Mingyue looked at the house, and sure enough, it was a family with four walls, so miserable!

In addition to the yellow rice cakes, there is also a string of copper coins and half a bag of peanuts in the kang cabinet!

Open the west pantry and hold a year's worth of rations for the whole family!

The coarsest buds, shriveled sweet potatoes, and half a bag of dried wild vegetables!

Half of the harvest of the leased land will be given to the master's family, and the rest will barely be enough for the family to eat!

Chu Zhuo's study expenses were all saved by the original owner and Erlang doing odd jobs everywhere!

Under normal circumstances, Chu Zhuo will be able to show off his talents in the examination, and his life will get better, but in troubled times, even the imperial examination has stopped, and he can't get any benefits!

After the children finished eating the rice cakes, Mingyue also checked the family's property!

There are 80 copper plates in the small cabinet, which is too little, the original owner's father and son work everywhere, it can't be the only one, it seems that it was hidden elsewhere by the Ma family!

There is also a token given to her by the dead ghost prince, a jade pendant with good workmanship, maybe it will be handed over to Chu Zhuo!

Mingyue knew it and locked the cabinet door!

Chu Lao Er came in with half a pot of hard-boiled eggs, "Dad, it's all cooked!"

Hu Shi saw her two girls eating yellow rice cakes, was she dazzled?

There are only about a dozen eggs in half a pot, and Mingyue directly took one and opened it and stuffed it in her mouth!

Seeing the sweetness of her food, Xiao Lin was anxious, "Grandpa! I want to eat it too!"

Mingyue instructed, "Erlang, get a few bowls of sugar water, just eat boiled eggs and choke in a panic!"

Chu Erlang is already numb, listen to the order, "Our family has no sugar!"

Mingyue threw him a small paper bag, which contained some yellowed sugar, which was also taken out of the small cabinet!

"Get a few more bowls!"

Chu Erlang hurriedly ran back to the kitchen, the hot water was ready-made, and it was quickly brought and placed on the kang table!

Mingyue beckoned, "You all come and sit!"

Da Lin, Xiao Lin had already climbed next to him and sat down, Chu Erlang hesitated for a moment, and also sat aside!

The three mothers and daughters of the Hu family did not move.

Mingyue snorted, "Don't I talk and don't count, come and sit!"

Chu Erlang was startled, moved to the kang by himself, and made room for the Hu family mother and daughter to come over!

Mingyue commanded, "Let's do it, peel two eggs in a bowl and eat it while it's hot!"

"Good!" the two boys cheered, and immediately started peeling the eggs!

Chu Erlang knew that his father was wrong today, but when his father spoke, he didn't dare to disobey, so he quickly peeled the egg!

Mingyue drank sugar water, ate boiled eggs, and complained in her heart that the food was not good!

"Second daughter-in-law, you are still pregnant with a child, you are open to eat for me, and you two little girls, how old are you and so thin, eat more in the future!"

The words were serious, every sentence was about to care for them, Chu Erlang was so moved that he was about to cry, urging his wife and daughter to eat quickly!

Hu Shi finally picked up the bowl, this is the best thing she has ever eaten in her life!

The two little girls are dying of happiness, the first time they ate yellow rice cakes, Grandpa gave them brown sugar water and boiled eggs, this is the life of the gods!

I secretly made up my mind to be more filial to my grandfather in the future!

There are so many delicious foods at once, and the two boys usually can't eat them, after all, this family really has no money!

While pulling it into his mouth, he said, "Grandpa! We are also thin, and we have to make up for it!"

Mingyue smiled, "As long as you are obedient, there are many good things!"

"Okay, we'll be obedient!" the two boys agreed loudly, and the two little girls held the bowl and whispered!

The family here is happy, drinking sugar water and eating boiled eggs!

In the east room, Ma was gasping in pain, and Sun looked at his mother-in-law as if she was pretending, and said worriedly, "Xianggong!

Chu Zhuo frowned, "It's dark outside, where can I find a doctor! Even if I rush to the town, I'm afraid the pharmacy won't open! If not, I'll just run!"

Ma's pain is terrible, but he is reluctant to let his baby son go out in the middle of the night, if there is an accident, the hope of this life is gone!

"Let the second child go!"

Chu Zhuo knew what his mother would say, and just now he heard movement outside, and immediately got up!

"You take care of your mother first, I'll go find the second child!"

When I went out of the house, it was dark outside, the family was too poor to light candles, and the small oil lamp was used once in a while!

Chu Lao Er boiled eggs in the kitchen, also by the light of the stove, the kitchen was blind by the black light, and there was light in the upper room!

Chu Zhuo went straight to the upper room, smelled the fragrance before he got to the door, and as soon as he entered the door, he was actually surrounded by a kang of people eating eggs!

This scene is so mysterious, I thought it was dazzling!

There is no separation, and the family usually eats together, but only the men in the family are eligible to sit down!

I usually eat coarse grains and wild vegetables, but when did a woman dare to eat boiled eggs when she was on the table?

In front of Mingyue, he didn't dare to question it.

"Dad! my mother is in a lot of pain, and I want the second child to go to the town to find a doctor!"

Mingyue didn't raise her eyelids, "Let her endure it, if she can't help it, you can ask for a doctor!"

Chu Zhuo couldn't believe it, his father loved him the most, how could he let him run out in the dark?

"But Dad, my mother let the second child go!" he argued.

Mingyue said with a dark face, "The second child can go, but you can't go, your mother loves you even more, she just fell, you retreated, it seems that I can't count on you in the future!"

Chu Zhuo, who was blocked by this, had nothing to say, and hurriedly said, "Dad, I didn't mean that, in fact, I don't approve of going to the town, the road is far and dangerous, but my mother hurts badly, and I don't have an idea!"

Mingyue sneered, "It's normal for an elderly person to twist her waist, just let her rest honestly!"

What else can Chu Zhuo do, he can only agree!

"Then, that's okay, I'll let my daughter-in-law rub it for my mother, maybe it'll be fine!"

Mingyue ignored him, picked up the last egg, peeled it and stuffed it into his mouth, everyone else ate the egg, and was very satisfied!

Chu Zhuo finally couldn't help it, "Dad, have you eaten all the eggs at home?"

"What's the matter, eat two eggs and you'll feel distressed!"

Mingyue was weird, "The chickens at home are raised by the second daughter-in-law, and they are usually fed by two girls catching insects, shouldn't we eat them?"

"No, Dad, I didn't mean that, it's just that our family ...... situation!"

Chu Zhuo said half of the words, left half of them, and sighed bitterly, "It's because I don't have the ability to earn money to support my family!"

Mingyue sneered, "It's good to know, but you're not useless, it just so happens that the conscription paperwork has come down, as the eldest son in the family, I think it's most suitable for you to go!"

Bang Dang!

The empty bowl in Chu Erlang's hand was scared off, his sugar water had already been drunk, but he was reluctant to put it down, holding it and wanting to lick it again, but the bowl that was shocked by his father's words fell off, but fortunately it was not broken!

He didn't care about holding the bowl, "Dad, how can the eldest brother let him go?"

Mingyue pouted and said, "Xiucai is better, he can read and break words, he can also mix a clerical work when he goes, at least he doesn't have to go to the battlefield as cannon fodder, and he can win glory for his family if he mixes well!"

"That's right! There is a salary for being a soldier, and now the boss is useful!"

Chu Zhuo was ringing in his ears, he couldn't believe that his father said this, his father loved him the most since he was a child, and hoped that he would study hard and glorify his ancestors in the future!

The food and use at home are all close to him, why did he suddenly change?

Does he know?