A dozen or so eggs is no small number!
In normal times, when the weather is good, an egg might fetch only one or two copper coins in the county town. But now, after two years of severe drought, grain prices have soared, and even an egg can sell for six or seven copper coins.
"Mother! These eggs were really picked up by my sister." Lin Ziqiu didn't care about Lin Wanyue anymore and quickly ran to Xuefu to plead for her brother.
"Mom, look, it's true! And these wild fruits were all picked by my little sister. She's so clever." Lin Ziqiu took off his basket, which was filled with many wild fruits.
These fruits were clearly ripe, with a bright red color that looked incredibly tempting.
However, it was quite different from the wild fruits that could usually be found in the mountains.
These fruits were clean and intact, without a single scratch or bird bite, as if they had been carefully nurtured.
Moreover, it is quite obvious that such meticulously cultivated fruit would be unlikely to appear in a remote place like Ning'an Village.
Xuefu's initial anger was gradually replaced by confusion.
Lin Wanyue quickly trotted over on her short little legs: "Mother, don't hit Guoguo. I picked up the fruit and eggs. Give them to Mother to eat."
Her soft little face was full of anxiety.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Mother won't hit you. But did Wanwan really find all these fruits? Where did Wanwan find these fruits, and so many eggs?" Xuefu softened her expression and then asked.
"..."
One lie is indeed covered by countless lies.
She didn't know what reason she could use to convince Xuefu that delicate strawberries, high-altitude blueberries, and large cherries could actually grow on the back mountain of Ning'an Village...
"Hehehe~" Lin Wanyue touched her head, then smiled and revealed a row of neat little teeth, deciding to get away with being cute.
Xuefu: "..."
Why is my daughter so silly?
...
For dinner, we had stir-fried wild vegetables with wild vegetables and wild vegetable porridge. The dishes on the table were so refreshing that they were almost too much to bear.
Lin Wanyue and her four older brothers were somewhat disappointed.
There were so many eggs, why didn't Mom cook any of them?
Lin Weiming and Liu Junlan returned late and saw that the children looked unhappy, especially Wanwan, whose pretty little mouth was pouting so much that it could hold a small oil lamp.
Liu Junlan asked with a smile, "Wanwan, what's wrong?"
"I want to eat eggs..." Lin Wanyue said, puffing out her cheeks.
Her villa had a special cold room in the basement, which contained quite a few eggs. She finally managed to get them out, but she didn't expect that Xuefu hadn't cooked the eggs!
Looking at her three-and-a-half-year-old body, Lin Wanyue realized that she simply couldn't handle such a difficult task as cooking.
Especially in this era, cooking over a fire is even more difficult.
Liu Junlan's smile was somewhat forced. Just as she was about to explain that her family couldn't afford eggs every day, Lin Zihan and Lin Ziqiu started chattering away, recounting how they had gone up the mountain with their sister that afternoon and ended up picking up a lot of fruit and eggs.
"Grandma, since the eggs were all collected by my sister, then you should cook them for her." Lin Zihan said, swallowing hard.
He also wanted to eat eggs.
But my sister is so thin, we need to give her extra nutrition!
They raised their younger sister to be chubby and fair-skinned, even prettier than a New Year's picture doll.
"Mother, I'm just worried that the eggs and fruit might already be taken. What if we use them and someone finds out and comes looking for us?" Xuefu explained.
“…Then bring those eggs and fruit over so I can take a look,” Liu Junlan said.
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