Erwang always remembered the indescribable feeling he had when they returned home excitedly, only to be greeted by his eldest niece, who was starving and had a fever.
That house is full of his relatives! Why couldn't they wait for them to come together?
Moreover, their family had always lived the best life in the entire village, so why did they have to resort to fleeing famine?
From then on, the whole family always moved around together, even though it was inconvenient to travel around with a girl.
"Sigh! It's not easy for anyone!"
Lin Chaodong sighed. Although the atmosphere at the table was a bit somber, it didn't stop them from eating quickly. In less than fifteen minutes, all the food on the table was gone.
Inside the main room, four women were eating at one table.
The food on the table was exactly the same as the food on the table in the yard. The only difference was that men and women couldn't sit at the same table, so they ate separately. There was a half-bowl of sweet potato leaf porridge, which was made with wheat grits and had two eggs. Although the porridge was mixed up, you could still vaguely see the white and yellow eggs.
The pickled vegetables were just strips of pickled mustard tubers from home. Liu Shi didn't even take out the salted eggs from home to serve guests, because they had been pickled for too long and were so salty that they wouldn't even have the shape of an egg after being cooked. They were still treasures to Liu Shi.
They had too many chickens at home, and the eggs kept piling up. They were reluctant to eat them on a regular basis for fear of them spoiling, so they had to pickle them.
Even with pickled salted eggs, they don't eat them every day, which leads to an ever-growing number of salted eggs at home. They usually eat the ones that have just been pickled, because these salted eggs taste better!
It was neither too salty nor too bland, the saltiness was just right, and the egg yolks were even oozing oil.
Slurp, Yue Jiuyue swallowed her saliva. Why did she suddenly think of salted eggs?
In the afternoon, Da Wang continued to lead the work, Lin Chaodong and his two brothers continued to join in the fun, Liu Shi continued to busy herself at home, the little girl and Xiao Man'er played together, and Yue Jiuyue nominally went back to her room to rest, but in reality she went back to her room to do needlework.
She wasn't making traditional costumes for outerwear, but rather cotton undergarments that were worn close to the body. These required less skill in needlework, and there were very few shops selling them, so there wasn't much competition. She also followed a low-profit, high-volume strategy, and she ended up earning quite a bit of money.
The main problem is that she's too slow, which makes it seem like she earned only a few taels of silver over several months.
"Um, sister-in-law, do you have any extra ones? I'm on my period."
Suddenly, the little girl approached Liu Shi shyly, her words muffled and unclear, leaving Liu Shi unable to understand her at first.
"What did you say? What do you want?"
Liu was still thinking that this little girl was too impolite, actually asking her, someone she had only met once, for something. She seemed like a girl with a thin skin, but she didn't expect her skin to be thicker than a city wall!
The worst part is that she was blushing!
It's a miracle!
Are all city dwellers like this?
A string of question marks hung above Liu's head.
"Sister-in-law, it's that thing, I've gotten my period..."
The more she spoke, the redder her face became. Even though she mustered up her courage, her voice grew softer and softer until it was completely inaudible.
Fortunately, this time, Lady Liu understood.
"Oh, you mean a menstrual pouch? I'll go look for one. If I don't have any, I'll sew one for you right away."
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