"Jiujiu, how can you waste food so early in the morning? There's already a lot of rice in this pot. Just add two more ladles of water later, or if all else fails, wash a couple of sweet potatoes and put them in."
Lin Jiujiu was speechless at her words. She had bought a lot of rice and flour yesterday, and even the workers she hired were eating solid food every meal, along with meat and vegetables. It didn't make sense that her own family members were drinking thin porridge.
Lin Jiujiu knew that her mother was used to a hard life, and that it would be useless to say anything more to her, so she just smiled and said.
"Okay, Mother, I understand."
After saying that, he glanced into the room again and said, "Little Bean is still sleeping. Can you check if he's awake yet? It's time to wake him up for breakfast."
Upon hearing her words, Lin's mother instinctively turned and walked into the house.
Once everyone was inside, Lin Jiujiu, without saying a word, opened the rice bag and fiercely scooped out two bowls of rice, quickly washed them, and put them in the pot. Her speed dazzled Hu Shi.
Lin Xiaomei stood by, gloating.
"Second sister, if Mother sees this, she will definitely scold you."
Lin Jiujiu rolled her eyes at her and said, "If you don't want to drink porridge for lunch and dinner, then shut up. Otherwise, if Mom sees this, she'll definitely add two more ladles of water, and then we'll have to eat it with pickled vegetables all day."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaomei shrank back, but quickly realized what was happening.
"It's already very good to have plain porridge to drink. If it were in that family, we could only drink wild vegetable porridge."
Looking at the rice grains bubbling in the pot, she realized she hadn't had plain porridge in ages.
In her limited memory, she may have only received such treatment when she was a baby.
That only happened once or twice, when I was sick, and my parents begged for it.
Seeing the desolation in her eyes, Lin Jiujiu couldn't help but reach out and ruffle her hair.
"From now on, follow me, and I'll treat you to all the good food and drinks."
Lin Xiaomei was touched, but when she looked down at the basin of water by the stove and saw her head looking like a bird's nest, she immediately got angry.
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