mtlumby2d Chapter 145 Shen Youyou's Crow Mouth
Chapter 145 Shen Youyou's Crow Mouth
At this time, Shen Youyou and her sisters took out pine nut candy, sugar-roasted chestnuts, fried pine nuts, and candied walnut kernels. Although there were no melon seeds and peanuts during the New Year, they still had some snacks after dinner.
Many teenage girls, whether sisters or aunts, also confessed to her:
I said thank you to her, because of her, this is the first time! The New Year's Eve dinner is not to share the meat, but to eat as much as you want.
No one would be scolded for eating more or less meat during the Chinese New Year. Some people would even be beaten during the Chinese New Year because they were blamed for not saving some for their younger brothers or sisters.
For the first time, they could eat as much snacks as they wanted after the Chinese New Year. Instead of just sharing a handful, the rest had to be put away and given to the guests when they came to pay New Year's greetings.
They told Shen Youyou that since they fled the famine with everyone else, at the beginning they had to read their mother and grandmother's faces and get scolded.
But your grandparents and parents all cherish you, and they can’t bear to beat you, and the third uncle can’t bear to see the girl being scolded. They talk to our father a lot, and we also get less scolded and beaten.
You also taught us a lot of manual work and helped us find food. We felt that we were becoming more and more useful, and our parents also smiled at us most of the time.
Some girls also said, "Do you remember that time when we came back from digging Pueraria root and you were still sleeping?" In fact, we woke up much later than usual and got up in fear, thinking we would be scolded for being lazy.
Because my brother and sister-in-law were both up, but we were not. Guess what happened?
Shen Youyou was very cooperative: "How was it? Didn't you get scolded?"
The girls said that they were not scolded, and their mother and grandmother even told them to sleep a little longer and let their brothers and sisters go play outside the cave and not disturb them from sleeping.
Shen Youyou: "Then why were you all gone when I got up?"
The girls replied, "We are not used to it. Then we lay down again, but we couldn't fall asleep no matter what we said. We kept thinking that our brothers and sisters had gotten up to collect firewood, so how could we sleep?"
Shen Youyou said, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, you are at home, you can sleep if you want. You are the only one who feels that your sleep is not right, and other people can't tell how tired you are.
Sisters, if you feel aggrieved or tired, don’t force yourself to endure it. Just let it happen. If you don’t say it out loud or show it, who will know your true situation?
Here, Shen Youyou was imparting the true teachings to the sisters, and over there the women were also thanking Li Jingshu.
There are so many things to thank Li Jingshu for, including thanking her for Grandpa Li, thanking her for Shen Zhiqiu, and thanking her for giving birth to a good daughter.
But the biggest thanks goes to her. The young wives are no longer scolded and have learned how to cook many new dishes.
The meal lasted almost two hours. According to modern time, it started at around five in the afternoon and lasted until almost ten in the afternoon.
The men and women just started to clean up the pots and dishes outside, which shows how lively the party was and how excited everyone was.
Even the mother and daughter had so many people speaking their minds, not to mention Shen Zhiqiu, the leader.
From the beginning of the meal to the end, he couldn't stop talking. It really proved what his daughter said. He drank the sparkling water and it was like he was really drunk.
Tell him about the hard times in the past.
He also thought about the time when he first fled the famine. Although he had managed to escape the famine, he was still insecure and felt that there was no hope.
The fields were gone, and the houses that several generations had built with hard savings were gone too. People left their homes and businesses to escape the famine.
I still have to go to a place thousands of miles away. Don't think about how I will survive in the north where I am unfamiliar with the place and have no money or land.
They themselves feel that those things are too far away and they don’t even know how far they can go.
When they came out, some people really wanted to give it a try even if it meant a dead end. Even if no one in the family was left, they had tried their best to survive. In the afterlife, their ancestors would not blame them too much, because life in this world was too difficult.
They also told him that they were on the way to escape the famine, thanking him for his hard work and effort, for leading them along the way and for always thinking ahead of others.
When there was no water, they looked for water; when there was no food, they looked for food. Many times when they wanted to give up, I encouraged them.
I’m able to hold on until now, thanks so much to my three brothers!
Each of the men swore to the sky that they would obey Shen Zhiqiu's orders from now on, follow him wholeheartedly, and believe that he could lead them to a good life.
Facts have proved that Shen Zhiqiu just picked up the identity of a junior high school student for nothing, and he doesn't like to speak in flowery language, so he really talks in plain language!
He raised his glass and said: "What's this? When we really get to the north and settle down, our good days will just begin. We will use our legs to find a way out, and use our hands to the sky, the earth, and our loved ones to prove that we are getting better every year!"
Just these simple words made the men so excited that they almost cried.
Old men like Grandpa Shen and Old Man Shen, holding their grandchildren with smiles on their faces, listened to Shen Luming teaching the kids to read "Thousand Character Classic".
The tender voice of a child is still very clear in the noisy cave: "The sky and the earth are dark yellow, the universe is vast and wild. The sun and the moon wax and wane, the stars are lined up. Winter comes and summer goes, autumn harvests and winter stores. The leap year makes a year, the rhythm of the sun and the moon adjusts to the rhythm of the sun..."
For these old men, as long as they can survive, nothing can make them happier than seeing their children and grandchildren being able to study.
Ancient people said: "All things are inferior, only reading is superior."
In this era of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, only by studying and taking the imperial examinations can a family or even a clan’s fortune be changed.
This is also the reason why the whole family would grit their teeth and provide for the family even if they tightened their belts because there was a scholar named Shen Zhiqiu.
For these old men, nothing is more exciting than hearing that their children and grandchildren can go to school.
They all have rosy faces, and it seems that they are so energetic that they can live over a hundred years old.
Did you think the dinner was over? No!
The women were making dumplings for the first day of the New Year, while the others were lighting a bonfire outside and jumping and dancing at the entrance of the cave.
For such a large group of people, even though the dumpling fillings have been prepared in advance and prepared together with those for lunch, it still takes a while just to roll out the dough and wrap the dumplings.
But Li Jingshu asked the women: "Are you tired? There is no time to relax all day."
They had very sincere smiles on their faces: "Not tired, how can I be tired after eating so much meat and vegetables? Now my stomach is full of oil and water, and my body has endless energy."
Li Jingshu was right. Sitting around the campfire and listening to everyone's heartfelt joy, Shen Zhiqiu really became interested and wanted to sing a few songs as well.
Shen Youyou quickly grabbed her father and said, "Please stop singing. We've made enough noise. It's the dead of night in the wilderness. Don't attract the wolves."
Facts have proved that Shen Youyou is a bit of a pessimist.
In the second half of the night, I really heard the howling of wolves: "Awoo, awoo, awoo."
Judging from the sound, it seems to be very close to their cave.
Throughout the second half of the night, except for the heartless little kids who were really sleepy, everyone listened to the howling of wolves all night long until dawn.