Jin Liangyu

Chapter 61 The Zhou family is going to run out of food
  "I think so too. This creek is near our house. We can catch it whenever we want. We can always have fresh food."

"Ah."

"Daughter-in-law, you are bringing Dabao with you. Just tell me how to pack these things."

“It’s a bit of a hassle to sort these things out.”

"Don't be afraid of trouble, as long as it tastes good." Zhou Zuorang expressed the sentiments of many foodies in one sentence.

How to clean the crabs and shrimps next was all done by Zhou Erlang, and Jin Liangyu gave instructions with just a few words.

Zhou Erlang is a careful person, and he can easily catch the shrimp shells and shrimp threads. The little fox is squatting next to it and is itching to see it. It also wants to try it.

But it looked down at its small fleshy claws and gave up. It would just wait to eat.

As for the snails, put them in a wooden basin to spit out the sand. Wash the river crabs and cut them in half for frying.

Seeing the fresh crab meat oozing out from the cut, the little spirit fox became a little uneasy.

"Xiao Yuyu, can we make this first?"

"Okay." Jin Liangyu quickly fulfilled this small request.

When the fried and crispy river crabs were just fished out of the hot oil, the little spirit fox couldn't wait any longer and drooled in his mouth. It was so fragrant. "Xiao Yuyu, brother wants to eat."

"If you want to eat it, you have to wait for a while to let it dry before you can eat it, otherwise your mouth will be burned."

"Oh." The waiting time was too unbearable, and the little fox kept asking, can it eat it?

Just when the little spirit fox thought he was about to lose his patience, he heard Jin Liangyu say: "You can eat it."

After a sip, the little fox felt that it had eaten the most delicious food.

"No, that's not the case. We moved the emperor's old dining room that day, and the food there is not as delicious as this. There are also the Buddha Jumping Over the Wall and Silky Chicken made by my father, which are not as delicious as this."

"Xiao Yuyu, you don't understand, I am proud of this taste."

"I understand, this is what people often say, money cannot buy happiness."

"Correct."

Zhou Zhoulang also liked fried river crabs. He politely asked Jin Liangyu if he could drink the cool wine that his mother-in-law gave him that day.

Jin Liangyu told him that he could drink that wine, but not with fried river crabs.

Zhou Erlang asked her puzzledly why?

She also told him that if these two things are eaten together, it is easy to get a very painful disease.

Zhou Erlang was frightened by Jin Liangyu's words and stopped drinking the cold wine.

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Many families in Shangyang Village are going to run out of food, and the Zhou family is no exception. Every meal consists of noodle soup that is so thin that you can see people in it.

Mrs. Wang also disliked seeing her two granddaughters more and more. If Old Man Zhou hadn't allowed it and Dalang Zhou kept a close eye on them, Mrs. Wang might have traded these two girls for food.

On the ridge of the field, Old Man Zhou looked at the green wheat seedlings in the field and talked about the past with his eldest son.

"In previous years, with your and Erlang's wages, although our family can't be said to be rich, we still have enough money to eat and drink well."

"Dad, why don't I go to the city tomorrow to see if I can find a job. Even if the salary is less, it doesn't matter." "It's useless to go to the city. Your uncle, the village chief, told you when he came back from the city yesterday, After the Tatars invaded, the merchants in the city were in recession, and many shops were closed. Even the big ones didn’t come back.”

"That's not true, it's been such a long time."

"Why not? Linjiang County was defended, but all the surrounding villages were looted. Most of the houses were destroyed, especially those of the landlords, who suffered serious losses."

"Our family is pretty good and we haven't spoiled the seeds."

"Right in front of me...Dad, how about I go to the escort agency to see Erlang..."

"You don't need to go to the escort agency. Your uncle, the village chief, said that Erlang is not at the escort agency."

"Where did Erlang go?"

"Your uncle, the village chief, met Erlang's father-in-law in the city. Lao Jin said that Erlang and his wife are living well and don't need to worry about them. I just didn't tell them where they are."

"Dad, how about I go to Jin's house and ask." When Zhou Dalang said this, he had no confidence at all.

"Why did you go to Jin's house to ask? Where is Erlang? Can you give us some food? Boss, can you open your mouth?"

Zhou Dalang was silent. He really couldn't open his mouth. He owed his brother his life.

Although his brothers, wives, and nephews are all alive, he still owes him money.

"In a while, we will go to the woods to look for wild vegetables and other things. As long as we can eat them, we will bring some back and cook them with the noodle soup. It is better than nothing."

"Dad, I'm young so I should go. You should rest here on such a hot day."

"Why don't you take a rest? Let's go, maybe we can find more."

"That's okay too."

After the father and son finished speaking, they walked towards the woods with hope. But not far out, they saw two familiar little figures in front of them, dragging baskets that were bigger than them, towards the woods. The direction went.

Zhou Dalang recognized those two daughters at a glance and shouted their names loudly: "Da Ya, Er Ya, what are you two doing?"

Hearing their father's voice, the two little girls turned around at the same time, "Dad."

Zhou Dalang looked at the two girls, who were sweating profusely from dragging the basket, and ran over in distress, and couldn't help but ask again:
  "Da Ya, what are you doing with your sister?"

"My sister asked me and my sister to dig wild vegetables."

After hearing what his eldest grandson said, Old Man Zhou wanted to curse again. The grass in the woods is taller than the two children. If there is no adult to take them, the two children will get lost...

She couldn't survive a day without struggling with this wasteful thing. "

Zhou Dalang felt distressed and used his sleeves to wipe the sweat of the two girls, and also took the basket from the girls' hands.

Looking at the two girls' thin bodies and pale faces, he felt indescribably uncomfortable. He looked at the sky and held back the sadness that shot up from the sky. He took the skinny little hands of his two girls and said, "Let's go. Dad will take you to dig wild vegetables."

"Hey." Da Ya was still scared just now, but she had the courage to lead her sister forward. At this moment, when her father said that he wanted to dig wild vegetables with them, the little girl's tense little face finally raised the corners of her mouth as if she had been relieved of a heavy burden.

Zhou Dalang felt even more uncomfortable when he saw it. He had to find a way to make money, and he couldn't let his two daughters live like this.

Old man Zhou watched his eldest son lead his two granddaughters towards Zashushuzi with sadness. He was not sure now whether he should go home and beat up the ignorant old woman, or follow his eldest son and the others to Zashushuzi. Looking for something to eat.

Later, he still didn't want to be hungry and got the upper hand, so Old Man Zhou followed him with strides without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)