The whole village is starving, but I have a full warehouse of meat in the mall

Chapter 18 How can I tell my sister-in-law? What if she wants to move back?

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wan almost got furious.

It’s ok that she’s old and dark, but how can she be fat!! Dark, old and fat, this is unbearable!!
She stopped immediately and asked: "Am I really fat?"

In fact, even if you eat meat every day, you can't tell if you are fat in one or two days. Li was just deliberately diverting the topic.
"Sister-in-law has subsidized the Jiang family a lot of money over the years. This time she has a falling out with the Jiang family. I wonder if the Jiang family has returned the money?"

Jiang Wan understood immediately that this was a roundabout way of finding out how much money she had.

She recalled how she had gotten along with her sisters-in-law. Before the family split up, the three families lived together.

Because she was originally the eldest sister-in-law, her husband had a position in the military camp, and she had four sons and a daughter, her status in the Ye family was second to none.
The two sisters-in-law did not dare to offend the original body, as the original body always acted arrogantly in front of the sisters-in-law.

Later, her husband died in the war. She had a complete falling out with the Ye family in order to swallow up the pension money, and she had little contact with her sisters-in-law afterwards.

"My nephew needs to study, and the money has been spent a long time ago. How can there be any money for me?" Jiang Wan changed the subject, "Mother Daya, do you know how much food the old lady has left?"

Ye Daya immediately said, "Last night, grandma brought ten kilograms of food to our room and hid it in..."

Li pulled her daughter behind her. How could she tell her sister-in-law how much food there was at home? What if her sister-in-law wanted to move back?

The eldest sister-in-law gave birth to four sons for the Ye family. The old lady's heart softened and she would definitely agree to let the eldest sister-in-law move back to the old house.

"There's not much food left at home, and the children are dizzy from hunger!"

Li didn't dare to talk to Jiang Wan anymore, for fear that her daughter's big mouth would reveal everything about the old house.

Jiang Wan was happy to have peace and quiet in his ears.

The group walked deep into the mountains. Not many people came here a few days ago, but when they came here today, they found that this area had been dug up clean.

We have to continue walking deeper into the woods.

Jiang Wan wanted to continue looking for Matsutake mushrooms and planned to go deeper.

Ye Er's wife followed Jiang Wan. She actually wanted to find out how much money Jiang Wan had and why he could afford to eat meat.

She asked several times, but Jiang Wan ignored her.

Moreover, Jiang Wan went deeper and deeper, and he didn’t know where he was going.

Li glanced at the sky. The sun had already come out and it was getting hotter and hotter. The wild grasses and vegetables were all withered. She had to dig a basket of wild vegetables and bring them back before noon, otherwise the old lady would get angry again.

There happened to be a large patch of fresh wild vegetables that had not been dug by anyone in front of her, so she quickly squatted down and got to work.

Ye Daya also squatted down, but when she looked up, she saw Jiang Wan walking into the thorn forest in front of her, crouching down, looking for something.

She licked her lips. Did her aunt find something good that gave her enough money to buy meat?

She rolled her eyes and followed quietly.

Jiang Wan continued walking with the five children. If there were mushrooms or wild vegetables on the roadside, she let the five children dig them first while she continued walking alone. Even if she couldn't find any matsutake mushrooms, it would be nice to have some mushrooms.

She stepped on the thorns and pushed aside large leaves, and suddenly an empty valley appeared before her.

A valley naturally formed between the two mountains, and the valley was full of dead lotus leaves. That is to say, a month or two ago, this was a lotus pond.

In this era, the lotus is a species native to the south and should not have been introduced to this central region that is neither north nor south. It is possible that some birds or animals migrated from the south and brought lotus seeds with them, and then slowly, a large lotus pond was formed here, which is estimated to be at least three or four acres in size.

However, the people of Lotus Village have lived in the mountains for generations. Even if they saw a lotus, they would not recognize it, let alone know that the mud where the lotus grows is full of lotus roots. Lotus roots are good things. In many dynasties, they were tributes from the southern vassal states to the court. I wonder what the status of lotus roots is in this era...

She looked at the dried mud with burning eyes, and images of stir-fried lotus root slices, lotus root balls, sweet and sour lotus root cakes, and spicy and sour lotus root cubes emerged in her mind...

She swallowed hard, bent down, found a thick long stick to support herself, and jumped into the dried lotus pond.

The land was dry and the mud was hard to dig. Jiang Wan spent a lot of effort, and his palms were almost blistered, before he finally dug out a lotus root as long as an arm.

She broke the lotus root into two pieces with force. The wild lotus root had seven holes, and was white and clean inside, with a fresh fragrance.

It's a pity that there has been no rain for too long. The lotus roots underground have just grown a little bit, and they didn't grow any bigger due to the lack of nutrients. The lotus roots are a bit thin and not pink enough. The mall probably doesn't like such lotus roots and didn't offer any price at all.

Jiang Wan threw the dug lotus roots into the backpack, stood up and looked at the three or four acres of lotus field in front of him, as if thinking about something.

Behind the thorn bush.

Ye Daya showed an expression of disbelief.

She turned and ran down the hill.

Li dug up half a basket of wild vegetables and was about to move to another place when she saw her eldest daughter running over in a panic.

"What are you doing? Is there a ghost chasing you?"

Ye Daya said breathlessly: "Aunt, she, she found something good!"

Li stood up quickly: "What good stuff?"

Ye Daya didn’t know what it was, but it was white and clean, and she wanted to take a bite of it just by looking at it. It must be edible.

She hurried over with her mother.

Jiang Wan dug two lotus roots and left, mainly because her hands couldn't stand it and she was afraid that she would get blisters if she dug any more.

“Right, right here!”

Ye Daya jumped down into the lotus pond, pointed at the mud she had just dug up, picked up a small shovel and continued digging. After a while, she dug up a long, thin object.

Li pried open the lotus root node with force, smelled it, and then took a careful bite.

Her eyes lit up. This thing was pink and tasted sweeter than sweet potato. It seemed edible, but she didn't dare to eat it carelessly. She spit it out after taking a bite.

"Let's go back and ask your grandfather."

Li pulled out two large leaves to cover the dug soil. This was something her daughter had found and could only belong to their Ye family.

Li took Ye Daya and hurried down the mountain.

It was the end of the Chen hour, which was lunchtime. Old Man Ye had just returned from the fields and was sitting under a large locust tree to enjoy the cool air and smoke his pipe.

Old Madam Ye was cooking wild vegetable porridge in the kitchen. When she turned around and saw Li coming back with half a basket of wild vegetables, her face suddenly darkened: "Two people went up the mountain and only dug such a small amount of wild vegetables. You two just know how to be lazy and eat white rice every day..."

"Grandma, mom and I found something edible!" Ye Daya quickly took out the lotus root from the basket, "Grandpa, grandma, look, what is this?"

Old Mrs. Ye took a look and saw something covered in mud, which was black. After washing off the mud, the thing revealed its original light yellow color. When she cut it open with a knife, it was surprisingly white and clean inside.

(End of this chapter)