tiger at home

Lin Ziqian felt dizzy in his head, bursts of pain, and his stomach was burning and uncomfortable. He opened his eyes in a daze, but saw a strange place, a simple yellow mud house and mottled walls. He froze for a moment, inexplicable The feeling is somewhat familiar.

The blurry fragments in the dream flashed by. I thought it was just a dream. Who would have thought that it was actually a real thing. He crossed over!She was born as the eldest son of an ordinary family in a small village in the deep wild mountains of the Great Xia Kingdom!However, a month ago, both of his parents died, leaving him 13 years old and his younger brother who was only 5 years old!Looking back on the past in the dream, he couldn't help but think of the lonely figure in the previous life. Could it be that he is also destined to be lonely in this life?

"Brother, woo woo, brother." A faint, almost inaudible cry brought Lin Ziqian back from his contemplation. A little boy of 5 or 6 was crying with his eyes closed, his eye sockets swollen. ,Pale.

A fiery surge in his stomach pulled Lin Ziqian back to his consciousness. He was dizzy and moved his body a little. The voice of the little boy whimpering and calling his brother unconsciously sounded immediately, and his left arm was firmly held by two small hands. hold on.

Lin Ziqian paused for a moment, and the cry of the pale and frail little boy became much quieter. Lin Ziqian stretched out his right hand expressionlessly to pick up those two white little arms, but the little boy unconsciously resisted and hugged him. Tighter and more frightened, brother, brother shouted even more anxiously, and the tender voice was full of fear.

The little boy trembled violently, his eyes widened in fear, his pupils dilated, and then he suddenly realized something, he glanced anxiously at Lin Ziqian, then relaxed his whole body, narrowed his sleepy eyes, and closed them again. Woke up, as if realizing that everything was a dream just now and was comforted, he called out "Brother~" in a sticky tone, and then fell asleep peacefully.

Brother... Lin Ziqian leaned against the wall in silence, his expression suddenly became dazed. After a long time, he wrinkled his nose and took a breath. He tentatively patted the little boy's back with his right hand. After a while, he pulled out his arm again. It's much easier to go back.

Lin Ziqian came to this world through birth. His parents love him and his family is harmonious. As the eldest son of his family, he grew up bathed in love and care. Now that both his parents died, it dealt a huge blow to him and almost made him decadent. Now...

Lin Ziqian supported the bed and got out of the kang. No matter what, the most important thing now is to survive. According to the heat of this stomach, I am afraid that if I don't eat something, I will starve to death!

Walking out of the room with faltering steps, he opened the door and took a look. The farmhouses were not close to each other. In addition, his house was located in a remote place with the back of the mountain. At this time, there was no Qi Ran outside the door.

Lin Ziqian took the only small ladle of water left from the kitchen water tank, took two eggs and picked a handful of green vegetables to carry around, moistened his lips with this spring water and took a sip to warm his body Got some strength.He opened the door again and fetched most of the bucket of water from the well in the yard, staggeringly carried the door, only half of the bucket of water was left, but his body was sweating a lot.

He sat quietly and waited until he felt better before going to the kitchen.Open the rice cover, only a shallow layer of brown rice, look around, in addition to the same in the kitchen, the stove is also cold and desolate.

So I lit the firewood, poured the water in the bucket into the pot, and put three handfuls of brown rice in it.Unboiled water is not suitable for drinking directly, but it is best for him at this time to cook a little brown rice porridge with this water.

He poured a little well water into another pot and boiled two eggs. Lin Zijin also went hungry for a long time, and all the soft meat raised by Lin's father and Lin's mother when he was there was gone, and all he felt were small ribs.

The brown rice porridge in the pot gradually smelled like rice, and Lin Ziqian also put a small dish of pickled cucumbers from the pickle jar in the corner, and then he entered the room and called Lin Zijin.

Before Lin Zijin opened his eyes, his little nose twitched. A smile flashed in Lin Ziqian's eyes. He pinched his little nose, "Zijin still hasn't woken up, so don't you want to eat?"

Before he finished speaking, Lin Zijin blinked his round eyes in a daze and wanted to get out of bed, puffing out his cheeks and muttering, "I want to eat, I want to eat, I'm hungry."

Lin Ziqian pulled him to add clothes, it was the season of spring, and they lived in the mountains, so the weather was still very cold, especially when they just came out of the bed, be careful of catching a cold.

After getting dressed, Lin Zijin dragged Lin Ziqian and ran out impatiently. There was a dense aroma on the table, as if the family was just a little bit angry.

Lin Zijin sat on the stool and sucked his saliva lightly, his round eyes looked at Lin Ziqian eagerly, Lin Ziqian froze for a moment, and said, "It's time to eat." Then Lin Zijin held the bowl without fear of being scalded. I swallowed a big mouthful.

Lin Ziqian didn't say anything to eat slowly, but also held the bowl and sucked it up. The green vegetables and brown rice porridge were served with small white melon, and a boiled egg was added. Although simple, it was suitable for two children who had been starving for a long time. , Even more attractive than bird's nest and shark's fin.

A thick warm current poured into his stomach, Lin Ziqian and Lin Zijin sighed in satisfaction at the same time.

Lin Ziqian searched around at home and found 286 scattered copper plates in a small clay pot under the bed.In addition to finding three almost eaten pickle jars in the utility room, I also only found some seeds left for planting in the cellar of the back room.There is a cloth bag of green potatoes with sharp points, several small half bags of peanuts and soybeans.

286 copper coins, Lin Ziqian spread out on the kang and counted again. The family did not have a useful labor force, and the land was offset by his parents' medical expenses. How can he make money as soon as possible and live a better life?

The sun was fine today, and it was a rare good weather in the rainy spring. Lin Ziqian took out the thicker clothes and two quilts at home and spread them out to dry in the sun.

Lin's father and Lin's mother have been away for more than a month. Lin Ziqian used to feel that the sky was about to collapse, and he was sad in his heart, and he didn't care about anything. Looking at it now, the house is in disarray.This season is so humid, but the clothes and quilts at home have never been taken out to dry.

Lin's mother made a lot of white clothes for Lin Ziqian, but these days they were all dirty without washing them, and Lin Ziqian piled them up in a pile with some disgust.But the family doesn't have much money or food at the moment. Finding a way to eat is the biggest problem. As long as the clothes are clean and tidy, Lin Ziqian picked up two old but clean and durable clothes and put them on. The whole pile was soaked in hot water and mixed with saponin washing powder.

The yard of Lin Ziqian's house is quite large, with many trees planted, such as jujube trees, peach trees, pomegranate trees, and a huge old locust tree planted by the well water, with luxuriant branches and leaves, and the warm wind blows, rattling rattle.

At the back of the yard are empty chicken coops and several weedy cabbages and radishes.Lin Ziqian sighed, and resigned himself to pulling weeds.The cabbage was almost pulled out, and the few remaining ones had sprouted flower spikes, but they were very lifeless, and they appeared to be very few in the field full of weeds. They were small and thin, as if they were planted with a field of green grass, And cabbage is like a foreign species.And the radishes are growing well, because they are all in the ground, Lin Ziqian didn't recognize them before, but this time, he knew they were white radishes.Lin Ziqian pulled out several trees, and the smallest one was as thick as a baby's arm.

Together with Lin Zijin, weeds were pulled out, watered again, and when they came back, they saw Lin Zijin obediently standing at the door carrying a small back basket and a small wooden stick. , the two elder brothers spent a lot of time relying on the wild vegetables picked from the mountains. As a 6-year-old child like his elder brother and younger brother, his harvest was almost the same.

Lin Ziqian took a hatchet with a basket on his back, locked the door and closed the courtyard door, and then led Lin Zijin up the mountain. There are several tall mountains behind Lin Ziqian's house, but basically the mountain in front is covered by People have traveled all over the place. People in the village often go up the mountain to dig some wild vegetables and pick some wild fruits. There are no dangerous animals, so Lin Ziqian's family can live safely at the foot of the mountain.

The mountain road is not difficult to walk, but Lin Ziqian and Lin Zijin are the two elders pulling the younger one, and their bodies are also weak, so they still sweat a lot when walking.

At this time, it is the season of thick spring, the grass grows on the hillside and the warblers are flying, and unknown flowers are blooming everywhere.On the contrary, there are relatively few wild vegetables on the road, and they must have been picked by others. Lin Ziqian saw several fruit trees, but this is not the season for bearing fruit, and the wild fruit trees are also sour. Lin Ziqian just looked to remember the direction .After driving another section of the mountain road and entering a deeper place, I saw some things that could be picked.Because of the continuous spring rain during this period, the mushrooms and fungus after the rain still grow a lot, and the wild vegetables are also fresh and tender.

what is that?Lin Ziqian stopped walking, and in a section of lush grass, a puff of green Panax notoginseng swayed in the wind.

"Brother." Lin Zijin shook Lin Ziqian's hand, speaking in a tender voice, "You can't eat weeds~"

Lin Ziqian chuckled and stroked Lin Zijin's soft hair, "Brother knows, but it has other functions." Seeing Lin Zijin looking up at him with his head up and blinking his eyes, Lin Ziqian's heart was in a mess, "It's called three Seven, it’s medicine, you can sell it for money, if Zijin sees it, tell brother.”

Lin Zijin shook his head obediently and nodded, taking small steps to look around.

Lin Ziqian pulled him back, "Good boy, Zijin just sit here and watch, brother go dig it out."

Lin Ziqian went over and carefully scraped the soil, and got out the roots sticking to the soil intact, and found two more nearby.

Along the way, he only cared about rushing into the deep mountains to see if there was anything to eat, but he ignored the fact that there might be medicinal herbs growing in this place, Lin Ziqian suddenly realized.

"This year's amaranth is not as delicious as previous years."

"That's right. In previous years, my kid would pick a few bites, but this year he won't even touch it! He's always clamoring for candy! Eating meat! It's so annoying!"

"It's good to have something to eat. This year, food prices have risen again, and pork is actually sold for seven copper coins a catty. It's better to go to the mountains to catch wild animals. The old Wang's family will make a lot of money!"

"Have you heard? A few days ago, a young man from Shangyang Village was raped by a wild boar!"

Spring is here, and after eating cabbage and radishes for the whole winter, many people take advantage of the thick spring to go up the mountain to pick some wild vegetables to eat. Anyway, it doesn’t cost money. Many women like to gather together when they go up the mountain. short.

"That's right, I heard that just to catch rabbits, I almost broke my intestines out, scaring Laifu's mother, and now she's still lying at Doctor Zhang's house in the county town!"

"It's spring now, and the wild animals on the mountain are all in a hurry!"

"Aunt Wang." Far away on the road, he saw a young woman walking this way, and he greeted with a smile.

He knew that this was the only family that was willing to help after the family was down and down, but Lin Ziqian didn't care about anything a while ago, he was only immersed in his own sadness, and only Aunt Wang was willing to help him all the time.Aunt Wang and their family are also neighbors, living not far away.

When the woman heard Lin Ziqian call him stunned for a moment, she walked over with a soft smile on her face, "Ziqian, I'm here to pick wild vegetables. A pot of fish soup was stewed at Aunt Wang's house today, and I asked Ah Hong to give it to me tonight." Send a bowl here." He said and rubbed Lin Zijin's little head lovingly.

Lin Ziqian glanced at Lin Zijin, who was smiling happily, and softened his smile, "Then thank you, Aunt Wang." Then, he took out a few bunches of mushrooms from the back basket, "Look at Uncle Wang, how is this?" We just came in and we picked a lot of mushrooms around here, Aunt Wang is probably looking for someone to meet, I picked so many mushrooms and couldn’t eat them all at once, Aunt Wang took them back and stewed them for soup, it’s good.” He said. , sighed again, "Thanks to Aunt Wang's care during these days, I now understand a little more, the most important thing is to live a good life in a serious way. Before, I was too ignorant."

Aunt Wang smiled gratifyingly again, and sighed three times, "Good! Good! Good! It's good if you can understand. You have been smart since you were young. If you turn the corner now, you will be fine in the future. Remember, you But there is a younger brother!"

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