【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Li Xiaqing said cleverly, "Even if it's worthless, it's still an income. Uncle, this money is my nephew's filial piety to you. You can use it to buy some candy."

Li Yanran smiled sweetly, "Uncle, Mom said we can't take other people's things for free. If we don't pay, we will be scolded when we go back."

Yu Qianer came out of the kitchen and took the money reluctantly, "Third brother-in-law always divides things so clearly, give me the basket." Then he went to the vegetable garden in the next yard and pulled a full basket of onions, ginger and garlic, but it was not enough, so he pulled two more bundles of onions for them to take back.

"These are all with roots. You should go back and plant them immediately, okay?" Yu Qianer reminded.

"I know. Thank you, auntie."

Seeing the children bringing back so many onions, ginger and garlic, Yun Xi hurriedly took a hoe to dig holes, planted the onions, ginger and garlic, and watered them.

"That's well done. Wash your hands and get ready for dinner."

The aroma from the oven filled the air, and Yun Xi asked everyone to set the table for dinner.

A bowl of hot mutton soup paired with crispy and delicious flatbread is a perfect match. You can soak it in the soup or eat it with the other ingredients.

Yun Xi likes to eat it by soaking it. She tears the pancake into small pieces and puts it into the mutton soup to fully absorb the flavor of the mutton soup. When she puts it in her mouth, the fresh fragrance of the mutton soup and the wheat aroma of the flour intertwine and collide with each other, making her unable to stop.

It was the first time for the children to eat mutton soup. They followed Yun Xi and learned how to make it. Li Chunsheng took a big sip of the soup, picked up a large piece of mutton, and ate it, sighing, "Mom, you must have lived a rich life before."

Yun Xi thought about it and nodded, her tone nostalgic. "When my mother was still alive, it was indeed like this. My father was a scholar, with subsidies from the court, tax exemptions, and an income from teaching. Our family lived a happy life. Not only could we have enough to eat, but we could also eat meat ten days a month: pork, mutton, fish, and occasionally beef."

Li Chunsheng was envious. Although his family was not short of money at that time, his mother was reluctant to spend money. However, it was because his parents saved money that they had money to buy food during the disaster years...

There are good and bad things. You never know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident.

Li Meizi was curious, "Mom, do you have any brothers or sisters?"

"Well, I have a younger brother from the same father and mother. He should be only twelve years old this year. I don't know where my stepmother's three daughters are now. Maybe they are close by, or maybe they are far away."

Yun Xi sighed. The original owner’s younger brother was a good person, but unfortunately he was too young to defeat his stepmother Bai Lianhua. It was unknown whether he was still alive.

System: "Host, can I check, what is your brother's name?"

"Mr. Yun Wen."

System: "I found it! Two years ago, your brother and father managed to escape to Kyoto. Unfortunately, your father caught a cold and passed away. Your brother is now copying books while preparing for the imperial examination."

"Where are my stepmother and sisters?"

"Your stepmother was sold to human traffickers by your father during the late stage of fleeing famine, and your three sisters were sold to others as wives in exchange for food." The system sighed.

Yun Xi also sighed. The stepmother who had sold the original owner to the Li family could not escape the fate of being sold. And the original owner's younger brother, it was really good to be a man. His father sold his once favorite stepwife and his three beloved daughters but was reluctant to sell him.

"I don't care about that." Yun Xi continued to drink the mutton soup after hearing this.

The remaining mutton and mutton bones should be placed in a space-saving plate that can be kept fresh and eaten slowly.

After dinner, Yun Xi asked the children to go to the river to see if they had caught any fish.

"Mom, here are three small crabs and a small crucian carp." Li Chunsheng picked up a fish basket and shouted in surprise, "There are also a few small fish."

At this time, the rain had stopped and the sky was clear. The villagers came out of their homes one after another to go to the fields to see if there were any weeds growing. When they heard Chunsheng's voice, they couldn't help but come over. Seeing the fish basket, they were extremely surprised. "Chunsheng, you can actually make this kind of fish basket?"

"Sixth Uncle, come and take a look. It's not difficult. The fish and shrimp in the river are not easy to catch. This is much more convenient." Yun Xi said with a smile.

Li Liuniu was surprised. "Can I see it? This is a secret recipe!"

Yun Xi didn't care. "Look, there are so many fish in the river that we can't eat them all. It's no problem for everyone to come and catch them. We can put the small crabs, fish and shrimps into the rice fields. When the rice is ripe, they will grow up too. It's a two-pronged approach."

In that case, please don’t be shy.

Yun Xi went to find another fish basket, "Huh? Loaches! Three of them."

Yu Qianer came over and said, "Loach is a good thing. It's good for nourishing people, but it's a bit fishy."

Yun Xi said happily, "Just add more green onions, ginger and garlic."

The harvest was neither too much nor too little. I put crabs, small fish and shrimps into the rice fields, took the crucian carp and loach home to raise in the water, and moved the fish basket to another position to continue fishing.

"Let's go and take a look at the fields."

The rice seedlings in the rice fields are growing vigorously, and a lot of weeds have also grown. With nothing to do, everyone takes off their shoes and goes to the fields to pull out the weeds.

The busy time passed quickly, and just when everyone was preparing to go home for dinner, a group of people came from afar on the official road in the east.

"Mom, look!"

Li Yanran shrank her neck. "Who are those people?"

Yun Xi: "I'm not sure, Xia Qing, go ask the clan leader to take a look."

"Okay, mother."

The clever Li Xiaqing not only called the clan leader, but also followed him to see what was going on.

About a quarter of an hour later, Li Xiaqing ran back and said, "Mom, those people are from Xiaowangzhuang in the south. They are back from Kyoto."

"Xiaowangzhuang?" Yun Xi looked at Li Chunsheng.

Li Chunsheng nodded and said, "Mom, Xiaowangzhuang is thirty miles to the south. I don't know why we ended up here."

Li Xiaqing raised his hand. "I know. Xiaowangzhuang is in a low-lying area. The flood brought silt and debris with it, burying their village. Trees collapsed, and the mountaintops were washed away. A lot of the terrain changed. That's why they went too far."

Yun Xi: "So that's how it is? Are there many people in Xiaowangzhuang?"

Li Chunsheng thought about it carefully and said uncertainly, "It seems to be about one or two thousand people. Xiaowangzhuang is a large village, richer than ours. The village is very united and has produced several scholars. The land is tax-free. There is a village school in the village, and even the ancestral hall is more magnificent than ours."

Yun Xi leaned over to look at the group of people. "It seems there aren't that many people here now, and most of them are young and middle-aged people."

Li Meizi, not knowing what she was thinking about, turned pale and said in a trembling voice, "It's too difficult for the elderly, the weak, women and children to survive a natural disaster."

Yun Xi turned her head to look at her, reached out and patted her shoulder, "Fortunately, we all survived."

"We, the Li family, got the news, made preparations in advance, and hid in the mountains." Li Chunsheng didn't look at Li Meizi. "Other families might flee the famine, but they wouldn't take their elderly with them..."

Li Yanran was stunned. "Brother? Is that so?"

"That's right. Although we hid ourselves, the old people are almost gone, and they left all the edible things for the younger generation." Li Chunsheng's nose was sour. His father was gone too.