Daya tied a leg of her chicken loose, and tied one end of the rope to the car. The four old hens jumped down, but were restricted by the rope and could only spin in circles.
She threw them some green grass that she found early in the morning, but the old hen didn't appreciate it and wouldn't touch it.
Li Xuemei was cooking porridge. When she saw this scene, she pulled a handful of wheat straw and chopped it into small pieces. She also found some ground coarse flour and sifted it briefly. The fallen bran gathered into a pile and mixed with the shredded flour.
The wheat straw fell to the ground together.
The old hen was so proud that she started to peck at it.
The aroma of brown rice spreads out.
Yan Yu smelled it and started to raise her hands in her stomach, saying she wanted to eat.
She climbed down from the top, as nimble as a little monkey.
"Sister Da Ya, come and help me." Yan Yu wanted to move the small table off the car.
She herself delivers the same small bench.
After setting them up one by one, Yan Yu sat upright and waited.
There are tables and stools, and Banban is cooking.
The villagers around him cast envious glances.
Every household in the village grows wheat, and mainly produces pasta. Rice has to be bought at grain stores, and you can’t eat it more than once a year.
What's more, cooking porridge takes up a lot of water, and they are reluctant to do so.
And the clay buckets and pots are so exquisite.
There is no one who feels unfair. In the hearts of the simple villagers, the scholar's family should have better food and a better life than them.
As soon as the hot porridge went into his stomach, Yan Yu narrowed her eyes happily.
Li Xuemei cut a small plate of pickles, and Yan Yu picked up one and ate a mouthful of porridge and a mouthful of pickles.
Yan Lao Er asked his eldest nephew to eat first and went to call Lao Yan himself.
Yan Huaiwen was talking to the villagers about taking turns in the car.
Village Chief Luo responded first: "We are not too old to move, we can keep up."
"We are in good health. We don't need to rest. We walk for three hours every day, and we don't even have to walk all at once to support ourselves."
"Yes, Mr. Xiu Cai, we are fine. Let the elderly, children and the mother-in-law at home take the car for a while."
When Yan Laoer came over, he caught up with the people in the village saying that they could do it on their own, and they were all rushing to leave or not take the bus.
"You people don't know good things. My brother is afraid that you will be tired and he won't be happy to let you ride in the car." Yan Laoer squeezed into the circle and nodded casually, "You, you, and you, look.
Look at how thin your bones are, it’s such a sunny day, it’s anyone’s fault if you faint.”
"Brother, you go to eat first, and I'll talk to them." Yan Laoer pushed his brother away and began to persuade and educate him in a straightforward manner.
"Why do you eat three times a day? Can your body bear it if you don't eat and just walk around? It's okay for two days a day. It's been a long time. As the same saying goes, who's the one who falls down? If you fall down, I'm the wife of my family.
Who takes care of the children?
If you are not in good health, when the food we brought is finished, will you be able to find it? Do you still have the strength? If someone with bad intentions comes to rob us in the future, you will fall down like a bamboo pole at the first touch. What will we do?
Well, just watch others rob us."
Village Chief Luo couldn't help but nod, "That's the truth. Those people have bad hearts. If they can't find food themselves, they will rob others."
Yan Laoer said again: "Just thinking about saving that little ration, how much can you save in your mouth? Even if you don't eat or drink, that little food won't be enough for your family. When you get to Guanzhou, let's build up your strength and let's go into the woods together.
Going up the mountain, catching pheasants and rabbits, and going down to the river to fish, you all have a bit of ambition, don’t just look at the stars in front of you.”
"What? Yan Laoer, where are the pheasants, rabbits, and rivers? Where are they?"
"Just follow us. Once you get out of this dry place, you will have everything."
"Okay, we will listen to you and eat three meals a day to save our strength."
Yan Laoer: "The same goes for riding in a car. Even though we are men, we are not made of iron. Why can't we take a break?
The elderly, children, and women are in poor health, so they should walk appropriately every day. Sitting in the car all the time is no good, as people will get sick if they don't move."
"Hey, let's sit down for a little while, just for a little while. The main thing is that we take the car. Then who will push our cart?"
"I'll line up a queue for you later." Yan Laoer really didn't expect this, "Everyone of you has a cart?"
"It's almost the same. Although there are six cars in the village, there's not enough room for people to put a lot of things on them. Our family's belongings and newly ground noodles all have to be pushed on."
Yan Huaiwen listened to his brother's words and didn't take it seriously.
"When we first left the village, each house had a lot of things. But after walking for a while, there were less. The useless and heavy carts would naturally be discarded."
Yan Yu and her parents secretly exchanged glances.
After dinner, Sister Da Ya packed her things.
Yan Yu took her mother and her father and said she wanted to solve a big problem.
The three of them found a deserted place and talked quietly.
"Mom and dad, not only those carts, but I also found that there are a lot of duplicate cooking items in each family. They set up a pot in the morning and took turns cooking.
If it’s like what the uncle said, and they find these things useless and throw them away in the future, they might as well let us sell them to the platform in exchange for some food.”
Li Xuemei: "You have a good idea, but if the thing disappears once it's in our hands, everyone will definitely be suspicious."
"I want to rationalize the things traded on the platform, and I thought of a way, but I don't know if it will work." Yan Yu had a vague idea.
"What method?" Yan Laoer believed in his daughter even more. She studied a lot and had a sharp mind. The older she got, the more she had ideas.
"Dad, did you show Sanbao the mileage map? Has it been written down? Can you take us away?" Yan Yu suddenly asked.
Yan Laoer was confused, and half of his words turned to Sanbao.
"It must have been watching for a while. I asked it several times and kept nodding." He not only asked Sanbao if he remembered it, but also asked Sanbao if he could take them to the shortest way. Sanbao didn't hesitate at all and nodded repeatedly.
"That means that we can not only rely on the Three Treasures to lead the way, but we can also use it to find some villages."
Yan Yu spoke faster and faster: "We brought the things commonly used by every household and brought them directly to the door, just like the salesmen in the village, exchanging some food with them.
The point is not what has been replaced, nor whether the replacement is suitable, but to let these things flow...
It's best if dad comes forward to do this. We can do everything as usual on weekdays and only add some in every half a month. The villagers won't notice and they won't be able to count at all."
Yan Laoer: Just bully them for not being good at arithmetic.
However, although this method is a bit fiddly, it is quite safe if you are careful.
"How can you control time and find village transactions every half month?" Li Xuemei felt that there was a huge loophole.
"It depends on the specific situation. This is just a preliminary idea." Yan Yu shrugged. I am not omnipotent. I can't pinch or calculate.