How to survive in poverty: I use a simulator to farm

Chapter 3 The little hope of life
Chen Xiaoyi hadn't eaten for a long time. If he hadn't thought about the difficulties at home, he wouldn't have been able to make the four-kilometer journey back and forth.

As soon as he got home, he was extremely hungry.

He saw his mother, in front of him, digging a hole and making a trap bit by bit in a corner of her yard.He was confused.

Chen Feiyan saw that he was staring at her in a daze, so she called him to come in quickly.

On such a cold day, the eldest son, Chen Xiaoyi, was wearing tattered trousers and not even a top. He had been out for so long, and he didn't know how much the child had suffered.

Chen Feiyan filled most of the bowl of porridge and put it in the bowl.

Seeing that there were a few mouthfuls of corn left in the earthen pot, she filled two more bowls of water into it, put it on the stove to heat, and then gave herself and the other children a few mouthfuls of corn soup each.

Chen Xiaoyi had worked hard today, so Chen Feiyan gave him a big bowl to drink.Others were given a few sips.

She also personally fed the bowl of unheated corn to the adult man on the kang. Seeing that he stopped eating after a few mouthfuls, she quickly got off the kang and heated the remaining corn on the stove.

Then, she took her eldest son outside to cut the grass.

Chen Feiyan knew how to make some simple preparations before.She would have made a small cage, straw sandals and a small backpack.

After drying the weeds in the stove, she patiently taught Chen Xiaoyi how to weave them bit by bit.

Soon, it started to get dark again outside.

Chen Feiyan took Chen Xiaoyi with great expectations to see the traps in the yard.

The first trap is empty.Chen Feiyan was a little disappointed.The second trap was also empty, and Chen Feiyan was still disappointed.Thinking that the whole family would go to bed hungry tonight, Chen Feiyan slowly led Chen Xiaoyi towards the third trap.

When she slowly pushed aside the weeds and pulled back the grass cover above, she actually saw a big black mouse in the deep pit. It had been firmly tied with a straw rope and was straining there. Pulling and pulling, still biting the rope on his body.

Seeing mice, Chen Feiyan thought of meat.

In great surprise, Chen Feiyan grabbed a stone at hand and smashed it hard on the mouse in the pit.

Soon, the mouse was smashed to pieces.

Chen Feiyan held the blood-stained rope and led Chen Xiaoyi into the house with smiles in her eyes.

Peel off the mouse's skin, cut open its belly, and set aside all the internal organs.Cut the rat meat into small pieces and throw it into the earthen pot with a few mouthfuls of corn inside.

Seeing that there was still the last bit of salt at home, Chen Feiyan hesitated for a moment, then grabbed a few and threw them in.

Worried that the smell of meat in the earthen pot would be smelled by others, Chen Feiyan also covered the earthen pot with a wooden board and covered the wooden board with a thick layer of vegetation ash.

It simmered on the stove for more than an hour, and the meat and bones in the earthen pot were completely stewed.Chen Feiyan thought that she would wait until the meat in the jar was no longer so hot before opening it.

……

Chen Yixuan slept for a while before waking up.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he seemed to have an illusion.

Um?Why does it seem like I smell meat?
When Chen Feiyan saw his eyes widening in confusion, she immediately walked over and asked him if he was thirsty and hungry?

Before he could speak, Chen Feiyan gestured to Chen Xiaoyi and asked him to bring a large bowl of meat paste to his father.

When Chen Yixuan saw the bowl of minced meat in Chen Xiaoyi's hand, he was a little anxious: "Yanniang, where did this meat come from?"

He had a bad premonition in his mind, worried that she would do something stupid because of her confusion.If she was like those other women out there, selling herself for her man, he would have to hold on to his last breath no matter what, refund the money she sold him for, and get the deed he signed back!
However, Chen Feiyan didn't know what he was thinking at this time.

I just thought he was hungry.

She leaned into his ear and explained with a smile: "Xiaoyi made a few traps during the day and accidentally caught a gopher. I saw that you were too thin, so I stewed the gopher."

"Eat it while it's hot."

When Chen Yixuan heard this, he looked at Chen Feiyan seriously.Seeing the sincerity in her eyes, that she was only worried about him and not hiding any guilt, his hanging heart slowly relaxed.

He nodded and looked at her and his eldest son with approval.

Under the feeding of his eldest son, he ate the bowl of meat paste in one bite.It wasn't until he felt his stomach was full that he couldn't eat anymore, then he shook his head. "I'm full. You can eat the rest!"

Chen Feiyan made a quilt for him and told him to have a good rest. Then she added grass to the stove, added a ladle of water to the earthen pot, and started cooking again.

This time, she and her children drank some broth.

After simmering for less than half an hour, the broth was already boiling.Chen Feiyan took a sip and felt better.

Sure enough, meat can provide the protein and high energy needed by the human body.

Chen Xiaoyi ate the meat and drank the broth. His whole body was warm and he was very happy.

He has never had enough to eat in his entire life.Today I felt full for the first time.He suddenly felt so happy.

Thinking of the traps he had hidden in the forest, Chen Xiaoyi put down his bowls and chopsticks and ran outside.

Chen Feiyan called him and wanted to ask him what he was doing.However, Chen Xiaoyi is now deaf and cannot hear at all.Chen Feiyan sighed silently when she saw that he was even more energetic when running after having a full meal.

This child is sensible and filial.

It's a pity that his life doesn't seem to be very good.Born in such a difficult and poor environment.

Chen Feiyan was worried and looked towards the door from time to time.

In the cold spring, there is a cold wind everywhere in the valley at night.The wind outside was blowing loudly.Even if the kang was burned at home, the air leaking walls still made Chen Feiyan shiver a few times.

Thinking of the children at home, they can't even put on a complete set of clothes.The pants Chen Xiaoyi was wearing were the kind that the child's father had been wearing for decades and couldn't wear them anymore.For some reason, Chen Feiyan felt particularly sad.

Her body's tear-incontinent constitution seemed to be getting sick again.

The tears were flowing so much that she couldn't control them at all.

Chen Feiyan told herself, stop crying!

Otherwise, the salty taste you finally drank will be drained away.

However, the tears in Chen Feiyan's eyes still kept flowing.

Waiting until Chen Xiaoyi held something firmly in his arms and opened the door to his home, he grinned when he saw her.

When Chen Feiyan saw that he was back, her incontinence from tears immediately healed.

Chen Xiaoyi put something in his arms into her hand. Chen Feiyan lowered her head and saw that he had brought back a small black marmot.A few kilograms.

Although her hands were covered in blood, Chen Feiyan was also extremely happy.

OK!Great!

The whole family has food for tomorrow again!

Urged by Chen Xiaoyi's eyes, Chen Feiyan skinned the little marmot and removed its internal organs.

She thought about it.The internal organs of this marmot and the previous internal organs of the black mouse can be wrapped in leaves, wrapped in wet soil, and directly cooked in the fire kang.At that time, these internal organs can be made into fishing bait.

... Thinking that starting from tomorrow, the family might have a stable source of food, Chen Feiyan became more serious about her work.

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Chen Xiaoyi watched his mother carefully, how she used a sickle to skin the marmot, and how she treated the internal organs.

Seeing that she cut the marmot meat into small pieces again, cut the bones into small pieces bit by bit, and stewed it in an earthen pot, he finally understood this time that his mother probably wanted to save firewood.

After keeping this little life tip in mind, Chen Xiaoyi followed his mother and made two traps and five grass cages with large mouths and small bellies.

When Chen Xiaoyi made the grass cage alone, it was already late at night unknowingly.

Chen Feiyan simply treated the marmot skin with plant ash, and fed her husband on the bed a few mouthfuls of meat paste, before she fell asleep on the kang.

(End of this chapter)