Chapter 7 Roasted Eggs...
Watching the two figures hurry away, Liu Limei leaned forward, reached out her hand, and shouted a reminder:
Only after they could no longer see Miya and Dawa's backs did Liu Limei and her daughter close the courtyard gate, turn around and go back into the house to continue packing their luggage.
When the two entered the room, they found that Erni, who had been carsick, had already woken up in bed. They immediately went to greet her with joy, and Dani even sat down on the edge of the bed to help her younger sister up.
"Erni, when did you wake up?"
Erni dodged her eldest sister's outstretched hand, rolled her eyes at her mother and eldest sister, and said, "It's so noisy outside, it would be strange if I didn't wake up."
Upon hearing this, Liu Limei and Da Ni both looked somewhat embarrassed. Da Ni silently withdrew her hand and explained softly, "It's Sister Miya, whom we met at the train station. She's here."
"You're here to 'ask' for things again, aren't you?"
Upon hearing this, the relaxed atmosphere in the room instantly froze.
After the initial shock, Liu Limei's anger flared up. She looked at her second daughter with disbelief and demanded, "What do you mean by that?"
Faced with her mother's anger and her eldest sister's disapproving look, Erni wavered for a moment, but she still stubbornly held her head high.
“I didn’t say anything wrong. That military overcoat was something we brought all the way from our hometown. Mom, you’re giving it to someone you’ve just met. What if she puts it on and runs away? We can’t buy it back even if we have the money.”
“Everyone here is looking for their relatives in the military. What’s wrong with borrowing clothes? I can tell at a glance that Miya is a good girl.”
Liu Limei doesn't think she did anything wrong; it's fate that we met from all over the world.
Besides, the other party's relatives and his own Lao Zhou are comrades-in-arms, so he would naturally lend a hand when he could.
"What a good girl!" Erni insisted, saying fiercely, "She borrows things from you every day. I think she'll definitely be leeching off our family for the rest of her life."
"Erni, what you said went too far."
Da Ni, who is usually good-tempered, could no longer tolerate her sister's unreasonable behavior and directly took out the wild eggs from her bosom.
"This was just given to us by Miya. We only asked for a handful of salt, so we actually made a profit."
Erni looked at the eggs, instinctively shrank back, and turned her face away from the two people in the room. "Am I right? They're here to 'ask' for things again."
Upon hearing this, Liu Limei could no longer suppress her anger. She took off one shoe and rushed towards her second daughter.
"Where did you learn such a petty and calculating nature from!"
With a crisp sound, Liu Limei's shoe landed precisely on Erni's back.
Erni's eyes immediately welled up with tears. The physical pain was nothing compared to the pain in her heart. Knowing what she could say to touch her mother's heart, she immediately shouted it out without thinking.
"She learned it from my grandma. Who told her to secretly use our family's things to support my second uncle, third uncle, and youngest uncle!"
"Is it wrong for me to want to protect my belongings?"
After saying this, tears welled up in her eyes and fell onto the bedding, a pain that pierced Liu Limei's heart.
She slowly put down her shoes, hugged Erni tightly, and comforted her daughter with her broad and warm chest.
On the other side, Miya whispered a reminder while chasing after Da Wa's pace.
Upon reaching the summit, the eldest child excitedly jumped and skipped, taking in the beautiful scenery below.
Miya, with one hand on her hip and panting heavily, couldn't help but envy Da Wa's stamina.
After Da Wa's excitement subsided and Mi Ya had rested, she walked towards the pottery jar.
A few stones are piled up next to the earthenware pot, forming a simple stove. All you need to do is burn a fire between the stones and place the earthenware pot on top to make wild vegetable and egg soup.
Da Wa was drawn to Mi Ya's actions and followed behind her. "Sister Mi Ya, let me help you start the fire. I start fires at home too. I'm the best at starting fires."
The three consecutive calls to light a fire made it impossible for anyone to refuse. Miya reluctantly took out the matches that Ren Qingsong handed her, saying, "Use these to light a fire."
"I know!"
The eldest child eagerly took the matches and found suitable firewood from the haphazardly piled rotten wood nearby.
Miya followed along, searching for a kindling to start a fire, and carried the firewood that Da Wa had selected to the simple stone stove.
As it turned out, Da Wa wasn't exaggerating. He deftly struck the match to create a flame, lit the fuse, and a fire instantly broke out on one side of the courtyard gate.
The firelight completely dispelled the chill of early spring, and the orange flames danced on their faces.
Miya withdrew her shocked gaze, quickly picked up the earthenware jar beside her, and placed it on the stone.
After confirming that everything was safe, I took the eldest child and washed the broken bowls we had collected in a nearby puddle.
Looking at the broken and damaged bowls, Da Wa felt a deep sense of sympathy. "Sister Miya, your family needs to get new bowls. We definitely need to buy new ones, otherwise we won't have enough for our guests to eat when they come over."
Upon hearing this, Miya paused, not understanding why she had to buy a new one. Wouldn't it be cheaper to repair the bowl in her hand?
Turning her head to meet Da Wa's serious expression, she changed the subject and asked, "Are you going to buy it from the supply and marketing cooperative?"
When the supply and marketing cooperative was mentioned, Da Wa's eyes were full of longing, and he even unconsciously drooled.
"Of course! The supply and marketing cooperative has so many things. You can buy cloth to make clothes, and there are also delicious candies and pastries... You can buy almost anything at the supply and marketing cooperative, it's just that my mother doesn't like to take me with her."
"Why?"
"Mom said it's dangerous outside and won't let me go out," Da Wa said dejectedly.
If it weren't for this trip to join the army, he wouldn't know when he would be able to travel far from home again.
Looking at Da Wa's pitiful little face, Miya's mind raced, and she offered a dry, comforting reply: "You don't need to go outside to work at the army's supply and marketing cooperative; you can go there often."
"Eh∽"
Da Wa jumped up from the ground instantly. How could he not have thought of that?
"Hehehe!" Thinking that he could go to the supply and marketing cooperative often in the future, he chuckled to himself and jumped around excitedly on the ground, even imitating the characters in the comic books to punch, venting his excitement.
By this time, Miya had already washed all the bowls in her hands.
Just when Da Wa thought he could leave, he suddenly saw Mi Ya take two eggs out of her pocket and dig directly into the bottom of the puddle with her other hand.
The next second, a lump of yellow mud appeared on the egg, until it was completely covered in mud.
The eldest child squatted down in confusion and leaned closer to observe, "Sister Miya, what are you doing?"
"Roasted eggs, haven't you ever had them?"
Miya's hands moved quickly, and she soon covered the other egg with mud. Then she casually picked two leaves and placed the egg on top.
“No.” Da Wa shook his head expressionlessly. “I’ve only ever eaten roasted bird eggs; you just stuff them into the fire.”
"Then I'll let you try some roasted eggs today." Miya washed her hands, took the bowl and eggs, and walked back.
Upon hearing this, Da Wa's mouth was practically watering, but remembering that Sister Miya had already delivered eggs, he forced himself to remain rational and politely declined, "No, how can I eat eggs? You've already delivered some to our house."
If he doesn't swallow after he finishes speaking, his words are more credible.
Miya's lips trembled slightly as she clenched the egg in her hand, thinking: They are both the only boys in their families, both the youngest, so why is there such a big difference in their behavior and conduct?
"The eggs I gave your mother were in exchange for salt. You helped with the cooking, so isn't it only right that I reward you with an egg?"
Upon hearing this, Da Wa felt it made perfect sense and could no longer suppress his desires. He nodded emphatically and patted his chest to assure him.
"Don't worry, Sister Miya, I'll make sure the fire burns brightly."
For the rest of the time, the eldest child focused intently on keeping an eye on the fire.
Miya squatted to the side and buried two small lumps of mud into the stone stove, stirring the wild vegetable soup with a randomly broken stick in her hand.
Seeing the wild vegetables change color, I immediately cracked the remaining two eggs, stirring them as I poured the egg mixture.
Golden egg flakes floated among the emerald green vegetable soup, creating a striking contrast of yellow and green that was particularly eye-catching.
At the same time, a rich aroma of wild vegetables and eggs filled the air, which Ren Qingsong and the others who were busy in the yard could smell.
Wen Xianfeng stopped what he was doing and kept sniffing, trying to find the source of the fragrance.
"Where does this delicious food come from? There are no other houses on the mountaintop."
“It must have been made by Miya,” Ren Qingsong recalled what Miya had just said, put down the hammer in his hand and called out, “Go finish your wild vegetable soup first, and we’ll continue later.”
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