This was the first time Li Yu walked out of the room.
To be honest, the Lin family's house covers a large area, but it is a bit old and feels like it will collapse at any time. It was probably built when the original owner's husband was still alive.
This is not surprising, after all, it has been 20 years. There are two main rooms, two east and west rooms, and a kitchen.
The meal was eaten in the main room. Li Yu walked over and took a look at the food on the table.
Well, you can clearly see the porridge at the bottom of the bowl, as well as the vegetable dumplings steamed with wild vegetables and some kind of black flour.
Although Li Yu was wondering whether it would taste good, she knew in her heart that this was how they had always eaten at home, so she walked over and sat down without showing any expression, said "Eat it all", and picked up a vegetable dumpling and took a bite.
It was surprisingly not bad, and even had a hint of the fragrance of wild vegetables. Li Yu looked up at Yang and thought that her cooking skills must be good.
Unfortunately, a good cook cannot cook without rice, and it is difficult for her.
Everyone at the table ate very seriously, as if they were eating some delicious dish.
Even a child as young as Xiaobao didn't make any noise. He drank up the porridge in the bowl without leaving a single grain of rice. Of course, there wasn't much rice at all.
Li Yu couldn't help but pour the rice at the bottom of her bowl to the little guy, but the little guy said sensibly, "Grandma, Xiaobao is full. Eat it yourself. You must get better soon after you finish it."
If he hadn't looked at Li Yu's bowl when he said this, Li Yu would probably have believed it. She felt very sad, for the original owner, for Xiaobao, and for the whole family.
She didn't force it, but just said, "Grandma knows, Xiaobao is the best, grandma will get better."
Li Yu felt that she had to find a way to improve the family's conditions. She herself did not know how to farm, and the third child's health must be taken care of. The family could not go on like this.
Adults can withstand it, but Xiaobao can't. Besides, the house at home also needs to be cleaned up. It will collapse sooner or later if there is a heavy rain.
Thinking of this, he said, "Wait until everyone has finished eating. Yang cleans up the dishes. You guys feed the cows and chickens, and then come here. I have something to tell you."
Cows were precious things in that era, and for their poor family to have a cow was something they could not even imagine.
The original owner bought this cow with all her savings from the Marquis' Mansion after her husband died and the family lost its labor force. Therefore, it was very precious to her and could be considered her dowry.
Fresh grass had to be cut every day to feed the animals, and they were taken care of very attentively. Several people responded and went out to do their own things.
Li Yu was alone, thinking about this and that. Honestly, she didn't know what to do to supplement the family income. She could only take some time to go to the city market to see if there were any opportunities.
Moreover, the third child in Li Yu's memory was really smart. He secretly ran to the village school to listen to the teacher's lectures. He thought he was doing it very secretly. In fact, this was a secret known to everyone in the family, but the conditions did not allow him to go to school.
He himself became very silent because of the burden he brought to his family.
Li Yu felt that he should not be buried. Lin He was not in good health and could not do heavy work. In this era, the way out for smart and studious people must be studying, and they can take care of their health while studying.
In fact, several children of the Lin family are literate. When they were maids in the Marquis' Mansion, as the first-class maid beside the eldest lady, they naturally learned to recognize words by following her.
Li Yu was very thankful for this. If the original owner was illiterate, she really didn't know how to cover up her literacy problem.
So when the original owner had free time, she would teach the children to recognize words. Although they had never been to school, they still knew the words. The original owner had lived in a big mansion and knew the importance of recognizing words.
Half an hour later, everyone sat down in the main hall, including Xiaobao and Lin Mei.
Li Yu then told them his plan.
“I’ve been sleeping for a few days and thinking for a long time. We can’t go on like this in our family.
We have to change. Let's not talk about the second son's wife for now. The third son's health needs to be taken care of, and so does Xiaobao. So we must not be too strict with him about his food."
Lin Hai was a steady man and immediately said, "But mother, what else can we do besides farming?"
The honest Lin Jiang still acted like an honest man and interrupted, "Mom, I've listened to you. I'll do whatever you say."
Lin He said, "Mom, have you thought about what kind of business we should start?"
When Lin Mei heard about doing business, her eyes lit up, but then dimmed again. Their family didn't even have the capital to do business, so what kind of business could they do?
Yang Liu just said that she would listen to her mother-in-law and that the little kid was already dozing off, so she ignored him.
Li Yu said directly: "I don't have any specific ideas about what to do, so I plan to rest for two days and then go into the city to see what I can do.
I've called you here to ask for your opinions. Since no one has any good suggestions, let's wait until we get back from the city."
Everyone said they would listen to their mother and went back to their rooms.
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