Chapter 6: It's Hard to Guard Against Villains
Bai Jing knew that after the autumn harvest, her mother would go to dig wild taro, which would be her family's food for the second half of the year.
It gives me severe heartburn just thinking about it.
"Hey, you'd better be careful and don't let anyone see it. No one in the village knows about that place yet." Because it is behind their own mountain, villagers rarely go to the mountains behind other people's houses.
It was because of this that the place where Luo Chunhua discovered the wild taro was not discovered by anyone.
"Mom, eat quickly and then go to sleep. We still have to go to work in the afternoon." After hearing her mother's agreement, she felt relieved. "I'll send some meat to my second sister and the others later. I think they are also very hungry."
Thinking of the big-headed kids at home, she really wanted them to have a bite of meat soon.
When she heard that she was going to school, Luo Chunhua stopped eating and said, "No, put the meat in the cellar and cover it with a basket. You can eat it when they come back."
Bai Jing was puzzled. Her mother wasn't particularly partial, so why would she be reluctant to give the food to her younger siblings? "Why?"
"What kind of place is a school? This meat is from the mountain. It's collective property. If someone reports it, our family won't be able to survive."
Although some people would bring prey back from the mountains to eat, it also depended on what kind of family they were.
In her family, if someone knew that her daughter picked up a pheasant from the mountain and didn't hand it in, her stepmother-in-law would be the first to report it.
snort.
"Can this be reported?" Bai Jing really didn't know the whole story. "But we've seen Uncle Chang and his friends bringing wild rabbits home to eat before, and we haven't seen anyone report it." Bai Jing was very dissatisfied.
Perhaps it was the years of prosperous life that made her lose her vigilance towards this era.
Forgot the fact that her family was not close to anyone in the village.
"We don't care about others, but our family can't let anyone know that we brought wild animals home." Luo Chunhua didn't say much, just told her not to let outsiders see it.
Seeing her daughter wanted to ask more questions, Luo Chunhua glared at her and said, "Don't forget your hind milk."
Bai Jing shuddered and understood. There were not only her younger siblings in the school, but also her uncle. Haha, she was really blinded by the system and felt that she was a person with a golden finger, and she was the most powerful in the world.
"Mom, I understand. I won't go to school anymore. I'm going to the back mountain."
Luo Chunhua was relieved to see that her daughter had figured it out. "Your father just returned to the mountains not long ago. They won't be keeping an eye on us for the time being. After a few days, you won't be able to cook meat during the day."
How disgusting her stepmother-in-law is, haha, even the maggots in the cesspool are cuter than her.
Not only did she collude with her father-in-law to steal her son's salary, but she was also worried that her family was not well fed, so she kept an eye on them all day long. If she found even a little bit of money, she would let her son take it away on the grounds of filial piety.
She had made a fuss before, but unfortunately, no one helped her. The village chief took a non-committal attitude and didn't care as long as no one was killed.
The lives of her brothers-in-law's families were not much better than hers. Although they had been liberated, filial piety was always the most important thing. No one could say anything against Old Man Bai. At most, they would privately scold him for being biased and forgetting his son after having a new wife.
The family did not get any grain before the autumn harvest. Even though her work points were few, she could still get some cornmeal. But what happened in the end?
She didn't see any cornmeal, and only some sweet potatoes were left for her. The reason for giving them was to pay her filial piety.
She also wanted to resist, but not only was her parents' home far away, it was also a den of wolves, and she had no one to complain to.
For example, the younger sister who married into the same village as her, she was afraid that she was the person who least believed in her, and she wanted her to stand up for her, which was just wishful thinking.
Worse than a stranger.
Bai Jing originally wanted to ask why, but some memories popped up in her mind and made her shut up.
"Mom, I understand. I will pay attention next time."
At worst, they could do it in the middle of the night. She didn't believe that anyone would watch her house in the middle of the night.
Alas, if possible, she really wanted to take her mother and siblings away from this cold village.
This village was so unfriendly to her family.
"Um."
She wanted to go to school but now she can’t, but she is still happy to go into the mountains.
Thinking of the money in the system, she still wanted to stock up more food for her family, after all, there were five mouths waiting to be fed.
"Just leave it there, Mom. I'll wash it. You go to sleep for a while." Seeing that her mother was going to wash the dishes after eating, Bai Jing immediately stopped her.
Luo Chunhua didn't argue with her daughter. She was indeed a little tired.
Because of the villain's mischief, Bai's mother was assigned the most tiring jobs that required the most work but paid the least work points. At the end of the day, she was more tired than an ox.
"Well, be careful when you go into the mountains this afternoon. If the ones are too small, don't dig them up. Wait a little longer so they can grow bigger."
I know what my mother means. Wild taro usually ripens after the autumn harvest. It’s not too early to dig it now, but if it grows a few more days, we can still get more food.
"Okay, if it's too small, I won't dig it."
Bai Jing put the meat and porridge back into the cellar, then packed up and went into the back mountain again. She didn't stop until she could no longer see her home.
"System, where is the unowned food?" Thinking of the five mouths to feed at home, she became a little anxious.
As the old saying goes, if you have food in your hands, you will not be worried. In order to rise up in the future, she has to prepare enough food.
She also has to earn money to pay for her mother's medical treatment.
But she always remembered that her mother died early due to poor health. With a mother, there is a home. She doesn't want to be without a home, and she doesn't want to be without a mother.
[Ding, 50 yuan has been deducted and the map has been issued.]
This time the system deducted fifty yuan, which made Bai Jing feel a little distressed.
But after seeing the routes in her mind, the pain she felt disappeared.
There is a place not far from me, and it takes less than ten minutes to walk there.
Following the map, Bai Jing walked in the mountains and forests.
But when she arrived at the first location, she was completely confused.
Because she saw the broom rat on the tree, the system asked her to rob other people's animals' granaries. Could it hide a little longer?
"System, are you sure you want to charge me fifty dollars for such a grainless land?" She felt she was being cheated. If she had known it was asking her to find an animal granary, she wouldn't have spent the money.
In a few days, when the autumn harvest comes, the children in the village will do this work. Her family brings back a lot of grain every year. This is the only way for her family to get food.
[Ding, it's worth it. If the host doesn't need it, you can return it. Does the host need to return it?] The system is quite user-friendly and actually has a return service.
However, seeing the densely packed routes in her mind, she felt that she would definitely not be able to find more routes than the system provided. She smiled awkwardly and said, "No, no thanks, system. Your service is quite good."
Bai Jing didn't dare to act rashly. What if the system ran away? Alas, she was the unfortunate person chosen by God.
Following the route in her mind, Bai Jing brought back a basket of food.
Among them were wheat grains, corn, nuts, and even some peanuts, soybeans and other grains. Bai Jing would get excited for a while every time she took one out, after all, it was much more than what they had found by themselves.
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