Chapter 56: Overnight
Moreover, wheat bran does not need to be stamped with food stamps, as long as you pay for it, you can buy it in the brigade.
Chen Xiangyang thought for a while, and said briskly: "Okay, but there is not much wheat bran, I can give you 60 catties, save a little, or eat for a while, Mu Shui, tomorrow you go to the brigade to get wheat bran, the old grandson side, should be able to call me back at noon tomorrow, when the time comes, I will directly let people pull the wheat bran to the old grandson's house, and it will save trouble." ”
Chen Xiangyang was very thoughtful about Mu Shui.
"Okay, tomorrow at noon, I'll go look for you." Mu Shui saw that everything had been arranged in an orderly manner by Mu Xiu, and the big stone in his heart had also fallen, and the whole person was relaxed at this moment.
"Village party secretary, thank you, this time it will be a lot of trouble for you." Mu Xiu is really grateful to Chen Xiangyang.
"It's all from the same village, and I didn't help you when you split up." Chen Xiangyang said a little embarrassed, because this is an internal conflict in the family, in his position, he can only mediate and persuade peace, otherwise Liu Qimei will make trouble, and his face will not look good.
"You've helped us a lot, and you have your difficulties, and we all understand." Mu Xiu's face was sincere.
"Alas...... You wait. Chen Xiangyang felt more and more uncomfortable by Mu Xiu's words, he turned around and entered a room, and after a while, he took out a cloth bag and handed it to Mu Xiu.
"This is 5 catties of noodles, you take it and eat it first, this year's harvest in the field is not good, and everyone has not received much grain. My family has added another person this year, and I have to count the food in my hand to eat. Chen Xiangyang sighed, Yingwu Village is the poorest village in ten miles and eight townships, even if he is the village party secretary, he is only a little better than ordinary farmers.
Mu Xiu took the flour and thanked Chen Xiangyang, and the father and daughter left.
Looking at the two parents who walked out of the house, Chen Xiangyang shook his head, and he turned around and went back to the room.
Mu Xiu and Mu Shui returned to the place where they lived temporarily, Zhou Shuilian was already asleep holding Xiaohua, fortunately, they had eaten in the old mansion at night, although they were not full, but it was better than being hungry.
"Xiu, you can sleep with your mother and sister, and I'll lie on the side for a while." Mushui still hurts his wife and children very much.
"Dad, I'm not tired at this time, you can sleep first, there is a bamboo forest here, I'll see if I can dig some wild vegetables or bamboo shoots or the like, otherwise these 5 catties of noodles will not be enough to eat at all, and soon we will be hungry." Mu Xiu pointed to the bamboo forest not far in front of him and said.
"It's dark, it's not safe, I'll go with you." As soon as Mu Shui sat down, he immediately stood up again when he heard Mu Xiu's words.
"Just a few steps away, if there is anything I call you, you can hear it, you still stay, look at my mother and Xiaohua, I will be back soon." How could Mu Xiu let Mu Shui follow, she still had to take something out of the space.
Without waiting for Mu Shui to speak again, Mu Xiu took a flashlight, picked up the bamboo basket on the ground, which contained a knife, and strode towards the bamboo forest.
Mu Shui watched Mu Xiu walk into the bamboo forest, and he could still vaguely see her swaying figure here, so he was no longer reluctant, and sat down again, just keeping his eyes open and paying attention to Mu Xiu's movements at any time.
When Mu Xiu came to this bamboo forest, she just said casually, to see if there were any wild vegetables and bamboo shoots, there were bamboo shoots in her space, she just took them out, and took out some quail eggs.
But I didn't expect that there were really a lot of bamboo shoots in this bamboo forest.
Mu Xiu leaned over and began to chop, these bamboo shoots, cooked in water, can also fill the stomach. Soon, a small slope of bamboo shoots piled up on the ground, these look enough to eat for a few days, anyway, the bamboo shoots are here, and they can't run away, so let's cut this today.
Mu Xiu squatted down and began to handle the bamboo shoots simply, peeling off the black shells on the outside until the white and tender bamboo shoots inside were exposed, and then put them into the bamboo basket.
After doing all this, she took out bread and ham sausages from the space again, she didn't eat much at night, and after doing these things, her stomach was rumbling with hunger, Mu Xiu stuffed the food into her mouth three times and five times, and drank a packet of milk, and then she felt that her stomach was full...... Mu Xiu took out twenty quail eggs from the space and put them in the bamboo basket.
After taking two steps, Mu Xiu thought about it, took out a small packet of dried sweet potatoes and put it in the bamboo basket, and then walked towards Mu Shui.
On the way, I saw a pine needle tree, broke a few small branches, and brought them back together.
Mu Shui saw his daughter come back, so he relaxed his body.
"Dad, what do you think I've got? We've got something good to eat tomorrow morning. Mu Xiu put down the bamboo basket, and Mu Shui glanced in, showing a surprised expression.
"So many bamboo shoots, and quail eggs? Show, you're in luck. Mu Shui counted the quail eggs with a happy face.
"It's very remote here, and people don't usually come here, so I ran into it."
"However, there are still people who eat these bamboo shoots when they are tender, these are all old bamboo shoots, even if only the core is left, it is still hard to eat, chew and return the firewood." Mu Shui put down the bamboo shoots as he spoke, no wonder Mu Xiu was able to find so many, all of them were old and couldn't eat, and no one wanted them.
Of course, Mu Xiu knows that fresh bamboo shoots can also be boiled in salt water and cooked into vegetables, and slightly old ones can be made into duck soup with bamboo shoots, stewed bamboo shoots with old hens, stir-fried beef with dried bamboo shoots, etc., but this must be matched with meat to be delicious......
And now, no one has meat to eat...... Therefore, these old bamboo shoots are generally not touched.
However, these are of great use to Mu Xiu.
"Dad, I went to the provincial capital this time, and I learned how to make hot and sour bamboo shoots with an old grandmother, the taste is very good, I want to try to see if I can make it, there is no food at home anyway......" Mu Xiu said softly.
"Hot and sour bamboo shoots?" Mu Shui asked in surprise.
"Anyway, it doesn't cost money, if it's done, you can eat it as a dish, Dad, hurry up and sleep, and get up in the morning to pick up some firewood." Mu Xiu yawned.
"Okay, let's go to sleep first." Mushui is also a little tired.
Mu Xiu lit the pine needles he picked up just now, although it was late autumn, there were still a lot of mosquitoes, and the smell of pine needles could repel insects, just like that, a family of four spent the night in the broken walls and tiles.
When Mu Xiu opened his eyes in the morning, he saw Mu Shui walking around outside, and Zhou Shuilian was feeding Xiaohua.
"Xiu, you're awake." Mu Shui heard the movement, turned his head to see Mu Xiu open his eyes.
Mu Xiu stood up, moved a little, and saw that Mu Shui had moved some wheat straw and piled it not far away, and built a mini version of a small stove with bricks on it, on which a large enamel jar for drinking water was placed, quail eggs were boiled in it, and the basin was also filled with water.