After being bound to the learning system in my mother's womb, I became the empress

Chapter 5 Sweet Rice Soup

Liu Zhaodi's youngest daughter is fifteen this year and has reached the age of marriage, but she has fallen in love with Lin Dayou, Lin Chunniang's second brother.

Lin Dayou inherited the excellent genes of his parents. He is tall and handsome. He stands out in Mingshui Village and even the entire town.

How can a young girl not love handsome guys?

The youngest daughter of the Liu family fell in love with him and ran to the Lin family from time to time.

Liu Zhaodi was so angry that she stood up from the stool, rolled up her sleeves, and was ready to unleash a wave of aggression. At this time, the good woman opened the door curtain and walked out.

"Take it." The good woman handed the birth talisman to Liu Zhaodi.

With the hope of having a grandson right in front of her, how could Liu Zhaodi care about Lin Chunniang?
After wiping his hands on his trouser legs, he took the fertility talisman with both hands, lifted up his shirt, held the hem of the shirt with his chin, and put his hands into his trousers.

She sewed an inner pocket on the inside of the pants, close to her belly, and put all the important things inside.

She took out a small purse from her inner pocket, folded the talisman and put it in it, as if she was putting it in a living grandchild.

Hao Po didn't want to be in debt here. Liu Zhaodi always liked to take advantage of others, but she didn't dare to take advantage of Hao Po. She took out a bunch of money and carefully counted thirty copper coins and handed them over.

Thirty cents was lost in one fell swoop, but it hurt her body.

However, the good woman said: "This time it is more expensive than last time, it costs fifty cents."

Liu Zhaodi almost jumped up when she heard this, "Why is it more expensive than last time? Aren't they all fertility charms? It's so much more expensive!"

The good woman still looked calm and said calmly: "Last time, Guanyin Empress gave your family a son, but your family ruined it. Do you think Guanyin Empress was annoyed? I also begged Guanyin Empress this time. It took a long time before her old man was willing to bless her with a child again.

"I spent a lot of energy on this talisman. I won't be able to draw any more talismans in the next few days. Do you think it's expensive?"

Liu Zhaodi was speechless, her eyes flashed with guilt.

The eldest daughter-in-law had a miscarriage, so we couldn’t blame her. She didn’t know she was pregnant at the time, otherwise how could she be allowed to fetch water?

"Look, dear mother-in-law, I didn't know that beforehand. I didn't bring that much money with me. Why don't you make it cheaper?"

The good woman didn't speak, just looked at her quietly with a pair of deep eyes.

Although she is already over 50 years old, perhaps because she is not married and has no children, she is no longer in her early forties, and her eyes are not old at all, but as clear as a young person.

It's really stressful to watch people quietly.

Liu Zhaodi couldn't resist it anymore and had to pay honestly.

When leaving, he deliberately bumped past Lin Chunniang.

Lin Chunniang knew she had bad intentions when she saw her coming, but she did not move away. When Liu Zhaodi bumped into her, she moved to the side just in time.

Liu Zhaodi lost her balance and fell flat on her back. She knocked on the threshold and almost lost her teeth.

Lin Chunniang also patted her arm, as if brushing off some bad luck.

Liu Zhaodi was so angry that she almost went to heaven. She glared at her fiercely, but she didn't dare to start a fight on the good woman's territory, and stomped away.

Only Hao Po and Lin Chunniang were left in the room.

Lin Chunniang no longer had the momentum to deal with Liu Zhaodi, and she looked hesitant: "Good woman, I want to ask you to borrow some rice."

Haopo: "How much is one point?"

Lin Chunniang hesitated: "Just one bowl."

I don’t know how many times this bowl of rice is enough to make rice soup.

The good woman went into another room where grain was stored, scooped out a bowl of rice, put it into a cloth bag, took it out and handed it to her.

Lin.

When Lin Chunniang went to borrow rice, Lin Xi, who was hugged and coaxed by Lin Cuiniang, looked at the house.

The house made of earth is covered with straw on the roof, and the skylight shines in through the gaps between the straw. When the sky is clear, the light pillars flying with dust are quite beautiful.

But once it rains, you can imagine water leaks everywhere in the house.There are only two rooms in the house, and there is no necessary furniture, such as beds, tables, cabinets, etc.

There was only a broken wooden box and two straw beds on the floor. This was probably where the family slept.

The only valuable possession was probably the boat that floated Lin Xi here.

In the half-height yard surrounded by fences, a small shed was built with some clay pots inside. It was probably the kitchen.

After looking around, Lin Xi vividly understood the term "family disciples with four walls".

But compared to the end of the world, this place is simply paradise.

Moreover, this family is poor, but they love to be clean. They keep everything neat and tidy inside and outside, and the few things they have are neatly placed, which makes people feel comfortable.

Blue sky, white clouds, sunshine... and normal people who will not turn into zombies at any time, all of these make Lin Xi feel good.

But, why hasn’t the girl who went out to borrow rice come back yet?

Her stomach started growling.

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Lin Chunniang grabbed a small handful of rice, only a few dozen grains at most, and put it into a bowl and carefully poured it through the water. It was considered washed.

Put the moist white rice grains into the pottery pot, pour half a ladle of water into it, cover it, light the straw and cook it.

She would not waste the rice water in the bowl, so she walked to the jujube tree in the yard and sprinkled it carefully along the roots.

She found this jujube tree, dug it up in the wild, and planted it. She originally hoped that the jujube tree would bear sweet fruits. Unexpectedly, three years later, the jujube tree never bore fruit.

But she still took care of it habitually.

As time passed, the rice grains were cooked until they bloomed, a layer of moist rice oil was released, and a fragrance unique to grains emitted.

Lin Xi took a deep breath and couldn't help but salivate.

Not only her, but Lin Chunniang and Lin Cuiniang were also enticed by the smell of rice, their stomachs growling, and they couldn't move their eyes away from the small bowl of thick, white rice soup.

They only ate a dumpling made of rice bran and wild vegetables in the morning, and they had already digested it.

Lin Chunniang licked her lips and stirred the rice soup with a spoon. The aroma of the rice soup turned into substance, visibly penetrated into her nose, and stirred her stomach crazily.

She really wanted to swallow the small half bowl of rice soup in one gulp.

But when she looked into the little baby's longing eyes, she still held back, scooped up a spoonful of rice soup, slowly blew it to cool it, and fed it to her mouth.

Lin Xi couldn't wait to sip it. The taste of the rice soup was very light, but there was a hint of sweetness when she sipped it carefully.

Seeing her enjoying the food, Lin Cuiniang couldn't help laughing, "Sister, she is so cute."

Lin Chunniang said "hmm" and wiped the corner of the doll's mouth with her thumb. She didn't dislike it and directly licked the rice water on it.

Seeing my sister swallowing her saliva, I felt sad and took a spoonful of rice soup to feed her.

Lin Cuiniang shook her head: "This is for the baby."

Lin Chunniang: "She won't starve to death even if she eats just one less spoonful."

The rice soup was so fragrant that Lin Cuiniang couldn't resist the temptation. She took the small spoonful of rice soup into her mouth, slurped it carefully, and was reluctant to swallow it all at once.

Lin Xi stared at Lin Chunniang as she took back the spoon, reached into the bowl, scooped up the rice soup and brought it to her mouth. She hesitated, should she eat it or not?

It wasn't that she disliked Lin Cuiniang for using this spoon - after ten years of struggling in the apocalypse, she had long abandoned those useless things - but she was worried about being infected with Helicobacter pylori.

Children's resistance is very poor.

Before she could think clearly, Lin Chunniang poked the spoon into her mouth.

Lin Xi: "..." Forget it, compared with contracting germs, it is more important to have a full stomach and survive.

(End of this chapter)