Chapter 574 Peasant Woman 2
Now that the pillars have collapsed, the whole family is over. Later, the original owner lived with his three daughters and Anwen, but he didn't expect that troubled times would come...
No matter what time it is, the common people are the most difficult. With a sigh, Tan Youzhuo pulled a pair of broken straw sandals beside the bed and walked out of the dark inner room.
As soon as they saw her coming out, three little girls immediately rushed towards her. They held hands and hugged their legs. Only one thin figure knelt there motionless.
Tan You looked at him, then at the three little girls, and finally his eyes fell on the four cylindrical objects wrapped in straw mats in the main room. Even though she had walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, Tan You was still unable to accept such a situation.
She took a deep breath: "The funeral at home has troubled the village chief and the villagers during this period, but I couldn't bear the impact for a while."
The village chief also sighed: "Anwu's mother... Chen Wang Shi, just wake up. It’s almost time, let them rest in peace.”
An Wu is naturally the eldest son of the original owner who passed away unexpectedly. Looking at the slightly smaller grass swept away, Tan You. There was some pity in his eyes. If she had come earlier, maybe the situation would be very different.
Tan You: "Thank you for everything, let them go without any worries."
It took until mid-afternoon to finish all the funeral arrangements for the original owner's family. .
Tan You came back from the mountains with three little girls and the child named Anwen. All four children looked sad, especially the three little girls, who were all crying.
Tan You was really in no mood to comfort anyone. She was so hungry that her eyes were black and her soles were shaking. She wanted to find something to fill her stomach quickly. Unfortunately, after Tan You turned the kitchen upside down, he only found a handful of millet and a small bundle of wild vegetables.
"Grass," cursed in a low voice, Tan You gritted his teeth and shouted: "Da Ya, come here and help me light the fire."
As soon as she finished speaking, all four children squeezed into the kitchen. Tan You glanced at them: "Erya and Sanya choose vegetables. Daya, you wash the rice and light the fire. Anwen goes to collect firewood nearby. Don't go too far."
She thought for a while and said softly: "I'll go. Let’s look around and see if we can find any food.”
Daya whispered: "There are no vegetables in the fields now."
Tan You waved his hand: "I will go and have a look. You are cooking porridge at home. A living person cannot be suffocated to death by the situation in front of him."
An Wen followed Tan You out silently, and Tan You didn't get along with him either. The boy didn't say much, but he just said when he was about to go up the mountain: "Don't go far, I'll be right by the river. Come over by yourself after picking up a bundle of firewood."
"I got it. Auntie." An Wen looked up at Tan You and walked into the nearby woods with a straight face.
As for Tan You, she went to the river. The geographical location here is not bad. Although it is a bit remote, because it is close to the river, the crop harvests are good all year round, and at least we can make ends meet.
But it's just enough for food and clothing. It's absolutely impossible to have some spare money. Just like the Chen family, they are so poor that they don't even have money to pay for the funeral of the elderly. This shows that people in this era are equally poor.
Thinking about this, Tan You found a wooden stick with a sharp end. She took off her shoes and slowly waded into the water.
When An Wen went to the river after collecting firewood, he saw three fish skewered on Tan You's wooden stick, each weighing about three kilograms. An Wen couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Aunt..."
"Well," Tan You responded lightly: "Go back."
"When you get home in a while, you send a fish to At the village chief's house, thank you for taking care of the funerals of your maternal grandfather, maternal uncle, and your uncle and cousin." Tan You said casually, she really had nothing to say to this kid, after all, in the original owner's memory, the original owner rarely interacted with him. say.
"I know, Auntie." Anwen responded in a low voice. Tan You glanced at him and finally sighed, forget it, let's talk about it later.
Because of Anwen, a child with a disgraceful background, the Chen family gradually moved to the outside of the village, closest to the mountain. This is good, and it will lead to peace and quiet.
When they got home, the millet porridge had been cooked. When they saw the fish that Tan You had brought back, the three little girls all showed happy smiles. Looking at their sallow faces and sparse hair, Tan You felt a little sad.
In the memory of the original owner, when the troubled times came, the original owner and the three girls did not end well. As for Anwen, the boy followed the passing officers and soldiers, and there was no news afterward.
Tan You's eyes turned to Anwen again. After all, Anwen's life experience still needed to be investigated. She was not willing to raise a child for no reason.
Da Ya is older after all: "Mom, the fish doesn't taste good, fishy and bitter."
Tan You: "That's because you don't know how to eat it, otherwise what's the matter with the fish in other restaurants? Is it so expensive?”
Thinking of this, Tan You frowned slightly. Before the troubled times came, she had to seize the time to stock up on money and food.
Erya: "Mom, have you been to a restaurant?"
Tan You said confidently: "Listen to what your father said."
"Da Ya, I will teach you how to cook in a moment." Although he took on the task of raising a baby, Tan You did not burn his heart to dedicate himself to others. Selfless spirit, if you want to eat, you have to work.
Under Tan You's guidance, Daya scraped the fish scales, disemboweled the fish, and then took out the gall inside. Two younger girls squatted nearby and watched.
At this time, Anwen came back from delivering fish to the village chief. Tan You looked at him: "From now on, you will do the work of killing fish and chickens. If you want to eat at home, you have to work. "
An Wen breathed a sigh of relief. If his aunt asked him to work, it would be no use raising him: "Okay, Sister Da Ya, I will kill the next fish."
Daya wiped her sweat: "Then come on, mother, what are you going to do next?"
Tan You just opened her mouth and directed Daya to stew a pot of fish soup. She wanted to eat braised fish, but the Chen family didn't have any other seasonings except some coarse salt, so Tan You could only ask for fish soup.
In the evening, of course, it was millet porridge, fish soup and steamed wild vegetables. Tan You held a large bowl with two openings open and thought to himself that you have to be careful when eating, lest you accidentally cut your mouth.
The younger ones didn't have such worries, holding big bowls and eating deliciously.
Tan You picked up the belly of a fish for himself, "You divide the rest among yourselves."
Daya looked at Tan You and gave Erya and Sanya the belly part of the fish with less spines, while she and Anwen ate the back and tail of the fish. An Wen felt uncomfortable: "Aunt, I can't eat so much..."
Tan You glanced at him: "Since you live at home and have worked hard, I will naturally provide you with a meal. , I won’t treat you harshly, but I won’t deliberately treat you Guess, everything is the same as Da Ya and the others."
Anwen felt warm, "I understand, Auntie, I will work hard in the future."
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