Without the children to hold us back, we were able to travel much faster this afternoon. However, the north was a rather desolate place, so even after walking for half a day, the scenery still looked the same.
Coupled with the rhythmic swaying of the donkey cart, Xiao Lingling fell asleep on the luggage at the back without realizing it.
It is still early spring, and it gets dark early. As soon as the sun sets, the temperature begins to drop rapidly.
In order to prevent everyone from getting cold at night, Lin Changshu specifically asked everyone to speed up, but his shouting also successfully woke up Xiao Lingling.
She rubbed her eyes in confusion and felt a little heavy. When she sat up, she found that someone had covered her with a thick cotton jacket, so she slept quite warmly.
The two brothers beside her had been replaced by Lin Wen and Lin Hao. When they saw her wake up, they gently supported her and asked.
"Little sister, you're awake. Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? I'm warming up an omelet for you. Here."
Lin Wen asked his second brother to hold his younger sister while he unbuttoned his cotton-padded jacket and took out a ball of oil paper from it. However, the cool wind blew into the jacket, making him shiver subconsciously.
The oil paper was filled with an egg pancake that he had specially made for his younger sister yesterday. He was afraid that it would be cold when she ate it, so he stuffed it into his arms to warm it while he was on his way in the afternoon. It was warm enough now that it was neither too hot nor too cold and was just right for eating.
Little Lingling looked at her brother and then at the omelet. She felt strange and warm in her heart, but she didn't know how to describe it.
He spoke with a nasal tone unconsciously, picked up a piece of egg pancake with his little hand and stuffed it into Lin Wen's mouth without saying anything, "Thank you, big brother, I can't eat that much, brother will eat too!"
Lin Wen subconsciously wanted to refuse, but he was already sitting on the edge of the donkey cart and would easily fall off if he moved a little too much, so he had no choice but to accept it.
Zhao found it funny watching from the side, and pinched the little bell's red face from sleeping.
"Alright, alright, you three will eat together. Come, give the third and fourth child a share as well. We'll be there soon, and I'll cook you something hot to warm your bellies!"
With Zhao's order, the two egg pancakes were divided into five portions of similar size. Each person got a little. Although it was not enough to fill them up, it was enough to fill their stomachs.
Finally, after everyone tried their best to hurry, they successfully arrived at the ruined temple before it got completely dark.
This land temple has only been abandoned for a few years. Although it is dilapidated, the doors and windows are still in good condition. The only problem is that some of the window paper has gaps, and cold air will blow in when the wind blows.
For safety, everyone pushed all the donkey carts and carts in.
Fortunately, the room is quite spacious and both doors are wide enough when opened. Otherwise, it would be a bit unsafe to leave it outside. After all, the lives and property of the whole family are tied to this car.
But before everyone had time to rest, Zhao had already started arranging work.
"It's getting dark so fast. Don't rest yet. If you don't clean up now, you'll be freezing at night. Come on, boss, use these two pieces of rags to cover the torn window paper. Otherwise, it will be very cold at night, and it will be troublesome if you get sick now."
As Zhao spoke, she took out two pieces of cloth from the basket. They had turned white from washing and were used to make bed sheets. They were a little rotten after years of use, but they were still enough to cover the windows.
"Oh, okay, I'll go right away!"
"Second brother, go look around and see if you can find some dry firewood. Also, see if you can find some water. Don't go too far, and don't be gone for too long!"
"I know, Mom. I'll go now!"
"Old family, you two sisters-in-law should not be idle. I remember there is a low mound behind the land temple. Go and see if there are any edible wild vegetables and dig some up.
We brought some firewood with us when we set out. I'll make some porridge first. It's cold at night, and it'll be warm and comfortable to eat!"
Li Yue nodded, cleared the basket, and took out two small hoes from the cart.
"I understand, mother, sister-in-law, let's go, here, hoe!"
Seeing her mother was about to go out, Xiao Lingling immediately became restless, "Mom, mom, I want to go too. You, you take me with you!"
As Little Bell spoke, she blinked her big eyes very skillfully, pretending to be innocent and pitiful. With her hair a little messy from sleeping, she looked like a poor little child.
She knew that her mother could not stand this the most.
Sure enough, when she saw her like this, Fang Cui felt a little soft-hearted, but she was an unfamiliar place and she really didn't want to take any risks, so she subconsciously looked at Zhao.
However, Zhao couldn't resist her granddaughter's coquettishness and chuckled. "If she wants to go, then take her. She's probably been holding it in for a long time, so just keep an eye on her. Also, remember, you can go, but you can't run around, okay?"
When Xiao Lingling heard that she could go out, she was extremely happy. She went up to Fang Cui and held her hand, almost nodding her head.
"Yeah, yeah, don't worry, grandma. Little Bell will be good and obedient. She won't run around!"
Seeing that she could go out, the little ones also wanted to go. They should have been very tired after walking for most of the day, and now they could not help themselves.
"Grandma, let's go too. We can help dig wild vegetables, and, besides, we can also help look after our sister!"
Zhao was speechless as she watched them all excited. "Go, go, go, as long as you don't mind being tired. We still have to travel tomorrow, so take it easy!"
After getting Zhao's consent, the children immediately became extremely excited as if it was New Year's Day, and jumped and ran towards the little bell.
Lin Ping, who was standing by, was very envious, but he had to help his grandma, so he could only watch them leave before turning around dejectedly and squatting down to work.
Wu Hong saw this and felt a little distressed, but she just patted his head and didn't say much.
As soon as they left the land temple, the five little guys were like birds released from a cage, walking briskly, without any trace of the breath-taking look they had when they were busy traveling in the morning.
Li Yue was afraid that they would run too far, so she called out to them from time to time to make them restrain themselves a little.
There are indeed two small mounds not far behind the land temple. They are not very high, but there are several towering mountains not far behind. Because it was not long after the beginning of spring, the trees on the mountains had just turned green, and even the ground looked green from a distance.
Although I don’t dare to go into the deep mountains behind, this small hill is no problem.
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