sbdcsierra Chapter 112 Stuck in the Mountains
Chapter 112 Stuck in the Mountains
Lin Hongqing felt sore all over, as if he had been beaten.
He smacked his dry and bitter lips twice, now craving the taste of watermelon and strawberry.
But my younger sister is not here, so I can only think about it.
He tried to pull the jacket off with his chapped hands, but couldn't tear it open, feeling very uncomfortable.
"Second brother, help me."
"Xiao San'er, are you having a fever again?"
Lin Hongtian, who was boiling water in front of the stove, immediately stuffed all the firewood into the stove and ran to the front of the shop in two steps.
"Brother, the coat... the coat... contains... medicine given by my younger sister."
Every time Lin Hongqing spoke, his throat felt like it was being cut by a knife.
The young boy, who had never felt so miserable before, burst into tears.
"Really, Xiao San'er, you are so amazing."
When Lin Hongtian heard that Xiao San's medicine was still there, he exclaimed.
Without saying a word, she pulled at his coat, and a chill made Xiao San shiver.
"Second brother, be gentle and don't let Xiao San get cold." Mrs. Wu reminded him in a hoarse voice.
She hated her broken body and got sick again after finally recovering.
She forced herself to get up and get dressed, as it was time to prepare lunch.
"Hiss~La~"
Lin Hongtian took the warm coat and tore it hard under his armpit, and a small oil paper bag fell out.
The small oil paper bag was tightly wrapped with thread. Lin Hongtian was about to tear it apart, but Wu spoke out to stop him.
"Stop it, old man. Those lines are still useful."
Only then did Mrs. Wu remember that Xiao San had once asked her for money for needles.
I didn’t expect that this kid was used to hide medicine. Why didn’t she think of it at the beginning!
When the oil paper bag was opened, there were three small packets of medicine inside.
Antipyretic powder, wound medicine, and wind-cold pills.
The three of them remembered what Lin Shu said when she gave them the medicine, and hurriedly took two Fenghan Pills each.
"Mom, please put the medicine away!" Lin Hongqing took the initiative.
After taking the medicine, he felt dizzy and just wanted to sleep.
I was worried about leaving the medicine in the hands of my careless second brother, so I had to let my mother take it.
"Go to sleep. Mom will keep it carefully and will definitely not lose it." Mrs. Wu assured her son.
These are the family's life-saving medicines, no one can take them away.
"Mom, hug me if you feel uncomfortable." Lin Hongshi stretched out his hand and said coquettishly.
Because Wu had been carried on his back and was sick, Lin Hongshi particularly missed Wu's arms at this time.
His body was twisting under the straw mat, and cold air was rushing in. Lin Hongqing was so angry that he wanted to roll his eyes.
But my eyelids were too heavy and I fell asleep after a while.
Mrs. Wu had no choice but to sit back on the straw mat and hold the fourth child in her arms to coax him.
However, her own eyelids also became heavy, and the mother and daughter fell asleep quickly under the effect of the medicine.
Lin Hongtian shook his head and sighed like a great man, then went over and covered the three people with the straw mat.
Go back to the stove and burn the fire vigorously.
...
At noon, Lin Erzhuang returned to the cave covered in snow and wind.
He took down the two pheasants and a hare hanging on his shoulders.
He shook off the snowflakes on his body, untied the straw mat and took out some herbs.
Seeing the three people still lying on the bed, he said anxiously.
"Second brother, boil the herbs first."
"Dad, Mom and the others have already taken the medicine. It was brought out by Xiao San."
Lin Hongtian stared at the pheasants and rabbits, swallowing his saliva but not forgetting to reply.
"Dad, are there so many wild animals in the mountains?"
“Pheasants are picked up, only hares are caught.
How come I have no idea where Xiao Saner got the medicine from? "
Lin Erzhuang was squatting in front of the stove and warming himself by the fire. When he learned that his mother and her two children had already taken the medicine, he was no longer in a hurry to boil it.
After warming his hands, he touched the foreheads of his mother and the other two.
The fever has indeed subsided.
The tension that had been hanging in the air before I went out finally relaxed, and only then did I feel very tired.
He tiptoed out of the cave, scooped up a handful of snow and rubbed his face to wake himself up.
I filled a bucket of snow into the cave and took off my cotton-padded clothes to cover my mother and the other two.
He then sat on the stove and skillfully plucked pheasant feathers and skinned wild rabbits.
Chop the rabbit into pieces with a few chopsticks and put them into the pot to stew. Then spread out the rabbit skin and scrape off the grease with a machete.
I couldn’t bear to throw away the scraped fat, so I put it into the pot and stewed it together.
Rub the fur vigorously with snow, then stretch it out and hang it on the wall of a cave next to the stove to roast.
Due to limited conditions, this is the fastest way to knead the skin.
Although it is a bit hard to wear, it has a good warmth-keeping effect.
Because they had a warm place to stay and there were pheasants and rabbits brought back by Lin Erzhuang.
Under the effect of the medicine, the mother and her two children's illnesses quickly improved.
"There are few refugees around here. Let's recuperate here before we leave," Lin Erzhuang suggested.
"We can use this time to prepare more food."
The mother and her two children were in poor health, and it would be easy for them to catch a cold if they walked in the snow.
Lin Erzhuang couldn't guarantee that he would have good luck this time.
"Listen to Brother Erzhuang." Wu responded gently.
"Dad, I want to go hunting with you.
It would be great if I could hunt a deer, roast it into jerky and bring it to my little sister to eat." Lin Hongqing grinned and said longingly.
"Dad wants to catch big prey, too, but we have to start with small prey."
Seeing that Xiao San had regained his energy, Lin Erzhuang couldn't help but rub his head hard.
"You three brothers take turns going out hunting with dad. Those who don't take turns are responsible for helping your mother and protecting her."
Lin Hongshi smiled while pinching the dried meat on the corner of his clothes. He wanted to hide more dried meat.
In the past, when my father hunted game, most of the food that ended up in their bowls was bones.
Life is better now, we can eat as much meat as we can.
Since no one came to share their meat, they could store more jerky.
[Two for the younger sister, one for the bun, and one for him.]
【hey-hey! 】
Lin Hongshi had already begun to imagine the joyous scene of dividing the meat, and his mouth was almost grinning from ear to ear with joy.
From that day on, Lin Erzhuang took his son out hunting and digging tree holes regardless of wind or snow.
They slowly accumulated some prey, nuts, and furs, and by putting them together everyone had a fur coat.
The smoked jerky occupies an entire wall of the cave.
There are pheasants, hares, birds, gray mice, and mountain mice.
Wu, who is skillful, soaks the dry rattan she picked and then weaves hats and backpacks.
What's even more skillful is that they used rattan to weave a coat for each person.
It can be worn over a cotton-padded jacket like a rattan armor military uniform, which can protect the jacket from being easily scratched and also has a certain windproof effect.
"Layue, this dress is nice, light and durable."
Lin Erzhuang looked down at his clothes that were torn again and felt that he was even worse than a beggar.
With the protection of this layer of vine armor, the clothes can be worn for a longer period of time.
"I think it's good too. If we have enough tools, we can make it more refined." Mrs. Wu said generously.
"The snow has stopped, and we are almost ready. It's time to go!"
Lin Erzhuang glanced at the thick snow outside, and thinking that his daughter was still nowhere to be found, he made up his mind.
“Go out of the mountain and continue walking along the periphery.
It's so cold today, I guess there are very few refugees walking around outside.
Let's be careful on the road and not rush."
"Dad, really?
We can go find my little sister now, hahaha!"
The twins hugged each other and laughed, then quickly went to pack up their things.
The first target is the bacon hanging on the wall of the cave, which is the family's top priority.
The family packed up and set out on a journey to find their relatives.