Chapter 5 Pears are falling
"Yuelan, I want to discuss something with you."
After the tenderness, Su Da hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind, "I want to go into the mountains and see if I can find some food."
"What did you say?!"
The young woman's suddenly raised voice startled the sleepy Yaobao awake. She heard her father say, "Yuelan, keep your voice down. Listen to me, we're out of food. The two bags of sweet potatoes in the cellar were smashed to pieces yesterday. Last night, Mom spent a long time rummaging through the rubble of the kitchen, but she only found a small bag of usable black flour. With so many mouths to feed at home, that little black flour won't last more than three days. And you, you're already injured, and you need something to nourish yourself. Plus, if you don't eat, Yaobao won't have anything to eat. ... If I don't find a way, our whole family might not make it through the winter! Do you understand me?"
The cruel truth was revealed before her, and Liu Yuelan looked at the man with red eyes.
How could she not understand?
She knew the situation at home, but she also understood the implications of her man's decision to go into the mountains.
It means that a man has to face danger alone for the sake of his family!
It's winter now! People are howling with hunger, so are the wild animals in the mountains?
Wild animals are also looking for food everywhere!
Once a man and a wild beast meet, it's hard to say who will be the food!
"We can think of other ways. I, I can go back to my parents' home and borrow food from my parents, brother and sister-in-law... I'm fine, I'm doing fine! Don't go into the mountains, we must find a way to survive the winter..." The young woman spoke incoherently, and she didn't even have the confidence to say what she said.
Su Dayin suppressed a sigh and held his wife's cold hand again.
"Yuelan," he said, "life on your mother's side isn't much better than ours. Besides, if they don't help us out in times of need, it's hard to live in poverty forever. We still have to rely on ourselves. Will you listen to me this time?"
Liu Yuelan choked up sadly, "You only know how to pick on me, a weakling. How are you going to explain this to my parents?"
"Mother told me to go check on Xiu'er's husband's house this morning. I'll go straight into the mountains from there. If she asks, just say you don't know. Don't worry, I cherish my life. You and our two children are waiting for me at home. I will definitely be back, at the earliest in three days, at the latest in five days."
The man is down-to-earth and honest, but also stubborn. Once he makes a decision, ten oxen can't pull him back.
Knowing that nothing she said could make the man change his mind, Liu Yuelan bit her lips tightly and tears rolled down her cheeks.
Yaobao yawned again, feeling sleepy, which was something she couldn't control at her age.
She originally thought that after "Dad" and "Mom" had finished talking, she should be able to sleep peacefully, but who knew that what happened next moment left her dumbfounded.
"Mom! Su Daming is going into the mountains tomorrow!!" The young woman raised her hand to wipe away her tears and shouted at the top of her voice.
The Su family's courtyard is so small that the squeaking of mice in the corner next door can be heard clearly from here, not to mention the woman shouting at the top of her lungs.
There was an earthquake-like sound immediately from the Su family.
Old Lady Su came roaring through the wall, "You bastard! You think I'll let you go just because I'm your father? You dare to go into the mountains? You want to die? Wait, I'm going to beat you to death right now so I don't have to go into the mountains to collect your body!"
Su Da, “…”
Yaobao, “…”
Now it's lively.
In a moment, Old Lady Su arrived, followed by Old Man Su, Su Er, He Daxiang and other helpers, holding oil lamps, some handing out brooms, some handing out wooden sticks, and there was also a rolling pin waiting to be used.
Su Da, a sturdy man in his twenties and the father of two children, was beaten and screamed in front of his wife and daughter.
He was still thankful that his three little ones were sleeping soundly in another room and did not come over to watch the fun, and his daughter was still an ignorant baby, which allowed him to barely maintain his dignity as a father and an elder.
"Mom, don't hit me, don't hit me, we're going to run out of food at home soon!" Su Da jumped from one end of the room to the other, trying to reason with his mother as he ran.
Old Lady Su sneered, unmoved, swinging her stick vigorously. "There's no food left, so you're going to die? To save food for the family?"
“…”
Old Man Su, holding a broom, silently blocked one corner. Su Er snatched the rolling pin from his wife's hand, guarded the other corner, and fanned the flames fiercely, "Mom, see, you used to say that the eldest brother was honest and simple, but he has big plans! He even dared to sneak into the mountains!"
Why didn’t you call him?
The corner of Su Da's mouth twitched, "I never knew you could sow discord before!"
"It's the same with you. Don't judge a book by its cover!"
"Su Lao Er, wait for me—ah!"
Old woman Su hit the jumping man's calf with a stick, and a scream of pain filled the room, making anyone who heard it feel pain.
The instigator, Liu Yuelan, turned her eyes away guiltily, picked up her awakened daughter and pretended that she saw and heard nothing.
Finally, worried about scaring her granddaughter, Mrs. Su threw away the stick, panting, turned around and hugged her granddaughter. "You stay at home well these few days. You don't need to go to Xiu'er's in the morning. Let the second one go!"
Su Da endured it for a moment and sighed, "Mom, if the food at home runs out, we'll really have nothing to eat. It's still at least three months before spring—"
Before he finished speaking, he saw Su Er handing the rolling pin to his mother.
"..." Su Da shut up.
Xiaobao watched the lively scene quietly, with no other expression except for yawning reflexively and feeling sleepy.
However, after hearing the adults say several times that there was almost no food left at home, Xiaobao remembered something.
She seems to have food.
After being sold to the laboratory in her previous life, she never visited that magical place again.
I don’t know if that pear tree is still there. If it is, and if it still has fruit, then there will be food to eat.
Thinking of this, Yaobao looked up at the old woman who was holding her.
Grandma's face was gloomy and she looked very fierce.
If she suddenly produced fruit, who knows how Grandma and the others would react?
Will it be the same as her previous parents?
If they were the same, they would definitely think she was a monster.
Yaobao's eyes lit up. This way she could die!
In excitement, Yaobao clenched his fist without thinking.
Boom, boom, boom——
A few strange noises were heard from the room, which seemed too quiet when no one was talking.
Old Lady Su subconsciously protected the baby in her arms, frowned, looked up at the roof, and asked worriedly, "Is the roof broken again? Is it hail?"
The other few people who were standing a little further away all had the same expression, their mouths opened wide and their eyes widened.
"Mom, it's not hail, it's pears..." Su Er stuttered, his jaw hanging down.
He saw the pear tree fall from the roof with his own eyes.
The light from the oil lamp in the room was dim, but Su Er was sure that he was not seeing things.
It was really a pear, bright yellow, one as big as his fist, rolling in front of his toes.
As if to confirm his guess, there were a few more thuds, and a few big pears fell from above again.
The room was full of people, "..."
Oh my god!
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