Chapter 21: Honeysuckle Picking
"Grandma, mother, have you eaten?"
"Eat, eat, grandma and your mother have eaten, you have been fishing for so long, I'm afraid you're hungry, grandma will serve you a meal." Liu Yiyu saw that his grandmother and Auntie's eyes flashed slightly, a little unnatural, and his heart showed a clear look, and then, Liu Yiyu glanced at Liu Yishuang.
Liu Yishuang followed behind his grandmother, serving egg and wild vegetable soup, when Grandma opened the pot, Liu Yishuang saw that the eggs and wild vegetables in the pot were only a little missing, I was afraid that his own grandmother and Auntie had not eaten much.
When the grandmother opened the pot, a fragrance with the umami of eggs slowly spread, causing a few small swallows to saliva.
"Hurry up and eat". Liu Zhang first gave a few small ones a full bamboo tube, and said with a loving smile on his face.
Liu Yishuang shook his head slightly to Liu Yiyu.
Seeing this, Liu Yiyu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"Grandma, mother, you eat some more, second sister, yours will be given to grandma first, let's dispose of these fish first, and later, the eldest sister will make you something to eat." The second sister Liu Yisa heard her eldest sister's words, and without the slightest hesitation, she handed the bamboo tube full of eggs and wild vegetable soup to her grandmother.
"Eldest sister, what are you doing, my mother has eaten, you just have to eat." Liu Li hurriedly excused himself.
"Yes? Grandma and your aunt have both eaten." Liu Zhang on the side said.
"My daughter understands in my heart, although our family is poor now, last year we ate bark and dug roots to eat, and now our food, clothing and housing are much better than last year, and my daughter doesn't understand what grandma and my mother think.
"Grandma, mother, you didn't have dinner, did you! How did grandpa and uncle die last year, we all know that now our family is not without food, and there is no shortage of you leftovers, could it be that grandma and auntie want to leave us a group of orphans to live in the world, without the support of elders, and let others bully? ”。 Liu Yihao's face sank, and he said coldly.
"No, no, Goro, my mother is thinking about ......."
"Auntie, now we are not short of food, we have prepared some food for this winter, and now the beginning of winter is still a few months away? As long as our family works hard, there will be no shortage of food this winter, and you and grandma don't need to save that bite to eat, if grandma and grandma are still like this, we will live our own lives in the future, whether you eat tree bark or tree roots, or even go to beg, my daughter will not care anymore, and my daughter will do what she says."
"Mother eats, mother will not be like this in the future." Liu Li ate the egg and vegetable soup in his hand with tears, and his heart was full of ups and downs, not only feeling sorry for the eldest sister's sensibility, but also distressed for the heavy burden on the eldest sister's shoulders, and hating himself for being useless, and he couldn't share something for the eldest sister.
"Alas". After Liu Zhang's saw his eldest sister looking at him, Liu Zhang's took a few sips of egg and wild vegetable soup in his hand, indicating that he would never do this again in the future.
"Second sister, you go and take out the salt jar, I'll kill the fish, let's marinate the bigger fish and dry it, and keep it for later to eat slowly."
"Well, big sister".
"Sister, I'm going to fetch water."
"I went with my third sister to fetch water." Liu Yihao said, picked up the barrel and went down the mountain with the third sister.
"Be careful when you go down the mountain and be careful about the road under your feet". The Liu family does not have a water tank, only three wooden barrels with water, taking turns to wash vegetables and cook, as well as washing at night, the water for the family to eat and drink, is the spring water in the mountains, fortunately this spring is not far from the Liu family, otherwise, just the matter of carrying the water is enough for Liu Yiyu and them to be busy.
"Eldest sister, I'll help you wash the fish." Seeing this, the fourth sister Liu Yiya hurriedly rolled up her sleeves.
"Fourth sister, you hurry up and finish eating, grandma, auntie, you two give a few small washes and go to sleep first, tomorrow our family except for grandma and eight sisters to stay at home, tomorrow our family will all be dispatched.
Didn't my daughter go to town last time? The daughter passed by a pharmacy in the town, and when she saw the guy at the pharmacy grabbing medicine, she saw that there was this kind of medicinal material at the foot of our mountain. ”。
"Big sister, it's true". Hearing this, Liu Yisa's eyes lit up and asked.
"Eldest sister, maybe, early tomorrow morning, let's pick some fresh ones and go to the pharmacy in the town to ask, see if the pharmacy collects it, and then say, there is no word in this matter? Let's get rid of the fish first."
After Liu Yiyu processed these fish, it was an hour later, and after that, Liu Yiyu stewed a pot of fish and wild vegetable soup with wild vegetables and some small fish.
It's just that the Liu family's food is full of wild vegetables every day, wild vegetables are digested very quickly, not like starch and rice and other things, not easy to digest, every midnight, Liu Yiyu's hungry stomach growls, in fact, it is not only Liu Yiyu every day in the middle of the night, hungry stomach growls, except for a few small ones that are full, the big ones are not so.
Liu Yiyu thought in his heart, if he picked the honeysuckle and sold it for silver money this time, he would definitely buy some rice and come back to eat, as for wild vegetables, they can only be eaten, not used as staple food.
This summer, before the end of the day, the sky is bright.
Liu Yiyu was thinking about the honeysuckle in his heart, and he got up very early today.
What didn't make Liu Yiyu think was that Liu Li and Liu Zhang got up earlier than Liu Yiyu, and when Liu Yiyu came out of the cave, he saw Liu Li and Liu Zhang baking black flour cakes in front of the stove.
"Grandma, Auntie Zao". After Liu Yiyu finished washing, Liu Yisa, Liu Yishuang and others all got up, and even the youngest eighth sister Liu Yile got up.
"Let's eat breakfast today, and we will work later." Ah Niang handed Liu Yiyu and one of them a black flour cake, and Grandma cooked a pot of fish soup with a few small fish, and gave Liu Yiyu and them a bamboo tube of fish soup, the cake was accompanied by fish soup, but Liu Yiyu came over, and the best and most satisfying meal was eaten.
It seems that the topping of rice noodles and the like is not an analogy with wild vegetables.
Liu Yiyu thought in his heart, after picking the honeysuckle this time, after selling it for money, the mind of buying rice and noodles became heavier.
"Let's go". The family was full of food and drink, except for the grandma and the eighth sister Liu Yile who stayed at home, the family followed Liu Yiyu to the place where the honeysuckle was found.
When the eighth sister saw that her eldest sister left herself at home, her small mouth pursed up, a little sullen, and her small appearance looked like a wronged hamster in Liu Yiyu's eyes.
"Mother, it's these long strips of flowers, when we pick them, be careful, don't crush them, my daughter estimates that I will pick these two back baskets and go to the town pharmacy to test the water, if we can sell them for money, let's pick them again in the afternoon."