Li Lanzhen also explained clearly to Xue Nizi that there must be porridge and wild vegetable cakes in the morning. There are plenty of wild vegetables now, so you can add some wild vegetables to the porridge. Everyone must be full in the morning so that they can go to work.

For lunch, you can make bean rice, stir-fried wild vegetables, or cold wild vegetables.

You can drink porridge and eat wild vegetable cakes at night, but in smaller quantities.

She asked Han Minghai to build a shelf with wood in the cave and take out food from the space.

A bag of rye bran, dark flour, various beans, all on top, and half a bag of sweet potatoes and potatoes.

No one is willing to eat sweet potatoes and potatoes, so they want to plant them in the fields.

Li Lanzhen didn't care about them. As long as she made delicious food, it was fine. She was too lazy to cook.

Xue Nizi commands her father Xue Lao Hu and Xue Bao.

"Dad, Leopard, let's boil the oil from the animals you killed these two days so that we can stir-fry wild vegetables for dinner."

Xue Lao Hu laughed and looked at his daughter lovingly.

Ke agreed, "Okay! Dad accepts this mission and see if we can catch a wild boar so that we can have wild boar fat to eat."

At noon, Xue Nizi, Tong, Li Sanya and others took the children down the mountain first. They came back to prepare lunch.

Li Lanzhen placed the two water jars she brought from home next to the cave. Li Erhan cut some thin branches, polished them until they were smooth, strung them together with ropes, and made a cover curtain, which he placed over the water jars to prevent dust and flying insects from falling in.

The water in the water tank is also drawn by the men every morning.

As soon as they came back, the cave became lively with chirping and giggling.

Li Lanzhen looked at their cheerful faces, unlike those who were fleeing from famine, who were nervous, worried, and panic-stricken.

Their faces were filled with satisfied and happy smiles.

Xue Nizi looked at Li Lanzhen looking at them and shouted, "Mom, let's eat bean rice today. I soaked some beans this morning. After a while, cook them and stir them with rye bran. It should be delicious when cooked. Then add some wild vegetables to mix with it. Today we found a piece of wild onion on the mountain. It tastes delicious when mixed with it."

Linglong and Miaomiao came running over with small baskets in their hands and handed them to Li Lanzhen as if they were presenting treasures.

"Grandma, look, we found some delicious wild fruits!"

Li Lanzhen looked down and saw black, red, green, and round fruits in the basket. She didn't know what kind of fruits they were. Some of the fruits were ripe, and the juice was everywhere.

Even the two little guys' mouths, faces and fingers were stained with red, black and dark purple berry juice.

Linglong grabbed a round black fruit and stuffed it into Li Lanzhen's mouth.

With his head tilted, he smiled and said, "Grandma, eat it. Sister Miaomiao said this is called Hei Liuliu, and it's sweet and delicious!"

Li Lanzhen bit the fruit into pieces. Indeed, it was very juicy and sweet with a slightly sour aftertaste.

He raised his hand and touched the heads of the two little guys, "Don't eat too much. If you eat too much, your teeth will become sour and you won't be able to chew tofu."

Miaomiao frowned and said, "Grandma, these fruits are sweet, not sour. And where can we find tofu here?"

Li Lanzhen suddenly thought that since there were so many beans at home and there was more space, she could ask her father to carve a small stone mill.

In this way, you can drink soy milk and eat tofu.

Thinking of this, she called Tonghua, "Tonghua, tell dad later to carve a small stone mill. We have so many beans at home, we can grind them and drink soy milk and eat tofu."

When everyone heard this, they thought, yes, why didn’t they think of it.

Tonghua happily agreed. While Xue Nizi and the others were cooking beans, they heard a group of people shouting and yelling coming down the mountain.

Goudan and Han Yinan ran the fastest, followed by Su Chen, Erniu, or Sanniu.

They ran and shouted, "Grandma, Grandma, Grandma Lanzhen, we have meat to eat today and fish soup to drink!"

He ran over while shouting. Li Lanzhen looked over and saw that the group of children had turned into mud monkeys.

They were covered in mud, grinning with their white teeth bared, their eyes rolling around, and each of them was holding a string of fish the size of a palm in their hands.

Han Yinan held up a string of fish and said to Li Lanzhen

"Grandma, this is a great place. There are fish in the lake. We didn't dare go deep into the lake, so we used baskets to fish at the side. We actually caught so many fish!"

Li Lanzhen also smiled, "Okay, leave it to your aunt, we will have fish soup for lunch today."

Then he asked Han Yinan, "You are the only ones who caught the fish. What about the other children in the village?"

Goudan said, "Grandma Lanzhen, we have caught them all. Now, all the children in the village follow us because we have whistles. If we encounter danger, we blow the whistle and the adults will know."

Li Lanzhen understood that it must be the adults in the family who asked them to follow the children at home.

This is good. The children go up the mountain in groups and can take care of each other if they encounter danger.

Zhang Yueniang saw that her son's head was covered with mud. Haha, she smiled and said, "Son, go to the lake and wash it clean before coming back. Look at how dirty it is. How are you going to eat later?"

Li Sanya took out a basin, filled it with water, and put all the fish the children brought back in it.

There are too many to eat at one time, so keep them in water and eat them slowly.

At this moment, Han Yinan came back again, his bare feet dripping with muddy shoes, and shouted excitedly, "Grandma! Grandma! Uncle Xue Bao and the others caught a wild boar, we have meat to eat today!"

As she was shouting, Li Lanzhen saw a group of people coming down the mountain.

Xue Bao, Han Zhaoxiong and Han Mingjiang, who were walking in front, were carrying a pole with a wild boar hanging upside down on it.

Judging from visual observation, the wild boar weighed about 400 pounds and was very large. There was blood coming out of its mouth. I didn't know whether it was killed or had fainted.

Xue Lao Hu and Han Shunde were walking in front, looking very excited, and no one knew what they were talking about.

I watched them carry the wild boar all the way to the cave next to the village chief's house.

That place was where the old village chief used to discuss matters and hold meetings in the village.

After Li Lanzhen knew that the wild boar should be killed, the villagers should divide the spoils among themselves.

Xue Nizi happily watched the wild boar being carried into the cave next to the village chief's house, and she knew that it was time to eat the pig-killing meal.

"Mom, the people in the village are having fried meat today, so we'll just have some wild vegetables mixed with vegetables."

As soon as the words were spoken, both adults and children looked in the direction of the wild boar.

Li Lanzhen laughed and said, "Okay. You decide what to eat."

The children suddenly cheered and ran to watch the wild boar being slaughtered.

Shouting all the way, "Eat meat, eat meat!"

Li Lanzhen was also very happy, as life finally felt like a normal day.

This is a start, and it will probably get better and better.

But then she thought of the chaos and natural and man-made disasters outside the mountain, and frowned.

Alas, when will the world be at peace? Let's really live a good life without hiding.

Han Dazhong, the butcher from Hanjia Village, was happy.

He was ready to go, so he took out his butcher knife and started sharpening it on a big rock.

After the wild boar was slaughtered, the meat and bones were evenly divided into 37 portions, and each of the 37 families received a portion of the meat.

Four wild boar trotters were given to the homes of four pregnant women.

Pig head, pig offal, the village chief said to make the butcher's dish.

This time, Lan Zhen did not act rashly and did not dare to add any spices to the big pot of pig-killing dishes.

So she didn't eat much. There was too little seasoning and no sauerkraut among the vegetables, so you can imagine how it tasted. She gave the meat in the bowl to the children.

All the adults and children in the village were happy and enjoyed the meal.

Even though I had eaten rabbit meat a few days ago, how could it be compared with wild boar meat?

Half an hour later, the meal was finished.

Li Lanzhen told my old village chief that she was going down the mountain to Youzhou City.

"Old village chief, wait a moment. I'm going to take Goudan and Yinan to Youzhou City to get some information and see if we can find Han Mingxiang and Han Shulan."

Li Lanzhen's casual words surprised everyone, but then they thought about it and it made sense.

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