Traveling through mountains and rivers

The Tao family is not rich, and they can only see meat a few times throughout the year during the busy farming season and during the Chinese New Year. Usually, let alone meat, there is not much oil and salt in the vegetables.

Of course, it wasn't just the Tao family. Most of the families in the village were like this. After all, they had no money, so they had to save money on food and drink.

At this time, rural areas are not compared with modern rural areas. Many modern rural areas do not earn as much as first-tier cities.

And the peasant family in this era is only the basis for people's survival.

Land tax, corvee service, military service, natural disasters and man-made disasters, these ordinary people who are digging in the ground are struggling. They have no other ideas except to live, eat, clothe and continue the next generation. Even if they have, But maybe one of these ten will succeed.

The life of the ancients was hard, not just talking about it, but really hard.

Ning Ze once ate grass roots, tree bark, and even raw meat when he was a soldier, but that was under unavoidable circumstances. Generally speaking, their living environment is good.

During this lunch at the Tao family, he really experienced what it means to eat bran-swallowed vegetables.

The Tao family saw meat on the dining table, and a plate of fat meat was fried with cabbage. There was not much meat, and it was sliced ​​into thin slices. The oil had dried up, leaving only meat dregs.

In addition, there are two dishes, one is pickles, the kind of pickles developed by myself; the other is cold cucumbers, large chunks of cucumbers, served cold with homemade bean paste.

There are only three dishes, except for the cabbage and fried meat, the other two dishes are absolutely enough.

Looking at the rice in the bowl, if it is rice, it is really not rice. The brown rice and cornmeal are boiled together and become mushy, not completely dry.

After everyone took a bite of the mush in the bowl, Ning Ze really couldn't describe the feeling, he couldn't swallow it, but he couldn't spit it out, so he kept chewing in his mouth, It was chewy and rotten, and he still didn't swallow it.

Tao Qing took care of the three children and didn't have time to take care of him. Ning Ze watched the others eat with gusto, and struggled for a long time before swallowing the mouthful.

Then Ning Ze didn't touch the rice in the bowl anymore, and went to pick up cucumbers instead. He didn't know what the other dishes tasted like, but the cucumbers mixed with bean paste should not be much different. If he couldn't eat any of them, Ning Ze felt that he might starve to death before he made money.

Fortunately, the taste of cucumber can still be eaten, and the taste of bean paste made by farmers is generally not too bad.

Ning Ze only ate cucumbers for this meal, and the little fellows ate all the rice in his bowl, even the dish of fried pork with cabbage was only eaten by Tao Qing who picked up a few chopsticks for him. None of them moved.

Of course, he didn't eat the pickles either, because if he didn't eat, he would feel salty just eating pickles.

Although the people of the Tao family thought it was a bit strange, they thought that Ning Ze had just woken up after being in a coma for so long, his mouth was tasteless, and it was normal to eat spicy cucumbers, so no one said anything.

Only Ning Ze knew what was going on, and he didn't feel any better after eating cucumbers. He had been on an empty stomach for a long time, and when he woke up, he got stuck in something spicy before taking a sip of water. It's no wonder he could bear it.

When Ning Ze had dinner, his stomach began to hurt as soon as he got off the table. Ning Ze endured and endured, and he couldn't help it until he let out a sound.

After lunch, the Tao family was going to work in the fields, so Tao Qing and the others were allowed to watch over the house. Tao Qing, who had just sent a few children to sleep, turned around and saw that something was wrong with Ning Ze, so he hurried over , "Yaoze, what's wrong with you? Is there something uncomfortable?"

Ning Yaoze said in his heart that there are many uncomfortable places on his body, his hands hurt, his head hurts, and now he also has a stomachache, even speaking is difficult.

"Bring...boil water, go...go boil water, my stomach hurts..."

After finally finishing his sentence, Ning Ze was in so much pain that he would have rolled on the ground if his hand hadn't been hurt.

The pepper irritated the stomach, there was no medicine to take, and the only thing that could barely slow it down was boiled water.

Fortunately, when cooking, a pot of water was put on the stove, so Tao Qing quickly poured boiling water over after arriving in the kitchen.

Ning Ze drank a few sips, and then asked Tao Qing to help him lie down. After a while, he slowly came back to his senses. His whole body was covered in sweat, as if he just came out of the water.

Tao Qing was no better than Ning Ze. Firstly, he was worried about Ningze, secondly, because the weather was too hot, and thirdly, he was running around for Ningze. It was soaked all over.

Seeing Tao Qing like this, Ning Ze was very embarrassed, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault that made you anxious."

Tao Qing shook his head, "What are you talking about? I'm the one to blame. I didn't expect that you just woke up and couldn't eat these things. If I had thought of cooking you some porridge earlier, your stomach wouldn't hurt."

Ning Ze smiled, "I don't blame you, I didn't expect that the pain is gone now, thanks to your busy work."

Tao Qing suddenly stretched out his arms to hug Ning Ze, and said with a choked voice, "Ah Ze, you must be careful, otherwise what should I do with the children? They are still so young."

After hearing this, Ning Ze couldn't laugh anymore.

He didn't know how to comfort the person in front of him, he wanted to say, the person you miss is no longer there, has this body been replaced by another person?

No, of course you can't say it, not to mention how cruel it is to Tao Qing after saying it, it's such an evil thing, when the time comes, others will definitely see him as some kind of monster.

Ning Ze secretly made up his mind that this matter must not be said, and in order to win his life again, he must not say anything.

Looking at the person in his arms, Ning Ze sighed in his heart, patted Tao Qing's back with his healthy hand, and made a solemn promise, "Don't worry, I'll be fine, I will work hard with you to earn money to support the family and raise the children," taking care of you on behalf of that person.

The person in his arms looks so similar to the person he likes, no matter what the reason is, Ning Ze has a good impression of Tao Qing in his heart.