"Grandma, why did you come out?" As soon as Zhan Xinyue reached the foot of the mountain, she saw Grandma Sheng walking towards her anxiously with a cane.

"Grandma, please slow down." Zhan Xinyue strode forward and held on to her grandmother, fearing that the little old lady would fall down if she was not careful.

Falling down in my hometown is a serious matter. At the very least, you will be bedridden for ten days or half a month, and at the worst, you may die.

"Xinyue, you weren't bitten by a snake, were you?" Grandma Sheng said with a lingering fear: "I'm old now and I don't remember a lot of things. I just remembered that you were bitten by a poisonous snake when you were a child and almost died in the mountains. Later, it was Tunan who carried you back."

"Grandma, don't worry, I'm fine. Not only the snakes, but even the insects didn't stare at me."

Zhan Xinyue patted her grandmother's hand soothingly and helped her walk back. "Grandma, was I bitten by a snake? How come I don't remember anything about it?"

"You were only five years old at that time. You had a high fever after you came back. After the fever subsided, you forgot everything that happened before the age of five." Grandma Sheng let Zhan Xinyue go when she saw that she was not bitten by the snake this time.

"The Zhan family's couple were so hungry that they didn't give you any food. You were so hungry, but you were too embarrassed to tell me. At such a young age, you ran to the mountain alone to pick mulberries. As a result, you didn't come back at night. The old man and I couldn't let you go, so we went to the mountain to look for you. Tunan didn't want to follow, but he found you first. You were bitten by a poisonous snake, and he sucked out the poison for you. After we went down the mountain, we split into three groups. Tunan couldn't wait for me and his grandfather, so he carried you down the mountain."

"He was only ten years old at the time. After coming down the mountain, Tunan also had a fever, but he was a boy after all and ate well, so he recovered quickly. After he recovered, he told his grandfather that he had given you drugs, so he kissed you, and he would be responsible for you and marry you."

Grandma Sheng recalled the funny things that happened when her grandson was a child and smiled like a chrysanthemum: "Now that you are getting married, Tunan will definitely be very happy. This has been his wish since he was a child."

Zhan Xinyue blushed. Sheng Tunan's friendship for her, coming from her grandmother's mouth, made her even more shy, but also felt more real.

But she really didn't remember.

Maybe the high fever burned away all my previous memories, or maybe most people don't have any memories before the age of five.

Zhan Xinyue was not overly worried. She helped her grandmother walk carefully. It was the hottest time of the day, so she tried her best to lead her grandmother to walk under the shade of the trees.

A pheasant in the basket slowly woke up and struggled weakly.

Fortunately, the road was not blocked at this time, and Zhan Xinyue quickened her pace and soon reached home. She locked the gate, put down the backpack, took out a dustpan from the house, washed the dug herbs slightly, and began to dry them.

Grandma was not surprised to see the pheasants and hares in the basket. Zhan Xinyue had learned hunting before, and she went to the mountain to bring home three pheasants and a hare in half a day, which showed that her grandson's wife had good fortune.

Grandma helped to kill all the chickens and rabbits. She had heard about the black market and knew that these things could be sold for money, but she didn't want Zhan Xinyue to take the risk. If she was caught, she would be accused of speculation and profiteering and might even be locked up.

"Xinyue, eat a chicken and half a rabbit today. I will marinate and smoke the rest to make bacon chicken and bacon rabbit. You can eat them later."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, grandma." After drying the herbs, Zhan Xinyue came over to help pluck the chicken feathers.

After plucking the chicken feathers, they started cooking. Zhan Xinyue was in charge of the cooking while grandma processed the remaining pheasant and rabbit.

After being reborn, Zhan Xinyue is willing to use more oil when cooking. As the saying goes, too much oil does not spoil the vegetables. When the weather is hot, it is always better to add more oil.

Hot pot and cold oil, with a "sizzle" sound, as soon as the chicken enters the pot, the aroma of the meat begins to spread.

Fortunately, the Sheng family lives far away, otherwise this overbearing fragrance will attract many greedy children.

The pheasant and rabbit were both braised. Since grandma had a bad appetite, Zhan Xinyue specially braised them until they were soft and tasty. When the meal was ready, grandma also marinated the remaining pheasant and rabbit and strung them with hemp rope.

Zhan Xinyue hung them on top of the stove, and when she cooked, she needed to burn firewood, which was just right for smoking meat.

"Grandma, will any relatives suddenly come to visit us?" Zhan Xinyue asked anxiously as she brought the food to the table.

If a relative suddenly comes over and sees the chicken and rabbit hanging in the kitchen, even if there are not many, it is a collective system now. If you hunt and kill without making friends, and are reported, you will have to bear the consequences.

"No, your grandfather and I were all killed by the little devil." The old man shook his head, looking sad.

She and the old man and their three sons also died in the War of Resistance.

Seeing her grandmother's sadness, Zhan Xinyue greeted the little ghost's ancestors for ten generations. But she didn't know how to comfort her grandmother.

That period of history was too heavy, too humiliating, and too cruel. Zhan Xinyue hugged the old lady and said softly, "Fortunately, we have survived now. China will only become stronger and stronger, and our people will only become happier and happier."

"Yes, Xinyue is right. Let's look forward." Grandma Sheng took out the homemade rice wine from the cabinet and asked Zhan Xinyue, "Can you drink?"

"Okay." Zhan Xinyue nodded. When doing business, one has to drink alcohol. She has learned the skill.

When she was young, Grandma Sheng loved to drink and could hold her liquor better than boys. Now that she is old and her only relative, Sheng Tunan, is in the army, she has no one to drink with. Drinking alone always feels a little off, so Grandma hasn't drunk for a long time.

Now that Zhan Xinyue was with her, and she was a good cook, she cooked the pheasant and rabbit very deliciously, so the old lady naturally wanted to drink a few more glasses.

After finishing the second small cup, when grandma was about to pour more wine, Zhan Xinyue stopped her.

"No matter how good the food and wine are, you can't drink too much. Grandma likes to drink. There are many opportunities in the future, and I will drink with her."

"Okay." Grandma Sheng felt aggrieved, but she knew her body and didn't force it.

After eating and drinking, the grandfather and grandson worked together to clean up the dishes. It was only three o'clock in the afternoon, and the leftovers could be eaten in the evening.

Grandma Sheng felt a little sleepy after dinner and drinking. Zhan Xinyue asked her to go to sleep, but she couldn't sleep herself. The sun was very strong today, so she watched over the herbs, turning them over several times. After they were completely dried, she could make medicine for Grandma tomorrow.

Zhan Xinyue sat under a pomelo tree, fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan, and tried hard to recall what happened before the age of five, but she had no clue.

"Grandma would definitely not lie to me on purpose." Zhan Xinyue said to herself, imagining in her mind how the ten-year-old Sheng Tunan struggled to carry her back home.

As I thought about it, Sheng Tunan's tall and handsome figure appeared in my mind, and my face began to turn red unconsciously again.

The first day I separated from Sheng Tunan, I started missing him.

When Sheng Tunan comes back to get the marriage certificate, Zhan Xinyue can follow him into the army.

However, Zhan Xinyue did not want to abandon her grandmother. She wanted to cure her grandmother's eyesight and take care of her other minor ailments so that she could take her grandmother with her to join the army.

There was nothing wrong with grandma's health, so why did she pass away so early?