The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Chapter 123 Want money rather than life

The heavy snow was accompanied by the sound of whistling wind. When we returned to the cave, the grandparents had already lit the kang and laid out a palm mattress with bedding on it.

The moment the heat from the cave hit my face, I felt like I was alive again.

Seeing many girls going to the fire, Shen Youyou, who was being dragged by Old Lady Hua, quickly spoke up:

"Don't go to the fire. You can't go to the fire when you are very cold. Just move your body in the cave. If you are cold, you can't go to the fire at this time."

Old Mrs. Hua hurriedly urged her to take off her coat and get under the quilt first. Shen Youyou was so cold that she trembled even when she spoke. She couldn't even lift her legs to climb up to the low head of the kang.

Her grandmother pushed her onto the kang from behind, and Xiao Luming crawled over to her and said, "Sister, are you cold? Let me blow on you and rub your hands."

After saying that, he used his little paws, which already had little flesh on them, to blow on and rub Shen Youyou.

Shen Youyou breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that no one was going to the fire. "Pour some hot water for you to drink, or cover yourself with a blanket and warm yourself by the fire after you recover."

Shen Youyou also shouted at the man, and soon Grandpa Guo's voice came: "Yoyou, what will happen if we roast the fire?"

Shen Youyou thought to herself: That would be a serious consequence. After frostbite, local blood vessels would contract and blood circulation would be blocked. If you roast it with fire immediately, the rapid rise in temperature would cause blood vessels to dilate, blood flow would accelerate, and blood vessels might rupture.

Tissue cells are damaged by ice crystal formation. When warming over a fire, ice crystals melt quickly, which may cause further damage to the cell structure. Rewarming with warm water will slowly melt the ice crystals and reduce tissue damage.

But what can we say about these? We can only pick and choose: "The alternation of hot and cold stimulates the blood in our body, which can easily cause blood vessels to rupture."

Even though Doctor Guo had never heard of this, everyone understood its meaning, and it seemed to make sense, so they all quickly moved away from the fire.

The old men and women on both sides quickly poured water into bamboo tubes and bowls for everyone, saying, "Don't drink it directly because it's hot. Warm your hands first."

Shen Youyou was shivering under the quilt. She held the bamboo tube in her hand and gently sipped the hot water. It tasted sweet. Her grandparents even put sugar in it.

Even though everyone was freezing and tired that day, and they were sore all over from falling, they all looked so miserable that it was unbearable to look at them.

But as soon as it got a little warmer, I would quickly get some pine candy and pine branches wrapped in thatch in bamboo baskets.

It's true, Shen Youyou had a sudden idea and asked everyone to wrap it with straw. This method really worked. Even with such heavy snow, the icing inside was not damaged.

"Hurry up and melt the icing sugar. You won't have to worry about it if it turns into sugar water. You've gone through all the hard work and cold to get it back. Don't waste it."

Li Jingshu said as he untied the hay from the bamboo basket. These candies are really hard to come by.

The girls, like Shen Youyou, were asked to get on the heated kang and get into bed first. The women started to get busy again, first mixing the icing sugar into the water, filtering it and then leaving it alone.

I can't make syrup now, and the heavy snow doesn't allow me to set up a stove outside.

There was a stove with six pots in the cave, two of which were used to stir-fry bamboo shoots and two of which were used to steam grass seed steamed bread. There was no cotton because it had all been eaten.

The remaining two bites are made of kudzu root paste.

Li Jingshu had just finished the work in his hands and was about to go out, saying that he was going to see if Shen Zhiqiu and the others had returned.

Old Lady Hua pulled her and said, "It's dark now, with heavy snow and wind. Can't you see it's foggy? Don't go. I'll ask your father and the others to light a few fires at the door to guide them home."

Shen Zhixia's mother-in-law also advised: "Wait a minute, you guys eat first, we will go out and take a look, don't worry!"

However, who would be able to eat if the strong laborers didn't come back? Even though everyone's stomach was rumbling with hunger, no one touched the rice in the pot.

What everyone meant was to wait until everyone came back and eat together.

People would go to the entrance of the cave from time to time, frowning.

According to modern time, it is almost nine o'clock in the evening. When Shen Youyou and the others arrived, it was around seven or eight o'clock.

The road in the distance was pitch black, without even a trace of torchlight.

At other times, you could see torches from afar, but today there was no movement at all.

How can I not worry? The people going out are the backbone of every household in the village.

People stood at the entrance of the cave, tiptoed and looked into the distance, but due to the thick fog, visibility was already low, and in the pitch-black night, they could not see anything.

Listening carefully, there was no sound of a wheelbarrow crushing the snow, nor was there anyone talking. There was nothing except the sound of the wind.

Shen Zhiqiu and his companions, who were missed by everyone, braved the wind and snow, pushing and pulling the cart with all their strength.

Although they all wore wild cotton hats and covered their faces with cloth, they could not block the biting cold wind.

In addition to his heavy breathing, the cloth was soaked through, the air he breathed in was cold, the cloth was also cold, and was covered with white frost, and there was also frost on his eyebrows and eyelashes.

Everyone's nose was red from the cold, their cheekbones were aching, their noses were running uncontrollably, and their eyes were so windy that they couldn't open them.

This is all thanks to the earmuffs on their cotton hats, otherwise their ears would have been frozen.

Shen Zhiqiu couldn't help but mutter in his heart: "Why is it so cold? Why is it so weirdly cold?"

As the snow got heavier, the things on the cart became heavier. I had to stop and go, and sweep the snow off the cart and the kudzu leaves I was carrying, otherwise it would be even heavier.

The cart always got stuck because of the thick snow, and it was impossible to tell whether the road under the rubber shoes was smooth or not.

Sometimes, when the road slipped, the cart would shake and slide straight down, or even overturn. Otherwise, they would have arrived long ago.

"I see the light, try harder!"

At this time they were not far from the cave. Seeing several fires over there, the men knew that they were guiding them on the way.

I also know that direction is where my family is waiting.

He pushed with gritted teeth while panting, and did not forget to reply: "Got it!"

At this time, Shen Youyou had also recovered. She was really worried, so she would look at the door every once in a while. At this point in time, everyone was a little restless and had bad thoughts involuntarily in their minds.

There was thick fog and heavy snow. I couldn't see the road ahead. I wondered if I was trapped in the snow.

I wonder if the Snow Wolf will come out. If we attack them at this time, there will definitely be heavy casualties.

Anyway, all kinds of bad thoughts, I can't control them at all.

Shen Youyou was panicking. She was more panicking than ever before. Even when they were most short of water, she had never been this panicked.

She screamed towards the distance where she couldn't see anything: "Dad! Dad!"

"Ai!"

Shen Youyou, who originally didn't hold out much hope, suddenly had her eyes light up and she ran over there, followed by a small group of people.

If there weren't a few old men and women left to guard the place, the kids would probably have run out as well.

Didn’t you hear Shen Luming and Shen Yuanbao shouting “Dad” at the top of their lungs?