Chapter 34
Chapter 34
Just after eating the dumplings, the children from the village who came to pay New Year's greetings arrived.
Looking at a group of children outside the gate, I also know that they came here together.
The leading tall boy stood outside the gate and looked in, but he dared not come in.
After all, the Dahei Erhei in the yard is big and scary.
There were too many children, Lu Changge was afraid that they would come in too noisy and wake up Er Bao, so he went out with a basket containing candies and biscuits.
Tuanzi also trot to follow.
"Happy New Year, Uncle Lu!"
The children outside the door immediately became excited when they saw Uncle Lu coming out with something.
Shouting one after another, the scene looked a bit chaotic.
Fortunately, Lu Changge's expressionless face was very bluffing, and the children quickly quieted down after shouting Happy New Year.
Three pieces of fudge per person, two pieces of spicy beef cubes per person, one piece of rice cracker per person, two pieces of fragrant chestnut per person, and one piece of popcorn per person.
After all the children were distributed, the snack basket in Lu Changge's hand had already bottomed out.
After New Year's greetings, candy and biscuits were received, and the children formed a group to go to the next house.
But before setting off, they also invited Xiaotuanzi to go with them.
"Brother Tuanzi, do you want to go to New Year's greetings with us?"
After Xiaotuanzi heard it, he immediately looked up at his father, saw that his father nodded in agreement, and happily followed.
Seeing the little master leaving, Erhei, who was wearing a red vest, got up to follow.
Erhei just walked behind the team not far or near.
The children walking in front were a little scared at first, but soon they ignored the existence of Erhei behind them.
Tuanzi went out to celebrate the New Year with the children in the village, and Erhei followed, so Lu Changge was not worried.
Soon, Erbao and his wife also woke up, and Lu Changge went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for their father and son.
One morning passed, and the dumpling who went out to pay New Year's greetings with my friends finally came back.
Xiao Tuanzi happily ran into the house with a bulging satchel on his back.
"Father, father and mother! The nest is back!"
In the afternoon, Li Tugen's two brothers and Li Xiaomin's four siblings also came to pay New Year's greetings.
When they came, they each carried a basket of things in their hands.
"Happy New Year, Uncle Lu!"
"Happy New Year, Uncle Lu!"
As soon as the children walked in, they raised their smiling faces and wished Lu Chang Gefufu New Year greetings.
"Happy New Year to you too." Su Qingyun nodded with a smile, and then took out a stack of lucky money wrapped in red paper from her sleeve, one for each person.
"Come on, take all the lucky money that Uncle Lu gave you."
Su Qingyun gave the New Year's money, and Lu Changge gave candies and biscuits.
Lu Changge put some of the small snacks he made before into the baskets, and asked them to take them by themselves, as well as candied haws, two skewers per person.
Candied haws are wrapped in individual paper bags, so they can be stored for a long time.
After paying their respects, Li Tugen and the others were not in a hurry to leave.
Instead, they sat in the main room, chatting with Uncle Lu and the others while eating.
The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when relatives go back to their natal home.
However, Lu Changge and his wife have no relatives, and the other has no family.
So on the second day of the new year, they still stayed at home like yesterday.
The tension and anticipation before the arrival of the new year, the joy after the arrival of the new year.
After the new year, life began to return to the normal before.
Soon, the New Year passed slowly.
[System, sign in. ]
[Ding, successfully signed in on the 225th day of fleeing from famine, and received sign-in rewards: four catties of rice, two catties of lotus root, and half a catty of red dates.
Obtain consecutive 60-day sign-in rewards: two low-level energy beads.
System reminder: low-level energy beads cannot store energy for a long time, please use them in time after taking out the energy beads to avoid energy dissipation. 】
Today is the No.11 day in January, which happens to be the [-]th day of continuous signing.
Lu Changge saw that the reward for the consecutive signing was two more energy beads, but he didn't have any thoughts in his heart.
[Da Teng Er Teng comes over here. ]
[Come on! ]
[Good master. ]
As soon as the words fell, Da Teng Er Teng appeared in front of Lu Changge.
[Master, what's the matter calling us here? ] Erto said.
"One vine, one piece, absorb it." Lu Changge said, throwing energy beads to them.
[Wow!Are there energy beads again? !This time I will definitely reach level seven in one fell swoop! ]
Erto quickly stretched out a vine to roll the energy beads over, and made a bold statement.
Erto absorbed one before, and went directly from the second level to the peak of the fourth level, and almost reached the fifth level.
Now, it estimates that it can also upgrade two levels to seven in a row.
Erto is so confident!
However, Dato has a different view on this.
But seeing Erto so excited, he didn't say anything.
After getting the energy beads, Oto Erto stopped talking and began to concentrate on absorbing energy.
Not long after, all the energy in the energy beads was absorbed.
Erto exited the cultivation state and checked his level immediately.
However, in the next second, Erto's eyes were full of disbelief.
[for!Varied!what!Ahhh! !Why did he only go up one level, when he had been up two levels in a row before! ! ]
Erto fell to the ground again with a snap, and began to roll and howl.
Da Teng also looked at his own situation, and he was only promoted to one level.
So far, Oto and Erto have absorbed two low-level energy beads in total.
Dateng has been promoted from the original level to level four.
Erto has risen from the original level two to level six.
[Okay, meaning is enough, howl again, be careful that the master throws you out. ] Oto kicked Erto who was still lying on the ground rolling around.
Hearing Oto's words, Erto secretly looked up at his master.
Seeing the owner looking down at it expressionlessly, Erto was shocked, and quickly got up and stood up.
The speed of face-changing is simply staggering.
After seeing Erto return to normal, Lu Changge took his cold eyes away from it.
[Master, did you give us low-level energy beads just now? ] Oto asked.
"Ah."
[From this point of view, if you absorb another low-level energy bead next time, you may only be able to upgrade by half a level. ] Oto said.
[The higher the level, the more energy is needed...Master, are there no intermediate or high-level energy beads? ] Erto asked.
"No."
[Okay...] Erto was a little disappointed when he heard the master's answer.
[This is not the end of the world, there is no need to care about the level. ] Davine patted it on the shoulder and said.
[makes sense. ]
……
Lu Changge's plan was to leave in early February.
At this time, there are still ten days before departure.
Before coming here, Lu Changge had to sell their house first.
The news that Lu Changge's family, Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin were going to move out and that they were going to sell the house quickly spread in the village.
However, Lu Changge did not sell the house to the villagers at a low price.
Instead, go directly to the town to put it up for sale, and add a few acres of fertile land as a bonus.
After all, this land will be useless in the future, and the bonus will make the house sell faster.
As Lu Changge thought.
Soon, some people took it without thinking long after seeing the condition that several acres of fertile land would be given away.
Although the drought has lasted for more than half a year, everyone believes that the drought will pass soon.
The houses of Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin are naturally incomparable with Lu Changge's house.
So they sold it directly to the villagers at a low price.
Most families in the village have many children and few rooms, so Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin sold their houses at a low price, and soon someone sold them.
After the house matter was settled, Lu Changge began to pack his luggage.
With the system space, you can take away any pots and pans.
But after all, he was away from home, and he created various things out of thin air, so it was fine in a short time.
If it has been like this, it is easy to be discovered by others.
Lu Changge remodeled the carriage inside and out,
The top of the outside of the carriage is covered with a layer, and some daily-use things such as pots and pans are placed on it.
Two cuboid wooden box interlayers are added on both sides of the carriage, and they must be suitable for the size of the big black and the second black.
Make sure they can sit or lie down in it.
The changes inside the carriage are a little bit smaller, basically no major changes.
It is the placement layer above the innermost bed, which is made into a grid.
In this way, their clothes can be placed, and Er Bao's diapers and small clothes can also be placed.
Time slips away when they are busy.
January passed quickly, and February came quietly.
Today is the day when Lu Changge and the others set off.
In order to avoid being watched by the villagers, Lu Changge got up before dawn to make breakfast.
Except for the bed they are sleeping in now, everything in the house was packed last night
Today's breakfast was eaten on the road, so Lu Changge steamed steamed buns, eggs, and a few big sweet potatoes.
After Lu Changge made breakfast, Su Qingyun also got up just in time.
"Why don't you sleep more?" Lu Changge asked as he put his breakfast in the food box and covered it.
"Don't sleep, are you leaving now?" Su Qingyun looked up at the sky, it was still dark at this moment.
"Well, Li Tugen and the others should be getting better soon, we'll have breakfast on the way."
Hearing this, Su Qingyun hurriedly brushed her teeth and washed her face, and then followed her husband into the house to tidy up.
At this time, Tuanzi and Erbao were still soundly asleep on the bed.
Taking the blanket, Lu Changge wrapped the dumpling tightly and hugged it tightly.
Su Qingyun hugged the second treasure, and then put everything on the bed into the storage.
Su Qingyun can ignore the limitations of the storage, and can put anything in his hands.
After the things were collected, the whole room really became empty.
"Daughter-in-law, let's go." Seeing Su Qingyun standing still, Lu Changge called out.
"Okay." Su Qingyun looked away, and walked out of the room with Er Bao in her arms.
Knowing that he was leaving today, Dahei Erhei seemed extremely excited and ran around in the yard
When the couple went out with the baby in their arms, Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin's family were already waiting outside.
"Uncle Lu, Uncle Lu?" Seeing them coming out, Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin shouted.
"Is everything packed?" Lu Changge asked aloud.
"Ah."
"Packed up."
Lu Changge carried the dumpling into the carriage, and then took Erbao and put it in.
The carriage was a bit high, so Lu Changge got down and carried his wife up.
There is a lot of space in the carriage, and the bed takes up two-thirds of the space in the carriage.
Even if Su Qingyun is lying on it, she can also spread it.
Of course, with a height of nearly 1.9 meters and a big man, Lu Changge could barely lie down.
After the husband and son were settled, Lu Changge called Dahei Erhei to come up.
After Dahei got up, he got into the mezzanine box outside the carriage from the carriage, and then sat upright.
The sandwich box that Lu Changge modified for Dahei and Erhei was outside the carriage.
Closed on five sides, only the front is open.
It is convenient for them to jump directly when they get off the car, and it can also allow them to sit inside and watch the scenery outside.
It's hard to turn around, though, since the space isn't very large.
Lu Changge opened two small doors in the carriage to let them enter from inside.
After Dahei Erhei entered, the small door would automatically close, so that there would be no smell left in the carriage.
Dahei sat obediently in his seat, but Erhei was different.
It went in and watched for a while, then jumped out, then jumped into the carriage, and sat directly on the other side of the carriage.
And Oto Erto directly occupies the windows on both sides of the carriage.
Tiny rattan curtains disguised as fish caught.
"Let's go." Lu Changge said while holding the rein and turning the black horse around.
"it is good!"
Su Qingyun, who was sitting in the carriage, felt the carriage shake for a while, and then stabilized.
Opening the curtains a little, Su Qingyun watched the house that he had lived in for nearly four years slowly go away until it disappeared from his sight.
Lu Changge chose the path he often walked on, which was just wide enough to pass a carriage.
Leaving this place, there is another way besides the route of the small town - Fucheng - the next city.
But that road leads directly to the next city, and there is no resting place on the way.
Of course, the three-day itinerary can be reduced in time.
Considering that most of them were children, Lu Changge slowed down a bit.
After the carriage drove for an hour and a half, Tuanzi, who had been sleeping soundly before, finally woke up.
After Xiaotuanzi woke up, he saw that he was in a strange place as soon as he opened his eyes, and he was so scared that he got up quickly.
Then I saw my brother was there too.
"Father, father, mother!" Xiaotuanzi yelled as he climbed out of bed, his voice full of panic.
As soon as Xiaotuanzi finished speaking, Su Qingyun outside hurriedly opened the bed curtain and asked aloud.
"Tuanzi, what's the matter?"
"Father Mu!" Xiaotuanzi's eyes lit up when he saw Father Mu was there.
"Father Mu, where is this place?" Xiaotuanzi ran over in a panic, without any shoes on.
Fortunately, there are blankets in the carriage, so it's okay to step on it with bare feet.
"We are in the carriage now." Su Qingyun smiled and carried Tuanzi over, and put on his shoes.
"automobile……"
"Duanzi forgot? Didn't Dad and Mu's father tell you yesterday that we are moving today?"
"Ah?" Tuanzi was puzzled when he heard Father Mu's words, and then quickly realized.
"Oh! I haven't forgotten, Tuanzi remembers!"
"Are you hungry?" Su Qingyun asked, taking clothes from the bed and putting them on for him.
"hungry."
Dressed neatly, Tuanzi brushed his teeth and washed his face with Erto's assistance.
After breakfast, Tuanzi went to find his father.
"Daddy!"
Xiaotuanzi lifted the curtain of the car, and saw Daddy sitting outside pulling the rope at a glance, and Erhei sitting on the other side.
"En." Lu Changge replied without looking back.
He was sitting outside, and the movement in the carriage just now was naturally clear.
"It's cold outside, get in the car and accompany your mother."
"It's not cold, Tuanzi wants to sit with Erhei." Tuanzi shook his head, and sat down carefully with his hand on his father.
Then slowly rubbed to Erhei's side.
Erhei, who was sitting on the other side, heard the little master calling it, and turned around with a "woo".
"I can only sit for a while." Lu Changge stretched out his other hand to support the dumpling, and said.
"it is good!"
Droughts are not just fixed in one place.
So far, nine of the eleven cities in Fenglai Kingdom have suffered disasters of varying degrees.
As for the other countries, some countries have not heard the news yet, and some countries have already started small-scale violence.
After walking for a whole morning and watching the deserted scenery along the way, Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin became more and more uncertain.
Near noon, Lu Changge stopped the carriage next to several boulders near the river.
The two carriages following behind also stopped.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Dahei Erhei immediately jumped off and ran around a few times.
"Daddy, Tuanzi wants to pee!" Tuanzi ran to daddy awkwardly with her short legs in between, whispering.
Lu Changge was building a stone stove, when he heard what Tuanzi said, he looked back at Su Qingyun.
His daughter-in-law is coaxing the second treasure, and she is not free.
"Go, remember to bring Dahei Erhei with you."
Lu Changge thought for a while and then told him, "Don't run too far."
"it is good!"
Xiaotuanzi called Dahei Erhei, and ran behind the nearest big tree.
Erto, who has been following the little master, quickly helped him pull down his pants.
After solving the physical problems, Xiaotuanzi finally felt at ease.
Then he followed Dahei Erhei to run around, looking here and touching there.
The three children sitting next to them were originally obediently staying next to their elder brothers and sisters.
After watching for a while, I also ran to play with Brother Tuanzi.
Li Tugen's side is the stone stove built by Grandpa Li.
Li Tugen and Li Xiaomin were three siblings, two went to collect firewood, and the other went to fetch water from the river.
After half a year of drought, there is only a shallow layer of water on the other side of the river.
You can't even step on the instep.
The riverbeds on both sides have cracks the size of fists.
Li Xiaomin and his brother came back from collecting firewood, and went to help Uncle Lu collect a bundle.
Before they set off, they had prepared dry food several days in advance, and now they just set up a pot to cook some noodle soup.
After all, it's only February, and although the sun has come out, it's still a bit cold.
After lunch, they rested for a while and continued their journey.
After walking for an afternoon, Lu Changge found a place with the wind and water to stop.
"Uncle Lu, do you want to rest here tonight?" Li Tugen, who was driving behind, saw the carriage in front stop and shouted.
"Correct."
It was getting late, and the group stopped after finding a place to stay.
Those who gather firewood gather firewood, and those who fetch water fetch water.
The horse is tied to let it graze.
Lu Changge set up a stone stove to light a fire, and hung a small iron pot to boil water.
After finishing these, start to prepare the tent for sleeping at night.
Lu Changge removed the uppermost board of the mezzanine on the top of the carriage, as well as the pedals in front of the carriage.
At this time, Dahei and Erhei came back with two thick pieces of wood in their mouth.
Then drag it to the side of the owner and drop it.
"Find two more." Lu Changge patted Dahei Erhei's head and ordered.
Dahei Erhei gave a "Wow" to express his understanding, and then ran away at high speed.
The gust of wind brought by the running blows their soft hair back, revealing the muscular lines of the big wolfhound's legs and backs.
The milk dolls who just ran back after Dahei and the others saw them running away again, and didn't know whether to follow them.
"Three Yas and Four Tigers, play with your brother and brother, don't run far away."
Li Xiaomin on the side saw these children looking at the place where Dahei left, and seemed to want to follow, so she hurriedly said.
"Got it, sister!"
"Daddy, where do we sleep at night?" Xiaotuanzi ran to Daddy's side, raised his head and asked in confusion, "There is no room or bed here."
The three little milk babies on the side also ran over with Brother Tuanzi, their faces full of curiosity.
"Sleep here, Daddy will build a small bed for you."
Not long after, Dahei Erhei came back after biting two thick pieces of wood.
Lu Changge found a flat place without weeds, took out a hoe and dug four long shallow pits, and then put the rough logs in.
Embed the wood in the soil and fix it, and then put the two boards that were just removed on it.
Spread a layer of sackcloth on the wooden board, and then set up a tent on the simple wooden bed that has just been built.
The surroundings of the tent are then pressed with stones.
Seeing that the small house was built so quickly, Xiaotuanzi clapped his hands excitedly, "Wow! Daddy is so tired!"
"Well, Uncle Lu is amazing."
"Do you want to sleep in there at night?"
"This room is so small, it can't fit many people."
Several milk dolls fumbled around the tent, discussing in low voices.
After setting up the tent, Lu Changge went to the carriage (actually from the system space) and took out two woolen blankets and a thin sheet.
The bed with rough workmanship is spread on a plank bed, and a quilt is laid on it.
The corners are fastened to prevent the sheet from being taken away by turning over at night.
The other bed acts as a quilt.
Seeing a few milk dolls trying to sneak in, Lu Changge lifted them out one by one, and closed the tent.
"Go to bed at night and then go in."
"Oh!"
"Good."
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