Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

There was a big mountain behind Qinghe Village, where the original owner lived. Yuanchun went up the mountain after leaving the village.

Three hours later, Yuanchun walked down the mountain carrying two pheasants, half a basket of mushrooms, and a small bundle of purslane.

At the outer edge of the mountain, she saw her two step-granddaughters cutting grass for the pigs.

"Da Ya, Er Ya, don't do the circumcision. Come back with grandma." Yuanchun called to her two adopted granddaughters.

Daya glanced at the almost full basket and said, "Grandma, it's almost full. It can be exchanged for two work points. I'll cut for a while and then go back."

Yuanchun pointed at Erya's backpack and said, "Don't cut anymore. You can earn three work points by collecting them together. Come back with me. I have other work for you to do."

When Daya heard this, she and Erya picked up their backpacks and followed Yuanchun down the mountain.

Daya and Erya first delivered the pig grass to the pig farm in exchange for three work points. After returning home, they saw their grandmother cleaning mushrooms at the kitchen door.

There were two pheasants lying at grandma's feet.

Daya's eyes lit up, "Grandma, you shot a pheasant."

"Grandma, do we have pheasant to eat tonight?" Arya said happily.

Yuanchun smiled and nodded, "Hurry up and boil some water. The pheasant is dead. We can't keep it in this hot weather. If we don't get it out soon, it will stink."

"Grandma, I'm going to fetch some firewood."

Daya ran to the wall outside the yard, pulled out a bundle of pine needles from the pile of firewood, and carried it to the kitchen.

Erya scooped half a pot of water into the pot.

The two sisters were both good at doing housework, so they didn't need Yuanchun's instructions. Half an hour later, they had cleaned the two pheasants, chopped them into pieces, and stewed them in the pot.

Yuanchun cleaned the mushrooms, took half of them to dry in the sun, washed the other half, put them in the pot, and stewed them with the pheasant.

In the evening, there was a large pot of fragrant stewed chicken soup on the Ma family’s table.

The whole family gathered around the chicken soup, swallowing their saliva.

The grandson Dalinzi, Ma Laoer's eldest son, reached out to grab the chicken leg, "Grandma, I want to eat the big chicken leg."

Yuanchun slapped his hand away and said, "You didn't do any work, and you still want to eat chicken legs? You can only eat the chicken butt."

She fished out the four chicken legs, poured out a large bowl of soup and a lot of mushrooms, took a few wheat buns, handed them to Qian Hongmei, and ordered, "Bring them in and give them to the eldest brother."

"Grandma, grandma, I want to eat the chicken leg. That's my big chicken leg, I don't want to give it to my uncle." The eldest grandson started crying when he saw that the big chicken leg was going to be taken away.

Yuanchun picked up the chopsticks and tapped her grandson on the head a few times. "What do you mean by big chicken drumstick? That's what your grandma and I specially went up the mountain to pick for your uncle to nourish his body. You can eat the chicken butt because of your uncle's blessing."

"Wow...you old bastard, if you hit me, I'll let my dad beat you to death."

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Yuanchun was furious. She grabbed her grandson by the clothes and slapped him on the face a few times. Then she kicked him away. "You unfilial little brat, you dare to scold grandma. If you don't want to eat, get out. I don't want to raise an unfilial grandson who wants to beat grandma to death."

“Da Linzi…” Wang Cui screamed, and quickly helped her eldest son up. Holding him in her arms, she shouted to her mother-in-law, “Mom, why did you hit Da Linzi? He is still young. What does he know…”

"Bah, they say a child's character can be seen at the age of three. This unfilial grandson is already nine years old, what else does he not know? He dares to call me an old man in front of me, and he probably wishes I would die sooner behind my back. I don't want this unfilial grandson anyway."