Chapter 720: Escape from Famine 25
"Grandma, I swept the floor today." Geng Xiaowen stepped forward and begged for praise.

"Grandma, my elder sister and I are washing clothes together." Geng Xiaozhen also came forward and leaned on Yuanchun's legs.

Geng Xiaoling complained, "Grandma, all the water in the water jar was used up by my elder and second sisters for washing clothes. My brother still wanted to fetch water, but I held him back because I was afraid he would fall into the well because he couldn't carry a bucket of water."

"I won't fall into the well. I'm very strong." Geng Xiaowu argued with a red face.

Yuanchun touched her eldest grandson's head and said, "Xiaowu, you are still young. Fetching water is heavy work and you can't do it. We will let your second uncle do it. You just need to help sweep the floor, feed the chickens and cook at home. When the grass grows on the mountain, you can take your sisters and brothers to dig wild vegetables and cut grass for pigs to earn work points."

Geng Xiaowu nodded sensibly, "Grandma, I will work hard to learn how to cook, and I will make sure the food is delicious."

"Okay, then wait till tonight and ask your second aunt to make dried gourd strips and stew potatoes, and you can learn from her."

"Grandma, I want to learn too. I will cook with my brother in the future." Geng Xiaoyu said.

Before, when Second Aunt cooked, she would take the initiative to help light the fire, wash vegetables and wash rice. She liked cooking very much and always felt that being able to cook delicious meals was a matter of pride.

Since her granddaughter wanted to learn, Yuanchun certainly wouldn't stop her.

After dinner, Geng Xiaoyu and Geng Xiaowu took the initiative to wash the dishes, while Geng Dalin carried the wooden bucket back and forth several times and filled the large water tank at home.

After lunch, Yuanchun took her son and daughter-in-law to finish the remaining work on the land.

At night, when Sun Chunfeng was cooking, Geng Xiaowu and Geng Xiaoyu were learning beside him. Sun Chunfeng also taught them seriously how much water and salt to put in...

The next day at noon, Yuanchun and her two parents returned home from work and ate pumpkin soup with rice cooked by Geng Xiaoyu.

Yuanchun went out last night and brought the pumpkin back quietly.

She brought back two baskets of pumpkins and winter melons, about ten in total, large and small. Geng Dalin and Sun Chunfeng were both surprised, but under Yuanchun's cold glance, neither of them dared to ask.

When asked, Yuanchun had no answer.

She couldn't say that these were the dishes in her space, and that she was tired of eating rice porridge with pickles or stewed dried vegetables and vermicelli every day and wanted to eat something else.

But Yuanchun didn't dare to take out the fresh vegetables.

As soon as it was taken out it was obvious there was a problem.

After much thought, she could only take out some pumpkins and winter melons that could be stored for a long time. If these two things were stored well, they would not go bad for several months.

So, these few days, the Geng family has been eating pumpkin soup and winter melon soup with rice every day.

After eating for two days, Yuanchun got tired of it and went out quietly at night carrying a basket.

A few hours later, when Yuanchun came back, two baskets were filled with potatoes, radishes, sweet potatoes and soybeans.

As soon as the soybeans were brought back, Yuanchun soaked five pounds of them and let them sprout.

"Mom, where did you get these things?" That night, Geng Dalin finally couldn't help but asked secretly.

Yuanchun first glanced around, and when she saw that everyone in the family had gone to bed, she sighed in a pretentious manner and said in a low voice, "Second brother, mother is your father's child bride, did you know that?"

"I know that grandpa and grandfather are sworn brothers. Grandpa liked you, so grandpa gave you to father as a child bride." Everyone in the Geng family knew about this.

Yuanchun continued, "When your grandfather was young, he was a bodyguard and had great martial arts skills. But because he offended an important person, he had to live in this remote place."