Seeing how energetic Tian Tian was, Old Mrs. Tian believed that she was indeed fine now.
In their minds, people nowadays will not get any serious illness. If they feel uncomfortable, they can drink a bowl of ginger soup to sweat it out, or take some painkillers, and they will be fine after a good sleep.
Old Mrs. Tian took a look at the soup in the pot, frowned and said, "Next time when you cook soup, don't put so many potatoes in it. Just put two. Do you really want to eat it as a meal?"
Tian Tian was not afraid and said with a smile: "I saw that several potatoes were a little rotten, so I picked out the rotten parts and used the rest to make soup. I accidentally made so much soup that I won't have the chance to drink it later."
After hearing this, Old Mrs. Tian glanced into the yard. Sure enough, she saw the three chickens in the house gathered in a small corner, pausing with their heads down. There was a pile of potato pieces that were similar in color to the soil. If the chickens hadn't picked them up, Old Mrs. Tian wouldn't have been able to see them.
"How could these potatoes be rotten? I picked out the rotten ones and ate them." Old Mrs. Tian muttered and went down to the cellar to check on the potatoes.
These potatoes are part of their food for the coming year, so they can't let them rot now.
Old Mrs. Tian turned over all the potatoes carefully and found a few with small wounds.
This made Old Mrs. Tian very distressed. She picked out the small potatoes and looked at them carefully.
She picked out the injured potatoes and ate them right after they were harvested. The wounds on these potatoes were probably too small for her to notice. They had been left here for a few days and had gone bad. The wounds had become more obvious, so she only found them this time.
Old Mrs. Tian took the potatoes out and put them in a basin, ready to cook them tomorrow.
Seeing Tian Tian sitting on a small stool, picking small garlic roots while cooking, he said, "Wash some of these small garlic roots and eat them with sauce, and pickle the rest."
“Okay!” Tian Tian agreed. Since there was no way to keep the leftover vegetables fresh, she could just pickle them all so that they could be preserved for a longer time.
"Sister! I'm back!" Tian Baobao's voice came from outside the gate.
"Grandma? Why are you here?" Tian Baobao rushed in, and saw Old Mrs. Tian standing at the door with a gloomy face. He immediately became timid and stood at the door reluctantly, refusing to go in.
According to Old Lady Tian's usual habit, she would not come back until the team members got off work. She would wait until that time to chat with the aunts in the team. Why did she come back so early today?
Old Mrs. Tian looked Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo up and down, and saw that their clothes were covered in dust, there was a circle of black ash around the edges of their shoes, and Tian Zhuo's mouth was also black. She could tell at a glance that the two of them had gone to grill something to eat again.
Old Mrs. Tian saw that Tian Baobao's basket was empty, without even a grain of wheat. She couldn't help but frown, "Tian Baobao, where have you been taking your brother to do this time? Can you be quiet every day? Everyone else is out picking up wheat grains, but you're the only one running around the village with nothing. What's wrong? You're a kid and don't need to eat! I tell you, if you don't go picking up wheat grains tomorrow, you'll go hungry tomorrow!"
The wheat ears picked up in the fields had to be handed over to the production team, but the wheat grains picked up from winnowing and searching for wheat straw could be taken home. Many children were waiting by the threshing straw to pick up the missed wheat grains.
Tian Baobao's eyes widened, "Grandma?! I'm your grandson!"
He has an appointment with someone to catch sparrows tomorrow.
"Don't call me grandma. We in the Tian family don't keep idle people. You should find someone who is willing to feed you and be your grandma." Old Mrs. Tian glanced at him sideways.
During this period, Tian Tian fell into the water and had a high fever, which scared them all. All their attention was on Tian Tian, and they temporarily ignored the naughty boy in the family. This Tian baby was having fun, climbing trees to pick birds and going to the river to catch fish all day long.
That’s nothing, we’re all children here, so just play as much as you want.
As a result, at this important time of autumn harvest, when every grain of food may determine whether or not one will go hungry next year, even three or four-year-old children know to go to the fields to pick up wheat ears, and Tian Baobao is not as good as them.
Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo were scolded so much that they dared not say a word. After talking about Tian Baobao, Old Lady Tian turned around and looked at Tian Zhuo who was hiding behind Tian Baobao. She said unmercifully, "You are so stupid every day. You only know how to follow your brother's buttocks. You are even more obedient than a follower."
"You two don't know how to be a little clean. People who don't know would think you two roll around in the pigsty every day. You don't have to do anything all day long. We have to wash your clothes. We are exhausted. If you make your clothes dirty in the future, wash them yourself. I won't indulge you."
After Mrs. Tian finished her speech, she saw that the two of them were very obedient with their heads down, so she snorted softly, "Go wash your hands, help your sister pick the small root vegetables, and wait for your parents to come back so that you can have dinner."
After saying this, Old Lady Tian went into the house.
Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo looked at each other and didn't pay attention to what Old Lady Tian said. They had been fighting and playing together since they were young, and they were both very tough.
"Sister! This is for you!" Tian Zhuo squatted next to Tian Tian, took something out of his pocket and handed it to her.
Tian Tian looked down and saw that it was roasted sparrow. It was roasted black and didn’t look very good, but it smelled quite fragrant.
"Where did you catch this sparrow?" Tian Tian asked after taking the sparrow.
Since the campaign to eradicate the four pests, sparrows have actually become very rare. Even if they are still there, they are very alert and will fly away when they see people, making them particularly difficult to catch.
"I caught this sparrow!" Tian Baobao said, "I caught it in the threshing floor. There were many sparrows eating wheat. I caught all of them and roasted them. I specially left this sparrow for you."
Tian Zhuo grumbled unhappily, "Obviously I wanted to save it for my sister, otherwise you would have eaten it all long ago."
Tian Baobao was exposed and became angry and embarrassed. He opened his mouth to refute, "You..."
"Alright!" Tian Tian interrupted them when she saw that they were about to quarrel and started to smooth things over. "It's thanks to you two that we can have this roasted sparrow. If it weren't for the baby, we wouldn't be able to catch the sparrow. I also want to thank Xiao Zhuo for remembering to bring a roasted sparrow for my sister."
Now both of them were happy, "Then eat quickly! I'm an expert at eating sparrows."
Tian Tian pulled off a sparrow's leg and put it into her mouth like a toothpick, chewing it.
Um……
Apart from the mushy taste, there was nothing else to taste.
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