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Chapter 132 Staying Temporarily
Father Liu asked two maids to boil water and cook a big bowl of noodles for everyone.
Adults and children sat around the table, eating the long-lost hot food.
The laughter and the sound of rain intertwined together to form the most beautiful melody at this moment.
"Everyone, please sit down. If you can't sit down, just stand up. Let me tell you the situation first. This house has been rented for a month and the rent has been paid for a month. You just need to pay the rent for the next month. I paid a deposit for a month and it will be returned when I check out. It is very convenient.
There are two main rooms, one on the left and one on the right. During this period of time, I have made very long wooden beds, so I can only make do with one room for each man and woman. There is also an ear room over there, and I also made a bed there. When the time comes, Mrs. Tan and Mrs. Zhao will live there. The women will live there with their children, as there are more people on their side anyway.
It would be convenient for you two to live in the side room when cooking and doing other chores.
But I didn’t expect that when we had three more companions, we would make a few more wooden boards and put them up with wooden frames to make a big bunk bed, and we would just have to squeeze together.
The wing used to be the kitchen. There was no toilet in the house. The toilet was on the other side of the street. I bought a chamber pot, so if the children wanted to go to the toilet, they could do it at home. If the adults wanted to go to the toilet, they had to go outside.
No one else said anything. They all knew the current conditions and that having a place to live was already pretty good.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Father Liu continued to make arrangements: "If there is a big outing, we will go to the toilet outside the house, and each family will take their own children with them.
After settling down here, there is a lot less to do every day, and I can’t go up the mountain every day.
I saw that the neighbors nearby went out to collect firewood every day to save money.
Rich people would also buy firewood, and villagers from nearby villages would carry firewood to the city to sell.
Firewood is a little expensive in this weather and is a bit moist, so you need to find a way to dry it out before it can be used as firewood.
If we want to go to the mountain to chop wood ourselves, that’s fine. We have a lot of people anyway, so we can take turns going out every day.
The situation in the city has not been very good these days. Some places in the south have suffered from floods and some crops have not yet been harvested.
The amount of grain that was harvested was not enough, and a lot of grain was wasted by the flood. Now the price of grain has been rising and has not been alleviated by the rain.
These days I have been queuing up early every morning to buy food. Since I don’t have a pass, I can only go to Qian’s shop to buy it.
I also don't want to buy too much at one time as it might make others jealous. Every day I take Ke Yu out, and we take turns buying about 400 kilograms of food.
The price of food changes every day. We will need a lot of food in the future, so we cannot save money. Besides, winter is coming soon, and we cannot survive the winter without reserve food.
After that, we still took turns to buy food every day, as the government grain store now had a smaller daily limit.
Now each person can only buy one liter of food every day. One liter is about 3 kilograms here. I didn't compete with the people for this little food.
I noticed that there were a lot more people coming from the nearby villages to sell fresh vegetables. They only started coming in the past few days. It should be because they dug pits in the land when it rained, and then planted in the soil when the rain subsided.
It has rained for nearly 50 days now.
Some small cabbages and spinach can grow up in about a month, and with the addition of wild vegetables from the mountains, the situation has finally improved a lot. If it continues to rain heavily, I'm afraid there will be bigger riots.
In addition to buying food every day, we also have to take turns arranging people to go out to collect firewood and pick wild vegetables. The more we can save, the better.
Lao Luo, you can make the arrangements when the time comes! Write down the rules on paper, and everyone can follow them and there will be no chaos. "
After Father Liu finished speaking, he looked at Luo Hong. He and Luo Hong were the two older people in the team.
After Luo Hong joined the team, he provided a lot of help to the team. The two of them got along well and he habitually asked for his opinion whenever there was anything.
Luo Hong saw Liu's father looking at him and nodded at him. "Brother Liu's arrangements are very thoughtful. I will arrange the order for everyone and take turns to go out. The rest will stay at home to take care of the children.
I used to teach children Braille every day. Whether boys or girls know Braille, it will always be useful in the future and will benefit everyone.”
Everyone else started discussing the topic one by one.
When Liu Caixia heard Luo Hong talking about learning to read, she expressed her thoughts long ago: "Uncle Luo, I think everyone should learn to read like you!
Whether adults or children, everyone will learn to read with you. We don’t ask everyone to take the imperial examination, but only ask everyone to learn to read and write. This will make it easier for everyone to do anything in the future, and we won’t all be illiterate.”
Luo Hong knew what they meant. They indeed didn't know many ancient characters, although they didn't know which world this world was.
However, Luo Hong knew the characters of their dynasty. He was a professor of ancient Chinese language and literature, so these ancient characters were a piece of cake for him.
"Okay, those who have nothing to do can learn to read with the children. I will teach you some common characters first, so that it will be more convenient for you to go out and do things!"
"Lao Luo, the three of them still need to apply for a travel permit. You and I should take them together to prove that we are relatives and lost our household registration while fleeing. It will be convenient to go out after getting a travel permit."
"Okay, let's do this tomorrow morning!"
After the story was roughly explained, Father Liu took the two women to the kitchen:
"Mrs. Tan and Mrs. Zhao, come with me to get familiar with the kitchen first. Once you're familiar with it, you'll also have to prepare meals. We should still follow the three meals a day schedule!"
The two old women had some words to say to Liu's father and the others, although they used different terms.
But I roughly know what to say. After all, every place has its own customs and dialect, so there is no need to get too entangled.
"Here are some sweet potatoes, and some greens I bought this morning. There are some dry firewood here, and some wet firewood over there. You can turn them over if you see any. There is a charcoal basin below. If there is any unburned charcoal, use the fire tongs to put it in there!"
"I understand, sir!"
Father Liu had no way to deal with the issue of addressing the master. At first, he asked them to call him Brother Liu. They remembered it for a day or two, but then forgot it.
He didn't care and let them call him "Master". The limitations of the times made it impossible for them to change this concept, and there was nothing he could do about it, so he just let them be.
When they walked back to the main house, Liu Caiyun had already taken Liu Xiaomei to see the room and took her to play in the room.
She is still young now, and it's not that I don't consider her my own, but I'm afraid she can't keep some of the things I say, and she doesn't understand the interests involved. When she grows up and can keep secrets, I won't be so shy about it.
Of course, there are some things that she cannot know.