The camera returns to daytime.
The five children took the note given by Lin Sanqi and exchanged wild vegetables for 5 pounds of stick noodles. Each of them was as excited as if they had won 5 million.
Aunt Li also kindly advised:
"Child, take this stick noodles home quickly and save it for your parents. Don't let anyone see it on the road."
No joke, if someone sees you halfway, someone will really come to rob you. In the face of hunger, all laws and morals are nonsense.
Yang Xiaojie, the oldest of the five children, quickly nodded and said:
"I know, aunt, let's go home now."
After speaking, Yang Xiaojie put the grain into the basket, grabbed a few handfuls of weeds to cover it with, then held it in his arms and ran towards his village as fast as possible.
For these rural children, how long has it been since they have eaten flour? The steamed buns at home are all black, not to mention fragrant, and taste like chewing lime powder.
But as she ran, Yang Erni couldn't help it:
"Brother, I want to eat steamed buns."
Several children nearby also nodded repeatedly: "Brother, let's go back and steam the steamed buns to eat secretly."
Children are not stupid. Although 5 pounds of stick noodles is a lot, the parents will definitely hide it and refuse to eat it after taking it home. Even if they share it, there are so many people in the family, how much can they eat in their turn?
People are selfish, and children are no exception.
Yang Xiaojie is also hungry, but he is already 12 years old and sensible, so he hesitates: "We eat, okay?"
Younger brother Yang Xiaoshan said indifferently:
"Brother, we earned these noodles. What's wrong with us eating them ourselves? As long as we don't tell our parents, no one will know."
The other children nodded again and again: "That's right, none of us will say anything."
Yang Xiaojie felt a strong sense of hunger in his stomach, looked around, and then made up his mind:
"Making steamed buns is too complicated. You have to wake up and knead the dough. Otherwise, we can fry it in a pot and add a little salt. The fried noodles will also be very fragrant."
"Okay, okay, the fried noodles are good!"
"Let's go home while the adults are in the fields now."
So the five children hurried home, closed the door tightly, Yang Xiaoshan lit the fire, and Yang Xiaojie began to stir-fry the noodles.
After a while, the aroma wafted out, making the children's mouths water. They didn't have time to cool down. You gave me a handful, and in a while, I ate up a pound of rice noodles.
The rice noodles smell very fragrant and taste even better, but one disadvantage is that they are too dry. Most people can't eat them unless they are extremely hungry.
The five children were still unsatisfied after finishing the noodles, and all looked at the remaining stick noodles on the table.
Yang Xiaoshan suggested weakly: "Brother, how about we fry a little more? If you want to eat, just eat until you are full. I'm still hungry now."
"Yes, brother, let's fry some more..."
"The fried rice noodles are so fragrant, I want to eat them too..."
The little devil in Yang Xiaojie was also tempting him at this time: fry some more, fry half more, and just leave half.
People cannot withstand temptation. When they are young, they cannot withstand the temptation of delicious food. When they are young, they cannot withstand the temptation of beautiful women. When they grow up, they cannot withstand the temptation of money. When they are old, they cannot withstand the temptation of immortality.
So Yang Xiaojie decided to go all out today: "Okay, let's fry another pound of stick noodles."
"Okay, okay, big brother is so nice~~~"
Then the second pound went into the pot, then the third, the fourth, the fifth...
At the same time, Mrs. Yan Cuihua happily returned to her home with two scallion pancakes in her arms.
"Master, hurry up, close the courtyard door tightly."
The old man saw the bark in the old woman's basket and cursed angrily:
"It's just some elm bark. Are you afraid that someone will come to snatch it? I'm so worried that I quickly went to cook it. My son and the others will eat it in the evening."
Mrs. Yan snorted softly, took out two pancakes from her arms and showed off:
"Nao, let me smell it for you. What is this? This is a rich scallion pancake."
The old man was very surprised when he smelled it: "Where did you get this pancake? Who's family in our village is rich? They eat it with fried pancakes? Or white flour pancakes."
The old lady pointed not far away and clicked:
"I was lucky today. I met two young people from the farm of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital on the mountain. This cake was given to me by the young people. I, Ahua, and the third sister-in-law are two each. After all, we are from the city, so we are generous enough."< br>
The old man took the scallion pancake and smelled it, then reluctantly handed it back to the old lady:
"You and your grandsons and granddaughters should share this pancake together. We old men won't use it, and it won't be enough to share."
"Okay, our two daughters-in-law are greedy. They ate them all when we came back. I can't stand such lazy women, huh!"
The old lady was afraid that her daughter-in-law would come back and she would not be able to eat it, so she quickly called her grandchildren over, tore open the scallion pancakes with her hands, and started to enjoy them.
You can't see a few ounces of oil in rural areas all year round, not to mention this time of drought. Only those who have eaten tree bark can appreciate how delicious scallion pancakes are.
The old lady thought about sharing more with her grandchildren, but after the delicious food, she unconsciously finished a whole pancake by herself. At the same time, her eyes occasionally glanced at the unfinished scallion pancakes in the hands of her grandchildren...
But she forgot the key point. If her stomach is hungry for a long time, her stomach will shrink and the secretion of gastric juice will decrease.
After suddenly eating this heavy oily pancake, my stomach couldn't stand the irritation. Well, I got sick.
Mrs. Yan started to vomit, first she vomited all the scallion pancakes she had eaten, then she kept vomiting until there was nothing left to vomit, and finally she vomited out yellow water. Mrs. Yan, who was already skinny, became wilted after vomiting so violently. She could no longer stand still and felt like she was about to die.
The old man and several grandchildren were so frightened that they burst into tears.
By the time the sons ran back from the fields, they were already dying.
As soon as the daughters-in-law smelled the stench in the house, they all covered their noses and ran away. They didn't care about their mother-in-law's life or death. They thought, it would be better to die, because there would be one less person to eat.
Therefore, at the critical moment, if the son wants to be his own child, the wife will dislike it, but the son is still reluctant to let his mother die.
"Dad, what's wrong with mom? What did you eat?"
"Your mother became like this after eating scallion pancakes, ah, what should I do?"
When the daughters-in-law heard this, they jumped up immediately:
"Okay, Dad, we are working very hard in the fields, and you are eating scallion pancakes at home? Where did you get the white flour? Isn't that little oil all a disaster?"
"That's right, Mom, how could you do this? You ate all the delicious food by yourself?"
"Oh my god, how many scallion pancakes do you have to eat to vomit like this? Isn't your conscience too fierce?"
The old man was so angry that he blew his beard and stared:
"Shut the fuck up. This scallion pancake was given to you by a kind person from the farm of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, and it wasn't your mother who ate it alone. All your babies ate it, so keep your fucking mouths clean!"< br>
When the daughters-in-law heard this, not only were they not embarrassed, they actually had some evil ideas:
"Dad, Mom's illness was caused by people from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. We have to go find them. Besides, they are all doctors and they have medicine."
"Yes, Dad, we can't watch my mother die at home. If we tell her, our children will be scolded for being unfilial."
"Every wrongdoer has his own fault, and if they don't give our mother scallion pancakes, how can our mother do this?"
For a time, several people in the Yan family were arguing.
In Taipingzhuang next door, after Yang Heshui returned home, he opened the courtyard door and saw his son, daughter, nieces and nephews rolling on the ground.
Yang Heshui was so frightened that he dropped his hoe, "What's wrong? What's going on?"
"Dad, my stomach hurts. It hurts so much!"
"Uncle, help me."
Yang Heshui vomited and sat on the ground: "What did you eat? Tell me, tell me."
People who are extremely hungry dare to eat anything, especially children. Although there are many wild vegetables in spring, not all wild vegetables can be eaten, and some are poisonous.
A large number of children die every year from eating poisonous wild vegetables.
There are many children, and it doesn't matter if one of them dies, but now all five children have been poisoned, and the team is about to be wiped out, so what's the point?
After a while, all the Yang family members rushed over.
Suddenly the Yang family started crying loudly, attracting all the neighbors around.
If it were 2023, we would definitely have to call 120 urgently at this time to save people.
But in the rural areas of the 1960s, barefoot doctors had not yet been promoted. If there was an emergency patient at home, they could only wait to die at home, hoping for a miracle.
No one has ever thought of sending him to the hospital. Although Changping County Hospital is not far away, do you have the money? Not to mention 5 children.
Village Chief Li also rushed to Yang’s house and felt heartbroken when he saw the child rolling on the floor in pain:
"What did this child eat? Hurry up and find a way to induce vomiting."
Yang Heshui cried and said: "Village Chief, I've already induced vomiting. It's not working. I heard that the food was fried flour. The five little children ate a whole 5 kilograms of fried flour."
The surrounding villagers exclaimed: "He Shui, you still have so much flour hidden in your home?"
"Where does your flour come from? Don't they all eat in the big canteen?"
"Village chief, check where their flour comes from? Good guy, if a child can eat 5 pounds, it means there must be more in the family."
Yang Heshui was so angry that he almost vomited blood. The child at home was dying, and these people only cared about flour.
There is a saying in the Internet of later generations: Jealousy changes people beyond recognition.
"This flour is not from our family. It was given to me by a young doctor at the farm of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. My children got it in exchange for wild vegetables. Please keep your mouth shut!"
Village Chief Li rolled his eyes and came up with an idea:
"We can't blame the people at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for this. They are also kind-hearted, but the child is like this. Our two families are neighbors, so we have to help our child, right? Hurry up, everyone do a favor and send the child to the farm! ”
"Okay, listen to the village chief, quickly pull out the ox cart and send it to the traditional Chinese medicine hospital!"
So two waves of people from the two villages met at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. In addition to family members, many villagers came to watch the excitement, and the temporarily deserted Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Farm became noisy.
Lin Sanqi was so scared that the wolves were coming again! (End of chapter)