Chapter 141 A Warm Dinner
Gu Jinghong looked at his empty hands, shook his head, raised his head, and followed Su Ying's gaze.
The two women were working, and Du Feng, a grown man, didn't want to sit still, so he stood up to help.
The three of them cleaned up quickly, and it took only about forty minutes to finish.
Chen Shuyun went to the south room where the grain was stored and found that the bags of corn and peanuts had holes in them gnawed by mice. She came back with half a basin of millet and half a basket of peanuts in a basket.
"We were in such a hurry that we didn't even have time to sell our peanuts. Now the rats have eaten our food and a lot of it has been stolen."
Su Ying couldn't help but laugh when she saw how distressed she was.
"Then let's sell all this food when we come back this time."
"That won't work."
Chen Shuyun said as she washed rice.
"No, I'll put some traps in the south room tomorrow. Actually, we should catch a cat. If the cat is in the south room, there will definitely be no mice."
"What does the cat eat when we're not home?"
Chen Shuyun was not worried that the cats would not have enough to eat. The cats in the village were different from those in the city. The cats in the village would go out to find food during the day and eat as long as they caught mice. If there were no mice, they could get some leftovers, or at worst, they could eat something from the pig trough.
She was worried that if she left the cat a place to enter and exit, something else might run in and eat up all the food in the house.
Du Feng took out a large cabbage and a basket of potatoes from the cellar.
Su Ying said as she peeled the potatoes.
"Mom, you won't sell them, and we won't come back to eat them. The potatoes are already stunted, and if they grow any longer, they'll be poisonous."
Chen Shuyun rolled her eyes at her.
"What should we do? We can't throw them away, right? Besides, these potatoes will definitely become a little stale after being stored in the cellar all winter. Don't every household eat them like this?"
Su Ying was also helpless. Okay, she couldn't argue with her mother anyway.
These were the only things she had at home, so Chen Shuyun put two sweet potatoes into the millet porridge. The whole porridge was sweet and delicious.
Su Ying was afraid that these potatoes were poisonous, so she didn't dare to make shredded potatoes or anything like that, and just stewed them directly with cabbage.
There was no meat at home, but we had the pork fat that Chen Shuyun had made before, cabbage, potatoes, and vermicelli, which tasted quite good when stewed together in a pot.
Maybe because they hadn't eaten for two days, the four of them finished two large pots of stew and there was not much porridge left.
After dinner, Chen Shuyun washed the pots and dishes, while Su Ying helped Gu Jinghong wash up.
Du Feng and Gu Jinghong were assigned to sleep in the next room, while Su Ying and Chen Shuyun slept in the same room.
Because I had warmed the quilt in advance, I didn’t feel particularly cold when I got into bed.
Su Ying's right side felt empty, and she was not used to it yet.
Turning around, she saw that Chen Shuyun had fallen asleep, so she quietly sat up, lifted the quilt, and quietly went to the next door in her slippers.
Because Du Feng was there, she didn't go in directly, but just put her ear to the door and listened.
She didn't know if it was because they were telepathic or Chief Gu had sharp ears, but she actually heard Gu Jinghong's low and magnetic voice coming from the room.
"Yingying, I'm fine. My waist doesn't hurt, and my hands don't cramp. Just go to sleep."
Gu Jinghong lowered his voice, but Su Ying could still hear it.
Su Ying straightened up, her eyes still full of confusion.
This guy was awake the whole time? So he knew she was coming over?
However, Gu Jinghong said that he was not feeling unwell, so she felt relieved. She quietly returned to the house and got into bed, shivering from the cold.
Chen Shuyun helped her tuck in the quilt and patted her gently a few times.
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