Chapter 46: I heard that your grandpa’s condition has become serious again in the past two days?

Song Shiwei was startled, thinking that he was really sick. She was about to push him away and get up, but he grabbed her hand.

"It's because it's uncomfortable..."

The voice was hoarse and low, and Song Shiwei's face turned red instantly because of the heat on her hands.

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The next morning, Song Shiwei felt exhausted again. When she got up, breakfast was already ready and hot in the pot, and the children had all gone out to play.

It's easy to tell that this is a man trying to atone for his behavior last night!

He even sent all the children out so that she could have a good sleep.

Well, she forgave him for the time being.

On the inner wall of the pot were steamed buns and a plate of fried cucumber and eggs, and underneath the inner wall was thick rice porridge, which was simmering over a low fire.

Song Shiwei's hands were still hot when he took the food down!

She wanted to visit Xiao Cui's house today, so she ate breakfast in a hurry, packed up a little, took a bag of pickled duck eggs, and set off.

Xiao Cui's home was in Jiabei Village, about three or four miles away, just west of the army. There was no car here, so people usually traveled on foot. By the time Song Shiwei arrived, it was almost noon.

Several villagers were standing under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, enjoying the cool air.

Song Shiwei went up to them and asked about the location of Xiao Cui's house.

When those people heard that they were looking for Xiao Cui, they were a little surprised, but two middle-aged men among them were among the villagers who participated in the rescue that day.

They recognized Song Shiwei.

"You, are you the soldier's wife who saved the young soldier that day?"

Song Shi smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's me, I came to see Xiaojun and his grandpa and grandma!"

When one of the ladies heard this, she was so happy that she couldn't help herself: "Oh, it's you. I have to thank you for saving Xiaojun! If it weren't for you, Xiaojun wouldn't be alive! Come on, I'll take you to Xiaojun's home!"

Song Shiwei didn't expect the villagers to be so warm and welcoming. She smiled and followed her into the village.

As they walked along, Song Shiwei realized that the village was even poorer than she had imagined.

Maybe it’s because of the country’s planned economy. Fishermen who originally made their living by fishing and selling seafood are now forced to work on the farm. But how much food can be produced from the saline and alkaline land here?

Every year, the food is not enough for our family, so we have to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and pick up some seafood to fill our stomachs.

When the weather was bad or it was winter, people could not catch the fish and the wild vegetables died. Many people even starved to death.

Song Shiwei looked at the stone houses in front of him and felt a little sad. Some houses even had most of the tiles on their roofs fallen off. They had no money to buy new ones and could only patch them up with thatch.

When the aunt brought her to Xiao Cui's house, Song Shiwei frowned as she looked at the yard in front of her.

I saw that the houses inside were all built with stones, there were weeds in the yard, a few broken baskets were placed randomly inside, and a few patched clothes were hung on the clothesline.

At this time, there was smoke rising from the kitchen, obviously someone was cooking.

The lady patted the shabby and shaky wooden door in front of her.

"Xiao Cui, Xiao Jun, are you home? Someone is looking for you!"

Xiao Cui's voice came from inside.

"Hey, auntie, I'm at home!"

As she said this, she ran out of the kitchen while wiping her hands.

The fence of the yard was very low, and Xiao Cui saw Song Shiwei outside the yard at a glance.

For a moment she felt a little embarrassed.

"Weiwei, Sister Weiwei, why are you here?"

Song Shi smiled and said, "I'm here to see Xiaojun and your grandpa and grandma!"

Xiao Cui quickly opened the wooden door.

The aunt did not forget to ask her: "Xiao Cui, is your grandpa feeling better? I heard that your grandpa's condition has become serious again in the past two days."

Hearing her words, Xiao Cui's eyes suddenly turned red.

She lowered her head and pursed her lips.

"Well, it's okay. Grandpa just couldn't eat these past two days and slept more than usual. Maybe it would be better if the weather was cooler!"

The lady nodded.

"Although it's the beginning of autumn, it's still hot and muggy during the day. Maybe it will be cooler after the next rain!"

After telling her to take good care of grandpa and grandma, she turned and left.

Song Shiwei handed her the salted duck eggs in her hand.

"It's nothing special. I brought you some salted duck eggs that I pickled myself. When you don't feel like cooking, you can just boil them and eat them as a dish!"

Xiao Cui looked at the duck eggs and shook her head wildly.

"No, it's too expensive, Sister Weiwei, I can't take it!"

In their village, who can afford to eat eggs and duck eggs? They are the best of the best. In her mind, only the village chief's family can eat them!

That day in the hospital, they felt guilty because they were able to have a meal of scrambled eggs with tomatoes. They felt that they were taking advantage of them. Now they couldn't have the scrambled eggs anymore.

Song Shiwei knew what she was thinking and stuffed the duck eggs into her hand.

"Don't worry, I didn't buy these duck eggs. I picked them from the reed bushes. Take them now!"

A few days ago, she asked Zhou Cheng and Zhou Lin to pick them according to the marks she made.

I picked up about forty or fifty of them and asked her to pickle them all.

Although it takes a bit of salt, the duck eggs can be kept for a long time.

Xiao Cui was a little surprised when she heard this.

"Really? Sister Weiwei, did you pick all these?"

Song Shi smiled and nodded: "Really! Can I still lie to you?"

Xiao Cui then happily took the duck eggs and called her into the house.

Xiaojun also came out of the house when he heard the noise, but he had been flooded for much longer than Song Shiwei, and there was nothing good in the house for him to take care of.

He was still a little weak, but when he saw Song Shiwei, a smile appeared on his pale face.

"Sister Weiwei, you're here!"

Song Shiwei saw that he seemed to be thinner than the last time she saw him, and she felt dissatisfied and unhappy.

And looking at his appearance, it is obvious that he is not well-maintained.

I wanted to let him take good care of himself, but then I thought, what can their family afford to do for him?

Especially when I glanced into the house and saw a pot of bubbling wild vegetable soup that had just been made.

Song Shiwei's heart ached.

Xiao Cui followed her gaze and saw the pot of wild vegetable soup, and her expression became unnatural for a moment.

"Sister Weiwei, I'll go make some more food! Can you eat here at noon?"

Song Shiwei quickly grabbed her hand and said, "What are you doing? Isn't this already available?"

Now, not to mention Xiao Cui, even Xiao Jun felt a little embarrassed.

"Sister Weiwei, how can I let you eat this wild vegetable soup when you come here......"

"Yes, Sister Weiwei, you are our family's savior, how can I treat you so lightly?"

Song Shiwei waved his hands and said, "You can eat it? Why can't I? Let's eat wild vegetable soup today!"

At this time, an old voice came from the room.

"Cui, who's here?"