Traveling through the Three Kingdoms: She brings unlimited supplies to build infrastructure

Chapter 296 Pancakes
After sending the smelly guy away, the one-eyed man walked forward again.

Seeing the confusion on Zhou Kai's face, he smiled happily: "Do you think it's weird?"

Zhou Kai was stunned and said: "That's true."

The one-eyed man stopped in front of a door: "In the future, if you visit Lingzhi City more often, you won't feel weird anymore."

As he spoke, he pushed the door open: "There is no door lock here. Remember to keep your belongings safe. Of course, you can lock them when people are inside."

After speaking, let the door open.

Zhou Kai walked over and looked around with the light of the oil lamp in the one-eyed man's hand. The floor and walls of this room were all gray and white.

He recognized it at a glance as something called cement from when Lingzhi City was repairing the city wall.

Under the dim light, gray gives people a new, bright and regular feeling.

The house is not wide, it can even be called narrow. There is only a small window at the top that is open for ventilation and covered with snow-white Caihou paper.

As far as the eye can see, everything inside is very complete.

There is a strange-looking rammed earth bed against the east wall, connected to a double-hole stove.

A thin mat was spread on the rammed earth bed.

There was also a shiny black earthenware jar on the stove, with some dry firewood piled next to it.

At the end of the bed, there is a wooden tiger and a basin stand neatly placed. The two basins on the shelf are green and look neither copper nor wood.

Zhou Kai stood at the door blankly, not daring to go in when he thought that such a room only cost three grand a night.

Free may be the most expensive.

As for Zhou Kai, he may not be able to summarize it in such concise language, but he understands the truth.

He took a step back and wanted to change to a less nice room.

The one-eyed man in charge of looking after the store pushed him on the shoulder: "Why do you think so much? You are so poor that you only have one life left. Can Madam Yan lie to you about this life?"

"What are you doing, grown man?" He pushed Zhou Kai in angrily.

Seeing that Zhou Kai was timid, the one-eyed man was impatient and dragged him into the room.

"Can you make a fire?" The one-eyed man pointed to the firewood on the ground with only half of his hand, and then took out a fire sickle from the leather bag at his waist.

Just as he was about to urge Zhou Kai to light a fire, he saw a woman wrapped in a thin quilt on his back with her head hanging down.

The subordinate paused: "Put your wife down first."

Helping Zhou Kai lay his wife on the earthen bed, he added: "Light a fire later and the bed will be hot."

Zhou Kai nodded hurriedly: "I know, this is a fire kang."

The prefect's mansion issued a measure to popularize the fire kang, and after printing the method of making a kang, it was widely posted at the grassroots level.

But for places where it is difficult for some people to get out, the transportation of materials and manpower are the biggest problems.

Especially under the premise that Yangle and Linyu also deployed young and strong laborers, the progress was not as optimistic as expected.

Not only did Zhou Kai know about this fire kang, he also carefully studied the drawings posted by the chief.

It's just the first time I've seen it in kind.

He put his wife on the kang and sat down with the quilt spread out.

The one-eyed man, who was particularly sensitive to the smell of blood, frowned, stepped aside to avoid suspicion, and continued to instruct Zhou Kai: "Quickly light a fire and heat up the room."

"If you need hot water, you can use a clay pot to get it from the front."

"The basins for washing are all there. Those basins are precious gold, so don't touch them with open fire or damage them."

After he explained to Zhou Kai where Hu Zi should be poured and cleaned, he turned and walked out.

The door creaked shut.

Zhou Kai carefully stepped forward and locked the door's latch.

Only then did I feel more at ease.

Went to check on my wife.

The wife looked miserable, her lips were dark purple, she was wrapped in a thin quilt and shivering with her eyes closed.

The blood seeping from his lower body had already wetted the hay on the mattress, leaving marks on the quilt.

After letting her lie down, Zhou Kai didn't dare to delay any longer and hurriedly lit a fire.He was a little surprised to find that although there was a fire, there was no smoke in the room.

Zhou Kai couldn't help but recall the structural diagram, so he lay on the ground and buried his head to look at the situation in the stove hole.

The fire was lit and there was heat in the room. Only then did Zhou Kai raise his head thoughtfully.

He walked to the kang bed and felt that the bed board was no longer as cold as before.

There was a hint of joy on his face.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

The one-eyed man who left earlier came back.

Zhou Kai opened the door in confusion and smelled the aroma of food.

The one-eyed man stood in front of the door, holding a large bowl of porridge steadily in his intact hand.

The missing hand held the two warm pancakes with its elbow.

Seeing Zhou Kai open the door, he said without waiting for rejection: "Hurry up, it's very hot."

Zhou Kai hurriedly took the bowl from his calloused hand, but found that the wall of the bowl was not that hot.

The one-eyed man placed two more pancakes on the bowl held by Zhou Kai.

Then he turned around and left without saying anything, as if someone was chasing him from behind.

Zhou Kai was left standing there blankly. It took him a long time to react and wanted to say thank you, but he was no longer there.

A bowl of porridge and two pancakes can save the lives of a whole family in times of famine.

Even if it is not a famine, it is still enough food for an adult for a day.

But she just put it on his hand without even waiting for him to say thank you.

Zhou Xin was so touched that he locked the door again and walked to the kang.

He looked at the bowl of porridge, only to wake up his wife who was in a daze and drank half of it.

He licked his lips and was reluctant to drink.

They don't have much money, just enough money for their room.

With a bowl of porridge, these two pancakes can last for two days evenly.

He was used to being cold and hungry, and he had to make sure his wife had enough to eat first.

Put the remaining porridge on the stove to warm, and put the pancakes away properly.

Zhou Kai then dragged his stiff body, blew out the lamp in the room, and lay down on the kang.

As soon as I touched the bed, I fell asleep.

When daylight came up, there were some sounds of movement and some conversations outside.

Zhou Kai suddenly opened his eyes and sat up.

The room was dark, with only a little light coming in from the small window high up.

The kang bed under the palms still exudes a comfortable temperature that makes people want to sleep again.

"Azhen?" As usual, Zhou Kai was the first to call his wife's name.

After hearing his wife's response and touching her warm hand again, Zhou Kai breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the kang bed was comfortable, he did not forget the purpose of his trip.

After feeding his wife the remaining porridge, he didn't dare to use the basin in the room, but just rubbed his face with his palms.

Then he carefully put out the remaining fire in the stove and wrapped his wife in the quilt again.

Before leaving, I restored everything in the room in the dark and packed away the hay stained with blood.

He held the two pancakes in his arms and resumed his posture.

I wanted to say thank you to the one-eyed man last night, but I didn't expect that they had changed shifts during the day.

Zhou Kai asked the man on duty during the day to bring a message and walked into the wind and snow again.

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I don't even know what I'm writing!He also said that he would write more chapters at home during his sick leave today, but ended up writing while falling asleep, and Xiongqi failed!
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