Xiao Ju thought about it for a while and decided to make a chicken, so that the smell of the meat would not overflow until the mud wrapped in the chicken was opened. What's more, after opening, at the rate at which the family eats, a chicken should be quickly eaten.

So Xiaoju asked Liu Zhu to dig a hole under the stove, mix the mud with water, wrap the pheasants that had been cleaned and flooded with salt in broad thatch leaves, and then wrap them in a thick layer of mud and bury them under the stove. Then boil hot water on it first, so that Liu Zhu and Zhuang Zhuang can take a bath, after all, they have been busy outside for a day today, and it is dirty.

After Liu Zhu and Zhuang Zhuang took a bath, Xiao Ju also made the cake and cabbage soup for the evening, and Xiao Ju Niang had already fed Ah Bao with batter. The family watched with great anticipation as Xiao Ju opened the fire and dug out the mud buried in it.

When Xiaoju carefully knocked off the dried mud wrapped around the chicken with a branch, and then peeled off the thatch wrapped around the chicken, suddenly a fragrance of chicken came out, and the saliva in the mouths of several people around almost fell out.

Xiao Ju made a large basin and packed it, and divided it into small pieces with a chopsticks brush, and left two large chicken legs untouched. Looking at the strong and strong chicken leg with bright eyes while swallowing saliva, Xiao Ju put a chicken leg into his bowl and shouted, "It's time to eat!" ”

Everyone was a little tired of this meal, a pheasant that was cleaned up and weighed at least three catties was eaten so that only some bones were piled up in front of the four people, plus the bread and cabbage soup were swept clean, Xiaoju has been wearing it for a few years, and this meal is the most comfortable. Judging by the looks on the faces of the other three, it was probably the sumniest meal they'd had eaten in all the years they'd lived.

Because there was no table in the house, several people in the family sat on a few large stones that they had picked up, and the meals were packed in pots and placed on the ground. At this time, Xiao Ju received the pots and chopsticks placed on the ground, and even the chicken bones were taken away, so as not to be seen outside.

"Sister, it would be nice if there was such delicious chicken to eat every day!" Zhuang Zhuang sighed while holding his little belly, which was a little swollen. You know, today's two big chicken legs were eaten by him alone. Sister, don't.

"It's just not a chicken. Other meats will do! Even Liu Zhu looked yearning. Xiao Juniang looked at the two people who began to dream because they ate a chicken, and said angrily: "No matter how rich the landlord is, he is reluctant to eat chicken every day?" If you two eat like this, all your wealth will be eaten by you! Zhuang Zhuang and Liu Zhu listened to Xiao Ju Niang's words, and the look on their faces immediately disappeared.

Xiao Ju doesn't think so, in modern times. What restaurant doesn't have meat on the table? Everyone has long been tired of eating all kinds of meat, and everyone wants to lose weight, eat healthy, and eat green food...... How can you eat a little meat for a meal and eat poor? At that time, green vegetables were more expensive than meat.

"Mother, how much can it cost to eat meat? What's more, now we have found that there are wild things in the mountains and forests, and we will go to catch some after a few days to relieve the hunger of our family. It's not that hard! And you don't have to spend a penny! Xiao Ju couldn't bear to see the disappointed look on Zhuangzhuang's face, and spoke.

"Yes! Sister, don't we all have meat for every meal? Like a strong puppy, he looked at Xiao Ju with wet eyes, and even Liu Zhu stared at her with a look of hope.

"Hmmm! We eat meat for every meal! Xiao Ju nodded seriously, no matter how cold he is, he can't be cold when he is stared at by two pairs of hot eyes.

"What are you doing with meals? If you can really catch wild things every day. When the time comes, take it to Nanyang City and sell it. It's also a kind of entry! Xiao Ju Niang immediately jumped out to object.

For a person who is used to being thrifty and poor, he can eat with white flour. That is, the ancestor burned high incense, but now it's good, a few people in the family actually want to eat meat for dinner, this is okay, is that the idea of living?

Zhuang Zhuang and Liu Zhu were told by Xiao Ju Niang, and the red color could be seen on their plastered faces. Honestly sat with his head bowed and said no more.

"Mother, what are you selling? It's so messy now, the bodies of several people in the family haven't adjusted yet, so let's wait until we leave here and go to the city to live! Xiao Ju didn't raise her head to object.

"Huh? Xiaoju, what did you say? Are we moving to the city? How can you be rich? Xiao Ju Niang was really startled when she heard this. But Zhuang Zhuang's face turned white, and he thought of the scolding of the pair of men and women who entered the city some time ago, as well as the disgust and contempt of the onlookers.

"Sister, I don't want to live in the city!" Zhuang Zhuang shouted a little excitedly.

Xiao Ju saw Zhuangzhuang's pale face, and heard her say that she was going to move to the city, and her little body began to tremble, knowing that the events of that day still left a shadow in his heart. sighed in her heart, this is also to blame her, she didn't think about it on the day she entered the city.

"Xiaoju, I think it's better to live here, we are not those rich big landlords, fleeing with a lot of money, and after coming here to buy a house and open a factory, the residents of the city will not only not dislike those people, but also welcome them!

We are poor, and now we are full of disaster victims, and we can't find any work to do, so we have to be beggars only to get into the city, and I see that there are so many beggars now, and nine times out of ten they can't get food! Liu Zhu also remembers the events of that day, and is resistant to entering the city from the bottom of his heart. Xiao Ju Niang didn't say anything, just looked at Xiao Ju, but there was also inquiry in her eyes.

Xiao Ju stretched out her hand and asked Zhuang Zhuang to move the stone over and sit next to her. Neither comforting Zhuang Zhuang nor criticizing him, but just asked lightly: "Zhuang Zhuang, do you want to one day become one day the people you saw when you entered the city that day, dressed cleanly, neatly, and able to walk out of the beautiful houses built on both sides of the street?" ”

"Sister, can I do it?" Zhuang Zhuang listened to Xiao Ju's words and quieted down.

"Of course! Strong and so smart! After we enter the city, Sister Ah will find a way to rent a small yard like in Huaxian County, and then you and Sister Ah will go to school in the city, and after reading a lot of books, Zhuang Zhuang will become the same as those people, and will no longer be scolded as a 'little beggar'! Xiao Ju's voice was soft, so that after Zhuang Zhuang listened, his face began to show a kind of yearning.

When Xiao Juniang heard this, she was even more moved. You must know that there are no parents in the world who do not want their children to live better than themselves, and one generation is better than the next. And although Liu Zhu has great doubts about whether the arrangements that Xiao Ju said can be done.

You must know that renting a house and studying in the city is very expensive, and he remembers that in Liuzhuang, only the big landlords in the village can afford to send their children to school. And those of them who have been digging in the soil for generations are already very satisfied if they can eat cornmeal for their meals. But at this time, seeing that the second sister's family was moved, it was not good to pour cold water, so I had to sit there silently.

Xiao Ju saw that no one objected, so she clapped her hands and stood up and said, "It's okay, just go to bed early, and I have to read and practice boxing when I get up tomorrow morning!" ”

Xiao Ju Niang said at this time: "Xiao Ju, you wait, help my mother boil some hot water, scrub Ah Bao's body, and then make a steaming water pill to make up for him!" Such a small child, it is really pitiful, and he is so thin that he only has a handful of bones left! What a wicked man this is! ”

Because of malnutrition, Ah Bao didn't even have the strength to cry, and he hummed a few times like a cat when he was uncomfortable, and he slept quietly with his eyes closed most of the time, which made people feel distressed to watch.

Wait for Xiao Ju to boil the water, help Ah Bao take a bath, and take out a clean underwear for Xiao Ju Niang to wrap Ah Bao, and the outside is still wrapped in the little black quilt on the bed.

Judging from the small quilt that Po wore and used to wrap outside, it was not only made of muslin, but also did not have a patch, and the family in his family should have been very good before. It's a pity that the times make people, because of the famine year, the military disaster has fallen to this point.

Xiao Ju Niang took Xiao Ju's steamed water dan, and teased Ah Bao while feeding, while Xiao Ju used Ah Bao's bath water to soak and wash a few dirty and smelly clothes he had changed, and put them on the stove to dry them with things.

Ah Bao has a kind of attachment to eating as well as being strong. Ignoring Xiao Ju Niang's teasing, those big eyes only stared at the spoon in Xiao Ju Niang's hand, and the small mouth swallowed the custard on the spoon into his mouth and swallowed it into his stomach very accurately every time. A small bowl of custard was completely eaten by Po in less than a few minutes. Then he yawned contentedly and began to sleep again.

Xiao Juniang looked at Bao's well-behaved appearance, and said distressedly: "It's only a villain of seven or eight months, so sensible!" I know it's not my own home, and I don't even cry, but it's good to bring it! ”

Zhuang Zhuang took off his clothes and was about to go to bed, but after listening to his mother's words, he felt a little awkward in his heart, and said a little unhappily: "Oh, my mother thinks Ah Bao is sensible, are Zhuang Zhuang and Sister A not sensible?" ”

When Xiao Ju Niang heard Zhuang Zhuang's obviously angry words, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Zhuang Zhuang and Xiao Ju are the most sensible children in the world, how can Ah Bao compare to the two of you!" When Zhuang Zhuang heard this, he went into the bed and slept with satisfaction. But Xiao Ju even fought for the vinegar of Bao's little kid for being strong, and felt a little funny. However, he didn't even forget her for him, and he was a little moved in his heart.

After Xiao Ju tidied up the house that was a little messy because she helped Ah Bao take a bath and get food, she was about to take Ah Bao to sleep with her mother when there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it so late?" Xiao Juniang hugged Ah Bao and hesitated to open the door. And Liu Zhu, who was already lying down, heard the knock on the door, and got up in his clothes a long time ago, and said in a loud voice: "Second sister, Xiaoju, don't move, let me open it!" ”

When Liu Zhu was looking around for a wooden stick in his hand, the knocker outside the door squeaked, "Sister Liu, it's me!" Round! Xiao Ju was standing by the door with a stone, but when she heard a round voice, she quietly put the stone in her hand back behind the door and opened the door.

As soon as Xiao Ju opened the door, she saw Bao's mother holding a small pot and standing outside the door with a nervous face. looked at Xiao Ju who opened the door, and said with a look of interest: "I'm sorry, I'm still bothering you so late!" I finally arranged for Bao's grandparents, thinking that I didn't send food to Bao for a day, so I ......"

"Big girl, let's go into the house! Po is very well-behaved, I have already got him food, and now he is sleeping soundly! Xiao Ju Niang herself is also a mother, how can she not know the mind of being a mother, while signaling Xiao Ju to take the small pot in Ah Bao Niang's hand, and hand Ah Bao in her hand to Ah Bao Niang. (To be continued.) )