The worst time travel, surviving seven years of famine

The weather was very dry, and the weather was very dry.

"Mom, I remember there was a large bamboo forest in the valley further ahead!"

"You remember it right, the bamboo forest over there is large and dense, and there are the most bamboo shoots."

The third grandmother and her daughter-in-law chatted while walking. The reason why the two of them saw Gu Liang picking bamboo shoots and followed suit was entirely because of the village's customs.

Since it hasn't rained for several months, the people in the village are increasingly convinced that there will be famines for several consecutive years, and life will not be peaceful. The Gu family, which spread the news, also received special attention. It is said that the Gu family is blessed and is blessed by God, so they can know this in advance.

Seeing that the Gu family was getting better and better, the villagers began to follow suit and did what the Gu family did. A few days ago, the Gu family simply converted several paddy fields with little water into dry land and planted crops such as millet, sorghum and buckwheat.

So some of them also learned to plant these drought-resistant crops from the Gu family. Although the yield was much lower than that of rice, it was right to learn from the Gu family.

So when she saw Gu Liang picking water bamboo shoots this time, the third grandmother naturally followed suit. The people in Lanxi Village were not blind. They all knew that the Gu family could get to where they are now, mostly because of Gu Liang.

"Hey, third grandmother, you come to pick water bamboo shoots too!"

As soon as the third grandmother walked to the water bamboo forest, the voice of the neighbor next door came from the forest.

Grandma San recognized that it was her neighbor and quickly replied, "Yes, why are you here too? You can't eat bamboo shoots because of your stomach!"

"Well, I don't eat this, my family eats it." The neighbor replied enthusiastically, "Not only me, but also Aunt Wang Er, Sun Niang, and several young wives of your Gu family are here!"

After the neighbor finished speaking, he disappeared from the forest, and only the voices of more than a dozen women greeting each other were heard.

Grandma San's daughter-in-law heard the voices of so many people greeting each other, and said in shock, "Mom, they are too fast! We came here without delay, how come they are faster than us?"

"Don't stand there, hurry up and pick it! If you are late, the old women in the village will have picked it all."

Gu Liang was also shocked. He only went to pick bamboo shoots in the morning, but he didn't expect that there were people picking them everywhere in the bamboo forest near the village in the afternoon.

Well, the children couldn't pick bamboo shoots faster than the adults. If there was only one woman in a bamboo forest, she would sweep away everything like the Japanese invaders entering the village, leaving no bamboo shoots behind. Gu Liang had no choice but to give up picking bamboo shoots and take his sisters to pick bracken and purslane. Although the bracken and purslane were a little old in this season, they were suitable for blanching and drying before eating.

Then, in the next few days, there were idle women everywhere in Lanxi Village digging wild vegetables and drying them...

That day, the Gu family was having lunch together. They cooked dishes that were common in the countryside, such as stir-fried bamboo shoots with bacon, fried river shrimps, steamed eggs, stir-fried water celery, stir-fried wild amaranth, steamed wisteria flowers and steamed purslane.

Except for the bacon, which was prepared during the Chinese New Year, the rest of the dishes were found by Gu Liang near the village these days. There are many people in his family now, and there are many dishes to cook. Old Lady Gu can't handle it alone. Li Donghua doesn't participate in the winemaking work, so she works with Old Lady Gu.

At the beginning, except for Gu Liang, the Gu family members were not used to eating this smoked bacon. They always felt that it had a choking taste. But now that they have eaten it a few more times, they have fallen in love with it. It has a more flavor than air-dried bacon, and the unfamiliar smoked taste has now become a smoked fragrance.

"Come on, you have worked hard to repair the dam recently. Eat a few more pieces of this bacon and replenish yourself." At the dinner table, Gu Liang's mother Chen picked up a piece of bacon with chopsticks and gave it to her husband.

Seeing his wife like this, Gu Changping hurriedly picked up a piece of bacon and put it in her bowl, asking her to eat more.

However, Chen did not appreciate it. She took the bacon back and gave it to Gu Changping, saying, "This bacon is too oily. I feel uncomfortable eating it. I'll just eat the steamed wisteria and purslane."

Gu Changping saw that there were only wisteria and purslane in his wife's bowl, and said with some distress, "You can't just eat these things. These two vegetables are very sour. Don't eat too much."

After hearing this, Mrs. Gu also advised, "Daughter-in-law, don't just eat these! Our family is not like before. We have to look forward to the New Year after eating meat. Eat more. These wild vegetables are not nourishing. If you only eat wild vegetables, you will think that our Gu family treats you unfairly."

"No," Chen waved her hand quickly, expressing her negation, saying, "Mom, I feel tired recently, so I want to eat something sour."

Hearing

After her mother said so, the considerate Da Ni turned around and left the table, then brought back a bamboo leaf bag and said to Chen, "Mom, this goat milk fruit is so sour, try it."

"Daughter-in-law, your father and I have eaten that goat milk fruit, it's too sour, you should eat less!" Old Mrs. Gu looked at Chen eating one by one, a little afraid to look, just thinking about it, her mouth is now flowing with sour water.

But Chen said indifferently, "Mom, it's okay, this goat milk fruit tastes just right."

Seeing that Chen was eating so deliciously, Old Mrs. Gu was a little suspicious. It was so sour that she couldn't open her eyes when she ate it, so why did she eat it like candied fruit?

Old Mrs. Gu took a few and distributed them to the people at the table. Seeing that Chen was eating so vigorously, the people at the table were also greedy, so they took it. They didn't pay attention to any rules when eating. They could eat while sitting, standing, or squatting, not to mention eating some wild fruits while eating!

"Hey, sister-in-law, how did you eat this goat milk fruit with your eyes open when it's so sour!" After taking a bite, Gu Changan was so sour that he couldn't stand up straight. After spitting it out, he said to Chen.

When others saw Gu Changan like this, they gave up the idea and dared not try again.

"Wife, how long have you been doing that?" Old Lady Gu asked softly.

Chen replied with a puzzled look on her face: "How long? Mother, why don't I understand what you are saying?"

"That's it, oh, that's it, that's it..." Old Mrs. Gu was extremely anxious, but she couldn't say it in front of all the men, so she quickly stood up from the stool, walked to Chen's ear and whispered: "Did you have your period last month?"

After hearing this, Chen was stunned at first, and then her face turned red. After reacting for a long time, she said in a low voice embarrassedly: "Mother, I'm so old. It's common for men to have irregular periods. I thought I was too old to have them!"

When Old Mrs. Gu heard this, she knew what it meant. She was so happy that she forgot the volume of her voice and said loudly: "Silly wife, how old are you? It's still too early to have them!"

At this moment, Old Mrs. Gu's face was ruddy, with an unstoppable joy. She quickly used a spoon to scoop egg custard into Chen's bowl, and told her to eat more eggs if she thought the bacon was greasy.

Everyone was puzzled. Even though Old Lady Gu treated her daughter-in-law well, she would never do this. She even had to use a spoon to pick up food from the table.

Gu Changping asked puzzledly: "Mom, your daughter-in-law is not without hands. You let her do it herself. If you help her, people will laugh at you if it gets out... ..."

Before Gu Changping finished speaking, he was hit by the spoon in Old Lady Gu's hand.

Old Lady Gu said angrily: "Why did I give birth to a stupid pig like you? You didn't even know that your wife was pregnant!"

"Ah d?" As soon as Old Lady Gu finished speaking, everyone in the Gu family exclaimed in unison.

Especially the second daughter-in-law, Li, was so surprised that she accidentally broke the bowl in her hand.