Small peasant girl

Chapter 15 Hunting for a Living
As the saying goes, heart disease needs heart medicine.

Although Su Jinxia is a genius doctor, she can't cure Ponzi's disease well.

Because she really has no way to solve the plight of the Su family in one go.

What's more, even if there is a way, she can't use it at this time.

According to the current situation, more than 200 catties of grain can only be maintained until early February.

But spring plowing will start again in early February.

Grain seeds are needed for spring plowing, and looking at the remaining grain, Pangzi became even more worried that his condition would worsen.

On the one hand, I couldn't bear to let the family go hungry, and on the other hand, I wanted to keep these grains for seeds.

"I don't want to eat it. What kind of food is this? I don't want to eat it."

In order to save seeds for spring plowing, Ponzi has already said that starting from today, he will save the food rations of the whole family.

It just so happens that today is the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, and the year is over.

So I ordered Mrs. Zhang, who is cooking today, to cook less.

There was less rice, and the porridge was still clear and watery. When Wang saw the rice on the table, he was the first to become dissatisfied.

Put down the chopsticks and sit at the table without leaving.

With a mournful face and a look of dissatisfaction.

Seeing this, Pangzi became anxious and wanted to scold her twice.

But his body was so weak that he didn't bother to open his mouth, so he glared at her.

"I don't eat it anymore, whoever loves it will eat it."

Here Mrs. Wang had just finished making a fuss, and Mr. Su also threw his chopsticks and scolded twice.

"Old man, go to the kitchen and bake me two oil buns."

Seeing that no one in the family said anything, Mr. Su looked at Mrs. Wang and ordered.

"Yes, Dad."

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Su asked her to bake oil buns. Wang Shi was taken aback for a moment, but immediately stood up, smiling and going out.

Let her bake oil buns, can't you steal some later if you get the chance.

Wang's heart is happy.

But before the joy was over, Pang said, "Aren't you thinking about it? What time is it, and you still want to eat it. If you really don't want to, old people, go, you go to the kitchen and bake it alone." Serve up two steamed buns."

Mrs. Wang and Mr. Su just talked and wanted to eat oil buns.

Pang was very angry when he heard it, and he yelled at the crowd, enduring the discomfort in his chest.

After roaring, Ponzi's pale face turned red, and he coughed again and again.

Seeing Mrs. Liu, she quickly brought a glass of water and handed it to Su Yuntai who was sitting next to Pang on the kang, asking him to give the old lady a break.

"Boss, what are you still doing in a daze? If I ordered you to fart?"

Pang breathed a sigh of relief, saw Zhang froze in place, scolded angrily, and then glanced at Wang.

"Mother, don't be angry, Dad will just talk casually. Dad, don't you think so?"

Seeing that Pangshi was really angry, Su Yun'an hurriedly persuaded him, and then glanced at Old Man Su who dared not speak any more, winking and making Old Man Su speak to comfort Pangzi.

"Yes, mother, father is just talking, don't be angry, if you get angry, our family has no money to treat it."

Seeing his third brother comforting his mother with a glib tongue.

Su Yunde frowned reluctantly when he received Zhang's eyes from the other side.

Then he looked at Ponzi and agreed.

However, Su Yunde is not as eloquent as Su Yunan, this persuasive words are really...too straightforward.

No, after hearing what he said, Pang's face turned even darker, "It's better if you get angry. If you get angry, there will be less mouths to eat at home, and it will save you beasts."

There was no food and no money at home.

Seeing that the days are getting more and more stretched, maybe I will start to starve next month.

It's okay if no one in this family is in a hurry, but I still think about myself and want to eat something good.

She was worried that she would die, and no one would understand her.

Thinking of this, Pang's heart became cold, and he burst into tears as he spoke.

"Okay, why cry, why don't I stop eating?"

How many years has Pang been married, except that the second child ran away with the widow two years ago and cried.

When did old man Su see Pangzi shed tears, so when Pangzi cried, even if old man Su had a stubborn temper, he lowered his head now.

Glancing at Pang Zi, he said in a low voice with slight embarrassment.

To admit Pang's mistakes in front of a group of juniors is really a loss of face for him.

With old man Su's persuasion, Pang still didn't stop crying.

This meal was made such a fuss by Mrs. Wang, and no one was in the mood to continue eating.

Seeing that Pang was tired from crying, he lay on the kang to rest.

Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Liu removed the table case placed on the kang.

Two days passed, the eighteenth day of the first lunar month.

Early this morning, Su Zhishan, the head of Sujia Village, went door to door and called away the adult males in the family.

Said to go to the village for a meeting.

Women and children under the age of 15 are not eligible for the meeting.

So this morning Su Jinxia has been curiously thinking about what important matter the village chief called people to discuss.

However, Su Jinxia's guess is nothing more than how to survive the next days.

But how to get through it is really difficult in this backward era.

What's more, now that there are repeated battles in the Northland, maybe Urhan's army will fight over at any time.

However, Su Jinxia thought too much about this.

Because the first thing Su old man, Su Yunde, Su Yun'an, Su Yunkang, and Su Jinhao said when they came back at noon was that Urhan's army had been beaten back by the Zhao family army who came to support them.

He also said that the Zhao family army had produced a genius-type major general, and that major general was going to take advantage of the victory to pursue the city of Urhan.

Su Jinxia is not interested in these things, so she gave up listening to them.

When Su Yunde talked about how to survive in the future, Su Jinxia became interested.

"The village chief said to let everyone prepare and polish the bows and arrows. He said that after a few days, everyone will go hunting together in the mountains."

Although Sujia Village relies on Daqing Mountain, it does not rely on hunting for a living.

There are many dangers in Daqingshan, and I heard that there are tigers.

So, except for some people hunting rabbits and pheasants on the edge of Daqing Mountain after spring, no one dares to go deep into the mountains.

And this time, although the village chief didn't mention to let everyone go hunting in the deep mountains, the meaning was already obvious.

After all, there are really no wild animals around Daqing Mountain, and even if there were, it would not be able to supply the rations of the entire Sujia Village.

"Just go if you want to go, anyway, everyone will go together, there shouldn't be any danger."

Seeing that his elder brother was downcast after saying this sentence, it seemed that he didn't want to go, Su Yunkang took the words and said indifferently.

"You can't go, let your eldest brother and your third brother go, you just got married, so spend more time with San Niang at home."

When he heard that the fourth child was going, Pang Zi was the first to be reluctant.

Glaring at him, he stopped.

"Why don't you let the fourth brother go? He is young and strong. If he goes, he won't be more useful than his third brother."

When Wang heard what Pang said, she became anxious and immediately retorted.

There are tigers and wild wolves in Daqing Mountain. Although the villagers go together, it is still very dangerous.

She didn't want to be a widow.

(End of this chapter)