Chapter 19 Chapter 19 The fighting power of the aunts is comparable to that of an atomic bomb...

Fu Mingze was slightly stunned and subconsciously looked at his arm. Shen Moer actually pulled it slightly and then let it go, but Fu Mingze always felt that there seemed to be a warm and soft touch left on his arm. He was stunned for a moment and said, "There are not many mushrooms and wild vegetables. You can leave them."

He thought Shen Moer was talking about the mushrooms and wild vegetables he picked.

Shen Moer half-closed the door, took out three dying rabbits and wild ginseng from the bamboo basket, and poured the mushrooms and wild vegetables at the bottom into the bamboo basket. Then she said one by one:

"My father will take the wild ginseng to the purchasing station when he goes to the commune tomorrow to sell it. We will split the money in half. There are three rabbits left, we will split them in half as well. I don't plan to sell this one. I will braise half of it myself and make the other into jerky to eat. Or you can keep half and I will braise it for you. As for these wild vegetables and mushrooms, I will give you more mushrooms. You can keep them after drying them and eat them slowly. You can give more wild vegetables. There are more of you educated youth. You can eat more while they are fresh and tender."

Shen Moer looked up at Fu Mingze and asked, "Is this okay?"

Fu Mingze didn't expect that she would split everything with him in half. He was surprised and said, "You caught the rabbit and you found the wild ginseng. It has nothing to do with me. You don't have to share it with me." After thinking for a while

, he said, "Or I can take some wild vegetables back."

It is estimated that Comrade Shen Moer is embarrassed to not share anything with him. Fu Mingze thought that there were only two of them in her family, father and daughter, and wild vegetables were the most difficult to store among these things, so he took the initiative to choose wild vegetables.

Shen Moer couldn't help laughing when she heard him say this.

Fu Zhiqing looked cold and lonely, but he was actually a very good person. He was so poor that his clothes were almost covered with patches, and he had to write letters to earn two eggs to buy a few buns to satisfy his hunger. But when faced with these things that could obviously be exchanged for a lot of money, he was not greedy at all.

However, he definitely couldn't want nothing.

Although Shen Moer believed in Fu Mingze's character, she still understood the principle of "one thing for one thing, and whoever sees it should have a share", otherwise she wouldn't feel at ease eating meat, right?

"We found these things together. If you don't share a little, how can I dare to take them?" Shen Moer said directly.

When she said this, Fu Mingze immediately understood, and felt a little amused, but he also understood. Things on the mountain these days are all collective. If he doesn't take anything that two people found together, people will really worry that he will go and tell on others.

In this era when blood relatives can report each other, it is completely normal to have such concerns.

Fu Mingze thought about it and compromised, "Then I'll take a rabbit and some wild vegetables. You caught the rabbit, so you should get more, and you don't have to give me the rest."

He said seriously, "I won't go out and tell anyone."

Shen Moer estimated that he wouldn't want more, so she nodded simply, "Okay, then don't say anything else. I'll give you half of the rabbit after I roast it."

Fu Mingze couldn't refuse and could only agree. After a little hesitation, he asked Shen Moer if she could help him roast the other rabbit as well.

One rabbit can be roasted, and two rabbits can also be roasted, there's nothing wrong with that. But Shen Moer still suggested that they do the same as her, roast half of the rabbit and make the other into jerky. The braised one can be eaten today, and the jerky can be kept for later consumption.

In fact, Shen Moer was a little curious. Why didn't Fu Zhiqing use the rabbit to exchange for some money, so that he could buy a new pair of shoes. The shoes on his feet were in a mess.

But think about it, these days when people can't even get enough food to eat, clothes and shoes are really not that important, as long as they can be worn.

What Shen Moer didn't know was that Fu Mingze was also wondering why she had never thought of exchanging the rabbit for money from beginning to end. After all, her family was very poor. Even if she got back 300 yuan, she could only build a big tiled house with green bricks and add a bathroom as she wanted. There wouldn't be much left of the 300 yuan. Besides, the family was bare, so it would cost a lot to buy new things.

But think about it, she fainted on the ground because of hunger before, maybe her desire for food was far greater than money.

The two of them found reasons for their poor eyesight. After

the deal was settled, Fu Mingze originally wanted to help Shen Moer clean up the rabbits, but later he found that she was very good at using a kitchen knife and was very skilled at killing rabbits. He couldn't even compare to her, so he borrowed a basket and took some wild vegetables away.

At noon, the old ladies from the families who had gone up the mountain together brought their children to Aunt Chen's house. Everyone was not empty-handed, each holding a bowl of rice, and also brought some vegetables grown by themselves. It

is not uncommon for farmers to walk around with their bowls of rice after eating. Some people who like to join in the fun can walk around the whole village with a bowl of rice.

No matter how carefree Shen Moer is, she is also a princess who has received more than ten years of royal education. She still has obstacles in her heart when she is asked to carry a bowl of rice and walk through half the village to eat at Aunt Chen's house.

Fortunately, her father got some flour from somewhere two days ago. Of course, it was not the fine flour she used to eat, but a coarser mixed flour mixed with bran. However, even this kind of flour of poor quality, called 95 flour, is very rare in this era.

Shen Moer scooped a little flour, added water to make a very thin paste, and then finely cut the tender pumpkin that the aunts had given her but had not eaten into shreds, and mixed it into the batter. Then, she used a little fat cut from the processed rabbit to boil a little oil, added scallions to remove the fishy smell, and used a spatula to spread the batter made by mixing the pumpkin shreds into the pot, and spread six palm-sized cakes. It was

almost done when both sides were golden brown.

After taking it out of the pot, Shen Moer tore off a little bit of it to taste it. The aroma of flour wrapped in the sweetness of pumpkin tasted good.

Shen Moer took a bowl to put the cakes in, then chopped a rabbit and put it in the pot, added scallions, ginger slices, star anise, cinnamon, and peppercorns, and then added soy sauce and cooking wine. After the fire was turned on high, she removed two pieces of firewood, leaving only a particularly thick and strong piece of firewood in the stove hole to simmer slowly over low heat.

Fortunately, her father went to the kiln factory, and the section chief Xu Weiguo was quite nice to her father. As long as he did his job well, he would basically meet any other requests within his ability. Her father was not the kind of person who was too shy to ask for help. He got a lot of money from Xu Weiguo in just a few days, and bought some soy sauce, vinegar, aniseed, and peppercorns. Finally, the dishes he cooked were no longer watery and only had a little salt.

The cooking wine was not bought. It was said to be cooking wine, but it was actually Nerhong stored in the treasure house. It had been aged for nearly twenty years. Shen Moer took a small jar and put some in it to make cooking wine.

It sounds like a waste of money, but there's nothing I can do about it, wine is too hard to buy.

Letting the pot burn, Shen Mo'er put the bowl of pumpkin cakes into a straw basket, locked the door and walked to Aunt Chen's house.

There was only one bamboo basket and one bamboo basket at home. The basket was borrowed by Fu Mingze. She couldn't carry cakes in the bamboo basket to Aunt Chen's house.

Fortunately, the original owner's father knew how to weave baskets. Without bamboo, he made a few small baskets with grass. The original owner often used these small baskets to bring meals to her father. There was no problem carrying some food. Shen Moer came a little late because she had to pick up rabbits. Unexpectedly, she ran into Fu Mingze at the door.

Fu Mingze also had a basket in his hand, yes, her family's basket. There was a bowl in the basket, and the bowl was half a bowl of porridge. It was estimated that they ate this at noon at the educated youth point.

After the experience of eavesdropping, catching rabbits, and digging wild ginseng together, Fu Mingze naturally could not ignore Shen Moer. He took the initiative to greet her: "Comrade Shen Moer."

Shen Moer paused and motioned Fu Mingze to come closer. Fu Mingze was a little confused, but he still walked closer. Shen Moer lifted a piece of vegetable leaf that covered the bowl, wrapped two pumpkin cakes with the leaf and put them in Fu Mingze's basket.

"It's made of pumpkin. Try it and see if it tastes good."

Her movements and tone were very natural, as if she was not giving two cakes, but two handfuls of worthless grass. Fu Mingze didn't know how to refuse.

Just as he hesitated, Aunt Cai came over with her grandson Dazhuang.

Aunt Cai: "Mo'er, Fu Zhiqing, why are you standing at the door? Young people are too embarrassed to come to dinner, right? Hey, what's the big deal? Don't say that you made that thing. Even if it wasn't, don't be polite when Old Chen calls you."

She is an old sparrow in Dongting Lake. She would definitely not mention the rabbit outside. Just talking about that thing, everyone knows it.

Aunt Cai smiled and said: "Your family, Aunt Chen, take good care of the private plot. If you can't afford the grain, you can't afford the vegetables? Come on, let's go in quickly." Da Zhuang also

slurped his saliva: "Come on, come on, Sister Mo'er, Fu Zhiqing, let's go!"

You can smell the fragrance even standing at the door.

Meat!

This is eating meat! If

you are not active in eating meat, you have a problem with your thinking.

The grandfather and grandson went in as they talked, and Shen Moer followed quickly. Fu Mingze looked at the vegetable leaves wrapped in cakes in the basket and had no choice but to follow.

Aunt Chen is not only an enthusiastic person, she is also a picky person. Normally, since the rabbit is roasted at her house, the rest of her family should be able to have a bite, but after everyone gathered, she directly distributed the meat to everyone using a large enamel pot. She only gave it to those who went up the mountain with her in the morning, and did not give any meat to the rest of her family. There were

still a few extra pieces at the back, and she wanted to give them to Shen Moer and Fu Mingze, who contributed the most. After being persuaded by the two, she gave these pieces of meat to the children in her family who did not go up the mountain with them.

However, although the other people in her family didn't get to eat meat, they ate potatoes and mushrooms stewed with rabbit meat, which made them quite satisfied.

Usually, potatoes and mushrooms are fried without a single drop of oil, but stewed with rabbit, they not only have the taste of meat, but are also shiny with oil, which is also a rare good dish. There were

too many people, so they didn't care where to sit. Anyway, everyone had a bowl and squatted anywhere to eat.

The aunts were not the kind of people who didn't care about details. When drinking water, they remembered the well diggers. When eating meat, they praised Shen Moer and Fu Mingze.

They praised them for being clever. Rabbits run very fast. Normally, it is difficult to find one even if you meet one. It is very amazing to catch one.

They praised them for being generous. They were the ones who caught the rabbit. They were not with the others at that time. If they didn’t want others to know, they could have just put it in the bamboo basket and taken it out for everyone to eat. Isn’t that generous?

The children also chattered and said good things. How could they not say good things? These were the two people who took them to eat meat!

These children were not familiar with Shen Moer and Fu Mingze at first. This was normal. After all, they had almost no contact with other people except when they went to work. Moreover, the two people looked difficult to approach. Even if the children met them on the road, they didn’t dare to talk to them.

Now it’s different. Now in the eyes of these children, they are super, super powerful people who can catch rabbits in the mountains and take them to eat meat.

The children looked at Shen Moer and Fu Mingze with admiration.

Shen Moer was fine, she was really good at catching rabbits, it was normal for the children to admire her.

Fu Mingze felt a little embarrassed, after all, he didn't catch the rabbit, he didn't even touch the rabbit's fur.

Fortunately, he never showed any expression, so others couldn't really see his embarrassment.

"Just eat the meat, don't tell anyone outside." Aunt Chen reminded, and emphasized on the younger ones, "If anyone asks, just say that we cooked mushrooms picked from the mountain today."

She didn't mention the other children, but the aunts immediately understood what she meant and warned their own children.

The children naturally understood that every family would secretly get some delicious food these days, such as catching fish in the stream or catching birds on the trees. If they ate delicious food secretly, they would wipe their mouths clean before going out, let alone go out and make a fuss.

Although each person got a small amount of meat, there were a lot of potatoes and mushrooms in the meat, so everyone was still very satisfied.

Not to mention, even when Zhou Mancang called them to the sunning field in the evening for a village meeting, some people were still reminiscing about the "big meal" they had at noon.

Zhou Mancang called everyone together, of course, to talk about the soap being lost at the educated youth site and the door of Shen Laoqi being pried open.

"Our Yangliu Brigade is one of the best brigades in the entire Liuqiao Commune, and the atmosphere has always been very good. Even during the most difficult three years, some brigades sold their children in disguise, and some brigades fought to the death for food, or robbed and stole, but our Yangliu Brigade has never had these things!"

Zhou Mancang's face was as gloomy as water, and his stern eyes swept over every member present. There was obvious anger in his voice: "I think life has been better in the past two years. People can eat more or less and not go hungry. But some people have started to jump around and make trouble. "I'm going to make this clear today. No matter if you are an educated youth or a member of the commune, no matter if you are after someone else's soap or something else, from now on, I advise those who have evil intentions to put their thoughts back!"

He said coldly, "Otherwise, if the brigade finds any clues, we will immediately report to the police and have them arrested and put in jail!"

The news of the educated youth throwing soap at the commune had been circulating in the village for a while, and most people knew about it. Except for Zhou Mancang, everyone else heard about the prying of Shen Laoqi's house for the first time.

Zhou Mancang was talking about it, and many people were whispering below.

It's easy to imagine that the soap was thrown at the educated youth, and it was probably done by the educated youth.

Breaking into Shen Laoqi's house was different. Many people thought that this was not the same as stealing some soap from a sheep. The educated youth probably didn't have the guts to do this. This was probably done by the members of the commune.

This was not good.

If someone dares to pry open the door of Shen Laoqi's house today, he might dare to pry open the door of someone else's house tomorrow. This matter concerns the life and property safety of all members.

There is such a bad element among their members, and everyone may become a victim.

The team leader is right. There has never been such a thing in their team before. This bad element is hiding very deeply. Who knows, he might be next to them?

Looking around, they couldn't help but show suspicious eyes to the people around them.

Aunt Chen stood with Shen Moer and couldn't help but patted Shen Moer: "Hey, kid, such a big thing happened, why didn't you tell me? Did it happen last night? Did you see that person? Are you scared?"

Shen Moer nodded: "I saw him vaguely, he was a tall and thin man."

The members who were eavesdropping around looked at each other, and the short men immediately straightened their chests.

Did you hear it? It was a tall and thin man, and it had nothing to do with them being short!

It was rare that I felt proud of my short stature.

Aunt Chen spat and cursed, "I don't know which bastard is so shameless. Nowadays, although everyone is not rich, at least they will not starve to death. There is no need to do such a heartless thing!"

She patted Shen Moer soothingly, "You are different. You fainted from hunger last time because some people are inhumane. Oh, you are such a miserable child. None of your relatives are good, and there are those ungrateful people who are watching your family in secret. But it's okay, Moer, don't be afraid. Look, the captain is arranging the militia patrols. I will go with you and have a good talk with Qingguo. Let the patrol team go around your home more often." The

militia captain was named Zhou Qingguo.

Shen Moer knew that Aunt Chen really cared about her and was really thinking about her. She couldn't help but feel warm in her heart and nodded with a smile.

"Tsk, even a three-year-old child knows that money should not be shown off. It's just that the poor people who suddenly became rich are showing off and attracting attention. It's really troublesome for the militia." Someone said in a sinister tone.

Shen Moer turned her head and took a look.

Oh, it turned out to be Cao Mei.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes and heard what she said, Shen Moer almost thought it was the eldest aunt Liu Huihua or the second aunt Tian Fang. After all, the money came from these two families.

It can only be said that it was Cao Mei. She is really brainless. She jumped out to attract hatred for something that has nothing to do with her.

Shen Moer was too lazy to pay attention to her. She was afraid that she would become stupid if she said a word to such a brainless person. If

she didn't say anything, someone else would.

Since Aunt Chen was here, the other aunts who were close to her naturally stood not far away. They had just eaten meat together at noon, and they certainly couldn't just stand by and watch Cao Mei bully Shen Moer.

"Cao Mei, you are really a dog trying to catch a mouse. What do you have to do with this? The money was given by the first and second wives, so they should be jealous. Besides, they didn't lose anything for two big brick and tile houses for 300 yuan, and there is nothing to be jealous about."

"Who says it's not true? At least it's a fact that the first and second wives have lived here for so many years. If it's calculated as renting a house, it must be a lot of money, right? You brothers and sisters-in-law have taken advantage of Shen Laoqi over the years. When he was young, he helped you families chop wood every day. You don't remember his kindness, but you can't bully him and his daughter like this, right?"

"There's a thief who broke into the brigade, which means there are evil minds who want to get something for nothing. You're so weird to Mo'er, the victim. You think just because you have some money at home you deserve to be targeted and robbed, right? Then there are so many people in our entire brigade who deserve to be robbed. Take your family for example. Your family's Shen Laosan and your son Shen Jianhui have earned a lot of work points by helping to build the reservoir, which can be exchanged for a lot of money. Doesn't your family also deserve to be targeted by thieves?!" "

You're really something. The militia is supposed to be trained to patrol. There's a thief in the brigade, so what if they strengthen the patrol? Why does it become a nuisance?"

...

The aunts' fighting power is comparable to that of an atomic bomb, and they directly blew Cao Mei into silence.

There was no other way. Two fists could not defeat four hands. She could not speak with one mouth. Cao Mei was so angry that her face turned red. She could only glare at her daughter-in-law Zhang Guiqin and her youngest daughter Shen Chunfen. These two useless things did not know how to help.

Shen Chunfen shrank her shoulders. How could she dare to raise her head? These were the most powerful old ladies in the village. If her mother could not win, she would be even more defeated.

Zhang Guiqin was not as simple-minded as Cao Mei. She was a smart person. Seeing so many people speaking for Shen Moer, she was not willing to interrupt.

Anyway, it was her mother-in-law who was embarrassed, not her.

It was not the first time for her mother-in-law to be embarrassed. Once was strange, twice was familiar, and she would get used to it.

Zhang Guiqin pretended not to hear anything, but she was secretly wondering how Shen Moer's popularity suddenly became so good, and how so many people defended her?

After arranging the militia patrol, Zhou Mancang gave a few more stern instructions, asking the members to supervise each other and report any clues to the brigade in time, and then announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Shen Moer walked with a group of old ladies, and many people in the village cast their eyes on her. After all, Shen Shaoyuan was not there, and there was only Shen Moer, the victim, so everyone couldn't help but look at her curiously.

However, many people had the same doubts as Zhang Guiqin.

Wasn't Shen Laoqi's daughter not warm to anyone at first? When did she become so close to this group of old ladies?

"Moer."

Someone called from behind. Shen Moer stopped in her tracks and turned around to see that it was Tian Fang. She couldn't help but slightly raised her eyebrows. It was strange that Tian Fang took the initiative to find her.

Tian Fang came over and sighed at first, looking very worried. She said, "That thief is too abominable. How could he be so brave and dare to break into the house? Fortunately, you were alert, otherwise I really don't know what would happen."

Shen Moer couldn't guess what she wanted to do, so she nodded and watched the situation.

Seeing that she didn't respond, Tian Fang could only continue the conversation herself: "In fact, it's not safe for you and your daughter to live there alone. If anything happens, you won't be able to call for help."

She said earnestly: "Mo'er, you are not young anymore. In fact, building a house is not the most important thing. Finding a husband's family is the most important thing. When you marry into a husband's family, you will have your husband to protect you and your husband's family to look after you. Which little thief would dare to target you? Don't think it's bad to leave your father here alone. Doesn't your father work in the commune? It's troublesome to go back and forth every day. It's better to rent a house in the commune and live there. Don't you think so? He has his own salary. You can visit him occasionally. It's considered filial piety. It's good for both you and him."

"Don't think I'm up to something bad. I'm just being unforgiving and thinking about you."

Chen Dama listened to this and thought that what Tian Fang said made sense. It was very difficult to find a son-in-law these days. If she didn't find a good son-in-law, she would have a hard time in the future. It would be better for her to find someone to marry and then find a way to settle Shen Laoqi.

After all, Shen Laoqi only had one daughter-in-law and he could make money. If the son-in-law was a smart person, he would not ignore him.

She patted Shen Moer's hand and said, "Your second aunt is right. It's difficult to find a son-in-law. It's easier to find a good in-law. As long as the man has good character, you won't have to worry about him not supporting your father in his old age. Leave this matter to me. I'll help you find one later..."

Seeing that Aunt Chen also said that it was not safe to find a son-in-law, Tian Fang smiled. However, when she heard Aunt Chen wanted to take charge of Shen Moer's search for a partner, Tian Fang interrupted her and said, "Sister-in-law, you don't have to bother with this matter. Ever since Moer said she wanted to find a son-in-law, I've been worried about her day and night. I've been thinking about this matter for a while. I've asked around for people of similar age in several nearby brigades. Now, after careful selection, I finally chose one. I got the right one."

Aunt Chen didn't expect Tian Fang to have already chosen the person, and she was stunned for a moment: "You have already chosen the person?"

Tian Fang smiled and said: "Yes, he is the best young man, and he has already come."

Aunt Chen was even more surprised, and her voice became a little higher: "He has already come?!"

Tian Fang nodded: "This young man has a very good family background, character and appearance. Young men with such good conditions are very popular. If you don't hurry up to meet him, he might be taken away by others. Don't you have to hurry?"

Aunt Chen felt that what Tian Fang said made sense, but she always felt it was weird. How could the woman bring the man here without knowing anything?

Tian Fang urged: "Moer, let's go, he's waiting at the entrance of the village."

She was not afraid that Shen Moer or Shen Shaoyuan would trouble her about this matter. She had made it clear that she was considering them. A girl should get married when she grows up. It can't be said that it's wrong for her, as an aunt, to worry about and help find a partner, right?

Shen Moer watched Tian Fang perform a good show with cold eyes, and then she said lightly: "Second aunt, this so-called top boy, what kind of relative is he to you?"