Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 399 Yunhua Returns

After breakfast that morning, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest prepared to start shelling the corn.

If you peel the grains directly by hand, the speed is very slow.

So the two men planned to put the corn cobs into sacks and then hammer the corn cobs with sticks.

The dried corn cobs can be easily threshed after being beaten with a stick. Then pour out the beaten corn cobs and pick out the corn cobs in the middle.

If some corn cobs are not pounded clean, put them back into the sack and continue pounding until they are clean.

Although this method is fast, all the corn cobs inside are broken into pieces. Fortunately, Xu Han doesn't want these corn cobs, so he just hammers them into pieces and uses them directly for burning.

Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest were busy threshing corn in the backyard. When the weather cleared up, Xu Han came out of the room.

Today is already the 26th. Logically, Yunhua and Zhao Yunyun should have returned home in the next two days, so Xu Han can no longer hide in the house and be lazy like she did in the past two days.

While the weather is good, I’ll clean their rooms first, and then take the quilts out to dry in the sun.

After finishing all these, Xu Han also went into the kitchen to prepare fried food for the New Year.

Meatballs, hemp leaves, crispy meat, these things are indispensable for the Chinese New Year.

In addition to these, Xu Han also fried some peanuts and steamed bread slices and other snacks.

Xu Han even made a lot of the lotus root boxes that Zhao Yunyun liked to eat.

The New Year finally came, and Grandpa Zhao also gave Mu'er a day off.

From today on, Mu'er doesn't have to go to classes every day like before, but she cannot fall behind in her homework during the holidays. The only difference is that she can't go to class and leave get out of class on time every day like before.

Xu Han was too busy in the kitchen alone, so Grandpa Zhao volunteered to go into the kitchen to help Xu Han prepare these things.

Mu'er shouted to Xu Han, "Mom, Xiaobai has flown back again."

Xu Han responded, "It should be a letter from Uncle Master or Aunt Yun. Mother is too busy to help right now, so go and call Daddy."

"Okay." Mu'er said and ran to the backyard.

Lu Chuan took the letter into the kitchen and said, "It's from Yunhua. He said he'll arrive this afternoon and asked me to row the boat to pick him up."

While busy with the work in her hands, Xu Han took the time to say, "Then go quickly. It's faster to take a boat. Can you two sit in the small boat? Do you want to go on a big boat?"

"No, he's alone, I can just row the boat."

"Okay, did he say roughly what time he'll be there? Are you still home for lunch?"

"No, I'm almost there. The road is not easy to walk on in this weather. I'll go wait for him over there first, so I don't come back too late when it's dark."

Grandpa Zhao also said, "Okay, you should go early. Time is short in winter. Wrap the freshly fried meatballs in oil paper and eat them while walking. It can also fill your stomach. Also bring a bamboo tube of hot water to drink on the way."

Lu Chuan took the things handed to him by Grandpa Zhao and turned to leave.

The big boat at home was stored in the space by Xu Han, but the small boat was still hidden by the river as before. When Lu Chuan went to pick up Yun Hua, he could just row the small boat directly.

After Lu Chuan left, the family members continued to be busy. Xu Han also took the time to stew some chicken soup. When the two of them came back later, they could eat noodles with the chicken soup. The warm soup was just right to warm the body.

At noon, Xu Han was busy frying New Year's goods in the kitchen and had no time to make lunch.

The adults ate some freshly fried food, and Xu Han took out some tomato egg drop soup from the space for everyone. The children ate some egg custard. They had a makeshift lunch.

Around mid-afternoon, Lu Chuan came back with Yun Hua. Each of them was dragging a large wooden board with a lot of things on it.

Grandpa Zhao took the things and said, "Hahaha, you two are finally back. Come into the house and warm up."

Xu Han also said enthusiastically, "Yes, yes, yes, come in and have a cup of hot water. It's so cold, and it must be painful to travel so fast."

Only the Taoist priest glanced at Yunhua coldly and said lightly, "You have lost weight."

After Yunhua greeted everyone, he bowed deeply to the Taoist priest and said, "Master."

The Taoist priest gave him a little help and said, "Get up. We can talk after dinner if you have anything to say."

After saying that, he went into the main room first, and the others followed him in quickly. Lu Chuan followed Xu Han into the kitchen, reheated the chicken soup that had been simmering, and then cooked noodles in the chicken soup and brought them into the main room.

"Knowing you'll be back, I made some chicken soup especially for you. Come and taste it. There are noodles in the pot and they'll be ready soon. Drink some chicken soup to warm yourself up first."

Yunhua quickly took the chicken soup handed over by Xu Han and said, "Hahaha, then I won't be polite. I've been away for such a long time and I just wanted to eat this."

"Hahaha, if you like it, eat more. I just fried some meatballs and hemp leaves today. I'll get them for you to eat with them. I'll make you a big meal in the evening."

"Okay, okay, take more. I'm starving after a long day's journey."

The Taoist priest rolled his eyes at Yunhua and said with disdain, "You are like a starving ghost every day. Can you be more promising?"

Although the master and disciple have not seen each other for more than a year, they still care about each other.

Faced with the complaints from his master, Yunhua accepted them all with a smile. He hadn't seen his master for a long time and missed him a lot.

The Taoist priest simply couldn't bear to look at his stupid disciple, who looked so stupid. He simply avoided his sight and turned around to tease Ze'er.

Yunhua didn't care and slurped the chicken soup that Xu Han brought over.

After Yunhua and Lu Chuan had eaten and drunk their fill, they sat down and started chatting.

Yunhua looked at everyone present and said, "Yunyun hasn't arrived yet? I thought she would arrive before me."

Grandpa Zhao explained, "She hasn't come back yet. She said she would arrive after the 26th, so it should be within the next two days."

Yunhua shook his head and said, "I haven't seen Yunyun for a long time. I don't know what she will be like after returning from the border. This girl is really fierce. She went to the border immediately after I told her to. I can't persuade her. I can't persuade her at all."

Xu Han smiled and continued, "Yunyun is a person with ideas and abilities. She will do whatever she wants to do immediately."

"The border is not a good place. You see, when she comes back, it will be worse than the disaster years."

Everyone laughed when they heard this. Yunhua had already arrived home and was waiting for Yunyun to come back.

Yunhua glanced at the luggage he brought back and said, "I brought you a lot of good things when I came back from the capital this time. There is also a very, very important thing. It is so heavy that I couldn't even ride back on horseback."