small farm girl in pastoral space

Chapter 2
Mu Qiu lay down for a while and found that he really couldn't fall asleep, so he got out of bed and went out to the yard.This home was even worse than she had imagined. The two dilapidated thatched houses were crumbling. There were not many things in the yard, except for some firewood piled in the corner.

Looking far away, most of the villages are thatched houses, and occasionally a few dogs barking and children laughing can be heard.This is far worse than the countryside where Mu Qiu used to live.

"Sister! Sister, you're awake!" Mu Qiu looked towards the door. It was a little boy of eight or nine years old, holding a small bundle of firewood in his hand.

"Sister, you've finally woken up. Wen'er told you that you shouldn't answer, I'm so scared." The little boy put down the firewood in his hand and ran to her, with a pitiful look on his face.

Mu Qiu guessed that this was her younger brother. She heard someone calling her sister while she was asleep, so it should be him.Mu Qiu knelt down and patted his head: "Is your name Wen'er? My sister doesn't remember much."

"Why did my sister forget Wen'er? Is it because of illness?"

"Yeah, my sister forgot you because she was sick, I'm sorry!"

The little boy shook his head, looked at her with clear eyes and said, "It's okay, as long as my sister doesn't get sick, I'm happy. Wen'er will tell you what my sister forgot!"

Mu Qiu is an only child. She was only five years old when her parents divorced, and she had never felt what it was like to have a younger brother.At this moment, seeing the little carrot in front of him, seeing his serious and sensible appearance, Mu Qiu felt a warm feeling in his heart.

"Qiu'er, why did you get out of bed because of your illness? Hurry up and lie down on the bed, mother will cook porridge for you." It was Li Xianrou who came back.

"Mom, I'm fine. I feel uncomfortable after lying on the bed for so long, so I want to come out for a walk."

"Okay then, just walk in the yard and don't go too far. Wen'er, go and move a stool for my sister."

Little Luobotou immediately ran into the house to get a stool after receiving the order, and Li Xianrou also turned and went into the kitchen to cook porridge.

The meal was ready soon, Li Xianrou brought it to the table, and Mu Qiu was a little hungry.There was nothing delicious on the table, just a small plate of vegetables that Mu Qiu didn't know, and some pickled vegetables.When the rice was served, Mu Qiu saw the sticky white porridge in his bowl, while Li Xianrou and Wen'er's bowl contained rice soup with water but no rice.

"Mom, why did you just give me the rice bowl? How can you and your brother just drink rice soup?" Mu Qiu felt a little sore in his heart. The family probably didn't have much to eat.

"Your illness is just right. You need to take good care of your body. This is enough for your mother and younger brother to eat."

"No, you only eat this, you will be the next one to get sick, and my younger brother is growing up, so just drinking some rice soup is definitely not enough!" Mu Qiu picked up the bowl and was about to put the rice in the bowl. Pour the porridge to them.

Li Xianrou hastily stopped her: "Qiu'er, your health is not well yet, your health is always the most important thing!"

Mu Qiu also became stubborn and didn't listen to Li Xianrou's words: "There is no reason for you to suffer and I will enjoy the blessings. If you don't eat, I won't!"

Seeing this, Li Xianrou had no choice but to agree with Mu Qiu's approach, and thinking that she couldn't even feed her two children and stomach enough, she felt even more useless, tears streaming down her eyes.

"Mother, don't cry, our family has the same blessings and share the same hardships, I will take care of you and Wen'er in the future, our family will be able to live a good life!"

Wen'er's eyes turned red when she saw Li Xianrou crying: "Mother, Wen'er will be filial to you, mother, please don't cry..."

"Okay, mother, don't cry, you are all good children..."

Such a meal would naturally not fill his stomach, Mu Qiu made up his mind, and went out to look for any edible wild vegetables and fruits after eating.

Ping'an Village is actually a good place with beautiful mountains and rivers, but it is surrounded by mountains and transportation is inconvenient, which makes it poorer than other places.It was late autumn at this time, and the crops in the fields were harvested.Mu Qiu led Mu Wen to wander around the village, and occasionally when she met a villager Mu Wen calling for someone, she also called out.

Their home is considered to be at the end of Ping'an Village, and when they walked all the way to the village, what Mu Qiu cared about was the river beside the road.The river is clean and pollution-free, and the fish in it must be delicious.It's a pity that Li Xianrou told her not to go to the river again when she went out.It was only then that Mu Qiu realized that the original owner fell into the river and drowned to catch fish. In order to prevent Li Xianrou from worrying about her, she had to give up the plan of fishing.

"Wen'er, let's go home and take a basket to dig wild vegetables on the mountain, shall we?"

"Okay!" Although he was still a child, Mu Wen was not as playful as ordinary children, he was a little too sensible.

The mountain behind their house is often visited by the villagers. Not only can they dig wild vegetables on the mountain, but they also have rabbits and pheasants. Those who can hunt in the village usually go up the mountain to hunt some and sell them to the town when they are not busy.Rabbit and pheasant Mu Qiu is not counting on it anymore, she just hopes to find some wild vegetables and fruits in the mountains to temporarily solve the problem of insufficient rations at home.

Mu Qiu held the bamboo basket in his left hand, and led Mu Wen up the mountain with his right hand.I didn't see a lot of wild vegetables along the way. I thought this world was no different from my previous world. Wild vegetables are the main source of food for many families. I am afraid that all the wild vegetables nearby have been harvested.Mu Qiu planned to go a little further up the mountain.

After another walk, the number of trees gradually increased. Mu Qiu found some shepherd's purse, and Mu Wen followed her example by digging on the ground with branches.Turning around, she dug up a clump of wild garlic next to a bush, and it was okay to take it back and make seasoning.

After searching around, Mu Qiu didn't find any edible wild fruit, and the only wild apple tree had already been picked.Mu Qiu knew that there was a lot of food in the forest, but this was a real primeval forest, and there must be beasts in the depths, so she didn't dare to go too far into it.But the little things in the basket were not enough for the three of them. After thinking about it, she decided to take a risk.

"Wen'er, you go home with the basket to find your mother, and my sister will go inside to see if there is anything to eat."

"No, I'm going too, mother wants me to watch my sister."

Mu Qiu felt that he wouldn't go too far, and it shouldn't be a problem to take him with him, so he hesitated and walked forward.

The further you go, the fewer human marks there are, the more birds there are in the woods, and the road becomes more difficult to walk.After walking for about five or six minutes, Mu Qiu didn't find anything to eat. When she was about to go home, she suddenly saw a chestnut tree in the distance. The chestnuts just matured this season, and she happily walked under the tree. .

Sure enough, many ripe chestnuts fell on the ground, and some fell into the bushes under the trees.Seeing these thorn balls was really gratifying, Mu Qiu immediately squatted down and carefully picked the thorn balls into the basket.

Mu Wen was puzzled at the side: "Sister, these thorn balls are so piercing, why do you pick them up?"

"Silly boy, these thorn balls look scary, but the fruits inside are edible. We won't be hungry if we pick them up."

"Really? Then Wen'er is here to pick it up too!" Mu Wen excitedly squatted down to look for the thorn ball when he heard that it was edible.

Mu Qiu took out the wild vegetables in the basket and planned to use the basket to pack chestnuts.In addition to those thorn balls, there are chestnut fruits that fall when they are fully mature on the ground. This is much more pleasing to look at than the thorn balls.

Maybe the people in the village didn't find this chestnut tree, or maybe the people in the village didn't even know that chestnuts were edible. Mu Qiu picked up a basket full of chestnuts, and there were still some left on the ground.

"Okay, Wen'er, let's go home! This much is enough!"

"Sister, what about these? Don't you want them?" Mu Wen's eyes were full of reluctance, knowing that they were edible, he wished he could take the tree home with him.

"We have no place to put them. We put them here. It's the same when we come to pick them up tomorrow." Mu Qiu gave up the idea of ​​taking them all home after saying this. He obediently picked up the wild vegetables on the ground and followed Mu Qiu home. up.

(End of this chapter)