Chapter 173 Heatstroke

Liu Yinyin asked Gu Chengdu to finish the remaining food.

In this kind of weather, it is not suitable to take away the food.

If it goes bad, you won't be able to make up for the loss.

It was quite painful to go out in such hot weather. When they returned to the station after dinner, they were both sweating.

Liu Yinyin wiped the sweat off her forehead and was glad that she didn't bring Gu Yanyan with her.

Arriving at the county compound, the two did not return to the village immediately.

Clean the house in the compound first.

The weather was extremely dry, and the rivers and wells in the village dried up one after another. The public wells in the village gradually became empty, and the villagers' food, drinking and water became a problem.

During this period, people often came to Liu Yinyin's house to borrow water from the well.

Liu Yinyin couldn't borrow it, but she couldn't either.

She felt that the current situation was not optimistic and that the village was becoming increasingly unstable. Perhaps one day, the three of them would have to move to the county town.

Clean the room first so it will be convenient for you to move in later.

There is also a well in the compound. Perhaps because no one has lived here for a long time, the water in the well is quite deep.

The two worked for more than an hour and finally finished cleaning the rooms.

Liu Yinyin rested for a while and then pulled out the shepherd's purse that she had planted in the yard.

This is the second crop of shepherd's purse that Liu Yinyin has harvested.

When Gu Cheng got off work, he would stop by to water the shepherd's purse so that it would not die of drought.

Without much care, the shepherd's purse didn't grow well, but she could take it home to feed the pigs, and it saved her the trouble of going to the mountains to look for wild vegetables.

Liu Yinyin picked a full basket of shepherd's purse, almost ten pounds.

There is not as much shepherd's purse as the last crop.

Liu Yinyin thought that the shepherd's purse yield might be reduced because it was planted too frequently and the soil was not fertile enough.

After thinking for a moment, she decided not to start growing shepherd's purse right away.

Let the soil grow as it is, and then plant shepherd's purse after ten days or half a month.

Shepherd's purse has strong vitality and you will get a harvest if you plant it casually.

Moreover, the taste is very good. It is delicious whether eaten cold with shepherd's purse or made into dumplings stuffed with shepherd's purse.

The most important thing is that shepherd's purse has a short growth cycle and can be harvested in more than a month.

Therefore, Liu Yinyin did not plan to grow other vegetables and would continue to grow shepherd's purse in the next crop.

I was preparing to wash the shepherd's purse.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.

"Who?" Liu Yinyin was confused and didn't know who knew she was in the county town so quickly.

"Yinyin, it's me..." The person who came was Aunt Zhou. She had just heard some noise next door at home and guessed that Liu Yinyin had come to the county town.

Come and take a look, it really is.

Liu Yinyin said angrily: "...Auntie, I didn't bring anything to the county town today."

"I know." Aunt Zhou was not the only one who was thinking about exchanging things with Liu Yinyin. She was quite happy today and handed a bag to Liu Yinyin with a smile, "I just exchanged sesame seeds with someone a few days ago. I'll give you some."

The bag is quite heavy, at least two or three pounds.

Liu Yinyin refused to accept it: "Auntie, this is embarrassing."

Nowadays, food is very expensive.

Aunt Zhou did not hide the truth from her: "Don't be polite, my family got more than ten kilograms of sesame seeds in exchange, which is enough for us to eat."

The sesame seeds were actually bought by his son. His son had a colleague in the factory who grew sesame seeds in his hometown.

The two had a good relationship, so his colleague helped buy more than ten kilograms of sesame seeds.

Aunt Zhou thought that Liu Yinyin often exchanged various foods with her on weekdays. Thanks to her, the family had good food for more than a year.

Even in years of famine, we could still eat meat and eggs from time to time.

Compared to other families in the county, her family is much better.

Therefore, Aunt Zhou was grateful to Liu Yinyin from the bottom of her heart, so...she gave her some white sesame seeds.

Liu Yinyin couldn't refuse the kindness, so she gave her a can of fruit as a return gift.

Wash the shepherd's purse in the basket thoroughly.

The couple rode their bicycles back to the village.

After arriving home, Liu Yinyin packed her things and Gu Cheng went to Liu's house to take care of Yanyan.

Liu Yinyin asked her to take over a basket of shepherd's purse, a bag of snacks, and a can of tea.

After washing her hands, Liu Yinyin went into the kitchen and scooped two bowls of flour and kneaded the dough.

When she was washing the shepherd's purse just now, she picked out a handful of tender shepherd's purse and chopped it with the bacon later.

In the evening, we had dumplings stuffed with shepherd's purse and meat.

"Mom..." Gu Yanyan ran in from outside with his short legs, hugged Liu Yinyin's thighs tightly, and pouted his little mouth, "I'm hungry!"

The boy is quite heavy, but his body is solid and he doesn't look fat at first glance.

Moreover, Gu Yanyan exercises a lot and goes out to play with several cousins ​​from the Liu family every day.

His little face is now as tanned as charcoal, not much whiter than his father's.

Every time Liu Yinyin saw his dark little face, she felt overwhelmed.

Fortunately, the little guy is in good health and seldom gets sick.

With such a big man pressed against her legs, Liu Yinyin felt very hot. She shook her thighs and said, "Gu Yanyan, let go first. Mommy will make dumplings for you."

Gu Yanyan didn't let go and patted his belly: "I'm...hungry!"

He is hungry and wants to eat now.

Liu Yinyin teased him: "But dumplings have to be cooked before they can be eaten."

Gu Yanyan stared with her big round eyes, tilted her head back and said, "Eat...cakes."

Eating biscuits can also fill your stomach.

Gu Yanyan was not just hungry at all, and Jiang Cuihua would never let him not eat a full meal.

The little guy is obviously greedy.

Thinking that he hadn't eaten any snacks for a day, Liu Yinyin touched his head with one free hand: "Go find your dad. We'll have dinner soon. You can only eat one cookie, okay?"

Gu Yanyan nodded, grinning as she went to look for Gu Cheng.

Because Gu Cheng had always fulfilled Gu Yanyan's requests, Gu Yanyan ate too much and had indigestion.

Liu Yinyin lost the right to manage snacks at home.

If Gu Yanyan wants to have snacks, he must get her permission.

Gu Cheng was also happy that Liu Yinyin took care of this, otherwise he would have to worry from time to time about whether he should give snacks to Gu Yanyan.

At night, the family of three was sleeping soundly.

Suddenly there was a rapid knock on the door in the yard.

The little yellow dog is barking "woof woof woof" outside at this moment.

The whole family was woken up by the loud noise. Liu Yinyin hugged Gu Yanyan to comfort him, and Gu Yanyan got up to open the door.

The person who came was Liu Mingyuan.

He said anxiously, "Little brother-in-law, Dad seems to have heatstroke. He started vomiting after dinner and now he is lying in bed and can't get up. My brother and I are going to take Dad to the hospital."

Liu Lai Fu loves to work hard. Even when the fields are extremely dry, he still insists on going to the fields to tend to the crops and no one can persuade him to stop.

There are many people like him in the village, most of them are elderly people. For them, crops are their life.

These days, people are suffering from heat stroke every day.

Just this afternoon, after coming back from work, Liu Lai Fu has been feeling unwell and has no appetite for meals.