Just now she asked Li Aihua carefully again, and after learning that Hu Xiaoyi could make some simple furniture, they discussed what was needed at the moment.
It is not good to keep food in the closet all the time. Although they don’t have many clothes, it is not a big deal to keep them on the bed all the time.
Hu Xiaoyi had been thinking all the way about how to teach Jianya, but as soon as he entered the door, he was hit on the head by the things that Jianya listed.
He was stunned by Jianya's sudden understanding.
Seeing Hu Xiaoyi's dazed and surprised look, Hu Lin didn't understand what was going on. "Do you understand?"
Hu Xiaoyi came back to his senses, glanced at Hu Lin, then picked up his axe and went up the mountain.
"My daughter, I'll go up the mountain to dig some wild vegetables for us to eat in the evening." Li Aihua came out with an iron basin and a sickle.
"I'll go with you." Hu Lin followed him out, still muttering, "What a pity, I can't eat the vegetables in the backyard."
With the old lady watching, she didn't want to get into any more arguments about this matter, so she had to give up the idea of picking vegetables.
"If I had seeds, I could clear the land behind the house and plant some, so I can eat vegetables after the autumn harvest." Li Aihua locked the door.
"Then let's start tomorrow. I'll go borrow some seeds." Hu Lin's eyes lit up.
I'm about to vomit if I eat wild vegetables every day.
"Where are you going to borrow it?" Li Aihua was curious.
"Don't worry about it."
After a while, the two of them caught up with Hu Xiaoyi who had gone ahead.
"Dad, Mom said she's going to clear a vegetable patch behind the house tomorrow. You should put up a fence around it later."
"Where did you get the seeds?" Hu Xiaoyi glanced at the two people next to him.
This was the first time for the three of them to go out to work together, and Hu Xiaoyi felt uncomfortable everywhere.
"You don't have to worry about this." Hu Lin didn't want to say more to him.
It just so happened that Hu Xiaoyi didn't want to talk to them, so they separated after going up the mountain.
Hu Xiaoyi went to the front to look for vines, and the two of them dug wild vegetables nearby.
Hu Lin took the opportunity to look around.
The trees are not densely distributed, the weeds are overgrown, and there are many wild animals to eat, but there are no signs of animal activity, except for snakes.
Perhaps because there are frequent human activities here, all animals cannot come here and have left this area to humans.
It seems I have to go further inside and take a look at the situation.
"I'll go see how Dad is doing." Hu Lin said and went in the direction Hu Xiaoyi left without waiting for Li Aihua to answer.
Li Aihua looked over and only saw Hu Lin's back.
Hu Lin followed Hu Xiaoyi's trail and found Hu Xiaoyi who was cutting vines.
Hu Xiaoyi heard the noise and turned around to see Hu Lin. He frowned and asked, "What are you doing here? There are so many snakes here. Why don't you leave now?"
"Let me help you." Hu Lin looked around.
The weeds here are much more lush than before, dead branches are everywhere, and there are not so many signs of human activities here.
"We don't need your help. Go back quickly. The snakes here are poisonous." Hu Xiaoyi urged.
"Then you better be careful." After observing, Hu Lin said something polite and left.
After a while she could make a few small traps to catch rabbits, chickens and so on.
When they found Li Aihua, the iron basin she brought was almost full. Hu Lin helped by pulling some water in, and in a few seconds the basin was full.
"Go back."
Li Aihua stood up with the iron basin in her hand, looked at the miserable-looking wild vegetables that Hu Lin had picked, and said, "If your grandma saw this, she would definitely scold you."
She had been beaten and scolded before because the quality of her wild vegetables was poor.
Hu Lin took the sickle from Li Aihua and said, "We have separated now. We are no longer in the Hu family. We can do whatever we want in the future.
Anyway, they are all the same when served on the table, and it’s not like the leaves are rotten and cannot be eaten.”
"I'm glad you don't mind." Li Aihua rarely smiled.
You have fallen to the point of having to eat wild vegetables every day, what are you still complaining about!
"I don't mind, her cooking isn't as good as yours."
Today's meal was prepared by the old hag. Even though they used the same ingredients, the food she cooked didn't taste as good as that cooked by Li Aihua.
She didn't eat much.
Life is hard nowadays, food is scarce and monotonous, and if it is not tasty, it would be like eating pig food.
"Really?" Li Aihua couldn't believe the compliment.
"Of course, let's eat earlier tonight! Make more. I'm hungry. I didn't eat much in the morning or at noon."
"But we have to eat all the food until the end of the year, so we can't eat too much every day." Li Aihua also knew that the food was not enough for the three of them.
"It's okay. Today is a good day for moving. It's also the first day you'll be free from suffering. We have to celebrate it anyway. Just cook, and I'll take care of the rest."
Hu Lin gave Li Aihua enough sense of security.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Li Aihua was moved by what Hu Lin said, and couldn't help imagining a beautiful future life in her mind.
When cooking in the evening, Li Aihua filled an iron basin with rice and water, placed it in the stove, and covered it with the wooden lid that Hu Xiaoyi had bought a few days ago to steam the rice.
Hu Lin was lighting a fire in front of the stove, and from time to time he pumped the old bellows, which made a creaking sound when moved, to make the fire burn more vigorously.
Li Aihua cut the pickled cabbage into sections on the chopping board bought by Hu Xiaoyi and set aside, and then picked out and washed the wild vegetables.
After the rice was steamed, she scooped out the water in a vegetable bowl and set it aside, then added oil to stir-fry the pickled cabbage, then added water to boil the soup, and finally put the wild vegetables in.
A sauerkraut soup is ready.
Hu Lin's appetite increased as he smelled the sour fragrance, and his mouth began to secrete saliva.
Li Aihua oil was put in a large amount, and the sour aroma was strong. Hu Xiaoyi, who was processing rattan outside the house, smelled the scent and looked in the direction of the kitchen.
He wanted to eat now.
There were a lot of wild vegetables in the dish, and the sauerkraut soup filled two bowls.
Hu Lin brought the dishes out, and Li Aihua washed the pot and boiled water to wash the dishes and wash up later.
"It's time to eat." Hu Lin glanced at Hu Xiaoyi who was sitting at the door, and went back to get another bowl of sauerkraut soup.
Hu Xiaoyi stopped what he was doing and went to the kitchen to fetch water to wash his hands.
Li Aihua was about to go out with the coarse grain rice when she heard Hu Xiaoyi ask her, "Why did you make so much? There is only so much food at home, why don't you save it a little?"
The living room was right after he entered the door. He saw the two pots of food and the rice in Li Aihua's hand. He thought that Li Aihua didn't know how to live, so he said a few words.
Li Aihua lowered her head and said nothing.
Hu Lin heard Hu Xiaoyi's words in the living room and hurried over, "I asked mom to do this. Moving to a new home is a new beginning, so we naturally have to celebrate. I wish us a better and better life in the future."
Hu Xiaoyi glanced at Hu Lin and told the truth, "We can't do this anymore. There's still half a year until the end of the year."
"That won't work. We still have to eat like this during the Dragon Boat Festival."
Hu Lin and Li Aihua came to the table.
"If you eat enough first, you will be hungry later." Hu Xiaoyi tried to reason with Hu Lin.
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