FSC [QT] Chapter 89.1

It was the busy farming season, so as soon as the simple funeral was over, the villagers dispersed and went back to work.

Yu Yan brought his sister back home, closed the door, and thought about the current situation of the brother and sister.

There was not much food left at home.

Yu Yan stood on a stool and looked at the rice jar. There was only a thin layer of millet in the rice jar. Even if it was mixed with water and wild vegetables to make porridge, according to the brother and sister’s not-so-big appetite, it could only last for four or five days.

In addition to these millet, there were only a few sweet potatoes stored in the cellar at home. The thickest one was only as thick as Yu Wu’s wrist. That small pile was not even enough for an adult to eat two meals.

The chickens and ducks raised by Mrs. Yu were either sold for money to pay for Yu Fucai’s medical treatment or used to nourish his body. Three days ago, Mrs. Yu killed the last chicken and stewed a pot of chicken soup for Yu Fucai.

Now there was not even a trace of meat left in the house.

“Two, three… five.”

Yu Yan counted the copper coins he had secretly hidden, a total of only five coins. What could he buy with this money?

He knew a little about the prices of goods. These five coins were not enough to buy two kilograms of millet.

Even as smart as he was, he felt a little confused when faced with such a poor family situation.

It is September now. According to the local climate, it will be winter in three or four months. At that time, the roads would be blocked by heavy snow, and it would be difficult to find food in the mountains.

Yu Yan moved all the things from the couple’s room.

Mrs. Yu was indeed a devoted person. She prepared the best things for Yu Fucai. Even though the family owed so much debt, Yu Fucai’s clothes were clean and tidy, without a patch.

Unfortunately, Yu Fucai died of tuberculosis, so these clothes could not be sold.

Yu Yan thought that he could wash the clothes and cut them into smaller sizes to make clothes for himself and his sister.

When he and his sister grew taller, he could join the fabrics together and add the quilts in the couple’s room. Then, even in winter, he and his sister would not have to worry about freezing to death.

The problem of clothes was easy to solve, but food reserves were still the biggest problem they were facing.

In a few months, it would become more difficult to obtain food from the mountains, which meant that he had to save enough food in these few months to ensure that he and his younger sister would survive the entire winter.

This was too difficult for a five-year-old child.

“Xiao Wu, shall we go to the foot of the mountain to play tomorrow?”

It had just rained a few days ago. Yu Yan thought that he would be able to pick a lot of fresh wild mushrooms in the mountains at this time.

People in the town and county also like these mushrooms. He once saw peddlers coming to the village to collect mountain products. Dried mushrooms could be sold for more than 20 coins per pound.

It was just that mushrooms didn’t weigh much after being dried. To get a pound of dried mushrooms, he had to pick at least 17 or 18 pounds of fresh mushrooms.

According to Yu Yan’s previous experience of picking mushrooms, it would take at least several days to pick it up, and this was when there were more mushrooms in the mountains during the rainy season.

But more than 20 coins was too tempting for Yu Yan at the moment.

If they could pick enough mushrooms to exchange for money, they would be able to buy enough millet and other food to fill their stomachs through the winter.

As for other more valuable things on the mountain, such as medicinal herbs and wild animals, Yu Yan dared not even think about it.

He didn’t know about medicinal herbs. Anything worth money at the foot of the village had long been looted by the villagers.

There were wild beasts further inside. No one dared to go in except hunters, and Yu Yan didn’t dare to do it either.

As for the wild animals, his body was not much bigger than the fat rabbits and pheasants, and he was not as agile as them, so naturally, he had no intention of taking them.

However, he could try to make a few traps, just in case a blind cat met a dead mouse, and some stupid prey fell into the trap.

Now they had to go into the mountains.

He would try not to move the millet and sweet potatoes at home. Tomorrow, in addition to mushrooms, Yu Yan also planned to pick some wild vegetables and fruits.

It would be even better if he could find plants such as radish (yam bean) that could fill their stomach and were durable.

“You have to follow Brother obediently, okay?”

 

 

 

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