Chapter 35 Big Pot Rice
Their eyes met, Shang Wan had a faint smile in his eyes.
Lu Chengjing's long eyelashes trembled slightly, his pale lips pursed slightly, his left hand was raised higher, and he gently wiped the black dust from Shang Wan's face.
He wiped it carefully with a focused expression. Shang Wan bent down a little in response, and after wiping the left side of his face, he spontaneously turned his right cheek.
The little round child raised his little head, his dark eyes turned this way and that, sometimes looking at his father, sometimes at his mother, and he also stretched out his fleshy little hands to help Shang Wan wipe them.
"Boo~" Shang Wan lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead, making Yuanyuan smile and roll her eyes.
Everyone waited anxiously, the children cried out of fear, the women held the children in their arms and comforted them softly, while the men gathered together to discuss how to deal with another earthquake.
The injured people were gathered together in one place. Yuan Musheng was so busy that he pulled Shang Wan over to help deal with the injuries.
With Yuan Musheng's introduction, the news that Shang Wan's husband was a scholar gradually spread.
After discussion, the old people in the village came to Lu Chengjing together.
"Lu Xiucai, you have read books and know more than us idiots. Look at the situation now. Maybe everyone went into the house to get something?"
It was almost getting dark, and many people had only eaten the morning meal. Now they were already hungry. If it weren't for the pressure of the old people, some of them would have run home.
Lu Chengjing also experienced an earthquake for the first time. He glanced at the little turtle and saw it slowly crawling around on the ground as usual. He thought for a while and said, "Don't go into the dangerous room. Get out as soon as possible after getting the things." , I don’t know if the earthquake will happen yet, so it’s better to be cautious.”
The old people responded and informed the villagers that each family should send two people back to get things. The rest should stay well and not run around. The women should take care of their children.
Each family quickly selected someone to come out. It took a total of two quarters of an hour to go back and forth. The things they brought were all kinds of things. Zhang Er carried out all his own pots. Judging from his posture, if the time was longer, he could empty out the house.
The old people make the decision, each family contributes something, and everyone cooks a big pot of rice together tonight. Don't sleep in the house at night, just build a shed for one night, and wait until there is no movement tomorrow before going back.
Yuan Musheng went home and brought out a lot of medicinal materials. He was busy taking care of the injured, while Mrs. Rong took the young wives from each family to help cook the medicine.
Zhang Da and Zhang Lao were responsible for building the stove, and Zhang Er's pot came in handy.
The aunts are all good at cooking. They went to pick vegetables from the nearby fields, washed the vegetables, and cut the vegetables.
The men were also busy, collecting stones, carrying firewood, fetching water, and setting up tables.
The girls and boys helped wash the dishes and do whatever they could.
With work at hand, the panic on everyone's faces gradually faded away, and the old people nodded secretly.
Xiaohuan went to help the aunts cook, and Shang Wan called Li Xiaoshan and asked him to help guard Lu Chengjing for a while, while he took Yuanyuan into the mountain while the villagers were not paying attention.
Many trees fell down in the mountains, and rocks rolled down everywhere, killing many small animals.
Shang Wan walked and picked up all the way, and with Yuanyuan's guidance, he easily found the hiding wolves.
When the leading gray wolf saw Shang Wan, he put down his guard and shook his tail slightly.
"Don't hide in the cave, run to an open place." Shang Wan knelt down and patted Xiao Hui's head, "Settlement the wolves before coming back."
Several little wolves ran over and looked up at Yuanyuan.
Yuanyuan smiled and waved her little arms to greet the wolves.
Shang Wan simply put her down to play with the wolves, and took out some small animals from the space to serve as food for the wolves.
She pulled some tree vines outside the cave and stringed the remaining animals together simply and roughly.
"Let's go." Shang Wan said goodbye to the wolves, picked up his cub, which was holding on to its tail, and disappeared into the forest in a few leaps.
Shang Wan walked around the mountains and forests around Yushu Village, solved several hidden dangers, and returned home with Zaizai in his arms. Seeing the pile of prey brought back by Shang Wan, the villagers were stunned, and tears of envy flowed from the corners of their mouths.
Shang Wan smiled and said: "A lot of people died in the mountains. I picked them up and gave them to everyone."
Everyone: What a good man!
The aunts rolled up their sleeves to show off their skills, and contributed all the spices that each family was reluctant to use. Bowls of meat and vegetables were brought to the table, with a rich aroma wafting out.
The children stopped running around. They all stared eagerly at the large pieces of meat on the table and kept swallowing their saliva.
Even during the Chinese New Year, I have never seen so much meat.
The men also walked around the table intentionally or unintentionally, thundering in their stomachs.
When the last dish was served, there was no need to say hello, everyone found their own place to sit down.
At first there were voices, but then only the clinking of dishes and chopsticks could be heard.
If you say one more word, you will eat less meat. Why can't you wait until after the meal? There are not many opportunities to eat meat openly.
There were only three children as big as Yuanyuan in the village, so Xiaohuan specially cooked soft meat porridge for the three milk babies.
Lu Chengjing couldn't pick up food with his left hand, but Shang Wan could always notice when he had just finished the food in the bowl and use another pair of chopsticks to add another dish to him, with meat and vegetables.
Lu Chengjing tilted his head slightly and glanced at Shang Wanjiao's beautiful profile. The emotions in his dark eyes were complicated and difficult to distinguish.
"Don't like it?" Shang Wan noticed that he didn't move his chopsticks and turned his head in confusion, "Didn't you just eat it?"
She didn't add food to Lu Chengjing randomly.
Although they had not had a few meals together, based on the memory of the original owner, Shang Wan noticed that Lu Chengjing had a strong taste. Although he was a patient, he liked to eat delicious things.
When he eats something he hates, he will make a small movement of puckering his lips, perhaps without even realizing it.
"I'm done eating." Lu Chengjing put down his chopsticks.
Hearing this, Shang Wan got up and served him a bowl of fish soup.
The fish was picked up by the villagers from the river. They must have jumped ashore and died of thirst during the earthquake.
They were all small fish less than the size of a palm, less than thirty fish in total. There were too many people to share the fish, and there were too many bones in the small fish, so the aunts simply fried them and stewed them into fish soup.
The fish soup had a faint fishy smell. Lu Chengjing frowned after just smelling it, his face full of resistance to the fish soup.
Shang Wan lowered his head and took a sip, slurping the taste and commenting: "It's okay, I can drink it."
"Fish soup nourishes the body." She handed the bowl over. Lu Chengjing really didn't want to take it, but because Shang Wan was staring at him, he took the bowl unconsciously.
Shang Wan glanced at him from time to time during the meal. Lu Chengjing was forced to sip the fish soup, and he drank a bowl of fish soup without realizing it. It didn't seem that hard to accept it.
The people in the village watched the young couple get along with each other openly and secretly, and thought that based on their appearance alone, the young couple was indeed a perfect match.
Mrs. Shang's personality seemed to be stronger, but looking at Lu Xiucai's frail appearance, it was just right to marry a strong and caring wife.
Halfway through the meal, the dogs gnawing bones around suddenly started barking toward the road into the village.
Someone enters the village.
(End of chapter)