This morning it was millet porridge. Song Ning cooked it a little thicker and added some diced potatoes. Her family used to eat it like this, and it was very delicious.
I took some vegetables from my space, blanched them in a pot, then mixed them with various seasonings. It was a perfect match for the millet porridge.
During the meal, Liu Yuelan took a bite of the porridge and asked, "What's in this porridge? It's quite delicious."
"Put away the things that you and Dad brought back from the mountain yesterday."
Song Dahai glanced down at the potatoes in the bowl: "Is this really edible?"
Song Ning smiled and said, "Let's stew this with pheasant for lunch."
Potatoes are probably an invasive species, originating from Europe in her previous life. As for why Nanshan Village appeared, she didn't know. Perhaps they were introduced from outside, or perhaps there were outsiders here before.
In the morning, Liu Yuelan sat in the courtyard processing the wild vegetables, Song Ning was responsible for peeling potatoes, and Song Dahai was chopping firewood on the side.
The family was busy when someone came in from outside—it was Song Dalin.
"Brother Dahai, Sister-in-law, are you busy?"
Song Dahai hummed in agreement, and Liu Yuelan glanced at her husband and echoed, "Dalin is here, come in and sit down."
Song Dalin quickly waved his hand: "No, no, I just came to see Brother Dahai about something."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yuelan went inside, poured a bowl of water, placed it on the stool outside, and then took the wild vegetables back inside.
Song Dalin hesitated, stammering for a long time without uttering a single word.
"Just tell me what's on your mind."
Song Dalin then stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Brother Dahai, I'm really sorry about what happened last time. Brother Dahai has helped me a lot and treated me like a brother, but I disowned you because I wanted to get married. I was so pathetic."
He had no choice. If he didn't agree, Wang Lanzhi wouldn't marry him. It's not easy to find a wife these days. If it didn't work out this time, it would be difficult in the future.
In the village, it's considered very taboo to be a bachelor. If a man is thirty years old and still hasn't found a wife, the elders in his family will never be able to die in peace.
That's a joke passed down through generations.
Song Dalin himself knew that he was a good-for-nothing. Many people in the village said behind his back that he was an ingrate. Now he could disown his brothers for a woman he was about to marry, and later he would be instigated by his wife to disown his parents.
Song Dahai had separated from his family for the sake of his own family and his wife. He understood Song Dalin's actions, saying, "She's going to spend her whole life with you, so there's nothing wrong with what you're doing."
"Brother Dahai, don't worry, I've already talked to Lanzhi, and she doesn't object anymore. We'll still be brothers from now on," Song Dalin said excitedly.
Song Dahai remained silent for a moment. Since things had already escalated to this point, he should try to avoid them as much as possible. He couldn't let his actions affect the couple's lives.
"Let's live a good life from now on and not quarrel over such a small thing. I didn't take it to heart."
“Brother Dahai, I’m telling the truth. We’ll still be brothers from now on. Lanzhi won’t interfere anymore.”
Song Dahai nodded and said nothing more.
Seeing that Song Dahai remained silent, Song Dalin didn't speak again. After standing there for a while, he slunk away.
Song Ning couldn't understand why, since Song Dalin's family could afford so much money, and she had plenty of other men she wanted to marry, she had to choose Wang Lanzhi.
She felt that Song Dahai did the right thing. If it happens once, it will happen again. Wang Lanzhi must have stopped Song Dalin from associating with Song Dahai because of her. She and Wang Cuicui were mortal enemies. Even if they made up now, they would probably fall out again in the future.
Wang Lanzhi is even more ruthless than Wang Cuicui; she might scheme against them again in the future, so it's best to be careful.
This incident did not affect the mood of the whole family. After peeling the potatoes, Song Ning washed them, cut them into chunks, and waited to cook them.
Liu Yuelan was preparing the pheasant, chopping it into pieces, blanching it in water, and then cooking it with seasonings.
Once the pot boils, add the potatoes.
In another pot, white rice was steaming, bubbling away, and Song Ning still swallowed hard.
When the pheasant stew with potatoes was ready, I took a bite. The chicken was tender and juicy, and the potatoes were soft and flavorful. It was incredibly delicious.
Liu Yuelan then ladled out another 10,000: "Take this bowl to your Aunt Zhao."
Song Ning was in a hurry to get home for dinner, so she rushed home without even having time to pick up the bowls after delivering the food.
Today's lunch was absolutely delicious.
Now we have plenty of ingredients for cooking. A bite of pheasant meat, a bite of potato, and some fragrant white rice—the whole family ate until they were stuffed, just as they had hoped.
Liu Yuelan couldn't help but sigh, "After all these years, I never thought we could still enjoy such a few good days. Even if we starve to death in the future, it will be worth it."
Their family has been eating a lot of oily food lately. Even before the disaster struck the village, they had never eaten so well. They would only buy some flour and a couple of pounds of meat during festivals to enjoy the food.
Liu Yuelan was not well received at her parents' home. She always had to wait until her brothers and sisters-in-law finished eating before she could have a turn. Later, after she got married, her mother-in-law was difficult to get along with, so she didn't have many good days.
At first, she was worried about what to do after eating white flour and rice every meal. But these past two days, she couldn't care less and simply ate as much as she wanted. If all else failed, she could continue eating wild vegetables, or if all else failed, she could gnaw on tree bark.
Song Ning smiled. Now that she could farm, she naturally wouldn't go hungry, and she would be able to eat her fill every meal from now on.
"Don't worry, Mother, we will definitely not go hungry in the future."
After the family had eaten and drunk their fill, they didn't want to do anything else.
Song Ning stared at the potatoes she had dug up and fell into deep thought. These potatoes could fill people's stomachs and were suitable for the whole village to dig, but she had to talk to the village chief first and have him take charge.
However, she is not ready to reveal this matter completely yet.
If we were to reveal this now, the villagers would surely be eager to dig it up immediately.
The potatoes in that valley are still too small. If we dig them up now, each family won't be able to harvest many. We should wait until they grow a bit bigger.
Song Ning now spends his free time tinkering with the things inside his spatial dimension, and after these past few days, he has accumulated quite a few items.
Moreover, Song Ning discovered a pleasant surprise: this space would grow on its own.
Previously, a meadow, two barren fields, and a spring almost filled the entire space.
But recently she discovered that the space seemed to have grown larger, from two plots of land to three, and it was also much farther away from the spring.
She later discovered that the more things there were in the space, the more it would expand on its own. Song Ning quickly sprinkled the potatoes she had found on the mountain onto it, so that she could eat French fries, mashed potatoes, potato pancakes, and even potato noodles from then on.
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