Shen Mingxi was stunned for a moment, then he promised word by word, "Yaya, we will be able to have a full meal every day from now on."
Life is much better now than before. It is no problem to have enough food. Moreover, wheat will be distributed soon, as well as corn, potatoes and millet in the private plots. Although the yield has decreased a bit due to the weather this year, the overall difference from last year is not that big.
With five laborers in their big house, it was not difficult to raise two children.
Shen Yu ate very slowly, with his head down, and seemed not to hear what the children said. Chen Li saw that Shen Qingshan had finished eating, and hurriedly served him a bowl, "Qingshan, there is a lot of corn porridge tonight, you guys can all eat enough."
Shen Qingshan glanced at Shen Yu and thought to himself, even if his father stopped him tomorrow, he would still do this.
Why not eat when you can? In the past, he had to tighten his belt to solve the problem of hunger. Now that he thinks about it, he is a fool! Shen Qingshan took a big bite of the potato, as if he was venting something.
But I am in a very good mood.
The stream tonight can be said to have opened the door to a new world for him.
Let him know that the grandparents in the main house are just like this! Although the people in the big house have a good relationship, it has been more than ten years. This is the first time that they have resisted the oppression of Old Lady Shen. Therefore, they have different thoughts when eating this hard-earned full meal.
Only Goudan and Yaya felt extremely happy.
As Shen Yu was eating, he suddenly felt an itch in his throat.
He quickly turned around, covered his mouth and started coughing.
Shen Mingxi put down his chopsticks, picked up the thermos, poured a bowl of water for Shen Yu, and placed it on the table. Shen Yu waved his hand and said in a hoarse voice, "...Xiaoxi, you eat, don't worry about me."
This is an old illness of his and it will be fine after the coughing.
After a while, Shen Yu stopped coughing. He drank half a bowl of water and felt much better.
Shen Mingxi looked at Shen Yu, whose face was sallow, and felt worried.
My father graduated from high school and was assigned a job in a supply and marketing cooperative. Although the job was later given to Shen Hai, the knowledge he learned was still in his mind.
He has excellent writing skills and a wealth of knowledge. In school, he always ranks first in exams.
However, he had a serious world-weariness problem.
He seemed ready to leave this world at any moment.
But at the same time, he was very conflicted. He tried his best to live, and every day seemed to be extra. He wanted to give the best to his children, but he found that he was useless except teaching them and giving them names.
The children couldn't even have a full meal.
At that time, he was self-loathing.
After Shen Mingxi's game with Old Man and Old Lady Shen tonight, she clearly realized that 50% of the responsibility lies with the oppression and unfairness of Old Lady and Old Man Shen, and the other half lies with the eldest wife herself.
There is still a lot to do if we want to change the current situation.
"...Dad, after the summer harvest, the wild pears on the mountain are almost ripe. My older brother and I picked some and brought them back. I heard that boiling them with rock sugar can cure coughs. Oh, and eggplants can also cure coughs..." Shen Mingxi said softly.
It’s best to go to the hospital for your father’s illness.
But the eldest wife currently has no money, so she has to find a way to get money from Old Mrs. Shen and then send her father to the hospital for examination.
Only after the condition is determined can the right medicine be prescribed.
However, boiling the wild pears from Longpan Mountain with rock sugar is still effective for my father's old illness.
Shen Yu glanced at his daughter, and a touch of warmth flashed through his heart. His clear and elegant features were gentle. "I know that rock sugar and wild pears can cure coughs, but can eggplant also cure coughs? I haven't heard of that..."
Shen Jiawen, who had been silent the whole time, smiled and said, "Are you so sure? I haven't heard of it either."
"Of course I am sure, because our Xiaoxi never says useless words..."
Shen Qingshan insisted on his point of view.
Shen Mingxi didn't even notice that his slightly furrowed brows had quietly relaxed.
Only then did she feel like thinking, and she didn't know why Mr. Shen San came to see her grandfather.
The atmosphere in the room became much better, but it was getting darker and darker, and the food on the table was eaten up.
Shen Mingxi was not worried about not having food to eat tomorrow. Some things, once started, are not unstoppable but almost. After tasting the sweetness of honey, who would go back to eating coptis?
She took the bowls and basins to the kitchen, washed them, and took them back to the woodshed.
Shen Yu was listening to Goudan reciting a text.
Chen Li was busy on the side.
The eldest and second brothers went to Fengquan River to take a bath.
The people from the main house hadn't arrived yet, but bursts of cursing could be heard faintly.
She took the pig food to feed the pigs, and she realized that the pigs must be fed well because this house occupied half of the house.
In fact, if they are paid according to their work, this should all be theirs.
But if that happened, Old Lady Shen would probably fight with her. She poured the pig feed into the trough. She fed the pigs late today and the two pigs were already hungry. They were eating happily now.
The pig buried its head in the trough. Occasionally it would look up and hum a few times at Shen Mingxi as if to please him. Shen Mingxi thought, the people in the main house were not even as good as pigs.
After feeding the pigs, she went to the south side of the pigpen, where there was a thatched shed with water that Chen Li had dried in the morning. The water used by the Shen family was fetched by the eldest and second brothers in the morning.
They took what the eldest wife did for granted. As she washed herself, she thought to herself that it was enough to write a bloody history.
Old Man Shen and Old Lady Shen were really cruel when it came to treating their eldest wife.
Maybe this has something to do with the fact that Shen Yu and Chen Li are submissive, but no matter what the reason is, those two old people are really unkind people.
Shen Mingxi's face turned gloomy again when he thought of this.
Uncle Shen Sanye walked away leisurely with his hands behind his back. Old man Shen looked unhappy and didn't know how to vent his anger. When he saw Shen Mingxi feeding the pigs, he endured it and went back to the house.
He hasn't had dinner yet. He's really tired after working all afternoon.
He glanced at Shen Baozhi who was sitting there eating, and endured it. He put the paper bag in his pocket and decided to ask after dinner. Bao girl is still young and may not understand some things.
It's just a small thing, don't scare the child.
He sat on the kang, picked up the bowl and started eating.
The second uncle and the third uncle looked at each other and put down their bowls and chopsticks. They had finished eating, but did not leave. They sat on the kang and waited for the old man to finish eating so that they could discuss things.
(End of this chapter)