Liu Yuhan comforted her grandmother and prepared to go back.
She walked beside her grandmother, answering every question her grandmother asked, and she would also tell some things herself.
For example, how did they escape from the north to the south? Where does the Liu family live now? How many people are there? How many children did the parents have? Are they boys or girls? How old are they? Is the family harmonious? Is the mother doing well? These questions, especially the last one, are probably what a mother who has lost contact with her daughter for many years would want to know most.
When they had almost finished talking, they returned to the courtyard.
When the mother and daughter finally meet, they naturally cry and express their deep love for each other.
Seeing that their emotions had calmed down, the grandmother asked them to start preparing dinner. It was already noon and it was indeed late.
Liu Yuhan, her grandmother, and her mother, Grandma Qin, were busy preparing lunch. Huo Dong brought a lot of food from the town.
One basket contained rice and flour, and the other contained fresh pork and slaughtered chicken and duck.
Liu Qing and his grandmother went to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables, and then picked out several eggs from the chicken coop in the corner of the yard. They also had convenient access to water, which was also brought down from the mountains using bamboo.
The simple stove was kept very clean, the firewood was neatly stacked, the stove surface made of small stones was also clean, and the stone floor was also swept very clean.
There is a small wooden stool next to the stove, which has two stove burners and two large iron pots. There is a wooden shelf near the wall, on which are placed some clay pots, ceramic bowls, wooden bowls, and bamboo cups for drinking water.
They took wooden basins and put the vegetables in the pool in the yard to wash them. They cut what needed to be cut and washed what needed to be washed. They chatted while they were busy, and the scene was very warm.
Everyone's eyes were red, but the fulfillment and tranquility in their hearts were incomparable.
Liu Yuhan said she wanted to show everyone her skills and she would be the chef today.
The grandmother was naturally happy to see her happy. This granddaughter had a very good personality, a good temper, and was also good-looking.
I remember that my daughter was about the same age back then, but she knew nothing about cooking and other chores. In the blink of an eye, her child has grown up and is so capable and sensible.
Liu Yuhan put the washed and cut vegetables in the kitchen and asked the adults to sit in the yard and chat, while Liu Qing helped her light the fire.
Liu Zhi was restrained by his great-grandmother and was not allowed to walk around freely. Seeing him come back with a bruised face, his great-grandmother felt both distressed and angry.
Alas, can this place not be their home after all? The old man felt melancholy and helpless.
Seeing that they had some dried wild mushrooms, Liu Yuhan asked Liu Qing about their family's taste. Liu Qing said that their family ate light food, which was easy to deal with. She secretly took some seasonings from the space. In fact, there was only some bitter coarse salt in the kitchen and a little animal oil in the earthenware jar.
Liu Yuhan cooked a chicken stew with mushrooms, cored edamame, and a duck stew with edamame. She also had stir-fried pork belly with green beans, steamed eggplant with minced meat, stir-fried Chinese cabbage, and loofah and egg soup—each of the six dishes filled two large bowls.
We waited for the people who had gone up the mountain to return and ate together. The cooked dishes were stewed in clay pots and kept warm by boiling water in a large stove. White rice was cooked in another large stove.
By the time Liu Yuhan finished cooking and everyone else came back, it was already past noon. Liu Zhi could smell the aroma of the food in the kitchen and his stomach kept rumbling. He stood outside the courtyard gate and kept looking towards the mountain.
"Grandpa and the others are back, we can eat now!"
Huo Dong and Liu Shinan found Liu Zhiyuan and the other two. They introduced themselves to each other. When Liu Zhiyuan and his son heard the news that their daughter (sister) had been found, and saw their cheap brother-in-law (son-in-law) standing in front of them, they were so excited that they couldn't describe it.
Their hunting gains were already dismal, and they were feeling a little disappointed. This great news washed away all their feelings of loss!
These three former civilians weren't as skilled as the eldest grandson, Liu Hong. After all these years, they still couldn't master the art of hunting. Every time they caught prey, apart from their own family meals, the money they could take to the town to sell depended on their eldest grandson, Liu Hong.
He would use the money he earned from selling his game or the animal furs he saved to buy (or exchange for) some cloth, salt, sugar, and small daily necessities in the town.
Liu Hongcai was exiled to this island when he was only one year old. He had no memory of the outside world. As he grew up, his grandmother saw that he had excellent physique and great passion for martial arts, so he started learning martial arts from his grandmother.
He was never told about family matters until he was 12 (after the village chief accidentally revealed their exile) and heard people around him slandering and insulting his family. He couldn't help but hit someone. Then his grandparents told him everything about the family. They told him to take good care of his younger siblings and to endure it even if he couldn't.
Although they stayed on the island, they had to study and practice martial arts every day.
If they didn’t have enough pens, ink, paper, and inkstone, they would write on the sand table. Their grandparents, father, and mother would teach them personally.
His mother died of heavy bleeding in the middle of the night when she was giving birth to her younger brother and couldn't find a midwife.
He was only 7 years old when his mother passed away. He suddenly lost his mother overnight and grew up overnight... His family members were so strict with him, saying that he was the eldest grandson of the Liu family, but what could he do?
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A few people went down the mountain and called back Doctor Liu, who was having a great time looking for medicine at the foot of the mountain.
After everyone returned home, Liu naturally talked to her father, two brothers, and eldest nephew.
Their emotions were interrupted only by their great-grandmother's shout of "Let's eat."
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