amaotonovel Chapter 138 It's called Xiao Hei
Chapter 138 It's called Xiao Hei
After sitting on the ground and resting for a while, Xia Qingyue stood up and put away the things she bought.
She poured the rice into the rice jar, and looking at the half-filled jar, she grinned with joy.
Pour the flour into another smaller bowl.
Put ginger and garlic in the kitchen.
Sesame seeds, soybeans and oilcloth were carried into the utility room.
Put the lamp oil in the room.
After finishing, she wanted to add food to the poultry, but she casually glanced above the pit and saw that the sun had disappeared at some point and the sky was covered with dark clouds.
"Isn't it going to rain?"
"It's over. There's not much firewood left at home. I was busy looking for medicinal herbs in the past few days and didn't have time to look for firewood."
She ran to the wooden basin where small fish were kept and scooped up some fish and shrimp, quickly chopped some weeds, and fed the poultry.
He took a machete, put on a bamboo hat, and asked Heihei to go out and find firewood.
There was no sunshine and the sky was as dark as evening.
Afraid that it might rain at any time, she didn't run too far. Fortunately, the thing that was most in short supply in the mountains was firewood.
Because of the heavy snow at the beginning of the year, many trees fell down. She found some vines to tie up bundles of firewood. Each bundle weighed more than 40 kilograms. She held the vines with her hands and used them as schoolbag straps to carry the firewood back to the tiankeng.
Xia Qingyue carried the child on her back until it was completely dark and a strong wind started to blow. Then she stopped carrying the child and ran back.
She ran back to the tiankeng. The rain had not yet stopped, so she ignored it and made dinner.
Cook all the old rice and pick two handfuls of watercress from the drain.
Dinner was watercress egg drop soup and fried fish.
There was an oil lamp on the table, which was brighter than a candle and there was not much smoke.
It’s expensive, but it’s useful.
I have to buy some more lamp oil tomorrow.
After dinner, she washed her hair and took a shower. Strangely, the rain had not stopped yet, but the wind was blowing and it felt very cool.
After her hair was dry, she fell asleep on the bed.
After waking up from a nap, Xia Qingyue thought it had rained at night and worried whether it would still rain in the morning. As soon as she woke up, she got dressed and hurried out to check.
It was still dark. She held the oil lamp and came to the bottom of the sinkhole. The ground was dry.
"It's not raining?"
She didn't think much about it. It was a good thing that it didn't rain, which meant she could go out and go down the mountain in the morning.
After preparing food and water for the poultry, she hurriedly kneaded the dough and made the noodles she had long missed.
At around five in the morning, when the sky had just started to brighten, Xia Qingyue brought Heihei to the raspberry field to meet up with the Li family.
As soon as they met, Li Benfu talked about the weather. "This weather is a bit strange. It looks like it's going to rain, but it hasn't rained yet."
Li Weisheng looked up at the dark sky and said, "I hope it won't rain in the next two days. Wait until I finish my work. If it rains, I'll have to prepare more dry firewood."
The few of them quickened their pace and walked halfway. Heihei suddenly opened his mouth and started barking towards the path opposite.
The men took out their machetes and cutlasses and prepared for battle.
Only Xia Qingyue could tell that Heihei's cry was different. She looked in that direction with sparkling eyes, "Maybe Han Zhibai and Xiaobai are here."
After waiting for two or three minutes, Xiaobai really came running over, followed by Han Zhibai, who was slowly walking towards them, leading a black donkey with a pair of long ears, no mane, and strong limbs.
When Han Zhibai saw Xia Qingyue, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
It was indeed them. Xia Qingyue was very happy. "Han Zhibai, are you going down the mountain too?"
Han Zhibai smiled and nodded, "Let's go down the mountain and buy some things."
"Then let's go together." Her eyes fell on the donkey and she couldn't move them away.
She had been longing to find a donkey or horse to pull things up the mountain, and today she suddenly saw one.
The donkey was led by its owner, looking straight ahead. When Xia Qingyue got too close to it, it turned its head slightly, its eyes looked a little cold, and it exhaled heavily through its nose.
Seeing that she was looking at the donkey, Han Zhibai said, "Its name is Xiao Hei."
"Xiao Hei, this name is very good." She smiled.
The white one is called Xiaobai and the black one is called Xiaohei, there is nothing wrong with that.
Not only Xia Qingyue was paying attention to Xiao Hei, but Li Benfu and the others were also, glancing at it from time to time.
Little Black's fur is shiny and glossy, his body is strong, he holds his head high and looks very majestic. There is a pair of iron baskets installed on both sides of his body to store things.
Such a good donkey is rare even before the troubled times, let alone in the middle of troubled times.
This means that its owner takes very good care of it.
When they were almost at the back of the mountain, Xia Qingyue asked Han Zhibai, "Can I rent Xiao Hei to carry some things up the mountain?"
"I also want to buy something. I have to go up the mountain anyway. We can carry it together. No need to rent it."
"That won't work. Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly." She rolled her eyes and asked with a smile, "In other words, do you agree to let Xiao Hei carry my things?"
Han Zhibai stared at her smiling face for a few seconds and nodded.
"Okay, thank you."
She still has to pay the rent.
She doesn't like to take advantage of others, and others don't like to take advantage of her.
When they arrived at Xiushui Village, the Li family did not go home but went straight to the town.
First, I passed by the medicine shop, which was the one I visited last time to sell medicinal herbs.
Xia Qingyue said she wanted to buy medicine, and Han Zhibai also said he wanted to buy some, so they went into the shop together.
"I need medicine for treating external injuries, such as wound medicine, both for external and internal use.
There are twelve sets of cold medicine for wind-cold and wind-heat, and twelve sets of antipyretic and analgesic medicine.
Twenty pounds of realgar powder and quicklime are needed each.
Also get some medicine to cool down and repel mosquitoes.
By the way, do you have any medicine like croton or itching powder that can make people suffer? If you do, give me some more. "
After she finished speaking, she remembered something else she wanted to add and said it all out.
The medicine boy was busy getting her medicine.
Han Zhibai told another medicine boy what medicines he wanted to buy, all of which were for treating colds and injuries.
The Li family didn't have much money, so they bought less.
Medicines are very expensive nowadays. Xia Qingyue bought several kinds of medicine and spent almost sixteen taels of silver.
After buying the medicine, they passed by a grocery store. The noisy sound inside caught the attention of Xia Qingyue and the others.
It turned out that the shop was crowded with people.
Li Weikang exclaimed: "This shop's business is really good today!"
"Something seems wrong." Li Benfu noticed that the people shopping in the store looked very anxious, as if they were rushing to buy things.
Xia Qingyue also discovered this.
A couple just walked out of the shop. Li Benfu walked up to them and asked politely, "Hey, fellow villager, why are so many people rushing to buy things?"
The man in the couple kindly said, "Don't you know that there is a big flood in Dong'an and Huai'an counties? I heard that the goods shipped from the south were flooded!"
Xia Qingyue and the others were struck by lightning.
"Thank you, brother." Li Benfu forced a smile and thanked him.
Xia Qingyue said solemnly, "Let's go buy some more food!"
She took out some money and distributed it to everyone, "There are many of us, so we can go and buy from different stores to see which store has more in stock.
We can buy the best ones, and then we can share a little bit with each family.”
Li Weikang and Li Weisheng went to the grocery store they had visited yesterday.
Chen Dawei and his son went to another family.
Li Benfu stayed here and said he would squeeze into the shop to take a look.
"Uncle, Han Zhibai and I will go to the market and see if there is a small grocery store there."