Returning from work this evening, Lin Lan went back to clean up as usual, looked at the ducklings, and helped Han Qingsong grow vegetables that could still be grown this season.
"Tell the old lady if I can make a small bowl of noodles for Xiaowang? He has a weak stomach, so he has diarrhea, and coarse grains are not easy to digest." Diarrhea but no appetite.
Lin Lan felt sorry for him and wanted to get some refined grains to eat, but the old lady had all the food at home.
Han Qingsong is also very concerned about Xiaowang, "I'll talk to my mother."
Although he didn't say it, he saw it. Lin Lan was dressed in tattered clothes, and was so thin that there was no flesh on her body, and her waist was so thin that he could snap it off with one hand. Let's take a look at some of my children, one by one, with yellow faces and thin skin. Dawang disappeared for three days at both ends, like a wild child. Although Erwang Maisui was a little clean, the clothes were unsightly. Not to mention Sanwang, who has been soaking in the river all day, with only a pair of torn trousers on his body. Xiaowang's eyes are not good, his body is even worse, he is thin and small, and he looks big and pitiful.
He sent Erwang to talk to Grandma and make some noodles for Xiaowang. If he doesn't like noodles, he can make some gnocchi.
When it was time for dinner, Lin Lan found that not to mention Xiaowang's noodles and gnocchi, even the cornmeal cakes from before were gone, and they were all replaced by black and thick wowotou.
She tried it while holding a wobow head, and the pictures of suffering in the back of her memory emerged, what melon and vegetable substitutes, what starch, what... After eating it, she suffered severe abdominal distension and constipation, and her body was swollen...
This is clearly a wild vegetable nest, and it may even be flour noodles mixed with sweet potato leaves and stems that are fed to pigs? This is completely eating bran pharynx!
It's only been two days since the family was separated. The food has plummeted. Dare you don't want them to come back to eat or something
And this farmhouse meal doesn't have any technical content. For breakfast, distill the pancakes, wowotou, boiled sweet potatoes, etc., if you are in the mood, cook some porridge. There will be sticky porridge and the like if there is no food for dinner.
Even if Lin Lan didn't like to cook in her previous life, she knew that these meals had no technical content at all.
But, why is it so hard for sister-in-law to cook
It's not just unpalatable, these days - since the separation of the family, she has found that the food at home is really getting worse and worse.
Now catch up with those people who can't open the pot that Sanwang said, what "sweet potato rice, sweet potato soup, three meals a day are so hungry".
Look at this tough wowtou that can kill a dog!
This kind of face that is mixed with sweet potato leaves and sweet potato stems in the wowo head is called "starch" during the three-year difficult period. It is a kind of meal replacement. People will be constipated after eating it.
The old Han family returned to before liberation overnight.
Lin Lan felt angry, adults can't eat this, the tender stomach of a child will be stunted, not to mention Xiaowang is still ill!
She glanced at the old lady, who said that she had a bad appetite.
The big men didn't say anything, and Sister Han also ate silently, but Second Sister Han only drank sticky porridge instead of wowotou.
As for the children, most of them drank sticky porridge, and only Da Wang was nibbling on the hard-to-eat wofutou. This child is stubborn and does not like to talk. He is very silent, but he never complains about being a picky eater. Thinking about his past life, he became a black man and was shot... Lin Lan's heart skipped a beat.
Erwang and Mai Sui took two bites and swallowed with their necks stuck, and the latter didn't want to eat any more.
As soon as the wheat ears were put down, the old lady Han looked at it and immediately scolded: "Why waste the food, don't you think it's delicious? This is not starving you, think about the difficult three years, let alone such a vegetable nest, just dry Wild vegetables are all good things. How many people eat the flour and face milled from the stalks of sticks, bean stalks, and the roots of crops, and do you still think it’s not good to eat right now?”
Sanwang pouted, "Mum, what do you eat here, the poorest and laziest families in our village don't eat this."
Is this pig food
He ate two mouthfuls of wowotou in his hand and stuffed it into his pocket, intending to take it back to feed the ducklings.
The old lady Han said angrily: "You are not at home. You don't know that firewood, rice, oil, and salt are expensive. What else do you know besides eating? The family is about to open the pot, don't you know?"
After such a scolding, no one spoke.
Lin Lan glanced, and when she heard Han Qingsong's footsteps entering the yard, she asked the old lady Han, "Mother, Xiaowang has diarrhea for the past two days, can you make some noodle soup for him?"
The old lady Han slapped her chopsticks on the table with a snap, "Why are there so many problems, everyone can live whatever they want, and they are all poor and lower-middle peasants, what do they eat from the rich and old landlords?"
Lin Lan pretended to be aggrieved and said, "I didn't ask for it every day, so I fell ill and swallowed it. Such a wowotou Xiaowang can't digest it."
Han Qingsong walked in, washed his hands and came to eat, he knew what was going on as soon as he heard it.
He asked Erwang, "Did you tell me about it?"
Erwang pouted and said aggrieved: "Dad, of course, I said it several times."
Mrs. Han said angrily: "It's useful if you say it? It's useless if you don't have fine noodles at home. Let's talk about it later if you want to eat it."
The wheat that is only distributed in summer is impossible to say that there is no fine flour.
Han Qingsong: "If you don't have any noodles, you can make eggs and eat them. I'll make them."
"What are you doing!" The old lady Han became angry, "There are only a few chickens in total, and more than half of them still don't lay eggs. You don't make any money now, and you don't have any cash at home, so you have to rely on a few chicken butts to be a bank? You eat Now, what should I exchange for kerosene and salt?"
Erwang pouted and whispered, "Keep it for my aunt and uncle to eat."
Han Qingsong glanced at the dining table. Xiaowang was languishing, and a little girl from Mai Sui was worried as she pinched a black and hard wobow head. Lin Lan was wearing a patch-on-patch dress, which was many times more shabby than the second sister-in-law across from her.
He had an indescribable feeling in his heart, it was sour, a little tingling, and his chest was suffocating.
"An egg is three or four cents." Han Qingsong insisted.
"What's the matter? You want to settle accounts with your mother. If you make money, then you will be away from home all day long, and if you don't serve your parents or work to support your family, you can't get some money to subsidize it? You haven't gotten any money back this quarter. , but also eat my eggs, you are so bad..."
"Okay, just one egg!" The old Hantou didn't say a word, he couldn't take it anymore, "I'll make one for the child. They're all sick, you look poor and thin."
Han Qingsong went into the house, and Lin Lan quickly chased after seeing this.
Sister-in-law Han also rushed over, "I'm coming, I'm coming!"
Han Qingsong was not at home, so he didn't know what was going on at home, but Lin Lan knew.
She moved quickly and quickly found the small urn where the eggs were placed. It was almost full. There was also a jar for noodles and another jar.
The old lady made pancakes every once in a while and asked them to take them to the county town for her younger son and daughter. The family often grinds noodles.
The whole family ate whole grains from old to young, just to save refined grains for the two of them.
Sister-in-law Han still took a step forward. She smiled embarrassedly and took an egg.
Lin Lan took advantage of the situation and took another one and did it once, why can't Xiaowang be full.
Han Qingsong said: "Sister-in-law, you eat, I'll come."
It is very fast to make eggs, boil a bowl of water at the bottom of the pot, knock the eggs into it, and then boil it for a few more rolls and it will be cooked, even scoop out the soup and pinch a few grains of salt in it.
In order not to provoke public anger, Lin Lan did not go out, but called Xiaowang into the house to eat.
Xiaowang is very sensible and whispered: "Mother, you eat one, I will eat one."
Lin Lan took a sip of soup symbolically, and gave the rest to Xiaowang.
The old lady outside was sour, "He knows what to eat for her mother, but he doesn't know how to give it to grandma."
After feeding Xiaowang, Lin Lan came to eat by herself.
She soaked the wowotou in the sticky porridge, seeing that Erwang and Mai Sui couldn't swallow it, but forced by the old lady's arrogance, she didn't dare to leave it behind, so she winked at them and motioned for Daddy to eat.
Her playful look fell into Han Qingsong's eyes, and he looked at it for a moment.
Erwang took the wheat ears too, and quietly stuffed them into Han Qingsong.
Han Qingsong glanced at Lin Lan again, and silently took it and ate it by himself.
After dinner, the men go out to get together and brag, and the women take care of their children and do housework at home. Lin Lan took a few children home. On the way, she explained to Erwang and Mai Sui, and asked them to find a chance to see how the aunt was cooking.
Erwang suddenly understood, "Mother, do you think my aunt deliberately cooks bad food for us to eat?"
Lin Lan motioned to him to whisper, "It's not your aunt, it must be your grandma. I'm angry that we split up and don't want to feed us."
"Really? Why is she so bad!" Sanwang squeezed from one side, "I'll go take a look."
He turned his head and ran back, only to be pulled back by Dawang, "It's all closed, you run ass."
When they came out, the second aunt closed the door.
Dawangti slipped away with Sanwang.
When they got home, Lin Lan sent the children to wash their faces and feet, and then took the mosquito-smoked mugwort to the door, ready to go to bed.
She drove the children back into the house and found a chance to talk to Han Qingsong alone.
"Have you seen the food these two days?"
Han Qingsong washed his feet with water, "What's wrong?"
"What's wrong? You didn't see it. Since you came back and split up, the food has gotten worse day by day. Even the melon and vegetable substitutes have been brought out today."
Han Qingsong thought for a while, "Wowou's head is a little thick."
"Just a little rough?" Lin Lan looked at him and gave him a tear. "Even in those years, the old lady and the others have never eaten this kind of wowtou!"
Hearing her tone of voice complaining, Han Qingsong understood what she meant, "Do you think mother deliberately cooked this kind of meal?"
Lin Lan sneered: "Why, you can't think of it."
Han Qingsong frowned, unacceptable for the old lady's behavior, and felt that the old man had suffered from famine for three years, and basically had such a problem.
After all, Xiaowang also ate eggs at night.
"Cut!" Lin Lan rolled her eyes, except for the stupid son who put an 800-meter filter on his mother, everyone could see that Mrs. Han was not a good stubborn.
"You're not at home all the year round, you don't know the situation, and I won't tell you more, just watch it yourself." Being away from home all day, I thought my mother was very reasonable. Haven't seen it clearly this time
The old lady didn't say a word about Han Qingsong, some just wanted money, and when she knew she wanted to change jobs, she agreed to split up the family.
The family will not give anything, and what Han Qingsong gets, she will go first.
In the eyes of the discerning person, one can see that the old lady did it on purpose.
In the past, the original owner was able and weak, so the old lady was happy to pretend to understand her mother-in-law, but in fact, she was bad.
She didn't want to instigate the relationship between Han Qingsong and the old lady. After all, they were mother and child. She just wanted Han Qingsong to see clearly the unfair treatment she and her children were subjected to in this family.
Also, let him see that the old lady wasn't as nice to them all as he thought.
Anyway, give Han Qingsong a vaccination first, don't think it's her doing the trouble.
The next day, she and Erwang, Maisui, and Xiaowang whispered quietly, asking them to find a way to watch the aunt cook.
Don't let Sanwang know about this. He is a rectal person and can't hide things. Moreover, he listened to Dawang. Dawang has a big prejudice against Lin Lan, so he should not know.
As a result, Erwang and Mai Sui went there several times and did not see Mrs. Han cooking the same kind of meal. They were all melons and vegetables. And as long as it wasn't meal time, the old lady scolded them when she saw them, and told them to mow the grass to earn work points.
The children all thought that Lin Lan might be over-hearted, after all, everyone eats the same thing.
Lin Lan didn't think so. According to her understanding of the old lady, there must be something tricky.
The two large jars in the east room are filled with grain, and there is half a small shed, which also holds grain. The little aunt is not at home, and the old lady is locked with a lock, and no one is allowed to enter.
Sister-in-law can completely hide from the third room and steam other pancakes and wowotou. As for the old lady's threat to the child, who dares to speak
It is estimated that they have to eat the same as they speak.
She secretly observed two meals and let her find the flaws. Lin Lan thought for a while and came up with an idea.
She wants to catch the current one and see what else they have to say.
The next day she got up early, and before dawn, she crept on the kang and went out to the old Han's house.
The gate is closed.
She sneaked to the back of the house first, and sure enough, she heard the sound of Sister Han burning the fire and pulling the bellows, as well as muttering.
Then she heard Han's second sister-in-law shouting: "Kaoliang and Xiaofu are about to get off the kang, hurry up and eat Erhe Noodles. When you San Niangniang and the others come, they can only eat sweet potato leaves and wotou."
Sure enough, playing this trick behind their backs!
Lin Lan thought for a while, and hurriedly went back and asked Erwang and Mai Sui to go to Old Han's house together.
Han Qingsong got up and fetched water to plant vegetables, when he saw them asking, "What are you doing in a hurry?"
Lin Lan raised her eyebrows, "I'll find evidence for you!" If you don't catch a current one, you still don't know how powerful it is!
When they got to the old Han's house, they didn't knock on the door. Lin Lan went directly over the low courtyard wall in the south. When he was riding on the top of the wall, he happened to see the second sister-in-law Han leading a few children to grab the cakes and said, "Who is going? Staring at the door, watching them come and shout, hurry up. Eat, eat!"
Lin Lan shouted unceremoniously, "You guys steal it!"
She shouted out in such a cold voice, frightening the women and children in the yard who were guilty of secretly eating, and Xiao Fu even dropped the cake on the ground.
Sister-in-law Han almost threw the rice basket away. She turned her head to look at Lin Lan, eye to eye, as if she had seen a ghost.
Lin Lan found out that in this family, you can't be rude, you should be cold and cold, and you should get started!
She jumped down and ran forward and snatched the rice basket from Han's second sister-in-law, "I said you can do it."
Erwang and Mai Sui also climbed in, "Humph, shameless!"
Han's second sister-in-law's first reaction was to snatch the rice basket back, but she hadn't eaten it yet.
Sister-in-law Han was so embarrassed that her face was flushed red. She didn't know what to say for a while, her lips twitched, "The third family, come, come... Today I'm improving the food, and I told the children to call you."
This shameful thing can only be done by the old lady. She didn't agree at the beginning. If the third family knew about this, it would not be laughed at.
The key ingredients are not all fresh sweet potato leaves, many of which were dried last year. Who knows the taste of it. During the three-year disaster, Mrs. Han refused to eat it.
As a result, the old lady ruthlessly said that if anyone dared to tell the truth, she would let no one eat, including children.
So she could only say nothing.
I just didn't expect that the third family would see through it in just two days.
What a shame.
The old lady Han shouted on the kang: "What's the matter, do you think I spent all the allowances? Didn't they all subsidize the family to buy food rations? This time I didn't receive money, of course I didn't have food!"
There is one in the old Han family who counts as one. They all have to work and earn work points, but don’t forget, they also support their uncle and aunt to eat. They don’t work and don’t earn work points, and their rations are made up by others. Or pay for them.
But the old lady likes to talk about raising 11 children.
Lin Lan didn't quarrel with them either, "Then let's divide our rations, and we'll cook our own food in the future."
There is no need to mention the issue of food distribution, and the old lady Han did not agree to be killed, but this time it was her fault, and she did not want to let the third son have any opinions, "If you want to divide the food, we will talk about it when the autumn food comes down, and we will stop it now. It's over, what food to share, toss!"
Sister-in-law Han silently brought out the pancakes for everyone to eat together. She lowered her head and was embarrassed to look at Lin Lan, for fear that Lin Lan would go crazy and seek death.
At this time, the first and other men in Lao Han also got up. They were embarrassed one by one, but they pretended not to know.
Old Hantou: "Go and hoe the private plot." He flashed with the hoe, and he didn't even bother to eat the rice.
Brother Han followed closely behind, and couldn't afford to lose that person.
Lin Lan looked outside, Erwang gestured to her, and she knew that Han Qingsong led Xiaowang over as well.
She took the rice basket and gave Erwang and Mai Sui the cakes, and said loudly: "I'm also talking about the ugly, or we can make our own meals and eat them. Specially make pig food for our three rooms, let me see it next time..."
She paused, glanced at Sister-in-Law Han and Sister-in-law Er, and after hearing Han Qingsong's footsteps had reached the gate of the courtyard, she said loudly, "I'll smash the pot and chop the table, and no one will eat it!"
Sister-in-law Han and Sister-in-law 2 were terrified, and the children looked at San Niangniang in horror.
Your aunt is still your aunt!
The shrew is still the same shrew, even more fierce!
Look at that look, more powerful than a tigress!
After saying this, Han Qingsong has come over.
Erwang immediately shouted: "Dad, look! They make Erhe Noodles and eat them secretly, and wait for us to come and give us sweet potato leaves and wotou!"