SFS Chapter 149 The Skinny Boy
Chapter 149 The Skinny Boy
The next morning, the villagers did not wake up the new villagers in their village, but quietly prepared breakfast.
When everyone woke up one after another, they found that almost every household in the village had left breakfast for them on the stove.
The staple food of Haizhou Island is yam and corn. Yam is similar to sweet potato and has a strong sense of filling.
The breakfast prepared by the villagers was cooked potatoes and taro, which could fill the stomach, but the taste was not good. It was similar to the food during the exile.
The fugitives scattered among the houses were chewing on potatoes, and they all missed the lunch boxes distributed by Miss Jiang. After breakfast, they had to go to Miss Jiang for advice. They certainly could not always rely on the villagers for food and shelter. These potatoes were the reserve grains that the villagers took from the charity granary. The uncles and aunts were having a hard time already, and they should do something.
The first goal is to get rid of those coconuts that are in the way of the road at the entrance of the village!
They may not have a solution, but Miss Jiang definitely does!
So there was a scene like this: when the fugitives finished their breakfast and came out of each household in the village, they met other accomplices one after another, and they all walked towards the house where Marquis Zhaoping lived, which was a strange tacit understanding.
Jiang Lili and her group are staying at the home of a couple who had a son late in life. The uncle is called Tao Xian, the aunt is called Qu Chunfang, and their son is called Tao Yansheng, who is fourteen years old and very sensible.
There are only three rooms in this family. One room is allocated to the female family members to make a large bunk bed, and the other room is allocated to the male family members. Tao Yansheng sleeps on a bamboo chair in the kitchen.
But the Tao couple had a miserable life. Young and middle-aged people were very rare in the village, but Tao Yansheng was weak and sickly, so they could only be raised as a girl.
Now that Tao Yansheng saw that Jiang Lili and her group had woken up, he hurriedly prepared steamed potatoes for everyone and invited everyone to have dinner.
It was the first time for the boy to meet so many strangers. He said shyly, "Uncle and aunt, this is the specialty of our island, yam. I don't know if you can get used to it. I'll give you this for breakfast. My parents have gone to the sea and should be able to bring back some seafood in the afternoon."
Tao Yansheng looked pale and very thin. The coarse linen clothes on him made him look like a clothes rack.
I heard from the Tao couple that Tao Yansheng had no appetite and ate very little at each meal.
Seeing this, Chen couldn't help but ask with concern: "Little brother, have you eaten?"
Tao Yansheng pointed at a tiny bit of taro skin peeled off by the stove and said: "I ate half of the taro and can't eat any more."
Everyone's eyes widened when they heard this. This half taro was not even enough to fill their teeth.
But you can't force someone to eat if they don't want to. Just sit down and eat first so that the host can feel at ease.
The boiled sweet potato tasted bland and not as sweet as sweet potato. Jiang Lili suspected that Tao Yan ate less raw food because it was not tasty.
Jiang Lili really wanted Xiaopang to feed all kinds of breakfast in front of this skeleton-like boy right now. She was really afraid that the young man would starve to death.
But she had no way to conjure up a rich breakfast in front of outsiders. She could only hand the food over to the pirates later, let the pirates pretend to be people sent by the He family to support her, and ask the pirates to "deliver" the delicious food to her.
The feast could not be conjured up, but the seasonings could still be conjured up. The eldest brother took out salad dressing, dried chili powder, pickled mustard tuber, beef sauce from his backpack as if he was playing house...
When everyone in Marquis Zhaoping's mansion saw these small jars, they were like seeing a savior. They opened the jars one after another and poured the sauces into their bowls. With these sauces, breakfast became delicious.
Tao Yansheng also smelled the strange aromas emanating from those small jars, which he had never smelled before. Jiang Lili said to him, "Little brother, thank you for preparing breakfast for us. These are the various sauces we brought from our hometown. They are very suitable for eating with potatoes. Would you like to try them?"
Jiang Lili picked up a can of non-spicy mushroom beef sauce and shook it in front of Tao Yansheng. The aroma of the meat in the can made the boy swallow his saliva.
Seeing that Jiang Lili hadn't started eating yet, Xin Che also advised Tao Yansheng: "Come and eat something, we are all from the same village."
"Eat more to get stronger."
Upon hearing this, Tao Yansheng walked to the wooden table awkwardly and sat down. He had been envious of the tall and upright men in Zhaoping Marquis' Mansion since he saw them yesterday. He also wanted to become such an upright man.
Tao Yansheng peeled a taro, then took a few bites with the beef and mushroom sauce. For a moment, he couldn't control his expression. In his fourteen years of life, he had never eaten anything so delicious!
No wonder I heard that Lord Hu in the government office carries a small jar of chili powder every day. It turns out that these condiments from other places are so delicious!
Tao Yansheng ate two potatoes with the beef sauce. Looking at the obviously reduced amount of beef sauce in the jar, he blushed and said apologetically: "Sorry, it was so delicious, I couldn't control myself..."
Marquis Zhaoping laughed heartily and said, "Eat it, kid, it's okay, there's plenty!"
Jiang Lili and others also advised him to do so. Under everyone's kindness, Tao Yansheng ate two large taro in a row and did not stop until he felt full. This was the first time he felt full. He had never felt so strong before.
At this time, Jiang Lili and her group were about to go out. After waiting for the signal that Xiaopang had successfully prepared the goods, Jiang Lili prepared to take people to deal with the coconuts on the road at the entrance of the village that could easily kill people.
Tao Yansheng also expressed his desire to go with them.
Seeing Jiang Lili was a little hesitant, he hurriedly said: "This is the first time I feel so strong, I also want to try if I can help!"
Tao Yansheng brought back a long pole for hitting coconuts and a fishing net for catching coconuts from his home: "I can also run errands and borrow some coconut-hitting tools from my fellow villagers."
Seeing that Tao Yansheng was determined, Jiang Lili felt it was difficult to refuse. She thought that maybe Tao Yansheng's health would get better little by little after he improved his hot diet. So she let him try it first and just don't overwork himself.
Jiang Lili was about to go out to inform his brothers to gather, but when he opened the door, he was shocked to see a large group of people squatting at the door: "There are so many people!"
Moreover, everyone had a long pole and a net in their hands, and they were in perfect harmony.
Lu Yuansi stood up and saw what Tao Yansheng was holding: "Miss Jiang, we are all ready, just waiting for your words!"
At this moment, Jiang Lili sighed that this choice of settlement was quite good. Those who believed in her lived in the same village, while the ancestors on the right bank who were wealthy and domineering lived in the next village.
"Okay, let's leave now!"
Jiang Lili led her group out of the village in a mighty procession.
Master Liao followed closely, and on the way to the village entrance, he pulled Jiang Lili aside and said, "Sister Li, I asked Xiaopang to feed you something in your backpack, give it to me quickly."
"Oh, okay." Jiang Lili was still curious about what it was, but when she lifted the oilcloth on the backpack, she saw that it was the golden hoop toy commonly seen in roadside stalls!
“Can this thing keep monkeys out?”