eurekapd Chapter 278: Building Battlements
Chapter 278: Building Battlements
Yang's father and others agreed and decided to start building the battlements and ice houses tomorrow.
The people in the queue behind him just felt it was novel.
Most people don't believe that a house built of ice can be used to make a fire.
The ice will melt when heated by the fire!
Lu Qingqing was listening on the side and vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a certain race of people in modern times who lived in ice houses.
Those people can make fire and cook in the igloo.
But I don’t know if this can be done in Linshan Village.
Never mind, I'll just try it tomorrow and find out.
As the sun went down, the weather grew colder.
Those who received food did not stay any longer and took their food back home.
Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang carried the food and dried vegetables they had been allocated and returned to the yard chatting and laughing with Li Rui and the others.
Before dinner, Yang's father sent someone to notify several families living near the wall to be more alert when sleeping at night.
At this time, these families began to miss the days when they had dogs guarding their homes.
In the early years, when the harvest was good, there were still one or two households in the village who kept dogs.
In recent years of disaster, those dogs have long been eaten as food.
Nowadays, people can’t even get enough to eat, let alone keep dogs.
Lu Qingqing's yard was not next to the wall, and she had not received any notification from Yang's father.
At this moment, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang were busy preparing dinner.
After working hard for several days, the two of them haven't had a good meal for several days.
They came back early that day, so they decided to cook a big meal to reward their stomachs.
After closing the door, the two entered the space.
Lu Qingqing plans to make braised pork in the evening, and the space preservation function is very useful.
Make more at one time so you can take it out and eat it whenever you want.
She picked out the large piece of relatively fatty meat from the pork she had bought earlier and cut it into large pieces.
After preparing the side dishes and sugar, start cooking the braised pork.
Qin Lang picked a few fresh tomatoes and a handful of green vegetables from the vegetable garden.
Make scrambled eggs with tomatoes in the evening, and serve with a plate of green vegetables.
After working for most of the hour, a sumptuous dinner was finally served on the table.
A large plate of bright red braised pork with rich sauce took the main place, and the two of them couldn't wait to pick up a large piece of meat and stuff it into their mouths.
The crystal clear fat melts in your mouth, and when you chew the lean meat, your mouth is filled with freshness and fragrance.
Qin Lang sighed with satisfaction and gave Lu Qingqing a thumbs up.
Lu Qingqing smiled as she finished the large piece of braised pork in her mouth, then extended her chopsticks to the red and yellow scrambled eggs with tomatoes next to her.
These freshly picked tomatoes are bright red and juicy. After the juice is fried out in the pan, the golden fried pheasant eggs are added.
Lu Qingqing picked up a large piece of food with chopsticks and put it into her mouth. The sweet and sour taste of tomatoes and the fresh fragrance of eggs were intertwined together. It was refreshing and not greasy, making people want to take another bite.
Looking at Qin Lang's expectant eyes, Lu Qingqing gave a heartfelt exclamation and a thumbs up.
Qin Lang then extended his chopsticks to the scrambled eggs with tomatoes with satisfaction, and ate it happily.
Then, it’s the big bones that were made earlier.
The plate was piled high with large bones.
A large bowl of bone soup was placed in front of each of them, with a handful of finely chopped green onions sprinkled into the soup.
Lu Qingqing picked up the big bone and finished chewing it before starting to eat the plate of green vegetables with garlic.
I don’t know if it’s because it’s winter, but I feel like eating green vegetables especially in this season.
After eating a mouthful of meat, it is paired with a handful of vegetables, which is really refreshing.
Finally, there are two plates of leek and egg dumplings fresh from the pot.
Here, whenever there are guests or festivals, there must be dumplings on the table.
What’s the old saying? Nothing tastes better than dumplings.
The two of them had a great appetite after this meal.
At the end of the meal, Lu Qingqing could only hold her full stomach and watch Qin Lang continue to eat heartily.
My mind inadvertently swept across the house outside the space. Looking at the door swaying in the cold wind, I subconsciously felt that it was very cold outside.
Lu Qingqing went to get another bowl of hot bone soup and drank it slowly along the edge of the bowl.
After dinner, the two fell asleep in the space.
When leaving the space the next day, Lu Qingqing shrank her neck because of the cold temperature outside.
Every time I come out of space, I have to adapt to the low temperature outside.
After a while, the two of them went out.
Today, we are going to build battlements along the wall.
No one knows how to build battlements.
In fact, there are only a few people who have climbed the city wall and seen the battlements.
In the end, the task of building the battlements was led by County Magistrate Yao, Lu Tianming and the old village chief.
The first two were battlements often seen on city walls, while the latter had many years of experience in house construction.
In fact, the villagers don’t have high requirements for the battlements.
When refugees from outside attack, they can repel the enemies on the battlements.
After working for most of the morning, the first battlement was finally built.
The villagers took turns to go up and see it as if it were a rare spectacle.
It was no big deal that I looked up and found someone passing by on the road outside the village entrance.
It's not just one or two people, but a team of dozens of people.
Lu Qingqing had good eyesight, so she quickly climbed up the parapet to look outside.
I saw that the people outside were dressed in rags and holding weapons in their hands.
Many of them looked over here and saw Lu Qingqing and others standing on the wall with gleams in their eyes.
I don't know what one of them said, but the team turned around and headed towards this place.
Everyone on the battlement was a little panicked for a moment.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Qingqing shouted to the people below:
"Out on the road, there's a group of dozens of people heading towards the village. Everyone, get your weapons!"
We came here today to build battlements, so no one was armed, and most of them were holding shovels, hoes, and the like.
After Lu Qingqing said that someone was coming, Lu Tianming quickly climbed up the parapet. When he saw the appearance of these people, his heart tightened.
These people's attire looked too familiar, not much different from how they had fled famine before.
Thinking of this, Lu Tianming shouted to the people in his team:
"Each family, send one person back and fetch weapons!"
As soon as Lu Tianming finished speaking, many people started running back.
Most of the men in Linshan Village stayed where they were, and they used farm tools such as hoes to fight.
But they were not idle either. After Lu Tianming talked to Yang's father, each family began to move ice cubes to the parapet.
This thing can be thrown from the battlement and is also a very useful weapon.
While everyone was carrying the ice up, the group of people outside also came to the wall.
A tall man who was in the lead stood up and looked up at Yang's father, Lu Tianming and others on the wall.
"Brothers inside, we are fleeing from famine and have nothing to eat.
Dear kindhearted people, please give me some food! "
As soon as he finished speaking, the people below started shouting.
"Please give me something to eat. I haven't eaten in three days!"
"Please, gentlemen, give us a bite of food!"
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