Chapter 24 Ancient Camping

Chapter 24 Ancient Camping

The midday sun is so hot that it feels like being roasted in an oven. The sun shines on the skin, and it feels so hot that you can feel it even through the fabric.

"Village head, the sun is too scorching! Neither people nor animals can stand walking in such high temperature and scorching sun!" Lin Youcai took a fan and kept fanning the air. The occasional breeze was scorching hot, and he was sweating just standing there.

"Then when are we leaving?" The village head was wiping his sweat. His eldest grandson beside him fanned him from time to time, and then fanned himself a few times.

The people gathered together, their clothes getting wet and dry just by standing there.

"Walk at night! It's cooler at night and you won't be exposed to the direct sunlight. It's much better." Lin Youcai pointed to the scorching sun outside the shade of the trees.

"It's cooler to walk at night."

"I've been walking for the whole morning and my head is getting sunburned!"

"You're just a squeamish person!"

"You're not squeamish. You stood under the shade of the tree as soon as you arrived."

"There's shade there! I'm not stupid!"

"I think it's OK to walk at night. But how can we find so many torches and lamp oil?"

"I prepared some torches. I happened to have collected some pine oil from the mountains a few days ago."

"Me too. I brought some pine oil with me."

"I also made some pine wax candles and planned to sell them in the city. Now I can use them myself."

Everyone talked for a while.

The village head waved his hand, and everyone looked at him, "Okay, let's go after the sun sets. Prepare torches, and everyone should use them sparingly, just enough to see the general direction. In the afternoon, everyone can cook dinner. Stopping to cook will take too much time, and we can't see clearly at night."

"Row."

"Well, I'll go back and talk to you later. It's so hot, I want to go down to the river to take a bath."

"Me too, I'm all sticky."

"Together, together."

"It just so happens that there is a river here. It's not certain whether we will encounter such a big river later."

"We'll go together later."

Lin Youcai's face was wrinkled with heat. He also wanted to go down to the river to soak, but he still had to say something. "You can go down to the river, but you have to watch your children. Adults and children should just wash at the edge and don't go deep. Don't let something happen just after you get out of the river!"

"That's right. Don't let anything go wrong the moment you leave. Don't blame this or that when the time comes! Let's go!" The village head turned and looked at the eldest son. "Take the gong and tell every family that we are going to travel at night tonight and will set out when the sun goes down. Say it several times, keep an eye on your children and don't let anything happen when you go down to the river."

"Dad, I know." Lin Benshu put on a bamboo hat and went from house to house with a gong to tell the family.

Old Lady Wang instructed her eldest, second, and third daughters-in-law to spread straw mats under the sun, and evenly spread the millet and beans harvested yesterday on the straw mats to dry them in the sun. In such a scorching sun, they would be completely dry in two days.

Lin Youcai and Old Man Lin came back and told them that they had decided to walk at night tonight. The women had no objection, since there were so many people walking together, there was nothing to worry about.

"Where is Lin Xianwen?" Lin Youcai looked at his wife who was boiling water.

"Are the two siblings in the car?"

Lin Youcai went over, lifted the straw curtain, and opened the car door. The door was not locked, so he got in the car. Wow, it was cool. Lin Xianwen was lying on the sofa, and when he heard the sound, he opened his eyes. It was his father, and he closed them again.

The curtains on the three front windows of the car were drawn, and Zi Su was sleeping on the double passenger seat with her two feet exposed.

"What the hell are you doing sleeping on? Hurry up and we'll go put up the tent."

"I just lay down for a few minutes..."

"You can either do it yourself or I can help you."

"Hey..." Lin Xianwen sat up reluctantly. He was not sleepy, but it was too hot outside and he didn't want to go out.

"After we're done, let's go take a bath."

"let's go."

"Let me open the awning of the RV first." Lin Youcai pressed the switch, and the awning outside the car extended.

At that time, the straw curtain outside the middle door was specially sewn with ropes and hung under the awning. The ropes were wrapped around both sides and tied to the luggage rack.

Along the way, you don’t have to think about it to know that the awning must be used frequently.

Regardless of the fuss outside, get out of the car, open the two poles of the awning and prop it up.

Anyway, we are on the road to escape, and the RV is parked here. We should cover it up as much as possible. If we can't cover it up, we can just ignore it.

My energy is limited, so do whatever you want!

Lin Xianwen climbed onto the roof, untied the ropes, and took down the canopy that covered the bedding, clothes, and bags. This was the canopy he bought in his previous life to provide shade when camping.

8 ropes are put through the 8 corners of the canopy, on each side and on each side in the middle. The ropes are then tied to the ground nails and hammered into the soil.

Connect the two long poles, support them with poles in the middle of both sides, make sure it is stable, and you are done.

Lin Youcai wiped his sweat and said, "Everyone can rest under the two sheds. We have to travel at night."

Lin Xianwen lifted a corner of the straw curtain at the rear of the car and walked in, lowering the curtain to cover himself and block his view. He opened one door at the rear of the car and took out the bag of folding tables from the cabinet under the bed. It would be troublesome if he didn't take the chairs, so he could sit anywhere. He closed the cabinet door and the car door and crawled out from under the straw curtain.

The father and son opened the bag, took out the camping table, unfolded it, put on the tabletop and fastened the table body, and the log-colored rectangular camping table was ready.

From the moment the awning was opened, it attracted everyone's attention. When the two were busy and sweating profusely, they realized that there was a circle of onlookers standing around.

"Wow, the scholar's family is different!"

"What kind of fabric are these two sheds made of? They're slippery."

“Yes, these two sheds are really nice and convenient!”

"Haha, ouch, it's too hot, too hot! I'm going to go take a bath in the river! Come on, son." Lin Youcai laughed perfunctorily and pulled his son towards the river.

Old Mrs. Wang put her hands on her hips and said, "What are you touching? Don't tear it. If you want to buy it, go buy it yourself!" Of course, you can't buy it even if you want to.

Lin Cuihe cooked porridge, while Lin Qiuyue watched the fires in the two pots. The porridge was ready and boiling hot, but no one could drink it in such a hot day.

The table under the shed was just set up. Cuihe scooped out the porridge and filled it into bowls. Xiatao and Qiuyue put straw under their bowls and placed them on the wooden table to let them cool down before drinking.

Shen Xianglan washed the large iron pot several times with hot water before fetching water from the RV, boiling the water and letting it cool down to drink. When the water was slightly cooler, she threw mint leaves in it and added some salt and sugar.

When it cools down, pour it into the water bag, kettle or cup and drink it on the way. Old Lady Wang will not boil water to drink, but drink it raw because she is afraid of parasites.

Lin Youfu came over with the cow and Lin Yougui came over with the mule. They took the animals to drink water and brushed and washed them to cool them down.

"Is this... the shed bought by the fourth brother?" Lin Youfu tied up the cow and looked at and touched the two sheds.

"Oh, what a great stuff!" Lin Yougui grimaced in the heat. He picked up the fan on the table and fanned himself wildly.

"Where are the third and fourth brothers? Huh? Where are those kids?" Lin Youfu turned around and looked around.

"Where's Dad?" Lin Yougui looked under the shed and saw only women there.

Feng pointed to the river and said, "They are all soaking in the water!" Oh, I want to soak in the water too, but unfortunately I am not a man.

"You two can go too. When you come back after washing up, the porridge will be almost cold." Mrs. Lu slapped a mosquito to death.

Lin Zisu slept for three hours, but was still woken up by the urge to pee. She looked at the time, it was almost 16:, why didn't anyone wake her up? Didn't she have to go?

Get up and run to the bathroom.

My mother, whose body was on the sofa and whose feet were on the ground, said, "Mom, why don't you leave?"

"Well... let's go after the sun goes down..." Shen Xianglan rubbed her eyes and looked at her daughter who had just woken up. "Are you hungry? I left some porridge and vegetables for you. They are on the sink. Take a nap."

"Are you traveling at night tonight?"

"Ah."

Two foam boxes were stacked next to the sink cabinet, and two jars were placed behind the sofa. Lin Zisu got closer and smelled it. It should be the Shen family's food.

Next to the refrigerator is the sink, and next to the sink is the bed. If the bed is extended, it will extend a little over the sink. The sink is a flat table when not in use. When in use, open the lid and there is a special faucet underneath. The faucet can be used upright, or you can just put water in the sink, and there are several drain ports.

The extended bed took up one fifth of the pool, and the board blocked it, which took up another fifth. There were three fifths left, on which were placed a bowl of millet porridge and a bowl of spicy fried pork offal from last night.

There was a microwave oven fixed above the sink. Lin Zisu stood on tiptoe to open the microwave oven and put the spicy fried pork innards in to heat them up a little. Dishes cooked with lard are not tasty when they are cold, but it is okay to eat cold porridge.

Lin Zisu took advantage of the 2 or 3 minutes while the food was heating up to open the passenger door and get out of the car, "Oh my god!" What a contrast between ice and fire!

Under the two awnings, straw mats were spread and the Lin family members were lying down to rest. The women were under the awning of the RV and the men were under the canopy.

Walking a few steps to the side, the resting place of the Shen family is surrounded by a circle of brown cloth, with a straw mat on top to block the sun. In ancient times, when rich people went out to play in the wild, they would surround a circle of cloth to block their sight. People inside could drink tea, dance, chat and eat snacks without being watched by others.

Lin Zisu put her hand on her forehead and walked out. There was a long line with no end in sight. I didn't know how many households there were. Some spread straw mats to rest under the shade of trees, while others cut a few branches and stuck them into the soil, covered them with mats, and made a simple sunshade, and spread another straw mat underneath. Everyone had their own way of resting, and occasionally there were voices and children's laughter.