In the book, I was fed by my sister

Song Li washed her hands and sat obediently at the table waiting for the last dish to be served.

"Here it is, braised pork liver with garlic sauce."

When Song Li picked up the steamed pork intestines with chopsticks for the first time, she smelled it carefully. Only when she smelled no strange smell did she feel at ease to put it into her mouth.

"Delicious!" Song Li was pleasantly surprised that this stinky thing actually had a unique flavor. The rice noodles were oily and the pork intestines were glutinous but not greasy.

"Who complained it was smelly just now? Eat slowly, greedy cat."

After eating the steamed pork intestines with rice flour, Song Li couldn't wait to pick up a large piece of raw fried pork intestines.

“It’s so spicy!” Song Li stuck out her tongue. The spiciness of the cornus officinalis swept over Song Li’s tongue all at once. Fortunately, there was black plum soup beside her to relieve the spiciness.

"Children can't eat spicy food, we are eating so deliciously." Grandma Gu picked up a piece of pork intestine with chopsticks. The pig intestine was crispy, springy and fragrant, with the aroma of water celery and black beans, spicy and refreshing. She picked up a piece of pork liver, dipped it in mashed garlic, and the pork liver was soft, sticky and fragrant. She sipped a little white wine.

"Sha~"

"I won't sell the sorghum this year. I have to use it to make wine and make some plum wine next year." Grandma Gu said, holding up the wine glass.

"Then I'd like to soak some mulberries, okay?" Song Ran smiled at Grandma Gu, who had a bit of a shameless look on her face.

Grandma Gu shook her head and said jokingly, "Two people, two jars of wine, then we two will be the biggest drunkards in Lihua Village."

night.

Song Li covered her body to stop Song Ran from wiping it, but she had no strength to stop him. Song Ran: "Hey, you're just a little kid, why are you being shy with your sister? I was the one who changed your diapers when you were born."

"Sister, I want to go fishing tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll prepare a fishing rod for you tomorrow, so take your hands off me."

Song Li:?(????-????)?I’m so embarrassed.

The next day.

Song Ran promised Song Li that after the small fishing rod was finished, he would go to Grandma Gu to buy a fish basket.

"Finish the liver and let's go."

Song Li swallowed the dried and fragrant liver in two or three mouthfuls. The liver that was braised yesterday had a unique flavor after being dried overnight. Even in this weather, it can be kept for two days.

The two came to the bamboo forest by the river. Li Mingping, who usually sat still, was nowhere to be seen today.

"I don't know if they've divorced yet?" Song Ran muttered, "Where are you fishing, little darling?"

"I'm going to the sun."

Song Ran was no longer surprised to see her younger sister basking in the sun. After placing a small stool for Song Li, she went back to the shade of the bamboo forest to wash clothes.

Song Li stared at the calm water.

Water plants grow wildly under the water. They break out of the mud and search for fish quickly and quietly at the bottom of the water. The fish living in symbiosis with the water plants are unaware of the danger. They only feel that the water plants that usually provide them with a warm bed and food are wrapping them tighter and tighter. When the fish finally want to escape these constraints, they are greeted by dry and hot air.

Song Li kept an eye on her sister's movements while using the water plants to send the fish directly into the basket. Soon the basket was full. She threw the earthworms her sister had dug into the water and sat there for a while before picking up the basket to look for her sister.

Song Ran looked at the fish basket, then at Song Li, then hugged her and kissed her twice on the face. "I never thought that our little darling had a talent for fishing."

Song Li watched her sister finish washing clothes, and the aunts and sisters in the village who had just finished working in the fields also came to the bamboo forest one after another. They looked at the fish basket flapping violently, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Sister Ran, are you going to sell this fish?"

Song Ran just estimated the fish in the basket. There were about ten two-finger-wide crucian carps, a few palm-wide crucian carps, four large grass carps, and two silver carps. Last time, Uncle Mingping got more than half of the fish in the basket. Today, my little sister caught all of them herself. She definitely can't finish them all. "Little darling, what kind of fish do you want to eat, my sister cooked?"

Song Li still remembers her elder sister's bedtime story, "Boiled fish! And the dry and fragrant little fish we ate last time."

"Aunt Junlan, I'll keep the grass carp and the small crucian carp, you can pick any of the others."

"I have a big family, so I want these two silver carps. What's the price?"

"The market price is 20% less?"

"That's right! I don't have any money with me, I'll send it to your house later, and I'll take the fish."

A family has at least two children, and as many as seven or eight, and some of them are still with their brothers. Two silver carp weighing three or four pounds are just enough for a family that has not eaten meat for a long time.

Li Junlan put the fish in her wooden basin and hurried home. She had to put it back in the water tank quickly, otherwise it would die before nightfall.

After Li Junlan left, the remaining people divided up the remaining fish. Of course, some people did not believe in evil and planned to catch some themselves.

Grandma Gu went to the city again and probably wouldn't be back by noon, so Song Ran put the fish back and waited for Grandma Gu to come back to eat together in the evening.

The cuckoo called again and again in the fields.

"Cuckoo~Cuckoo~"

Song Ran kept two plots of land for himself to take care of. The cuckoos began to sing in courtship, indicating that the corn in the fields was beginning to ripen.

She went to the field, pulled apart the leaves on the outside of the corn, pinched them with her fingernails, and found they were very tender and juicy.

"Let's have corn for lunch." Song Ran said as he was breaking corn in front.

Song Li followed her sister and replied obediently: "Okay~"

"My little darling is so easy to raise." After saying this, Song Ran felt sorry for his sister again, because she used to eat meat for every meal when she was a child.

My sister started to fall ill soon after she was born. Something unexpected happened in the family and both my parents passed away. After that, my sister would have indigestion if she ate even a little bit of rice, let alone meat.

"Sister, steam one more sausage." We didn't make much bacon last year because we didn't have much money. Now there's still a piece of bacon and four sausages hanging on the kitchen stove. The three taels of silver we got from selling mushrooms last time were more than enough to buy seeds and farm tools. Now there's no need to be as frugal as before.

"Okay!" Song Li's voice rose three points higher when she heard that she could eat sausages.

"Sister is going to the city tomorrow to buy some chicks and ducklings. If we raise ducks now, we can eat them by the New Year."

"Next spring, we'll raise another pig. We'll be able to eat the pig-killing dishes during the New Year. We'll hang the bacon and sausages on a bamboo pole, and we'll probably have them for half a year."

The most tiring part of raising pigs is preparing pig feed every day, but pigs can eat pumpkins, which can be stored in the cellar until next summer.

I heard that the government has promoted a new crop that has a high yield and tastes as soft and sticky as pumpkin. I have been trying it for a year, and the results will only be seen after the frost.

"Let's go home and have lunch." Song Ran weighed the backpack and picked a dozen corns, which provided him with staple food for three meals.

After they got home, Song Ran opened the bamboo gate of the small vegetable garden, thinking about cooking another vegetable dish. As soon as she opened the gate, she was shocked by the abundant fruits in the vegetable garden in front of her. "Little darling! Look, this eggplant looks like a bunch of grapes."

The eggplants and cucumbers in the vegetable garden have now entered a period of explosive growth under the nourishment of Song Li's supernatural powers.

The people in Lihua Village fertilize their crops mostly with manure from the pits, or by mixing wood ash and livestock manure and fermenting them together as fertilizer.

If the crops have insects, they need to be caught manually or sprayed with lime water. Song Ran picked an eggplant. It was rare to see an eggplant like theirs, which was big and beautiful without any insect holes.

The eggplants and melons in the small vegetable garden were ripe, and the two of them couldn't finish them. Song Ran thought that he would go to the city to buy chickens and ducks tomorrow anyway, so he might as well pick a basket and sell them in the city.

"My goodness, this is going to be very popular." Song Ran happily pulled Song Li over and gave her a big kiss on the cheek. "I didn't expect my little darling to come to the vegetable garden to tinker with it and give me a big surprise. I'll steam two pieces of bacon for you."

Song Li was stunned by such enthusiasm. When she came to her senses, her elder sister had already picked two eggplants and went into the kitchen.

Song Ran put the eggplant, corn and sausage on the steamer together.

The eggplants were steamed and served cold, corn was the staple food, and the steamed sausages were cut into thin slices. She made bacon from the mountain pine trees. The sausages were now cut into thin slices, the fat part was crystal clear, and the lean part had the fragrance of pine trees.

"Come and try it, little darling." Song Li picked up a piece of sausage, "The sausage and bacon on the chopping board are the most delicious."

Song Li took the steaming sausage, the salty aroma of the sausage mixed with the woody fragrance of pine needles.

"Is it delicious?"

"Delicious!" Song Li nodded. She could already imagine the scene of hanging sausages on a bamboo pole that her elder sister mentioned.