"Oh dear, what else could I be doing? I just took my bowl to the hillside to check if our corn had grown yet. When I came back, I heard you all laughing and joking here, so I came in to see. Auntie, don't worry, I definitely didn't come here to eat your meat." Zhang Juhua suppressed her jealousy and resentment, put on a shameless face, looked at Yun Qishi with eager eyes, and said with a smile.
Yun Qi pretended not to see the eagerness on Zhang Juhua's face and said with an 'envious' look, "Aunt Zhang, your corn grows so well. Unlike us, we only started planting so late. We don't even know if we can harvest the seeds. If we can't even harvest the seeds, our whole family will have to starve for the rest of the year."
Old man!
Zhang Juhua secretly spat in her heart, but her face was all smiles: "Auntie, you're worrying for nothing. No matter whether the corn seeds can be harvested or not, with Duo'er and you two old folks' current luck, your lives won't be bad! Even if things don't go well, there's still the Lin family in town, right? The county magistrate won't abandon you."
"Unlike us, who are destitute and can only dig for food in the soil, living a very frugal life, we spend more time eating bran and wild vegetables than eating proper meals."
"I'm not afraid to tell you this, but after the New Year this year, during the busy farming season a few days ago, we only dared to cook a few handfuls of rice and then make a big pot of corn dumplings to cook in it, just enough to barely fill our stomachs. You see, these past two days we've had a little more free time, and our meals have turned into wild vegetable porridge again, we can't even bear to put any rice in." As she spoke, she tilted her bowl to show Yun Qishi.
He added, "Not to mention rice, I'm only willing to put a little salt in Gengsheng's and Gengsheng's father's bowls."
"I don't know if it's because the wild vegetables have gotten older these past few days, but I find this wild vegetable porridge really bitter. It makes me gag when I eat it, and I just can't eat it. If I didn't have to go hungry if I didn't eat it, I really wouldn't want to eat this kind of meaningless stuff anymore."
Yun Qi remained unmoved and said, "This is corn porridge, which is not bad. A few days ago, we were eating bran dumplings. Not to mention Duo'er, even Duo'er's grandfather and I had to swallow a bran dumpling and a sip of wild vegetable soup with great effort."
"Aunt Zhang, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. There are old people and young children in our family, and we don't even have anyone who can do heavy work. I have no idea what will happen to our family. Who knows when we won't even have chaff dumplings to eat?"
Bah! You stingy old man! Your family eats bran dumplings and wild vegetables, who are you trying to fool? Is that fragrant meat in the pot fake? Do you think I didn't see it? That brat Yun Duo stopped lighting the fire a long time ago, she's just sitting in front of the stove pretending, and you're pretending it's not cooked yet just by covering the pot with a lid?
Honestly, we've wasted our time rescuing that brat. If I had known you'd turn out like this, I shouldn't have advised her against becoming a child bride for that idiot. I should have just let her suffer to death!
Zhang Juhua was so angry she almost spat it out, but she managed to hold it back, her face turning red. It took her a while to recover before she managed to force a smile at Yun Qishi: "Auntie, what are you saying? You and Uncle Yun are both in good health. In a few years, Duo'er will be all grown up. Even if something really happens, the Lin family in town and the county magistrate won't ignore it."
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