Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 246: Year 3 Drought 3

The three of them walked towards home in the sunset. When they got home, it was already getting dark, and the temperature was much lower than during the day.

When the three of them arrived home, as soon as Xu Han entered the yard, she saw Mu'er, who was looking aggrieved. Her big eyes were filled with tears, and she was looking at Grandpa Zhao, wondering whether she wanted to cry or not!

As soon as Xu Han came in, Mu'er immediately saw Xu Han's figure.

The tears that had been held back for a whole day suddenly flowed down.

Mu'er burst into tears and stretched out her little hands to Xu Han for a hug.

Her eyes were full of grievance, as if she was asking Xu Han why he left her.

Xu Han took Mu'er from Grandpa Zhao's arms, turned around and kissed Mu'er on the face, and coaxed her softly, "Be good, Mu'er. Mommy has something to do today. It's too sunny outside and I can't take you with me."

"Oh, oh, oh, poor little thing, who made you cry?" the Taoist priest teased in a low voice.

Mu'er, who had just been calmed down by her mother, completely ignored the Taoist priest. She just kept holding Xu Han's clothes with her little hands and refused to break up no matter what was said.

Mu'er was particularly clingy today. She let Xu Han hold her all night long and refused to let go even when Xu Han wanted to go to the toilet.

Xu Han, who has never been a mother, fully understands how difficult it is to be a mother.

It was obvious that Lu Chuan had been out for the whole day and Mu'er hadn't seen him. Moreover, Mu'er usually asked Lu Chuan to take care of her. Why didn't she go to Lu Chuan, but had to go to Xu Han instead?

Maybe this is the difference between mothers! Infants are always more attached to their mothers.

Since Mu'er refused to let anyone else hold her today, Xu Han simply took out the prepared food from the space and everyone started eating together.

After resting at home for two days, the few people set out to fetch water from the valley early in the morning of the third day.

Even though Mu'er would make a fuss at home, he was still not taken with him because the sun outside was too strong and no one could stand.

The baby, who was just over five months old, couldn't stand the scorching temperature.

So in May, the three of them went back and forth to the valley several times, fetched some water, and filled the space in their home with water.

When the water source in the valley became less and less, the three of them decided not to go there again.

During this period, it was getting closer to midsummer and the temperature was getting higher and higher. There was no way to go out during the day and we could only stay in the house and sleep.

The weather became a little cooler at night, but it was still very hot and humid, with no wind at all.

In the blink of an eye, it was already July and there was not a drop of water in the valley.

The water stored in the house was almost used up. Although they were very frugal with water, they only wiped their bodies with wet towels when the weather was hot and had never taken a proper bath.

But there is not much water left in the house, so we have to be more frugal.

I even try not to wash my clothes. If they are soaked with sweat, I just put them in the sun to dry.

I only use dirty water to wash clothes when there is only bath water or washing water left.

Otherwise, clothes that are soaked with sweat for a long time will easily rot.

But the adults were able to make do and never let Muer down.

At least Mu'er can wipe her body with water every day to prevent the child's tender skin and tender flesh from getting pickled and rotten, which would be troublesome.

For this purpose, Grandpa Zhao specially prepared talcum powder for Mu'er, and adults would sometimes apply some too.

Because there was no water, they couldn't wash clothes frequently, so the Taoist priest and Lu Chuan shaved their heads. The Taoist priest shaved his head bald, while Lu Chuan and Grandpa Zhao shaved their heads into modern buzz cuts.

Xu Han's hair was also cut short, so short that it couldn't be tied up.

Xu Han can still remember that when she had her hair cut, Mu'er looked at everyone with a confused look on her face. They just felt strange towards Xu Han, but every time she saw the Taoist priest, she would be scared and cry.

It was as if she had met someone particularly scary. This state lasted for a long time before Mu'er slowly got used to it.

Not only Mu'er was not used to it, but even other people felt uncomfortable seeing the Taoist priest's bald head. Because the sun was strong and the ultraviolet rays were relatively strong, the Taoist priest became much darker than before and looked like a boiled egg, which was particularly funny.

But the Taoist priest himself is unaware of this and instead thinks he is particularly good-looking.

Ever since there was no water in the valley, people's quality of life has declined a lot. Now, apart from daily drinking water, they would rather not use other water than water.

The water in Xu Han's space is just enough for the people, dogs and corn in the family to drink daily.

This is still within the controllable range. It just ensures that you won't die of thirst. As for wanting to let go and drink water in big gulps, that is completely impossible.

Because of the hot weather, everyone sweats a lot and easily becomes dehydrated.

Fortunately, there was a lot of ice stored in places where there was space, and the ice made from saltpeter later was able to relieve some of the summer heat.

In this way, everyone endured the difficult days and finally survived this summer.

In the blink of an eye, it is September again. As the last of the stored water has been used up, now there are only some ice cubes and the water that was originally refreshed in the space.

Muer, who is already ten months old, is still learning to walk.

Every night when it was cool, Lu Chuan would take Mu'er for a walk in the yard.

Sometimes he would harass the Taoist priest, and sometimes he would hang around Grandpa Zhao's room.

When the Taoist priest has nothing to do, he will grab Mu'er and hold him in his arms, and then start reading enlightenment books such as Three Character Classic, Rules for Being a Good Pupil and Child, and Hundred Family Names to him.

It’s strange to say, a normal child would definitely not be able to sit still after hearing this, but Mu’er is different. Every time the Taoist priest or Grandpa Zhao tells him these things, he will sit obediently in his arms, motionless, and listen carefully.

I don’t know if he can understand it, but he always listens very carefully.

After the Taoist priest and Grandpa Zhao discovered Mu'er's characteristics, they taught him more seriously and told him stories about idioms almost every day when they had time. They not only told him these things, but also some stories about idioms.

As a modern person, Xu Han naturally did not want to be left behind. He took out his dusty book and began to tell Mu'er about it.

No matter who was talking, Mu'er was very cooperative. Finally, Grandpa Zhao even started to read medical books to Mu'er and introduced various herbs.

After a period of time, it was discovered that Mu'er was more interested in medical books and herbs, which made the Taoist priest very angry.

When some people are angry, some are happy. Grandpa Zhao is extremely happy.

In this way, from now on, whenever there is free time, whoever has time will take Muer to read.

It’s the same principle as in modern times, when very young babies start reading picture books. Good reading habits are cultivated from an early age.