The next day, the sky was still sunny, and the temperature was a little higher than the day when Luo Fei transmigrated.
Luo Fei got up early, originally he wanted to walk around and move, stretch his out muscles, but he just took the first step and felt fire under his ass. He could only take back the foot he had taken out, wondering what excuse to find to lie in bed for the day.
Luo Yi at that moment shouted from outside: “Second brother, come out to eat!”
Luo Fei almost blurted out and asked, “What time is it?!”
Well, he also got up at this time yesterday, and was not much later than the other people, but how come the rhythm today seemed different?
Sure enough, after toughing out the pain in his chrysanthemum to go out and see, the food on the table was all set up – each place had a bowl of “confused” porridge. (It’s explained later down.)
In the middle was even a small dish of salty pickled radish, this was the whole of today’s breakfast.
Speaking of “confused” porridge, there may be many younger generations who don’t know what it is. All it is, is boiling cornmeal with water to create a soupy texture. (Basically cornmeal porridge/congee). If your house was better off, you could add some sugar, but sugar was a relatively expensive thing in ancient times. Generally, country people couldn’t afford it.
“Mother, aren’t there any pancakes?” Although Luo Ru was a girl, her mouth was able and she could eat. Looking at the bowl of porridge that couldn’t be thinner and the small dish of pickles, she suddenly showed a sad expression.
“There is no more flour at home, and the rice is almost gone. Just hold out for now.” Li Yuehua poured some porridge from her bowl. “Mother will give you some more.”
“It’s all right Mother, give some more to Father and eldest brother.” Although Luo Ru liked to eat, she was a conscientious girl. She went to pour from her bowl into the other bowls. She knew that Father and eldest brother did the most work every day and that for them, eating only that much was definitely not enough.
“You are still growing, don’t have to give it to your brother.” Luo Yi stopped his sister’s movements.
“Stop giving, let’s all eat our own, it’s getting cold now. But I can’t finish it, so I’ll give some to Luo Ru.” Luo Fei divided his in half and gave it to his sister, thinking with a sad heart. Eating cornmeal porridge wasn’t enough to be full, and it was hard enough these days. Although he was in a single-parent family in modern times, his grandma was a folk artist. She taught classes before he transmigrated. Their income was good, and his mother was a strong woman, so he had never struggled too much in life… Compared to the present… these circumstances were hard to compare.
“Spring is beginning, now every family is struggling.” Luo Tian said, “The intake of the family is too small, so I discussed it with your mother yesterday and decided to plow more land this year. If we can get more food, it should become better than now.”
“Today, I am going to go up with your Father and older brother, and you will stay at home.” Li Yuehua said, “Darling (at Luo Fei), life will get a little harder in the future. The small vegetable garden was originally taken care of by me. You will have to take it over this year. The corn roots are all gone, and today you should plow the land, and plant some cabbage and corn seeds.”
“I, by myself?” Luo Fei almost spit out the cornmeal porridge.
“Isn’t there still your sister and brother? You can do it together.” Li Yuehua said with a heavy heart, “You don’t want to get married now, and we don’t want you to force you. But if you don’t find someone you can depend on, you can only rely on yourself. Before, Mother and Father were worried because you are a ger. You are weak and your body is delicate, we tried to prevent you from having to do much work. However, seeing the situation of our family, now it can’t be avoided."
“Working is fine, but can we wait until tomorrow?” Even if they let him rest more for a day it would be better. He felt that he still had a laceration on his chrysanthemum. Today, if he had to plow and sow the land, he would go crazy.
“What are you going to do today?” Luo Tian looked suspiciously at the second son who had a “criminal record.” (Referring to when Luo Fei had gone off to drown himself.)
“I’m not doing anything, I just…” Luo Fei did not know how to say it. He knows that saying he’s going to the Xi house is the best plan because his new mother is eager for him to exchange feelings with Xi Yanqing. But going there was too far away. If he walked there, his chrysanthemum would have been rubbed raw.
“Let me tell you the truth!” Luo Fei said, “I don’t feel very well today, and I want to rest.”
"Not feeling well?" Li Yuehua became nervous. When he was young, her second son fell ill easily. Later, after listening to a fortune teller, they changed his name (remember in a previous chapter he was like oh if LF didn’t change his name then all the kids’ names would have spelled out a phrase meaning good luck) and he got a little better. How could he have gotten ill again?
"Do you want to find a Doctor to examine you?"
Notes: Another 5k word chapter, so probably five parts again! Here’s a recipe to “confused” porridge lol
Google translate should work fine for it but if not, it’s basically just cornmeal, water, maybe a little corn starch to thicken it up and then sugar to taste~