Fast through the cannon fodder of the mission to counterattack

Chapter 2256 Poverty Counterattack 4
"Don't be lazy at home, hurry up and find something to eat in the mountains." The old woman urged.

Meng Li glanced at her angrily: "Mother, can't your old man speak nicely? You must say those ugly words to ruin people's mood."

"Then I am willing? How can I have the mood to flatter you with this kind of life?"

The old woman rubbed her hands and put her hand into the water, but the water was no longer warm, so she immediately took it out again.

Meng Li had no choice but to turn around and leave with the basket under the eaves. The basket was made of bamboo and was cold. There was nothing warm in this house.

It’s just the beginning of spring, and I can’t find many things in the mountains, but it’s hard to get through. Now the family is short of food, so I have to find some wild vegetables and roots. If I’m lucky, I can meet pheasants and hares. It’s the best. I have to pick up some firewood and go back. It’s okay. If you do it, go up the mountain to collect firewood, and you can sell it for some money.

But in fact, there are poor people all around. When they have nothing to do, they rummage in the mountains. There are really not many things they can find. The firewood they pick up is enough for the family. It is unrealistic to sell any extra.

Meng Li went up the mountain with a basket on his back, and picked it up if he thought it would be useful. There was dew everywhere, and her clothes were wet because of it, making her colder. Fortunately, the sun came out slowly, and dried her clothes again. She raised her head , facing the sun, warm feeling hit her, she squinted her eyes and couldn't help smiling.

This smile made her face ache, because it was too cold before, and there was no nutrition for the whole winter, and it was impossible to have anything to replenish water, so her face was too dry and stiff.

I found some wild vegetables, some wild vegetable roots, picked up some firewood, and the back basket was only half filled, so it was only because she had traveled a long way to find these things. Looking for things in the mountains is difficult for everyone, but it is the most difficult for their family.

After all, there are many children, and the pillars of the family have fallen again.

Meng Li sighed deeply, couldn't help stretching out his hand to caress her stomach, it was too empty here, she was hungry.

In fact, it doesn’t matter if you are hungry, I still have nutrients, but this body has not been wet for too long, and there is a desire for meat that bursts out deep in the body. This desire is always too strong and too gluttonous.

Meat.

The family is so poor that it is absolutely impossible to buy meat to eat, and even if you buy it, you will be scolded by the old woman, so you can count on this mountain.

There must be a pheasant and a hare on this huge mountain. Meng Li released his mental energy to search for it. It took a long time for her to find a pheasant. This pheasant was hiding in the grass outside the woods. Meng Li quickly gave it Leave a mental imprint, don't tell it to run away.

Then hurried over and successfully caught a pheasant, which weighed a few catties when lifted. Meng Li smiled slightly, feeling a sense of satisfaction in his heart, that he could eat meat.

This body is too short of oil and water, and it is difficult to use it, and the needs deep in the body must be solved first.

I put the pheasant dizzy at the bottom of the basket because I was afraid of being seen by the neighbors. Life was so poor that if people saw it, they should come over with a bowl and beg for some meat.

But there are seven people in the family, and they can't eat this one chicken to their heart's content, so there is no extra charity for others.

When she got home, she hid in the kitchen without saying a word, and the old woman walked in quickly. She actually wanted to see the harvest in the morning, but who knew that a fainted pheasant was found in the basket.

Her mouth opened in surprise, enough to stuff an egg, Meng Li stretched out his index finger to his lips: "Shhh"

The old woman understood very well, she immediately closed her mouth, then swallowed, and said to Meng Li, "Caught on the mountain?"

Meng Li nodded: "Yeah."

The old woman rubbed her hands together, then stretched out her hand to stroke the feathers on the back of the pheasant, she said, "This one is quite fat."

"Yeah." Meng Li's expression was indifferent.

No matter how fat or thin I found this one, even if it was a thin one, I would not let it go.

The old woman immediately felt emotional: "The last time I found meat to eat was last winter. Ren Da found it on the mountain."

Meng Li didn't talk to her, and wanted to kill the pheasant and pluck its feathers. Seeing Meng Li's posture, the old woman stopped her, hesitated, and said:

"Why don't we sell it and buy some medicine for Ren Da to see his legs."

"You can't sell much of this pheasant, and you can't buy any medicine. It's better to give Ren Da a supplement." Meng Li said without raising his head.

This body is too short of oil and water, and if it doesn't get food, it will feel flustered and unreliable. Besides, it can't be sold for any money, and Ren Da's legs will be taken care of by himself.

The old woman was a little angry: "You don't care about your husband either."

"Just eat, eat, eat, you greedy woman."

Meng Li frowned slightly: "Mother, what is gluttony? Do I eat it alone? And the children, everyone is short of oil and water. How long has it been since there was oil and water in the stomach? Mother, don't you feel uncomfortable looking at it? Are you really not hungry?"

"Last time selling the grain didn't make Ren Da's leg heal, so can it be healed with this chicken?"

"You've learned how to talk back now, you're really going to turn the world upside down." The old woman also became angry, and she couldn't see Meng Li's attitude.

Meng Li also didn't want to continue arguing with her. She came to change the life of the client's family, not to deal with the old woman, so she calmed down and softened her tone:
"The children are all pitiful, and Ren Da is also pitiful. I haven't eaten meat for a long time. Bubu is better."

The old woman felt relieved when she saw that Meng Li had given in again. She snorted and said, "Greedy woman." After that, she didn't say anything else.

"Eat later." It's time to cook anyway, there is not much difference between eating in the morning and eating in the afternoon.

"I'm going to inform the children and tell them not to make noise." The old woman stroked the pheasant's feathers and said, "It's a pity."

When she went out, Meng Li took out the firewood found on the mountain and piled it aside. Those were not too dry and could not be burned yet, they would have to be stored for a while. There were also some wild vegetables, and she started to take care of them.

In fact, there are not many wild vegetables, but more wild vegetable roots. No one wants to eat wild vegetable roots. Wild vegetable roots are the roots left by others after taking away the above vegetables. Keep it to let it germinate. This kind of people who leave wild vegetable roots is not extremely poor, even though they are poor, they are not to the point of eating wild vegetable roots.

In the past, the client's family only cut wild vegetables without uprooting them, but now even uprooting them is a helpless move.

In fact, the taste of these wild vegetables is really bad, especially when there is no oil, water or seasoning, they can only be steamed in a pot. The taste is like chewing wax. Meng Li thought about how to make it delicious, but the four children swarmed in. , They came to see the pheasants.

I always feel that grandma is lying to them. I haven’t eaten meat for a long time. Does meat really exist?

(End of this chapter)