She originally wanted to use the lighter in the space, but then she thought, it was still early before dark, and she was not in a hurry to cook, so she should learn to use flint first.
There will be many inconvenient times on the road to escape from famine in the future. These survival skills must be learned.
After a lot of effort, the fire was finally lit.
She grew up in a rural area and was very familiar with making fire. She would put firewood in the stove and cook slowly.
In the evening, Li Wenxiu and her two sons came back from digging wild vegetables. When they saw that their daughter had cooked such a big pot of porridge, she felt very sad.
I wanted to curse a few words, but I couldn't bear to look at the injury on her head.
We spent a lot of money to buy this grain. Now the price of grain in the town is three times higher than in previous years, and I heard it will rise again.
She planned to let her daughter eat these few kilograms of food for a month, but according to her method, two days would not be enough.
He looked at his two sons who were too thin and sighed, forget it, now that it’s cooked, let’s let the kids drink some tonight!
Both brothers also saw the pot of porridge.
Ye Mingxuan glanced at his sister and said nothing, but he was a little worried. The family didn't have much money. Although his sister woke up, she was very weak and needed nutrition.
It won't rain. If the drought continues like this, food will become more and more expensive. How long can they last with these few taels of silver? As the eldest child in the family, how can I keep my younger siblings and my mother from going hungry?
Ye Mingzhe stared at the pot of porridge and swallowed, then looked at his mother and eldest brother, standing there without daring to move.
Ye Yutong originally wanted to pour some water for them to wash their hands, but then he remembered that the drought here was so serious and there was a shortage of water everywhere, so he didn't mention it.
He said with a smile: "Mom, eldest brother, second brother, you are back. Sit down and have a rest. I have already prepared the meal."
She took out the washed dishes and chopsticks to serve the porridge. There were only three bowls at home, and the chopsticks were made of tree branches.
Ye Mingxuan picked up one of the bowls and said, "Mom, Xian Mingzhe and I will take care of my brother-in-law for dinner. You and your sister can eat first."
Ye Yutong looked at her little husband, whose second brother was supporting her. The eldest brother used a small spoon to feed him porridge.
I don't know when this person will wake up. He is always in a coma like this, which will hinder them when they flee.
Li Wenxiu sat there gathering the wild vegetables dug today, and said with a smile: "Tongtong, you should eat quickly too."
"Mom, let's eat together. I'll pick up these wild vegetables with you later." Then he put another bowl of porridge in her hand.
Li Wenxiu put down the bowl of porridge, touched her daughter's head and said, "Mom ate a lot of wild vegetables in the mountains today, and she's not hungry yet. You two, brother and sister, share the porridge between the three of you."
Ye Yutong put the bowl of porridge into her hand again, imitating the original owner's tone, pouting and saying: "Mom, if you don't eat it, how can my brothers and I eat it?"
Before Li Wenxiu could speak, he whispered in her ear: "Mom, please eat your porridge first. I have something to talk to you later."
Li Wenxiu glanced at her daughter helplessly, knowing that if she didn't eat the bowl of porridge today, her two sons wouldn't eat it either, so she picked it up and drank it in small sips.
I don't know if it's her imagination, or she hasn't eaten food for a long time, but today's porridge tastes better than before, with a sweet taste.
Seeing her eating, Ye Yutong also picked up the bowl of porridge and drank it quickly, and later gave the bowl to his two brothers to eat.
Alas, in these miserable days, the whole family has to take turns using the bowls.
After the two brothers finished the porridge, there was still a lot left in the casserole. No matter how Ye Yutong persuaded them, everyone stopped eating and said they would save it for her and her husband to eat tomorrow.
Li Wenxiu used another broken clay pot to boil some water and prepared to clean her daughter's wounds.
Taking off the cloth wrapped around his head, a large hole was exposed. Ye Mingzhe said distressedly: "Sister, you must be careful when walking in the future. Do you think how much you suffered this time?"
Only then did Ye Yutong remember that the injury on her head was caused by the old witch and her two sons in the old house.
After waking up, I was thinking about the future and forgot to tell my family about this.
She immediately told the whole story in a small mouth, including the old witch's plan to sell her.
Ye Mingzhe said angrily: "That old witch kicked our family out but didn't give us anything, and now she wants to sell my sister."
Then he said to the sullen Li Wenxiu and Ye Mingxuan: "Mom, brother, let's go find my grandfather and ask him what the old man wants to do? Is he trying to force us to death?"
Ye Mingxuan sneered, "Looking for him? If he cares about our life and death? How can we let us leave the house? Let alone the old witch's idea, if he doesn't agree? How dare the old witch be so arrogant?"
Ye Mingzhe asked in disbelief: "Brother, what do you mean? Grandfather tacitly allowed the old witch to do this? Was it his idea to sell his sister?"
Ye Mingxuan and Li Wenxiu didn't speak, not knowing what they were thinking.
If it hadn't been for a bad year, they might have been allowed to continue living in that home. After all, the two brothers were so old that they could help with the work and support his younger son and older grandson in studying in the academy.
Ye Yutong was thinking about the system here. If there are elders here, it is rare for people to separate the family. If the elders propose to separate the family, they must pay filial piety to the elders every year.
That is to say, even though their family was separated by those who left the house, they still had to pay food and money to the old house every year.
Even if those two old immortals want to sell their family, they can't disobey their elders.
It seems like we need to get rid of their family as soon as possible! It's best to separate from them on the way out.
Li Wenxiu was silent for a while and then said: "Mingzhe, you can watch your sister at home tomorrow and don't go out to dig wild vegetables.
Your brother and I went to the academy in the town to ask your brother-in-law and your cousin to show mercy and not to sell your sister. We will dig more wild vegetables for them to study in the future. "
After saying that, he smiled coldly, "Old woman, since you dare to sell my daughter, then I will dare to bring trouble to the academy and discredit those two beasts."
Ye Yutong secretly laughed in his heart, this girl is quite smart and knows how to hit a snake within seven inches.
It was because this time she and her eldest brother went to the academy to have a quarrel. Later, when Ye Yutong was the only one left in the family on the way to escape from famine, the old witch did not dare to sell her easily for fear of affecting the future career of her son and grandson.
Several times when he had this plan, Uncle Yongchang threatened him with this matter, and Ye Yutong finally arrived in the capital safely.
Ye Mingxuan smiled and nodded, but his smile did not reach his eyes.
My brother-in-law and my cousin are studying in the town academy. They have spent a lot of money in the past few years, but they have not even passed the entrance examination. However, they are getting better and better at showing off.
The old witch said in the village every day that the master of the college praised her old son and grandson for being smart, and that he would take the imperial examination in the future.
Everyone in the village thinks they are good at studying, and now even Li Zheng looks down upon them.
When their family was kicked out of their old house, they went to Li Zheng and the village elders to seek justice, but those old men pretended to be deaf and dumb.
In the end, several uncles who had a good relationship with my father came forward and lent them the thatched hut at the foot of the mountain.
