Upon seeing them return from their corvée labor, they all stepped forward to inquire.
"Ah Da, is the food at the county government office good?"
Is it plain porridge?
Ah Da didn't say anything, but took out a vegetable pancake from his pocket and handed it to his youngest sister.
"These are vegetable pancakes that were given out tonight, little sister, have some."
"Brother, you've worked hard, you eat! We're not tired at home." The younger sister shook her head and refused.
The brother and sister kept declining, but other villagers behind him stepped forward to answer for them.
"Village chief, we had a big bowl of thick porridge for lunch, with pickled vegetables and greens in it. For dinner, we had a bowl of white rice porridge and a green vegetable pancake."
"What? No work at night, and we get vegetable pancakes to eat?" Some people didn't believe it.
The villager pointed to what Ah Da's sister was holding, "Look, that's the one Ah Da gave to his sister."
"I heard from Steward Hu that there will be egg porridge tomorrow," a villager announced, sharing the information he had received from Hu Shao.
"You're just bragging, aren't you afraid of exaggerating your boast too much!"
"Believe it or not, you won't get any anyway," the villager said smugly.
At this moment, someone saw Auntie A walking at the back of the crowd.
"Auntie, are you having egg porridge tomorrow?"
Auntie A wiped the sweat from her face with her sleeve, went to her son and daughter, and handed a small bundle to her eldest daughter-in-law.
After catching her breath, she said, "Yes, the employer said we can eat meat once every three days from now on."
The eldest daughter-in-law recognized what it was by touch and stepped forward to take her mother-in-law's arm.
"Mom, you've had a long day, let's go home."
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