jdhmnovel Chapter 163 Honey Water
Chapter 163 Honey Water
The two uncle and nephew were chopping wood at the top, and the people below were picking it up, sorting it out, chopping it, and then bundling it into bundles. It became a bundle of dry firewood that could be carried back and used.
Zhou Guo was very strong, and Zhou Dacang was also very strong. The two of them couldn't pick up all the people they had chopped down.
The two men chopped down eight trees and brought down a pile of dry firewood. After each of them collected two bundles, it looked like they could collect several more bundles.
By the time the firewood was prepared and everything was packed up, the sun had already set over the mountain.
Everyone carried firewood down the mountain.
Zhou Guo carried a large bundle of dry firewood in one hand, hung the basket on the firewood, and held half a bag of pine mushrooms in the other hand. He was the smallest among the group, but did the most work.
Anyone taller wouldn't be able to see her, only a huge moving bundle of firewood.
Although Mrs. Li knew her daughter was very strong, she was still frightened and felt distressed. "Guoguo, give me the bag. I will carry it."
"Mom, I'm fine. This firewood looks big and not very heavy. It just blocks my vision and I can't see clearly in front of me." As he said this, he moved the firewood onto his shoulder.
As soon as the move was completed, the basket hanging in front of the firewood was taken away, and the view suddenly became wider.
"Master, you must hold my basket carefully and don't drop it." There are good things in it.
The old man was carrying two bundles of firewood, one in front and one behind. He took the basket easily in his hand, lifted the basket and looked at it, but didn't see anything different. "It's just a basket of pine mushrooms. Is it worth your careful consideration? My half sack of rabbits is much more precious than your basket of pine mushrooms. I'm not like you." As he said this, he shook the sack hanging on the firewood behind him, which contained a few live rabbits.
Zhou Guo didn't say anything, thinking that you will understand when I cook it for you when I get back. Wild rabbit is nothing, there are plenty of them in the mountains, but Matsutake mushrooms are only available in this season.
Seeing that he was carrying so many things, Li felt a little sorry and said, "Old man, it's not a big deal for you to carry so many things. Just give me the basket."
The old man didn't even turn his head and said, "Do you think your two bundles of firewood are too small?" This woman has lived like a man.
The two bundles of firewood were almost the same as those tied by the men. She was the only woman among the several families who came along. No one from the other families came. It was not that the families were without labor, so why would they follow the men into the mountains?
Li was carrying two large bundles of firewood but she didn't think it was a big deal. Not to mention firewood, she was the one who carried the water for the family before she got married. Later, after she married her child's father, there was a well at home, so she no longer had to carry water, not even firewood. At most, she could carry a small bundle in a backpack.
But at that time, the child's father was still alive, and his parents-in-law were all there. Now there are only a group of children left at home. If she doesn't do it, who will?
The group of people each carried a bundle of firewood and walked down the mountain along the path. It was already dark in the forest, and those with poor eyesight could not see the road ahead clearly at times.
They walked down along the road they saw. The road became smaller and smaller as they went down. The big trees gradually turned into small trees, and there were more thorny bushes in the forest. It was not as easy to walk on as it was above.
By the time they finally reached the foot of the mountain, only a corner of the sun was left.
The group took a breath and then rushed home without stopping, carrying firewood, as they were afraid that there might be wild beasts in the mountains when it got dark.
They hurried as fast as they could, but it was completely dark before they reached the place where they had parted ways with Chen and his group during the day. But no one was in a panic. After all, they had been traveling at night almost every day for the past month or so, but this time there were fewer people.
When I returned to the village, there were already people waiting at the end of the village. From afar, I saw the people in front of me holding a few torches and looking over here from afar.
"Hey, they're back, they're back."
The people in front came running over with torches. There were people in each family, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw them coming back.
"Why did you take so long? It's already dark. If you don't come back we will go in to look for you. We're afraid there are wolves in the mountains."
"Oh, you're finally back. I was so worried. Don't take so long to get into the mountains next time. Leave before the sun sets, and don't rush in the mountains."
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Zhou Gu, Zhou Xing and their younger brothers came over. Seeing that all of them had returned, they finally felt relieved. Their family could not afford any more trouble now.
Zhou Guo turned the firewood around and couldn't help asking Zhou Xing, "Sister, is there anything to eat at home? I'm hungry." He didn't eat enough to begin with, and after exerting so much effort, the little food in his stomach had long been digested.
"Yes, yes, yes. We've prepared it early this morning. We haven't eaten yet. Come on, let's go home." Zhou Xing looked down at Zhou Guo who was carrying such a large bundle of firewood on his shoulders. She stretched out her hands helplessly to take it. "Why are you carrying such a large bundle of firewood? Can't it be smaller?"
Zhou Guo shook his head and dodged it, saying weakly: "It's not heavy, I'm just hungry."
"Let's go home. Come, let your elder brother carry the firewood." Zhou Xing took the sack from her hand and asked, "Why are you still carrying the sack?"
Zhou Gu stepped forward to take the firewood, and the whole family gathered together and went back to the house.
Back in the yard, something was bubbling on the stove, emitting steam.
Zhou Guo looked at the steam and asked, "What's cooking in the pot?"
"Shui, you haven't been back for a long time, and everyone is hungry. I thought there is still so much honey at home, so I boiled some water and made a bowl of honey water for everyone. It is fragrant and sweet. Wait, I will make you a bowl."
Zhou Xing poured a bowl of water for each of them and put a few drops of honey in it.
Zhou Guo held the honey water and couldn't wait to take a sip. It was indeed fragrant and sweet. He blew it while drinking it, and soon he finished the bowl of water.
I don’t know if it’s because she was too hungry while fleeing the famine, but she can’t be hungry now. If she is hungry, her hands and feet will become weak, and she will sweat all over. She has hypoglycemia due to hunger.
Fortunately, I cooked dry rice in the evening, and a big pot at that, otherwise I would have had a hard night.
She held her big bowl and ate three bowls of stewed pine mushrooms with wild vegetables in one go. She also drank a lot of soup, but she still felt not full and did not feel at ease.
But we couldn’t eat any more. If we ate any more, there wouldn’t be enough for the family. After the meal, no one rushed to sleep because we would not be able to sleep if we were too full.
She ran over and brought over her basket of matsutake mushrooms.
When the old man saw her precious basket, he was curious, "I want to see what you put in it, it's so precious."
Zhou Dacang and Li also had no idea what was inside, so they stared at it with wide eyes.
When the other members of the Zhou family saw the three of them like this, they thought that there were some incredible treasures hidden inside, such as thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum or ten-thousand-year-old ginseng. Wouldn't their family become rich then?
After waiting for a long time, everyone watched her pick up the pine mushrooms from the basket one by one, and then took out a white, muddy, and rather strangely shaped wild mushroom from it.