He took out a hoe from the space and dug a hole on both sides of the cave. He put the large wood stored in the space into the hole, filled it with soil, and made a simple wooden door at the entrance.
She went to the innermost part of the cave and pulled out a large wooden barrel, a large water jar, and a small water jar. She filled the water jar with water and covered it. Inside the barrel, she placed some rice, millet, salt, a can of oil, pickled vegetables, cucumbers, zucchini, and tomatoes. She also put in four cartons of eggs. She covered everything with a cloth. She would tell Old Lady Jiang about this.
He took out another backpack from the space and placed some of the common herbs that Doctor Liu had given him, labeling them. He also took out a large amount of dried mugwort and told them to use it daily for fumigating the cave. After some thought, he saved some of the firewood and charcoal he had gathered from the town. He used the firewood to cover the water tank and the wooden barrel.
They didn't see any water source along the way.
After waiting for two hours, Liu Shinan brought everyone over. Liu pulled Liu Shinan aside, pointed to the small cave next to them and said a few words to him.
Liu Shinan went to tell the two village chiefs. The village chiefs would not say anything. They had worked hard to find the place to live, and it was only right for them to occupy a small cave.
As usual, everyone divided up their work and got busy. Some cleaned the cave, some chopped firewood, and the hunters took care of the gate. They had to familiarize themselves with the surroundings and take precautions.
Liu Yuhan called his grandparents in, and the others were at the entrance of the cave. Seeing that they had cleaned up the cave, his grandparents took Liu Guang and Liu Lu to chop firewood nearby.
Liu Yang's brain wasn't fully healed yet, so he needed more rest. He sat at the cave entrance with Xiao Si and Xiao Wu.
The two sisters, Liu Yao and Liu Yun, followed their younger sister to pick wild vegetables nearby. Seeing that they wanted to talk, Liu Shiliu's family also joined in the work.
Liu Yuhan told his parents and grandparents everything. The three of them were going to the city, and some food and water had been left for them in the small cave.
I'll take them and the old man to the cave where the things are hidden. There's still some food in the village, so if there's no other way, we can go get it.
The two elders knew that nothing they said could change their minds, so they could only repeatedly remind them to be very careful, to come back as soon as possible, and not to worry about them.
Liu Shinan took his father and brother to identify the location. They had already blocked the cave where they hid the items with rocks. There were some weeds nearby, so if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to see them.
Liu Yuhan gave the herbs and mugwort to the village chief and told him they would be leaving for the city shortly. They would definitely be back within 20 days. He also asked the village chief to lead everyone in stockpiling firewood and food, fearing that floods would follow the drought. It was always better to take precautions.
And pay special attention to hygiene. I gave him one of the copies of personal precautions for epidemic prevention. There was a literate person in the village, and my brother knew him.
The village chief told them to be careful and come back early.
Liu Yuhan went back to his little cave, changed the medicine on Liu Yang's forehead, gave him a bottle of erythromycin, and told him to apply it himself every day and not let others see it.
I also gave him some safflower oil that can be used for mosquito bites, which is for family members.
She called Xiao Si and Xiao Wu to the inner room, took out clean clothes from the space, and helped them change their underwear. She would help them change every few days, and then take the underwear to the space to wash.
I took a cloth bag and left a lot of candies and snacks for them, and told them to eat them secretly with their older siblings and brothers so that no one else could see them. They were also told not to run out of the cave.
He took out another box of mosquito coils, unpacked it, and gave it to his grandmother, asking her to burn some inside the cave before she went to bed every day.
I took three days' worth of steamed buns from the space and gave them to the villagers. If they were eating together, they could keep some for a snack, but they couldn't keep them for too long, otherwise they would get upset.
The family knew that the three of them were leaving to go to the city to find out the news, and they were very reluctant to let them go.
Xiao Si hugged her sister's neck tightly and was about to cry.
Liu Shinan patted his brother's shoulder and told his sister to take good care of their parents and their children.
Liu Yuhan wanted to go there on horseback. She and her father had learned how to ride horses from her mother along the way, but she was afraid that the road ahead would be blocked, and she didn't know how to place the horses.
The three disappeared from everyone's sight.
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