Chapter 17: The Problem of Food and Clothing

  Dabao was too afraid to speak and just ate his meal in silence.

  "Dad, I think it's probably just a mosquito bite..."

  Dabao's mouth twitched, little sister, you just got bitten by a mosquito, hey.

  "Oh..." Zhong Gensheng said: "Eat slowly, if it's not enough...". He paused for a moment and said: "Let your mother make some pancakes."

  "That's enough, Dad..." said Dabao. He knew that the family's food supply was actually limited, and if they ate more now, there might be less later on. In the end, his parents would have to ration their food, and even if they were hungry, they wouldn't dare eat more. Besides, Zhong Gensheng and He Ashu were in their prime working years and needed physical strength - how could he snatch food from their mouths?

  "Right, Dad, that's enough. Later, after we finish feeding the pigs, we can go catch some fish to eat..."

  Hearing them say so, Zhong Gensheng didn't say anything else.

  The second treasure and third treasure didn't eat much but still didn't say anything.

  He Qiu sighed, with so many mouths to feed at home, they still had to be frugal with their food, even if it was the cheapest black rice, it wasn't enough... If things went on like this... how would they get married in the future?!

  He Yaxiu suddenly became anxious again. Looking at the three brothers' eyes, all of whom were filled with worry, it was a pity that there was only one Tuniu, and even if she really married into their family, only one of them could start a family. If only they had two more daughters... Forget it, having two more mouths to feed would make the family even hungrier.

  He Qiu showed more entanglement, and even the problem of food and clothing could not be solved. How can we talk about starting a business? This broken house at home...

  Her entanglement, Shen Si naturally saw it in her eyes, but she didn't say anything. When things can't be changed, saying anything is useless.

  After finishing breakfast, the sky gradually brightened up. He Ashu and Zhong Gensheng were going to the fields to weed, which was a very laborious task. In ancient times, without herbicides, this task would take a lot of time and could only be done by two people together. The couple left early, while Shen Sisi took the three brothers with baskets on their backs up the mountain.

  Dabao still had some misgivings in his heart, "...Tuniu, how about we don't go?!"

  He shot a sideways glance at Da Bao, who looked embarrassed again. Yesterday was really humiliating for him as the older brother, he couldn't even write better than his younger brother, it was truly too shameful, just thinking about it made his face turn red. At this moment, he also felt if he wasn't being too cowardly, but he was genuinely afraid of running into wild wolves...

  "You go and cut the grass, I'll take Er Bao and San Bao to pick chestnuts..." said Shen Sisi.

  "Wait, how can that be? I'm not reassured..."

  "Then let's go together..." Shen Sisi rolled her eyes and frowned, saying: "Hurry up, it's almost dawn..."

  Dabao fell silent, following Shen Sisi with a disapproving expression. Erbao and Sanbao didn't think much of it, they were young and excited about the danger, besides they had never seen a wild wolf before, so they didn't have any extra thoughts.

  Along the small path up the mountain, at first there was still a visible road, but later it was all overgrown with weeds. In the summer, the rainwater was abundant and the grass was very thick. However, they were not afraid of snakes or insects, as Shen Si thought she could catch them to eat... Besides, now that autumn had arrived, although the grass was still dense, there were also some withered ones, so they were not afraid at all. Even though the grass reached their waists and it was very tiring to walk, she was sweating profusely.