Chapter 5 Warmth

Mrs. Cui looked at her daughter-in-law's well-behaved and gentle appearance, and she liked her from the bottom of her heart.

Because of what happened to the Cui family, and the fact that the place of exile was so cold and harsh, she felt very sad and uncomfortable. Now that she saw her son getting married, she felt a little relieved.

She smiled gently and said softly and weakly: "It's okay, mother won't be tired. You and He Jin are getting married. Mother is happy and my heart is at ease."

Jiang Zhiluo looked at Mrs. Cui's thin and frail body, her gray hair, her face and hands suffering from frostbite from working in the winter, and her thin clothes, and felt a little uncomfortable.

Even though the Cui family's conditions are difficult now, Old Madam Cui still loves cleanliness and washes all her patched clothes until they are clean and white.

She knew that Old Madam Cui also came from the top aristocratic family, Hongnong Yang. She was the Yang family's legitimate daughter, and had lived a life of luxury since childhood. She married Duke Cui and became the Duke's wife, so she must have never suffered any hardship.

But once she was convicted of a crime in the Duke's Mansion, she learned by trial and error how to grow vegetables, raise chickens and cook.

She didn't tell me about the hard work involved, but Jiang Zhiluo could imagine it.

"Mom, our lives will be better in the future."

"Yes, it will be fine."

While Jiang Zhiluo was washing up, Mrs. Cui took out the hot breakfast from the pot and placed it on the table, asking Jiang Zhiluo to eat it while it was hot.

After Jiang Zhiluo finished washing up, she sat at the table and looked at the fried eggs, white flour buns and wild vegetable meatballs in the bowl. Her nose felt a little sour.

She integrated the memories of her previous life last night and knew that this family was very poor. They only had three mud houses and no walls. There was only a fence surrounding the yard.

In such an environment, eggs and rice cooked with white flour are precious things that ordinary farmers cannot afford.

Even if people eat multi-grain steamed bread, they only eat half full.

Generally, people drink very thin multi-grain porridge, which is mostly water. After drinking a bowl, they seem to be almost full, but it has little nutrition and they get hungry quickly.

But even in such circumstances, Mrs. Cui cooked such breakfast for her.

Jiang Zhiluo looked at Old Madam Cui and said, "Mother, have you and He... have you and your husband eaten?"

Madam Cui smiled gently and said, "It's all eaten. Eat it quickly, eat it while it's hot, don't go hungry."

"He Jin went to town. His family saved some eggs and dug some wild mushrooms. He took them to town to set up a stall and try to sell them. He might not be back before noon, but he should be back before dinner."

Jiang Zhiluo just saw a chicken coop in the yard. There were two hens in the coop. The eggs laid by the hens were collected and sold in town.

Selling eggs can help supplement the family income.

Jiang Zhiluo looked at the fried eggs in the bowl and felt a little guilty about eating them.

This body is thin, has a small appetite, and cannot eat much.

However, this body was also a little weak. According to her memory, she seemed to have been ill when she was a child, so her health had always been poor.

This won't do. There's nothing in the space right now, and she can't replenish her food. She plans to go to the mountain to take a look. Even if she doesn't find anything, at least she can replenish some of the spiritual energy of the plants and trees.

Once this body gained strength, she could do more things.

Mrs. Cui saw Jiang Zhiluo was in a daze and urged her softly, "Zhiluo, eat quickly, eat while it's hot."

In the eyes of Mrs. Cui, eggs are the most nutritious and best thing nowadays. She herself is reluctant to eat them, but she is willing to give them to Zhiluo.

Jiang Zhiluo felt warm in her heart and ate her breakfast.

After breakfast, she helped clean up and said, "Mom, I thought since I've just finished my meal and I'm not hungry, I'd like to go for a walk in the mountains."

Old Madam Cui hesitated, not knowing how to persuade her. She whispered, "Zhiluo, the mountains are very dangerous. Villagers don't go deep into the mountains. Although the poisonous snakes are hibernating now, there are still big insects and wild beasts like black bears in the mountains."

Seeing Jiang Zhiluo's determined expression, Old Madam Cui could only say, "If you really want to go, mother will go with you."

Jiang Zhiluo shook her head and said, "Mom, I'll just walk around the fields and take a look at the foot of the mountain. Don't worry, I won't go deep into the mountains. I'll be back early this afternoon."