Chapter 64 You eat rice and flour, and you give us the food to feed the pigs?

Chapter 64 You eat rice and flour, and you give us the food to feed the pigs?

Aunt Zhang and her family are now loyal supporters of Fan Jinshuiqing.

When I heard that it was sent by them, I was the first to stand up: "I don't have to taste it, it's my family's share!"

Her family has no fields, only wasteland and hills. They can eat enough food to fill their stomachs. As long as it is not poisonous or harmful, they can do anything!

Besides, Fan Jin, a scholar, can eat it, so why can't their family eat it?

Then many people followed behind and raised their hands in support.

At noon, the old village chief asked his eldest daughter-in-law to go door to door and tell them that the cold weather was abnormal. The elderly at home also said that this was the case, and they were worried about what to do with next year's rations.

Nowadays, the rations delivered to the door are not required. It is really God's food. Not only do they not eat, but they also smash the bowl.

Fan Jin's eyes fell on Fan's mother in the crowd.

Fan's mother squeezed forward from the excited crowd, grabbed the kudzu chopped into small pieces on the table in the middle of the yard, took a bite, and spat it out under Fan Jin's expectant eyes, cursing: "Bitter!

Is this for people to eat? It's so unpalatable, it's not as good as black noodles. "

Aunt Li next to her advised: "Sister-in-law Fan, chew it carefully. I just ate it. Although the first bite was bitter, the more you chew it, the sweeter it becomes, and there is still a hint of sweetness."

Fan's mother glanced sideways and said mockingly: "I'm afraid you are hungry and confused, you can eat anything smelly and bitter!

Mom, I have a big mouth. I can't eat something like a rotten tree root. "

Aunt Li looked ugly, but she thought that she was Fan Jin's biological mother after all. Considering that Fan Jin Shuiqing had helped her family a lot, she couldn't say anything unpleasant.

"Get out of the way! Let me have a taste to see what kind of rare thing it is." Sun Jinhua also squeezed in from behind.

She picked the thickest piece, took a big bite, and took a long time to pull it off, "Bah, what the hell! It was so hard to bite, my teeth almost broke."

I said, brother-in-law, are you sure this is for human consumption? If you eat your own rice and flour, you won't give us the stuff that is fed to the pigs, right? "

Fan Jin lowered his head, his eyes dim and unclear.

The old village chief frowned and said to the two of them: "Fan family, your daughter-in-law is not sensible, so you are also fooling around?

You are an old man who has experienced disaster years in the past. The roots and bark of trees are edible, so why can't you eat them now? "

Fan's mother frowned and said proudly: "I have never eaten bark and roots. They are all eaten by people who have no land at home.

My family is rich and blessed, so I don’t need to eat those things with poor people. "

At that time, my family had more than fifty acres of fertile land. Not to mention corn and millet, we could eat rice and flour every two days.

In years when the harvest is not good, selling one or two acres of land will be enough.

Fan Jin pursed his lips and did not say another word.

Over there, Sun Jinhua shouted: "You guys are also confused. What's so good about growing something like tree roots? Can you eat it if you grow it?"

It's a waste of energy and energy. If you ask me to say that if you have this time, you might as well plow the soil in the field twice and fertilize it more, so that you can have a good harvest next year. "

Zhang Baldzi originally thought it was not too tiring to sow seeds, and was ready to raise his hand to count him. After hearing Sun Jinhua's words, he then thought that since it was useless and could not be eaten, why waste all that energy.

How nice to lie down.

"Dad, this is just a lie. We don't know if we can eat it yet, so let us plant it. What if we can't eat it?" Zhang Chunhua muttered at the side.

Zhang Tuzi hummed, "Let's go home."

The two of them left first.

Fan Damu stood on tiptoes and looked at the crowd for a while, and then left.

Before the old village chief could speak, the older man tried to persuade him: "You young children have never experienced a flood. If the flood comes, do you think you can keep the harvest in the fields?"

All the seedlings were washed away! The water in the ground can reach up to the knees, and it has been soaked for ten and a half months. How can those seedlings withstand being soaked like this? By the time the water dries, the roots will have rotted. "

"The year of disaster is hard. After eating all the wild vegetables, chop all the roots of the wild grasses and trees and cook them. You have never eaten the bark. If you have, you will know that in the year of disaster, if you can eat this thing sent by the boy Shangjin, then Just delicious!”

Sun Jinhua couldn't see everyone holding her brother-in-law in their hands, and said coolly: "Cut it, and you can eat the bark by boiling it. This thing is like the roots of the tree, buried in the soil, and it takes a lot of effort to dig it out.

You also said you don’t have enough to eat, so how can you have the energy to dig it out then? "

The old man shook his head and said in a helpless tone: "Do you think you can chew the boiled bark? Can you fill your stomach with things that cannot be swallowed?"

Children who have not experienced famine years think that eating tree bark means peeling it off and boiling it.

But in fact, it has to be peeled off, dried in the sun, ground into powder, boiled into paste and eaten in the stomach.

Not easy and very unpalatable.

"Go away, what do you say to these poor people? They have nothing to eat, so long as our family has something to eat!" Fan's mother squinted and scolded the eldest daughter-in-law.

Among the crowd in the distance, Fan Jin asked: "Mom, you don't know how to do it?"

Fan's mother turned around and hummed: "Don't worry! Even if I'm hungry, I won't eat the roots of this tree!"

Besides, when you are so hungry that you sell your sons and daughters, your mother and I will also have something to eat. By the way, we don’t know if there will be a flood yet, so the disappearance of the people is just as true as you believe.

The government didn't even post a notice, but you knew about it first? If you want me to tell you, stop fooling people here, be careful, I will report you to the government! "

"Hey, Aunt Fan, if you don't want to sow, then you won't be able to sow. Why are you being so obedient?"

"We know you have something to eat, we just hope you don't ask for food next year!"

"The old village chief is thinking about the village, and Uncle Jin is doing it for our own good. He doesn't charge us money, and doesn't force us to plant. You can report it to the government, and we will testify for the old village chief, Uncle Jin!"

Fan's mother was so angry that she kept groaning. Seeing that she couldn't argue, she left with a sentence "We are all destined to suffer!".

Sun Jinhua rolled her eyes and followed her mother-in-law home.

The old village chief looked at Fan Jin, who was silent, and sighed, "Don't worry about it if you don't believe it. We just do our own things."

Fan Jin nodded, "Please help distribute it, old village chief."

Except for a few families and a few families who think they have enough food at home, the remaining 23 families will all want it.

Wang Guifen took out the leaves of the big tree that had been dried before, and packed the seeds for each family to take back.

The old village chief's family has a large population and many barren mountains, so the seeds they got are not few.

The second daughter-in-law had already taken out the wood ash from the stove hole to cool it down, and only then did she mix the kudzu seeds carefully until it was as cool as it could be.

The eldest, second, and third sons of Li went up the mountain before it was completely dark and evenly spread the seeds on several hills.

Other families in the village did the same.

When Fan Jin returned home, he told Shui Qing about the situation, and then thought of his father-in-law's family in Niutou Town, and asked: "What are your plans for your father-in-law and mother-in-law?"