Chapter 73 Father and daughter meet
Shen Zhi and Song Rou were both sitting on the carriage frame and driving the carriage. They were both very excited and chattered all the way.
When they came across wild flowers on the roadside, they would stop the carriage and pick them.
Before we knew it, the carriage arrived at a small courtyard at the foot of the mountain.
"Mom, I'm back." Shen Zhi shouted outside the door.
Shen happened to be sewing clothes in the yard. When she heard the shouting, she immediately ran over and opened the door.
"Aunt," Song Rou greeted Shen sweetly.
"It's Rou'er, come in quickly." Shen liked Shen Rou very much and pulled her in enthusiastically.
"Mom, take Xiao Hongzao inside. Let's go to Erdan's house first. I ran into Erdan this morning. His grandmother is sick. I'll go over to see her."
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll get something for you to take over."
Shen was kindhearted, and soon she had collected a basket of food, a small bag of millet, ten eggs, a few sweet potatoes and potatoes, and some green vegetables that had just been picked from the vegetable garden, filling the basket to the brim.
Shen Zhi and Song Rou carried their baskets and walked towards the village. Erdan's house was at the edge of the village, closest to Shen Zhi's house.
The two walked for a quarter of an hour before they saw the small courtyard and a low thatched house inside.
"Erdan," Shen Zhi shouted outside the yard.
"I'm coming!" Erdan ran out to open the door when he heard the voice. When he saw Shen Zhi, he happily called her Sister Erya.
"Erdan, I brought the medicine back for your grandma. Take me to see your grandma," Shen Zhi took out the medicine and handed it to Erdan.
Erdan thanked Shen Zhi and took her to his grandmother's room. Erdan's grandmother was sleeping on the bed, her face was sallow and she looked haggard. Shen Zhi felt her pulse and found that it was just a cold. The medicine prescribed by Doctor Zhao was just right for her condition.
"Erdan, boil the medicine and feed it to your grandma. Just boil three bowls of water into one bowl. I prescribed ten doses of medicine, which should be enough." Shen Zhi said and handed him the basket. "Here are some food. When your grandma wakes up, make some porridge for her."
Seeing Erdan, Song Rou felt sorry for him. She quickly took out a silver coin from her purse and stuffed it into Erdan's hand, saying, "Erdan, use this money to buy two thick clothes. Winter is coming soon. Don't get frozen again. I'm your sister Erya's friend. From now on, you can call me Sister Song Rou."
Erdan immediately declined, "Sister Song Rou, I can't accept so much money. My grandma always says that you can't accept gifts without merit. She would be angry if she knew I took it."
Song Rou smiled and said, "I heard from your Erya sister that you often go up the mountain to chop wood. Every time you chop wood, pick a bunch of wild flowers for me and send them to your Erya sister's house. This money will be considered as me buying wild flowers from you. I love wild flowers."
Erdan thought about it, nodded and said yes, and thanked Song Rou again. He knew that Song Rou really wanted to help him. He would definitely pick the best flowers for Sister Song Rou.
Shen Zhi and Song Rou returned to the courtyard at the foot of the mountain. Song Rou was a little impatient, but Shen Zhi told her that in order to keep it secret, the family didn't know about the basement, so they could only go there after they all went to bed at night.
After finally waiting until everyone was asleep at night, Shen Zhi took Song Rou to the basement through the kitchen entrance.
At this time, a group of men were busy cooking. They had eaten the big basket of dumplings that Shen Zhi left behind in the morning. They hadn't eaten anything all afternoon and were already starving.
It was a pity for these rough men, who were the best at fighting but not very good at cooking. The rice and flour in the kitchen were turned into a pot of thick porridge and a pot of sticky paste by them.
Shen Zhi felt a headache. Well, it would be a problem to wash the pot later.
Song Rou looked at the man with a black face in the crowd, and it was hard to imagine that this was the majestic father who appeared in the photo in the morning. Along the way, she imagined how shocking the scene of her meeting her father would be, and everyone would cry bitterly. But in reality, it was so funny, a room full of black faces, all of them were silly, and they were in a mess when cooking.
"Dad," Song Rou smiled.
Song Xun was stunned. The voice was so similar to that of his deceased wife. The smiling girl in front of him was his own daughter.
"Rou'er," Song Xun was also a little excited. His daughter was only a one-year-old baby in his arms back then, but now she is thirteen years old. It's great to see her again in this life.
The two looked at each other and smiled happily.
The other seventeen people saw how happy the two were to meet each other and came over with big smiles, calling her "niece".
Song Rou smiled even more brightly as she looked at these old men with painted faces.
Shen Zhi was also happy for them, and pretended to go out and order a batch of ingredients from the space to bring in. It was getting late now, so he might as well make a quick hot pot.
Qin Zhi ordered two charcoal hot pot stoves. After cleaning them, he fried the hot pot base and added the soup. The side dishes were packed in portions and filled the entire round table. The wine and fruit drinks were poured directly into large jars. Whoever wanted to drink could pour it for themselves. Shen Zhi also brought a box of beer this time. Now he didn't care whether it was exposed or not. Anyway, he had taken out unusual things many times, so he was not afraid of being bitten by lice. Besides, everyone here was a righteous person and would not do such shallow things.
The group of big men were already starving, and they could not resist the temptation to gather around the table after smelling the tempting aroma. Hey, why are all these dishes raw?
Shen Zhi knew that they all loved spicy food, so he prepared a spicy dish for each of them.
No one had ever eaten hotpot before, so they didn't know how to eat it and looked at Shen Zhi in confusion.
"This is very simple. Just blanch what you like to eat. After blanching the meat for about ten breaths, you can eat it. If you like something with a strong flavor, dip it in the sauce. For meatballs like this, cook it a little longer. You need to be flexible." Shen Zhi demonstrated it to them personally.
Zhuge Ling glanced at everyone and shouted, "Let's eat! You don't even know how to eat? You need to be taught."
Everyone quickly occupied the entire round table and started eating like Shen Zhi. They couldn't stop after just one bite, it was so delicious.
Shen Zhi opened a bottle of beer and handed it to Zhuge Ling. Zhuge Ling took a sip and praised it highly. Everyone followed suit and took a bottle, but General Song still didn't get one. He was still given a cup of fruit drink mixed with spiritual spring water. General Song was not disappointed. Now that he had a daughter, he was satisfied. He didn't close his mouth all night. Song Rou had already eaten dinner. Now she stood beside General Song to pick up dishes for him, boil them, and put them in his bowl. She wanted to feed all the delicious food to her father.
Shen Zhi caught a glimpse of a man in the crowd who looked lonely. That man was the one who said last time that he wanted to eat the pickled bamboo shoots made by his wife. Shen Zhi remembered that he had promised him to secretly help him find his wife, but he had forgotten it because he was distracted by other things during this period.