Chapter 12 Gotta eat something good
Not only Xu Ye but also Jiang Ruyue was catching up on sleep.
Because there was still moonlight tonight, Xu Ye and she still wanted to go into the mountains.
If you don't catch up on sleep, you won't be able to go at night.
Jiang Ruo'an didn't want Xu Ye to go into the mountain alone, so Jiang Ru Yue was persuaded by her sister.
It's just that Jiang Ruyue slept in the next door room, which was the room between her and Li Dongming.
Li Dongming already knew that Xu Ye took Jiang Ruyue to hunt. After all, he ate a big bowl of sweet potato porridge cooked with muntjac broth in the morning.
Li Dongming had previously opposed Jiang Ruyue's entry into the mountains. If something happened to Jiang Ruyue, the three members of the Li family would really starve to death.
Now, he has no right to object.
And with Xu Ye taking Jiang Ruyue with him, he felt that the two of them could take care of each other.
As long as it doesn't go too deep, it should be safer.
In addition, the family now needs Xu Ye to support it, and it is useless even if he is unwilling.
His sister and daughter are still pointing at Xu Ye for support, what can he say?
As days improved, he had the chance to recover his upper body.
Xu Ye's words last night gave him a little hope. After all, he could move his fingers a little, so there was no hope at all.
It's better to die than to live. If he had the courage to die, he wouldn't have delayed it until now.
In the afternoon, the sun shone dappledly through the dilapidated window lattice into the Jiang family's house.
Xu Ye felt someone beside him, so he opened his eyes.
It turned out that little Li Qian was sleeping next to her.
Looking at the tiny Li Qian, Xu Ye couldn't help but feel distressed.
He is 6 years old and looks as short as the three or four-year-old children of later generations.
Xu Ye did not wake her up, but got out of bed silently.
After a good night's sleep, I felt refreshed.
The confusion of black and white has little impact on people in later generations like him. It can be said to be quite a habit.
The only thing I'm not used to is not having a mobile phone, so I can't watch short videos, listen to novels, or have sexy conversations.
When she came out, Jiang Ruyue was already in the kitchen processing bacon.
Today I exchanged the mutton meat for some coarse salt, which is suitable for making bacon.
When Jiang Ruyue saw Xu Ye, her face felt slightly hot, and she quickly said: "Wake up, what do you want to eat for lunch? An An and Xiao Qing will probably be back soon."
"Cook some white rice mixed with sweet potato rice, and fry some meat."
Jiang Ruyue nodded and went to get some rice to cook.
Sweet potato rice is made by grating sweet potatoes into shreds, soaking them to remove the starch and then drying them in the sun.
Because the yield of sweet potatoes is higher than that of rice, half of what they grow here is sweet potatoes and half of rice.
Rice is used to turn in public grain, but sweet potatoes are not counted as public grain.
After paying the public rations, there was not much left in the brigade, and everyone was unwilling to exchange work points for rice, preferring to exchange sweet potato rice.
Because sweet potato rice can be exchanged for more, it will be enough for the family.
Today, several families exchanged rice for meat because they thought meat was more attractive than rice.
In the village, those who can eat white rice mixed with sweet potatoes are considered rich.
The more men in the family earn more work points.
Therefore, if everyone works hard to have more boys, they will get practical benefits.
"Sister, where is the hoe at home? I'm going to dig some loess and come back to make the stove."
"You can also cook the stove?" Jiang Ruyue glanced at Xu Ye in surprise.
"It's just a stove, it's not difficult." Xu Ye smiled slightly and said very confidently.
"Then I'll get it for you." Jiang Ruyue stood up quickly.
Xu Ye followed Jiang Ruyue and prepared to familiarize himself with various places in the house. After all, they had all moved in.
His parents are still undergoing rehabilitation and it is not easy to return to the city.
If you want to return to the city, you probably have to wait until the college entrance examination is released.
Their family still has a house in Beijing, and he also wants to transfer his registered permanent residence back.
In his previous life, he gave up because of fear, which became a big regret for him.
If he had not given up, he could have lived a very prosperous life in his previous life without wasting half his life. Now that I have resurrected my life, I must take back what belongs to me instead of giving it away to others.
Moreover, his grandfather had paid for those things with his life, and it would be unfilial to lose them.
Now that there are still two years left before the college entrance examination, he can prepare slowly.
When he has money in hand, he can get some books and come back to review.
He had already finished his sophomore year of high school when he came to join the team, and the basics were still there.
Coupled with the experience of later generations, he felt that it would not be a big problem for him to pass the Qingbei exam.
After all, he started preparing now. After two years of preparing for the exam, he didn't believe that he wouldn't be able to pass the Qingbei exam at this time.
Not only did he have to take the exam by himself, he also had to take Jiang Ruo'an, Jiang Ruyue, and Li Qing with him.
As for Li Qian, she is still too young.
But things had changed by then, and they could take Li Qian to live in the capital.
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As for Li Dongming, he may not live until that time.
"All the farm tools are placed here, including the ones they used in exchange for meat today." Jiang Ruyue explained.
Xu Ye nodded and held Jiang Ruyue's fleshless hand.
"Cook more for lunch and don't skimp on food. You are all too thin and you need to take good care of yourself."
Jiang Ruyue's face turned red to her ears, and she couldn't help but think of her father's words this morning asking her to give Xu Ye more children.
"Don't worry, I will listen to you from now on." Jiang Ruyue's voice was like a mosquito, and you couldn't hear her clearly unless you were close.
Xu Ye didn't go any further. He knew that Jiang Ruyue's thoughts were very traditional.
He knew that Jiang Ruyue was unwilling to accept help.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been struggling to support it alone for two years.
She may not be able to accept being too close all at once.
He wasn't in a hurry either. He couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry.
Letting go of Jiang Ruyue's rough little hand, Xu Ye picked up the hoe and two dustpans.
"There is loess behind our house to dig. If you don't dig much, you don't have to go to other places." Jiang Ruyue reminded.
"Okay." Xu Ye went out carrying the dustpan and hoe.
The Li family's house has the largest area in the village, after all, its ancestors were richer.
On the right is Zhang Gui's house, separated by a small road.
Walking along the path is the back mountain, which belongs to the village collective and has many camellia trees planted there.
On the left is the home of Fan Dajun, the village brigade captain. It is surrounded by high walls and is separated from the Li family by a half-meter-wide canal.
The Fan family and Li Dongming didn't get along very well. When Fan Dajun reported Li Dongming's father, Li's father was removed from the position of county magistrate and sent to reform.
Li's father couldn't bear the torture and finally killed himself with a rope.
Li Dongming led people to beat Fan Dajun many times. The two families had deep grudges and now they have completely stopped contacting each other.
Xu Ye followed the path to the back of the Li family's house, where there was loess to dig.
After digging a large dustpan, Xu Ye carried the soil back home. After two trips, there was a lot of loess piled in the yard.
When Jiang Ruo'an and Li Qing came back from work and saw Xu Ye making loess in the yard, they were curious about what he was going to do.
Hearing that Xu Ye was going to make a rocket stove, he became even more curious.
Because I have never heard of a rocket stove.
"Okay, stop watching the fun, go wash your hands and have lunch. In the afternoon, I have something else for you two to do."
"Sister-in-law, come quickly. Let's have white rice mixed with sweet potato rice for lunch." Li Qian, who was sitting at the dining table waiting for her meal, shouted excitedly.
Li Qing's eyes lit up when she heard there was white rice.
In the past, they could often eat white rice at home, the kind that didn't need to be mixed with sweet potatoes and rice.
She knew how to live a good life, but after her brother became paralyzed, she fell into the abyss and had to eat and go hungry every day.
Originally, she thought she would have to live such a miserable life with no end in sight.
Until Xu Ye and Jiang Ruoan moved in last night, life immediately changed.
Not only did she eat the long-lost meat, but she also had the rice that she missed.
She couldn't help but glance at Xu Ye, and her eyes suddenly became misty.
(End of chapter)