A little chef dressed as a prince

Chapter 2 Selling Children

Shi Xiaonian pointed to the red mushrooms all over the ground and said, "Sister, look how there are so many of these things growing here."

Shi Weiwei went over to identify it carefully, and found that it was a red fungus mushroom. If it was placed in modern times, it would be a good thing worth thousands of yuan per catty.

"Ah Nian, go find some vines and weave a basket, and we'll pick them all up." Shi slightly squatted down and began to pick them.

When I was young, I pulled some vines, and sat on the trunk of a fallen tree to weave.

Shi Weiwei has picked all the red fungus, and Shi's young vine basket has been woven.

"Ah Nian, come here and help." Shi Weiwei had a smile on his face.

It's a pity that there is a famine everywhere now, and she can't take these things to the town to sell.Fortunately, this thing can be dried and stored.

The siblings put the red mushrooms into a basket and found a place to sit and rest.

"Sister, it's going to be dark soon, why don't we go out first?" After all, it will take some time to get out of the deep mountains, and when I was young, I was worried that it would be dangerous to stay here after dark.

Shi Weiwei thought for a while, "Let's hide this first, and then go out."

The two found a hidden place, hid a basket of red mushrooms, and walked out of the mountain together.

As the sky gradually darkened, the siblings returned to their dilapidated home in the dark.

Because they were poor, they couldn't afford lamps, so they could only burn firewood for lighting.

Shi Weiwei thought to herself that she should get out of the current predicament as soon as possible and live a life full of food and clothing.

The siblings used to rely on weaving baskets and baskets to exchange some money for a living, but now there is a famine everywhere, and the town is not as crowded as before, and people are now hiding for refuge.

After thinking about it for a long time, Shi Weiwei felt that she still had to go to the deep mountains, at least she had to survive this winter before making plans.

"Sister, let's go to bed earlier, lest we get hungry." Shi Younian reminded.

"Hey, sister knows, you go to bed first." Shi smiled and agreed.

The children of the poor have long been in charge of the family, and Shi Weiwei looks at Shi Wei, who is only nine years old, so young and sensible, which makes people feel distressed.At this age, if it is in the 21st century, it is the age that is held in the palm of the family and cared for.

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At daybreak, the siblings heard movement from the next door.

The two quietly hid in the corner and watched, listening to the endless debate between the husband and wife.

Selling their children is their only way out. They don't want to see their children starve to death, so they can only sell their children to rich families as slaves and handmaids in order to have a way out.

"Father, do you just have the heart to let the two of them go into slavery?"

"Stupid, if not, the two brothers will starve to death."

The husband and wife argued for a long time, but the wife finally compromised.

An ox cart stopped at their door, and the couple wiped away their tears and sent their two sons to the ox cart, watching them leave with tears in their eyes.

She frowned slightly, not knowing what was going on in her mind.

When Shi Xiaonian saw the two brothers being sold, he asked: "Sister, will the brothers never see their parents again?"

Shi slightly touched his head and comforted him: "No, they will come back after the famine is over."

I believed it when I was young.

It was already broad daylight, Shi Weiwei began to tie up the only two old quilts in the house, and then put all the pots and pans into a basket.

"Sister, what are you doing?" Shi Younian asked in confusion.

(End of this chapter)