Crossing the Unknown Country

Su He's father knew that the child would not be hurt no matter what. How much strength could a child like Su He have? As long as she was fine, the child would not be in any serious condition either.

After waiting for a while, the child shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'm just very hungry and I don't have any energy."

Su He's father saw that this child was obviously older than Su He, but thinner than Su He, and he felt bad. He took out some dry food from his pocket and handed it to him, telling him to eat it quickly! He only had these two grain buns on him.

Su He's father asked him, "Why did you run so fast? Fortunately you hit Su He. If you were an adult, you would have been injured."

While wolfing down the steamed bun, he explained the reason, "I went to beg for food, and I came across a family who saw a beggar and let their dogs out to bite me. I had no choice but to run for my life. I'm really sorry to have bumped into you." As he said that, he put another steamed bun into his arms, probably because he didn't want to finish it all at once.

Su He's father was also poor, his own children were not well fed and clothed, and he had no way to adopt other children. So he took out five coins and let the child buy some steamed buns when he was hungry. Su He felt really sorry for the child, so he told him to go outside the town to collect firewood and carry it back to sell, maybe he could sell it to buy food. So he asked the family who had begged for food from him before, and the child's eyes lit up, and he ran out of the town.

Su He knew that when a child was young, it would be the most difficult if they had no parents or their parents were unable to raise them. He hoped that he could help him. When his family was able to do so, he would do his best to help these poor people.

Su He followed her father back to the market. Her mother was selling straw mats, but she hadn't sold many yet. Su He started to look at the people around. When she saw that they were dressed well, she smiled and called them to come over and take a look. She kept saying nice compliments. A few people actually came over to take a look. When they saw that the mats were well woven, they bought one and took a few more mats. It was very interesting to buy things. The more people bought, the more people came to take a look. In this way, they finally sold out before noon. This time, she didn't take much because she was busy copying books and didn't have time to make them. This time, I roughly calculated that I should have sold 650 coins, which was a total of more than one and a half taels of silver including the money from copying books.

Su He was going to buy meat this time to make dumplings at home, as the ones sold outside were too expensive. They bought two pounds of pork and added a little money to buy a large bone. There was nothing uneatable here, and even the large intestine had to be bought with money. Su He thought to himself that if he didn't give it to her, forget it, it would be too troublesome to wash.

I went to the grocery store and looked around. I found some seeds, peppers, potatoes, and pumpkin seeds. I bought them directly. If they are planted well, they can be eaten as food. When I think of food, the wild cassava and kudzu root in the mountains can be eaten as food. However, cassava needs to be peeled, ground into powder, soaked for more than a week, and thoroughly cooked before eating, otherwise it is easy to be poisoned. This needs to be eaten with caution. It is best to eat sweet ones with less toxicity, and bitter ones must be used with caution. No one eats it here probably because it is difficult to distinguish and handle. In modern times, Professor Zeng Shiqiang said that cassava can save lives and it can be eaten as food.

Su He planned to plant some if he could when he got home. There were ready-made ones on the mountain. Just bury the sprouted roots in the ground and they would grow. The soil requirements were very low. As long as there was soil, they could be planted. Unfortunately, he didn't find sweet potatoes. They could really save lives. They had saved countless lives and were also a good way to keep people full. He could only look for them slowly. He remembered that they were only available in the Ming Dynasty in Chinese history.

No matter what era this dynasty was, it was not a wealthy dynasty. Look at the beggars on the streets, the hungry women in the countryside, and the rags in every household. It is definitely not a wealthy country. There is a shortage of food and clothing, just like in the old society of China.

This time, all the children in the family wore new clothes, only Su He's parents were still wearing old clothes. Su He thought that if he bought bad cloth, he should buy more and make new clothes for his parents and grandparents. At least the whole family can have clothes to wear, so that everyone will not have bad clothes and the clothes will be covered with pudding.