"Sister-in-law, let's not talk about this for now. You haven't eaten yet, right? Let's go to my house for dinner!" Ye Juan'er said generously, "No matter how big the matter is, you still have to fill your stomach first, right?"
Old Mrs. Ye looked at Ye Juan'er's clothes that were patched up with patches, and knew that her family must be poor, so she would never be willing to take her whole family out to dinner.
"Look, the eldest brother's wife has already set up the stove and started cooking, so I won't be going today.
"Now that we're back, we'll have plenty of time to spend together in the future. There's no need to rush."
After finally declining the enthusiastic Ye Juaner, everyone in the Ye family felt a little heavy-hearted after she left, except for the less sensible child.
Mrs. Ye took a long time to muster up the courage to ask, "Mom, you must be hungry, what should we eat?"
Although Old Mrs. Ye had no appetite at all, she still had children at home.
I had breakfast before leaving today, and I must have been starving until now.
"Just make something and eat whatever you have!" Old Mrs. Ye waved her hand.
Mrs. Ye quickly responded and got busy.
In fact, even if you want to eat and drink delicious food, there are no ingredients now.
When they were fleeing from famine, the brothers could always catch some wild game.
But since arriving in Tianjin, I have been living in an inn and have nowhere to go hunting.
The meat that was saved along the way was almost eaten up because it could not be stored for long.
I originally thought that once I settled down in the village, I could just buy whatever I wanted to eat. Who would have thought that the situation here would be like this.
Now, all that was left in Mrs. Ye's hands were a dozen wild duck eggs, some potatoes and cornmeal.
Sister Ye asked worriedly, "Sister-in-law, what can we cook with this little food?"
Mrs. Ye glanced at the little bit of meat oil still in the jar and said, "Make some cornmeal porridge, fry all the duck eggs, and then boil a pot of potatoes with soybean paste."
"Okay!" Ye Ersao nodded, boiled the cornmeal porridge first, added a steamer, put the potatoes on it, and then covered the pot.
Mrs. Ye lit another pot and fried all the duck eggs at once.
The lunch was very simple and was prepared and served on the table very quickly.
There were not enough fried eggs for everyone, so Mrs. Ye only gave some to Old Lady Ye, Mrs. Guo and a few children.
After dividing, there were still two left on the plate.
The others pushed the food away from each other and no one was willing to pick it up with their chopsticks.
Ye Lao Si took the initiative to pick up his own bowl, holding it in his arms and said, "I've been eating wild duck eggs every day on the road. I'm tired of them. You guys should eat them quickly!"
Boss Ye said in a deep voice, "I don't usually like eating eggs either. Whoever likes can have them."
Ye Lao Er and Ye Lao San just drank their porridge without even looking at the fried eggs on the plate.
Guo finished her fried egg in a few bites and immediately looked at the rest on the plate.
Old Madam Ye was most annoyed by her superficial appearance, but thinking that she was pregnant, she said, "The eldest and the fourth are pulling the cart today, so the remaining two should be divided between them!"
Naturally, no one else had any objections, and Guo's eyes lit up when she heard it.
Old Mrs. Ye shared two fried eggs with Old Man Ye Da and Old Man Ye Si.
Ye Laosi immediately put it into Guo's bowl.
Boss Ye was just about to give the fried eggs to his wife when he heard a sneer coming from not far away.
The Ye family looked up and saw that many villagers had gathered at the edge of the open space, and the leader was Wang Dalong.
He pointed at the Ye family while eating melon seeds and said, "Look at these poor beggars from outside the Great Wall. They have to push and shove their family members to eat a fried egg.
"You're so poor, no wonder you have the audacity to come to my house and try to scam me!"
The villagers who were watching burst into laughter when they heard this.
Ye Lao Si was so angry that he clenched his fists. Just as he was about to stand up, Ye Lao Da held his shoulders.
"Brother..." Ye Laosi looked dissatisfied.
"Two fists can't beat four hands. No matter how capable you are, how many can you defeat by yourself?"
Looking at the dozen or so young men standing by the open space, Ye Laosi could only grit his teeth and sit back down.
Wang Dalong immediately shouted, "Hey, why are you so scared? Where's the energy you had when you knocked on my door before?
"Where's the energy you had when you were about to hit me with a stick?
"Grandpa, I'm just standing here waiting for you to come and fight me, why don't you come?
"What, you're out of courage? Haha, I thought you were so powerful!"
Wang Dalong's words were like steel thorns, piercing into the hearts of the Ye family.
Although everyone was still holding their bowls, they couldn't eat anything.
Boss Ye said to his brothers in a deep voice, "Ignore him, he's just trying to provoke us!"
Ye Laosi almost bit his back teeth to pieces, and his eyes turned red with anger.
"So we're just going to let him scold us?"
"It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge." This is all Boss Ye could do to comfort his brother.
The family finished their meal in frustration. The eldest son, Ye Lao Da, stood up and said, "Mom, since I don't have anything to do this afternoon, I thought I'd take the second and third sons for a walk in the mountains. We can bring back whatever we see. Even if we can't find anything, it's still good to collect some firewood. It's better than staying here."
"Okay, go ahead!" Old Mrs. Ye was also afraid that if her sons stayed here for a long time, they would lose their temper and start a fight with the Wang family.
Upon hearing this, Ye Lao Si hurriedly said, "Brother, I'll go too!"
"Why are you going?" Boss Ye vetoed, "You stay and look after your wife and the family!"
Ye Laosi instantly became weak. He had been suffering a lot since Guo became pregnant.
Now I finally have a chance to go out for some fresh air, but I am still excluded.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Ye also said, "I'll go up the mountain with you too. Maybe we can pick some mushrooms at this time of year."
It's better to follow them up the mountain than to stay here and be treated like a monkey by the villagers.
When Qingtian heard that Mrs. Ye was also going up the mountain, he immediately quit.
She put down the half-eaten potato, snuggled into Sister Ye's arms, put her arms around her neck and said, "Mom, I'm going up the mountain too."
"It's not easy to walk on the mountain, and there are a lot of bugs!"
Boss Ye didn't want to bring Qingtian with him. This place was different from his hometown, and he didn't even know what the situation was like in the mountains.
It would be fine if he brought his wife with him when he went into the mountains for the first time, but Qingtian was young and delicate, and if something happened it would be no joke.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Ye readily agreed: "Okay, if we want to go on a sunny day, then mother will carry you there!"
After she finished speaking, she said to Ye Laodao: "Let's just walk around nearby, nothing will happen."
The villagers who were watching the fun on the side couldn't help laughing when they heard them talking, and joked with each other without controlling the volume at all.
"They even want to go into the mountains to get something. It's really ridiculous."
"Who says it's not true? I've never seen anyone carrying a child up a mountain."
"These two nearby mountains have been nearly flattened by people from the surrounding villages. What's left for them to pick?"
"Oh, don't say that. What if they get lucky?"
Wang Dalong laughed the loudest: "Hahaha, let's see how lucky they are!"
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