Jin Bao was bewildered when he heard what his uncle said.
Even the eunuch standing by couldn't figure out what the young prince meant.
"Take a eunuch and a guard with you and follow Tuanzi's father. Follow them wherever they go and don't ask too many questions. Do you understand?" Feng Xunyuan instructed.
"No! Uncle, aren't you going with us?" Jin Bao frowned.
"I still have something to do." Feng Xunyuan shook his head.
"So you're so confident that I can follow a stranger?"
"Weren't you calling me uncle and uncle so cheerfully? Now we are strangers?"
In the end, Jin Bao left with his two subordinates.
Before leaving, Jinbao looked back at his uncle who was standing at the gate.
There is a small village at the foot of Daxing Mountain, with a dozen or so households living there.
After leaving Jincheng, Lu Changge and his party went directly to Daxing Mountain.
We set out at around nine in the morning and arrived at Daxing Village at 12:30 noon.
After entering the village, Grandpa Li helped them rent a house for a few days directly from the village chief.
There were few vacant houses in the countryside, so they finally rented an empty house near the ancestral hall in the village.
The house is in the style of a courtyard, but it looks like it has been abandoned for a long time.
There were no weeds in the yard, but the mud made it difficult to clean.
There were five rooms, the roof of one of them was leaking, and the wall of the room near the door was half collapsed.
Only three of them looked barely habitable.
"Uncle Lu, is this place habitable?"
Jin Bao sat in the carriage, looking at the dilapidated house in front of him with some disgust in his eyes.
"We'll leave after staying for two days." Lu Changge got off the carriage, walked over and looked into the yard for a few times, then turned back and looked around.
"Tu Gen and Leng Yan, get off. Everyone else stay in the carriage."
"Okay." Li Tugen handed the reins to his grandfather and got off the carriage.
Jin Bao's bodyguard Leng Yan also followed him down.
The three men dragged several large logs piled against the wall into the yard and laid them side by side on the ground.
One third of the wood is embedded in the mud to fix it, so there is a clean wooden road.
Li Xiaomin, who was sitting outside the carriage, saw this, gave the reins to his brother, and got off the carriage as well.
Next, Lu Changge, three others, and Li Xiaomin checked the three rooms that were still intact.
Then they started cleaning until only the simple wooden bed was left.
The roofs of these three rooms were not damaged, so the rooms were still clean.
After the house was cleaned, they went back to move the things from the carriage into the house.
Four families, three houses, how to redistribute the living space.
As a girl, Li Xiaomin needs a single room.
As a married girl, Su Qingyun certainly could not live in the same room with other men.
In the end, Li Xiaomin and her four siblings, plus Goudan, lived in one room.
Grandpa Li, Grandpa Li Tugen and his grandson, as well as Jinbao's eunuchs and guards lived in the same house.
Lu Changge's family of four plus Jinbao lived in one house.
As for Dahei and Erhei, they would stay outside if it was not raining, and would go to Li Tugen's house to take shelter if it rained.
After assigning the rooms and tidying up the rooms, we started preparing lunch.
It was almost half past one at this time, and not only the children, but also the adults were growling with hunger.
They still brought their own cooking utensils.
A small ceramic pot, bowls and chopsticks, coal, and a spare bucket of clean water.
Because there were outsiders present, Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin did not dare to take things directly out of the system space.
Instead, he got into the carriage and took out some small items under the pretext of moving things.
Everyone in the room prepares their own lunch, which is very convenient.
Lu Changge took three earthenware pots and used one pot to cook Erbao's milky rice porridge.
The remaining two clay pots are used to cook noodles and side dishes respectively.
Add charcoal fire to boil water, Lu Changge puts the rice noodles in and lets it cook for a few minutes.
The other pot is for cooking side dishes.
Meatballs, shrimps and brined pork were put in one by one, and soon the fragrance began to spread.
Tuanzi and Jinbao, who were squatting nearby and staring at the scene eagerly, couldn't help but drool.
"Daddy, can we eat now?" Tuanzi asked expectantly.
"No, wait a moment." Lu Changge was looking at the three pots alone, feeling overwhelmed.
The side dishes are already cooked and are ready quickly.
Lu Changge first put the meatballs and other side dishes into bowls, and then boiled the vegetables.
After the vegetables are blanched, each person puts five stalks into a bowl.
Next comes the eggs.
Each person had an egg, a total of four eggs were cracked and put into the ceramic pot.
When it is ready, take out the pot and use the remaining heat from the soup to cook the eggs.
"Uncle Lu, the noodles are ready!" Jin Bao said excitedly when he saw the pot of rice noodles bubbling.
Lu Changge picked up one with chopsticks and broke it easily.
"Okay, go wash your hands and get ready to eat." Lu Changge said as he took the bowl and put some rice noodles in it.
"Tuanzi, Jinbao, come here and wash your hands." Su Qingyun raised his hand and beckoned them over.
"good!"
Divide all the flour into individual bowls and add a few spoonfuls of soup.
Stir evenly and move the meat from the bottom of the bowl to the top, then add a poached egg.
Except for the original simple wooden bed, all the facilities in the house were brought by them.
Erbao’s multifunctional double-layer crib has an upper layer for sleeping and the lower layer can be used to store things.
Foldable and detachable when not in use.
There are also folding tables and chairs, and folding wardrobes.
After washing her hands, Su Qingyun carried Jinbao and Tuanzi to the chairs, sat them down, and then fastened their bibs.
This time, Jinbao had no objection to wearing a bib.
I even felt happy when I saw that she was wearing the same bib as Tuanzi.
Lu Changge brought the noodles over and placed them in front of them.
"Be careful with the burns."
"I understand, Uncle Lu!" Jin Bao nodded.
Lu Changge: “…”
Did I tell you that you should respond?
"I understand, Dad."
The noodles were a little hot right out of the pot. Tuanzi scooped some soup with a spoon, blew on it a few times before putting it into his mouth.
"Well...nice!"
Jinbao also followed Tuanzi's example and drank some soup first, and it tasted really good.
Tuanzi picked up another noodle and started eating it. After finishing it, he picked up some shrimps from the bowl and ate them.
Jinbao still learned from him.
Not long after, Erbao's rice porridge was ready.
Lu Changge scooped out a bowl of soup to cool down, and took this opportunity to eat his own noodles first.
Lu Changge eats quickly and finishes his meal in a short while.
After washing the dishes, Lu Changge took Erbao over and fed him porridge.
"Ah!" The second baby, who was sitting on his father's lap, babbled and kicked his calves.
"Huh? Brother Erbao has grown so big?" Jinbao, who was eating noodles at the side, looked up and said in surprise.
"Really?" Tuanzi heard it and looked up at his brother.
"No, my brother is still very small."
"Children grow up fast. Jinbao realized how much his brother has changed only after not seeing him for a long time, but Tuanzi certainly doesn't feel it since he sees him every day." Su Qingyun explained with a smile.
"Oh, so that's how it is." Jin Bao nodded in understanding.
Tuanzi, who was standing by, heard this and suddenly remembered something.
"Brother Jinbao, why didn't you come to Tuanzi's house for a long time?"
"It was raining heavily and thundering outside, and my uncle wouldn't let me go out."
"Oh, I thought Brother Jinbao was timid and afraid of thunder, but it turns out he is not." Tuanzi nodded.
Jin Bao: “…”
After feeding the second baby, everyone else was also full.
"Daddy, I can't eat anymore." Tuanzi sat on the chair and burped.
Before the journey, Tuanzi was hungry, so he ate some cakes with his father.
Now there is half of the rice noodles and two green vegetables left in the dumpling bowl, but all the meat has been eaten.
Su Qingyun also had some leftovers. She finished all the vegetables and meatballs, and only ate half of the shrimp, salsa and egg.
There are still two or three chopsticks of rice noodles.
Lu Changge took the bowl of dumplings, put the rice noodles and vegetables into his wife's bowl, and then picked it up to eat.
Jin Bao, who was standing by, saw this and looked down at what was left in his bowl.
"Uncle Lu..."
"Give it to Erhei."
Jin Bao: “…”
He hasn't finished talking yet!
Finally, Jinbao took the remaining bowl and gave it to Erhei as a snack.
Looking at Erhei who was enjoying his meal, Jinbao held the bowl and fell into deep thought.
When Tuanzi has leftovers, his father will clean up the mess. Why can he only give Erhei some extra food when he has leftovers?
Is there something wrong with this?
Today is another day in which Jinbao doubts his life.
After lunch, Lu Changge took Li Tugen and Jin Bao's guards into the mountains.
Dahei and Erhei stayed behind to guard, while Da Teng kept watch in the dark.
It had rained heavily for more than half a month, and the path up the mountain had become muddy.
It's easy to slip when walking on it.
Following Er Teng's instructions, Lu Changge walked directly through the weeds and bushes and found a way out.
"Uncle Lu, are we going into the mountains?" Li Tugen asked as he followed Uncle Lu.
"No, let's go to the top of the mountain."
Lu Changge answered and gave instructions to Er Teng.
[Er Teng, go to the top of the mountain and find a safe cave first.]
[Okay.] Er Teng replied, and after thinking for a while, he asked again, [Master, what if we can’t find it?]
[If you can’t find it, dig one yourself.]
Er Teng: “…”
It's outrageous.
Before, I let it make fire and cook, and now it has to learn how to quickly dig a large and safe cave?
Why not just let it go up to the sky?
But no matter how much you complain, you still have to follow the master's orders.
The second vine walking in front quickly climbed to the top of the mountain and started looking for a cave.
There was nothing on the top of the mountain, but Er Teng, who didn't want to be an excavator, didn't believe it and continued to look down little by little.
Finally, it finally found a cave more than 200 meters below the top of the mountain.
Fortunately, I don’t have to dig it myself.
Er Teng climbed into the cave to check it out.
The width and height of the cave entrance are both more than two meters. After crawling in, there is an even more unique world inside.
The cave is about twenty meters deep, the widest is six or seven meters, and the smallest is three or four meters.
The height inside is just right, about three to four meters, and it doesn't seem oppressive or empty.
[Master, I found it! This cave is really big, and there are many fruit trees outside. We don’t have to worry about starving to death even if we don’t have anything to eat!] Er Teng said excitedly.
[I won’t starve to death even if you starve to death. Tell me the route.]
[oh.]
An hour later, Lu Changge and his group finally arrived at the place Er Teng mentioned.
"Uncle Lu, look! There is a cave over there!" When Li Tugen saw it, his legs and feet were no longer sore or numb.
You know, before this, they had already found two caves.
However, one was narrow, dark and impossible to reach the bottom, and the other felt cold and damp once you entered it, making it completely uninhabitable.
"Let's go and take a look." Lu Changge said, and walked over first.
"I hope this won't be like the previous ones..." Li Tugen followed and muttered softly.
The guards followed closely behind them.
I entered the cave and didn't feel any discomfort.
Besides, it is dry inside, and there is no other strange smell except the smell of earth.
"Uncle Lu, let's take this one!" Li Tugen walked in and looked around behind Uncle Lu. "This is the right size."
"Leng Yan, what do you think?" Lu Changge looked at the cold-faced guard.
"Not bad." The cold-faced guard nodded.
Although I don't know what they are going to do, this cave looks good and can be lived in.
"This is it."
After Lu Changge made the decision, he asked them to start cleaning and move everything upstairs tomorrow.
After hearing what Uncle Lu said, Li Tugen was a little confused, "Uncle Lu, is it so urgent?"
"This rain won't stop for long. It's not safe to go up the mountain in the rain."
Lu Changge learned something from the system.
Floods will first appear in June, and it will rain for the second half of the month.
By mid-month, the heavy rain began to turn into torrential rain.
In the second half of the month, the flood disaster began.
Now, the flood has begun half a month earlier than expected. Lu Changge guessed that it would rain heavily in a day or two.
They have to go up the mountain within one or two days.
Lu Changge didn't know what type of system the emperor had bound himself to, called bronze inscriptions.
But he was sure that the flood must have happened earlier than expected because the emperor did something.
Perhaps, by binding the emperor of the system, the damage caused by this natural disaster can be reduced a little.
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