EBE Chapter 112: No Hurry to Leave
Chapter 112: No Hurry to Leave
Everyone held their bowls and buried the meat in the rice, stirring it so that the rice would be soaked with the aroma of the meat, and then began to eat with wild vegetables.
Zhou Guo looked at the bowl with only a piece of meat in it and sighed silently. He followed everyone else's example and mixed the meat in the bowl, then picked up a piece of wild vegetables with chopsticks. Today's wild vegetables were different from the previous ones, as they were also cooked with oil.
Not to mention, after she took a bite, she found that the wild vegetables with oil were different, especially fragrant and smooth. Unlike before, they did not have a muddy smell and were irritating to the throat. The wild vegetables tasted better with oil.
She took a bite of wild vegetables, a bite of rice, and then a small piece of meat. There were not many resources, so she was just like everyone else, eating frugally.
The Zhou family is pretty good.
After all, there is limited fat in a pig, and not all families buy fat. Most families get meat that is 20% fat and 80% lean. The oil produced by boiling this kind of meat is limited, and the lean meat has no oil. But even so, it is thrown into the pot and boiled with the fat, and it is all turned into residue.
When eating, each person gets a piece of meat scraps, which is the meat.
Like the Zhou family, there was not enough meat, but today's wild vegetables were all cooked in a pot with oil and water. The wild vegetables cooked with oil tasted especially sweet to everyone.
People passing by on the official road couldn't help but stop and watch them like this, smelling the aroma of meat in the air. They were envious and inexplicably jealous. "How can these refugees have meat to eat? We work hard all year and can't even get enough food, how can we eat meat? I'd rather be a refugee!"
Someone at the side broke his fantasy, "Refugees can eat meat not because they are refugees, but because they have the ability and money. We poor refugees live worse than dogs. We may escape today and die tomorrow. Wake up, you still want to be a refugee, you are crazy!"
People didn't mind being seen at all. They had been seen enough along the way, so let them be seen. It wouldn't hurt them.
Everyone was eating their own meals, and at the end, the fat slices of meat were turned out. They bit them bit by bit, and fragrant oil popped out of their mouths with every bite. Everyone's eyes narrowed while eating, and they almost forgot the taste of meat, it was so delicious!
Zhou Guo was very happy with the meal. Today everyone in the family had meat to eat, so she ate more at ease.
The meal ended with everyone chewing slowly and contentedly. After the meal, the oil in the bowl could not be wasted and some water was poured into it to make soup. After drinking the soup, the people held the bowl and licked it clean. Zhou Guo thought it was cleaner than if it had been washed.
I remember when they were short of water, they had no water to wash the bowls after eating, so they would wipe them with wood ash first, and then wipe them with hay. The bowls would be more or less stained with wood ash or sawdust.
It doesn’t look as clean as this one, which is so shiny. She looked down at the bowl she had licked and could see her own head in it. She could even see her reflection!
After dinner, we had to boil medicine for the sick. The aroma of the medicine became stronger again just after dinner. After last night and most of the day, the children's fever began to subside one by one.
Zhou Xing, who had been taking care of Zhou Tao, was surprised to find that her face was covered with sweat and her hair was wet. She said happily, "Mom, mom, my little sister's fever has gone down and she is sweating."
"Sweating? That's great. Amitabha, the fever is finally gone. Thank God!" Upon hearing this, Huang clasped her hands together and bowed to the sky.
Mrs. Xu ran to her daughter and saw that the child was sweating profusely. She touched her back and found it was full of sweat. The child's red face was back to normal. She finally let go of the worry she had been holding for the past few days. Her eyes turned red as she wiped the sweat off the child with fear, and kept saying, "Thank God, she's finally fine, she's finally fine. Now it's fine. Xiao Tao'er can run and jump with her brothers and sisters in a few days."
Zhou Tao opened her eyes weakly, and when she saw Xu, she couldn't help but burst into tears of grievance. Everyone listened and noticed that her voice was even louder than before. It was obvious that she was in much better spirits, so they were relieved.
Mrs. Xu's eyes were moist, and she was so gentle and thoughtful. "Our little Tao'er has suffered a lot this time. Look how thin she has become. She must be hungry after not eating for a few days. What do you want to eat? Do you want meat? Your sister Guoguo went to the city as soon as possible to buy a lot of meat. We ate it all and saved it for you. There are also a lot of snacks. Mother also ate the snacks. They are delicious. Do you want to eat some..."
Zhou Guo sighed on the side, as expected, as a mother, his aunt was not a gentle and meticulous person on normal days. She was carefree and straightforward and said whatever she wanted. But she showed this side in front of her sick little girl.
Huang had already boiled the large bones. Seeing that the child had woken up, she used the bone soup to make a pot of wild vegetable and meat porridge for her. It was not only delicious but also looked good. Xu also picked up a piece of dessert for her.
The Zhou family's children were all drooling with envy, thinking that it was not a loss at all since the patient was treated so well.
Zhou Guo walked around the camp and saw that all those with fever had their fevers subsided, but they were still very weak. He couldn't help but look at the doctor with admiration.
Even the wound under her ribs didn't hurt anymore. After applying his medicine, the wound healed much faster than before. It would be almost healed in two days, as it was shallow to begin with.
The adults looked at their children, who were so weak, and were obviously hungry, but could not even finish a bowl of porridge after two sips. They could not bear to take them on the journey day and night.
After finding the head of the village, we need to stay here for a few more days, at least until they are in better spirits and can eat before leaving. Otherwise, if we are exposed to the wind again, I am afraid that the disease will relapse.
The head of the village agreed. It wasn't just the children who were sick here. There were also injured guards. Some of the seriously injured ones hadn't woken up yet. They needed to rest. Now that they were here, there was no rush. Could those bandits dare to attack them at the gate of the county town?
So I agreed to rest for two days with peace of mind.
Everyone was very happy. After all, they had been running around for so long, like rootless duckweed, unable to stay in any one place for long. Now they could finally stop for a day or two and have a good rest. That couldn't be better.
Zhou Guo thought that was a good idea. She could take advantage of this opportunity to learn horse riding from her master. Her injury wasn't that serious anyway, so she could still ride slowly on the horse.
Zhou Dacang touched his chest, which had healed a lot, and thought that he would be completely healed if he rested for two days. He should wait until his injury healed before riding again. If he fell again, the injury would get worse.
Since her uncle wasn't going, she had to go by herself.
When the old man heard that she wanted to ride a horse, he looked her up and down with bulging eyes and shook his head to refuse, "No, you're still injured. What if the injury gets worse when you ride a horse? No, no, you better wait until you're healed."