The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

Lin Xiaoman picked a full basket of wild vegetables, and was even lucky enough to find six bird eggs.

When we walked to the foot of the mountain, we found a few children playing in the mud. When we got closer, we discovered that Lin Guyu and the others were actually digging for earthworms.

There are earthworms swarming in the bamboo basket.

She heard Guyu muttering to herself: "Catch more earthworms and feed them to the chickens, so they can lay more eggs. I want to eat eggs so much, I almost forgot what eggs taste like."

Lin Xiaoman, who had just been frying eggs and making rice balls in the space, was stunned for a moment.

However, she still didn't have the chastity to take out the food from the space.

She won't let anyone know about the space!

"Guyu, look, I picked a lot of wild vegetables."

Lin Xiaoman put down the backpack, and three little kids gathered around. The oldest one, Dongzhi, saw the bird eggs among the wild vegetables and exclaimed, "We can have a snack tonight!"

Lin Guyu looked at her elder sister eagerly: "Sister, can bird eggs be eaten raw?"

Lin Xiaoman smiled: "No, it has to be cooked before eating."

Lin Guyu pouted: "One for Grandpa, one for Third Uncle, one for Third Aunt who is pregnant with my younger brother, one for Big Brother, one for Second Brother, one for Lidong, that's all!"

"Don't worry, we can eat together."

The sun was getting hotter and hotter. Lin Xiaoman took Little Radish Head back home. She saw her brother Lin Jingzhe waving at her in a sneaky way from a distance.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Xiaoman pointed to the backpack behind him. Lin Jingzhe said sharply, "Xiaoman is not stupid anymore. He knows how to pick wild vegetables. But there are no wild vegetables around. Where did you pick them?"

Lin Dongzhi immediately said, "My elder sister has gone up the mountain."

Lin Jingzhe frowned: "Lin Xiaoman, there are wild boars on the mountain."

"I'm at the foot of the mountain. I didn't go inside."

Lin Jingzhe glanced at the full backpack and thought, ha, no one would believe that.

"Don't go in alone next time. If you go, call me and I will protect you."

The twelve-year-old boy's confident look made Lin Xiaoman laugh.

The main thing is that Lin Jingzhe in front of him is not very strong. In that era of food and clothing shortage, he was not well fed and clothed, and looked like he was only eight or nine years old.

Lin Jingzhe nervously touched Lin Xiaoman's forehead: "Are you sick again? Why are you grinning like an idiot?"

"Lin Xiaoman" has been stupid for so many years, and Lin Jingzhe has always felt guilty.

The old people all said that he sucked away Xiaoman's spiritual energy in the womb, which was why Xiaoman became stupid.

Over the years, whenever there was something delicious, he would bring it to Xiaoman, and most of it would be given to her, so Guyu could only fill the gaps.

Lin Xiaoman brushed away Lin Jingzhe's dirty hands and said with a smile: "Brother, you are stupid."

Lin Jingzhe smiled foolishly: "Well, if you can curse, then you are not stupid."

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As the sun sets, villagers of Shanglin Village, big and small, rush home.

When Old Mrs. Lin saw the wild vegetables picked by Lin Xiaoman, she gave her a kind look for the first time.

"That's better, Xiaoman. You can speak now and you're not stupid anymore. Falling into the river is a blessing in disguise." When Grandma Lin saw the six bird eggs, she smiled and reached out to grab the eggs.

"Grandma." Lin Xiaoman moved the backpack away and looked at Grandma Lin: "There are only six bird eggs. Let's eat together."

"Six bird eggs are enough for more than ten people in the family to eat. They are not enough to fill the gaps between our teeth. Give them to your third aunt. She is pregnant and needs to be nourished."

Lin Xiaoxue was silent, clenching her palms. Lin Dongzhi was stupid and yelled, "Grandma, I saw Third Aunt eating white flour buns, and I want to eat them too."

Old Mrs. Lin's face turned dark and she glanced at Zhou Mei who was sitting in the corner.

You little bitch, you want to eat alone without even finding a place where no one is around.

Spending the third brother’s hard-earned money, he ends up eating white flour!

"Third wife, you probably won't be able to eat tonight."

"Mom." Zhou Mei held her belly and stood up tremblingly: "Mom, listen to the nonsense of the child..."

Old Mrs. Lin glared at Zhou Mei, and she swallowed the rest of her words.

Because of the bird eggs, it was rare for the family to have meat. Old Mrs. Lin was worried about her three daughters-in-law cooking so she decided to cook herself. She was always worried that her daughters-in-law would steal some.

Now she even suspected that Lin Xiaoman touched more than six of them, and maybe even roasted and ate some of them.

A small spoonful of lard was put into the pot. With a sizzling sound, the bottom of the pot was stained with some oil. Old Mrs. Lin felt so distressed that her heart was bleeding. She quickly scooped up the lard that had not yet melted with a spoon and put it back.

Lin Xiaoman was shocked. Is there such a thing?

Old Mrs. Lin glared at the silly Lin Xiaoman and asked, "What's the big deal? Have you never seen lard?"

But it’s true, Xiaoman used to be a fool, and it was probably the first time he saw lard.

Six bird eggs, pitifully few.

Old Mrs. Lin added a lot of coarse flour and wild onions to the egg liquid, and stirred it into a paste with water.

Although there was little oil in it, it was still delicious because the little ones had never tasted good food. The aroma of lard and the taste of wild onions made the little ones drool.

At dinner time, Old Lady Lin shared the food as usual.

The three little ones, Lin Guyu, Lin Dongzhi and Lin Lixia, looked on eagerly. Then old lady Lin was kind enough to divide the pancakes equally, and each of them got half a palm-sized coarse-grain scallion pancake.

Lin Guyu: "The fragrance is confusing."

Li Taohua couldn't help feeling sad when she saw her little daughter's appearance. She looked at the pancake in her hand and took a bite.

It would be great if I could eat scallion flour pancakes every day.

After dinner, Lin Dahe thought for a while and announced a piece of news.

Their family is moving to town.

Zhou Mei was the only daughter of a grocery store in the town. She was attracted by Lin Dahe's good looks and wanted to marry him despite her family's objections.

Now that the second child is about to be born, the anger of the two elders has almost subsided.

Feeling sorry for her only daughter suffering in the village, she considered moving her to the town.

Old Lady Lin was caught off guard. Even the usually quiet Old Lady Lin asked, "You live well here, why are you moving to town?"

"Dad, Mom." Lin Dahe glanced at his parents. "Zhou Mei is pregnant and can't eat well here. Her parents are worried about her."

Old Mrs. Lin was furious: "You have no conscience. How did your family mistreat her? Call her out!"

"Mom, you still have to pay the money to Master Zhong." Lin Dahe has always been sweet-talking and knows how to coax his mother: "When you can gain a foothold in the town, I will take you and Dad to the town."

Although Old Lady Lin was angry that her son acted first and told her later, and only told her after everything was arranged, it was her lifeblood that she loved so much.

She agreed with a straight face: "Not a penny less than the money given to Zhonggong."

Li Taohua pursed her lips. Who would believe this?

Everyone went to the town, and the money they paid to Mr. Zhong was less and less every month. It was all given to my mother. Who knows how much she paid.

She secretly twisted Lin Dajiang's waist.

Lin Dajiang stood up and said, "Mom, my third brother is going to the town. Shouldn't we make a living by paying for the money we give to Master Zhong every month?"

Lin Dahe glanced at his elder brother: "Brother, don't you believe me?"

"No way? We are brothers, how could I not trust you? I'm just afraid that outsiders will say that the second brother and I took advantage of you, so it's better to say some things in advance." Lin Dajiang smiled casually, as if he was talking about family matters.

Lin Dahe didn't expect that his usually lazy elder brother would bring this up.

According to him and Zhou Mei's idea, they would pay less money every month on the pretext that firewood and rice were expensive in town, and gradually stop paying.

Before he could explain, Old Lady Lin pointed at Lin Dajiang's nose and said, "Boss, what do you mean? Why are you so clear with your own brother?"

"Am I short of food or clothing for your family?"

Li Taohua muttered loudly: "Xiaoman and Jingzhe's tattered cotton-padded jackets were altered from Dajiang's cotton-padded jackets. After wearing them for three years, the sleeves have reached the bends of their arms. They don't have a single piece of minced meat all year round, and they are fine just eating enough water every day. We are both daughters-in-law, but my third sister-in-law was able to eat white flour and not work when she was pregnant, but my second sister-in-law and I had to work in the fields when we were pregnant..."

After hearing what her sister-in-law said, Wang Chunxiu suddenly recalled her sad past.

She went back to work in the fields a few days after giving birth on the winter solstice, otherwise she wouldn't have hurt herself. She feels sore all over every time it rains.

She was no longer afraid of being scolded by her mother-in-law: "Mom, my eldest brother is right. It's time to live a clear life."

Li Taohua agreed: "The beginning of spring is fourteen this year, and Jingzhe is twelve. There is no hope for them to study. We have to send them out to learn a skill. Otherwise, will they have to depend on the weather for their livelihood like us for the rest of their lives?"

Speaking of this, Wang Chunxiu couldn't stand it anymore.

All the money in the family in the early years was given to my third uncle as a salary. Lichun is the eldest grandson in the family and will be getting married in a few years.

Our family is so poor now, I’m afraid we can’t come up with the money.

Lichun is already this big, but he still shares a room with Xiaoxue...

After I betrayed my uncle, I finally got some reward. His whole family is moving to town.

"Mom, what my sister-in-law said is right."

Old Mrs. Lin pointed at her two daughters-in-law and said, "Are you thinking that we are dead or disabled? What do you want to do?"

"Mom, we didn't intend to do anything! Isn't it just to let my uncle pay the money he gives to Zhonggong every month? He has to pay it anyway, so what's the point of saying it? Could it be that my uncle is not going to pay it?"

Lin Dahe felt guilty and explained: "My elder brother and second brother have been very kind to me. How could I be an ungrateful person?"

Li Taohua wanted to vomit out the sour water from overnight.

The third brother's family had a nice idea. They planned to move to the town, pay a few dollars every month to get by, and have someone take care of them in their hometown in the future.

Lin Dajiang didn't say anything either, and he didn't even mention the word "divide the family."

The first bird to stick its head out gets shot. Besides, he is the boss. If I ask to follow him, won’t I be doomed?

Just like that, Old Lady Lin beat her chest and cried, "My son has grown up and is no longer under the control of his mother! He wants to fly out on his own now that his wings are strong enough. I've made a promise beforehand that you can't have any bad intentions while I'm here."