jdhmnovel Chapter 173: Overnight Stay on the Mountain Terrace
Chapter 173: Overnight Stay on the Mountain Terrace
The simple sedan chair that Zhang Yu Niang sat in was actually made of two wooden sticks as thick as a man's arm, with a rope wrapped in the middle to form a net.
There was a thick mattress inside, and she lay on it, with a thin blanket covering her body.
Han Dazhong also sent his sons Han Youtian and Han Youliang, and Han Zhaoxiong also came. They took turns carrying her up to the platform.
After going up, the two brothers Han Youtian and Han Youliang were so tired that they were sweating profusely, and the backs of their shirts were wet with sweat.
Han Dazhong looked at Xue Nizi and Tonghua who were blushing and out of breath, then turned around and glared at his two sons.
What I really think: It's really shameful. Two grown men are not as good as two young wives!
It seems that Lan Zhen and her family are very lucky!
Otherwise, how come they are so strong!
At this time, the sun had already set in the west, leaving only a red glow in the sky.
Shanxing, Lihua and other children went up the mountain first.
They gathered some wood and started a fire.
Just wait for Li Lanzhen and the others to come up, set up the stove and cook dinner.
Li Lanzhen came up first and saw what the children had prepared.
She smiled and praised generously.
"Kids, you are awesome. Grandma will come and make you dinner now. It will be delicious."
As he spoke, he walked to the middle of the three trees nearby and pulled out four large baskets from the space.
There were three large iron pots and some bowls, pans, and basins in a basket.
Another big basket contained wild vegetables, wild vegetable cakes, and grain.
There was also a basket filled with potatoes, sweet potatoes, three dressed pheasants, and three dressed wild rabbits.
She came out carrying a large basket filled with pots, pans, and utensils.
Then I saw Han Mingjiang standing next to the fire.
"Second brother, go to the woods over there and pull out the basket. We'll start cooking dinner.
Han Mingjiang, Han Zhaoxiong, Han Youtian and others ran behind the three trees.
Two large baskets were carried out.
The expressions on the three people's faces showed surprise, excitement, and more importantly, happiness.
"Mom, is there meat tonight?"
Han Mingjiang shouted loudly before he even reached the fire.
Li Lanzhen glared at him.
"Yes, there is meat to eat. Eat more, you greedy cat!"
The women washed their hands and started to cook dinner, and the children sat around the campfire, chattering about happy things that only they could understand.
The men started setting up tents.
There are quite a few trees around, so they take advantage of the terrain where the trees grow and surround the house with straw mats.
They are very familiar with building straw mat bunks.
While fleeing from famine, they kept building straw huts and sleeping on the roadsides in the mountains at night.
Lan Zhen is cooking dinner.
Han Mingjiang had chopped all the pheasants and rabbits into small pieces.
She put mixed oil in the iron pan and poured all the meat pieces in to dry it out. Then she added seasonings while no one was paying attention and waited until the meat turned golden and sizzled with oil.
Li Lanzhen divided the pot of meat into three pots.
Add water to each pot, and then pour in the sweet potato and potato cubes that Xue Nizi and the others had cut.
Pour half a pot of fresh wild mushrooms into each iron pot.
When almost serving, add the chopped wild vegetables.
A pot of rice with meat, soup and vegetables, with wild vegetable pancakes for each person, is a sumptuous dinner.
Looking at the children sitting around the fire, Li Lanzhen wanted to give them some snacks.
She took out a basket of small sweet potatoes.
"Han Yinan, Goudan, come, put this basket of sweet potatoes in the fire and roast them."
When the two children heard this, they came over happily, carrying the basket.
The children used sticks to carefully dig up the ashes from the fire and buried the sweet potatoes.
Then he added more firewood and continued burning.
Wait until the meat, potato, sweet potato, wild mushroom and wild vegetable soup are cooked in three large iron pots.
The fragrance is so strong that it permeates the entire platform!
Without any explanation, it got into the nasal cavities of adults and children, causing their mouths to secrete saliva wildly.
In this rich meaty aroma, there is a sweet taste that tempts everyone's taste buds.
This is the sweet taste of roasted sweet potatoes.
The children had no time to care about the meat in the three big iron pots.
They all stared with shining eyes at the sweetly smelling roasted sweet potatoes in the ashes of the fire.
Xue Nizi took two sticks and pulled the roasted sweet potatoes out of the fire one by one.
"Children, be careful, it's hot! It burns your hands and mouths!"
She also planned to count to see if there were enough for each person.
Han Yinan shouted.
"Second Aunt, I counted them. Each child can have one small sweet potato, and there are still 12 left."
Li Lanzhen said when she heard it.
"Okay, children, each of you will have a roasted sweet potato, and adults can eat two or three of them and taste them. When we find a place to plant more sweet potatoes, we will let you have a sweet potato feast."
Han Yibai ran to Li Lanzhen with his short legs and hugged her legs.
Speaking of which, his little face drooled.
"Grandma, what is sweet potato swallow? Is it delicious?"
Li Lanzhen laughed and hugged him.
Reach out your finger and scratch his little nose.
“The sweet potato feast is not a bird flying in the sky, it is that sweet potato, made into a feast.
Grandma will make you fried sweet potato balls, sweet potato pancakes, baked sweet potatoes, steamed sweet potatoes, dried sweet potatoes, candied sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes in syrup, spicy sweet potatoes, and sweet potato vermicelli. They are so delicious!"
Han Yibai leaned back in her arms, drooling even more.
Li Lanzhen took out a cloth and wiped his saliva, then put him down and talked.
"Now go and eat your roasted sweet potatoes, and then come and eat the meat."
The adults also listened attentively to learn how to cook sweet potatoes.
My mouth was saliva-filled with madness, and my heart was longing for that beautiful time.
In the firelight, everyone's stomachs were bulging, but no one lay down. Instead, they walked around to digest the food.
Perhaps it was because there was a heavy rain in the mountains, and the sky seemed to have been washed clean.
Maybe it's because they are standing higher and closer to the sky.
Tonight, the sky is exceptionally blue and filled with stars.
Li Lanzhen blurted out "yes".
"The building is a hundred feet high, and you can reach for the stars with your hands!"
When the children heard it, they immediately gathered around her.
They stretched out their hands, looked up at the starry sky, and shouted together.
"The tower is a hundred feet high, and you can pick the stars with your hands!"
"Oh, I picked a star."
"The stars are so beautiful today!"
Amid the children's laughter, Li Lanzhen looked up at the small platform above.
Why haven’t Xue Bao and the other man come down yet?
There was some dinner left for them, still warming in the pot.
Did something happen to them again?