So for your own safety, you can't tell anyone about this kind of thing, not even your mother or father.
If they knew that their real daughter was dead, how would they face it? At least they couldn't tell them now. They could only take things one step at a time.
"Third sister, I have saved up five handkerchiefs now. When daddy exchanges them for silver tomorrow, we can buy some brown rice, which should be enough to last for a while. You just need to have a good rest and don't think about these things."
Yu Qingmei patted Yu Qingqing's shoulder. Yu Qingqing came back to his senses immediately and stopped thinking about those wild thoughts.
Now I can only take it one step at a time. Now that I am here, I have to deal with everything well and work hard. The most important thing now is to make money.
This little body is really too weak, and this family is really too poor! Yu Qingqing has never suffered such hardship. Although she lived under someone else's roof before, she was not to the point of not having enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear.
"Third sister, don't worry, I will rest well and work hard to get better soon. We will get better and better in the future." Yu Qingqing said with a slight sigh.
"Qing'er, how are you feeling? Are you feeling better?" Hua Qinglu looked at the empty coarse porcelain bowl in front of him.
The originally dark bowl was now completely empty because Yu Qingqing ate everything in it, leaving not even the water.
The bowl actually looked brighter. But this vegetable porridge was not enough to satisfy my hunger. It felt like drinking water.
"Qing'er, wait a minute and I'll get you another bowl." Hua Qinglu said this without waiting for Qingqing's reaction as she had already walked to the door.
"Mom, I feel like it's almost time. I'll save it for you. There's not much food left at home, and you can't let me drink it all by myself."
Yu Qingqing knew that the family only had half a bag of brown rice and a handful of wild vegetables they had picked earlier. They were basically running out of money.
"Qing'er, your father is back. Today he went into the mountains a little further inland. The harvest was pretty good."
Hua Qinglu said happily while holding a bowl of vegetable porridge with only a few grains of rice. Then he walked in and handed the bowl to Yu Qingqing.
"Come, Xiao Ji, have some too. The porridge is still hot. I've almost finished eating and I'm not very hungry now."
Yu Qingqing said against her will that she really couldn't eat alone, and that was not her style.
"Third sister, it's delicious." Even the foodie Yu Qingji thought a bowl of thin vegetable porridge was delicious.
"Qing'er, are you feeling better? My Qing'er is finally awake."
The person who spoke was Yu Qingshu, Yu Qing's father. He was thirty-two years old. He usually went hunting in the mountains to earn money to supplement the family income.
Yu Qingqing lives in the southwest of the village, about ten kilometers away from a forest. Village hunters usually hunt in this forest.
However, women and children would not go to this forest to pick wild vegetables. They would usually go to a smaller forest next to the mountain forest to pick them.
The forest where we were hunting was called Qinglv Mountain. It was one of the larger mountains nearby, and few people dared to go inside the mountain.
Because there are still some wild animals roaming in the area. Only in the outer areas can you occasionally hunt pheasants, rabbits, and even wild boars.
It's just that there hasn't been much rain recently, and the vegetation in the mountains hasn't grown very well, it's almost withered and yellow. So there haven't been many prey recently.
Although Yu Qingshu looked very thin, he was quite tall. He was estimated to be about 1.8 meters tall.
He was wearing a linen shirt that looked washed out and bleached, with patches on the shoulders, chest, and cuffs.
The pants also look a little different in length, but fortunately the weather is not cold now, so they can be worn.
Yu Qingshu has regular facial features. Although his face is not plump due to lack of nutrition, he still looks blessed overall.
At home, he obeys his wife's words and thinks everything she says is right. If there is anything wrong, it must be his fault.
Yu Qingshu held two fairly plump rabbits in his left hand, one gray and the other gray and white, probably a hybrid.
One of the two rabbits was injured in the abdomen, and blood was slowly flowing down its soft fur, dripping onto the ground from time to time.
The other one had a small bloody hole on its head. Perhaps it had been there for a long time, and most of the blood had coagulated. Only a small amount of blood could be seen flowing onto the ground.
"Wow, rabbits, so cute, but it's a pity they're dead." Yu Qingji looked at the two rabbits with stars in his eyes. It turned out that children have no resistance to cute things.
"Daddy, can we eat rabbit meat tonight?" Yu Qingji's soft and cute voice sounded.
He is indeed a foodie. One second he was lamenting the rabbit's pitiful death, and the next second he had already decided to eat it. This is really a change of expression in a second.
"Yes, we'll eat one tonight to nourish your bodies, and I'll take the remaining one to the town to sell to the restaurant later." Yu Qingshu answered honestly.
Although Yu Qingshu was speaking to Yu Qingqing, Yu Qingqing followed his gaze and discovered that her father's eyes were fixed on her mother.
"Husband, you must be tired. You should have a good rest first. I will prepare the rabbits later and we will have a good rest together in the evening.
Qing'er has been unconscious for so long, she must still be weak." Hua Qinglu said softly after noticing Yu Qingshu's burning gaze.
"Hey, thank you for your hard work, my lady."
Yu Qingshu turned around and put the gray rabbit into the kitchen, and put the other gray-white rabbit into the backpack, preparing to go to the town to sell it later.
The rabbits are still fresh now. The white rabbits are estimated to weigh more than two kilograms, and the gray rabbits are also about three kilograms.
The nobles in the town like to eat game, so Yu Qingshu usually takes it to the "Yunzhou Restaurant". The shopkeeper Huang there sees him and brings game to the restaurant from time to time.
So usually they charge about one wen higher than the market price. Usually they charge 21 wen per catty, so this rabbit can be sold for about 50 or 60 wen.
"Dad, these are the handkerchiefs I embroidered, exactly five of them.
You can take it to town to sell it later, and buy some brown rice at the same time, as we don’t have much left at home.”
After Yu Qingshu put his things away, Yu Qingmei turned around and went to the room to hand the handkerchief she had embroidered to Yu Qingshu.
"Okay, my dear daughter, thank you for your hard work."
Yu Qingshu gently stroked Yu Qingmei's hair. Was his daughter just too weak?
Although she didn't need to take medicine, she couldn't overwork herself. So she didn't do much housework, just embroidering handkerchiefs.
"By the way, my wife, I came across a village when I came back just now. They asked us to gather at the dam after dinner, one family each. I guess they have something important to discuss."
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