The northwest room of the second room faces north, and the only window also faces east.
At three o'clock in the evening, the sun's shadow was setting in the west, and there was no light in the house, making it dark.
Xiaobai took back the stems and leaves without saying anything, and disappeared without a trace.
Father, mother and sisters each have their own work to do. Han Yu is the only idler, lying on the kang in boredom.
There was a faint sound of chanting outside the house: "The reason why mortals are human beings is etiquette and justice..."
Han Yu listened carefully, his tone of voice was ups and downs, and his voice had the unique clarity of a child.
Han Yu immediately guessed who the owner of the voice was.
Han Yu raised his upper body and tried to see how Han Song studied so that he could imitate him.
However, the two west rooms were juxtaposed, and even if he twisted his neck half a circle, he couldn't even see Han Song's hair.
Han Yu lay down discouraged and recited the words Han Song recited silently in his heart.
He hadn't heard the Chinese language grandfather read this book before, so he stumbled while reading it. He couldn't keep up with Han Song's speaking speed several times and almost bit his tongue.
Han Yu didn't understand the meaning of these nonsense. He only knew that he would learn it in the future. It was better to prepare for a rainy day than to have a blind eye.
One recitation, one silent recitation, half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.
Han Yu also went from being unfamiliar with it at the beginning to becoming fluent and comfortable later on, even memorizing the previous contents by the way.
During the pause, Han Yu murmured to himself: "It seems that my memory has not deteriorated, and is still as good as ever!"
He was also worried that if he changed his body, the good memory he was once proud of would disappear with him.
Now I finally feel relieved.
With 1% talent and hard work, how could he achieve some results?
Perhaps because he had spent too much energy, the wound on Han Yu's forehead hurt slightly, and his head began to hurt.
No matter how unhappy Han Yu was, he had to stop for the sake of his health.
Xiaobai flashed up and just raised his leaves when he was stopped by his master.
"No, I'm fine now. You can keep this energy, but it's hard to save it."
Xiaobai is used to being obedient and hides away obediently.
Han Yu laughed silently and closed his eyes to rest.
After an unknown amount of time, there was a harsh knock on the door overhead.
Han Yu was startled and looked over warily. His dark and sharp eyes were like those of a wolf born to be ferocious.
"Brother Yu."
With just three words, the fierceness in Han Yu's eyes faded away. When Han Hongye walked up to him, he softly called "Dad".
At first glance, he looks as good as dough.
Han Hongye moved a small wooden stool and sat down by the Kang. He first touched Han Yu's head and then groped in his arms: "Brother Yu, look what dad brought back."
As he spoke, he spread his hands and stretched them out in front of Han Yu.
In the palm of a palm the size of a cattail leaf leaf, a dozen bird eggs lay quietly.
The bird's eggs were covered with black ash, but they were a few shades whiter than Han Hongye's hands.
Han Yu was lost in thought looking at the rough palm. Han Hongye didn't pay attention and whispered: "Dad went to the mountain to pick up branches. Fortunately, he found a bird's nest with eggs buried in it."
He put the eggs on his lap, picked up a shell, and handed it to Han Yu's mouth: "Dad roasted it on the mountain. It's still hot and smells great!"
Han Yu reflexively opened his mouth, rolled his tongue, and then bit it. The aroma of roasted bird eggs instantly filled his entire mouth.
Before I finished eating the one in my mouth, the second one came to my mouth.
Han Hongye muttered to himself: "Brother Yu, eat a few more to strengthen your body and heal your injuries quickly."
After speaking, he flicked his fingers, and the oval-shaped roasted bird egg slid into Han Yu's mouth.
Although the bird's egg is small, it warms Han Yu's internal organs.
The warmest thing is the heart.
When the third one was served, Han Yu quickly looked away and said, "I won't eat it, but dad will eat it too."
"Dad has some." Han Hongye patted his chest, "These belong to Brother Yu. Dad will eat them after Brother Yu has finished eating."
Han Yu didn't believe it.
More than once, he has seen people exchange their children for food in the apocalypse. Han Hongye can be said to be the most selfless father Han Yu has ever seen.
Whenever there is something good that I am reluctant to eat, I leave it to my children.
What he said just now was nothing more than coaxing a child.
Although Han Yu is also in the category of children, because his life experience and experience are different from ordinary people, his mind is by no means comparable to that of a five-year-old child.
He stood with his peers, and the two of them had eight hundred minds in total.
Among them, Han Yu accounted for 801, and the rest accounted for minus one.
Han Yu patted his belly through the quilt: "But I can't eat anymore."
I ate two eggs at noon, and now I have two bird eggs. How big can a three-year-old child's appetite be? Han Yu really doesn't feel hungry now.
Instead of trying to force something into something, it’s better to share the good stuff with the whole family.
Han Hongye had no choice but to eat the peeled eggs, then wrap the remaining five tightly in rags and hide them under the quilt.
Han Yu watched the whole process and felt increasingly sad.
Several bird eggs have to be hidden and tucked away, which shows how many jackals, tigers and leopards are out there.
Thinking of my mother and sister with a sallow complexion and skinny muscles, my desire to hunt wild boars only increased.
Han Hongye didn't know what Han Yu was thinking, so he clapped his hands and stood up: "Brother Yu, you are lying down alive. Your uncle is working alone in the fields. Dad will go over to help and come back in the evening."
Han Yu agreed and watched him go out.
As he opened and closed the door, Han Yu saw a little girl squatting in the yard opposite the door.
At a glance, it should be about the same age as him.
She was holding something in her hand, dangling it in front of a big cock.
The big cock was not held in its mouth several times, it flapped its wings and bounced up, and gave the little girl a vicious bite.
"Wow!"
At this moment, Han Hongye closed the door to isolate the little girl from crying and screaming.
But that didn't stop Han Yu from hearing all her pleas for help: "Brother, the big cock is going to eat me, oooh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!"
The door opened, followed by a familiar yell: "Boy, are you blind? Didn't you see Sister Zhi being bitten by a chicken?"
Han Yu: "..."
Dad just stood there and did nothing and got scolded.
The scene just now happened too suddenly. The big cock ran away after grabbing someone, leaving no room for Han Hongye to show off.
Thinking of this, Han Yu's impression of Qi Dani became even worse.
As for Sister Zhi, he heard someone say something before when he thought it was all an illusion.
"How can Brother Yu compare with Sister Zhi?"
Just by hearing these words, one knew that Sister Zhi's status in the Han family was much higher than his.
But it doesn't matter. Except for his family and Han Song, Han Yu doesn't care about anyone else.
The premise is that those who have nothing to do with it don't get into his hands and hurt the people he cares about.
...
In the evening, smoke rises from the chimneys of every house, and men and women who are busy in the fields or go out to work drag their tired bodies home.
Xiao Shuirong and Miao Cuiyun came back with two bamboo baskets full of wild vegetables on their backs. As soon as they took off the bamboo baskets, Qi Dani came out of the main room and asked, "Why are you back now? I wonder if Xiaosan studies hard and gets hungry easily?"
Miao Cuiyun rubbed her sore shoulders and then went into the kitchen with her sister-in-law.
At noon it was Miao Cuiyun who lit the fire, and in the evening it was Xiao Shuirong's turn.
Miao Cuiyun scooped out brown rice and polished rice from the rice vat, and poured them into the rice basket in a 50-50 ratio.
Dip it in clean water, knead two handfuls with your hands, pour it into the pot, and add some water.
At that time, Xiao Shuirong had already heated up the pot, closed the lid, and only waited for the pot to be cooked in two quarters of an hour.
Just thinking about what to cook tonight, Huang Xiulan pursed her temples and walked to the door of the kitchen: "Sister-in-law, I think the Wuta vegetables just picked today are quite fresh. I will use them to make some pancakes tonight."
"Oh, by the way, Mother promised Brother Chun and the others to eat meat at noon. Don't forget it, otherwise I won't be able to stop those troublemakers if they cause trouble."
Miao Cuiyun almost couldn't help but pick up the lid of the pot and hit the third child on the head.
It’s okay if he doesn’t help with the cooking. He even imitates our lady and orders the dishes.
I bother!
Noticing her mother-in-law who was staring at Huang Xiulan behind her, Miao Cuiyun restrained her hand that was about to move: "What else do you want to eat? Let me tell you."
Huang Xiulan could not tell that what she said was not true, but she was not afraid at all.
Her man is a future scholar, and peasant women like the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law will have to please her in the future.
"No, no, sister-in-law, you are busy." After saying that, he turned around and left, for fear of being left behind by Miao Cuiyun to do chores.
Qi Dani curled her lips. If it weren't for the fact that Huang Xiulan gave birth to twins for her third child, and her parents' family opened a shop in the town, she really wouldn't tolerate this bitch just eating and not doing anything.
Thinking of what the mistress had just said that he had memorized books all afternoon, Qi Dani felt proud and distressed. She climbed onto the stool and took down the bamboo basket hanging under the eaves.
In the bamboo basket, there is pig red and pig water.
Qi Dani sent the pig red into the kitchen: "This is for the mistress and the children, you don't want to get a little bit of it!"
Xiao Shuirong knew that these words were meant for her, so she didn't look at Qi Dani's sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and responded indifferently.
She couldn't guarantee that when she saw Qi Dani's face, she would stab her with a firefork.
Qi Dani was completely unaware that she had passed by danger, so she went out humming a song and continued to collect the soles of her shoes.
Miao Cuiyun had noticed that her grandmother-in-law was absent-minded when they were picking wild vegetables together. She thought she was worried about Brother Yu, so she didn't ask any more questions.
My grandma is good at making pasta. She originally wanted Xiao Shuirong to make pancakes, but now she swallowed the words and quickly prepared dinner.
After dinner was ready, the Han family came back one after another.
When the food was served, Qi Dani shouted, and everyone gathered in the main room and took their seats one by one.
"Meat!"
Seeing a large bowl full of meat, Han Chun didn't wait for Han Fa to move his chopsticks first, and reached out to grab it, but Han Hongqing stopped him.
"How can you be so rude when your hands are dirty? Xiulan, take the children to wash their hands."
Huang Xiulan did not respond to her husband's words and took the unhappy twins to wash their hands in the yard.
Qi Dani smiled so hard that her gums were exposed: "My son is indeed a scholar, and he is very particular."
Han Fa burst out laughing. The first chopstick he gave was not to himself, but to Han Hongqing: "After learning for a day, this meat is fresh. Although it is not as fragrant and tender as domestic pork, it is not much different."
Han Hongqing has always respected his father, and is a little closer to him than Qi Dani: "It is not easy for me to study at home, and eating bran-thick vegetables is also delicious."
These two short sentences made the old couple smile from ear to ear.
Similar scenes have happened more than once, and the Han Hongye brothers have long been accustomed to it.
After laughing, Han Fa took a bite by himself and praised his eldest daughter-in-law for her good craftsmanship and that there was no smell of wild boar at all.
Miao Cuiyun smiled and said nothing, holding chopsticks together with everyone.
Unlike the large pot of wild boar meat on the men's table, there are only two vegetarian dishes on the women's table, wild vegetable pancakes and a small bowl of pig meat.
The pork belly is cut into square pieces, one piece for each person, but the size is different.
Huang Xiulan had always targeted the largest one, and after moving, she moved towards him with a clear target.
However, before she could catch Zhu Hong, Xiao Shuirong took the lead.
But in the blink of an eye, the biggest ones entered the four-person bowl of Xiao Shuirong and her daughter.
Huang Xiulan threw away her chopsticks and asked in a questioning tone: "Second sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
Although Qi Dani was at the next table, she kept staring at what was going on next to her.
As soon as Huang Xiulan called out, she shouted at the top of her lungs: "You can't live alone in the second family, you don't look like an elder at all!"
Han Lanzhi ate the two large pieces of meat that her mother gave her, chewing and nodding.
Pig red, big chunks, mine!
Xiao Shuirong looked back calmly: "Sister Ling and I haven't slept all night. We have chest tightness and shortness of breath while working today. If something happens if we are tired, there will be no one to cook and wash clothes."
When she said this, her eyes were looking at Huang Xiulan.
Who told Huang Xiulan that she had never done any work since she married into the Han family, yet she still had good food and drinks every day.
No one is doing laundry or cooking, so I can't help but do this.
Huang Xiulan's face changed slightly, she threw away her chopsticks and entered the east room without looking back.
Xiao Shuirong walked away from Huang Xiulan angrily, and then pointed the finger at Qi Dani: "Brother Yu can't serve him here, and we ladies can't waste his rations."
Qi Dani fell down in anger and opened her mouth to curse, but the other party beat her to it: "Brother Yu is seriously injured. I plan to boil two eggs for him every day."
The two at noon are not enough, but the second roommate still wants two every day? !
Qi Dani slapped the table and stood up. Suddenly she met Xiao Shuirong's cold eyes and was startled.
This look was like a sharp sword, penetrating her body, as if trying to dig out all her secrets.
Qi Dani's heart trembled, like a popped balloon, she twisted her butt and sat back: "Two a day, I'm not afraid of making up for it!"
But nothing was said.
That's acquiescence.
Qi Dani's obviously abnormal reaction attracted everyone's attention, and everyone ate the extremely sumptuous dinner with their own thoughts.
Only Han Song glanced at his second aunt, then lowered his head to bite the pancake.
...
Xiao Shuirong was not happy to win the eggs for Brother Yu.
I put away the dishes with a slumped face, fed the pigs with a slumped face, and boiled water with a slumped face.
After a busy day, the whole family could tell that she was in a bad mood.
Qi Dani secretly cursed her "wannaang face" and went back to the house angrily as if she was worried about something.
As night fell, several rooms in the Han family were lit up with candlelight.
The door of the northwest house was closed, and a family of six sat on the kang, sharing pancakes and bird eggs.
Looking at her daughter who was eating with satisfaction, Xiao Shuirong touched the head of Han Yu who was drinking medicine bitterly and said, "Brother Yu, do you want to study?"
Han Yu was happy because his family was cooking a small stove. When Leng Buding heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up and he said loudly: "I want to!"
