Chapter 343: I am the head of the family in a world dominated by women
"This is truly a life-saving rain, but I wonder if it will come again in the future?"
Song An leaned against the doorstep, watching his daughter and son-in-law busy outside.
"The book says that when the clouds part, the moon will appear. We've been suffering from disasters for long enough, and it's time for the climate to return to normal."
"Dad, it's getting dark and there are a lot of mosquitoes outside. You should go back to the house with Mom!"
"Now that we have enough water at home, I will go to the mountains to find some food tomorrow. As long as we can get through this period and have two or three more rains, we can plant crops in the fields."
Lin Wanwan persuaded Song An to go back to the house to rest. There were indeed some mosquitoes in the yard.
Mosquitoes won't come near her, but they will bite other people from time to time.
"Okay, remember to fumigate it with mugwort later. Your mother and I will go back to the house first. You two should finish your work early and go back to the house to rest!"
In this day and age, people close the door and go to bed as soon as it gets dark.
There was no entertainment, and coupled with the drought, everyone was too hungry to have the energy.
After finally having a full meal today, the family was reluctant to waste their energy. After Lin Wanwan and Zixian cleaned up the kitchen, they returned to the house.
"My dear wife, go to bed early. I will go into the mountains with you tomorrow."
As long as farming can be resumed here, the people who have fled will return one after another, and the court officials will then be back in place.
Although the county magistrate ran away with his wife and children.
But the imperial court will not let go of any land that can be governed.
Zixian seemed to see hope, and his spirits and energy became better than before.
"Tomorrow, you should rest at home for another day. I'll go to the mountains first."
"Everything edible in the mountains has probably been found by other villagers. One more of you won't make much difference."
"You've already helped me a lot by taking good care of Xiaobao and our parents at home!"
Zixian was quite moved when he heard his wife say this.
It turned out that his wife had always known about his efforts. It seemed that the words she said two days ago were just because of hunger and irritability.
My wife is not such an ungrateful person!
"You should also rest early. When the officials return, I will be able to receive the scholar's allowance. Then our family will surely live better and better."
After a few words of comfort, Lin Wanwan lay down on the bed.
This body of hers has been hungry for a long time and its quality is extremely poor.
Now that I can rest, I'd better take a good rest.
No words were spoken that night.
Early the next morning, Lin Wanwan woke up early.
She had very good hearing, so she naturally heard the old man coughing in the west wing.
It seems that I need to find some herbs and make some cough medicine for me.
Seeing Zixian and Xiaobao still sleeping soundly on the bed, Lin Wanwan got out of bed quietly.
But when she opened the door, Zixian was still woken up.
"You don't have to get up so early, go back to sleep!"
"It's not too late to get up after I finish making breakfast."
Lin Wanwan gave some instructions and went to the kitchen.
I took out two sweet potatoes and threw them into the pot, and cooked another pot of sweet potato millet porridge.
Is there anything to eat in her space?
It’s a pity that now is not the time to take it out. Not to mention her family, I guess the whole village doesn’t have any ready-made food.
Being able to take out some sweet potatoes and millet is already very eye-catching. If you take out something better, it will arouse the suspicion of your family.
But we can't just give nothing away, otherwise our family will starve to death.
After Lin Wanwan finished cooking the porridge, she drank a bowl herself, found a backpack in the corner of the kitchen, and wanted to go out with it.
Zixian had already taken care of Xiaobao and appeared at the door neatly dressed.
Seeing Lin Wanwan was about to go out, he was just about to ask to go with her.
Then Lin Wanwan waved at him.
"Take care of the house, I'll be back soon!"
Zixian saw that Lin Wanwan quickly disappeared at the gate of the courtyard. He thought that he would not be able to catch up with her even if he chased out, so he carried the child to the kitchen.
He served the sweet potato millet porridge and let it cool, then went to the west wing to pick up the two old people to come out for dinner.
Let’s not talk about what happened at home for now, let’s just say that Lin Wanwan came to the mountain.
Looking at the forest where even the bark of the trees had been stripped away, she felt a little desperate.
What else can you find to eat in a place like this?
But in order not to arouse her family's suspicion, she still walked into the mountains.
Besides her, there are many other early risers in the mountains.
Everyone was like her, carrying baskets or backpacks, searching everywhere with machetes and sickles in their hands.
Some people on the road recognized Lin Wanwan, but more people were looking for her on their own.
Everyone was so hungry that they could only move with the help of a belt.
No one had the energy to talk.
Lin Wanwan was walking in the woods. All the leaves on the trees had been plucked away, so she could only look under the trees.
All the edible things had been pulled away, and all that was left were some wild grass roots that even an old cow couldn't chew.
But even such wild grass roots are wanted by people.
They would take the wild grass roots back home, roast them by the fire, and then grind them back and forth with a stone mill.
Finally, grind it into powder and drink it with water.
Although this method is time-consuming and laborious, at least you can save your life.
No one cares about the taste, they just want to survive.
Lin Wanwan did not compete with everyone for these wild grass roots, but continued to look for other food.
Seeing two old men searching everywhere in the mountains, Lin Wanwan felt a little sorry.
She took some sweet potatoes from the space, and then found a very remote mountain ridge where normal people would not come.
I dug a hole and threw the sweet potatoes in, even leaving the sweet potato vines on the ground.
Then he pretended to have just discovered it, pulled out the sweet potato vines and put them in the backpack.
Then pull out the sweet potatoes one by one.
Seeing the two old men looking at her, she looked around and then waved to them.
"Uncle Qian and Aunt Qian, you're here looking for something to eat too, right? Come here quickly before anyone sees you!"
When the two saw Lin Wanwan calling them, they immediately put down the grass roots and walked over, supporting each other.
"I found a sweet potato here. It won't be easy to share it with you, so you better hide it!"
Lin Wanwan dug out two fist-sized sweet potatoes from the pit and threw them onto the embankment.
"So it's Mr. Lin, you really saved our lives!"
"Don't worry, we won't tell anyone about your discovery of the sweet potato!"
Aunt Qian took the sweet potato and quickly stuffed it under the basket, then carefully covered it with grass roots.
Before, it was the son and daughter-in-law who came out to find food, but because they had not received any nourishment for a long time, they all fell ill.
The old couple had no choice but to go out and look for food themselves.
For three consecutive days, there was nothing to eat except grass roots.
I didn’t expect that today, thanks to Mr. Lin, I could eat some fresh sweet potatoes.
"Didn't it rain last night? I think it will get better and better in the future, so don't worry too much!"
"I still have some sweet potato vines here. If you don't mind, I can share some with you!"
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