HLnovel Chapter 257 Return of mountains and rivers
Chapter 257 Return of mountains and rivers
After hearing what he said, Xie Lanzhen shook her head and said to him with a smile.
"Sister, please don't bother your two nephews. I'll find another way."
Everyone fell silent, thinking about their own things.
Han Mingjiang clenched his fists together again, frowned, and looked at Li Lanzhen, then looked at her again.
Li Lanzhen turned her head and met his gaze, thinking to herself that this child was always reckless and brave but not wise. She would have to take him out more often in the future to temper his temperament.
She shook her head at him, glared at him, and told him to sit still and not look so sad.
Li Lanzhen was also thinking about these things in her mind.
Something that seems easy to do actually encounters resistance here.
If it really doesn't work, just go over the mountains and across the rivers to deliver it.
Li Lanzhen thought again, since it is a waterway and there are mountains on both sides, there should be other passages leading to Youzhou City.
It’s just that you need to keep searching and it takes more time.
If they hadn't encountered buffalo today and had come to Shanghe Village, perhaps they would have found other places to go ashore.
Thinking of this, her heart became lively again and she no longer worried about this matter.
She and Han Mingjiang came out to find a shorter route than crossing mountains and hills to deliver the vegetables.
Then there's no need to worry. At worst, you can just row the raft and continue searching later.
Buffalo's mother was also thinking about this matter.
If the old man were here, the village chief would definitely not be so strong.
She felt it was not worth it at all that her old man was washed away by the flood!
In order to save the old village chief, her family lost their lives, leaving behind her, their two sons and grandchildren.
At this time, Baoya tiptoed out of the next room holding a bowl of maltose.
She called out to her mother in a low voice, "Mom, Mom, are they all gone?"
Her mother waved at her with a smile.
She walked out, stretched her head to look into the yard, then she let out a long sigh, straightened up, and came to her grandmother with the bowl in her hand.
She grabbed a piece of maltose from the bowl and stuffed it into her grandmother's mouth.
Buffalo's mother was caught off guard when her little granddaughter stuffed a piece of candy into her mouth and she immediately smiled.
Baoya also giggled and said.
“Grandma, don’t frown. Grandpa said it’s no big deal!”
After saying this, he waved his little hand.
Li Lanzhen looked at this little child, but had such a grand gesture and tone.
I thought to myself that Buffalo's father must be a generous, kind and righteous man, otherwise how could he lose his life when he went to the village chief's house to report the flood before it came.
Li Lanzhen glanced at Han Mingjiang, stood up, and said to Shuiniu's mother.
"Sister, my son and I are leaving now. We still have to find a way out."
Buffalo's mother immediately took her hand and said.
"Sister, no, you can't leave now. Eat at home first before leaving. My eldest son hasn't seen you yet.
You don’t know, but our village suffered a flood that month, and the entire village was submerged.
The child's father was washed away by the flood when he tried to inform the village before the flood arrived.
No one in the village came out to help him.”
As he said this, he raised his sleeve and wiped the red corners of his eyes.
“My eldest son jumped into the floodwater to look for his father and his leg was broken by a log in the floodwater.
By the time we pulled our eldest son ashore and carried him home, he was already dying.
We exchanged all the food in our house for medicine, and only then was we able to save our eldest son's leg.
The eldest daughter-in-law was pregnant and was frightened, and the baby in her belly was unstable.
There was no food at home during those days.
The youngest son went to the river to catch some small fish, and we went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and peel tree bark to eat.
That day, the youngest son carried two bundles of firewood to Youzhou City to sell at dusk.
I actually met a kind girl, and you brought her something. We just survived that period.
You are the savior of our family!
You must have dinner at our house and wait for my eldest son and grandson to come back. If you leave, my eldest son and grandson will blame me when they come back!"
Li Lanzhen thought about it, but it would take some time to go out and find that road.
Just treat it as a good relationship and stay to have a meal with them.
"Okay, my son and I will stay here and have a meal with you.
We just happened to catch some pheasants from the mountains, so we made some soup and ate it together."
After saying that, he took out a fat pheasant from his backpack.
He pulled the backpack behind Han Mingjiang and said.
"Here are some wild vegetable cakes. Heat them up and we'll eat them."
I stewed a pot of pheasant soup and put dried wild vegetables in it.
Li Lanzhen discovered that the dried vegetable was cat's claw.
She suddenly remembered that when they were in Peach Blossom Spring, they did not find any cat's claw on the mountain.
In the early spring of next year, she will go to the mountains to look for it.
Cat's claw is very delicious whether it is dried or pickled into sour food.
Baoya has become familiar with Han Mingjiang.
At this time, Han Mingjiang lifted Baoya up high, and Baoya's giggling laughter came from the yard.
At this time, two people, one big and one small, came in from outside the yard.
Baoya turned around and shouted happily.
"Dad, brother, you are back, and we have relatives coming to our house.
She is grandma's cousin, so you should call her aunt. Brother, you and I should call her aunt together."
After that, he pulled Han Mingjiang and said, "This is my uncle."
The little girl explained the relationships between the characters that her grandmother had told her clearly and distinctly.
Buffalo's brother Shuishan understood what his daughter said to him.
She took her daughter from Han Mingjiang and smiled at him.
"I am Metasequoia, the elder brother of Buffalo, and I can see you."
Han Mingjiang laughed and said, "Yes, brother, you are back."
He turned and looked down at the boy standing next to Metasequoia and asked, "What's your name?"
The boy looked at him and said openly, "Hello, uncle. My name is Shui Anji and I am nine years old."
Han Mingjiang suddenly understood that Shuiniu's family's surname was "Shui", which was indeed a good surname. With the mountains and the water as their residence, they deserved the surname "Shui".
When Shuiniu's mother heard that her eldest son and grandson had returned, she pulled Li Lanzhen into the yard.
"Shuishan, you're back? Come and meet your cousin."
Shuishan hurried forward and bowed deeply to Li Lanzhen.
"Thank you so much, aunt. You are our family's savior. Without you, I'm afraid our family would..."
His eyes turned red before he finished speaking.
When he thought about that moment when his father was gone, he felt like his world had collapsed.
Jumping into the water and failing to save his father will always be a pain in his heart!
Li Lanzhen looked at the young man, her eyes slightly red and her face darkened. She was probably thinking of his deceased father again.
I smiled and said, "What are you thanking me for? This is the fate between me and your family. It just so happens that you are all back and the meal is ready. Let's eat."
Each person had a bowl full of local chicken soup and soft wild vegetable pancakes.
Baoya's small bowl was filled with chicken that everyone had given her.
Shui Anji's bowl also contained chicken.
Both of them quickly covered their bowls with their hands.
He shook his head and said, "No, no, it will taste better if everyone eats it together."
Suddenly, the buffalo shouted happily.
"aunt!"
Li Lanzhen smiled and said, "Shui Niu, why are you calling me aunt again? Just call me cousin from now on, so that the village chief and others won't gossip about you again."
Mother Buffalo also laughed and nodded, "Okay, OK, Buffalo, call me aunt! Call me aunt from now on."
Buffalo touched the back of his head and said with a silly smile.
"Aunt, I thought of a place where we can get to Youzhou City by water, and the journey is even closer than here."
Li Lanzhen and Han Mingjiang also became happy when they heard this.