Next door.

Su family.

Since the beginning of winter this year, grain prices have begun to rise, and the Su family has lacked income and no savings.

Famine ensued, and the family was suddenly in trouble.

In the past, Su Shihao, who was spirited, lost his prestige and could only go to the dock to unload the goods.

Kugen and his grandmother were huddled in a shabby quilt, and in broad daylight, their house did not burn the kang.

Even though both of them were lying on the kang, the bitter root could still feel the icy chill.

Kugen stuck out his tongue, drilled into his grandmother's arms again, and said weakly: "Grandma, I'm so hungry that I can't sleep." ”

At this time, the grandmother of the Su family, who had been quietly closing her eyes and recuperating, opened her eyes and said, "Bitter root, you just lie quietly, talk less, and save your physical strength." ”

Bitter root said weakly: "Grandma, I just fell asleep and was woken up by hunger. ”

"Alas, if you're hungry, you're hungry, and grandma can't help it,"

"There is not much food at home, and I have planned how much I should eat for each meal."

"There's nothing to eat out there yet."

"When your dad comes back in the evening, he should be able to have some stick noodles."

......

The house slowly fell silent, and at this time, the door was pushed open from the outside, and the grandmother of the Su family looked up and found that it was no one else, but Zhang Qian from the courtyard next door.

As soon as Zhang Qian entered the house, she looked at the grandmother of the Su family and the bitter root in front of her, the two of them were skinny, which made her feel a little stunned.

If you are hungry like this, you can go directly to Resident Evil without makeup.

When the Su family's grandmother saw Zhang Qian, she was very surprised, why did this child come.

And the bitter root, who was the first to react, suddenly uncovered the quilt, and shouted happily while getting off the kang: "Sister Xiaoqian, you are here." ”

Kugen's attitude was completely different from last time, he knew that Zhang Qian was the director of the canteen, with a high salary every month, and he could still eat in the canteen.

There must be food in their house, he stared greedily at the cloth bag in Zhang Qian's hand.

Zhang Qian ignored the bitter root and put the cloth bag on the table. said lightly: "There are five catties of stick noodles here, I lent it to you, remember to return it in the future." ”

"What?"

"Really?"

"Stick noodles?"

As soon as Zhang Qian's words fell, the Su family's grandmother and Kugen were full of surprise, and both of them stared at the cloth bag together, their eyes shining with anticipation.

Bitterroot jumped up excitedly, he quickly ran to the table, and carefully opened the opening of the cloth bag.

It was full of yellow, orange and orange stick noodles, and he immediately shouted excitedly, "Grandma, it's really stick noodles." ”

The grandmother of the Su family also happily came up. Xi said: "Show me." ”

Looking at the excited appearance of the two, Zhang Qian's heart suddenly had mixed feelings.

Although I knew about the Su family's food shortage from Aunt Jiang's mouth a few days ago.

But since ancient times, it has been about emergency relief rather than poverty relief, and he and the Su family's grandmother have only met a few times, and the two have nothing to do with each other.

Although she has money, food and work, she has no reason to help the Su family.

After hesitating, she still came today, but after all, she couldn't overcome the hurdle in her heart.

Although it has been almost two years since she traveled to this era, her heart has always been with the way of thinking of modern people, and she can't bear to see familiar people starving to death because of lack of food.

Grandma Su's face was full of smiles, "Thank you, thank you, Xiaoqian." ”

"Since you said so, then I will take this grain."

"Don't worry, when spring opens next year, I will definitely pay you back."

Zhang Qian nodded, did not answer, and turned to leave.

She is well versed in history and knows very well that there may be an even greater famine next year.

This is also the reason why she spent a lot of money to re-enter the factory, and if she loses the protection of the factory, the individual will become extremely vulnerable.

Grandma Su is no matter what, it is impossible to survive this winter.

Unless, she is willing to do her best to help, but this is a meaningless act, live her own life.

As soon as Zhang Qian left, the Su family's grandmother took the stick noodles into the kitchen.

With food, there is no need to go hungry.

Bitterroot happily followed behind his grandmother and helped light the fire.

The Su family's kitchen was very simple and dusty everywhere.

And the kitchenware is pitiful, and there are no other spices or anything.

Except for the five catties of stick noodles that Zhang Qian just sent, there was only a small jar of salt mixed with a lot of impurities.

There was also a small bottle of black vinegar, and nothing else.

The grandmother of the Su family did not hesitate, and first washed the broken iron pot.

I scooped a few more spoonfuls of water from the bucket and covered the wooden lid.

The bitter root is burned on the stove, and from time to time some leaves and dead branches are brought in.

The grandmother of the Su family was kneading the dough while waiting for the water to boil.

She tossed the noodles from the chopping board into boiling water, added a little salt, and began to wait patiently.

From time to time, Bitterroot straightened up and didn't speak to his grandmother.

His eyes stared straight at the noodles in the pot, and his stomach rumbled in protest.

He felt hungrier.

Ten minutes passed, and the noodles were almost cooked.

Grandma Su took out two bowls, fished out a large bowl first, and poured some vinegar.

put it in front of Kugen and said with a smile: "Good grandson, the noodles are cooked, eat them quickly." ”

Smelling the fragrance of the noodles, Kugen couldn't help but say, "Grandma, what about you?" ”

"Grandma is not hungry, just eat a little, you eat first."

Bitterroot was persuaded and approved of what his grandmother said.

He took a bite of the noodles and immediately shouted in surprise: "Grandma's noodles are so delicious, this noodles are so fragrant." ”

"It's so delicious, I've never eaten such delicious noodles in my life."

In the case of extreme hunger, Bitter Root mistakenly believes that the food in front of him is the most delicious in the world.

This may just be a psychological effect, but in fact, it is just an ordinary bowl of stick noodles, which is no different from the one that Mrs. Xue ate with tears in her eyes.

The grandmother of the Su family put the remaining noodles into a bowl, only a shallow half a bowl.

She slowly sandwiched a noodle and sucked it into her mouth, and then she was also stunned, this noodle is really fragrant and a little sweet.

The reason why she eats so slowly is because the old man in the family once instructed her.

In cases of extreme hunger, the stomach shrinks.

At this time, you must be very careful when eating, otherwise, it is easy to hold yourself to death.

For a while, the room was filled with the sound of two people sucking noodles.

Not long after, with the efforts of the two of them, a pot of noodles was eaten by the two of them.

The grandmother of the Su family took a sip of the noodle soup and burped in satisfaction.

She said to the bitter root with a kind face: "Bitter root, what's the matter? Have you eaten enough? ”

Kugen nodded happily and said with a smile: "I'm full, grandma, the noodles you made today are too delicious." ”

"Why didn't I find you cooking so delicious?"

The grandmother of the Su family smiled and did not speak.

After eating, she began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks on the table.