They knew exactly what was going on inside and outside the Lin family.
Sons are our own, so they need to be fed and clothed; daughters, on the other hand, are born to other families, so they just need to be fed and not starve.
The two sisters ate the least, but did no less work both inside and outside the house, so going hungry became a normal part of their lives.
Lin Momo released her arm from her younger sister's and said with concern, "Come on, let's go to the kitchen and get something to eat first."
"What do you mean, 'eat'? It's not even mealtime yet. Tell me, if we don't sell to you, how are you going to pay for your father's medical treatment? You brat, all you think about is food. Don't you even know how many days your father has been lying there half-dead? Do you have any conscience at all?"
Not getting the result she wanted, Madam Lin was furious. Holding her thick waist, she started cursing loudly.
That brat usually keeps quiet and only knows how to bury herself in her work, but now she seems to have figured things out. She wants to see what ideas this brat has to save her father.
If not, sell this troublesome thing as soon as possible.
As a result, this brat didn't mention anything important, only caring about her mouth. What's wrong with missing a meal or two?
Farm families typically eat two meals a day, with the first meal eaten around noon.
The sun has just risen, it's still early before lunchtime.
How could Madam Lin have the time to care how many meals this girl hadn't eaten? Just how hungry could she be?
Are you feeling weak after just waking up from a deep sleep?
Lin Zhiqiang, standing to the side to support his mother, angrily pointed at Lin Momo and cursed, "That's right! How can you bear to see him die like this? You wretched girl, are you really willing to watch him die like this?"
"I'm so hungry right now that I'm dizzy, what ideas could I possibly have? Maybe once I've eaten my fill, ideas will just pop into my head."
After calmly and deliberately rebuking Lin Xushi, Lin Momo looked at Xu Zhiqiang, who was just as shrewish as a woman, and smiled contemptuously: "Don't talk like that without understanding the situation. You, Lin Zhiqiang, are so filial, why don't you sell yourself to save your father? Maybe your filial piety will move heaven and earth, and your father will wake up on his own thanks to you."
After saying this, he led Lin Sanya towards the kitchen across the street.
She completely ignored Lin Xu's raucous shouts behind her: "If you still can't come up with a proper idea after you've eaten your fill, don't blame your mother for being ruthless and selling you off!"
Lin Sanya felt fear and unease. She couldn't understand why her second sister acted as if nothing had happened, as if her mother hadn't scolded her. Could it be that her second sister really had a way to save their father?
A glimmer of hope appeared in her dark, grape-like eyes as she whispered, "Second Sister, have you come up with an idea?"
Lin Momo pulled Lin Sanya into the kitchen, a smile playing on her lips. "Well, let's fill our stomachs first."
The remark he made to Lin Xushi was not made lightly.
She was indeed dizzy and at a loss for what to do, but she couldn't say it out loud.
To avoid causing this little girl to live in fear.
Needless to say, today's events will leave an indelible childhood trauma in the little girl's heart, one that will stay with her for life.
Her second sister was the little girl's only lifeline and last shred of warmth, so how could she bear to disappoint her?
"Great! We don't have to be sold off!" Lin Sanya's smile reached her heart, and she jumped up with joy.
"Shh!"
Lin Momo quickly pressed her down, leaned over and made a shushing gesture, whispering in her ear, "Don't make a sound! Mother and eldest brother are still outside."
The little girl immediately covered her mouth, nodded vigorously at Lin Momo to show that she understood, and then slipped to the door to look around.
Lin ignored her and added two ladles of water to the large pot before squatting down to start a fire.
These movements looked fluid and practiced, but they weren't entirely the result of her inheriting most of Lin Erya's memories.
Lin Momo was also from a farming family and had been used to doing these kinds of chores since she was a child. Although she rarely did them after she started boarding school in high school, the memories were still there.
"Bang bang bang!"
However, there are differences between ancient and modern times.
Lin Momo was using the flint for the first time and seemed a bit clumsy, failing to light it several times.
I couldn't help but feel somewhat frustrated.
Fortunately, Lin Sanya, who had finished scouting the enemy's situation, arrived in time to save the day. "Second sister, how did you become so stupid? You can't even start a fire. Let me do it."
The little girl didn't mean anything by it.
Lin Momo, however, took it to heart and her heart tightened. She quickly handed the flint to her, not forgetting to save face for herself, saying, "I'm too hungry to have any strength."
"Bang! Bang!"
Lin Sanya held a flint in each of her two small hands and slammed them together. The sparks that flew up fell onto the dry wheat straw in front of the stove, and wisps of blue smoke immediately rose up.
The little girl quickly lay down on the ground, pouted her lips, and blew hard into the smoke. In no time, flames shot out.
"Third sister is so capable!"
"Hehehe..."
Lin Sanya carefully placed the fire in front of the stove into the firebox before looking up and grinning at her proud second sister.
I doubt anyone in this family has ever said anything like that to her.
Seeing how happy she was, Lin Momo couldn't help but make a guess.
"You start the fire, and your second sister will see if there's anything we can eat."
The first thing Lin Momo set her sights on was a carrying basket hanging from the roof beam.
This completely overlapped with her childhood memories.
I tried to reach it on tiptoe, but I still couldn't reach it. I looked around and it seemed that the only low stool I could use was under Lin Sanya's little bottom.
Without saying a word, Lin Momo went straight to Lin Sanya and said, "Little sister, get up, I need to use a stool."
"good."
Lin Sanya quickly stood up and asked curiously, "What is Second Sister going to do?"
Lin Momo did not answer, but picked up the stool from the ground and placed it under the suspended bamboo cage.
Lin Momo didn't need to say anything; Lin Sanya immediately understood her second sister's plan and hurriedly whispered a reminder: "Second sister, Mother won't let us eat steamed buns."
Lin Momo did receive this part of the memory.
But she doesn't care!
Lin Momo was starving. She was ready to fight anyone who dared to stop her from eating. Anyone who wasn't afraid of death was welcome to come and fight.
She not only ate one herself, but also handed one to Lin Erya, but the latter looked fearful and refused to take it.
Lin Momo ignored her and picked up a dark, whole-wheat bun and stuffed it into her mouth.
Before, when her family grew wheat, the bran was used to feed pigs after milling the flour; she had never tasted it before.
Even though merchants later touted how nutritious wheat bran was, and there were many foods on the market that contained wheat bran, she was never tempted.
She had only eaten it once, a whole wheat bread with a little bit of bran. Although it didn't taste as good as refined flour, it was still passable.
"puff--"
Lin Momo was just chewing in her mouth when she felt choked and couldn't help but spit it out.
He muttered to himself, "This thing really isn't fit for human consumption."
"Second sister, be careful that Mother and eldest brother don't find out." Lin Sanya opened her mouth.
I don't understand why my second sister would vomit up the precious food that even her mother forbade them to touch.
This is such a waste of food; her mother will definitely beat her to death.
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