She still has two ginseng roots. She said before that she would put them in the chicken soup during the Chinese New Year, but they didn't kill any chickens during the Chinese New Year, let alone make chicken soup, so the two ginseng roots were intact.
Now it’s finally time to stew the fish soup, and her two ginseng roots will come in handy.
During this period, she was afraid that the bodies of her two children would rot, so she would take them out and put them on the kang to dry. When they were dried, she would wrap them in paper and put them in her treasure shell.
I don't know if ginseng can be put into fish soup, and whether it will cause any adverse reactions.
But these are just two long and thin ginseng roots. Even if there is something wrong with them, the quantity is probably not large enough. Besides, the whole family can share a big pot of fish soup, and each person can't eat much, so it shouldn't be a big deal.
Tian Tian made up her mind to throw the ginseng roots into the fish soup. The ginseng was ready, only the fish soup was missing.
But the fish haven't been cleaned yet, so Tian Tian doesn't need to rush. She just sits quietly in front of the brazier, warming herself by the fire, eating a few roasted peanuts from time to time, and living a leisurely life.
Tian Tian didn't sleep well that night, and the hot air from the brazier made her feel drowsy.
Old Mrs. Tian looked up at Tian Tian while sewing shoes. Seeing that Tian Tian was swaying with her eyes closed, she was afraid that she would fall into the brazier, so she said, "If you are sleepy, go to bed and have a good sleep. You won't get burned if you sit in front of the brazier!"
Tian Tian woke up suddenly, looked up at Old Lady Tian, took off her shoes, climbed onto the kang and prepared to have a good sleep.
Old Mrs. Tian touched Tian Tian's feet and found them warm, so she let Tian Tian put her feet under the mattress without worry.
After covering herself with the quilt, Tian Tian curled up on the warm kang and sighed comfortably, "It's still great to be at home."
"You say this as if your grandma has treated you harshly," said Old Mrs. Tian.
When she was talking about marriage, she had also met Grandma Lin. Although her personality was a little cold, she was a decent person and would not treat her own granddaughter harshly.
"They will definitely not treat me unfairly. It's not as comfortable as being at home! Besides, no one lives in the west room. It's so cold. It's like ice and fire at night. My dad and Tian Zhuo sleep the best, and that little one snores like a train." Tian Tian complained mercilessly following Old Lady Tian.
Old Mrs. Tian's lips curled up when she heard this. "How could you say that about your father, kid? Besides, your grandma is the only one at home, so it's normal for the west room to be a little cold."
Old Mrs. Tian looked at Tian Tian who was snoring again and said, "Okay, stop nagging. You didn't sleep well last night, so have a good sleep. I'll call you when it's time for dinner."
Tian Tian wanted to tell Old Lady Tian that she had two ginseng roots and would put them in the fish soup later. But as soon as she opened her mouth, her eyes closed uncontrollably.
She originally thought that she was either awakened by the noise of Tian Zhuo and Tian Baobao, or by the smell of the fish soup.
As a result, when she woke up, the house was very quiet. Not only was there no smell of fish soup, but there was not even the sound of footsteps or the sound of the fire in the stove.
"Grandma! Mom!" Tian Tian was frightened by the eerie silence and quickly called her grandmother and mother.
In the end, there was still no sound at home and no one paid any attention to her.
Tian Tian put on her shoes fearlessly and looked up at the clock. She had only slept for about half an hour and it was not yet two o'clock. Even the circle of peanut shells on the brazier were placed there out of boredom after she finished eating the peanuts.
As usual, everyone has already started preparing for dinner, so there is definitely someone else in the house.
Tian Tian began to imagine wildly, wondering if she had traveled to another world that was the same as Old Lady Tian’s home in her sleep, or if she was still dreaming, a dream within a dream.
She left the east room and went to the kitchen. I saw that the big fish that Grandma Lin brought back to them today was being cleaned, cut into pieces and placed in a basin. There was also water in the big pot. The firewood in the stove was still burning, and the charcoal fire made a slight crackling sound.
Tian Tian ran to the west room and took a look, and her parents were not there either.
Did they go out? It is impossible for them to leave all at once. There is no one at home, and there is nothing going on in the brigade these two days.
She went back to the room, puzzled.
Just as Tian Tian was daydreaming, the door behind her was suddenly pushed open, and the northwest wind blew in mixed with snowflakes and cold air.
"ah!"
Tian Tian was struggling with the monster she had imagined in her mind, when a loud noise came from behind her. She screamed in fright and also startled the person who pushed the door open.
"Sister! What are you doing?" Tian Baobao's voice rang out.
"Sister, your voice is so high!" This is Tian Zhuo's baby voice.
Tian Tian looked carefully and realized that they were her two younger brothers.
She held her chest to calm her overly fast beating heart, and complained, "Where did you all go? When I woke up, there was no one at home. I thought something happened to you!"
Tian Baobao didn't understand the little drama in Tian Tian's mind, so he just looked at Tian Tian strangely, "What could happen in the team? What about our whole family? Did you sleep yourself into insanity?"
"Go!" Tian Tian tapped Tian Baobao on the forehead, "How do you talk to your sister? Tell me! Where did you go? You left me alone at home!"
Tian Baobao covered the place where Tian Tian had hit him. He wanted to complain to Tian Tian, but when he heard Tian Tian's question, he immediately put the pain behind his mind. He came close to Tian Tian and whispered to her, "Something happened to the nephew born by sister-in-law Li next door! Grandma, uncle, and aunt are all next door!"
"Something happened?" Tian Tian's eyes widened. "What happened?"
Li Lanru's child was less than a month old, how could something like this happen?
Tian Baobao shook his head, "I don't know!"
He only heard his grandmother say that something happened to the child, and before he could hear anything else, Old Lady Tian sent him and Tian Zhuo back.
"Sister Li cried so hard! She even started arguing with Aunt Huang! She said that Aunt Huang didn't like the child and deliberately treated the child harshly!" Tian Baobao added.
"To treat the child harshly?" Tian Tian was a little skeptical. "No way! Didn't she say before that Aunt Huang came to borrow pig's trotters from us to help Aunt Zhang produce milk?"
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