Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 183: Mere Porters of Nature

"She's up! She's up! Qiqi is so amazing!" Yinyin clapped her hands and praised.

Hearing its little master's cheers, Qiqi pulled even harder.

With Qiqi joining them, Li Ruru felt the rope in her hands suddenly become much lighter.

With their combined efforts, they soon saw Fang Xingzhi's head pop up again.

Li Ruru hurriedly reached out to grab his collar; Fang Xingzhi's clothes were all wet and clung tightly to his body.

Li Ruru's hand slipped, and the collar she had just grabbed fell to the ground. Instead, she grabbed his beard.

The wet beard became slippery in my hands.

Both of them were stunned at the same time. Fang Xingzhi was almost in tears. What was wrong with this person? Why did he keep grabbing his beard?

Li Ruru didn't think much of it and just kept tugging at his beard.

Xiao Yishan and Chaochao each grabbed one of his arms, and the three of them finally pulled Fang Xingzhi up.

"That was close, that was close." Chaochao patted her chest.

Peipei rubbed her reddened palms and smiled, saying, "We're all fine now."

Outside, the torrential rain continued, but inside the cave, apart from the spring, everything else was dry.

There is water and food here, so it wouldn't be a problem to stay here for several months.

Fang Xingzhi straightened his clothes, while Li Ruru was still grabbing his beard.

His lips twitched, and he coughed, saying, "Li, how long are you going to keep arresting me?"

Li Ruru had been staring intently at his chest muscles when she realized what was happening, her face flushed slightly, and she quickly let go.

He said with a forced smile, "Master Fang, are you hungry? I'll go cook."

When people feel awkward, they always want to find something to do.

Fang Xingzhi's beard was finally freed, but the wet clump had been crumpled into a ball by Li Ruru.

He said, "Sir, you should light the fire. Everyone's soaked; we need to warm ourselves up."

Li Ruru agreed and quickly dragged over with half a bag of charcoal.

Fang Xingzhi saw that she calmly found a few stones, piled them into a small circle, and then took out a flint and steel to quickly start a fire.

He asked suspiciously, "Ms. Li, did you...did you know there would be a downpour?"

Knowing the house would leak and flood, we moved a lot of our belongings into the cave dwelling.

Li Ruru nodded, "I only knew it would rain, but I didn't expect it to rain so heavily and for so long."

She was telling the truth. The weather forecast in the space wasn't clear either, and she was being pushed forward in a daze.

Fortunately, the space provided a clue, allowing her to store a lot of food and supplies there early on.

Otherwise, even if they climbed up the cave now, they would still be hungry and cold.

Seeing that she looked sincere and didn't seem to be lying, Fang Xingzhi busied himself grooming his beard and didn't ask any more questions.

After Li Ruru started the fire, she walked around a few times and said to everyone, "There are quite a few caves here, but let's sleep together tonight."

"Sleep together?" Fang Xingzhi frowned.

Li Ruru added, "You sleep with Yishan, and I'll sleep in another cave with the girls."

Fang Xingzhi said "Oh" and breathed a sigh of relief.

When Qiqi heard that it hadn't been assigned a task, it hurriedly nudged Li Ruru with its nose.

Li Ruru patted its head and said, "You can sleep with us too."

The men are fine, but the women need the dogs for protection.

Although no one will come here for a while, it would be quite scary if there were rats or spiders.

Qiqi barked twice, then contentedly began surveying its territory around the cave.

After a morning of fleeing, everyone was exhausted and hungry.

Chaochao and Peipei took out straw mats, sheets, mattresses, and other items, found two caves next to each other with ventilation openings, and began to make the beds.

Place a mattress on two straw mats, then cover them with a sheet, and you have two beds.

Peipei touched it and asked, "Big sister, will it be damp tonight?"

Chaochao had also thought of this, but the current situation was rather special, so they could only make do with it for now.

After thinking for a moment, she said, "We still have mattresses; we can put two layers underneath."

Peipei nodded: "Okay."

At least two floors wouldn't be so damp. After finishing one room, Peipei went to help Xiao Yishan and Fang Xingzhi with theirs.

Chaochao took out the oil paper package from her bosom, opened it and looked inside. Fortunately, the books were all intact.

Then I opened the exquisite box, and inside lay the wolf-hair brush quietly.

She touched her chest, feeling much more at ease.

He then hid the two items under the bedding before going next door to help Peipei.

Xiao Yishan had already filled two buckets with spring water. He asked Li Ruru, "Godmother, is this water drinkable?"

Li Ruru looked at the crystal-clear water and nodded, "Yes."

Spring water is much better than well water.

The Chinese company Nongmou Spring uses mountain spring water and claims that it does not produce water, but is merely a porter of nature.

They now have access to the best water in nature without spending any money, so what more could they ask for?

Fang Xingzhi diligently tended the fire while Li Ruru cooked the dishes; the two worked together seamlessly.

Since there was only one pot available, Li Ruru cooked a pot of rice.

She sliced ​​the cured meat into thick slices and took out some pickled vegetables from the large jar.

Chop cowpeas, carrots, ginger, and potato slices and place them on top of the rice.

After thinking about it, I soaked another handful of dried vegetables.

The dried vegetables were leafy greens that she had previously sun-dried. After soaking them in water to soften them, she put them together with the pickled vegetables.

Finally, I took out a few eggs and cracked them in.

Most of the edible and usable items from the kitchen were moved into the cave dwelling, so now everything is just as good.

After doing all this, Li Ruru put the lid on the pot and told Fang Xingzhi, "Turn the heat down a bit, and let the rice simmer for a little longer."

Fang Xingzhi nodded and built another large circle next to the one Li Ruru had just built.

He moved most of the charcoal from the bottom of the pot to the larger circle, and added some new charcoal, and the fire quickly blazed up.

The cave was warm and cozy, and everyone gathered around the fire, their clothes drying in no time.

"The rice is ready!"

Li Ruru lifted the lid of the pot, and the rich aroma of rice, meat, and vegetables whetted everyone's appetite.

Fang Xingzhi swallowed hard. Strange, he hadn't felt particularly hungry just now, so why was he drooling so much now?

Li Ruru took a spatula and scooped a large bowl of rice for each person.

On top of the steaming white rice, there is a layer of meat, a layer of vegetables, and a layer of egg.

Yinyin took a big bite and asked with a happy expression, "Mom, what kind of food is this? It's so delicious!"

Li Ruru said, "This is called claypot rice. The rice and vegetables are cooked together, which is very convenient."

Fang Xingzhi ate a few mouthfuls of rice, finding it so delicious he couldn't stop.

He took a bite of the crispy rice crust at the bottom of the bowl and said, "This crispy rice crust is really delicious."

Yinyin stared wide-eyed, searching through her bowl, but couldn't find any rice crust.

He immediately panicked, "Mom, why don't I have any crispy rice crust?"

Li Ruru smiled and tapped her head: "The first bite of rice you ate, the crispy rice crust was at the bottom."

Yinyin pouted and looked at Fang Xingzhi pitifully.

Fang Xingzhi paused, holding his chopsticks, and it took him a great deal of courage to convince himself to give the rice crust from the bowl to Yin Yin.

Qiqi was also engrossed in eating, and both the person and the dog were very happy during the meal.

Outside the cave, the torrential rain continued to pour down.

Xiao Wu, driving the donkey cart, finally arrived at Li Ruru's house.

As soon as Chu Xiu and Bai Lu jumped out of the car, they saw an abrupt embankment surrounding Li Ruru's house.

He Dajiao destroyed the canal on the mountain, and then secretly repaired the dam with his son He Xiaotouxiu.

The water from the mountain and the yard were trapped inside Li Ruru's house, and the water had already reached the door lock.

"Aunt Li, Aunt Li!" Bai Lu shouted loudly into the house.

"Godmother, godmother!" Xiao Wu and Chu Xiu cried out anxiously.

(End of this chapter)