The best survival in troubled times

Everyone nodded when they heard the pearls, and everyone picked them up quietly.

Even though their fingers were pricked, no one said a word. Everyone picked it up very quickly, and everyone just let Yamashita carry it.

In one night, everyone picked up the chestnut forest almost completely, and the only ones left were those on the trees.

At dawn, everyone went down the mountain quietly with their baskets on their backs. When they returned to the village, everyone was smiling.

No one went home to sleep, everyone sat in their own room picking chestnuts.

No one took the chestnuts to the yard to pick them, for fear that others would find out.

The Pearl family also picked up a lot.

The old lady looked at Pearl and glared at her.

"Why are you so honest, kid? Why do you let everyone share it when you find so many things?"

"I want you to come with me. I have something to tell you, but I can't tell anyone else."

The old lady hesitated twice and followed Pearl into the house.

The old man was sitting on the kang and heard what the old lady and Pearl said. He looked into Pearl's eyes and figured it out.

Pearl looked at the smile on the old man's face, and Pearl also smiled.

“You see, my dad has figured it out, but you haven’t figured it out yet.

Mom, you said we should get all those things back, and everyone has to discover them.

We might as well sell it to everyone now and let everyone pick it up together, wouldn’t that?

Another point is that if I don't do well in the exam this time, I will save their lives by selling you such a big favor this time.

If there is a time to recommend officials, do you think the people in my village will have to recommend me? "

The old man nodded, and the old lady saw that the old man nodded, so it should be right.

"Why are you thinking so much, you little girl? Then other people pick up so much, but our family has a large population, so we don't pick up much."

"Mom, do you think I'm stupid? I'll keep them all secretly, and then at noon, I can ask my elder brother and the others to quietly carry back the ones I left."

The old lady was happy when she heard this.

"Mom, we have made so much, we must have a full meal today."

"Well, I heard that when our great hero comes back, he must be given a full meal."

"Our whole family must have a full meal."

"Okay, you said that the whole family should have a full meal, but how to eat this thing? It can't be roasted over the fire every day."

"Mom, let's grill it, cut it into pieces, and boil it in water. Once it's cooked, it's ready."

Pearl sighed as she thought of this.

"It's too troublesome. I have to do it so many times if I want to eat something."

"What's the trouble for you girl? Your sister-in-law and the others can do it without you. You stay at home with your father."

After the old lady finished speaking, she went out in a hurry. Pearl sat on the kang and chatted with the old man for a while, then picked up her book and started reading again.

After looking at the pearl for a while, I thought that I should go find my uncle.

"Dad, I'm going out to talk to my uncle for a few words. I'll be back in a while."

Pearl ran away in a few steps. The old man raised his hand and looked at his little girl.

Although I am usually a bit lazy and greedy, I never think about myself when something happens, I just think about everyone.

The old man didn't know that Pearl was afraid of causing public outrage, and since no one had anything to eat for herself, why shouldn't she kill her own family?

It would be better if everyone ate them and she would be a huge favor to herself.

Pearl quickly ran to the village chief's house.

Before he could shout, the village chief came out of his house and was happy to see it was Pearl.

"How did you know I was going to call you?"

"Uncle, I forgot. Bring this thing back and tell everyone how to eat it?"

The village chief smiled and nodded.

"I was just looking for you. We can't bake every day."

Why did you knock the broken gong a few times and the people in the village quickly gathered under the big tree?

"Everyone has gotten it back and still doesn't know how to eat it. What should Pearl say?"

Many people took it back, pulled out the skin and all, and ate it raw.

I think it's quite sweet and delicious.

"Everyone peels off the outer layer of skin, cuts it open and boils it in water. After cooking, the layer of skin can be peeled off.

Then you can use them to make soup or noodles, if they are raw.

After peeling off the skin and drying it, you can grind it into powder and make porridge. You can eat it however you want.

Everyone has been hungry for a long time, so the best thing is to cook a big pot of porridge first, and then everyone will have a full meal after drinking the porridge for two days. "

Everyone nodded, and after Pearl finished speaking, she went back. Everyone felt that although Pearl was lazy and greedy, she was really not a bad person.

The big guys were thinking that this child still wants to have a full meal. He can drink one soup every day and not starve to death. It has to be more delicious than the grass roots and tree bark.

When Pearl returned, the sisters-in-law had smiles on their faces and were extremely busy.

The sister-in-law stood up immediately.

"Go back and rest quickly, little sister, I'll see how tired you are this night."

Pearl looked at her sister-in-law and nodded, thinking that the way I looked at her was very sincere. If someone didn't know better, she would have thought she was being sarcastic.

Pearl went back to her room, and her sisters-in-law were sitting outside picking chestnuts.

"You think this pearl is so lucky. We go for walks every day and never come across it. Why did she come across such a large chestnut forest after just a few days of walking?"

The two women nodded in agreement. Indeed, they had never bumped into each other every day, so why had they bumped into her so long ago?

"That's not because you lazy idiots don't have anything in your eyes."

No need to think, this must be my mother-in-law.

"Work, just work. No matter what I told you, if I hear you talk about my pearls again, I will punish you."

The few people and women were quiet, no one spoke.

Pearl went back to see the old man. The old man was still sitting on the kang. Pearl looked at the old man's legs and was a little worried. It had been several days and the old man's legs didn't seem to be working well.

"Why don't Mom find the doctor and show it to dad? I don't trust dad's skills. If it doesn't work, we will go to the town or county."

The old man was on the side and quickly took over the words.

"The doctor is from the town. He is staying with us temporarily. He has to go back in a few days.

Dad is so old, so let's just be lame.

Dad won't tell you anymore. If the army is drafted, dad won't have to go. Your brother might not have to go either.

You are not allowed to go to the doctor. It is useless to go to the doctor. Do you know that? "

The old man insisted not to find the doctor, but Pearl was still worried and left. When she went out, she saw Wang Fu busy in the yard.

"Brother, please go find a doctor to show our father's legs. Our father's legs are getting swollen day by day."

"I'm afraid that if I call the doctor, my father won't agree to see it."

"Go ahead, I'll tell dad it's okay."

Wang Fu nodded and quickly found the doctor again.