In the low shacks, cooking required bending over, and meals were eaten in the yard, with the whole family gathered together under the rising moon.
As Zhang was serving rice, Liu, carrying a plate, grinned and said, "Mother, I really didn't expect these mushrooms to smell so delicious when stir-fried. My mouth is watering!"
Pulled along by Niu Niu, Li Lanfang also came to the dining table. Jin Dashan handed her a towel and politely said, "Grandma, please wipe your face!"
"No need, Grandma just washed it in the basin!"
Jin Niu Niu saw the mushrooms on the table and couldn't resist reaching for them, but Liang Shuyan grabbed her arm and said, "Niu Niu, you can't. You have to wash your hands before eating, and no one else has eaten yet. How can you eat first?"
Jin Niu Nai was indignant, pouting her little mouth high: "Why? You always let me eat first, Mom?"
This question left Liang Shuyan speechless. The original owner of this body had actually instigated the child in this way, leaving her dumbfounded.
As the saying goes, it's better to give a child a kind word than a nice face. Liang Shuyan immediately frowned, pointed to a small stool next to her and said, "Come here and sit here!"
Niu Niu glanced at her mother, not knowing what was different, and then obediently sat down on the little stool to the side.
Zhang came out carrying a bowl of rice, and Erniu's eyes widened in surprise: "Mom, we're having white rice today? It's been so long since we've had rice!"
Erniu, a steady and reliable person, couldn't help but reveal his hunger at this moment.
A plate of bright red braised pork was placed on the table, and a rich aroma filled the entire courtyard.
Seeing the children's hungry and eager expressions, Li Lanfang picked up her chopsticks first: "Eat up! Your mother made such delicious food today, eat up!"
Holding the bowl, Liu muttered, "Mother, are these mushrooms really alright?"
Liang Shuyan didn't say anything, picked up her chopsticks and took a big bite, her mouth watering with oil: "If you're afraid of being poisoned, then don't eat it. Do you think I'm afraid someone will take this delicious food from me?"
Upon hearing this, the children all reached out with their chopsticks, picking up all the mushrooms from the plate and putting them into their bowls, then began to eat heartily. Zhang kept nodding, "Mother, I really didn't expect you to be such a good cook, making these wild mushrooms taste so delicious!"
Zhang rarely spoke, but when she did, everyone's eyes turned to her, as if to say, "Really? Mother's cooking is that good?"
Niu Niu looked like she was about to cry when Liang Shuyan made her sit on the small stool, but now she's eating heartily with oil dripping from her mouth: "Mmm, that's right, Mom's cooking is really delicious, I want more!"
Since arriving in this place, Li Lanfang hadn't eaten rice for a long time. She picked up her bowl and ate with the children. It turned out that eating with many people was a wonderful thing.
Liang Shuyan picked up a piece of braised pork and handed it to Li Lanfang, saying with a smile, "Mother, please try it. Is the taste to your liking?"
The children exchanged glances, seemingly puzzled. Had their mother's attitude towards their grandmother improved considerably, and had their grandmother stopped swearing at their mother like before? What had happened?
Liang Shuyan understood the children's expressions. She calmly put down her chopsticks and said, "Your grandma is getting old, so you all need to take good care of her. You must never make her angry. Your second uncle and aunt don't want your grandma anymore, so from now on, she'll be part of our family!"
While eating braised pork with gusto, Jin Erniu said, "Mom, we should have let Grandma come to our family back then. My second aunt is obviously only after the little bit of family property my grandfather left behind. If it weren't for that property, why would she be so kind as to invite Grandma to her house?"
At this point, Li Lanfang put down her chopsticks: "By the way, daughter-in-law, come with me, I have something to tell you!"
Liang Shuyan stood up and looked at Liu Shi, saying, "Second son's wife, clean up the dishes after you finish eating. You're the one washing the pots today!"
Although Liu was a little resentful, she still nodded in agreement: "Yes, I understand, Mother!"
Turning around and going to Li Lanfang's room, she grabbed Liang Shuyan and said excitedly, "Daughter, I have a system! Can you guess what it is?"
Liang Shuyan hurriedly covered her mouth: "Mother, be careful there might be people outside. Remember, I am your wife now!"
Li Lanfang nodded and continued, "Mother has a system now!"
Liang Shuyan sat down, looking surprised: "Mother, what kind of system is it? Is there a newbie gift pack?"
"Yes, but we won't need this for now. Mother's medical system... it seems that heaven has been kind to me. In the future, Mother will open a pharmacy in town, and we won't have to worry about our family going hungry!"
Liang Shuyan's heart skipped a beat: "Medical system, so the newbie gift pack should have some emergency medicine, so that there won't be no medicine when we flee the famine. Thinking about it this way, this system is still useful. It's just that my mother, she, she doesn't know about the famine."
Should I tell my mother about this? If she finds out, how could she be so cruel as to ruin my beautiful dreams, especially since I just transmigrated here and started to look forward to my future?
"Great, Mom! With the system, we won't have to go to the pharmacy when we're sick anymore. That's wonderful, wonderful!"
After eating and drinking her fill, Liang Shuyan quickly fell asleep. The famine in the system felt like the end of the world, and she kept thinking about it, but she didn't dare to tell her mother-in-law.
In a daze, I heard the sound of urgent gongs and drums coming from the village, followed by a series of rapid knocks on the doors of each house.
Da Shan, panting heavily, cried out, "Mom, something terrible has happened! There's been a landslide! Li Zheng wants everyone in the village to pack up and move out right now!"
The old lady sat upright on the kang (a heated brick bed) without saying a word. Sure enough, she didn't want to hear the news of the famine. Faced with such a big event, what was wrong with her? She didn't say a word.
"Alright, Dashan, hurry up and wake the children up, get your things ready, we're leaving now!"
Liang Shuyan became anxious: "Mother, there's a flood, we need to evacuate immediately, what's wrong with you?"
The old woman's voice suddenly sounded a bit strange: "Move? Move to where? Anyway, I'm an old woman, I've lived long enough. God has been kind to me and given me such a good opportunity, so I'll go with your father!"
"mother!"
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