Chapter 6 Reed Curtain
The small sickle started cutting the reeds from the roots, and soon a large pile of reeds piled up on the river bank.
Li Hao wiped the sweat off his forehead on his short sleeves and looked at the reeds piled up like a small hill. After thinking for a moment, he selected three strands of reeds and started to braid them.
First braid a length of reed, then add a strand of reed while braiding, just braid a section from the root. Like a grass skirt, the braid is like a skirt belt, and the reed braid is mixed with the root of the reed, and the whole reed hangs down and flutters in the wind.
I don't know how to weave a straw mat, but it's ok as long as it can cover the outside of the car. I'll just use it for what it is.
The sun's afterglow gradually disappeared and the sky darkened.
Li Hao was quite satisfied with the result after more than an hour of work. He dragged the homemade reed curtain, climbed up the ladder outside the rear door of the car, and put three large pieces of straw curtain on the roof to be hung tomorrow.
I returned to the RV with my hands and feet weak, locked the door, and was sweating and itchy. I washed my hands and feet, and went to the wall cabinet to find a short-sleeved shirt and shorts.
Li Ai's short-sleeved shirts are all casual, either white or black, with a few other colors occasionally. It doesn't look out of place for men to wear them, not to mention that it's good enough to have clothes and pants to wear now.
After taking a shower, Li Hao took out a kettle from the cabinet under the sink to boil water. He opened the freezer of the refrigerator, took out a semi-finished crispy chicken drumstick, put it in a bowl, and put it in the microwave.
Boil the water first, open the spicy instant noodles in a bucket, and pour the boiling water into the noodles.
I sat on the big bed and waited, looking at Li Ai sleeping soundly on the small bed. I estimated that the time was about right, so I opened the lid, and white steam came out of the noodle bucket. I used a fork to stir the seasoning evenly.
My mouth is full of saliva. I never thought that I would be so greedy for instant noodles. I took a sip and found it extremely delicious.
If this happened to Li Hao in the past, he would never have believed that there would be a day when he would find instant noodles so delicious.
Li Hao carried some instant noodles to the single bed where Li Ai was sleeping and fanned the smell of the noodles towards Li Ai's nose.
Looking at his sister who was still sleeping soundly like a pig, "Why aren't you awake yet? Aren't you hungry? Li Ai! Li Ai?" Forget it, just go to sleep.
When I opened the microwave, the aroma of the chicken drumsticks instantly hit me. I couldn't help but drool.
After gnawing on the chicken leg, eating the noodles and even drinking up all the soup, Li Hao burped.
I'm as hungry as a wolf!
Eating fast food can be so satisfying. Li Hao complained as he crawled onto the big bed, lying down for a while before falling asleep.
Nothing happened that night and the two siblings slept until dawn.
Li Ai touched her rumbling stomach. She was awakened by hunger. In her dream, her mother made fried chicken wings. They smelled delicious! She was so greedy that she woke up just when she was about to eat them. At least let her have a taste!
Her nose twitched. Where did the fragrance come from? Li Ai climbed up from the single bed and saw the instant noodle bucket on the ground. "Why does it smell so good?"
Li Ai opened the lid of the kettle. There was still some water inside, but it had already cooled down. She rinsed her thermos cup and poured the boiled water into it. She filled the kettle with water again and boiled it so that she could eat instant noodles later.
I turned around and saw the packaging bag in the trash can. Wow, I even bit into the chicken leg and ate it.
Li Ai opened the freezer and found some semi-finished fast food inside. Luckily, she loved eating and hoarding food in her previous life. She took out two chicken legs and microwaved them.
I went to the bathroom to relieve myself, brush my teeth and wash my face, and the water was just boiling.
"Li Hao! Get up! Do you want to eat some noodles?" Li Ai walked over and pulled away the thin blanket on him.
"Hey, hey, hey! Stop pulling my blanket! The air conditioning in the car is too powerful. It's a bit cold after sleeping for a night." Li Hao sat up, yawning, and rubbing the goose bumps on his arms.
Li Ai looked at him for a few seconds, "You took a shower and changed your clothes last night! Did you put your clothes and pants in the washing machine?"
"I put my clothes in there to wash right after I came out of the shower. It's so hot, and I only have a few sets of clothes to change into. How can I not wash them?" He said as he walked towards the bathroom.
Li Ai opened the sauerkraut instant noodle bucket, unpacked the seasoning packet, poured in boiling water, thought for a while, then went to the snack drawer, took out a braised egg and a sausage, and hahaha~ put them all in the instant noodle bucket.
The cooked chicken leg smells so good. I eat instant noodles and chicken leg attentively while having breakfast.
"Your car has a water pipe, right? It's right next to the river. Fill up the water tank in the car! You can eat it~"
"Well... make it yourself! There's boiling water in the kettle and a chicken leg in the microwave." After eating, he wiped his mouth, opened a can of Wangzai and took a sip, burp~
So cool~ Although fast food is not nutritious, it tastes good! Especially for these two children, who have never eaten modern fast food and have been kidnapped for more than a year, they don’t eat well and don’t wear warm clothes. Suddenly eating such heavy food, their taste buds are sensitive and they think it tastes even better.
Li Ai stood on the single bed and checked the RV control panel. At her current height, she could only use a stool to raise her height so that she could see the RV panel without any difficulty.
"Huh? There's no change in the water and electricity?" Li Ai turned to look at Li Hao who was eating instant noodles, "Why haven't the water and electricity levels dropped at all! We both took a shower yesterday, and you took two showers."
Li Hao raised his head from his face, "Could it be a golden finger?"
"Uh... Oh my god, it's possible. If it's true, it would be awesome! Water and electricity, I'm not the most worried about them. I can add water wherever there is water. Electricity can be charged by solar panels, as long as the solar panels are not broken. The most important thing is..." Li Ai became more and more excited the more he thought about it.
"You mean gasoline? I thought of gasoline when I saw the car yesterday. There was no place to refuel in ancient times! Forget about digging and refining oil yourself!"
"What are you thinking about! Digging for oil!" Li Ai rolled her eyes, "I think..."
Li Hao smiled knowingly, "I thought of that, too."
Li Ai unfastened the buckles of the sofa, lifted up the backs of the two double-seater sofas, walked to the driver's seat, started the car, and checked the fuel gauge.
Li Ai turned around with a grin, "Sure enough! Hehehehehehe~ the fuel gauge is full!"
"Hey, the RV is a cheat code! In novels, most people who travel through time and space have cheat codes! The RV can automatically add energy, which is simply a cheat code!"
"Speaking of time travel, other people who travel through time are either princesses or emperors, or relatives of the emperor, or at least wealthy businessmen! We are different. We traveled through time and became servants. We are not even good citizens, and we have to flee. If you don't give us some cheating tips, we really won't survive for a few chapters!"
"That's true! Look! In addition to the water, electricity, and oil of the RV, the wear and tear of the RV is also a big problem. Modern roads often break down! Not to mention the poor roads in ancient times, which broke down even faster!"
"And the most important thing is food! Fortunately, I like to buy a lot of food, but it won't last long, at most a month? I don't have time to count the food in the car. When the food in the car is finished, what will we eat later? Do you have money? I don't have a penny!"
The more they talked, the more worried they became. They were still slaves, and if they wanted to survive here, household registration would be a problem.
Li Hao bent down and opened the cabinet next to the washing machine, took out a small cloth bag, and held it up to show Li Ai. "That's all, 107 copper coins! Chunni's monthly salary is kept by her brother, but both of them don't get much. When I came, Chunni was still the same Chunni, and you hadn't come yet. She was sick and I went to buy her medicine, and these copper coins are all left. The child was malnourished, had a cold and fever, and had to work, so she probably didn't make it, and then you came."
"You've been swimming in the river for so long, and your wallet hasn't fallen into the water!" Li Ai gave his brother a thumbs up.
"You must be joking! It was just that little money. I borrowed needle and thread from a woman and sewed it inside my clothes."
"Luckily, the clothes and pants were not lost by me."
"I will stop you even if you throw it. Speaking of which, wrap up the rearview mirrors on both sides, or cover them with something. Mirrors were very valuable in ancient times! They are reflective and bright, and they are too eye-catching. With our small bodies, our fighting power is equal to zero."
"...Just put my winter socks on them." Li Ai said as she climbed onto the bed and rummaged through the wall cabinet, taking out a pair of black cotton socks.
"Will this fit?" Li Hao looked at the socks.
"You'll know after trying it. Socks are elastic. Even if they're a little tight when you put them on, they won't fall off easily."
"Okay, hurry up. There must be a large group of refugees behind us! We drove fast! Is your telescope still in the car?"
"I don't know." Li Ai opened another wall cabinet and looked for it. "Found it," he handed over the telescope.
"I'll go to the roof of the car to check out the surroundings." Li Hao pulled down the privacy curtain on the rear door window and looked outside. He didn't see anyone in his field of vision.
"Li Ai, come up and give me a hand!"
"Here I come!" Li Ai climbed up the ladder and looked at the grass covering the roof platform. "Great! I didn't expect you have this skill."
Li Hao put down the telescope and said, "There's no one around. Let's quickly hang up the straw curtain!"
Li Ai stepped on the rooftop tent, memories came flooding back, and she said with a sour nose, "Seeing this tent reminds me of our family of four going on a trip, my mom and I slept in the car, and you and dad slept in the rooftop tent."
Li Hao sighed bitterly, "Yeah, I never thought it was a thing of the "last life"."
"Forget it, let's get to work!" Li Ai blinked her eyes. When she was busy, she had no time to think about anything else.
The tent is at the rear of the roof, occupying one-third of the roof area, with two solar panels in the middle. On the left side of the front part of the roof is the exhaust fan of the bathroom, and on the right side is the slightly raised outer part of the RV roof air conditioner.
It is not difficult to hang straw curtains. There are poles on all four sides of the roof platform. Straw ropes are tied to the poles, and the straw curtains are hung down to cover the body of the car.
The two men climbed out of the car, tilted their bodies and heads, and looked at both sides of the car repeatedly.
Li Ai: "It looks good, let's leave it as it is! After driving on the road for a long time, the car will definitely be dirty and it won't be too eye-catching."
Li Hao: "But the front windshield has a hole in it. You have to look at the road when driving, so you can't not clean the windshield. I can't think of a solution."
Li Ai shrugged nonchalantly, "The driver's window must be cleaned. I don't have the ability to drive blindly! It doesn't matter! I've done what I can, and the rest is up to fate!"