eurekapd Chapter 1021 Drinking Porridge at Night
Chapter 1021 Drinking Porridge at Night
Fifteen minutes later, everyone in the group had finished fetching water.
Many people were harnessing their horse-drawn carriages, preparing to continue their journey.
In the middle of the procession, Bai Song sat on the carriage shaft, shaking his half-dry long hair.
Watching the dust kicked up as the soldiers ran past, he silently wrapped his head with a headscarf.
After passing this village, we don't know when we'll find water again.
He finally managed to wash his hair clean, so he couldn't let it get dirty again.
Thinking of this, Bai Song carefully smoothed the stray hairs that had fallen to the side.
Actually, it wasn't just Bai Song fixing his hair; many people in the group who had finished getting ready were also styling their hair.
Looking around, Lu Qingqing had the shortest hair in the entire group.
In this era, people value the idea that one's body and hair are gifts from one's parents, so everyone keeps their hair very long.
This will make it particularly troublesome to maintain.
Moreover, the sanitation conditions here are extremely poor.
Having lice on your head and body is commonplace.
Cleaning lice off one's body or bedding is something many people do regularly.
Just after taking a bath, someone was using a fine comb to remove lice.
Every time I comb my hair down with a fine brush, I always find a few lice.
Everyone was used to the presence of lice; once they caught one, they squeezed it with their two fingernails.
With a 'pop' sound, the louse was popped.
The person being squeezed casually wiped the lice off the sole of their shoe and continued picking at them.
Lu Qingqing accidentally witnessed this scene and felt a chill run down her spine.
She had been infested with lice when she was fleeing famine, and only those who have truly experienced it can understand how uncomfortable it was.
In fact, lice and other pests are basically unavoidable on the road of fleeing famine.
All she could do was try her best to protect her and Qin Lang's hair from getting lice.
Just then, Qin Lang took a dry cloth and walked behind her naturally, wiping her wet hair.
Lu Qingqing had gotten used to the two of them drying each other's hair after each shower.
But they forgot that everyone would be outside together.
When she noticed that someone in the line kept looking in her direction, she thought something had happened and looked back.
There was nothing more to it.
Just as I was wondering, a very loud whistle rang out.
After whistling, Bai Song winked and winked at Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang.
Even someone as oblivious as Lu Qingqing noticed the mocking expression on his face.
She glanced back at Qin Lang and awkwardly took the cloth.
"Well, it's time to get going!"
As he spoke, he hastily wrapped his hair up and flicked the reins.
"set off!"
At this shout, the crowd, who had been watching the show, quickly got on the carriage shaft and started to set off.
Seeing that the convoy was about to leave, the two stray dogs that had been watching from the shadows quietly went back.
Before long, the pack of wild dogs caught up with the group at a distance.
Now, refreshed after replenishing their water supply and washing up, the group was hurrying along their way.
The last person sitting in the car, who was watching, only glanced at the stray dogs following in the distance and didn't pay them any more attention.
With so many of them around, even if those stray dogs had ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare to charge at us.
As evening approached, the group found a relatively flat open space to stop and set up camp.
Since everyone had just replenished their water supply today, many households stopped eating dry food and instead cooked thin porridge, which is easier to digest and relieve constipation.
Eating dry biscuits for a long time, coupled with not drinking enough water, caused many people in the team to suffer from constipation.
Although it hasn't reached the point of affecting my actions yet, it's really uncomfortable to keep it bottled up.
Given the chance, everyone in the team had the same idea: to drink porridge!
When dinner was ready, the campsite was filled with the aroma of rice porridge.
Everyone held their bowls, blowing on them as they drank, each person starting with two bowls of porridge.
Some people who love porridge even drank five or six bowls.
This afternoon, everyone's vehicles were replenished with water. Not to mention the villagers, even Bai Song, who has the most employees, had several extra buckets of porridge cooked for them.
Seeing that there was plenty of porridge, everyone ate heartily.
The aroma of rice porridge from the camp was carried away by the wind and wafted out.
In the shadows behind, a dozen or so stray dogs were drooling with envy.
A pair of scarlet eyes stared intently at this spot.
......
In the middle of the night, the campsite was quiet.
Apart from the occasional sound of wind, there was only the occasional snoring coming from a few tents.
Old Zhuang was awakened by the urge to urinate. He jumped up, pulled up his pants, and ran outside.
As soon as I stepped out of the tent, I saw Manager Wu, who was just a few steps away, also coming out of the tent.
The two exchanged a glance, then looked at the belt the other was holding, and both understood.
"Old Wu, let's go together."
Upon hearing this, Manager Wu quickly walked towards him.
"Let's go, let's go. I drank too much porridge tonight, I'm so suffocated."
"You know, it's really scary outside, all dark and gloomy!"
"That's right, don't you think we should go back and get the lanterns?"
"What are you taking? I can't hold it in any longer. If you want to take it, go back and get it yourself."
"Then I won't go. It's just a few steps away, it should be fine."
The two whispered to each other and quickly ran towards the designated 'outhouse' location in front of the camp.