Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice.

Most of the wild vegetables brought back yesterday have been eaten, so Liu Junlan used the remaining ingredients to make a large pot of thin porridge, which was enough to fill her stomach.

A large bowl of thin porridge made from wild vegetables was served to everyone; it was so thin that one could see their reflection in it.

It's a bit difficult to get a full meal, but you can fill your stomach with water and eat until noon so you can have your next meal.

At that time, most families in the village lived like this.

The thickest liquid was in Lin Wanyue's bowl, where you could see rice grains and vegetable leaves on top, while Liu Junlan's own bowl was almost like dishwater, with not a single grain of rice visible.

Lin Wanyue frowned, pursed her lips tightly, and looked back and forth between her own and her grandmother's bowls.

"Grandma, eat." Lin Wanyue stood up, holding her bowl, and was about to exchange with Liu Junlan, "I eat less."

Grandma still has to work, so eating so little is definitely not enough.

She's still young, so she can eat less.

But Liu Junlan cherished Lin Wanyue like her own eyes, so how could she bear to let her go hungry?

She finished the rice soup in just a few sips and coaxed Lin Wanyue with a smile, "Wanwan, eat more and grow taller, that'll make Grandma happy. In a couple of days, when the mountain road is easier to walk, Grandma will take you to the mountain to pick fruit."

"Hoo~"

Liu Junlan smoothed out the small bump between Lin Wanyue's eyebrows with his rough hands, feeling extremely relieved.

Lin Weiming had lived for over thirty years, and this was the first time he had ever seen his mother coax someone like this.

A thought struck him, and he took the bowl and went to his mother's side. He had just begun to call out, "Mother..."

"roll."

"Alright!" Lin Weiming happily rolled away, holding the bowl.

His mother was still his mother; she hadn't been taken over by anyone.

But his four sons and his wife didn't give him any face and burst out laughing.

Lin Weiming snorted and unconcernedly squeezed next to his wife, pouring the remaining porridge from his bowl into hers.

"Wife, you should eat more too."

...

As noon approached, the rain stopped and the clouds dispersed, revealing a sliver of light peeking out from behind the gray clouds.

After a long-awaited heavy rain, as soon as it stopped, the men in the family put on straw sandals and prepared to go to the fields to take a look.

Even though they knew perfectly well that no matter how fast the crops grew, it was impossible for them to sprout from the ground in just one hour.

But they still couldn't resist wanting to see the moist land, the withered grain leaves covered with water droplets, and hoping that in a few months, at harvest time, there would be such heavy grains hanging down.

Liu Junlan looked at her four mischievous boys who clung to their younger sister and wouldn't let go, and nodded to the strongest of the two, "Come on, let's go to the fields in a bit."

Although Lin Zheyun was unwilling, under his father's threatening gaze, he obediently stood behind the corner carrying a hoe, but still said reluctantly, "My older brother is older than me, why can't I ask him to come with me?"

“Your older brother and your father need to stay home and renovate the thatched roof. Otherwise, what if it rains again and your sister catches a cold?” Liu Junlan had a good reason and had already thought it through.

To renovate the roof, one had to climb up to the roof and replace the thatched huts, which had turned to dust and rotted from long exposure to the wind and sun, with new reeds.

Lin Zheyun is physically strong, but he is somewhat afraid of heights.

Upon hearing this, he immediately shouldered his hoe and walked ahead, saying affectionately, "Grandma, I'll go to the fields with you. Let's grow more grain and raise our little sister to be plump and healthy, just like a piglet!"

"Don't you dare call your sister a pig!" Liu Junlan slapped her simple-minded grandson on the back of the head.

"oh……"

Waaah, Grandma hit him so hard, his head is buzzing!

Besides washing and starching, Xuefu also took advantage of a break to find a piece of dry cotton cloth, intending to sew two new clothes for Lin Wanyue to change into.

Lin Weiming and his eldest son Lin Zhongyuan went to the riverbank. Although the river had dried up and revealed deep cracks, there were still some reeds growing haphazardly on both sides of the river.

The sickle, normally used to cut rice, is now being used to cut reeds, and it's just as efficient.

The two quickly carried back a lot of cut reeds, but they needed even more to cover the roof.

Lin Zhongyuan's handsome face was flushed and beads of sweat were dripping down.

The twins, as if on the same wavelength, quickly fixed their eyes on Lin Wanyue, who was sitting in the courtyard lost in thought.

"Little sister, are you hungry?" Lin Ziqiu rubbed his rumbling stomach and figured that his sister's lack of energy must be because she was too hungry.

"Let's go to the mountain to pick wild fruits to eat!" Lin Zihan's eyes sparkled.

Go up the mountain?

That's good; she was just wondering how to get the things out.

"If you two want to pick fruit, go ahead. Your little sister is too young to climb mountains," Xuefu said, poking her head out when she heard the noise.

"Mom, I want to go!" Lin Wanyue stood up, her eyes resolute. "I want to go with my brothers!"

"Well... alright." Xuefu thought for a moment, "Third brother and fourth brother, you two have to take good care of your sister. It just rained, and the mountain road is slippery. You two be careful and don't let her fall."

Lin Ziqiu and Lin Zihan nodded vigorously.

Each of them took their own small basket, and each held their sister's hand as the three siblings headed towards the back of the mountain.

They didn't take the place seriously at all, as they were used to being in the wild, and they knew the location of wild vegetables and fruits like the back of their hand.

In the forest after the rain, the fastest growing things are the mushrooms under the fallen leaves of the dead trees. They can be taken home and used to make soup, which is fresh and delicious. They are also very tasty when stir-fried.

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