Ye Mingxuan explained: "Mom, this is reserved for my brother-in-law."
"Your brother-in-law is still unconscious. Where can you eat such a thing? Did you eat it?"
After watching his two sons finish the cucumber, Li Wenxiu took out a few more strawberries.
"Each of you eat one and taste it, then mash the rest in a bowl and feed it to your brother-in-law."
Ye Mingxuan watched his mother hand over a few bright red fruits, something they had never seen before.
He asked worriedly: "Mom, where do these rare things come from?"
Ye Mingzhe was also a little worried, and looked at his mother with his brother.
Li Wenxiu pulled his two sons forward and whispered in their ears: "Tongtong earned this by working for the gods."
"What, a god?"
If Ye Mingxuan hadn't quickly covered Ye Mingzhe's mouth with his hand, this kid would have shouted.
"What are you yelling about? Didn't mother just say that? Just let us listen. Although our home is far away from the village, what if the wall has ears?"
Ye Mingzhe was so frightened that he stopped talking and nodded hurriedly to show that he understood. Then Ye Mingxuan took his hand away and motioned to his mother to continue.
Li Wenxiu nodded happily and continued the topic just now.
"That god said that your sister saved her in her previous life, but in this life she figured out that our family was in trouble, so she came to help your sister survive this disaster.
But her help is not in vain. You have to ask your sister to help with the work. What you just ate is the reward for your sister to help the gods. "
"Mom, what kind of work does the immortal ask my sister to do? Is it heavy? My sister's head is not healed yet, so she can't be too tired. Can you discuss it with the immortal? Let Mingzhe and I do it on her behalf."
Ye Mingzhe also nodded quickly and expressed his willingness to work on behalf of his sister.
"It's okay. Mom has gone to see her. The work is not too heavy. I will help you when I'm free. Don't worry, you two. I will tell you when I need you."
After speaking, he looked at his two sons again and said worriedly: "Remember, you must not tell this matter. If others find out, the gods will punish our family."
Ye Mingzhe hurriedly promised not to spread the news.
Ye Mingxuan said cautiously: "Mom, we swear we will never tell anyone, let alone let our family become the target of public criticism."
Although he never went to school, he often secretly went to the village school to listen to the master's lectures, and he also knew the reason why he was guilty of holding a jade.
During this drought year, no one even had water to drink, but they were able to eat such fairy fruits. If others knew about this, would their family still have a way to survive?
Seeing that both sons understood, Li Wenxiu smiled and said, "Okay, as long as you understand it, it's getting late today. Let's go to bed early. We have to go to town tomorrow."
Then he looked at the thatched hut where his son and son-in-law lived, and whispered, "Speak more carefully."
The two brothers understood what their mother meant and nodded cautiously. When their mother returned to the room, they looked at each other and walked back into the room.
Li Wenxiu returned to the house, wondering if she should take her son-in-law to the town tomorrow? I am always unconscious like this, just in case something happens again.
The reason why she chose to celebrate her daughter's birthday at that time was because she had no other choice. In addition, according to the old monk's words, she only wanted to save the child but did not understand her son-in-law's character.
If you have a good character, you should be treated like one of your own family members. If you are the kind of person who doesn't understand four or six, let your two sons teach you and see if you can change your temper.
When the old monk left, he said that if something happened to one of his daughter and son-in-law, the other would not survive more than three days.
Although the old monk sounded like a liar, she didn't dare not believe it. At that time, the doctors in the town said that her daughter was hopeless, but as soon as the two got married, Tongtong woke up the next day.
She thought about it over and over, and the more she thought about it, the more she couldn't sleep. She was afraid of waking up her daughter, so she put on some clothes and went out.
When Ye Yutong woke up, it was already dawn, and she was alone in the room. Her mother and her eldest brother must have gone to the village to line up to fetch water.
She opened the door. Ye Mingzhe was taking a basket and walking out. Seeing her coming out, he ran over happily, "Sister, why don't you sleep more? Why are you getting up so early?"
After saying that, he looked around like a thief and whispered mysteriously: "Sister, don't you have to help the gods to work today?"
Seeing the cleverness of the other person, Ye Yutong wanted to reach out and touch his head, but when she raised her hand, she realized that the kid opposite was her second brother, and she was not taller than him.
She put down her hands uncomfortably and said with a smile: "I'll go later. Second brother, where are you going so early?"
"I'll go around the neighborhood to see if I can dig some wild vegetables. Sister, you can go back to the house and take a nap!"
Ye Yutong also wanted to go out and have a look. She had not been out since she woke up, but thinking that her mother and elder brother were going to the city later, she had better make some food first.
It shouldn't be long before compulsory conscription. If we don't take good care of our bodies, how can we survive on the road to escape from famine?
She also whispered in Ye Mingzhe's ear: "Second brother, you come back early, I will help the gods work and get some food from there later."
"Sister, go ahead and don't tire yourself out. If you can't bear it, just tell the gods that we don't want so many things. Just give you something to eat. My mother, I, and my eldest brother can dig wild vegetables to eat."
After hearing Ye Mingzhe's words, Ye Yutong felt warm in his heart, "I understand, second brother."
Before going back to the house, he warned me again, "Second brother, be careful and don't fight with others over grabbing wild vegetables again."
She didn't say this casually. A few days ago, Ye Mingzhe got into a fight with two and a half boys in the village over digging wild vegetables.
Even though he was as skinny as a chicken, he was unambiguous in a fight. If he fought two brothers by himself, even though he didn't win, it was still a draw.
Ye Mingzhe snorted and said, "I obviously found the wild vegetables, but they still want to grab it. Our family has nothing to eat, how could I give it to them?"
Knowing that his sister was worried about him, he smiled and comforted her: "Sister, don't worry, I will run away if I can't win, and I won't let myself suffer."
Afraid that his sister would talk about him again, he ran away with the basket.
Seeing his thin body with a big head on top, Ye Yutong felt that a gust of wind could blow him down. She wanted him to run slower, but before she could speak, he had already run far away.
She smiled and shook her head. After returning to the house, she closed the door and stepped into the space.
She went to the bathroom in the small courtyard first to take a bath. This body must not have taken a bath for a long time. Although the weather was not very hot now, there was a strong smell of sweat on her body.
As soon as he opened the bathroom door, he saw her current appearance in the mirror and froze in place for an instant.
Just now, I laughed at Ye Mingzhe for being as skinny as a chicken, but my current appearance is not much different from him.
With dry hair and a skinny body, although her eyebrows and eyes are beautiful, her skin is sallow, which is obviously caused by long-term deprivation of food and malnutrition.
She stared at the person in the mirror for a while, then silently began to take off her clothes. Forget it, she couldn't go back anyway, so she would take care of herself in the future. At least she still had a few acres of land in her space, and it would be okay to have enough food. of.
When washing, she did not dare to use shampoo or shower gel, but found a piece of sulfur soap for washing clothes. This soap had no smell and washed very clean.
