Farmhouse vicious stepmother, she is super fierce

Chapter 8 Don't expect me to save you
Shen Jiayan put the rice away, went out and locked the door, seeing that it was still early, and planned to go around the foot of the mountain behind the village.

This Dongguang village is close to the mountain, although the mountain is not too steep, it is also endless.

There are not many good fertile fields in the village, most of which are dry land reclaimed by the family. In spring and autumn, in addition to rice and wheat, some cash crops such as soybeans, cotton and hemp are also planted to supplement the family.

Most of these dry lands are reclaimed around the foot of the mountain. Whoever reclaims them belongs to them. There is an order from the imperial court. This kind of reclaimed wasteland is exempt from tax for three years. After three years, the land is mature and the crop yield in the field is high. The government will start collecting taxes.

At the foot of the mountain near the village, the slightly gentler places have been almost reclaimed long ago. Only the higher terrain near the mountain still has some wasteland.

It was now April and May, and the heath was full of grass and little bramble bushes.

Go further and you will enter the mountain.

It was Shen Jiayan's first time entering the mountains, so he didn't dare to go too far into the mountains, so he only walked around the nearest hillside.

There was a pine forest on the hillside. Not long after it rained, there was a thick layer of pine needles on the ground, which was still damp. Instead, she saw a kind of local mushroom called pine fungus.

The color of the pine mushroom is golden, and it is the most delicious when fried with bacon or made into bacon and pine mushroom soup.

Naturally, Shen Jiayan would not miss such a good thing.

But it was probably because people from the village came to pick it up in the morning, and there were not many left. After searching the pine forest halfway up the hill, they only pulled out a dozen or so.It was by accident that she saw a rotten tree in a shady mountain depression, covered with fat and tender black fungus.

Shen Jiayan wrapped the pine fungus and black fungus with big tree leaves, tied them lightly with thatch, and dragged the rotten wood out, intending to drag it down the mountain and throw it in the shade of the yard, water it from time to time, and then You can have fungus to eat at any time.

Dragging the rotten wood down the mountain, they met many villagers counting down the road. Seeing Shen Jiayan's posture, they were a little surprised. After all, the little widow of the Mu family had been in the village for more than a year, but they had never seen her go up the mountain.

Before, when a woman in the village was picking mountain goods, she asked the little widow of the Mu family if she wanted to go with her. Not to mention subsidizing the family, it would at least improve the family's life, wouldn't it?

But the little widow of the Mu family insisted that she was from the city, and she always refused. After many times, no one invited her anymore.

Today the sun is coming out from the west!
Seeing that she only dragged down a piece of rotten wood from the mountain, there was also a small bag wrapped in leaves, with a little bit of pine fungus in it, just a little bit, not enough to fit between the teeth.

Thinking of a little widow in the city, even if she had the courage to go up the mountain, no one took her with her, and she couldn't find any good things, so she didn't take it to heart.

The three Mu Tianze brothers and sisters suppressed their nausea, and honestly ate the whole pot of dark food, and their stomachs were finally full.

Thinking of Shen Jiayan's unsympathetic and unrelenting attitude, the three brothers and sisters can only temporarily bow their heads and give in.

Taking advantage of Shen Jiayan's going out, he honestly washed all the clothes of the three brothers and sisters, not sure if they were clean or not.

Because there is no soap, I can only recall that Shen Jiayan used plant ash to wash clothes in the past.

Learned to take out a shovel of plant ash from the stove, soak it in water and stir it, and then throw the clothes in.

The three of them were not very strong, and they felt pain after scrubbing their hands a few times, so they simply stomped on them a few times with their feet, and then took them out and rinsed them twice.

After tossing around like this for a while, Mu Tianze was fine, Mu Yue looked at her hands that were obviously rough to the touch, and couldn't help but her eyes were red. In just over a year, she was given up by Mu Yue. The eldest lady from a wealthy family has become a chaihuo village girl who has to cook, wash and take care of her children in the countryside. This gap is really unacceptable.

Seeing Mu Yue's aggrieved appearance, Mu Tianze felt uncomfortable, so he could only comfort him: "Ah Yue, don't be sad! Let's just bear with it for a while, wait, wait until we find father's remains at the border, just, just All right--"

It's not that Mu Yue hasn't made progress in the past year since she was kicked out of Mu's house. After hearing Mu Tianze's comforting words, the corners of her mouth curled up, but her eyes were filled with lingering sadness for a while. , then lowered his head and murmured, "Brother, tell me, do you think we can really get to the border and find father's remains?"

Before, Mu Yue never thought much about it, she only relied on trusting her eldest brother, as long as Mu Tianze said, she believed, and she was sure that the three brothers and sisters could reach the border smoothly and safely, and retrieve her father's remains.

But thinking about what the stepmother said this afternoon, she realized that the eldest brother is actually a child who is only a few years older than her. If the adults really want to do something to the three of them, they are helpless rebellious.

Immediately, he was full of worries about the trip to the border.

Mu Tianze's eyes darkened, he hesitated to speak, and only patted Mu Yue's shoulder: "Don't worry! Everything has a big brother! Since I was kicked out of Mu's house, I have been planning, and nothing will happen." Yes. When we get to the border and get back my father's bones, everything will be fine!"

Seeing Mu Tianze's confident appearance, Mu Yue's restless heart barely settled into reality.

Seeing Mu Yue like this, Mu Tianze was afraid that she would think wildly, so he simply pulled her along, and the siblings discussed how to spend the next few days in Dongguang Village safely.

Just as they were discussing, they heard movement in the yard and went out to see that it was Shen Jiayan who had returned.

Shen Jiayan dragged his things back to the yard, and placed the rotten wood in a shady corner of the yard.I found a dustpan again, and spread the fungus on the dustpan. In the sun in March and April, the fungus will become dried after a few days in the sun. When the time comes, soak it in water, eat it fried, or eat it cold.

Seeing the two brothers and sisters of the Mu family in the yard, they just pretended not to see them, and poured some water on the rotten wood, and then went to the well to clean the pine fungus.

Pine mushrooms are delicious, but it's a pity that the family is filial piety, and there is no money, and there is no meat at all.

Otherwise, if you use bacon, cut it into thin slices, fry it into a translucent scoop shape, then add pine mushrooms and stir fry, add garlic and a little pepper, the taste is really unique.

Thinking about it, Shen Jiayan couldn't help drooling.

Now the conditions in this family are limited, and they can only stir-fry.

Mu Tianze and Mu Yue's eyes lit up when they saw the pine fungus and the sun-dried fungus. They have been in Dongguang Village for a long time. Although they don't go deep into the mountains, they will occasionally hang out with the children in the village on the nearby hillside. Going around, I have also seen children in the village picking these two things.

They didn't dare to pick these before, because they couldn't grab the children in the village, and because they didn't know these things well, and they were afraid that they might pick the wrong ones.

Now that the stepmother was able to pick these when she went out for a trip, the siblings looked at each other and understood what the other was thinking.

It's really unpalatable to eat the cheap food given by the stepmother!It would be better for them to go into the mountains too. If they are lucky, they can pick something, exchange some rice noodles with others, and get through this period of time.

Even if you can't get anything in exchange, these mountain delicacies can be eaten by yourself, and they can also nourish the body and beat the teeth, right?

The two brothers and sisters were thinking about it, Shen Jiayan washed the mushrooms, got up and saw the two brothers and sisters staring at the mountain goods he had picked, with their eyes shining, after thinking about it, he explained: "I guess the next door Sun Youcai wants to buy it." Wake up! Their family failed to occupy our house, and made such a big scandal again, I'm afraid they will find ways to get revenge. You should be careful these few days, don't go out if you have nothing to do, and even if you do go out, don't leave alone! Also, be very careful about the children of the Sun family!"

"I've already reminded you, if you don't take it to heart and follow the advice of the Sun family, don't expect me to save you!"

　Spring is here, and it’s time to dig wild leeks and make wild leeks. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. I’m going to dig wild leeks~~
　　
　
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