Chapter 708: Escape from Famine 13
Fresh bamboo will have bamboo sap, but the bamboo trees in front of me are almost dead. Even if there was bamboo sap before, it is now dry.

Didn’t you see Yuanchun pretending to hold the bamboo with one hand? All the water was released from the space by her. She wanted the Geng family to drink the water, so she came up with this idea to fool the Geng family.

Fortunately, the five children were easy to fool. Geng Dalin and Sun Chunfeng were also ignorant rural people. Yuanchun fooled them casually and they actually believed it.

Yuanchun chopped down two bamboo trees in succession and filled the large wooden barrel.

Then, she chopped at the third bamboo. This time, no water came out of the bamboo, but a bamboo rat jumped out. Yuanchun quickly reached out her hand and caught the bamboo rat.

"The second son's family, bring the basket here."

"Mom, this...is this a little mouse?"

"This is called bamboo rat, and it's edible."

Yuanchun saw the bamboo rat trying to climb out of the basket, so she flicked her finger and pushed the little bamboo rat back to the bottom of the basket. "Second brother, go find something to cover it up, don't let it escape."

"Okay, mother."

When Sun Chunfeng heard that bamboo rats were edible, his eyes lit up.

This is food, we can't let it run away.

She asked the children to look after the bamboo rat, and then she hurried to the cart, found a wooden pot lid, and put it on the basket.

Geng Xiaowen squatted beside the basket, with his little face pressed against it, looking at the bamboo rats through the gap.

Geng Xiaozhen smacked her lips and said, "Grandma, can I eat this little mouse? Is it delicious?"

"It's delicious. It's full of meat. It's a meat dish, how can it not be delicious? Wait until grandma catches a few more, then we'll build a fire and grandma will cook bamboo rat meat soup for you." "Oh, oh, oh, we'll have meat to eat."

Several children happily surrounded Yuanchun and the basket.

Yuanchun smiled and said, "If you want to eat meat, go get the firewood first. Don't crowd around grandma. The knife in my hand doesn't have eyes. Don't hurt you."

Geng Dalin had already hidden the water. When he heard what his mother said, he called the four older children to collect firewood, leaving Geng Xiaowen to stay with Sun Chunfeng.

Yuanchun exerted her mental strength and hit every target accurately.

With every chop, a bamboo rat jumped out of the chopped bamboo pole. After catching more than 30 bamboo rats, Yuanchun directed Geng Dalin to build a fire. She cleaned, chopped and cleaned the bamboo rats neatly. Then she put a big pot on the shelf, threw all the bamboo rat pieces into the pot, added a small spoonful of salt and half a bucket of water, covered the pot and simmered it slowly.

Geng Dalin and Sun Chunfeng were so heartbroken when they saw that half of the bucket of water was gone in the blink of an eye, but no one dared to say anything.

An hour later, the aroma of meat filled the air. The children gathered around the iron pot, sniffing hard, swallowing their saliva, and staring at the big pot eagerly.

Another half an hour passed before Yuanchun opened the lid of the pot, took the bowl brought by Sun Chunfeng, and served a bowl of broth to each of the five children.

Serve more for three adults.

The family of eight sat around the big pot, no one spoke, all focused on eating. Geng Xiaowu and Geng Dalin each ate three bowls, Geng Xiaowen ate one bowl, and everyone else ate two bowls.

After drinking a big pot of meat soup, the Geng family felt like they were alive again.

Geng Xiaowen put down the bowl, licked his little hands that had been holding the bones with great satisfaction, and looked at his grandmother eagerly, "Grandma, the broth is delicious. I want to eat broth again tomorrow."

Yuanchun left the task of cleaning up the dishes to her son and daughter-in-law. She hugged Geng Xiaowen, kissed him on his bony face, and said, "Since my little grandson has made a request, grandma will definitely satisfy you. We will have meat soup tomorrow morning."