freenovelworld Chapter 38 Need to Find Something to Do
Chapter 38 Need to Find Something to Do
The outside is burnt brown, and it looks like the inside is cooked as well.
Zhou Su and Zhou Tao came up with grass roots in their hands, and stared at the brown and steaming yam with their eyes wide open. "I wonder how it tastes?" "It looks delicious."
Zhou Guo picked up the yam and rolled it on the ground, then shook off the dust. When it cooled down a little, he peeled it, revealing the pink and white flesh inside, which was steaming hot and a fragrant aroma immediately filled the air.
The two children closed their eyes and inhaled deeply.
She handed the peeled yam to Huang first and said softly, "Grandma, you haven't eaten anything since yesterday. How can you not eat? Come, try this."
Huang couldn't eat much, so she shook her head and pointed at the two children and said, "I'm not hungry, give it to them."
Zhou Guo said, "There's more. You eat first and I'll peel them for you. You have to eat. Didn't Grandpa always say that people depend on food and iron depends on steel. If you don't eat, you'll be hungry. The most important thing to him is food. Otherwise, he wouldn't have brought us out, right?"
When the two children heard this, they pouted sadly, their grandpa was gone.
Huang's eyes were wet again. She took the food from her granddaughter with trembling hands, opened her mouth, put it in her mouth with difficulty, chewed it without any taste, and said with a smile: "...It's delicious, so fragrant."
Zhou Guo could tell that she didn't enjoy the food, so he sighed and dug out two more yams, giving one to each of the two children.
She also peeled one and ate it. The roasted yam was like sweet potato, soft, sticky, fragrant, and steaming hot, and tasted just right.
The two kids were so full of food, "This tree root is so delicious, I will go look for it next time."
“It’s like roasted chestnuts.”
Not long after, everyone who was sleeping woke up. Zhou Guo roasted one for each person. Because the quantity was not large, each person only got a small piece.
But even this small section is enough for everyone to enjoy. Something so soft and easy to eat is not just a tree root, it is better than food.
Everyone asked where the tree roots were dug from, and they could dig them up next time if they came across them.
Zhou Su took the opportunity to take out the leaf hidden in his arms and said, "Look, this is what the leaf looks like."
Everyone took it and looked at it.
Li groaned and said, "This thing looks familiar. I must have seen it somewhere."
Xu said indifferently, "Hey, this thing is wild, it can be found everywhere, but we didn't pay attention to it before, we must have seen it somewhere, it will be good to see it in the future. Knowing that there is such a good thing growing down there, who can let it go."
Zhou Dacang finished the yam in no time and sat with his mother for a while. His mother was the most sad because his father was gone.
Huang sat there in a daze for a long time. When she came to her senses, she saw her youngest son sitting opposite her with a frown on his face. She thought about her three sons, of which only one was left by her side. She didn't even know whether the other two were alive or dead. Now even her old man was gone... She couldn't help but feel sad.
Zhou Dacang couldn't help but shed tears, and advised in a hoarse voice: "Mom, Dad is gone, you must take good care of yourself, otherwise if the two brothers come back and see that I didn't take good care of you, how can I explain to them?"
Huang wiped her eyes and said, "I don't even know if your two brothers are still alive. I'm afraid I won't be blessed enough to see them again in this lifetime. I feel sorry for your father. He was beaten so badly that he couldn't hold on for a few days. He died without seeing your two brothers."
Zhou Dacang saw that his mother seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. The number of white hairs on her head increased overnight. She had lost all her energy and spirit. He could not help but feel a little nervous. He said firmly, "Mom, don't worry. My two brothers will be fine. They are smarter than anyone else. There is a whole family waiting for them at home. They must not rush forward. They must find ways to survive."
The words sounded so serious that Huang's eyes gradually brightened up as she listened.
Zhou Dacang took the opportunity to say, "You still have so many grandchildren. My eldest brother and second brother are not here, and my father is also gone. I can't take care of them all by myself. If I'm not careful along the way, they might starve to death, get lost, or be robbed."
Huang couldn't help but sigh deeply when she saw how young the children were. She didn't say anything, but she finally pulled herself together and took care of the children.
Zhou Dacang also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. He didn't want to lose his mother after just losing his father.
Xu and Li felt sorry for her and rushed to do all the work so that she didn't have to worry at all.
Zhou Guo whispered to her mother, "Mom, don't do all the work, leave some for grandma. She thinks too much now. If she has work to do all the time, she will be too busy to think about other things."
Li frowned and sighed, "Everyone knows that, but look at your grandma, her spirit and energy are so poor, how can your aunt and I bear to let her work."
Zhou Guo: "But she has to work."
They couldn't bear it, so she came. Like a wanderer returning from a long journey, she called grandma for everything, "Grandma, where is my little basket? My straw sandals are missing. Where did they fall? What will we eat for the next meal? There is not much water left. What should we do if there is no water..."
Huang was called around in circles and was so busy that she had no time to think about anything else.
The family members were relieved when they saw this. If he had fallen ill at this time, they really wouldn’t know what to do.
There was only half a bucket of water left, and each family in the team was running out of water.
In order to quickly connect with the trip and find water, Zhou Dacang discussed the next few days with the head of the village. The most important thing was to travel. Not to mention at night, they could not rest when it was cold in the morning and evening, and they had to travel even when the weather was cloudy.
We had to eat the meal on the way, otherwise we wouldn’t know when we could get out of this dry land.
No one said anything. After all, everyone knew the current situation.
In order to allow the family to get a better rest, except for the two children, the whole family takes turns pushing the cart and taking a rest.
The team walked from day to night, and from night to day. The sun gradually rose higher and its rays shone upon the earth.
We arrived at another place, but there was still no water. We stopped to rest and looked in the ravines, but did not find a drop of water.
Now I only drink water when I am extremely thirsty. Every time I take a sip, I hold it in my mouth and swallow it bit by bit, not daring to drop a single drop.
There are not many families in the team who have water.
Some people who had no carts or buckets just brought a few gourds and bamboo tubes, and they had drunk all the water long ago.
Seeing people's lips turning white and flaking due to thirst, people feel dazed and can't just ignore it. So, if they give some water, the water will go down faster.
Zhou Guo looked at the water in the bucket and found that there was only a little bit left. If they couldn't find more water, they would have no water to drink tomorrow evening.