Chapter 12: The Collapse of the Liu Clan
Mrs. Tian saw that she gave birth to two eldest grandchildren, so she said a few words, and tried to do it herself if she could, and at the end of the day, she was tired and sore, and she didn't even want to move her toes when she was lying on the bed.
Su Dazhu looked at her for a long time and couldn't help but joke with her: "Let you drive your daughter-in-law away, now it's okay, I'm tired like a pug, I regret it!" ”
"Bah, I don't regret it, I just want to drive her mother away, I want to see what kind of life they live when they return to their mother's house that can't be opened! It's better to starve to death quickly! ”
Mrs. Tian said, as if she had thought of the difficult days that Liu had lived with her three daughters in her mother's house, and she was suddenly relieved a lot, and she didn't feel so tired.
And here, the four mothers are indeed tired, but they are not difficult days, but they are struggling hard for a happy life.
They came to Liu's house last night, there was nothing to eat at home, the whole family was gnawing sweet potatoes, and they were about to vomit, so Su Qingyan told his grandfather Liu Yicai and uncle Liu Sidong in detail about the method of making sweet potato flour, they didn't believe it, this sweet potato with high yield, eating a lot, and being hungry can be made into other things and sold for money.
But if you don't believe it, you have this idea, and there are indeed only sweet potatoes at home, so the whole family discussed it, ate dinner, and began to dry up, they mean, first get less, see if it can be done, if you can't sell it, you won't waste food if you eat it.
Liu Sidong first borrowed a stone mill from a neighbor's house that had been idle for a long time, then washed the sweet potatoes, cut them into small pieces, and ground them into a paste with a stone mill.
Later, under the command of Su Qingyan, the starch in the paste was washed out, and the slag was also fished out, of course, such a family, the slag did not dare to waste
Target.
Then four vats of white starch water were placed at the edge of the well to settle.
The next morning, when the starch had sunk to the bottom, they poured out the water from the top layer and pulled out the starch to dry.
At night, a large piece of sweet potato starch was smashed, and after a sieve, boiling water was boiled on a large pot, and the starch was beaten into a paste, and under the guidance of Su Qingyan, it was placed in a sieve, which was temporarily woven from bamboo.
Everyone was curious to see the white paste leaking from the bamboo sieve, from thick to fine, but it was not at all continuous, and the moment it was put into the boiling water, it immediately turned into a transparent noodle-like thing.
"Roll in the water for a while, watch the vermicelli become transparent, and have a soft nature, this is cooked, scoop it up with chopsticks, put it on a thin bamboo pole to dry, as long as it is kept dry, it can be stored for a long time." Su Qingyan demonstrated as he spoke, and everyone was stunned.
They were busy until the middle of the night to make those starch paste into vermicelli, Su Qingyan looked at the fans who were uneven in thickness and length at the beginning, yawned and said, these practitioners keep them for themselves to eat, and those good ones can be sold, everyone couldn't open their eyes for a long time, they all squinted and listened to it, and went to sleep.
Even the Li family, whose health is getting worse and worse, has become more lively because of the fact that the family is much more lively.
Early the next morning, everyone in the Liu family was awakened by a burst of fragrance, which can be said to be the happiest way to get up, they got dressed with all hands and feet, got up to see the excitement, and saw that in the kitchen, Su Qingyan put out the prepared sauce, and then poured water in the pot, and asked Su Xiang to look at the firewood and boil the water.
Liu Chongsheng is a discerning person, seeing his cousin and cousin come to his house as a guest, he also took matters into his own hands, and hurriedly stood up and said: "Cousin, I'll make a fire, you go and take a rest!" ”
"It's okay, that's it." Su Xiang politely declined, Su Qingyan was really much, and said to Liu Chongsheng: "Cousin, come here, I just want to teach you, this thing, smell fragrant, eat fragrant, you and my uncle don't go to the dock to do hard work anymore, you can't earn a few pennies a day, you will carry this into the city to sell later, and you will earn more money by keeping it than going to the dock." ”
"That'...... Then thank you cousin, it's all useless to me......"
"Oh, cousin, you're welcome, it's all a family, so it's a shame." Since Su Qingyan heard that Li's illness had something to do with her mother and eldest sister, she has become close to her uncle and aunt's family, and she feels that people who can protect the Liu family so much, even if they are poor, they are also good people.
She got up early in the morning and made a pot of hot and sour noodles, thinking that the whole family would taste the taste, and then make some, and let Liu Sidong and Liu Chongsheng pick it up and sell it at the market, but after the family knew that it could be sold for money, they were reluctant to eat it, and they wanted to keep it for the money.
That's really a taste.
Because this pot was not eaten, another pot was made, and the father and son of the Liu family set off, and the rest of the people went back to the room to rest and nourish their spirits for the afternoon's work.
Su Qingyan also lay down in the pit, but then she got off the kang again, went out and walked up the mountain, Liu's mother's village is halfway up the mountainside to the south of Wangbei Village, Su Qingyan only needs to walk east along the halfway mountainside, she can walk to the place where she met Lu Tianhui that day, and then it is much easier to find a trap.
But when she walked to the place where the trap had been set that day, she was stupid, not to mention that the trap had been destroyed, and there were blood stains on the barbs in the pit and near the outside of the pit, and the poor rabbit did not know whether it had been picked up or buried by the landslide.
"What's going on? It can't be that someone was injured by mistake, or that the prey was stolen by someone else, right? Su Qingyan muttered, and his mood suddenly became lost.
After thinking about it, he didn't tell his family about catching big prey, and he successfully asked his uncle and cousin to sell hot and sour noodles, which can be regarded as developing in a good direction, which is a good thing.
She stopped and walked home.
And far away, before arriving at Liu's house, Su Qingyan saw many people gathered at the door of the house, and the voice was noisy and indistinguishable, she ran closer and found that it was Liu Yicai and Liu who hurriedly went out with a stretcher, with a sallow face, and I didn't know that there was a lifeless aunt Li.
"Qingyan, where have you been! Just now, my aunt coughed up blood and fell into a coma, so I have to send it to the county town to find a doctor and leave quickly, let's go with it! Su Xiang took Su Wan by the hand, waved her hand vigorously to Su Qingyan, and followed closely behind, Dai also wanted to go, but she was old and frail, if she didn't have a cart, she wouldn't have the ability to go to the city at all, if she went, she would be a mess.
Along the way, Liu Yicai and Liu carried it for a while, Su Qingyan and Su Xiang carried it for a while, and two or three helpers took turns carrying Liu Yicai for a while, and finally carried Li to the city.
Su Qingyan looked at the aunt who had more breath and less breath, and also prayed hard with a heart: hold on! Hold on!
However, when they hurried to the door of the medical center, they realized that they had no money, and even if they arrived at the medical center, they would not treat the disease.
Especially, people like this who are dying, once they can't be cured, they are smashing their own signboards, even if they have a good reward, they are still reluctant to take risks, not to mention that the old Liu family has no money.
Liu Tu, who helped carry the stretcher, was Liu Yicai's neighbor and a nephew of Wufu, he groped around his body, took out two copper plates and said: "Uncle, you take these two sons first, our family is poor, and I don't have any more." ”
The other two also found a copper plate each.