Chapter 65 Things Will Get Better

Old Man Yang, Yang Dalang and other members of the Yang family also picked up the konjac and put it into their mouths without hesitation, all with the same expression as Su Bucheng.

"How is it?" Seeing everyone's strange expressions, Old Zheng cautiously stopped everyone and asked Old Man Yang.

Old man Yang came back to his senses then, and ate the konjac in his mouth slowly and without saying a word for a long time, with an endless aftertaste for it.

"Hey, Old Yang, why don't you say something!" Old Zheng pushed Old Man Yang.

"Try it yourself, don't worry, it's not poisonous!" Old man Yang kept the secret.

"You are so unreasonable, old man. You don't tell me when I ask you." Old Zheng said as he picked up a piece with his chopsticks, closed his eyes and put it in his mouth.

QQ bouncy, smooth and tender, my god! What the hell is this taste like?

Old Zheng's pupils dilated, and after a while he waved to everyone, "Come and eat, come and eat."

Seeing this, everyone rushed forward and picked up the konjac to taste.

Su Ying thought the konjac tasted salty and bitter and was unpalatable, but everyone else thought it was delicious and ate up all the konjac.

"Let's try it, let's try it!" Many people outside who hadn't eaten yet shouted loudly.

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, there's more, there's more!" Gao and her daughters-in-law cut a few more bowls and brought them out.

"Konjac is so delicious! Haha..." Someone was eating and laughing. He was an old man with white hair. But tears streamed down his face as he laughed.

Many people in the crowd lowered their heads silently, and the joyful atmosphere became low.

"What's the matter? If it tastes good, eat more!" Su Ying was puzzled.

As soon as these words came out, the old man squatted on the ground and burst into tears.

A white-haired old woman and a young woman with an elegant appearance and a sad face next to them also lowered their heads, wiped their tears silently, and looked sad.

Su Ying didn't dare to say anything else and looked at the village chief in confusion.

"Alas!" Old Man Yang's eyes turned red. "His grandson, Abao, died a few years ago because he ate raw konjac!"

"Wow..." The young woman couldn't help crying out loud.

Gao hugged the young woman and patted her back, "Chunhua! My poor son!"

This young woman, Ms. Yang, is Old Man Yang’s youngest daughter, Yang Chunhua, who is married to Old Man Wang’s son, Wang Wulang.

Old Man Wang had three sons and three daughters, and was one of the first families to be exiled here. At the time of exile, his three daughters were already married and survived.

His three sons were exiled here with him. How could this noble young man have ever suffered such hardship?

One of them died of illness on the way, and another died of illness not long after arriving here, leaving only Goro as the only son.

When Wulang grew up, he married the youngest daughter of the Yang family. Although their life was hard, they loved each other and were filial to their parents-in-law.

Not long after, they gave birth to a smart and lovely son. The family was full of hope and joy.

Unfortunately, there are unexpected changes in the weather and people’s fortunes and misfortunes can change overnight.

Once when they were hunting, they encountered a black bear. The bamboo arrow failed to kill it in one shot, which enraged the bear and it chased them.

Wang Wulang tripped and fell to the ground. The black bear caught up with him and slapped him hard in the face.

The companions shot arrows to attract the black bear, shook it off and then went back to rescue Wang Wulang.

But I saw his face flattened and he was lying on the ground, dead.

Although Wang Wulang is gone, he still has his son Abao, so he can still live on.

But I never expected that Po would be so hungry that he would eat raw konjac.

When there was a famine, every household had nothing to eat.

Abao dug up some konjac, looked at the huge tubers, washed them and happily took them home.

I was so hungry that I couldn't help but cut a piece and eat it myself first.

When Yang came back, Abao was lying on the ground with a pool of vomit in front of him, his face was pale and his limbs were twitching.

Yang was so frightened that she cried and picked up her son to look for her mother Gao.

But what could Gao do? She had only a few basic medical skills and nothing else. The little salt and honey she had left had already been eaten by the children.

We gave Abao some golden juice to induce vomiting, but his stomach was empty and he vomited it all out.

Abao dragged on for two days and eventually died of vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration.

When he died, he was as dark, thin and dry as a monkey.

Yang almost followed Abao.

Life is hard, and there seems to be no end in sight!

After hearing this, Su Ying felt indescribable and her heart felt like it was blocked by a ball of cotton.

"Don't be sad, my lady. Things will get better!" Su Ying whispered to Yang.

"Well, I saved it!" Yang was thin and had dry and rough hands.

In his early thirties, there are fine wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and there is no light in his eyes, only vicissitudes of life.

Many people around were also wiping away tears. It was so hard to endure the miserable days here for more than ten or twenty years, with no end in sight and no future in sight!

People feel hopeless when they think that their descendants will repeat these miserable days for generations to come.

Children are the continuation of life, the future, and hope! But where is that hope?

Today they finally saw that although the road ahead was difficult, there was always a ray of light.

"Well, today is a happy day, why are you all still wiping away tears?

From now on, we won’t have to go hungry anymore! With Elder Su and Elder Aying around, we’ll be fine!” Old Man Yang wiped away his tears and smiled.

"That's right, that's right! Everyone should be happy!" Old Zheng blinked and held back his tears.

"Old Yang, do you have any more konjac? Bring it out quickly! We haven't had enough!"

"Yes, yes! I haven't eaten enough yet!" everyone laughed.

"You guys are so good! If you want to eat it, go dig it yourself. We all know how to make it, so don't worry about eating it!" Old man Yang scolded with a smile.

"Yes, I'll go dig one! I'll eat my fill today!" Someone turned and left.

"Wait a minute, I'll go too!" The others also ran after him.

The crowd in the yard soon dispersed, leaving only Su Bucheng and his daughter, the Yang family, and Old Man Wang's family of three.

Su Bucheng and his daughter walked silently behind the crowd.

"Wait a minute!" Gao chased out.

"What's the matter, aunt?" Su Bucheng turned around.

"Mr. Su, take this back and let your family try it!" Gao handed Su Bucheng a full bowl of konjac.

"Thank you, auntie!" Su Bucheng thanked her.

"What are you thanking me for? We should be the ones thanking you!" Gao said with a smile.

The father and daughter were carrying konjac and passing by their own fields. Su Laoer and Su Laosan were working barefoot in the fields, sweating profusely as they hoeed.

"Second Uncle, Third Uncle, come home for dinner!" Su Ying shouted.

"Ah? Eating now?" The two brothers straightened up with their hoes and looked at the bright sun. It was still early!

"Let's go, there's something delicious!" Su Ying went to pull her second and third uncles. "You've been busy all day, aren't you hungry?"

Seeing that their elder brother was smiling and not saying anything, the two brothers came up obediently, wiped the mud off their feet in the grass, and went home carrying their shoes and hoes.

"What are you holding, brother?" The two brothers saw a bowl of gray-brown, creamy stuff in Su Bucheng's hand.

"Konjac! It's made of konjac." Su Bucheng showed it to his two younger brothers.

"Made of konjac? Is it edible?" The two brothers who were already starving felt even hungrier.

"Of course you can eat it! It's delicious!" Su Bucheng said with a smile, "Aying made it."

"Aying, are you sure it's edible?" The two brothers were a little shocked because their niece had never seen konjac before.