Chapter 37
Not to mention meat oil, even the originally cheap soybean oil has now increased in price, and you may not be able to use it for cooking at home.
If you need to use oil to make soup, I'm afraid your parents won't agree.
"It's not necessary, but it will be more fragrant if fried in oil."
Nanzhi looked at her hesitant look and explained.
"What should I do with the fish bones? Crucian carp is so small and the spines are so thin that I can't pick them out."
Another young daughter-in-law asked.
The dog was squatting boredly watching the ants on the ground. When he heard that there was a problem he knew, he quickly got up and raised his hands and shouted: "I know, I know!"
After attracting everyone to look at it, he said seriously: "My mother-in-law said that the fish bones are fine. If you want to stew the soup and drink it directly, just use clean... clean cotton cloth to pack it, and the stewed soup will not have thorns!"
After saying that, he turned his little face to Nanzhi: "Auntie, what I said is right."
"Yes, dogs are really powerful."
The little wives looked at the dog's well-behaved appearance and felt a little envious. It would be great if their little baby could be half as obedient as the dog. They only hope that they can have such a well-behaved baby in the future.
Then they each asked a few questions before thanking each other and leaving.
Nanzhi felt a little disappointed for a moment when she saw them hanging out together. More than half a month ago, she could talk and laugh with her new classmates, but now she could only stay in this place.
As he thought about it, his thoughts drifted further and further away. The dog seemed to know that his mother was worried, so he sat aside obediently and played with his fingers.
"Sister Nanzhi, what's wrong with you?"
As soon as Shen Miaomiao came over, she saw Nan Zhi looking like she was in a state of confusion, and waved her hand in front of her eyes.
"Ah? What's wrong?"
It was only then that Nanzhi came back to his senses and looked at Shen Miaomiao with some confusion.
Shen Miaomiao didn't say much and sat down next to Nanzhi before saying, "I thought you were stupid. You looked at the sky without blinking. Is there anything good to see there?"
After saying that, he imitated Nan Zhi and held his chin in his hand while looking at the bright moon on the black sky.
"Half of the moon was stolen tonight."
Nanzhi looked at the sickle-shaped moon and nodded.
Shen Miaomiao stared there for a while before she seemed to remember something. She took out two baked potatoes from her arms and handed them to Nanzhi: "Sister Nanzhi, eat the potatoes."
"My dog and I have already eaten sweet potatoes. You can eat them yourself."
Nanzhi waved her hand, if Shen Miaomiao secretly took this from home, it would be strange if Aunt Guihua found out and wouldn't scold her.
"It's okay, just take it. My grandma asked me to bring it to you."
Shen Miaomiao did not give Nanzhi a chance to refuse, so she stuffed the two potatoes into her arms and ran away.
Nanzhi looked a little funny and quickly grabbed her sleeve: "Why are you running away? I will eat you again?"
"Aren't I afraid that you won't want me?" Shen Miaomiao pouted and muttered, taking advantage of the situation and sitting down against Nanzhi.
"I want it, I want it. When you go back, thank Aunt Guihua for me."
Holding the two warm potatoes in her arms, the smile on Nanzhi's face became more genuine. Maybe she could make friends here.
The weather was hot, and he slept on the dam. Nanzhi didn't feel dizzy all night, and he fell asleep only in the latter half of the night.
She slept until almost noon, when the chirping of cicadas woke her up.
I don't know if it was because she didn't sleep well because of the hot weather, but she dreamed of some not-so-good things last night.
Unfortunately, this time it was not as clear as last time. I only vaguely remember that the two gangsters had an argument over something, and later even fought.
As for what happened next, she didn't remember much clearly. She was wrinkling her eyebrows in memory when she heard Aunt Liu calling her.
"Girl, get up soon."
Only then did Nanzhi come back to his senses, stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and asked, "Auntie, what's wrong?"
"Li was asking questions. He said that the more than ten households in the village that had been wiped out had no one to take care of their funeral arrangements."
Nanzhi felt that he was a little confused. What does this have to do with them?
Looking at Nanzhi's confused look, Aunt Liu explained: "These dozen or so families must have some funeral arrangements. Even if it's not a big one, they still have to buy a coffin or something. What the clan elders mean is Each family will contribute some money, and after they are buried, they will clean up their food, and then divide it among the families who gave the money."
Nanzhi thought about the forty-five cents left at home and hesitated for a moment. Does she still need to take out these copper coins?
Aunt Liu has been with Nanzhi for more than half a month and naturally knows her current situation. She only said: "If you can trust Auntie, I will give you twenty kilograms of chestnuts and sweet potatoes. If someone pays for it, someone has to contribute. You can also provide some food." It won’t be off the tongue.”
Nanzhi didn't know anything about this. He just felt that what Aunt Liu said made sense, and she had a lot of chestnuts and sweet potatoes at home, so she nodded.
At noon, everyone made a fire and had dinner. Some felt pity for the seriously injured people and gave some potatoes and sweet potatoes to them. Nanzhi felt pity for the two and a half-year-old children who were huddled aside, so they happened to come over. Shen Miaomiao was chatting with her.
Shen Miaomiao looked at her and looked at the two children and said: "Those are the two brothers and sisters of the Niu family in the village. Originally, the family conditions were not good, but this time Niu turned around and the adults in the family were gone. Only the two brothers and sisters were left. "
"The two of them are the only ones left?" Nanzhi's heart skipped a beat as she looked at the little girl's gray face and some dark red blood stains on her body.
"Yes, I heard that their parents were crushed and deformed when they were dug out. They were the only two who survived."
Nanzhi was a little surprised when he saw that people were delivering food to the injured one after another on Lu Lu, but no one was delivering food to the two babies.
"How come no one sends them some food?"
Shen Miaomiao didn't react for a while after hearing this, yes, why didn't anyone send some to those two little babies?
Before she could say anything, Nanzhi had already picked up two sweet potatoes and got up and walked over.
As she approached, she looked at the two little dolls. The older brother must be seven years old, and the younger sister looked about five years old. She was being held tightly by the older brother, as if she was afraid of her sister. It's like being snatched away.
The elder brother watched Nanzhi approaching them, and stared at her defensively for a while, with a bit of cruelty on his face.
Nanzhi was stared at so hard that his hair stood on end. The look in his eyes did not look like that of a little baby.
Although it felt a little scary, he still took the sweet potato and walked closer slowly. Finally, he stopped one meter away from them, found a cleaner-looking place, put the sweet potato down, and quickly turned around and went back.
It wasn't until she sat down and took a few breaths that the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. In the past, this seven-year-old baby was equivalent to the second grade of elementary school. What kind of elementary school student could have such scary eyes?
"Sister Nanzhi, what's wrong with you?"
Shen Miaomiao looked at Nanzhi's panic and was puzzled. Could it be that there was a mouse over there that scared her?
"No, it's okay."
Waving his hands, Nanzhi calmed down for a while. Maybe he had misunderstood. He was a mother now, how could he be frightened by a primary school student.
"Auntie is scared."
Gou'er suddenly laughed when he looked at Nanzhi's appearance. Aniang had seen Chongchong like this before.
Nanzhi's face turned red, feeling that she had been exposed by her cheap son, and was trying to slap his little butt.
It made the dog laugh and run around a few times.
Hearing the movement over there, Xiao Qi took away his guard and looked at the two sweet potatoes lying quietly. He hesitated for a while before reaching out and taking them. His sister had to eat.
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