Chapter 9 The Shen Family Dinner
"Brother, you are so awesome. You caught so many pheasants and rabbits in one afternoon. Even the most capable hunters in the village are not so awesome." Shitou looked at Shen Zhan with three pheasants hanging on his body, and a rabbit couldn't help but marvel. .
When Shen Zhan saw it, he took the largest, fattest and lively pheasant from his body and gave it to Shitou so that he could make pheasant porridge for Shen Min.
"Brother, today's porridge has been cooked, and it will be dark now to kill the chicken. Then we will have to waste lamp oil to eat, which is not worth it. Besides, the chicken is still very energetic, so we can keep it and sell it for money tomorrow." Shen Min is a top person. Those who are diligent and thrifty will see the way.
Shen Zhan heard that the porridge was ready, and looked at the sky and it was indeed late that he gave up the idea of killing the chicken, but he did not say that he wanted to sell the chicken.
When Shen Zhan went to put away hunting tools and prey, Shen Wan went to get him water to wash up.
Shen Zhan was "flattered" for a moment. He always felt that Shen Jianwan seemed to be a different person after he fell into the water and woke up.
Shen's mother said that she had said before that she had figured out a lot of things during this life and death, and had seen through some people, so she had grown up.
He was happy that she could see through the faces of some hypocritical people and no longer be deceived and bullied, but the price of seeing her grow up was to understand that those relatives whom she once had great illusions about actually had no affection for her, such a cold person. The fact was that he couldn't help but feel sad.
Besides growing up, he always felt that something else happened to her, but he wouldn't explore it unless she told her.
Because he knew that she was still the kindest and purest Awan to him, and that was enough.
For the rest, he waited for the day when she was willing to tell him.
However, what he was most pleased about her change was that she became closer to him again.
It has to be said that Shen Zhan's intuition and observation skills are extremely sharp.
Dinner was served quickly. The only people eating together at the table were Shen Jianwan, Shen Zhan, Shen Min, Shitou and the others.
As for Mother Shen and Shen Xuan's breakfast, they had already brought it to them in advance.
Father Shen and Mother Shen gave birth to a total of six children in their lifetime.
They are the 23-year-old eldest daughter Shen Wan who is married, the 21-year-old eldest son Shen Zhan, the 16-year-old second son Shen Xuan, the 13-year-old third son Shen Dong, and the 11-year-old youngest daughter Shen Min and 6-year-old The younger son, Stone.
In addition to Shen's father who has passed away and Shen Wan who is married, Shen Dong is now working as a part-time worker at their aunt's house to earn money for Shen's mother's medicine. Shen Xuan was paralyzed in an accident two years ago and is now staying at home like Shen's mother who is seriously ill. Eat in your own room.
Their dinner was a large plate of porridge so thin that people could be seen, and the grains of rice in it could even be counted.
Next came a plate of corn tortillas and a plate of boiled wild vegetables without any oil.
After many years, although Shen Jianwan remembered that the Shen family was very poor at that time, he never expected that the food would be so poor.
Although she was not afraid of hardship, she had not eaten such coarse food for a long time in her previous life. Except for the gruel that she could eat, pancakes and wild vegetables were a little hard to swallow.
But she found that even with such a simple meal, the rocks on the side were also very delicious.
However, after finishing the pancake in his hand, he just drank the porridge and stopped taking the pancake on the plate.
Shen Jianwan knew that he was leaving it to everyone, and couldn't help but feel sad.
She tore open the pancake she had taken a few bites of and handed the rest to him, "My sister can't finish this pancake, so you can eat the stone."
Shitou was surprised, "Sister Wan, you haven't eaten a few bites yet. Why don't you eat? You will be hungry if you don't eat dinner. Eat it quickly. This is a new pancake made of cornmeal. The second sister made it delicious. .”
"You can eat the stone. Sister Wan just ate porridge and eggs in the afternoon, and she's not hungry yet. Okay, it's already in your bowl. If you give it to me, Sister Wan will dislike having your saliva."
When Shitou saw Shen Jianwan putting the pancake in his bowl, it was too late to stop him. He shook his head like a little adult, "Sister Wan, Shitou ate it this time. You must not do this again next time."
Seeing this, Shen Jian Wan burst into laughter, "It's okay, Sister Wan will make Shitou eat meat every day from now on, and I will definitely not give you whole grain pancakes anymore."
"Eat meat every day. Cousin Jie said it must be the life of gods. Sister Wan, Shitou will be happy if he has enough food."
When Shen Jianwan heard that Shitou's wish was so pure, he smiled and didn't explain it, and continued to drink porridge. He thought, just watch, not to mention eating meat, even the delicacies of the mountains and seas, Sister Wan also earned Shitou.
While she was pondering, Shen Min on the side was about to put down her bowls and chopsticks. She saw that she was not full and was about to leave the table. Shen Jianwan picked up another pancake and quickly put it in her bowl.
Her movements were so fast that Shen Min had no time to stop her.
"I'm already full, why do you give me more food?"
Shen Min said that he was going to bring it back to her. Shen Jianwan hurriedly picked up the bowl and hid it aside, "Hey, hey, Min'er, you can't give the pancakes that have been in your bowl to others. It's impolite."
"Why are you... like this!"
Shen Min said that she could not scold Shen Jianwan like this. Seeing that there was only one corn pancake left on the plate, she said: "Forget it, I'll save the remaining pancake for you to eat at night. Are you not hungry now?" It means you won’t be hungry at night.”
When Shen Jianwan heard this, he rolled his eyes, immediately picked up the last corn tortilla and cut it into two, then stuffed the larger portion into Shen Zhan's mouth.
"Brother Shen Zhan, you eat!"
Shen Zhan was accidentally thrown into a trap. After so many years, when he heard the name Shen Zhan brother again, he felt no calm at all on the surface.
Looking at her cunning eyes, which were as bright as the morning stars in the sky, Shen Zhan's hard heart turned into softness.
At this time, he felt that the decision he made before returning from the border was really the right one.
Thinking that there would be a large sum of money soon, Shen Zhan's heavy heart finally relaxed a little. This family really needed money.
After dinner, there was no lamp oil to waste, so the Shen family washed up and went to bed.
While no one was around, Shen Jianwan went to the utility room next to the kitchen to get some corn seeds, a hoe, a bucket and a ladle before returning to the room.
That's right, she plans to try growing food in the space tonight.
And the reason why I only took corn seeds was because they were all I had at home.
Because Shen's mother is seriously ill, their family sold all their fields this year, leaving only two acres of dry land that could not be sold. They planted these two acres of land with corn, so the family only had grain seeds. It's corn.
The space was still the same as when he went out in the afternoon. As soon as Shen Jianwan entered the space, he started hoeing.
The land was softer than she had imagined, and when she hoeed it down, it went very deep without any effort.
Not bad, it saves effort when planting!
In this way, Shen Jianwan worked hard to hoe the ground in the space. When he was tired, he went to the spring on the side to drink some spring water.
An hour later, she had hoeed half an acre of land.
Moreover, she found that after drinking the spring water, she could recover from fatigue in an instant. How could it be inefficient if it was like this and the ground was soft?
So, soon she had to plow over an acre of land. Shen Jianwan thought that this space was so unusual and the land must be better than outside, so she decided to do "rough work".
Chapter completed!