Defeat natural disasters with farming

After they changed into dry clothes, drank water and rested, Ye Yu spoke, "Before the sun sets, let's go for a walk outside. It's still too close to the volcano. It's better to be a little farther away."

No one had any objection to his words, so everyone started to act as soon as he finished speaking. In fact, there was nothing to clean up, just put away a basket of sulfur ore knocked down from the volcano.

Ye Yu patted the horse's head, "It's been a hard journey for you guys." After stroking, he took out pancakes from the basket and fed them one by one. In fact, the weight of those baskets is much lighter now. After all, they need to eat and drink on the way, so The largest amount of food and water in the basket is naturally the one that is consumed the fastest.

The horse called "咴咴" twice, looked at Ye Yu with gentle and big eyes, and waited to rub his head against his hand before he began to bow his head and eat the cake.

After the three horses had enough to eat and drink, the group turned on the horses. As the sound of the horseshoes landing gradually faded away, they quickly left the volcano behind.

There was nothing worth mentioning on the way back to the village, but it was just eating, sleeping and hurrying. It was just because they were returning home that they were faster, and it took a third less time than when they came. .

When Ye Yu sat on the horse and saw the village wall in the distance, he felt a sense of impatience. He obviously didn't leave the village for a long time this time, but he felt that it had been a long time.

Even Uncle Ye Zhong was very happy, "I can finally have a good rest after returning to the village."

The closer they were to the village, the more excited they were.

When they got under the outer wall, the gate had already been pushed open, and Ye Minghui, who was in charge of guarding the gate today, happily welcomed them in.

"You are finally back."

Ye Yu frowned slightly. He heard something strange from Ye Minghui's tone. Moreover, he looked around and found that there was something wrong with the atmosphere in the village. Originally, the outer wall of their village was not patrolled around the clock. But just now he had seen two groups of people patrolling.

Father Ye can naturally find out what he can find out, so after handing over the reins of the horse to others, Father Ye frowned and asked, "What happened in the village?"

Ye Minghui nodded immediately when he heard the words, "It's a big deal, there were wolves howling all the time near the village last night, but we didn't dare to go out to see it because it was too dark at night, and we don't know if the group of animals are targeting our village. "

Wolf?Ye Yu froze for a moment when he heard that, it couldn't be such a coincidence, they encountered wolves in the village as soon as they saw the wolf paw prints on the road.

Hearing Ye Minghui's words, everyone became serious.

Father Ye said: "Brother Bao, take your things home first, and I'll go to the meeting hall."

After instructing Ye Yu, he instructs Ye Minghui again: "Go and call Ye Tongsheng to them again."

Ye Minghui immediately said hello excitedly, and strode straight to the village.

Although Ye Yu also wanted to go there with his father, but he thought about it, his mother is still waiting for them at home, so it's impossible for both father and son to go home.

So he listened to his father's words and went home with Chu Xufeng carrying the basket.

The old lady Ye and Mother Ye were both at home. When Ye Yu pushed the door open, she met Ye Mother's eyes. When Ye Mother saw him, she straightened up excitedly, and regardless of her hands being covered in oil, she directly put on the apron. After wiping, he took Ye Yu's arm and looked at him carefully. After a while, he said cheerfully, "It's good to be back safely."

Ye Yu let his mother look at it carefully, and after his mother calmed down, she explained why his father didn't come back with him, "Father went to the meeting hall and said that he had something to discuss with Mr. Ye."

Mother Ye didn't care much about Father Ye's whereabouts, anyway, she already knew that they had all returned safely, and they could meet each other at night, so there was no need to be in a hurry.

Mother Ye made sure that Ye Yu was not injured, so she pointed to the room and said, "Your grandma is in the room, hurry up and let her take a good look at you."

Ye Yu nodded, just as she was about to go in, she found that she was still carrying the basket.

Seeing this, Chu Xufeng took the basket off his shoulder, "I'll do it."

"Just put it on the ground for now, and I'll come out to clean it up later." Ye Yu trotted into the house after speaking, grabbed Old Madam Ye's arm and said, "Grandma, I miss you so much."

"Hey, Grandma misses you too." Granny Ye was so happy that even her wrinkles rolled up, "It's hard to eat or sleep outside, but now I'm back."

Ye Yu said: "Yes, I can only eat dry food along the way, I really want to drink porridge."

"Drink as much as you want." Mrs. Ye patted his arm, "I will make millet porridge for you at night."

Ye Yu pushed forward and asked, "I want to drink with red dates."

"Okay, okay, you can add whatever you want." Mrs. Ye smiled more lovingly.

The grandfather and grandson chatted cheerfully for a while, until Ye Yu felt that his whole body was itchy and wanted to take a bath, and then stopped.

There is one more thing to do before taking a shower, and that is to start packing up the things you brought back.

First of all, the basket of sulfur ore, because it will not be needed for the time being, Ye Yu packed it into a wooden box in the firewood room separately, and put it in a cool and ventilated place separately from other things, so that it can be taken out directly when needed.

The second was the unfinished dry food. The dry buns were all eaten, but there were still a few steamed buns made by Ye Mu, and there were still bottoms of the two sauces. It was really impossible to collect them, so Ye Yu simply threw them away.

The last thing was to pack the leather clothes and masks. The four sets of leather clothes were cleaned and put back into the box. The bamboo charcoal in the masks was no longer usable, so Ye Yu took it out and threw it into the fire, which made the flames under the stove jump.

After everything was cleaned up, Mother Ye took out the steamed buns and said with a smile, "You two go take a bath first, and I'll fry steamed buns for you to eat in the evening."

"Okay." Ye Yu replied happily, he felt that the mud on his body was about to agglomerate, and he really couldn't bear it if he didn't take a bath.

So while Ye's mother was cooking, Ye Yu told Chu Xufeng, and went to take a bath first. Because the floor heating was on, the room was not cold at all. After taking off her clothes, Ye Yu carefully soaked in the barrel, He pressed his back against the back of the barrel, and suddenly felt so comfortable that he just wanted to sigh, and felt that every pore in himself was open.

Ye Yu raised his head after soaking for a while, and took a ceramic pot from the shelf next to the barrel. This pot was filled with a mixture of egg white and saponin powder. It was only used for one purpose, that is, to wash hair cleanly.

Ye Yu's hair is not short, and it can hang down to the waist after it is loose, so it is very troublesome to wash it every time, and it takes a long time. Normally, it takes two quarters of an hour to wash.

After washing his hair, he tied it with a headband and began to take a bath, which was also packed in clay pots. It was a mixture of tea foam and saponin powder. After all, saponin powder is really a universal product , It can be used for cleaning anything, Ye Yu secretly thought while rubbing the mud.

When he got up to put on his clothes, he only felt that his whole body was three catties lighter, and he even walked lightly.

Then he put a large sheep towel on his hair. Speaking of which, the sheep towel is also a by-product of raising sheep in his village. It absorbs water very well, so it gradually replaced cotton cloth and became a common product in every household.

Ye Yu opened the door and came out, twisted her hair with a sheep towel, and said to Chu Xufeng: "Brother Xu, I've finished washing, and the hot water in the stove has also boiled up, you go and wash quickly. l;

Chu Xufeng nodded slightly, and told him before entering the room: "Remember to dry your hair quickly, or you won't have a headache."

"Don't worry, I'll start wiping right away." Ye Yu replied.

But before he wiped it a few times, the sheep towel was taken over by his milk.

"Grandma, I'll do it myself." Just as Ye Yu was about to refuse, Mrs. Ye waved her hand and said, "It's not a big deal, I'll wipe it for you."

After hearing this, Ye Yu had nothing to say, and could only sit on the small bench and enjoy Mrs. Ye's hair brushing service.

He enjoyed it for a while and asked, "How is sister Ru?"

"She's fine. Dr. Chen said that she's almost recovered, and she just needs to take good care of her body," said Mrs. Ye with joy in her voice.

Ye Yu also became happy, "This is a good thing, what about Miss Ru? Why didn't I see her."

"Your uncle and aunt miss the child, and have already taken her home." When Mrs. Ye was chatting with him, she didn't stop moving her hands. She quickly dried her hair and tied it up with a hair tie. .

Ye Yu often wears her hairstyle in a tied up style, like a high ponytail. It's hard to say whether it looks good or not, but he just wants to make it convenient.

"Okay." Mrs. Ye tucked in the broken hair from his temples, and praised with a smile, "Good boy, you are so energetic!"

Ye Yu smiled, "Your craftsmanship is better."

Then he asked another question, "Grandma, did you hear the howling of wolves last night?"

Mrs. Ye thought for a while before answering him: "I seem to hear something in the middle of the night. Oops, it's howling wolves? I thought I heard it wrong."

It seems that they haven't notified the village about the encounter with wolves, Ye Yu secretly thought, but he also agrees with this kind of handling, it really can't cause panic.

As the sky darkened, the smoke from cooking at home rose up, and the aroma of various meals slowly wafted out.

Ye's family was like this, when Ye's mother came out with the clay pot, Ye's father just came back.

Mother Ye put the clay pot full of red dates and millet porridge on the table, and pulled out the dishcloth by the way. Seeing Father Ye push the door to see him, she said, "Hurry up and wash your hands and come to eat."

Father Ye said hello.

Dinner is porridge and fried steamed bun slices. The steamed bun slices dipped in egg liquid are fried until golden on the surface. , is the pure taste of food, the red dates slices bring a touch of sweetness, but the taste is not important, what is important is that it is porridge, so Ye's father drank three big bowls directly, Ye Yu and Chu Xufeng were no exception, drank it alone two bowls.

The five people at the table were all immersed in their meals, and the oil lamp standing on one side flicked from time to time. Although no one spoke, the atmosphere was very warm.

After eating, Father Ye poured a cup of tea and said, "You guys have a good rest at night, I have to go to the entrance of the village, and I won't come back to sleep at night."

Ye Yu frowned and asked, "Because of wolves?"

"That's right." Father Ye didn't hide it from them, and sighed, "It's not like Mingde and the others didn't do anything today. They have already sent experienced hunters out of the village to look at them, and they saw many in the forest near our village. There are quite a lot of messy wolf paw prints, at least twenty or thirty, we will not sleep tonight, just wait on the tower to see if the pack of wolves will come over."

"No matter what, those wolves are a hidden danger." Ye Yu said, holding a cup of jujube tea, "Even if you don't come tonight, there is no guarantee that you won't come in the future. Besides, what should you do if someone in the village goes out and meets the wolves?" .”

"That's the reason." Father Ye responded, "Hu Chun said that the pack of wolves had seen human blood with a high probability. We will discuss it at the rally tomorrow."

Father Ye obtained the consent of everyone in the family.

After the father and son finished chatting, Mother Ye pinched Father Ye's clothes, covered her nose and said, "Hurry up and take a bath, and see how dirty you are."

Father Ye also heard about it, "Really, I didn't even notice."

So when he took his clothes to take a bath, Mother Ye reminded him, "You have to scrub well, don't just rinse with water to finish washing."

"Understood." Father Ye's voice came from afar.

After taking a shower, he went to the entrance of the village, and waited for the arrival of the wolves on the tower with Ye Zhong and others.

However, to their surprise, the rest of the night was extremely peaceful. Ye Yu had been vigilant in the first half of the night and was in a light sleep state, but because he hadn't heard anything, he fell asleep involuntarily in the second half of the night. .