Old Mrs. Xu was very anxious when she didn't see Xu Ning when she woke up in the morning. She did nothing but start to scold Xu Ning. Then, as soon as her eyes adjusted to the light outside the cave, she saw the pheasant eggs in Xu Ning's arms.

"It really is an egg, Yaya, where have you been? It's not safe in this deep mountain, don't run around!"

When the Xu family woke up, they found Xu Ning missing and were extremely anxious. Just as they were about to go out to look for him, Xu Ning came back.

Zhang was blaming herself so much that she was too nervous and scared yesterday. She didn't wake up at dawn this morning. She only realized her daughter was missing when she heard her mother-in-law's scream. Zhang was not only panicked but also extremely worried.

Fortunately, her daughter was fine. She just got up early in the morning to find something to eat. Thinking of Zhang, she felt even more guilty and couldn't bear to blame her.

"Girl, you are more capable than your father!" Xu Da rubbed his eyes and grinned with joy when he saw more than a dozen eggs, but he also did not forget to remind Xu Ning to be careful.

Xu Dabao and Xu Xiaobao also ran over. Xu Ning handed all the eggs in his arms to Old Lady Xu to deal with, while she herself held the small red fruit and shared it with Xu's second baby.

Xu Dabao was still unwilling to eat, so he pushed it back to Xu Ning and asked her to eat it. Xu Ning was originally waiting to explain to Old Lady Xu, but seeing that the boy was awkward again, he directly opened his mouth to show him.

"See? I came back after I was full." Xu Ning's teeth, tongue and lips were all red, and it was obvious that he had eaten a lot.

"I'll eat it if you give it to me. Dabao, you're a boy, why are you so shy? At worst, you can pick more for your sister after you finish eating."

Old Mrs. Xu was counting eggs and her mood improved a lot. Seeing Xu Dabao rejecting some small red fruits, she felt a little angry, helpless and distressed.

After all, he ate too little. Her eldest grandson was two years older than Daya, but they looked like they were the same age. Old Mrs. Xu suddenly worried that if this continued, her eldest grandson would not grow taller.

"Grandma, there are still a lot of small red fruits over there. I will take my brother to pick them after dinner." As Xu Ning said this, he did not forget to stuff a small red fruit into Grandma Xu's mouth.

Xu Xiaobao followed suit and stuffed the small red fruits into Zhang's mouth, then into Xu Da's mouth, and finally he and Old Man Xu shared them out.

Xu Dabao tasted a small red fruit. It tasted sweet with a little sourness. It was so delicious that a smile appeared on his shy face involuntarily.

Feng also felt warm watching this scene. Hunter Li had woken up before Xu Ning went out, and it was he who added the firewood at that time.

At this time, he walked into the cave carrying a cleaned pheasant and saw the Xu family talking excitedly. The eldest son of the Xu family was standing next to his wife and was handing her a small handful of red fruits.

"Ah! Pheasant! Uncle Li, you are so awesome!" Xu Ning was sharp-eyed and was the first to spot the returning hunter Li.

Hunter Li handed the cleaned pheasant to Old Lady Xu. Old Lady Xu gritted her teeth and took out the remaining flour from her luggage to make noodles.

The noodles were put into a large pot of chicken soup made from pheasants. The pheasants caught by Hunter Li were very fat, and a thick layer of oil floated on the soup.

The chicken had been simmered for an hour, and when Old Lady Xu poked it with chopsticks, the meat and bones separated.

"Milk, it smells so good!" The three little ones of the Xu family have been surrounding the clay pot since Grandma Xu started stewing the soup. Now they are all swallowing their saliva, and their saliva is half full.

Old Mrs. Xu first served Feng a large bowl of chicken soup, filled it with chicken thighs, and then took the skeleton and put it in the bowl to stew again in the evening.

Old Mrs. Xu filled a clay pot with water, leaving a lot of soup and meat. However, with ten mouths to feed between the two families, chicken soup and noodles were totally insufficient.

"Auntie, the child is young and should eat first." When Mrs. Feng saw that what Old Lady Xu brought to her was pure chicken soup and noodles, she quickly refused.

After pushing for a long time without any results, Feng took the bowl and prepared to pour it back into the pot to cook together.

"Auntie, just put them in and cook them together." But she was no match for Old Lady Xu. After all, Old Lady Xu was the most quarrelsome person in the Xu family.

Old Lady Xu stuffed the bowl back into Feng's hands without giving her any more time to think. "Eat it! If you don't eat more, what will the children eat? There's still plenty in the pot! I know what's going on!"

Feng was deeply moved and had to lower her head and drink the soup silently.

Hunter Li was holding his child outside and instructing Xu Da in archery. She thought to herself that she would let her husband and aunt tell them later so that they wouldn't have to make special arrangements for her in the future.

The children are still young, and she can't be the only one to be taken care of.

While Old Lady Xu was making the soup, Zhang had already picked a lot of wild vegetables from nearby. She washed them and handed them to Old Lady Xu to put into the soup, filling a large earthenware pot.

The pheasant soup has a strong flavor, and only a little salt is added at the end, but it tastes surprisingly delicious!

Not to mention the Xu family, even Li the Hunter felt that this was the best meal he had had since fleeing the famine.

Hunter Li didn't ask where the flour came from, just like when Xu Ning showed him the telescope.

Old Mrs. Xu thought that if she kept the flour, she might encounter bandits again someday. Instead of giving it to others, she might as well eat it all at home to supplement her nutrition.

After breakfast, both adults and children were given a boiled pheasant egg. Old Mrs. Xu hid the remaining pheasant eggs, planning to put them into the wild vegetable porridge in the evening.

There are many wild animals in the deep mountains, and most people dare not come in. Naturally, there are also a lot of wild vegetables. Xu Da and Li the hunter discussed, "Brother Li, if we go out now, we don't know if the bandits are still waiting on the road. It's better to stay for two days and pick more wild vegetables."

There was nothing to eat on the road outside, so the Xu family had to stock up on some wild vegetables so that they could carry them to the next town.

Hunter Li had no objection. He also planned to hunt for two days, then skin some skins and trade them for food and cloth in the next town. "Brother Xu, the weather is getting colder now. We haven't left the northern territory yet, so we need to prepare jackets and quilts in advance, in case it snows suddenly."

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