What's it like to stand at the top of the food chain overnight? Even if... this food chain is poor and pitiful. Even if... you become a scourge that everyone avoids. Even if... there are all so...
For breakfast, Jiang Nuan, as usual, mixed wild vegetables with millet porridge. After just one bite, her face immediately contorted.
"It's so bitter!"
Is she really eating wild vegetables?
Could it be some kind of poison?
Thinking of this, she immediately became nervous. "The wild vegetables don't taste right today, let's not eat them yet."
What if I get poisoned?
Instantly, Jiang Nuan thought of all sorts of poisonous mushroom incidents.
"What's wrong?" Old Huang asked, puzzled. "The wild vegetables are the same as before, there's nothing wrong with them."
As he spoke, he began to stuff food into his mouth, eating with great relish.
No, it wasn't exactly enjoying it; the occasional furrowed brow revealed the owner's predicament.
Although I've gotten used to bitterness, I still don't like it.
Gradually, Huang Laoda started picking wild vegetables less and less often...
“Wife,” Old Huang paused with his chopsticks, frowning as he spoke, “Let’s stir-fry cabbage again tomorrow.”
I suddenly realized that eating cabbage all the time is actually quite good.
“Yes, yes,” Huang Xiaosi nodded in agreement, “The wild vegetables are all old and very bitter.”
Before, we had no choice but to eat even the bitterest food. Now, with sweet millet porridge, I really don't want to touch it at all.
"Is it really not poisonous?" Jiang Nuan was still uneasy.
“What’s poisonous about it?” Old Mrs. Jiang rolled her eyes at her daughter. “It’s bitter greens. This is what it tastes like when you get old. I’ve eaten it for generations and nothing ever happened to me.”
Despite saying that, the chopsticks turned and picked up the kimchi next to them.
"Alright!" Jiang Nuan's face was filled with mixed emotions, and she immediately quickened her eating.
It seems that the back mountain is an inevitable destination.
There are plenty of tender green vegetables available, but they can only reluctantly eat bitter wild vegetables.
So sad~
When Jiang Nuan left the table, the others had almost finished eating, and there was still more than half of the wild vegetables she had personally stir-fried.
The main people who ate wild vegetables were the three sisters-in-law of the Huang family, who couldn't bear to waste food.
"Sister-in-law," Jin's small face was all wrinkled, "Do we have a lot of wild vegetables at home? Are we almost finished with them?"
The soft whisper was filled with a strong longing: Do not eat wild vegetables.
Wang looked at her sister-in-law with a troubled expression. "We haven't been picking wild vegetables these past few days, and we've dried them all. But yesterday, quite a few people brought some to our house, so we have enough to eat for several days."
"Let's dry them all into dried vegetables," Xie said, her mouth feeling numb from the bitterness. "We'll eat them when there are no more vegetables in the fall. Let's eat cabbage for now."
She never imagined she would be so sentimental; she had even gnawed on tree bark but couldn't eat any wild vegetables.
Xie Jiao, you've really gotten too big for your britches! After a moment of self-reproach, she continued to stuff wild vegetables into her mouth with a bitter and resentful expression.
"Alright, stop pushing yourself," Grandma Jiang waved her hand. "They say it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. This old woman is so old, why don't you give it a try?"
After only a few days, she can no longer eat wild vegetables.
Even if it's a little bitter, it's not grass!
Fortunately, her daughter received a divine favor and didn't have to force herself to eat wild vegetables.
After a moment of reflection, Grandma Jiang left with small, hurried steps.
This incident left a deep impression on everyone.
The Huang family, whose living standards have risen sharply, realized how good their lives are when they finally tasted wild vegetables they hadn't eaten in a long time.
But all of this was achieved by spending money.
This made them realize that without money, their lives would immediately revert to their original state.
Instantly, a sense of crisis arose.
Everyone made the same decision: to work hard and make money.
So, after discussing it, the Huang brothers decided to take the initiative and go door-to-door to collect cabbages.