to spend the night leaning against the car wall.
Finally, Lu Changge lay down on the bed, but his long legs were hanging outside, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.
Su Qingyun, who was sleeping next to him, curled up and pressed tightly against Lu Changge.
In the middle of the night, Erbao woke up.
When Lu Changge heard the crying, he opened his eyes and patted Su Qingyun's back to let him continue sleeping.
He took the second baby aside, changed his diaper and fed him.
Erbao is different from Tuanzi when he was a child. Every time he cried, it was because he was hungry or had peed or defecated. He would stop crying after the problem was solved.
It can be said that he is a good baby among good babies and is very easy to raise.
In one night, Lu Changge changed the baby's diaper twice and fed him three times.
By the way, I also have to check if the kids are kicking the quilt.
Soon, a night passed.
Last night's fire had long since burned out, and when I woke up in the morning, only ashes were left.
Not long after Lu Changge got up, Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin, brother and sister, also woke up.
After saying hello to Uncle Lu, the three children went to collect firewood and fetch water, and then started to boil water.
The other pot is for cooking breakfast. Today's breakfast is dumplings and boiled eggs.
Lu Changge also prepared ten sweet potatoes and buried them directly in the fire.
Go to bed early at night and wake up early in the morning.
After the hot water was ready, the kids all got up.
Li Xiaomin went over to help them put on their clothes and shoes, and then took them aside to brush their teeth and wash their faces.
After everyone got up, Li Erniu also cooked the dumplings.
The four kids each had five dumplings and a boiled egg.
For others, there is no limit, you can cook and eat as you like.
After breakfast, put out the fire and take out the roasted sweet potatoes.
The surface of the baked sweet potato is black and charred. When you break it open and taste it, it is soft, sticky and sweet.
After eating the sweet potatoes and packing up their things, Lu Changge and his party continued on their journey.
Lu Changge's destination was Jincheng, which was two cities away from Lijia Village.
After walking and stopping for more than half a month, Lu Changge and others saw the tall city wall from a distance.
Seeing the city wall in the distance, Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin were both excited.
However, when we got closer, we found a long queue outside the city gate, many of whom were families.
Carrying large and small bags, it's like fleeing.
Li Tugen asked his grandfather to drive the carriage, and he got off the carriage and walked to the front to find Uncle Lu.
After talking to Uncle Lu for a few words, Li Tugen gave Sister Xiaomin a few reminders before returning to his carriage.
There were also several horse-drawn carriages in the two teams.
Their three carriages looked ordinary and did not attract anyone's attention.
However, the two big wolfhounds on Captain Go's carriage attracted the attention of many people.
Some of them even had green light in their eyes, and looked as if they wanted to skin them and eat them.
Dahei and Erhei were very sensitive to people's emotions. They looked around and immediately noticed several malicious looks.
Then he stared at them intently, bared his teeth and roared at them.
The big wolfdog's sudden howl startled everyone around it.
And those who had malicious eyes quickly put away their little thoughts.
The queue to enter the city was very long, from nine o'clock to noon and still no one arrived.
Lu Changge left Dahei and Erhei outside while he got into the carriage.
There were many people outside, so in order to avoid attracting more attention, Lu Changge chose white flour steamed buns for lunch today, which are less fragrant.
Boiled eggs, a box of deli meats, and original beef jerky.
These were all prepared before and stored in the memory.
Lu Changge finished his lunch quickly, then got out of the carriage and continued to guard.
It was not until four o'clock in the afternoon that they finally entered the city.
A city is divided into inner city and outer city.
After entering the city, Lu Changge went directly to the pawnbroker to ask about the situation in the inner city.
Hearing that even the inns in the inner city were full, Lu Changge and others decided to stay in the outer city.
And rented a courtyard in the outer city.
Lu Changge originally wanted to rent a house with two courtyards.
However, recently there are quite a lot of people moving here from other places.
There is a shortage of housing nowadays, and there are only three one-courtyard units left, and one two-courtyard unit that needs to be shared with other people.
In the end, Lu Changge rented a courtyard for four months.
During a drought, there is no danger in staying in the city; what is dangerous is the flood and heavy rain that comes after the drought.
At that time, no place was safe except the imperial city and the two cities next to it, which were not in danger of being flooded.
However, after the flood, these three safe cities became the hardest hit areas by the plague.
As well as the subsequent wars, other countries were in great trouble.
The imperial city was the first to be breached.
So, it’s not safe to escape to anywhere now.
Lu Changge planned to leave Jincheng in May and hide in Daxing Mountain outside the city.
This is also the reason why Lu Changge chose Jincheng as his temporary residence.
The courtyard rented by Lu Changge was not large in area, but it had all the necessary facilities.
The main house is also called the north house, and has three rooms.
There is an ear room on each side of the main room, making three main rooms and two ear rooms, a total of five rooms.
In addition, on both sides of the main house are east and west side rooms, each with three rooms.
In the middle of the south side is the main gate, with three small rooms on each side.
After completing the house rental procedures, Lu Changge and others followed the people from the brokerage firm to the yard they rented.
The outer city is divided into residential area, commercial area, and agricultural area.
The commercial area is close to the inner city, and the residential area is further out.
The land area in the city is limited, so the sizes of houses are all of uniform standards.
The distance between courtyards is also very small.
Usually, you can see your neighbor's yard by climbing up the wall of your own yard.
If they were a little more agile, they could even jump over the wall into the neighbor's house.
After walking for a while, we finally arrived.
However, Lu Changge's carriage could not enter the alley.
"Mr. Lu, your carriage can't enter the alley. Why don't you park it in the carriage parking lot first? It only costs one copper coin a day." The errand boy who brought them here suggested.
"No need." Lu Changge refused, and then called Dahei and the others to come down.
"Dahei and Erhei, come down."
Dahei and Erhei, who were lying in the mezzanine, heard it and stood up and jumped out.
He stood up straight, shook off his hair, and yawned.
The errand boy from the dental shop then discovered that the backs of the two big wolfhounds reached his waist.
I subconsciously took a few steps back, only to find that the two big wolfhounds didn't even glance at me.
Awkward.
Lu Changge removed the protruding compartments on both sides of the carriage, making it just enough to pass through.
"You lead the way, and I'll let them follow." Lu Changge said, signaling Dahei and Erhei with his eyes.
Dahei barked at the errand boy and then walked in front.
After walking a few steps, he realized that the human was not following him, so he turned around and looked at him silently.
"Okay... okay, it's not far away. It's the fifth yard on the left when you enter the alley."
Lu Changge hummed, drove the carriage slowly to catch up, and stopped in front of the fifth courtyard.
The door was closed and the plaque above it was blank.
"Mr. Lu, this is the courtyard you rented, and here is the key." As he said that, the broker handed the key to Lu Changge.
He added: "The plaque will be ready in a few days, and we will hang it up for you then."
"Um."
After bringing the person over and handing over the key, the people from the dental clinic left from the other end of the alley.
"Uncle Lu, is this the yard we rented?" Li Tugen came over from behind the carriage and looked up at the gate in front of him.
"Well, go in first."
The gate was opened and the carriage was driven in. Li Tugen, who entered last, closed the gate.
After entering, Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin first carried their younger brother and sister down from the carriage.
Then we went to find Uncle Lu together.
"Uncle Lu, the main house and the east and west side houses all have three rooms.
Uncle Lu, you and your family will live in the main house, Xiaomin and her family will live in the east wing, and Grandpa Goudan and I will live in the west wing. What do you think?"
Li Tugen said.
When they went to rent a house just now, the people from the dental clinic introduced the layout of the houses in the courtyard to Lu Changge, and Li Tugen also heard it.
"Yes." Lu Changge nodded and said, "Give me the side rooms, and you can divide the three rooms on each side of the main gate among yourselves."
"Okay." Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin nodded in response.
After all the rooms were allocated, they began to clean up their own houses.
This house should be cleaned every once in a while so that someone else who comes to rent it won't have to make a fuss.
There is a well in the yard.
Lu Changge wanted to get a bucket of water, but when he looked inside, he saw only a shallow layer of water.
It’s hard to say whether half a bucket is enough.
While moving things from the carriage, Li Tugen saw Uncle Lu fetching water and asked casually.
"Uncle Lu, is there water in the well?"
"no."
"Uncle Lu, do you need it urgently? I have some water here..."
Li Tugen is tied to the planting system. Among the rewards he gets for signing in every day, there are three fixed buckets of clean water.
Sometimes random rewards and streak rewards will also drop.
So he has a lot of water there.
"No need." Lu Changge shook his head and said, "I'll go find some water tomorrow."
There was no water in the well, so they had to go find some.
Otherwise, if, as time goes on, they can still live normally even though there is no water in the well, it will definitely attract the attention of others.
"Okay." Li Tugen responded and continued to move things.
Lu Changge carried a bucket into the house, took out a bucket of water from the storage container, and then asked Da Teng and Er Teng to take a cloth to wipe the whole house.
Wipe it once when it is wet and then wipe it twice when it is dry. Wait until the bed board is dry before putting the mattress on it.
The original bed curtains were removed by Lu Changge and replaced with theirs.
It was too late, so Lu Changge only cleaned up one room and then went to the kitchen to cook.
The side room to the west of the main house was arranged as a small kitchen.
Lu Changge went in to take a look.
The area of the ear room is not large, and it can only accommodate a cabinet and a few bundles of firewood.
The remaining firewood should be placed in the path between the wing room and the west room.
There is a stove against the wall with two stoves for cooking.
There is also a small stove for burning dragons.
Lu Changge first blocked the openings of the ground dragons in the remaining two rooms, and then asked Er Teng to make a fire to burn the ground dragons.
There was only a half-new cupboard and three bundles of firewood in the kitchen, and nothing else, not even a bowl.
Fortunately, Lu Changge packed up all his belongings and came over.
An hour later, Lu Changge put the prepared meal into a lunch box and carried it into the main house.
As soon as he opened the door and walked in, warmth instantly enveloped him.
The little girl, who was rolling around on the bed, heard the sound of the door opening, looked up suddenly, and saw her father walking in.
"Dad! Is it time to eat now?"
"Okay."
Lu Changge opened the lunch box and put the food out.
Little Dumpling just lay down beside the bed, got out of bed, put on his shoes and ran over.
"Tuanzi, put on your clothes first." Su Qingyun shouted.
"It's not cold, I just don't want to wear anything." The little dumpling shook his head.
There was a fire in the house, and Tuanzi was wearing a sweater, so it wasn't very cold.
Lu Changge carried Tuanzi onto the chair and put a bib on him.
After serving Tuanzi, Su Qingyun also came over.
Lu Changge scooped a bowl of rice for his wife and asked, "Is Erbao asleep?"
"No, he's had his diaper changed and he's had his milk. Now Da Teng is playing with him."
"Daddy, aren't Goudan and the others coming over for a visit?" Little Tuanzi suddenly asked after taking a few bites.
During the days they were on the road, they ate with Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin.
Little Tuanzi has gotten used to eating with so many people.
"No, they can eat by themselves." As he said that, Lu Changge picked up a piece of vegetable for Tuanzi with his chopsticks.
“No picky eating.”
Tuanzi likes to eat meat. He doesn't mind vegetables, but he needs someone to urge him to eat.
Otherwise he would not eat vegetables for several meals.
"oh."
Little Tuanzi poked the vegetables in the bowl with a spoon, looked up at his father, and finally scooped up two vegetables with a flat mouth.
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