"Grandma, why did you come out?" As soon as Zhan Xinyue arrived at the foot of the mountain, she saw Grandma Sheng walking towards her anxiously with a cane.

"Grandma, please slow down." Zhan Xinyue strode forward and supported her grandmother, fearing that the old lady would fall accidentally.

It is very serious if an elderly person falls. At the very least, he will have to lie down for ten days or half a month, and at the worst, he may die.

"Xinyue, you weren't bitten by a snake, were you?" Grandma Sheng said with lingering fear: "I'm old and I don't remember a lot of things. I just remembered that you were bitten by a poisonous snake when you were a child and almost died in the mountains. Later, it was Tunan who carried you back."

"Grandma, don't worry, I'm fine. Not only snakes, but even insects don't target me."

Zhan Xinyue patted the old woman's hand soothingly and helped her walk back, "Grandma, was I bitten by a snake? How come I don't remember it at all?"

"You were only five years old at that time. You had a high fever after you came back. After the fever subsided, you forgot everything that happened before the age of five." Grandma Sheng was relieved to see that Zhan Xinyue was not bitten by the snake this time.

"The evil couple of the Zhan family didn't give you any food. You were so hungry, but you were too embarrassed to tell me. At such a young age, you ran to the mountain alone to pick mulberries. In the end, you didn't come back at night. My old man and I were worried, so we went up the mountain to look for you. Tunan wanted to follow us, but he found you first. You were bitten by a poisonous snake, and he sucked the poison out for you. After we went up the mountain, we split into three groups. Tunan couldn't wait for me and his grandfather, so he carried you down the mountain."

"He was only ten years old at the time. After coming down the mountain, Tunan also had a fever. But he was a boy after all, and he ate well, so he recovered quickly. After he recovered, he told his grandfather that he had given you drugs, kissed you, and that he would be responsible for you and marry you."

Grandma Sheng recalled the fun things her grandson experienced when he was little, and smiled like a chrysanthemum: "Now that you are getting married, Tunan must be very happy. This has been his dream since he was a child."

Zhan Xinyue blushed. Sheng Tunan's affection for her, coming from her grandmother's mouth, made her feel even more shy and real.

But she really doesn't remember.

Maybe the high fever burned away the previous memories, or maybe most humans have no memories before the age of five.

Zhan Xinyue didn't worry too much and helped her grandmother walk carefully. It was the brightest time of the day and she tried her best to walk her grandmother under the shade of the trees.

A pheasant in the backpack slowly woke up and flapped its wings weakly.

Fortunately, there was no one on the road at this time. Zhan Xinyue quickened her pace and soon arrived home. She locked the gate, put down the backpack, took out a winnowing basket from the house, washed the dug herbs slightly, and began to dry them.

When grandma saw the pheasants and hares in the basket, she was not surprised. Zhan Xinyue had learned hunting and went up the mountain for half a day and brought home three pheasants and a hare, which meant that her granddaughter-in-law had good fortune.

Grandma helped kill the chickens and rabbits. She had heard about the black market and knew that these things could be sold for money, but she didn't want Zhan Xinyue to take the risk. If she was caught, she would be accused of speculation and profiteering and might even be locked up.

"Xinyue, eat a chicken and half a rabbit today. I will pickle and smoke the rest to make cured chicken and cured rabbit. You can eat them slowly later."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, grandma." After drying the herbs, Zhan Xinyue came over to help pluck the chicken feathers.

After plucking the chicken feathers, they started cooking. Zhan Xinyue took the lead in cooking, while grandma processed the remaining pheasant and rabbit.

Zhan Xinyue, who was reborn, is willing to use more oil when cooking. As the saying goes, more oil does not spoil the dish. When the weather is hot, it is always good to add more oil.

Hot pan with cold oil, with a "sizzle" sound, as soon as the chicken goes into the pan, the aroma of meat starts to spread.

Fortunately, the Sheng family lives far away, otherwise this overbearing fragrance would attract many greedy children.

The pheasant and rabbit were both braised. Since grandma had bad teeth, Zhan Xinyue stewed them specially to make them soft and easy to eat. After the meal was ready, grandma marinated the remaining pheasant and rabbit and strung them together with hemp rope.

Zhan Xinyue hung them above the earthen stove. When cooking, she needed to burn firewood, which was just right for smoking meat.

"Grandma, will any relatives come to visit us suddenly?" Zhan Xinyue asked worriedly as she put the food on the table.

What if a relative comes over suddenly and sees the chickens and rabbits hanging in the kitchen? Although there are not many, it is a collective system now. If you hunt and don't hand it in, you will be in trouble if you are reported.

"No, your grandfather's and my relatives were all killed by the Japanese." The old man shook his head with a sad face.

She and the old man's three sons also died in the War of Resistance.

Seeing her grandmother's sad look, Zhan Xinyue cursed the Japanese's ancestors in her heart. But she didn't know how to comfort her grandmother.

That period of history was too heavy, too humiliating, and too cruel. Zhan Xinyue hugged the old lady and said softly, "Fortunately, we have survived now. China will only become stronger and stronger, and our people will only become happier and happier."

"Yes, Xinyue is right. Let's look forward." Grandma Sheng took out the homemade grain wine from the cabinet and asked Zhan Xinyue, "Can you drink?"

"Okay." Zhan Xinyue nodded. In her previous life, she was a businessman, so she had to drink a lot. She had practiced it.

Grandma Sheng loved drinking when she was young and could drink better than men. Now she is old, and her only relative Sheng Tunan is in the army. She has no one to drink with, and drinking alone always feels a little boring. Therefore, Grandma hasn't drunk for a long time.

Now that Zhan Xinyue is here to keep her company, and she is a good cook, she cooks the pheasant and rabbit meat deliciously, so the old lady naturally wants to drink a few more glasses.

After finishing the second small cup, when grandma was about to pour more wine, Zhan Xinyue stopped her.

"No matter how good the wine and food are, you can't drink too much. Grandma likes to drink. There will be many opportunities in the future, and I will drink with her."

"Okay." Grandma Sheng felt aggrieved, but she knew her body and didn't force it.

After eating and drinking, the grandparents worked together to clean up the dishes. It was only three o'clock in the afternoon, and the remaining dishes could be eaten in the evening.

Grandma Sheng felt a little sleepy after dinner and drinking. Zhan Xinyue asked her to go to sleep, but she couldn't sleep herself. The sun was strong today, so she kept watching over the herbs, turning them over several times. After they were completely dried, she could make medicine for Grandma tomorrow.

Zhan Xinyue sat under a pomelo tree with a palm-leaf fan in hand, enjoying the cool breeze. She tried hard to recall what happened before she was five years old, but she had no clue.

"Grandma would definitely not lie to me on purpose." Zhan Xinyue said to herself, imagining in her mind how the ten-year-old Sheng Tunan struggled to carry her back home.

As she thought about it, Sheng Tunan's tall and handsome figure appeared in her mind, and her face began to turn red unconsciously again.

The first day I separated from Sheng Tunan, I started missing him.

After Sheng Tunan comes back and gets the marriage certificate, Zhan Xinyue can follow him into the army.

However, Zhan Xinyue didn’t want to leave her grandmother alone. She wanted to cure her grandmother’s eyesight and other minor ailments so that she could take her grandmother with her to join the army.

There was obviously no major health problem with my grandma, so why did she pass away so early in her previous life?

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