Chapter 005: Food Crisis and the Attack of Mother-in-law

It was almost noon when everyone went home one after another, leaving only the gifts filling the kang.

In the countryside at that time, the family unit was still the big family, and it was important that the parents not separate the family.

Generally speaking, a family only needs to give one gift, and the gift is usually given to the mother-in-law. After the mother-in-law has kept track of the amount, she can give it to her own daughter-in-law or keep it for herself, and no one else can have any opinion.

This is also the reason why Sun Hongmei waited at home for someone to bring her soup.

Of course, some people who were on good terms with her also went to the old house, but they had nothing to do with Lin Yue.

After having received the aunties and uncles for the whole morning, Lin Yue has calmed down a bit. He is no longer as overwhelmed by their sudden enthusiasm as he was at the beginning.

In fact, it is easy to understand if you think about it. The living environment of the original owner since childhood has made her introverted. She never communicates with others and even dares not look up and look at people, especially men.

Lin Yue didn't find the exact appearance of Xu's father and Zhang Yuandong in her memory. She didn't pay much attention to it before. It was not until she saw Xu's father with her own eyes yesterday that she was shocked to find out how incredible this was. Xu's father had been in Donglinjia Village for several years, and the original owner didn't even know his exact appearance. Who would believe this!

The original owner had such a personality that it was difficult for others to get close to her.

In addition, the villagers were xenophobic, and there had been cases in the past where new brides ran away with men because they disliked their in-laws' poverty. That was why she was not quickly accepted by the villagers when she first got married.

Lin Yue had a son now, and she had established herself in the village, and everyone was willing to interact with her. This reason made Lin Yue feel very uncomfortable, but the world was like this, and she had no choice.

Besides, Zhang Yuandong has been in the army for so many years, and anyone who is a little smart knows that he is now more or less an official. Today, many people also want to build a good relationship with her by using the child as an excuse.

Being in the countryside is like being in a small society where the relationships are complicated and not as simple as when she worked in the company before. Lin Yue knows this very well. If others take the initiative to make friends with her, she will naturally not push them away.

By now everyone had left and the sunshine was very bright at noon, so Lin Yue planned to let the two little guys bask in the sun.

Before traveling through time, Lin Yue had a younger brother, who was born when she was in college. The age difference between the two was huge, and she had been away from home all the time, so they had few opportunities to spend time together.

At that time, she didn't understand her parents. They were both in their forties and their daughter was so grown up, so why did they want to have a second child?

Now that I think about it, I died so early in my previous life, but fortunately I still had my younger brother by my side, so my parents didn’t have to dwell on the pain of losing their daughter in their later years.

When her younger brother was just born, every time she called home, she would hear her mother chattering about her younger brother. She knew that most newborn babies have jaundice and need to bask in the sun every day and take several kinds of vitamins.

There is no condition to give the two babies any vitamins now, but it is still okay for them to bask in the sun. It can not only eliminate jaundice, but also supplement calcium.

It was already very cold in the north in November of the lunar calendar. She didn't dare take the children outside, so she could only carry the two little guys to the window, open it, and expose their little hands and feet to the outside, so that their skin could be exposed to as much sunlight as possible.

She didn't know whether it was because of the sun or the cold weather, but the two children's hands and feet were all red, as if transparent. She poked those little feet with her fingers absentmindedly, and in her heart she unconsciously thought of her parents in her previous life.

Lin Yue didn’t know whether her parents were living well in the other world. When she woke up yesterday, she missed them very much.

I don't know if it's because this body just gave birth to a child, but tears always fall. But after she saw Xu's father and cried a lot, she didn't feel so bad anymore, and she didn't want to cry all the time.

She didn't know where her mother was in this world, and whether she would have the chance to see her again. She would definitely ask Xu's father the next time she saw him.

After settling the two little ones, Lin Yue also felt hungry.

It was the farming season, and everyone only had two meals a day. Aunt Su would not bring her food until the evening. Lin Yue wanted to eat at noon, so she had to get up and cook for herself.

She carried a kerosene lamp and walked into the cellar. In the north, there were no other vegetables in winter, and people basically relied on sweet potatoes, radishes and cabbages to survive the winter. In order to facilitate storage, every household would dig a cellar.

In the original owner's memory, the cellar of her adoptive parents' home was a deep pit dug under the kang, which was compacted and used as a cellar. A ladder or rope was needed to climb down.

When the original owner was a child, she was often tied up with a rope by her foster parents and hung in the cellar to get cabbage. It was dark inside, and there might be some cats spending the winter in there, which left a deep shadow in her heart.

This cellar is not that scary. Maybe it is because the brigade used to store vegetables here before, so it is very neatly built and has stairs for people to go up and down. Although it is dark inside, it is not that scary.

It has been several months since the autumn harvest, and my parents-in-law came over and took away a lot of grain. There are not many vegetables and grains in the cellar at the moment, and they are all neatly stacked against the wall.

Lin Yue was a little worried. The next grain distribution would not be until June of the following year. Before that, she would only have the vegetables and potatoes grown in her private plots to eat. The little food she had in her cellar would never be able to last until then.

There was no point in thinking so much now. She sighed for a while, carried a cabbage out of the cellar, and grabbed a handful of peanuts from the broken wooden box in the house. Now the conditions were limited, so she planned to be a chef.

Lin Yue found that in less than three days since she came here, the four words she thought about most were "limited conditions". She smiled to herself, but when she opened the oil tank, the smile on her face froze.

Well, the old chef couldn’t make cabbage soup either. Fortunately, Mr. Xu brought her noodles and a piece of bacon yesterday, so she decided to make some cabbage soup.

She was reluctant to add too much oil, so she shakily scooped a little bit of oil into the pot. The few drops of oil swirled in the pot, and before they could gather together, they began to sizzle.

Lin Yue was afraid that if she put too little oil, it would not taste good, so she threw in some peanuts and fried them first. This way, the cabbage was also stained with the aroma of peanuts. So even though she put less oil, this bowl of cabbage clear soup noodles was still very fragrant. But she still felt that it would be better if she added some coriander.

After dinner, Lin Yue fed the two little guys goat milk again, and she added a drop of spiritual spring water to it. The children were still too young, so she didn't dare to feed them too much at a time. She only added one drop of goat milk every day, and the two children shared it.

The newborn baby only drinks milk and sleeps every day. After a while, the two of them fell asleep again.

Seeing that the two little guys were sleeping soundly, Lin Yue went back into the room with peace of mind.

In just one morning, new changes have taken place in the space. Small green buds have sprouted from the grass and trees on the ground, presenting a scene full of spring.

Lin Yue was very happy. She thought her idea of ​​growing vegetables in the space could be realized. She went out to find two wilted radishes, and followed the original owner's instructions in her memory. She cut off the roots of the radishes and placed the radish heads in shallow water to cultivate them.

He made up his mind, went back, grabbed a handful of peanuts, and soaked them in water.

There was no other way. There was only so much food left at home. She had only grown flowers before, and the little experience she had in farming came from the original owner's memory. She was afraid of wasting food, so she only dared to try a little.

She was afraid that someone would come over soon, so she didn't dare to stay in the room for long. After she finished, she left the room, lay down on the kang with the two soft little guys in her arms, and fell asleep soon.

No one came in the afternoon, so Lin Yue had a rare moment of leisure and took a piece of red cloth to play with the child. She heard from Aunt Zhang that it was good for the child's eyes.

The two little guys were very considerate and their eyes kept following the red cloth.

Lin Yue found it very interesting and kept waving the cloth. The two little guys couldn't follow her and simply ignored her. The second little one even rolled her eyes at Lin Yue, which made her laugh.

She just thought that no one would come in the afternoon, but then she heard some noise outside. She opened the window a little and looked out. She saw a woman in her forties walking into the yard with great momentum and was about to come into the house.

Lin Yue was shocked. This person must be her step-mother-in-law. Judging from her attitude, she didn't seem like a good person.

She was afraid that Sun Hongmei would come in and hurt the two children, so she quickly closed the window and stood up to greet her.

Lin Yue stopped the person at the door. She looked at the middle-aged woman in front of her who was wearing a brand new flowered jacket and had her hair neatly combed. She couldn't bring herself to call her "mother-in-law".

Sun Hongmei looked at Lin Yue with disdain and scolded him, "Why are you standing here blocking the way? Go upstairs, I have something to ask you."

Many people gave her eggs this morning. Lin Yue didn't want to let her in, fearing that she would move her things again, so he blocked the door and said stiffly, "The two children have just gone to bed, I'm afraid of waking them up. Let's talk here if you have anything to say."

Seeing that she was not doing what she wanted, Sun Hongmei immediately became angry: "How could such a young child make such a noise! ​​This morning, so many people were making noise at your house, but you didn't seem to be afraid of disturbing the two children. Now that I, a grandmother, am here, you are afraid of disturbing the children? Move aside!"

As he said that, he stepped forward and pushed Lin Yue.

If this had happened yesterday, Lin Yue would have pushed her to the ground, but her body was much better today and she just held onto the door frame and was not pushed at all.

Sun Hongmei was even more furious when she saw this, and she cursed, "You are such an unfilial boy, you have really grown up to be so capable that you dare to block me from entering? Get out!"

Lin Yue was so angry at her scolding that he suppressed his temper and said, "If you have anything to say, just tell me now. If you don't, I will close the door!"

Seeing that Lin Yue was determined not to let her in, Sun Hongmei began to get suspicious. While pulling Lin Yue away, she poked her head inside and shouted, "You won't let me in. Is there someone hiding in there? Tell me, who is in there? They are hiding so secretly. Are they afraid of being seen? Who is this? Is it that Xu Enyuan? Huh?"

Lin Tyue was a little surprised that Sun Hongmei would bring up Xu's father and even knew his name. People in the nearby villages all called him Teacher Xu or Principal Xu, but not many people could actually call out his name.