Seeing that the girl had gone home, Fu Yuchi turned and left.
Looking up, I was surprised to find that the moon had revealed its shy face at some point.
Just as it was getting dark, Ping Niangzi's sow suddenly had a difficult birth, so she called Gou Dan to help deliver the pig. They were busy for several hours.
On the way back, I bumped into a girl who was so scared by a dog that she didn't dare to move.
Perhaps it was because the girl's figure was too frail in the wind that he felt sorry for her, or perhaps it was because they all lived in the same village and it was just a small favor, so he gave her a ride.
He was a well-known philanthropist in Fushui Village. Whether it was a person or a livestock, they would recover by 80 or 90 percent after he treated them.
The key point is that they don't charge poor people.
I never expected that she was actually a maid from the Sun family.
Sun Miao'er entered the house. Old Mrs. Sun and Sun Xiaoman had already gone to bed. She moved the flour to a different place. If Jin Shi found out, she would not escape the fate of having it taken by her.
In the morning, Sun Xiaoman was awakened by a smell of burning.
"I knew my sister was making something delicious again!"
Sun Xiaoman crawled to the side of the stove and stuffed firewood into it. In the large iron pot on the stove, there was flour that had been fried to a golden brown, emitting an enticing aroma.
Shh, don't let Auntie hear!
Sun Miao'er quickly signaled Xiaoman to keep quiet, as this little bit of flour was hard-earned.
Sun Xiaoman stared at the pot with shining eyes, working hard to keep the fire burning. "Don't worry, my mother went out when it was just dawn. She went to Aunt Hua's house to play leaf games. She probably won't be back until dark."
Hua Gu was one of the people who came yesterday. She was over thirty years old this year, but no one had taken a liking to her. After Hua Gu's parents passed away, the two old people only had this one daughter, so the Hua family became the place where the women in this village played the card game.
A bowl of fried flour, once cooked, is fragrant and delicious, making Xiaoman (the 14th lunar month) drool.
Boiling water was poured over the fried flour, and it immediately turned into a bowl of steaming hot porridge. Xiaoman mixed it with brown sugar and licked the bottom of the bowl until it was shiny.
"Little glutton, eat slowly, don't hurt your stomach if you eat so fast."
Sun Miao'er also left a bowl for Grandma Sun. This fried flour was a delicious memory. In such a poor family, it must have been difficult to even get a meal.
"Miao'er, eat up, Grandma isn't hungry."
Grandma Sun couldn't bear to eat this hard-won flour. Miao'er and Xiaoman were both growing up, and Miao'er was as thin as a chick.
Sun Miao'er's nose tingled and her eyes welled up with tears. Her grandmother was kind and loving, but her later years were filled with misery. It was truly an injustice of fate.
"kindness!"
To put Grandma Sun's mind at ease, Sun Miao'er obediently ate all the batter, while Xiaoman stared longingly at the empty bowl, seemingly still wanting more.
"Xiaoman, save your stomach a little, there's something even better coming at lunchtime!"
Sun Miao'er picked some pig feed from the field. She found a lot of shepherd's purse in the field today. This wild vegetable grows with the wind. Although the shepherd's purse is a bit old at this time of year, it is still a rare delicacy after a little processing.
"It hurts so much! Waaaaaah! It hurts so much..."
Just as they reached Uncle Liang's house at the far west end, a heart-wrenching cry came from inside. It sounded like a little girl's cry, a truly pitiful sound. Sun Miao'er stopped to listen for a while, but instead of stopping, the cry became even more intense.
Sun Miao'er peeked inside.
Sun Xiaoman?!
There was a little girl next to her, Er Ya from Uncle Liang's family. She was about the same age as Xiao Man, with two little pigtails. Her face was red from crying. Uncle Liang stood there, stunned and at a loss.
"Uncle Liang, what's wrong? Did my Xiaoman bully Er Ya?"
Sun Miao'er scolded him verbally, but in reality, she was afraid that the children's fighting would cause misunderstandings.
"No, sister, I didn't bully Er Ya!"
Xiaoman hurriedly explained, pointing to a fat worm wriggling on the ground, and muttered, "It's this worm. Er Ya and I were playing in the woods just now when a worm suddenly fell on Er Ya's hand, and her hand swelled up immediately. Er Ya was in a lot of pain, so we came back."
It turns out I was overthinking things.
Sun Miao'er breathed a sigh of relief, but when she looked closely at the insects on the ground, she almost jumped three zhang away!
What is this? A spicy eel!
She had heard of the insect's incredible power before, but unfortunately, she had only occasionally visited relatives in the countryside since she was a child and had only ever seen the insect from afar; she had never had such close contact with it.
"Daddy, Er Ya is in so much pain!"
Er Ya is a chubby girl who loves to laugh. When she's not crying, she looks like a New Year's picture doll. But when she starts crying, she's anything but cheerful.
Liang Lao Er was a rough man who usually did jobs like slaughtering pigs and sheep, so he wouldn't know how to handle these things.
He grabbed his daughter's hand and breathed heavily, "Come on, Er Ya, don't cry, Daddy will blow on it for you, blow on it!"
As the warm breath fell, Er Ya cried even harder, shaking off Liang Lao Er's hand and sobbing uncontrollably.
"Uncle Liang, let me think of a way."
Sun Miao'er had some ideas on how to deal with this kind of problem. In the past, when she was bitten by insects, she would apply some soapy water to relieve the bite. The toxins of these insects are usually highly acidic, which is why they cause such unbearable pain and itching.
"Go and get some soot from the stove."
If you don't have soapy water, you can use wood ash instead.
Although Liang Lao Er couldn't understand Sun Miao'er, he had no choice but to do as she said in order to ease his heartache.
Sun Miao'er applied the wood ash to Er Ya's hands, wrapped them with cloth, and left them on for a while.
Er Ya's crying gradually subsided. "It seems... it seems to hurt less..."
Sun Miao'er tore off the cloth that was wrapped around her hand, washed away the ashes, and found that the area on her hand that had been stung was not as swollen as before.
"Uncle Liang, mix this wood ash with water and wash Er Ya's wound frequently. It should be healed in a few days."
Seeing his beloved daughter stop crying and start laughing, Liang Lao Er thought that the Sun family girl was usually not seen, but he didn't expect her to have such a skill.
"Miao'er, come here, your second uncle is giving you two catties of pork to take home and help Xiaoman recover!"
Liang Lao Er took out two jin of pork belly hanging from straw rope from his own kitchen.
Good heavens! It's pork! Sun Miao'er was polite on the surface, but her heart was already surging with excitement. This was the first time she had seen pork since she woke up. You know, these two pounds were enough for the Sun family to have meat for a year!
Having grown accustomed to having meat at every meal, I haven't smelled any meat for ten days or half a month since coming to the Sun family's house. I can finally enjoy a feast to my heart's content.
"My dear niece, don't be shy with your uncle, just eat! Consider it a favor I owe you today! There will be more next time!"
Er Ya pushed Xiao Man, a blush creeping onto her chubby cheeks. "Brother Xiao Man, please tell Sister Miao'er to accept this meat. She helped me, it's only right!"
"Sister, please don't make things difficult for Er Ya!"
It's easy to see that Xiaoman's eyes clearly say, "I want to eat meat."
After thanking her, Sun Miao'er carried the two heavy pounds of pork belly and led Xiaoman home, who had finally gotten her wish.
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