Cheng Xiuwen quietly left Cheng Gui's house and went to his eldest brother and sister-in-law's house to check on Nai Tuanzi.
Now that I came back, I was even more tiptoeing and cautious, not daring to be discovered by Cheng Gui and others.
Cheng Xiuwen lived alone in the woodshed. The conditions were a bit difficult, but they also provided him with some conveniences.
He went to the river with Naituanzi and others to take a bath, but his body was slightly stained with the smell of braised lion's head. As soon as he returned to the woodshed, he was going to wash the smelly clothes.
"Where did you go to wander around until you come back now?"
As soon as Cheng Xiuwen opened the door of the woodshed, he saw Cheng Hui sitting on his bed made of wooden boards, looking at him carelessly.
Cheng Hui suddenly sniffed, stood up and came to Cheng Xiuwen's side.
"What does this smell like? Where did you steal the meat? You ate it outside and didn't know how to bring it home, you little white-eyed wolf."
Cheng Hui suddenly picked up the firewood on the ground and swung it at Cheng Xiuwen.
The woodshed was not big, and Cheng Xiuwen had no place to dodge. He could only be beaten by Cheng Hui on the ground, unable to resist.
If you resist, you will not only be beaten more severely, but you will also be deprived of food.
Cheng Xiuwen is used to it.
"Tell me where you ate the meat, whether it was your eldest brother's house, and whether Cheng Hanyan is rich, tell me!"
Cheng Hui kept beating Cheng Xiuwen, trying to get him to speak.
Today's weather is getting drier and drier, and the vegetables in some people's homes have been burned to death. Chenggui's family has little food to grow, and when many vegetable seedlings die, there is even less food to eat.
And the little white-eyed wolf who was fostered in his house actually ran out and ate meat behind their backs! If there was any good stuff, it should be his, Cheng Hui. The little white-eyed wolf didn't even deserve to eat pig feces, so how could he eat meat?
Cheng Hui was tired from beating Cheng Xiuwen, so he rested for a while and walked outside cursing.
Soon Cheng Xiuwen, who was lying on the ground, heard Cheng Gui and Cheng Hui and his son discussing how to trouble his elder brother tomorrow.
It's all his fault, he was the one who dragged down the elder brother.
What Nai Tuanzi said today suddenly came to mind, and a desire arose in his heart. He longed to live with his elder brother and leave this hell-like place.
If his sister-in-law could feed him, he would be willing to beat him to death.
It's better than living here and living under someone else's roof.
At the market, Song Yutong took Naituanzi and Cheng Hanyan to the town to go to the market. In the past, there were many vegetable vendors, but now, there are fewer and fewer vegetable vendors in the market. So it was a bit strange to call Song Yutong.
After asking someone about it, I found out that because the weather was getting drier and it hadn't rained for a long time, all the more delicate vegetables in the fields had been sunburned to death.
Some of the remaining ones that were easy to survive have now withered leaves.
Most vegetable farmers keep the vegetables they pick for themselves, for fear of running out of food.
The famine in Xiaohe Village is becoming more and more serious. Now not only Xiaohe Village, but also the villages near Xiaohe Village have been attacked by locusts, and drought has begun to occur in several areas.
Nowadays, of the several rice and grain shops in the town, only half are open, and the rest are also selling their own grain.
There is a sense of urgency throughout the town that a drought is coming.
Seeing this scene, Song Yutong and Cheng Hanyan had no intention of continuing to take Naituanzi around the town.
Instead, he bought some necessary things and turned back to Chengjia Village.
As for the task of finding special ingredients issued by the system, since there was no way to find it due to a natural disaster, other spices were used instead.
When the family of three returned to Chengjia Village, Cheng Hanyan was still a little worried and went around to the foot of the mountain to look at the vegetables grown by his family.
The vegetables grow in the fields, and each one is very juicy, with no signs of being damaged by the sun.
Not only in his vegetable field, but also in the village that used his vegetable seeds to grow vegetables, every one of the vegetable seedlings grew vigorously.
Most of the vegetable seeds taken from Song Yutong were almost dead in the sun.
It is precisely for this reason that the villagers in the village are more or less grateful to Song Yutong.
In just a few days, everyone fell into a panic of impending drought.
As the water in the river gradually dwindled, the village chief led people from house to house looking for men to find a suitable place to dig a well.
Let's see if we can dig out some groundwater. Otherwise, if this continues, people will really die.
There are many villagers in nearby villages who have already moved their families and fled.
Song Yutong had never thought about moving. First, the combined population of the Song family and the Cheng family was too large, and it was not convenient to take so many people to escape together.
The second system took its time and did not remind her that she was moving.
Therefore, this drought should not be too serious. Otherwise, the system would have asked her to pack up and run away, find a place with many people to cook, and gain a lot of happiness points.
The fact that the system didn't say anything proved that the matter was not that serious, not to mention that she had enough food.
But for now, he still cooks all the dishes as soon as possible and immediately upgrades to Level 2 cooking skill, so that she can also put cooked food in her system space.
"Xiaoman system, can you put out the remaining dishes together? I want to finish them all at once." Song Yutong communicated with the system in her mind.
[The host cannot do this. You are taking a shortcut and it will not help you in upgrading.] The Manchu-Han banquet system rejected Song Yutong's request.
Since the system did not provide convenience, Song Yutong had no choice but to prepare the ingredients according to the system's prompts.
[Congratulations to the host for activating a new dish: goose stewed in iron pot! 】
[Congratulations to the host for completing the new dish and activating the next dish: radish stewed beef brisket! 】
[Congratulations to the host for completing...]
Song Yutong started his own violent mode, preparing one dish after another, and cooking one dish after another.
I was busy cooking from morning to night.
Cheng Hanyan took the milk dumplings to fetch water from the spring in the mountain. He went back and forth between the mountain and his home all day long, preparing to stock up on more mountain spring water.
The water in the river is gradually decreasing, and because there is not enough water in the well, the village chief will limit the water consumption of each household every day.
Song Yutong loves to be clean and needs to take a bath almost every day. In addition, he washes vegetables frequently, so his home's water consumption is twice that of other homes.
Due to the drought, Song Yutong has been trying to control water consumption, but she will feel uncomfortable if she doesn't take a shower in hot weather.
Therefore, the water consumption is more than that of other homes.
"Mom, you've been making delicious food all day, sit down and rest for a while." When the milk dumplings came back, Song Yutong was preparing the ingredients for the last dish.
With one dish left, she has finished cooking all the new dishes and can be upgraded to a second-level chef.
Since he was well prepared, he didn't exchange his happiness points for anything during this period of time.