Chapter 12 Food
At the age of 13, I feel hungry before dawn when I don't have enough food to eat. The biggest wish of the children in the village at this age is to eat well every day.
In the morning, Mu Yang bought a pack of spicy strips from a small shop. When he got home, he immediately grilled the spicy strips on the briquette fire at home. The spicy strips were sizzling with oil, and had a smell that was not meant for this small village.
It permeated the whole house.
Sure enough, it didn’t take long for the little gluttonous brother to be attracted to me. As the eldest brother, I don’t want to be too stingy. I gave one to the younger brother after roasting one. The younger brother’s mouth was full of oil after eating, and he kept saying that it was delicious and fragrant.
I have never tasted such delicious food.
The two brothers ate a few spicy strips and then ran out of them. They thought about buying more, but they had no money anymore. Mu Yang would run errands every day to deliver food to his grandfather, so he would get 5 cents for travel expenses. Since he saved money once, he was
After my brother stole it, he spent it as he earned.
There is only one grandfather, and there is only one job of delivering food. When the younger brother was young, he could monopolize it, but when the younger brother is a little older, it is difficult to earn money, and his small goal of buying spicy strips is another step away.
The younger brother picked up the bag of spicy strips and greedily licked the remaining red oil and chili pepper on the bag. Mu Yang could only sigh, "I can only wait until the next meal is delivered before I buy it."
Everyone wanted to go back to the mine dam since they went there, but Erhao's father found out that Erhao had gone to the mine dam, so he whipped Er Hao with a piece of extremely tough willow stick, and Er Hao took it with him.
Shang met Mu Yang and told Mu Yang not to go there for the next few days. My father would stay there every day.
Everyone was disappointed that they couldn't go to the mine dam, so they thought they should wait a little longer. In a few days, the adults would probably relax their guard if they saw that they didn't go, and then they could take a quick bath.
It was so boring that I almost got moldy when I stayed at home. Suddenly one day Mu Yang’s mother came back from the field with a bag of potatoes and tomatoes in her hand, which suddenly woke Mu Yang up.
"Mom, can potatoes be eaten this season?"
"What's edible? He's a community worker. He went to steal our potatoes and tomatoes, and I caught him."
"These shameless gangs are stealing food from me. My child, if you have nothing to do, go to the fields. If you see the workers, drive them away."
"Okay mom."
Mu Yang's mother was so angry that she threw the potatoes and tomatoes on the ground and went back to the house to drink water. The heat was really annoying. Mu Yang was also very angry. Okay, I can't even eat enough. There are other people here.
Take away your own food.
Mu Yang found Xiao Cheng that afternoon, told Xiao Cheng the matter, and asked Xiao Cheng to think of a solution. Xiao Cheng patted his chest and told Mu Yang that the matter would be taken care of by him.
The next day, Muyang's old cat, Xiaocheng, and the coyote were waiting in the cornfield of Muyang's house early. A rustling sound came, and several people immediately shouted to drive them away. A worker aunt held the
A bag of fertilizer ran away to the Liuqi River Bridge. The aunt turned around and cursed, even in Mandarin.
Not to be outdone, Mu Yang and the others used dirty words one after another to greet the aunt who stole the food.
Xiao Cheng said, "It's so shameless, stealing things and then cursing people."
"Yeah, what's the matter? I usually see them being aloof, but I didn't expect them to steal our farmers' food." The coyote agreed.
Several people watched the aunt disappear among the red walls and black tiles of the community, and then started to move.
In order to thank his friends for helping him drive away the vegetable thieves, Mu Yang immediately decided to go to the field to pick some corn, tomatoes and potatoes to reward everyone. Several people did not refuse because no one had cooked their own food.
Xiao Cheng said that both my parents were working in the city and there was no one at home. So they went to my house, so a group of people went to Xiao Cheng's house with their things. No one lived in Xiao Cheng's house for a long time. As soon as he opened the door, he could smell something.
The stock smells tidal.
The old cat picked up Xiao Cheng's unfolded quilt in disgust and said that he wanted to dry the quilt for Xiao Cheng. A centipede crawled on the bed in a panic, causing everyone to scream.
In the kitchen, Mu Yang picked up the salt jar and saw maggots crawling inside. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "Xiao Cheng, these maggots in your house grew up eating salt!"
Coyote turned on the TV and saw a card game console on the table, so he started the game.
It seemed that only water was usable at home, and everything else was expired. Xiao Cheng said that he would never disappoint everyone when he came to his home. He ran to buy seasonings and came back within half an hour.
Normally, when Wang Yong came back from stealing iron, he would go to the vegetable market, where he would play two sets of billiards and eat some boiled water. The boiled boiled food was so delicious that it was indescribable. If he didn't eat it for a few days, he would feel so bad that he couldn't sleep at home at night.
Xiao Cheng held a bag of ingredients and said, "Brothers, we are about to be boiled for freedom."
Green light appeared in the eyes of a group of people, and they stepped forward one after another. Some people lit the fire, some put on skewers, some directed from the side, and some spread the seasonings.
It didn't take long for a magical aroma to spread out, which was similar to the smell of boiled water in the vegetable market. As soon as everyone smelled the smell, their mouths watered, and Mu Yang couldn't help but swallow his saliva, waiting for the ingredients to be cooked.
Beggar corn, as the name suggests, is the same as beggar chicken. First check whether the corn is plump, then apply burning soil on the corn and throw it into the fire. When it is ripe, break open the wrapped soil. The leaves are still green, but
The corn inside is ripe and has a natural sweetness.
There are two types of potatoes. One is to throw them directly into the fire and burn them into carbon. Rural elderly people often eat them this way. The other is to slice the potatoes and boil them in water.
Cut the tomatoes directly, sprinkle with sugar, and you are ready to eat a delicious dish.
Really realizing the freedom of food, Mu Yang picked up a bunch of lettuce and put it in his mouth. Ah, the taste made him want to swallow it into his stomach the moment his tongue touched it. Simple lettuce became boiled with water.
Extremely delicious.
A group of people feasted, enjoyed the food, and enjoyed this wonderful time. At this moment, the only thing they can't live up to is the food.
It was already afternoon after dinner, and Coyote had tidied up and was about to go home. Xiao Cheng wanted to keep him overnight but didn't, so only Mu Yang and Lao Mao were left.
Lao Mao said that he would go home at 10:00 in the evening, and if he didn't go home, his mother would beat him. Mu Yang said that he would stay and see if the aunt would come back to steal food again the next morning.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Mu Yang and Xiao Cheng were playing Contra. The two of them were working hard when Lao Mao called them to eat.
Lao Mao cooked some instant noodles and added ham to it. When Xiao Cheng got hungry, he put down the controller and ate the noodles. By the time Mu Yang finished playing the game, the two of them had finished the noodles.
Mu Yang could only cook instant noodles by himself, while others fetched water and started in the dark. Mu Yang was short-sighted and had to use a flashlight to do everything at night.
A big mouse had been dead in the water for an unknown amount of time. All the mice in the village were black. This one in the tank at Xiao Cheng's house had turned white and had swelled to the size of a half-grown cat.
Unable to restrain himself any longer, Mu Yang started vomiting. Old Mao and Xiao Cheng came over and asked what was going on?
Mu Yang pointed at the water tank, and the two of them used flashlights to see the white mice soaking in the water tank. When they thought that what they had just eaten was mouse noodles, they both vomited.
The three people on the sofa didn't know who said that we had eaten meat. The three of them laughed again for no reason. Thinking about what they had eaten today was boiled in rat water, their eyes shed tears. Xiao Cheng said that he would tell the good news tomorrow.
Chapter completed!