The Snail Spirit Travels to the 1970s

Tian Tian was afraid of gaining weight at night, so she didn't dare to eat too much. She just ate some chicken feet to fill her stomach and went to bed.

The next morning, she got up very early, which was rare for her. Even Tian Lisong and Lin Meiyu hadn't gotten up yet.

Old Mrs. Tian was feeding the chickens in the yard. She turned around and saw Tian Tian coming out of the house. She raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Wow! The sun is rising from the west today, and our little girl actually got up so early. Perfect! You go to the chicken coop and pick out the eggs, and I'll go pick vegetables and cook."

As she spoke, Old Mrs. Tian brushed off the vegetable leaves stuck to her apron and went to the garden to pick vegetables.

Old Mrs. Tian is not an evil mother-in-law. She is old now and sleeps less, so she gets up early every day and does not ask her two daughters-in-law to get up before her.

As long as it wasn't too excessive, Old Mrs. Tian wouldn't take the initiative to call them. Autumn harvest is tiring, so she would rest as much as possible. Anyway, she is too old to work in the fields now, so it's okay for her to make breakfast for them.

Tian Tian first went to the chicken coop to pick out all the eggs. There were three chickens in their family, but they didn’t lay eggs every day. Today, Tian Tian picked up two eggs.

"Grandma! There are only two eggs today!" Tian Tian raised her voice and told Grandma Tian.

Old Mrs. Tian does not prevent her family from eating eggs. Basically, she will fry two eggs for them every few days to satisfy their cravings, but she still strictly controls the number of eggs in the house.

Old Mrs. Tian frowned when she heard this. She didn't even bother to pick vegetables in the vegetable garden and hurried out. "Why are there only two eggs? It's been several days. Is it possible that one of the old hens has stopped laying eggs?"

She touched the chickens' butts yesterday and clearly there were eggs in each butt, but how come only two were laid for several days in a row?

Old Mrs. Tian skillfully picked up one of the chickens by its wings and reached behind its butt. It was hard inside and it was obvious that there was an egg.

"This chicken hasn't laid eggs for several days. If it doesn't lay eggs anymore, we might as well kill it and eat its meat. It's time to make up for the autumn harvest." Old Mrs. Tian threw the chicken to the ground and said.

I don't know if the chicken understood or was frightened. It landed on the ground and fluttered forward twice, then raised its butt and a steaming egg covered in chicken shit fell down.

"Hey?" Tian Tian ran over in surprise, not caring about the chicken shit on the egg, and picked it up, "Granny! You still have a way!"

Old Mrs. Tian brushed the dust off her hands and didn't take Tian Tian's flattering words to heart.

"I'll pick two cucumbers and you fry these three eggs..."

Just when Gu Yinghua thought that Mrs. Tian wanted her to make scrambled eggs with cucumber, Mrs. Tian suddenly changed the subject and said, "Forget it! We ate snake meat last night, so let's just cook some kidney beans this morning!"

"Go wash your face! Pick some beans from the field!"

After saying that, Old Mrs. Tian pushed open the small wooden door of the vegetable garden and went in to pick beans.

They were afraid that chickens would go into the vegetable garden and eat the vegetables, so they would fence off the garden. Some fences were made of wood, while others were made of stone walls with a small wooden door for people to enter and exit.

Tian Tian's family has a pretty big vegetable garden. There is a small space on each side of the front yard enclosed by stones. One side is used to grow cabbage and radishes that will last for the whole winter, while the other side is now abandoned and is used to stack firewood.

There is also a large vegetable garden in the backyard, where seasonal vegetables such as eggplants, kidney beans, and cowpeas are planted.

Tian Tian put the eggs in the egg basket, ran to the bathroom to take care of her physiological needs, and then washed her face.

Old Mrs. Tian was very skillful. By the time Tian Tian finished washing her face, she had already picked all the kidney beans.

When Mrs. Tian saw that she had finished washing her face, she handed the kidney beans in her hand to Tian Tian and said, "Wash the kidney beans and boil them!"

Tian Tian took it and went to the well outside to pump water. It was already autumn, and it was very cold in the morning and evening. The water in the well was also a little dry.

Tian Tian finished washing the kidney beans with a grimace on her face, her hands were a little red from the cold.

She took the beans back to the kitchen and saw that Old Mrs. Tian had already started kneading cornmeal.

The fire in the stove was already lit. She waited until the water in the pot was almost dry, then picked up the oil can and scooped some lard with chopsticks and put it in the pot.

Old Mrs. Tian stretched her neck to watch the fingernail-sized amount of lard melting in the pot and nodded with satisfaction.

Tian Tian put the lard jar back with only a little lard left, feeling a little sad.

I don’t know how long this little bit of oil can be used. Even if you can only use a tiny bit when cooking, it won’t last until the soybeans are harvested.

Tian Tian glanced at Old Lady Tian, ​​then turned around and poured all the kidney beans into the pot, making a "sizzling" sound.

Tian Tian quickly picked up the spatula and started stirring the pot. With just this little bit of oil, the stewed kidney beans would definitely not taste good.

But since Old Lady Tian was next to her, Tian Tian didn't dare to openly take out the oil from the shells, not even the soy sauce she usually used.

Tian Tian took the soy sauce bottle and turned it around, then sprinkled some salt in it, stir-fried it for a while, and then poured a ladle of water into it.

"Is it done? Get out of the way!" Old Mrs. Tian's voice sounded beside Tian Tian.

Tian Tian tactfully made way for her, and Old Lady Tian came over with the dough basin. She skillfully kneaded the dough with her hands and pressed the pancakes against the edge of the pot.

"Watch the fire, don't let it get too big!"

Tian Tian just sat obediently on a small stool and watched the fire.

Old Mrs. Tian moved quickly and had finished pasting all the pancakes.

Today, with the help of Tian Tian, ​​the meal was ready much earlier than usual. By the time everyone got up, the kidney beans and pancakes were ready.

"Why did Tian Tian get up so early today?" Chen Guihua was a little surprised when she saw Tian Tian.

They hadn't seen Tian Tian in the morning for the past two months. When they saw Tian Tian this morning, she felt a little uncomfortable.

"Oh my!" Chen Guihua slapped her thigh and said excitedly: "Tiantian got up so early, doesn't that mean that Tiantian made the breakfast?! That's great!"

When Mrs. Tian heard this, she gave Chen Guihua a cold look. Chen Guihua said unawarely, "Tiantian, you should get up so early in the future. This way, I can eat an extra pancake in the morning and do more work in the morning."

"Shut up! You're the only one in the family who's so loud! As an aunt, you lie on the kang, relying on your niece to cook every day, and you're still so proud of yourself? And you want to do more work? I think everything you eat has turned into shit in the toilet!" Old Mrs. Tian threw the apron in her hand onto the stove. Chen Guihua was so tactless every day.