"It's a close call. I almost got wet." Su Qingyun said thankfully as he looked at the heavy rain falling outside.
The cave is more than 20 meters deep. There is still some light at the entrance, but it becomes darker as you go deeper into it, and you can't see your hand in front of you.
The cold-faced guard put the gold treasure down and lit the oil lamps on both sides of the stone wall.
Before, Er Teng dug a candlestick every half meter on the stone wall, on both sides of the stone wall.
The oil lamp was lit, and the originally dark cave suddenly became bright.
Once the cave was lit up, the others saw four stone houses in the cave.
But the room was dark because the oil lamp had not been lit yet.
"Wow! There is a separate stone house?" Li Xiaomin walked to the door of the stone house, looked inside, and said in surprise.
"Yes, these were all dug by Uncle Lu alone!"
Li Tugen nodded and pointed to the stone house on the right side.
"The room inside belongs to Xiaomin. I've already put your things in there for you."
"The temperature in the cave is low, so please wear more clothes." Lu Changge reminded.
"I understand, Uncle Lu."
"good."
After everyone found their own stone house, they all went in carrying their things.
Lu Changge went in first and lit all the oil lamps in the stone house.
With the help of Su Qingyun, he first took off the dumpling on his back, and then the second treasure in front of him.
"Daddy, there are only two beds here." Putting his feet on the ground, Tuanzi ran around in the stone house curiously.
"Well, Daddy and Mommy sleep in one bed, and you sleep in another." Lu Changge replied.
"What about my brother? Where does he sleep?" Tuanzi asked puzzledly.
"My brother sleeps in his little bed."
After handing Erbao to his wife, Lu Changge took out a woolen sweater and a plush coat from the wooden box.
Then he closed the curtain and asked his daughter-in-law to change her clothes.
Su Qingyun changed into thick clothes and called Tuanzi over.
"Tuanzi, come here."
"Oh." Tuanzi responded and ran over.
"Father, it's not winter now, why do we have to wear furry clothes?" Tuanzi asked puzzledly as she tilted her head and asked her father to put the sweater on her head.
"It's cold in the cave. If you don't wear more clothes, you'll get sick." Su Qingyun put on his cashmere sweater and then took his coat and put it on him.
"Okay, go play."
"Oh!" Tuanzi responded and ran out of the stone house.
The space inside the stone house is similar to that of an ordinary house.
In addition to the two stone beds near the door, there is also space inside for wardrobes and some sundries.
Lu Changge took out the folding wooden table and wardrobe, assembled them, and then packed the daily necessities into them.
After tidying up the house, Lu Changge went out carrying the small cabinet and half a bag of food.
Su Qingyun changed Erbao's clothes and carried him out.
In the cave outside the stone house, the kids were running back and forth playing games.
Sometimes he would run into one of the stone houses, only to run out again after a short while.
Dahei and Erhei lay at the entrance of the cave, looking up at the pouring rain outside.
The sound of rain hitting the leaves is very loud, but you get used to it after listening to it for a long time.
However, staying in the cave, the sounds outside have been basically weakened.
Lu Changge stopped half a meter away from the cave entrance.
I found a shovel and pried open three round stone slabs with a diameter of about 30 cm.
After the stone slab was pried open, a shallow pit about ten centimeters in diameter was revealed.
"Uncle Lu, what is this used for?" Li Tugen asked curiously.
In fact, he wanted to ask this question yesterday when he was cleaning the cave, but he forgot about it in his busy schedule. He only remembered it now when he saw it.
“For cooking.”
After hearing Uncle Lu's answer, Li Xiaomin reacted quickly.
"These two shallow pits are used to burn wood, with pots placed on top."
"Yes." Lu Changge nodded and said, "I'll use one, and you can divide the remaining two among yourselves."
There are also distances between the pits, and the three fire pits are lined up in front of the cave entrance, in the perfect position.
"good."
Lu Changge put coal into the pit, lit it, then took out a round iron rack and placed it on the pit, and put the small iron pot on it.
Before the pot heated up, Lu Changge put the bucket outside to collect half a bucket of rainwater.
Pour a spoonful of water into the pot, bring it to a boil, and then put the rice noodles in.
Today's breakfast is still noodles, with side dishes including meatballs, tofu puffs, shrimps and vegetables.
After the noodles boiled, the aroma of meat slowly spread out and floated inside with the wind, attracting the little guys who were already having fun.
"Daddy, it smells so good!" Tuanzi was the first to run over and threw himself on Daddy's back.
"Uncle Lu! What do you want for breakfast? I still want to eat noodles!" Jinbao shouted as he ran over.
Jinbao's food was given to Lu Changge, so they ate together.
As for Jinbao's eunuchs and guards, they could only do it themselves or take food from others.
After all, Lu Changge is not so free to cook for others.
"Eat powder, go wash your hands first."
In order to save time, Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin were also cooking noodles, and Grandpa Li was helping them.
The idle eunuch called the children over to wash their hands.
The cold-faced guard brought over the folding table and a pile of small stools.
The hands are washed and the noodles are cooked.
The kids ran over to grab a seat and wait for breakfast.
The noodles were served to the children, and the other adults also filled a bowl each and took their small stools to find a place to sit.
The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and the rain curtain made the distant scenery hazy.
The rain was falling heavily, and in the cave there was the sound of people slurping noodles and occasionally the laughter of children.
After breakfast, the fire pit was covered and the others went into the house to clean up.
The kids had nothing to do, so they took their stools and sat at the entrance of the cave to watch the rain.
The heavy rain continued from morning till night, and the intensity of the rain did not decrease at all.
After dinner in the evening, we boiled water to wash our faces and feet, and then went to bed.
Lu Changge walked behind with Erbao in his arms, and closed the curtain after entering.
The cave was even cooler at night. Lu Changge covered Erbao's crib with a thick wool blanket and a small quilt.
Su Qingyun carried Tuanzi onto the stone bed.
After taking off his shoes, Tuanzi quickly got into bed and lay down.
I had two layers of wool blankets under me and a large quilt covering me, and soon the quilt became warm.
Worried that Tuanzi might wake up in the middle of the night and get scared, two lights were left on in the stone house.
Not long after lying in bed, Tuanzi felt a little hot.
"Daddy, I'm hot."
"You won't be hot when you fall asleep, so don't lift the quilt." Lu Changge said.
"Okay..." Tuanzi turned over and secretly stretched his little feet out of the quilt.
"Put your foot back."
The room was not completely dark, and Lu Changge could see Tuanzi's little movements clearly.
"oh."
After hearing what his father said, Tuanzi quickly retracted his feet as if he had been caught doing something bad.
Tuanzi turned over a few times and soon fell asleep.
Lu Changge got out of bed and walked over, reaching out to touch Tuanzi's back, and found that he was not sweating.
In the middle of the night, Tuanzi was awakened by the urge to urinate.
I opened my eyes blearily, only to see darkness all around.
"Daddy...Daddy, where are you?"
Hearing Tuanzi's voice, Lu Changge, who was in a light sleep, opened his eyes immediately.
Carefully releasing the person in his arms, Lu Changge got out of bed and walked over.
"Daddy is here, what's wrong?"
Hearing Daddy's voice, Tuanzi quickly got up, "Daddy, I want to pee..."
Lu Changge picked up Tuanzi, carried the urine bucket and led him out of the stone house.
It's still raining outside, but the rain seems to have subsided a bit.
After Tuanzi finished peeing, he held up his pants with both hands and nodded his head because he was so sleepy.
Lu Changge washed Tuanzi's urine bucket, then carried the bucket in one hand and the baby in the other into the house.
"Daddy, it's cold." Tuanzi said in a vague voice, with his head resting on his daddy's shoulder.
"You won't be cold once you get into bed." Lu Changge said as he put Tuanzi on the bed and covered her with the quilt.
"Daddy, let's have buns tomorrow..." Before going to bed, Tuanzi did not forget to order breakfast for tomorrow.
"good."
Before lying back in bed, Lu Changge went to see Erbao again.
The stone bed was not big, just enough for Lu Changge's height, but it would be a bit narrow with another person on it.
Lu Changge got on the bed, turned sideways and held his wife in his arms, the position was just right.
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The next morning
When Su Qingyun woke up, her husband was no longer by her side, and Erbao's stroller was gone too.
Su Qingyun got out of bed and put on her clothes.
There was a small bulge on Tuanzi's bed. Su Qingyun walked over, lifted the quilt a little, and revealed Tuanzi's head.
As soon as the quilt was lifted, Tuanzi woke up in a daze.
"Tuanluanbaozi, are you awake?"
"Wake up..." Tuanzi responded softly, but wanted to retract his head into the quilt.
"Get up when you wake up." Su Qingyun took Tuanzi out of the quilt.
After his father helped him put on his clothes and shoes, Tuanzi woke up completely.
After getting out of bed, Tuanzi ran out quickly.
“Eat buns, eat buns…”
Tuanzi still remembers that he told his father last night that he wanted to eat buns today.
When Su Qingyun went out, everyone else was outside, standing at the entrance of the cave, looking at something.
"Xiao Min, when did the rain stop?" Su Qingyun walked over.
"I don't know. It stopped raining when I woke up in the morning." Li Xiaomin shook her head and said, "Uncle, breakfast is steamed buns and porridge, both are warming in the pot."
"Okay." Su Qingyun responded.
After looking around, he asked again, "Xiao Min, where is your Uncle Lu?"
"Uncle Lu and Brother Leng are outside. They said they want to dig a corridor."
"Ah?" Su Qingyun was a little confused.
After breakfast, Su Qingyun went out to see the situation.
It is indeed a bit inconvenient for more than a dozen people to live in a cave, and the children are always running around and can't move around freely.
After breakfast, Lu Changge took a hoe and went with Leng Yan to dig a corridor.
The main force in digging the mountain is still Lu Changge.
He was responsible for digging out the corridor, and Leng Yan was responsible for the finishing touches, such as chiseling away protruding stones.
The corridor was dug directly from the cave entrance to the left and right sides, with a depth of about one meter and a length of about three meters.
Two or three meter long corridors were dug on both sides.
After clearing away the stones, Li Xiaomin and Li Tugen also prepared lunch.
After lunch, Lu Changge and Leng Yan went to cut trees again.
After lunch, the kids went straight out of the cave and ran around on the corridor.
After a while, Lu Changge and Leng Yan each dragged back three trees.
"Daddy, what are you doing?" Tuanzi ran over and asked curiously.
"Dad is making a rain shelter." Lu Changge put the tree down and replied casually.
"What is that?" Tuanzi asked again.
"You'll know when Daddy is done."
"oh!"
At 4:30 in the afternoon, it started raining again, and the awning outside the corridor had just been completed.
Li Xiaomin, Su Qingyun and Grandpa Li cooked dinner together, while the others were busy outside.
At the end of the corridor, there were several bundles of chopped firewood piled up and left there to dry for a few days.
After the corridor was dug, Dahei and Erhei also made their home there.
After preparing dinner, Li Xiaomin walked to the cave entrance.
"It's time to eat!"
“Here we come!”
"Eat, eat!"
"good!"
Finally, everyone served their rice and put the dishes into their bowls.
Then I took a small stool to the corridor, sat down and ate while watching the rain.
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