Chapter 42

The next morning, Song Ruan got up early to make breakfast. After all, it was a busy farming season and the workload was heavy. She wanted to make something good for her family to nourish their bodies.

Although harvesting wheat by holding the straw in one hand and using the sickle in the other hand may seem simple, it is actually very tiring.

Not only does she have to bend her back, but her palms can easily get blisters. What’s more, her father’s job is to push a cart to transport wheat to the threshing ground, which is even more hard work.

Today’s staple food is sweet potato porridge. After the rice soup boils, put the cut sweet potatoes into the pot. Song Ruan then takes out the dried meat and cuts them into strips, preparing to use them to make stir-fried meat strips and dried vegetables.

Then, she went to the vegetable garden in the dark and picked some vegetables to fry with eggs. The eggs fried in this way had the fragrance of eggs and the sweet taste of vegetables, and were very delicious.

When Song Ruan washed the vegetables and was about to chop them, Ye Hongmei also got up.

“Little sister, autumn harvest is so tiring. Why don’t you sleep a little longer? Just let mother get up and make breakfast.”

“Mom, I’m not tired. My work is only 6 work points. I’m not tired at all. It’s you, Dad, and my brothers who are tired.”

While Song Ruan was talking, her hands did not stop. She quickly cut the vegetables. Then she fetched three eggs and beat them into the chopped vegetables and stirred them.

If anyone else dared to take three eggs at a time, Ye Hongmei would have cursed at them long ago.

But the person who took it was her own daughter, so Ye Hongmei just asked, “What’s for breakfast?”

“Sweet potato porridge, stir-fried meat with dried vegetables, and fried eggs with green vegetables.”

The names of these dishes made Ye Hongmei’s forehead throb constantly, but she thought about it and said nothing. Forget it, if her daughter wants to eat, let her go.

“Then let me light the fire.” Ye Hongmei rolled up her sleeves.

“No, I’m burning wood. Mom, just sit there and help watch the fire.”

Song Ruan put down the beaten eggs and took out a handkerchief from somewhere.

“Mom, does your hand still hurt? I saw you picking at the blister with a needle last night. Hurry up and apply this handkerchief. The medicine on it will be good for the wound.”

“Okay.” Ye Hongmei took the handkerchief and applied it to the blisters on her palm, smiling. “My daughter is really filial, not like those careless boys at all.”

Speaking of her brothers, Song Ruan suddenly remembered her eldest brother and Wu Xing.

“Mom, what did my eldest brother say when he came back last night? Does he like Wu Xing?”

“I like it.” Ye Hongmei smiled, “This is the first time I’ve seen your elder brother act like that. I guess he likes it very much.”

“That’s good.” Song Ruan was very happy to hear her mother say this, “I hope she is not like Zhang Caihong.”

“Mom, after we finish the autumn harvest, we should invite Wu Xing to come over for dinner so that we can have more contact with her.”

“Of course.” Ye Hongmei was also frightened by Zhang Caihong. “This time, I must find out what kind of person that girl is.”

Hearing her mother’s plan, Song Ruan felt relieved.

“Hey, what kind of potion is this? I’ve only been using it for a while, but my hand doesn’t hurt at all.” Ye Hongmei picked up the handkerchief from her palm, put it under her nose and sniffed it, “This potion doesn’t have any smell.”

“I don’t know what potion it is, I bought it on the black market.” Song Ruan was embarrassed. The effect of Yuquan water must be good.

Heat the pan with oil and add the mixed vegetables and eggs.

Song Ruan said, “Mom, go wake everyone up. It’s not convenient to bring breakfast to the field today. Let’s eat at home before going to work.”

“Okay, that porridge is very heavy, you don’t have to carry it, let your brothers carry it, okay?” Ye Hongmei instructed as she went out.

“Okay, got it.”

The time was well managed, and by the time breakfast was on the table, everyone had washed up.

“Wow, today’s breakfast is so rich.” Song Wu’s eyes sparkled.

“The autumn harvest is so hard. You have to cut the wheat and dad has to press the cart. We need to eat better.”

As Song Ruan spoke, she served a large bowl of thick sweet potato porridge to her parents and three brothers.

He just served himself a bowl of rice soup.

Seeing that Song Ruan’s bowl was full of water, Song Wen picked up the bowl in front of him and placed it in front of his sister.

“I only have to count and pay, it’s not hard, sister, you should eat more.”

“Brother, you eat. I’m not very hungry.”

Song Ruan was really not hungry. She and Yang Bin had eaten beggar quail at noon yesterday, and she was not very busy.

“Big brother isn’t hungry either.”

Seeing this, Song Wu stopped eating porridge and said, “Sister, I’m not too hungry either. You can eat second brother’s.”

“Second brother, have you eaten all yours? They are so dirty. I will eat third brother’s. Third brother’s is clean.”

Song Ruan: “…”

Her brothers were too naive. Could this be the inexplicable desire to win between men?

Song’s father and mother were not surprised at all. They calmly picked up the dishes and ate. After all, they had been like this since they were young. It was their duty to love their sister.

“I’m really not hungry…”

As soon as Song Ruan finished her words, she saw that they were eager to pour the porridge in their bowls into her bowl.

Song Ruan couldn’t help rubbing his forehead: “I’ll eat, I’ll eat, there’s more in the pot, I’ll go get it now, don’t fight anymore.”

After breakfast, everyone went to work.

Throughout the morning, Song Ruan was constantly inquired by villagers, all of whom were asking about the follow-up of her elder brother and Zhang Caihong.

Yesterday’s story about people jumping into the river and being forced into marriage was just like the stories on the radio. No wonder they were interested.

Moreover, emotional entanglements between men and women have always been the most discussed gossip.

Therefore, Song Wen’s incident became a hot topic of gossip in Dongshui Village after dinner.

But by noon, the topic had faded because there was bigger gossip in the village.