Chapter 8: Relying on others is worse than relying on oneself
After Murong Yue added the salt, she stirred for a while until the wild vegetables and cornmeal were cooked.
Get three clean bowls and put them next to the stove, ready to serve them out.
As soon as Murong Yue put it on, Murong Hao came over and took away a bowl and said, "I don't need it, you and Xiao Qi can just eat it."
Murong Yue knew that he wanted her and Xiao Qi to eat more.
"Xiao Qi and I can't eat that much. If we don't finish it, it will be wasted." Murong Yue stepped forward and wanted to take the bowl in his hand.
As a result, Murong Hao ducked to the side, avoiding her outstretched hand and said, "If you can't finish eating, you can eat it at night."
After saying that, he put the bowl back where the dishes were.
Seeing this, Murong Yue put down the spoon in her hand and said, "Okay then! Save it for dinner."
Then he turned around and walked out of the kitchen.
Murong Hao frowned slightly as he watched her leaving.
Xiaoyue had never been like this before. After falling into the water this time, her temper became much more stubborn.
With a slight sigh, he had no choice but to pick up the bowl he had put down just now, go to the stove, and fill up three bowls of wild vegetable paste.
However, two bowls were full, and one bowl was only half a bowl.
There wasn't much cornmeal batter to begin with, and Murong Yue's health wasn't fully recovered yet, so a full bowl had to be given to her.
Xiao Qi is still young and should eat more, so I gave him a bowl.
After Murong Hao finished dividing the paste, he brought it to the only table in the kitchen, which was also the only table in the house that could be used for eating.
After Murong Hao put the bowl away, he shouted to Murong Qi who was playing outside: "Xiao Qi, go and ask sister to come for dinner."
Murong Qi looked up at Murong Hao and replied, "Okay, brother, I'll go right away."
"Da da da..." and ran towards Murong Yue.
Murong Yue was not angry with Murong Hao, but she had been alone for more than 20 years, whether eating, going to school, or working alone.
Even in the orphanage, I don't have any friends.
So she doesn't know how to get along with her relatives.
"Hey... forget it, he won't eat, I can't let myself be wronged, can I?"
After Murong Yue finished speaking, she turned around and walked back.
After walking a few steps, he saw Murong Qi running this way.
Murong Qi arrived in front of Murong Yue and gasped and said to Murong Yue: "Hu~hu...sister, sister, brother asked me to call you back for dinner!"
Murong Yue looked at his out of breath look, couldn't hold back her hand, reached out and touched his head and said, "Okay, let's go together!"
After speaking, he stretched out his hand and waited for him to put it up.
Murong Qi smiled and stretched out his hand to touch her palm.
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Murong Yue took Xiao Qi back home and saw Murong Hao standing in the yard looking in the direction of the door.
As soon as he saw the two of them back, he was obviously relieved.
Seeing this, Murong Yue felt a little touched in her heart.
But as soon as I had such an idea, I immediately shook my head slightly, thinking: This is probably the original owner's legacy, and he was moved by his relatives, right?
After all, she has never experienced the feeling of having family members, let alone the feeling that if she ran out in anger, someone would be waiting at home worriedly.
Murong Hao walked up and said, "Xiaoyue, don't be angry."
Murong Yue shook her head and said, "I'm not angry."
Murong Hao felt relieved when he saw that she was indeed not angry.
"Then go in and eat quickly! Otherwise it will be cold."
Murong Yue said lightly "Yeah".
He took Xiaoqi's hand and walked to the kitchen.
Murong Hao frowned after hearing her faint tone, and even more felt that Murong Yue had become different.
After standing for a while to calm down, he walked into the kitchen, sat down on the empty stool next to him, and acted as if nothing had happened, picked up the half bowl of paste and ate it.
After Murong Yue came in, she understood that the half bowl of paste was left for herself by Murong Hao.
She ignored it and directly brought a full bowl to Murong Qi, then she took a full bowl and ate it herself.
She was indeed too hungry, so she just swallowed the corn mush directly into her stomach no matter how unpalatable it was.
I finished the bowl of cornmeal batter in a short time.
Wiping his mouth, he accidentally glanced at Murong Hao sitting opposite.
What he saw was Murong Hao holding a bowl and looking at him intently.
It was like seeing something incredible.
Murong Yue twitched her lips in embarrassment, then said nothing, picked up her bowl, stood up, and quickly walked out of the kitchen.
While walking, I thought: Isn’t it just because I was too hungry that I ate a little too fast? As for looking at it like this?
Here, Murong Hao looked at Murong Yue who walked out quickly, laughing a little, but also feeling a little distressed.
After the meal, Murong Yue looked at the sky. It was probably around 10:00 in the morning.
Seeing that it was still early, I decided to go up the mountain to have a look.
As the old saying goes, you can eat mountains if you rely on mountains, and you can eat water if you rely on water.
Qingquan Village is close to mountains and water, so I don't believe that she, a modern person, can't find anything to fill her stomach.
I put on the only backpack at home, picked up a woodcutter, and walked towards the door.
It is said to be a doorway, but it is just a bamboo fence as a wall and a door made of bamboo. If you push it hard, it will feel like it is crumbling.
Hey! This family is really poor!
Murong Yue sighed again.
"Little sister, you are not feeling well yet, where will you go?"
Just when Murong Yue was sighing, Murong Hao's confused voice came from behind.
Only then did Murong Yue remember that she was no longer alone. She also had an older brother and a younger brother. She should say hello when she went out.
"I, I want to go to the mountains behind to see if I can find something to eat."
Murong Yue turned around and looked at Murong Hao with some guilt and said.
After saying that, I realized that it was wrong! Why did she feel guilty? It wasn't like she had done something shameful.
Murong Yue secretly clenched her fists.
When Murong Hao heard her talk about going to the back mountain, he frowned and said seriously: "Little sister, didn't I tell you and Xiao Qi? This back mountain is dangerous and there are many wild animals. In addition to the hunters in the village,
Almost no one dares to go.”
After hearing this, Murong Yue remembered that in the memory of the original owner, Murong Hao had indeed said something to them.
Not long after they moved to the foot of this mountain, Murong Hao told them that there were big insects, wild boars, blind bears and so on in the deep mountains behind this mountain.
Two years ago, there were two hunters in the village. They ran into the mountains because they were chasing a small wild boar. Only one person came out, but he was seriously injured. When they saw the villagers who were looking for him, their first words were:
He said, "There are big bugs inside, blind bears..." and then he fainted.
The village organized a dozen strong men to search for the missing person, but when they found him, he had been cut into pieces. I heard it was very miserable.
After that, the village chief issued an order that no one was allowed to enter the back mountain, and no one was allowed to go deep into the mountain, only in front.
I also made a mark to prevent people from straying into the mountains and losing their lives.
After what happened, almost no one in the village dared to come to this mountain, except for some bold hunters who occasionally came to the front mountain to hunt rabbits, roe deer and the like.
Because of the presence of tigers, over time, people in the village called this mountain Tiger Mountain.
"Brother, it's okay. I'm not going into the deep mountains. I'm just going to see if I can dig some wild vegetables back in the front mountains. There's nothing to eat at home."
Although Murong Yue was afraid of tigers, but in order to live a good life, she had no choice but to go to the unknown Tiger Mountain to look for it.
Where there are fewer people, there are more good things.
"No, I can't let you go. There is no food. I will find a way. You..."
"Find a way? Should we borrow from Aunt Wu or Aunt Li? Brother, we owe them enough. We can't always rely on others to live. We always trouble others. If you don't bother us now, can you guarantee that they will
Won’t you be annoyed?”
What Murong Yue hated most in her life was owing others favors. Although she was the original owner before, but now that she is here, she would never owe others favors for a trivial matter.
You have hands and feet, so why do you have to rely on others to support yourself?
As a modern person, Murong Yue would never allow herself to make such a mistake.
"Brother, it's better to rely on yourself than to rely on others. I believe you understand this better than me."
Chapter completed!