Chapter 141 Chang'an Town
She sat between her two brothers, holding a small wooden bowl in one hand and a spoon in the other.
The bowl contains fragrant cooked white rice. Now we eat rice for dinner every day at home, plus two dishes, one vegetarian and one meat.
The vegetarian dishes are either grown in the private plot in the backyard, or are wild vegetables sent from Ma Chunxia’s family next door.
The vegetables were eggs or meat brought back from the town.
Jiang Fubao's little mouth was full of oil from eating so much.
It's been a while since I came here.
I ate countless bowls of porridge.
Finally I can eat rice every day.
Thinking about the bowl of pure brown rice porridge he had eaten, Jiang Fubao almost cried.
"Don't rush out for a walk after dinner. Wash your clothes and they will dry overnight. Wear them tomorrow. As for the clothes left at home, wear old ones so they don't get worn out. After all, clothes are very expensive. Pingmei, wash Tongmu's clothes and put them in his room. Let him take them away when he comes back next time."
After dinner.
Zhang Jinlan stopped her family members who were about to go out for a walk.
He gave the order in a loud voice.
The house became busy again.
Jiang Fubao was also full. She put down her bowl and spoon and walked into the yard.
Dad and uncle were tidying up the tables and chairs in the main room, while my aunt and sister-in-law were washing clothes in the yard.
My mother and my second aunt washed the dishes and pots.
Second uncle and eldest brother went to the backyard to chop firewood.
The shops in the town had to carry firewood every day.
After all, the boiler never stops.
Children are the most idle.
Several of my brothers had already disappeared.
Only Jiang Fubao was sitting alone in a chair, watching the sunset and enjoying the evening breeze.
Leisurely and comfortable.
"Come, the melon is cut, come and eat it. Hey, where are these little brats? Second sister-in-law, go outside and shout to them to come back and eat the melon."
After a while, Zhang Yanzi came out of the kitchen carrying the cut melon.
But there was no sign of children at home.
Only my daughter was sitting obediently on the chair.
"Okay, I'll go and shout now."
Sun Pingmei wiped her hands, walked quickly to the door, and shouted: "Children, come back and eat melons——"
The sound was so loud that Jiang Fubao was frightened and trembled all over.
The round belly that had just been full was bouncing back and forth.
Oh my god, my second aunt-in-law has such a loud voice.
She nearly peed her pants.
Hearing that there was melon to eat, her brothers came back from all directions in a hurry.
Each person was given a piece of melon, which they grabbed in their hands, but they didn't even have time to eat it before running out.
"These kids are really playful."
Zhang Yanzi shook her head helplessly.
Sun Pingmei also picked up a piece of melon and ate it without even raising her head.
Although we had already eaten lunch, the melon was cut small so that everyone in the family could have a piece.
As for the newly washed clothes, they were already hung out to dry in the yard, fluttering in the wind.
The sky gradually darkened.
At the same time.
In the Sanshan School in the town.
The students also washed up and went back to their rooms to prepare for bed.
Oil lamps and candles were expensive and the school could not afford them, so students brought their own from home.
Kong Mingxue, who was always rich and generous, lit six candles in the bedroom.
The candlelight is weak, but it can withstand the large amount.
The six senses are enough to light up the bedroom brightly.
He lit so many candles not to practice calligraphy, but to lie on the bed reading a storybook and laughing.
It's simply extravagant.
Meng Bujiu, who lived in the same room, was sitting on a chair and eating cakes.
The food prepared in the school is really terrible.
He missed the food sold in Jiang's snack shop very much. The weather was hot, and if he was given a cup of sweet and cold mung bean soup and drank it in one gulp, wouldn't he feel so refreshed?
Then have two grilled sausages and a serving of spicy potatoes.
Wow.
When he thought of this, Meng Bujiu's saliva was about to flow.
Unfortunately, there are only very sweet and dry pastries here.
Jiang Tongmu, who was standing by, had no idea what he was thinking.
With the help of the candlelight from Kong Mingxue, he was practicing calligraphy with a brush.
Because I sold the grilled sausage to Meng Bujiu before.
The relationship between the three of them is much better than before, and they can still chat with each other occasionally.
Of course, they all revolve around eating.
Jiang Tongmu actually has no feelings for the two of them.
The people who bullied him at first were mainly Ding Huanfu and Deng Siyuan.
Plus the four of them often get together.
So everyone thought that the four of them were bullying him together.
Including himself.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, Kong Mingxue and Meng Bujiu were basically just bystanders.
Never interfered.
Jiang Tongmu turned his head, glanced at the two of them, and said nothing.
Kong Mingxue had no reaction to his behavior of taking advantage of others. He only had the storybook in his eyes and didn't care about anyone else.
The three of them were doing their own things.
Until all the candles were extinguished and the moon hid in the clouds.
They went to bed.
One night passed.
The sun crept up from the east.
morning.
A carriage left the city gate and headed for the main town.
Coincidentally, the Jiang family's ox cart also entered the city at the same time.
A combination of ox cart and horse cart.
Heading in the opposite direction.
The coachman of the carriage wore a straw hat, and his face beneath the hat looked extremely ferocious.
It turned out to be that human trafficker.
in the carriage.
Sun Lai Di and the other two, who were covered in wounds, had already changed into clean clothes. Their hair was tied up with cloth ribbons and the dirt on their faces was washed clean.
The three of them huddled together.
shiver.
"Sister Wanru, what should we do? We have already left the town. Will we be able to come back?"
Sun Lai Di's eyes were red.
She had never been far away from home since she was a child. The only time she came to town was when she was sold to a human trafficker by her grandmother.
"Don't be afraid. I just heard him tell the guards that he was going to Chang'an Town. My home is there. It would be better for us to go there. It's okay. My parents will definitely find us."
Different from Sun Lai Di.
It seemed as if he was incomparably calm.
She is from Chang'an Town.
If the carriage really went to Chang'an Town.
The possibility of her being rescued was even greater, because her family lived in Chengtou Street, the most prosperous street in the town. Those who could afford to buy a maid were not very poor, and their families might also live in Chengtou Street.
If only it were more clever.
When I got off the carriage, I met my parents.
Isn't there hope?
A light flashed in Fang Wanru's eyes.
She clenched her hands tightly.
His lips were bitten white.
The torture these days has completely changed her personality.
"Wanru sister, I believe you."
Fang Wanru's words made Sun Lai Di's body stop shaking so much.
She said this in a crying voice.
As for his hands, they were holding his sister.
Dare not let go.
The three-year-old granddaughter stared blankly at the carriage, looking around.
She didn't know what happened, she only knew that her sister was by her side, accompanying her and protecting her.
The carriage gradually moved away.
It quickly disappeared.
The Jiang family's ox cart was also parked in the backyard of the shop.
All the people wearing new clothes got off the ox cart with smiles on their faces.
Walking into the yard, a new busy day began.
"Excuse me, are you hiring in your restaurant?"
At the end of Baishi Street, Jiang Zichong and his brother stood at the door of a restaurant, bending over and asking the waiter.