boyutpedia After Chapter 138
After Chapter 138
Huo? Watching his son's movements, he thought he might have been asleep. If he couldn't reach it, wouldn't he fly onto the table to grab it? At worst, he could find a long stick nearby to pull it down.
Unable to bear it any longer, he had to stand up, pick up the things on the table and hand them to Huo Yun.
It was not until then that he realized that Huo Yun had not even opened his eyes, and was just groping on the table like a blind man. No wonder he hadn't gotten the thing after so long.
This might not be because he woke up from hunger, Huo thought to himself.
So he unpacked the things, then bent down, picked up Huo Yun, and began to feed him bit by bit.
Huo Yun only opened his eyes for a moment when Huo Xi picked him up, and then he stayed obediently in Huo Xi's arms with his eyes closed, quietly being fed by Huo Xi. After he finished eating all the bread on the table and drank a can of milk, Huo Yun tilted his head and fell asleep on Huo Xi's shoulder again.
Seeing this, Huo put the man back on the bed and let him continue sleeping.
Then he lay down on the bed and prepared to take a nap.
Soon, there were noises coming from the yard. Aunt Zhou and the others had gotten up.
The yard was not cleaned yesterday, so they got up early again today to clean it.
A few men went to the city yesterday, but the situation was not optimistic. The streets were deserted and no shops were open.
It may also be that everyone has not recovered yet, so they are not in the mood for business. However, they plan to check the situation again in the next two days. If nothing else, at least they have to get some food back.
The yard also needs to be cleaned up as soon as possible. One reason is that it is clean for their convenience to live in. The second reason is that this is such a big house, and now all the houses have collapsed. After they clean it up, they can use the space to plant vegetables and potatoes, so that they can have some food.
When Huo woke up again, it was almost noon, and he was woken up by his youngest son because he was hungry.
The weather was hot and the things had all been unpacked, so Ning Jian didn't dare leave too much outside for fear that they would go bad.
The food had been eaten by the eldest son, so Huo Yu had no choice but to call Ning Yan to get something to eat for Ning Jing.
Ning Jian was almost asleep, and he got up when he heard the noise. He bought some bread and milk for Ning Jing. He and Huo Xi also ate some, but not too much. They got dressed and went out.
Outside, Aunt Zhou and the others were working furiously, having almost finished tidying up the yard. Seeing Ning Jian and the others get up, Aunt Zhou said, "I've left some cornmeal in the pot for you. Go and eat it."
They didn't dare eat all the food they found last night, for fear that if they ate too much in one meal, they would have nothing to eat today.
So Aunt Zhou and the others made some corn paste with cornmeal for breakfast. They had already eaten it in advance because they had to work, but she kept a separate portion for Ning Yan and the others and placed it on the pot in the yard.
The kitchen also collapsed, but fortunately the iron pot was not broken, otherwise they wouldn't even be able to cook.
Upon hearing this, Ning Yan nodded and thanked Aunt Zhou, then went to have breakfast with Huo?
After dinner, Aunt Zhou came to Ning Yan and asked him if he had any extra vegetable seeds.
"Yes, I'll give it to you later." Ning Yan nodded.
Then he said to Aunt Zhou, "Aunt, are those sweet potato vines I asked you to leave behind still there?"
Having planted sweet potatoes once before, Ning Yan asked Aunt Zhou and others to cut some sweet potato vines, smear wood ash on the cut surface, and store them. If properly stored, they can be kept for a year and then taken out for cultivation the next year.
"Yes." Aunt Zhou nodded and said, "Can this be planted now?"
"Okay, let's plant it directly." Ning Yan said, "If it really doesn't work, I'll find another way."
"Don't eat those potatoes. Use them all for sprouting and planting. Cut them into pieces when planting." Ning Yan added.
"Okay, then we'll do as you say." Aunt Zhou nodded repeatedly.
Aunt Zhou took the vegetable seeds from Ning Yan and went back to work. Duan Zhili, Zhou Youfeng and the others came over and asked Huo, "We don't know when the shops in the city will reopen. How are you going to get food, Brother Huo? Do you need our help?"
"Not for now." Huo shook his head.
Then he went into the room and brought out half a bag of flour he had prepared in advance. He said to the others, "This is what I got last night. Let's make do with it for the next few days. We'll make a decision based on the situation in the city later."
All they have to do now is not to starve to death. Too many things will attract attention. Besides, in a place without even a wall, it might even attract thieves. So let's wait and see what happens.
Everyone thought what he said made sense, so they didn't hesitate and went to help Aunt Zhou and the others with their work.
Near noon, Huo Yun finally woke up.
Ning Yan took his pulse and found nothing unusual, so he left him alone.
"Dad, is there anything to eat? I'm starving." Huo Yun lay on the bed and said weakly to Ning Yan.
Ning Yan took a piece of bread and gave it to him, saying, "Lunch is almost here, have one to fill your stomach."
"What are we having for lunch?" Huo Yun asked incoherently, stuffing the bread into his mouth in a few gulps.
"Pancakes." Ning Jing answered him while sitting on the edge of the bed and shaking his short legs.
Huo Yun swallowed the bread and then asked, "Anything else?"
"No." Ning Jing answered honestly.
"Nothing? No meat or vegetables at all?" Huo Yun asked in disbelief.
"No." Ning Jing shook his head calmly.
Then he added, "That's not right. There's wild vegetable soup."
This wild vegetable was found by Grandma Zhou and her friends in a house nearby that had not been occupied for a long time.
"When did our family become so poor?"
"My home was robbed, so I became poor."
Huo Yun turned to look at Ning Yan with a look of despair at what he heard, and said pitifully, "Dad, I want to eat meat. If I don't eat meat now, I think I'll be as thin as a matchstick."
"We've eaten all the rabbits we caught yesterday." Ning Yan was indifferent to his pitiful expression.
Seeing that pretending to be pitiful was useless, Huo Yun started to roll around on the bed, squirming his little body and saying, "Daddy, I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat."
He counted on his fingers and realized that he hadn't eaten meat for 20 hours. He was almost dying of greed.
Ning Jian ignored his unreasonable demands and said calmly, "If you don't want to eat, I'll give your share to the fat boy."
Huo Yun immediately jumped out of bed upon hearing this. He tilted his head back with a wrinkled face and bargained with Ning Yan, who was sitting beside the bed: "Dad, can you just buy me a duck leg? I'll eat it in the house and then go out for pancakes."
"Have pancakes for lunch, and I'll give you a snack in the evening." Ning Yan saw his son looking so pitiful, so he finally gave him a little sweet treat.
He had originally planned to have another meal with his family in the evening, but now there are many people around during the day, and there is only a door between them, so anyone talking loudly can be heard. For safety reasons, he had not agreed to Huo Yun's request.