After escaping from famine, the evil stepmother was pampered by the villain Zaizai Tuan

After settling Xiao Miaomiao, Li Yuanzhi didn't care to take a breather. He first helped Jiang Xiaohua take off the things on her back, and then quickly handed her the water bag filled with cold water.

"How are you? This mountain road is much harder to walk than I thought."

Jiang Xiaohua raised her head and drank some water, took a breath and said, "I'm a little tired, but there's nothing I can do about it. Although the mountain road is dangerous, there are many opportunities to get food."

Li Yuanzhi knew exactly what she meant. There was no perfect choice in this world.

The official road outside is indeed easy to walk, but there are so many refugees robbing food resources along the road.

It is estimated that he will not be able to make it very far, and at worst he will starve to death, or at worst he will be torn alive by someone who is about to starve to death.

It is better to go into the mountains, work harder, and find a way out.

Jiang Xiaohua finished drinking the water and began to stretch and relax her muscles.

The physical quality of her current body is far inferior to that of her previous life.

She still felt a little strenuous after walking such a long mountain road with a heavy load in the afternoon.

If you don't take good care of yourself and exercise, how will you be able to walk in the next few days?

Jiang Xiaohua was active and said: "Whether Oolong comes tonight or not, I won't go out to hunt for prey. Let's eat meat and vegetable porridge tonight."

Liu Yong also saw Jiang Xiaohua's fatigue and said sensibly, "You can rest. The three of us will do the remaining work quickly."

The three little brothers have become accustomed to camping life, and they know what to do without Jiang Xiaohua's instructions.

Li Yuanzhi also worked with the three little ones. They collected a lot of dead leaves and branches, picked up stones of suitable size, went to the nearby river to fetch water, and built two stoves, one high and one low.

When Li Yuanzhi started to light the fire, he was very pleased with himself, "My fire-making skills are really getting better and better now."

"From now on, leave all this work to me. I can control the big and small fires easily!"

Jiang Xiaohua was a little amused when she heard this, "Are you so happy to learn how to make fire? It can be seen that Mr. Li has never touched the spring water in the past, and he is a blessed person."

Li Yuanzhi never mentioned his family background or past. When Jiang Xiaohua said this, he just changed the subject:

"I remember I used the last bit of rice this morning. How can I cook meat and vegetable porridge without rice?"

Jiang Xiaohua brought up the baggage, "Aren't there still chestnuts you earned?"

The little rice I bought before was finished every meal even if I scrimped on it.

Fortunately, there were still a lot of chestnuts, so Jiang Xiaohua used chestnuts instead of rice to cook porridge.

Wild chestnuts in ancient times were not selected as varieties, and their sweetness was not as strong as in later generations.

Even if it is made into a salty and savory staple food, the taste will not be inconsistent at all.

While they were busy, Mrs. Zhang passed by carrying a bucket of water.

When she saw Jiang Xiaohua, she hesitated, stopped and said hello, "There is a stream not far to the east. The water is very clean, so I fetched water."

Jiang Xiaohua smiled and said, "Thank you, we will go over to get water later."

Li Yuanzhi sat by the fire and looked over, alert in his heart.

Isn't this sister-in-law looking for trouble again?

Ever since Jiang Xiaohua beat Mrs. Zhang’s husband, Liu Haode, Jiang Xiaohua had not seen Mrs. Zhang very often.

Even if they met in a crowd, the two of them never spoke alone.

Sister-in-law Zhang suddenly took the initiative to talk to Jiang Xiaohua, which was a bit surprising.

At this moment, Sister-in-law Zhang listened to Jiang Xiaohua thanking herself, her attitude was so down-to-earth and generous, and she did not mention the past conflicts at all.

This made Mrs. Zhang even more ashamed.

She stood there without moving, lowering her head and hesitating, as if she had something to say, but could not say a single word for a long time.

Jiang Xiaohua was confused, "What exactly do you want to say to me?"

She frowned and asked, "Did Liu Haode hit you again?"

"No, no." Mrs. Zhang waved her hands hurriedly, raised her head, and actually showed a smile.

"He didn't dare."

"Since returning that day, he seems to have become a different person. He no longer beats or scolds me and my children at every turn."

As Sister-in-law Zhang said, she lowered her head and said, "That day when he beat me, I thought at the time that I was so embarrassed that I might as well be beaten to death."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but choke up.

"The last thing I expected was that you saved me and helped me heal Xiao Shan."

"But I did that to you before and spread gossip about you."

"I owe you so much, I don't even know how to repay it!"

Jiang Xiaohua said lightly, "I never thought about asking anyone to repay or repay."

"I beat Liu Haode because I thought he should be beaten. If after this incident, you and your child can live a better life in the future, it will be of some significance."

Sister-in-law Zhang nodded repeatedly and said emotionally, "The few times you hit him, you really woke me up!"

"Why do we women have to accept everything? I won't be afraid of him anymore!"

"If he dares to hit me again, I will fight him! Isn't this my life? Who is afraid of whom?"

Jiang Xiaohua smiled and said, "It's best if you think so."

I thought Mrs. Zhang would feel resentful because Liu Haode was beaten.

Unexpectedly, it actually contributed to the awakening of consciousness of an ancient woman.

Sister-in-law Zhang had been holding those words in her heart for several days, and finally speaking them out made her feel refreshed.

She said goodbye to Jiang Xiaohua happily and felt the wind at her feet as she walked.

Soak the dried wild boar meat in water for a while, then put it in a pot and cook it slowly.

The dried meat has absorbed water and gradually expanded and softened as the soup pot boiled. Jiang Xiaohua used a frying spoon to cut the dried meat into thin strips of meat.

At this time, the pot of water has turned into white broth.

Pour in a pot of chestnut meat cut into small cubes, stir occasionally, and cook over low heat.

Until the starch of the chestnuts melts into the broth and the soup becomes thick and smooth, finally add minced green bracken and wild cress, and it's ready to eat.

Today was really exhausting. Everyone was hungry and stared at the meat porridge in the pot and swallowed their saliva.

Liu Guang reminded, "You haven't added any salt yet!"

Jiang Xiaohua put the rice in her hands and said, "When I made the jerky, I already put enough salt and seasonings, so I don't need to add more."

She first filled a full basin and a small bowl and placed them aside to cool down, respectively for Oolong and Xiao Miaomiao.

Then he filled the bowls one by one and handed them to the people around him.

Before Xiao Miaomiao woke up, Jiang Xiaohua looked at her with distress and said, "Let her sleep a little longer, and then ask her to get up to eat when the porridge is warm."

Chestnut, meat and vegetable porridge has a smooth and creamy texture.

Although it is porridge, because a lot of salty dried meat is added, it is full of meaty flavor and not bland.

The crisp vegetables are rich in taste and have the wonderful effect of relieving greasiness.

The whole family gathered around the bonfire, each holding a bowl of hot meat porridge and sipping it bit by bit.

I just feel that my whole body has warmed up, even the coldness of late autumn in the mountains is not a problem.

While eating, a black and gray shadow quietly appeared.

Jiang Xiaohua looked over without surprise, "Oolong, are you here?"

She pointed to the basin hanging on the ground, "I'll just have porridge today, but I put a lot of meat in it. It's delicious."