In fact, Li Jinfeng knew the situation of the Zhang family without Grandma Zhang telling her.
Before, the two handfuls of millet she gave to Zhang Xiaobao could not last more than a few days.
On ordinary days, the Zhang family still survived by gnawing on tree bark and eating some vegetables without oil.
Grandma Zhang is old, and there is no work for her to do at the production team. Even if she goes, she won't earn many work points.
She had no choice but to take care of the three-acre private plot of land at home. In the entire production team, no one's vegetables grew better than hers.
But she and Xiaobao were reluctant to eat them, and usually used those vegetables to exchange for some dry coarse grains.
The other option is to exchange some salt and other things with people in the village who have no vegetables to eat. You definitely can't exchange oil for it because no one has it.
But always, more is given out than is received in return.
The more you are taken advantage of, the harder your life will become.
Hearing that Li Jinfeng wanted to make food for herself, Grandma Zhang quickly stopped her, "Jinfeng girl, no need, I'm not hungry."
"It's okay, you help Xiaobao mend his clothes, I'll be back soon!"
Li Jinfeng walked out of the house quickly. The Zhang family's kitchen was right next to it.
It was another cowshed with some dry firewood piled at the stove, which was perfect for cooking.
Li Jinfeng took out some more millet from the space, washed it, and started to cook millet porridge.
Millet porridge is good for the stomach. People of this era are hungry most of the time, so stomach problems are bound to be serious. In addition, Grandma Zhang is old and eats tree bark and other things all day long, which she cannot digest at all. Although she is very thin, she looks a little swollen.
A pot of porridge was soon cooked. Li Jinfeng took bowls and chopsticks from Zhang's cupboard, served a bowl of porridge to Grandma Zhang, and returned to her room.
Fortunately, the cowshed allocated to the Zhang family by the village was relatively remote and there were no houses around. Otherwise, if someone came across her while she was cooking porridge, she would have a hard time explaining the source of the millet.
Holding the millet porridge, I walked up to Grandma Zhang. When she saw the sticky porridge in the bowl, tears came out.
"Golden Phoenix girl, what can I say? You...don't waste your time on an old woman like me. I'm almost dead, and you're still eating such delicious food. You'll be punished by God."
Passing the porridge to Grandma Zhang, she said, "Grandma Zhang, don't say that. Everyone has the right to live. It's just that life is a little difficult right now. We can't give up just because life is difficult. Xiaobao is still young. You don't want to see him alone in the future, do you?"
Grandma Zhang naturally couldn't let Xiaobao go.
If she hadn't been unable to let go of Xiaobao, and hadn't suffered such humiliation, she would have died early like everyone else, and would have avoided surviving and living a life where the end could be seen at a glance.
"Okay, I'll eat it!" Grandma Zhang took the porridge with tears in her eyes.
"After you finish this bowl, there is more in the pot. Xiaobao can drink it when he gets home from work at noon." Li Jinfeng said from the side.
Grandma Zhang started to drink the porridge. Although she was extremely hungry, she ate in good manners and did not make any noise even while drinking the porridge.
He drank it in small sips, slowly and leisurely.
Li Jinfeng was watching from the side and actually saw the word elegance in her.
An elderly lady could remain so calm even when she was extremely hungry. Li Jinfeng immediately felt that she was not an ordinary person.
After finishing the porridge, Grandma Zhang stood up and went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.
Not only that, when she came back, she was holding something wrapped in cloth in her hand. Li Jinfeng didn't know what it was.
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