Mrs. Zhao was really shocked.
The old man put down the needlework in his hand, walked over, and saw that it was really a bowl of meat, red and white, and the color was particularly beautiful.
"Yesterday, my mother went to my uncle's house." Zhao Sidan handed the bowl over, "My mother snatched the silver hairpin from my grandma's head. She took it to the town and exchanged it for a lot of meat!"
He licked his lips, put down the bowl and ran back, fearing that he would be too late to eat the braised pork.
Mrs. Zhao held the bowl with questions on her face: "Sidan, does this mean that the eldest daughter-in-law has fallen out with the Cheng family?"
Zhao's second daughter-in-law said: "That's what it sounds like. It can be considered a good thing. At least the sister-in-law will no longer take the good things from the house to the Cheng family, and the children can also have a bite of meat."
"A silver hairpin can be exchanged for at least fifty copper plates, which can buy ten kilograms of rations. This prodigal woman actually buys meat!" Old Mrs. Zhao's face was full of regret, "I have eaten enough meat today, what will I eat tomorrow? This little whore never plans for the future, she is so miserable."
"My sister-in-law had some good things in the past, but she never respected her parents." Zhao San's daughter-in-law said slowly, "I'm wondering if my sister-in-law regrets the separation and wants to move back?"
Now every household is short of food, and the sister-in-law's family must have no food. If the Cheng family doesn't want to borrow food, they can only rely on the Zhao family.
Use a little meat to coax the old lady into good health, and then move back to the old house, so that you don't have to worry about being hungry.
Zhao San's wife pursed her lips. There was not much food in the cellar at home. If the six people moved back to the big house, they would only be able to eat five cents full now, but in the future they would only be three cents full.
"The separation was signed in the first place. It's not that easy to move back!"
Mrs. Zhao snorted coldly.
It's not impossible to move back, but I have to listen to her mother-in-law in everything from now on.
I used to worry about what this shrew would do, but now that I know what she's going to do, there's nothing I can't eat with this meat.
The old lady waved to the children in the yard: "Come here, all of you."
After getting an extra bowl of meat from the yard, these children had no intention of working. Six pairs of dark eyes stared at the braised pork and swallowed uniformly.
The old lady waved her hand, and the six children rushed over like flying.
"One person has a piece of meat, and there is not much."
The old lady fed the child a piece of braised pork directly with her hands.
The children didn't mind it being dirty, so they opened their mouths and bit into it. The fragrant and sweet taste filled their mouths, and all six children were reluctant to swallow it.
There were only three or four pieces of meat left at the bottom of the bowl. The old lady took the bowl into the house and put it on the stove to wait for the old man to come back to eat.
Zhao Laoer swallowed: "Dawang, is it delicious?"
Zhao Dawang held the meat in his mouth and said vaguely: "It's delicious, so delicious, but there's only one piece of meat..."
Zhao Laoer cursed secretly, a piece of meat was not enough, he hadn't even gotten a bite, but he was a father and he was too embarrassed to take food from his son's mouth.
Zhao Erwang had already swallowed the meat and kept licking his lips.
The four girls on the side were eating it in small bites, but the piece of meat was too small. No matter how small they were, they would finish it in a short while.
Second Sister-in-law Zhao turned away her attention and said, "Sister-in-law looks better than before..."
Sister-in-law Zhao twitched her lips.
Each of the six children had a piece of meat, which seemed fair on the surface, but with four children in the second bedroom and only two children in the third bedroom, the third bedroom suffered the most.
There is no one else to blame, only her belly to be weak and unable to give birth to a son.
She got up and went to wash clothes silently.
A family of six sat down at the wooden table. On the table was a large bowl of braised pork, a stir-fried wild bracken, and six bowls of white rice.
The only sound on the table was the whirring of rice being cooked. After a while, all the braised pork was taken away, and even the soup was poured into the bowl by San Niu and mixed with white rice.
"too delicious!"
"I've never had such delicious meat!"
“So this is braised pork!”
The four boys leaned on the chairs and rubbed their bellies, looking satisfied.
Wu Huiniang knew how to make braised pork. After boiling the lard, she threw in a large handful of brown sugar and stir-fried the sugar to bring out the aroma of the sugar. She also added precious soy sauce, and then poured a large plate of meat. The meat was coated in syrup. It's already delicious, but with so much oil and sugar, it would be unreasonable if it didn't taste good.
This plate of wild vegetables was also fried with lard. A bowl of green vegetables was placed here. Only today did she know that wild vegetables can be so delicious.
After the meal, Wu Huiniang got up to clean up the mess, and Cheng Wanwan took her four sons up the mountain.
She had spent all her coins in town this morning. Now she was in urgent need of money from selling wild vegetables and mushrooms. She needed some money to feel at ease.
The afternoon sun was very scorching, and the leaves of the rice in the fields were curled, and many of them were dried to death.
We walked all the way up the mountain. There were trees on the mountain and it was shady. Then I felt that it was not so hot. At this time, many women and children in the village came up the mountain to dig wild vegetables for dinner.
The wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain have long been dug up. Most people are digging for wild bracken, purslane and the like on the mountainside. Some people go deeper into the mountain, hoping to find some mushrooms, fungus and wild fruits for a change.
Cheng Wanwan naturally walked deep into the mountains.
Her target was mushrooms, preferably the more colorful ones, which no one in the village dared to touch.
【Ding! Discover natural wild matsutake mushrooms! 】
Cheng Wanwan's eyes lit up instantly.
Matsutake is a good thing, and can be sold for hundreds of pounds per pound in modern society.
She suppressed her eagerness and said softly: "Dashan, go look for wild bracken, Ergou, see if you can find some mushrooms, Sanniu, go chop some firewood, Sidan, go walk around." Let’s see if we can find some wild fruits or something.”
"Okay mother!"
The four boys immediately split up.
Cheng Wanwan turned around, pushed aside some thorns, and walked under an old pine tree. The tree was covered with broad-leaved shrubs. She pushed aside the layers of broad leaves and saw three or four white ones. Matsutake mushrooms grow in soft soil.
She gently dug out the matsutake mushrooms. There were five matsutake mushrooms in total, less than a pound.
【Ding! Six taels of natural wild matsutake mushrooms, worth 390 cents. Are they for sale? 】
【yes! 】
Cheng Wanwan's pocket suddenly felt heavy.
She was a bit smacking her tongue, but she didn't expect matsutake to weigh more than 600 pounds. It would be great if she could find some more.
She walked along the bushes and found a lot of white onion mushrooms and chicken pine mushrooms. Five or six kilograms were sold for a total of 124 Wen.
Now, she has a total of 514 Wen money, which is almost half a tael of silver.
When she was about to continue searching, she heard a noise not far away. She pushed aside the bushes and saw two women arguing over there.
One was Aunt Wang next door, and the other was Aunt Fugui. They were fighting over a nest of eggs.
Aunt Wang grabbed Aunt Fugui's hair: "Our loach discovered the bird eggs first, why should they belong to your family?"
Aunt Fugui grabbed Aunt Wang's arm: "My boy climbed a tree and got this. Of course it belongs to our family. Let me go!"
The two adults were pinching each other, and the two children were staring at each other.
There were six small eggs in the bird's nest on the ground, and Cheng Wanwan couldn't help but lick her lips.
She is not a foodie, but since she came to this ghost place, she has been thinking about what to eat every day. The bird eggs must taste very good... Let Sidan look for it in the woods.
She had no interest in fighting with others, and was about to retreat when something suddenly hit her head.
