Traveling through time and space, wanting to lie down, but being forced to move forward

Chapter 829 Food shortage (1)

At this lunch, everyone ate until their bellies were full.

Xiao Huzi leaned on Wang Xiulan and let Wang Xiulan rub his belly.

This child has a big heart but a small appetite. Although he is full, the food is so delicious and there is so much meat that he keeps asking Wang Xiulan for more.

Wang Xiulan loves her grandson so much that she couldn't stand his nagging and she didn't know how much he ate, so she let the little brat eat too much.

Until the little kid started whining and said his stomach hurt.

When Wang Xiulan saw his round belly, she realized that the boy was lying to her when he said he was not full.

There was no other way. Looking at his condition, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to drink the hawthorn water that helps digestion. I could only rub his stomach to help him digest.

"You kid, why are you lying to grandma when you're full?

You see, you ate too much and are feeling uncomfortable."

"Grandma's cooking is delicious. Little Tiger should eat more and grow taller." Little Tiger kept flattering Wang Xiulan, making her very happy.

Liu Jianguo complained, “I don’t think it’s grandma’s cooking that’s delicious, it’s the meat that’s delicious.

Look, you just asked your grandma to pick up meat for you and you didn’t eat much vegetables.”

Little Tiger kicked his legs as if he wanted to kick his father in revenge.

But his legs were too short and he couldn't kick at all.

“Dad eats more meat than I do.

Dad doesn’t eat vegetables either.”

Liu Jianguo felt a little embarrassed. He didn't expect that this brat had such sharp eyes.

Xie Yumei rolled her eyes at him, "You don't even set a good example for him, and you still have the nerve to talk about the child."

"Can you blame me? There were so many pots of meat and vegetables in front of me, how could I resist?" Liu Jianguo said aggrievedly.

He rubbed his bloated belly. Not to mention his son, even he, as a father, had lost some control and felt a little full.

Liu Jianjun laughed and said, "Don't mention Big Brother, I was like this the first few days after I arrived.

It’s just that after staying here for a long time and eating more meat, I’m not so craving for it anymore.

Now I feel that the side dishes with meat are more delicious.”

Liu Jianguo was surprised, "You mean, you have been eating like this since you came here?

Aren’t these two meals specially prepared so sumptuous just because we came here? "

Fearing that Xie Yumei might misunderstand and think that her in-laws did not value him, Liu Jianjun hurriedly said,

“That’s not the case.

After all, you have been in the South for a long time and are used to southern cuisine, so I specially made more southern dishes for these two meals.

The dishes are richer and the portions are larger.

We usually don’t have so many dishes when we eat, but the portions are big, and of course there’s a lot of meat.”

These two meals include rice from the south and noodles from the north, and mostly fine grains. The portions are large enough to definitely fill everyone up.

Liu Jianguo couldn't help but ask, "Is it the same for staple food?"

Worried that Liu Jianguo and his wife would have a psychological burden, thinking that they saved the food to entertain them, Liu Jingxue hurriedly said,

“Don’t worry, big brother, we don’t lack food here, and we usually eat like this.

I told you before that I have a way to get food, and it's not risky."

Wang Xiulan's heart moved.

In the morning, the brothers Liu Jianguo and Liu Jianjun brought little Huzi to her. While she was playing with little Huzi, she got some information from him and learned about his family's daily meals.

Liu Jingxue would send Liu Jianguo a package every one or two months, which would contain a lot of cured meat and mountain products. This meant that Liu Jianguo's family's food was not bad, but there was not much fine grain, mostly coarse grains.

It’s okay for her son and daughter-in-law, after all, they are adults, but Wang Xiulan still feels distressed that her grandson doesn’t have much fine food to eat.

You have to know that they eat a mixture of coarse and fine foods here.

She wanted to talk to Liu Jingxue to see if she could get some more fine grains to bring back to Liu Jianguo.

Or when you send a package to Liu Jianguo in the future, you can send them some fine grains.

Liu Jingxue had mentioned this matter before, but they thought that their son and daughter-in-law were in the south, where the staple food was rice. They had a monthly supply, so they should not be short of food.

But after listening to Xiao Huzi's words, Wang Xiulan realized that although they could indeed eat their fill, most of the food was coarse grains.

But she was worried about causing trouble for Liu Jingxue, so she didn't dare to say it out loud.

After Wang Xiulan prepared, she discussed with Liu Weihua that they should eat more coarse grains in the future and bring some fine grains back to Liu Jianguo.

However, before Wang Xiulan could speak, Liu Jingxue took the initiative to bring it up.

"Brother, when you go back, please bring back some white flour, rice, and refined flour.

I saw that Xiaohuzi liked eating buns very much and said that he had never eaten them before.

Sister-in-law, learn how to make buns and dumplings from your aunt, and make more for little tiger in the future."

When Liu Jingxue was taking care of Xiao Huzi alone, she roughly figured out their daily meals from Xiao Huzi's words.

"No need, little sister, you keep it for yourself. If we want to eat it, we will buy it ourselves." Xie Yumei quickly refused.

The younger sister has taken good care of them, and they cannot add any more burden to her.

"Sister-in-law, if you want to buy these, you need food coupons and food stamps. Without these, you can't buy them unless you go to the black market.

But your identity as the big brother and your job do not allow you to go to the black market.

Not to mention that you are on an island, and if you want to go to the black market you have to find a way to leave the island, which is too troublesome."

“I have connections here, so I don’t have to go to the black market or pay a high price.

Since you are here, you can bring some back so that I don’t have to send it back and spend the postage.”

Liu Jingxue apologized, "It's my fault that I used to think that rice is the staple food over there, and I thought you could eat rice for every meal, but I didn't know that it's actually impossible.

If I had known this earlier, I would have sent it to you earlier and would not have waited until now."

"You guys are really something, how come you didn't mention anything in your letter and even said that everything was going well.

How can we live well if we don’t even have enough food to eat? ", complained Liu Jingxue.

Liu Jianguo and Xie Yumei looked at each other, wondering why Xiaoxue felt that they were not having a good life.

Although they cannot eat rice for every meal, they can still have enough at every meal.

And thanks to Xiaoxue and the fact that we live near the sea, we can always have some meat every one or two days.

Compared with other people who don't have enough food to eat, don't have warm clothes to wear, and rely on wild vegetables, porridge and water to fill their stomachs, their lives are already the best.

"Xiaoxue, do you have any misunderstanding?

Our family lives a really good life.

If you mean by that, if you don't eat rice every meal, you are not living a good life. Then according to your standard, I am afraid that there is no one in Xia Country who lives a good life.

Given the current state of Xia State, even the families of the top leaders cannot guarantee to have rice or other fine grains for every meal.

Most of the Xia people, even if they eat coarse grains mixed with wild vegetable porridge, still cannot get full." Liu Jianguo explained patiently.

Liu Jingxue was shocked. She didn't expect that Xia Country was short of food to such an extent.

"Is it that serious?" She couldn't believe it.