In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

Cicadas are chirping in July, it’s the height of summer!

The scorching sun hung high in the sky, and not a drop of water had fallen for over a month! The crops in the fields were dry and withered, and the worried old man sighed repeatedly.

In a thatched house at the head of the village, a forty-year-old woman fell in the kitchen and suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes full of fear and panic!

"Stop hitting me...I shouldn't have eaten slop!"

After the words fell, there was silence all around. After a long time... the old woman came back to her senses and looked around in confusion.

A simple, dilapidated thatched hut, a familiar stove, a pottery bowl with a missing corner, and a pot of thin corn porridge cooking in the pot.

It’s just because it was cooked for too long, and the water dried up a little, so it seemed like there was a lot of rice.

"came back!"

"I'm back!" The old woman looked at the stove, laughing crazily, and tears rolled down her face.

In her previous life, she was a powerful woman who owned two well-known companies! To say she was the center of attention was no exaggeration.

After traveling to this world, she also fully demonstrated the image of a strong woman. When encountering danger, she rushed to the front and protected her children tightly!

It also helps them avoid making wrong choices in life.

But after fleeing the famine, her seven children all turned out to be ungrateful and treated her like an enemy!

"Dong dong!"

"Mom...is lunch ready today?" A dull sound of footsteps sounded in the yard, and the call brought her back from her memories. It was a long time before there was any further response.

Listening carefully, there was a hint of weakness in the voice.

Shen Qian, who was familiar with the current situation, naturally knew that the person outside was her third son Wang Wu who had returned from chopping wood. Facing Wang Wu, who would definitely become her enemy in the future, Shen Qian was not so magnanimous. In her memory:

In the luxurious mansion, under his own arrangements, Wang Wu successfully married into the long-dreamed-of family of the landlord named Liu in the southern border.

I didn't expect him to be filial and take care of me in my old age, but under the planning of my third daughter-in-law, I was taken into the house.

I thought I could live out my days in peace, but under Wang Wu's arrangement, I had to live in the servants' room! Not only did I have to clean the toilet every day, but I could only eat the slop thrown away by the master of the house. Don't even think of treating me as the mother-in-law or the real mother. This is completely not treating me as a human being!

In the end, he was so thin that he couldn't even lift the toilet bucket, and he was not even allowed to eat slop. He starved to death in the woodshed!

When he was dying, his body was not buried, not even on a straw mat. It was thrown directly into a mass grave and left to be eaten by wild beasts.

Recalling this, Shen Qian's face darkened, and she acted like a wicked mother, yelling and scolding:

"Eat, eat, eat! All you do all day is call mom for food!"

"We've only just carried so much firewood and we're already eating!"

"Corn is free?!"

Shen Qian portrayed the image of an evil mother vividly.

Especially after Wang Wu accidentally made eye contact with her, his fear of her reached its peak.

Ignoring the growling of my hungry stomach, I ran outside with my legs feeling weak, but the response was loud:

"I...I understand, Mother!"

Watching Wang Wu running away, Shen Qian returned to the kitchen.

Leaning against the door, trying to stand.

Feeling the reality of her frail body, Shen Qian thought to herself, "I'm back! I'm really back! In this life, no one will let me suffer even the slightest injustice!"

Shen Qian's eyes swept around the kitchen, finally settling on the cabinet that was always locked: "The first step to make up for it is to strengthen your body!" Only when you are strong can you have the full deterrent power when facing those rebellious children.

After taking the key from the room, Shen Qian opened the cupboard directly.

A half-pound piece of bacon and a dozen eggs came into view. These were originally prepared for the autumn harvest, but now there is no way they can be eaten by those ungrateful people!

After steaming the corn rice into dry rice, take it out and pour a large spoonful of oil into it.

First pour four beaten eggs into the pan and stir-fry, then take them out of the pan. Cut half a pound of bacon and pour it all into the pan after the oil temperature rises again!

The moment the fat comes into contact with the bacon, the aroma fills the air!

Perhaps it was because the body had not been nourished for a long time, the moment I smelled the aroma of bacon, my stomach started to rumble.

After the bacon is fried, put the eggs back into the pan. In just one minute, the fragrant bacon and eggs are ready!

Shen Qian's appetite was aroused when she saw the large plate full of bacon and eggs!

Served with two bowls of corn rice, it tasted so delicious. Thinking back on her past life experiences, tears flowed down her eyes unconsciously. This meal was definitely the best one she had eaten in the past few decades!

Not even a scrap of egg was left; it all went into her stomach.

Feeling her stomach soaked with oil and water, Shen Qian stretched lazily with satisfaction, grabbed three handfuls of rice from the rice jar again, and then boiled it with ten scoops of water.

Seven children, three handfuls of rice.

Two meals a day is enough to survive.

After all, we still have to rely on them to help us escape the famine! We can't starve to death here.

Everything I owe her must be paid back in this life!

Not long after Shen Qian fell asleep, a childish voice came from the door:

"Auntie!"

"Auntie!"

"The village chief informs you to go to the ancestral hall in the evening. There will be a bonfire to worship our ancestors tonight!"

“Pray for the wind and rain, and don’t let me be absent!”

Hearing the child's voice, Shen Qian was startled and jumped up from the bed!

Xiao Laoqi! The youngest child in the family.

Before fleeing, I ignored her crying and sold the three fat pigs in my home in exchange for money. As a result, since that day, this stubborn little Lao Qi has been holding it in for the rest of her life and has never spoken a word to me again.

Even when bandits were robbing him, she spoke on their behalf and asked him to hand over all the money he had on him. How hateful!

Little Laoqi seemed to feel Shen Qian's angry gaze. Her heart skipped a beat, her petite body trembled, and she didn't dare to look up.

"I understand!" Shen Qian said in a low voice with a cold face.

When Xiao Laoqi heard Shen Qian's low growl, he felt as if he had been pardoned and ran out of the house, even forgetting to ask about the smell of meat he had just smelled.

"Pray for rain!" Shen Qian murmured softly after seeing Little Seven running away, a memory coming to mind:

If I remember correctly, today is the day when the twins, the fifth brother Wang You and the sixth brother Wang Liang, found a wild boar that had been killed in the mountains!

However, in their previous life, these two selfish guys did not go home to inform the public after discovering the wild boar. Instead, they secretly hid it, cut it up, and transported it down the mountain in batches, and sold it in the town for five taels of silver!

From then until they fled the famine, the two brothers went to the town every day to eat an oily breakfast, which kept them in good health and made them never want to go home!

Not a penny of the proceeds from selling wild boars was ever spent on the family! Even while fleeing famine, the two brothers offered to serve hundreds of bandits in order to ensure their own safety.

If I hadn't overheard their conversation in the bandits' stronghold, I, as their mother, would probably have to be deceived for the rest of my life!

I walked out of the room, looking at the sun hanging high in the sky, and sighed inwardly: It's almost noon... do they seem to have discovered the wild boar? I can't just go over there and pretend to be walking up the mountain and accidentally bump into the two brothers?

Never mind, push the cart over first! I have to hold these five taels of silver in my own hands! If I really run into him, just say we came to the mountain to pick more pig grass! Thinking of this, Shen Qian pushed a single-person cart out of the utility room and was about to tell Xiao Laoqi, who had just returned from cutting pig grass, to go to the fields and call Wang Tianci, the only married couple in the family, to come up the mountain to find her.

The third brother, Wang Wu, came back with firewood on his back again, with big drops of sweat sliding down his forehead.

"Mom, I'm back!" said the third brother, throwing firewood at the door.

When he turned around again, he saw his mother staring at him.

I couldn't help but shiver.

Wang Wu, who had a natural fear of women, lowered his head cautiously and asked:

"Mother...why are you staring at my third son like that?"

"Did Sanzi do something wrong?"

Seeing his extremely humble appearance, Shen Qian snorted coldly, and her strict mother image stood out. She said in a commanding tone:

“Push the cart and follow me up the mountain!”

"You have such a small amount of firewood, and you still have the nerve to eat lunch?"