The pit is not big, it should have been dug by Sheng Zhizhi and Sheng Siming, two sisters and brothers, with their bare hands, and it looked very rough. At this time, some charcoal was placed in the pit, and it was lit with fire, and it burned with a gentle flame. Under the light of the day, it is not very clear.

If it was just these, of course Sheng Qingqing wouldn't care.

Although the five hundred taels of silver could not be used casually, the living conditions at home were much better now, and now that the winter had passed, wasting some coal was nothing.

And digging a pit and lighting a fire or something is nothing to the children in the village. Country children, not as delicate as those in the towns, are mostly free-range. If Sheng Qingqing hasn't seen him for half a day, he is worried about it, and there are few in the village.

So what made Sheng Qingqing really show such a demeanor at this moment was naturally not because of the fire pit, but because of ......

"Where did you catch the rats?!"

When Sheng Qingqing asked this sentence, she was really shocked and angry, although she had deliberately suppressed her anger, but there was still a small part of her anger revealed from her words.

As a result, Sheng Zhizhi and Sheng Siming were directly stunned.

Not to mention the current Sheng Qingqing, as far as the original owner's temperament is concerned, she is gentle and introverted, and she has never said a word to them, and now she is so harsh, in the eyes of Sheng Zhizhi's sister and brother, it means that Sheng Qingqing is on fire.

The two children were suddenly shocked, and they were naughty like Sheng Zhizhi, but they didn't dare to say a word.

Sheng Qingqing took a deep breath and wanted to slow down her attitude, but as soon as she saw the dead rat on top of the fire, she couldn't suppress her emotions.

She didn't blame Sheng Zhizhi's sister and brother for roasting things, she just cared about the dead mouse. As long as she thought that if she came back late, Sheng Zhizhi and Sheng Siming might eat this dead mouse, and a chill in her heart went straight to the top of her head.

When medical technology is not developed, even a minor illness such as a cold can easily take a person's life. And those diseases that are more serious than colds......

Not to mention, the plague can be brought by the dead rats in front of you.

Although the so-called plague is caused by a pathogen in rats, it is transmitted through rat bites. But no one can guarantee whether the germs will disappear from dead mice.

Sheng Qingqing thought that he was just an ordinary cook, and he couldn't understand such profound knowledge.

But just because you don't know it doesn't mean you can't prevent it. As long as you don't touch those dead rats and keep yourself clean, you will naturally not be infected with these germs.

After all, rats and cockroaches are unavoidable in the countryside, not to mention larger animals such as poisonous snakes.

Therefore, Sheng Qingqing has always paid great attention to the daily hygiene of their three sisters and brothers, not to mention washing every day. Most of the water is placed in the space, and only a small part is placed outside to hide people's eyes, and the daily use is also used to store food in the space.

But now that she has only been away for half a day, Sheng Zhizhi's sister and brother have actually roasted dead rats in the courtyard. And looking at them like this, they didn't notice what they were doing wrong.

Sheng Qingqing was really angry when she thought of this. She didn't even know how many times she had taught them to pay attention to hygiene, but now it seems that it obviously didn't work very well......

On the side, Sheng Zhizhi and Sheng Siming shrank their necks, dressed themselves up as quails, and looked at Sheng Qingqing's expression, and the dark emotions were difficult to distinguish.

Sheng Zhizhi, who has always been lively and outgoing, didn't dare to say a word. She is the most naughty on weekdays, and she has the most opportunities to be "taught", but most of the time Sheng Qingqing just angrily teaches her a few words, but it has never been like today......

She shrunk her neck, just trying to sink herself into the hole in the ground.

is Sheng Siming, who has never liked to talk.

"Sister, don't be angry, it's our mistake." His voice was low, but his expression seemed serious.

Sheng Qingqing's heart was a little relieved, and her expression eased, and asked, "Do you know where you are wrong?" ”

Sheng Siming was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at Sheng Zhizhi, who looked up, but what the two saw from each other's eyes was at a loss.

"Sure enough......" Sheng Qingqing stroked her forehead, not knowing what to say.

A pair of younger siblings in the family are actually good children. Even Sheng Zhizhi, who has always been naughty, will not repeat the mistakes of the past when she seriously declares that some things cannot be done.

And the fact that they can roast rats to death in this courtyard today shows that in the hearts of their siblings, this kind of thing is not a wrong thing.

Sheng Siming carefully observed her expression, and said in a low voice: "Sister, we just want to roast a mouse and eat ......."

Maybe it's because the younger brothers are so "brave", Sheng Zhizhi also had the courage to say at this time: "Sister, we used to roast rats like this, what's wrong?" ”

Sheng Qingqing's face turned pale for a moment.

The memory of the original owner was in her mind, except for those impressive things, the rest of the little things were actually a little vague. For example, how did the three of them support their three brothers for nearly six or seven years without rice and grain at home......

Sheng Zhizhi is good at playing some small animals, and it is good for neighbors to help with food.

But when Sheng Zhizhi was still young and couldn't even walk steadily, how could he support the three big people, including Sheng Siming, just by relying on the help of his neighbors from time to time?

Even if it is only three children, one of them may only be able to drink some liquid food, and the food that needs to be consumed adds up to make them live so big, which is not a small amount.

At this moment, Sheng Qingqing finally remembered.

How they survived.

Some of the rice dishes supported by the neighbors were finally boiled into rice porridge and fed to Sheng Siming, who had not yet grown his teeth, and the original owner and Sheng Zhizhi relied on catching rats and flying insects everywhere in the fields to satisfy their hunger......

After eating rats for so many years, they have not been infected with any viruses, and they have lived for so many years. Sheng Qingqing didn't know whether to say that the three sisters and brothers of the Sheng family were lucky or unlucky.

This is not unique to their family, these rats are the most abundant in the countryside and in the back kitchen of the house. Children who grow up in the mud are very agile and have a high probability of catching one or two. The country kids didn't have any snacks to eat, so they roasted the rats as snacks. When the people of the village saw it, they would not stop it.

They are all poor families, and they don't pay so much attention to it. When the weather is bad, I haven't eaten anything.

Thinking of all these memories, Sheng Qingqing's face became a little more ugly.

Taking a deep breath again, Sheng Qingqing looked at the two children with a serious expression, and sternly admonished: "Although we have also eaten roasted rats before, it is a last resort. There are a lot of bad things on mice, and eating too much will make us sick, and we must not move again in the future, you know? ”

Sick?!

The more poor the children, the more they understand what the word sick represents. In their minds, illness is basically equivalent to death. Even those families in the village who have a little money can survive when they get sick. It's just because there are few doctors these years, and the medical expenses and medicine are very expensive. Just like the slow treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, a daily prescription, a three-day starting course of treatment, is not at all affordable for ordinary people.

It is also thanks to the good luck of the three sisters and brothers in their family, or they are cheap enough to feed, and they have stumbled for so many years, except for the hungry and skinny, they have not had any serious illness. Just a few small colds, but it's good to get through it.

The two children already knew the seriousness of their illness, and they were obedient, coupled with Sheng Qingqing's rare anger and serious expression, where would they object, at this time, they all nodded like pounding garlic, and their expressions were very sincere. And they also made up their minds to pay attention to it, and they wanted to tell their friends about it.

Dead rats can't be eaten!

Seeing that they looked serious, thinking that they had really listened, Sheng Qingqing also slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Come on, throw the dead rat away, sister went to town today to buy good things, come and take a look."

Sheng Zhizhi suddenly swept away the languishing color just now and cheered.

Sheng Siming thought for a moment and asked, "Eldest sister, can this mouse and cat eat it?" ”

The cat is the little civet cat they raised, although Sheng Qingqing has named it "Amber", but the two children are close to each other, and they still like to call it cat. It's like two friends calling each other by their names.

The little civet cat also reacted to the name "cat", and at this time it seemed that she also heard everyone talking about it, and looked up this way.

Sheng Qingqing glanced at the little raccoon cat lying in the sun at the door of the house, and then shook her head firmly.

"Amber eats a dead rat, and maybe she will get sick too."

Seeing that Sheng Siming's face showed a little loneliness, he looked at the dead mouse reluctantly.

He wasted all his strength to catch this mouse today. In addition to Sheng Zhizhi, a "big man" who can follow adults to hunt in the back mountains, it is already a great skill to catch mice alone in the village.

This mouse can be regarded as a proof of his ability, but now the eldest sister says that it cannot be eaten......

Even though Sheng Siming's mind far exceeds that of his peers, he is still a child in the end, and it is difficult to accept the fact that the fruits of his labor are completely useless.

Although Sheng Qingqing didn't understand what he was thinking, seeing Sheng Siming so lost, he couldn't help but touch his little head with pity, only to feel a softness in his heart, and he didn't know where to throw his previous anger for a long time.

"What's wrong?"

Sheng Siming felt the warmth above his head, endured the surging emotions, and still said all the thoughts in his heart.

Sheng Qingqing sighed, she understood this thought.

I think that when she first became a kitchen helper, she finally made a dish, but in the end she didn't even have the qualifications to serve it, that kind of loss, I think it is similar to Sheng Siming's current mood.