rebirth through food

batter soup

"Xiaofeng, if we don't sell rice, we will have no money. Be good, this year Daddy will buy you a few catties of fine rice to eat, and we have to save money." Although Father Ye knew that going on like this would only lead to poverty for the rest of his life, there was nothing he could do about it.If this rice is sold, it can only be sold to Qingshan Pai. If it is eaten by oneself, the only little income will be lost.

In other seasons, it’s okay to go to the mountains to hunt some game, but this winter can only cost money. Even if there is enough food and firewood, if there is a place that needs money, where can I find it.There is no income in winter, and money is needed to buy some meat, wine, and cloth to make new clothes. Without income, this year's festival will be difficult.

In fact, the food at home is not good, and he also knows that the current harvest of the family's three mu of land, in addition to the fine rice sold to the Qingshan School, also grows some barley.However, barley is used in exchange for rye. Although barley tastes better than rye, Qingshan pie doesn't like it.Plant some barley in exchange for cheaper rye, which will make food more abundant.But even if they are frugal, the remaining food is only enough to make a living, and no one in the family dares to eat too much.One catty of rice and two catties of rice, if it weren't for brown rice, I would be even more hungry. I am afraid that the harvest in this field alone will not be enough for the whole family to eat every year.Seeing that Ye Xiaofeng had reached the age of 'a half-grown boy eating me to death', Father Ye became even more worried.

With the two hundred catties of fine rice, he might be able to eat more, but Father Ye shook his head and did not agree.He had always had a hurdle in his heart. He wanted Ye Xiaofeng to take the exam of the Qingshan School.

In fact, Ye Xiaofeng had already participated once when he was nine years old, but he failed.The Qingshan sect opens its doors to recruit disciples every five years, if Ye Xiaofeng can go there again in a year, maybe he can also get a disciple from an outside sect like Yebingfeng, or even better.Just participating again, unlike the first time, you can test for free.

Father Ye didn't believe that his youngest son was as unqualified as those mud monkey-like wild boys in the village. His uncle was...

Father Ye has been saving money for the past few years, but he has no skills and can't save much money a year. Seeing that there is still one year left in the five-year period, his money is still a lot short.So I feel sorry for my son if he doesn't have enough to eat, but he doesn't intend to change the status quo.

Seeing Father Ye's expression, Ye Xiaofeng knew it was a dead end.But the depression was only for a moment, and he regained his confidence.Could it be that he is such a big man, and he can't live on this little food.

Relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, relying on the sea to eat the sea, relying on this green mountain, are you afraid that you will not even be able to eat?

It was the intersection of spring and summer, so Ye Xiaofeng came at the right time. The rice and barley in the field had already been planted, at most he was weeding, and there was no heavy work, otherwise he would not be able to do it on his shoulders. Picking, not being able to lift the hands, not working the limbs, and not distinguishing the five grains, it might make people look suspicious.

Father Ye went to work in the field in the morning and rested at home after eating, while Ye Xiaofeng and his sister had nothing to do.

Ye Xiaofeng watched as his younger sister Lan'er chopped up the wild vegetables picked in the morning, mixed with a few handfuls of bran husks and fed them to the only two chickens in the family.

Only then did Ye Xiaofeng know where the eggs Father Ye gave him this morning came from, but as a farmer, there are only two chickens, which is really pitiful.

Lan'er chopped up the wild vegetables and fed them to the chickens. The two chickens pecked all the leaves in the trough. They had enough to eat, but they even started arguing.Lan'er stood aside and chuckled, a vegetable leaf was left at Ye Xiaofeng's feet when two chickens passed by.Ye Xiaofeng picked up the vegetable leaf, something flashed in his mind, and he greeted Lan'er.

"Brother?" Lan'er walked to Ye Xiaofeng with a scoop of wheat bran in her hand.

"Lan'er, what's the name of the dish you feed the chicken?" Ye Xiaofeng shook the leaf in his hand.Digging wild vegetables and hunting pigweeds are usually done by children at home.However, the Ye family didn't raise pigs, and there were only two chickens, so there was a lot less work in this area.So although the brother and sister went to dig wild vegetables together, Lan'er was the only one who actually did the work. To put it bluntly, Ye Xiaofeng just went out to play with him.

"Is this a wild vegetable?" Lan'er looked at Ye Xiaofeng in confusion.

"..." Ye Xiaofeng looked carefully again, it was a complete leaf, so it was obvious that it was the leaf of amaranth.Just blanch this kind of wild vegetable with water, add minced meat and stir evenly. Whether you eat steamed buns or dumplings, they are all delicious.But looking at Lan'er's reaction, I also know that this amaranth is probably only used to feed chickens in this continent.

A violent thing!

Such delicious and nutritious amaranth is only used to feed chickens. You know, in their city, it is impossible to collect this kind of pure natural amaranth.In a city made of reinforced concrete, even every piece of grass is planted according to planning. This uniform and formal green has long lost the meaning of nature.

He remembered that before his parents died, he could still drive to the countryside to pick several common wild vegetables, and come back to have a delicious meal.Later, when he arrived at his aunt's house, he became a servant of his grandmother and cousin. He never had the opportunity to go to the countryside alone, and all he ate was vegetables from the greenhouse, and he no longer had the taste that he remembered.

Now seeing the natural amaranth again, how could he not be excited.Where there is amaranth, there will be other wild vegetables.Amaranth, shepherd's purse, dandelion, and even willow buds and elm money on the tree.It's just that the willow buds are gone this season, but the yuqian has just emerged. Thinking of these delicacies, Ye Xiaofeng, who had just eaten, felt a little hungry again.

Sure enough, eating too vegetarian makes you hungry?Ye Xiaofeng rubbed his stomach subconsciously.If these meals were placed in the time and space of his life, they would probably be the best diet for weight loss.

"Brother, are you hungry?" Lan'er looked at Ye Xiaofeng rubbing his stomach, feeling a little sorry.As usual, the steamed brown rice would be eaten by my father and my younger brother, and she would just drink some porridge.She is used to being hungry for two meals a day, but my brother is different. He has never been hungry, even if my father is not full. When he sees that my brother is not enough, he will stop chopsticks and give it to him. Today...

Seeing Lan'er's innocent little face that showed everything he could think of, Ye Xiaofeng didn't know what the other party was thinking, so he quickly patted the other party's small face, "No, bro, I'm not hungry, just greedy."

He wasn't greedy for meat, but for wild vegetables, but Lan'er didn't understand, with a look of yearning on his face, "Yes, it's a great Chinese New Year, to be able to eat meat."

Ye Xiaofeng almost choked to death on his own saliva.Although he is not very greedy for meat now, but when he heard that meat can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year, he still felt dark in front of his eyes.Oh my god... What kind of impoverished time and space did this travel to!

Ye Xiaofeng suppressed his dizziness and asked Lan'er, "Are there many wild vegetables like this on the mountain?"

"Brother, look at you, there are so many weeds on this mountain, and there are several kinds that our chickens really like to eat." Lan'er smiled.

"Then, let's go pick some more and eat them?"

"Brother? Shall we eat?" Lan'er was very surprised, but she was more concerned about Ye Xiaofeng's injury, "Brother, is your head still hurting? Although... because those people didn't pick much back in the morning, it's enough for our family." The chicken is ready to eat, we can go again tomorrow."

After all, Lan'er refused to let him go, so Ye Xiaofeng had no choice but to give up.Anyway, if you can't go today, you can do it tomorrow.

The siblings talked and laughed for a while in the yard, and Lan Er went to make medicine for Ye Xiaofeng with a strong sense of responsibility.The medicine was pitch-black, and it had a scalp-sick and bitter taste, which made Ye Xiaofeng wish he could stick it in the ground.But he couldn't match his sister's big watery eyes, so he squeezed his nose and drank it down.

As soon as he swallowed the bitter medicine, his stomach began to churn, and if he hadn't tightly covered his mouth with his hand, he might have spit it out in one gulp.Moreover, he had to take this medicine for three days, Ye Xiaofeng's whole face wrinkled in pain.

Father Ye woke up after a nap, just in time to see his youngest son frowning and drinking the medicine, his whole face was huddled together, he couldn't help laughing out loud.But in a blink of an eye, seeing the youngest son throw a complaining look, he immediately became happier.

Ye Xiaofeng looked at the happy father and daughter who were smiling in front of him speechlessly, and decided to forgive these people who hadn't watched any entertainment programs.

But it's not in his personality not to ask for any interest, so taking advantage of Ye's father being in a good mood, he quickly told him that he and Lan'er were going to pick wild vegetables together.

Originally, Ye Xiaofeng injured his head and passed out again. Father Ye refused to let him go out no matter what, he had to heal his injury carefully before going out.Anyway, there was not much work in the field at this time, and the vegetable garden was in his yard, so he didn't have to go out if he wanted to help.

But Ye Xiaofeng's mouth was not in vain, after some bargaining, he brought out Ye Xingfeng to speak, saying that the bottle of medicine was better than the medicine prescribed by Dr. Li in the town, and the wound had already healed.

Father Ye already loved his youngest son, seeing him acting coquettishly and fooling around with him like never before, he felt that the relationship between father and son was unprecedented, so he relaxed and agreed.

Seeing Father Ye's regretful expression, Ye Xiaofeng felt very secretly happy, but he didn't show it.The father here is the head of the family, the god of the family, and has the absolute right to speak in the family. If his father repents, he has nothing to do with it.

The dinner at night is still made by Lan'er, but it's not rice, but noodles.

The family didn't have much food, and except for the food to be sold to the Qingshan faction, the rest could barely survive the next year's food.Two meals a day, dry at noon and thin at night.

Lan'er boiled half a pot of water, stirred the black noodles a few times, poured them into boiling water and boiled.At first glance, it looks like lump soup, but it needs to be simplified and ugly.There are a few slices of cucumber floating on top of the cooked batter, some chopped green onion, and Lan Er specially added a few drops of oil.

Ye Xiaofeng had already digested everything he ate at noon, but looking at the bowl of batter in front of him, he really couldn't lift his spirits.

Seeing Ye's father and Lan'er eating big mouthfuls, Ye Xiaofeng rubbed his growling stomach and had no choice but to start eating, but as soon as he took a bite, he found that the food was the same as what he saw, and it was not delicious at all.If he wasn't really hungry and panicked, he really couldn't swallow it.But this also strengthened his determination to live a good life, not only for him to eat well, but also for the whole family to eat well and live well.