newbobooks Chapter 186 City 6
Chapter 186 City 6
Chapter 186 City 6
The two cave dwellings, which were originally uninhabited, were now filled with all kinds of food. These were public food that everyone had handed in as a reserve for emergencies.
Dayan, Guoqi and others moved the food from one of the caves to the yard and built a simple shed to continue storing it.
The remaining food was prepared for the people from the Yanshan tribe.
Qing Jiu returned with his group three full days later than originally scheduled.
When everyone saw it, they were surprised to find that not only did they bring back more people, but they also brought back so much more food.
Ji Lang immediately spotted the figure following the crowd. The backpack behind him was filled with processed snow rabbit furs, which were piled up almost higher than him. The sharp eyes softened immediately after seeing Ji Lang looking around.
The person who was originally full of anger, like a small animal whose fur had been stroked, came up stickyly.
"Why are you back so late?" He helped Qingjiu untie the rabbit fur that was tied around his neck.
There was no telling how many things were in the bag; it was so heavy that he was staggering a little.
Qing Jiu half hugged the busy man, lowered his head to Ji Lang's ear, and sniffed gently, as if charging, "I'm not afraid that you will settle accounts with me."
His heavy breathing hit Ji Lang's ears, making them hot and itchy. Ji Lang, who was originally full of joy, glared at him and punched him, "You still know this!"
For this outing, Dayan and Guoqi, who usually help lead the team, stayed in the tribe. Dashu's health condition did not allow him to go out for a long time, and Xishi had not recovered yet and needed Sashi to stay and look after him, so only Azhou, Xiaoying, and Aqiao could help. But most of the things were still taken care of by Qingjiu himself, so he inevitably looked a little haggard.
His eyeballs were full of red bloodshot, and there were a lot of stubble around his mouth. Ji Lang even felt that he had lost some weight.
He felt a little distressed and regretted why he was so quick. The person had already suffered a lot when he came back and was still feeling uncomfortable, and now he punched him again.
In fact, for Qingjiu, this was just like tickling.
"Hey, you two over there, stop sticking together. The food is ready, come in and eat something hot." Sa Shi picked up the backpack on the ground and teased the two of them with a smile.
Guo Qiye came over and said, "Is everything going well? Nothing happened?"
"It's okay, everything is fine. How is sister-in-law?" Qing Jiu asked. Originally, Guo Qi was going to go with him, leaving Dayan in the tribe. But the day before departure, Lan almost fell to the ground when he stood up after dinner.
What no one expected was that it was actually good news: Lan was pregnant and was going to have another baby.
However, she seemed particularly uncomfortable this time. Finally, Qing Jiu and Guo Qi discussed it and decided to let Guo Qi stay in the tribe.
Guo Qi had a silly smile on his face that was rarely seen. "I've just been feeling uncomfortable for two days. I've been eating and drinking regularly lately." Not only was he in good physical condition, he was also in high spirits and had a smile on his face every day.
Knowing that it would be inconvenient for Aqing and the others to go back and cook at this time, Li simply invited everyone to go into the yard. It was still early and not particularly cold. Although there was not enough room in the kitchen, there was plenty of space under the shed in the yard.
A pot of bone soup was distributed to each person, with just a small bowl. Aqing and Anan took out clean wooden bowls from their bags without being polite at all. Others looked at them and followed their example.
"Drink some soup to warm your stomach first. I just heated up the steamed buns. They will be ready soon." Lan smiled, and it was obvious that she was in a good mood.
A woman in the crowd stared at her for a while, pointed at her belly, smiled and said, "The cub will be very strong."
In fact, Lan's belly is still very flat now. In addition, she wears thick clothes in the cold weather, so most people can't tell that she is pregnant.
She looked over in surprise, "How did you figure that out? That's amazing."
The woman who was exaggerated by her smiled shyly. Her name was A'li. She used to live in the Yanshan tribe and made a living by delivering babies.
She has a natural ability to tell the demeanor of a pregnant woman, and can even feel whether the baby is in good condition or whether the birth will be difficult.
She smiled and reminded Lan, "The baby is naturally big-boned, so you should be careful not to eat too much, or it will be dangerous when the baby is born."
Lan nodded quickly. She was indeed in a good mood recently. Plus, there was plenty of food and she ate a lot, so she had to be careful.
It didn't take long for the group to eat and drink their fill.
Anan lived in one cave with his children, and A'li and the women lived in another.
The kang had been heated early on, so the room was dry and warm now.
After entering the house for a while, Anan felt a little hot, so he took off the animal skin around his shoulders and walked around the cave curiously.
He touched here and there, never idle at all, until his hand reached under the quilt on the kang, "Wow, it's hot!"
The other children, who were originally standing on the ground stiffly and at a loss, scrambled to touch it when they heard his shouting.
"So warm."
"What is this? Something soft?"
"It smells so good, can I eat it?"
When Aqing came back with some wooden basins, he heard all kinds of questions.
He cleared his throat and said like a little adult, "This is the kang and the quilt. You sleep on it when you go to bed. The quilt is for covering your body. But you have to wash your hands and feet before going to bed every day, okay?"
Pointing to the stove outside Ah Hua's cave, he said, "You can use it to heat water. Give it to your priest and tell him to come and set it up for you tomorrow."
A boy about the same age as Aqing came over and asked, "Aqing, don't you want to live with us?"
Ah Qing shook his head. "I'm over there." He pointed to the small passageway against the wall. "I live with Grandpa Shi. He's old and a little confused sometimes. I can take care of him."
The friends looked at him with admiration, and always felt that Aqing was different from before.
Like a real man, as reliable as an adult.
Originally Old Man Shi thought that the child was also going to move to the big cave dwelling, but when he saw him running around busying around, he couldn't help feeling sarcastic in his heart, what a heartless little brat, he ate his own food and lived his own life, and now he just left like that.
Unexpectedly, after it got dark, Aqing came back with a bucket of hot water, "Grandpa Shi, wash your face."
"Why don't you live with the people in your tribe?" said Old Man Shi.
Ah Qing: "I worked so hard to clean up your house just a few days ago, and you don't want me to live here anymore?"
Old Man Shi: ...
That's not what he meant. This little brat really deserves to be punished.
Of course Aqing knew what he meant. The old man had a bit of a weird temper and didn't really communicate with others. Occasionally when he was bored he would just go into the inner courtyard and sit next to other elderly people and listen to them chat.
He didn't know what this man was like before, but later on the way to the Yanshan tribe, he heard Aqiao tell him the whole story.
He was still a little angry. How could this man be so evil? The priest was so good, yet he wanted to harm him.
But after coming back, I saw the old man's bones protruding from his body, the empty look in his eyes when he sat in a daze, and the envious look in his eyes when he looked at the wild geese family.
He also felt that this person was a bit pitiful.