The peasants gather wealth, the tyrant cruelly oppresses the weak 003 Wang family's aunt

  【003】

  As it was getting closer to noon, Tang Mai let Tang Guo go back to the room to play and took the clean sweet potatoes and tomatoes into the kitchen.

  She searched around the kitchen, found a stool, put it in front of the rice jar, and climbed up with difficulty. She opened the lid and only found a small handful of rice, a small bag of sorghum, and two small bags of wheat inside.

  Her family was very poor, really poor. No wonder in her previous life, she was the only one who ate rice, and even then, she would eat half and waste half. And every time her twin brother Tang Ke looked at her with a gaze that seemed to say "what a waste".

  This handful of rice was probably left for her to eat tomorrow, sighed and made a great effort to finally scoop the rice out of the rice jar.

  It's better to be a little less, she must think of ways to make money as soon as possible.

  Climbed down from the bench, dragged it to the front of the stove, climbed up again, washed the big pot clean, lit a fire, burned wood and added water to cook.

  Before crossing over, she could only make scrambled eggs with rice.

  And now her craftsmanship is from the previous life and Imperial Kitchen study, even the head chef of the largest restaurant in the capital city has to admit defeat to her. This culinary skill can be said to be a harvest from the previous life, although there are no materials now, it cannot be neglected.

  After busying herself for nearly half a day, the pumpkin porridge and stir-fried tomatoes were finally done. Her small arms and legs were exhausted to the point of being unable to move.

  After a short rest, she took the bowl and scooped all the food from the pot into it, leaving only a small portion behind, which she placed aside. Then, she put all the filled bowls into the basket.

  "Guo'er, come and eat!" Tang Mai shouted towards the direction of the house.

  Soon a small head poked out from the house, Tang Guo pushed open the door and walked over to Tang Mai with a timid expression.

  Tang Mai was well aware that what she had done before had left a shadow in Tang Guo's heart, and for the time being, it was impossible to make Tang Guo not afraid of her. Walking up to Tang Guo, looking at her with a smile, rubbing her somewhat dry hair, taking Tang Guo to wash her hands clean, and bringing the remaining pumpkin porridge to Tang Guo's face.

  "Come on, eat."

  "Sister..." Táng Guǒ had been sneaking glances at Táng Mài, seeing that Táng Mài was smiling at her without any anger, and she couldn't help but smile too. She glanced at the steaming hot pumpkin porridge, touched the bowl, and pushed it towards Táng Mài, "Sister, you eat, Guǒ isn't hungry."

  As soon as Tang Guo finished speaking, Tang Mai heard Tang Guo's stomach growl twice. Tang Guo hurriedly covered his stomach, his ears turned bright red and he lowered his head, also sneaking a glance at Tang Mai with his eyes.

  "Guo'er, look, Er Jie has made a lot of them." Tang Mai pointed to the basket placed aside and said, "Eat up, after we finish eating, we'll go find Father, Mother, Brother, and Sisters, and give these to them to eat, okay?"

  "Good."

  Tang Guo didn't know how long it had been since she'd had a good meal, that little thing, actually ate two big bowls, if Tang Mai hadn't been afraid that Tang Guo would eat too much and not digest well, and stopped her, perhaps Tang Guo could have eaten another big bowl.

  After being stopped by Tang Mai, Tang Guo's hands trembled slightly, put down the chopsticks, lowered her head, and her voice was tinged with a sob, "Sister, it's not good for Guo'er, Guo'er won't eat anymore, don't be angry."

  "Sister is not angry, sister is afraid you eat too much and feel uncomfortable." Tang Mai got down from the stool, walked to the small stool where Tang Guo was sitting, squatted down, looked at her with a smile and said, "Guo Er, no matter what you do in the future, sister will never be angry with you. It was all sister's fault before, sister apologizes to you."

  Tang Mai didn't know if Tang Guo could understand her now, she was making a promise to Tang Guo, and also to herself.

  Tang Guo gazed at Tang Mai with her big, shining eyes. She only understood one sentence, which was that Tang Mai wasn't angry with her.

  "Come on, Guo'er, let's go find Mom and Dad."

  Tangjia Village is located in Longlin County, which is in the southeastern part of Tianlong Country. Longlin County is a second-tier county city in Tianlong Country, and the living standard of the people here can barely reach a warm and full level. Moreover, this place suffers from severe water disasters, and the plum rain season is particularly prolonged. Tangjia Village belongs to the middle to lower level in Longlin County, and most families have problems with their basic needs.

  Tang Mu's stepfather, Tang Yuanshan's family, including Tang Yuanshan, had a total of four brothers and one sister. In the year Tang Guo was born, Old Lady Tang insisted on dividing their household, saying that they couldn't afford to raise so many idle people.

  That time they divided the house, they only got one mu of medium and lower-grade farmland and that broken house with a kitchen where two people live now.

  At this time, although it is the busy spring season, Tang Yuanshan's family can finish planting their one mu of land in just a day or two. However, after asking Tang Guo, he concluded that during these days, Tang Yuanshan and Lian Xiulan would go out early and return late every day, while Tang Ke and Tang Mi also went to help. Only Tang Guo was too young and stayed at home to take care of Tang Mai.

  Tang Mai felt perplexed in her heart, for in her past life she had shown too little concern for the Tang family.

  "Hey, aren't you the second and third daughters of the Tang family? Where are you going?" Just as Tang Mai was leading Tang Guo past a courtyard, they heard a greeting voice coming from inside.

  Tang Mai looked over in the direction of the sound and saw a plump middle-aged woman holding a broom and smiling at them.

  Tang Guo looked at Aunt Wang with a timid expression and said, "Aunt Wang is good." Then she shyly hid behind Tang Mai.

  Tang Mai racked his brains to recall the scarce memories of Tangjia Village, and finally remembered who the plump aunt in front of him was. The plump aunt and her mother were from the same village, had two sons, the elder son was very promising, now teaching in the county town, and was considered a wealthy family in Tangjia Village, usually taking good care of his family.

  "Auntie Wang is great." Tang Mai asked Auntie Wang in a childish tone and revealed a sweet smile.

  "Where are you two going?" Aunt Wang put down the broom and walked out, smiling as she ruffled Tang Mai's hair.

  This is the first time she has seen the second daughter of the Tang family go out, before when she went to the Tang's house, the second daughter was always hiding in her room and not seeing anyone, hearing other villagers say that the second daughter was not good to the third daughter, but looking at this, it doesn't seem like that.

  Tang Mai thought for a moment, put the basket in her hand on the ground, lifted the cloth covering the basket, took out the bowl in the basket, opened the lid on the pumpkin porridge, scooped out a big bowl of pumpkin porridge, and handed it to Aunt Wang, "Aunt Wang, we don't have anything good to eat at home. This is what I just made. Don't be disgusted."

  "Eh, what's this..." Aunt Wang looked at the bowl in front of her in surprise, Tang Mai had just opened the lid and she smelled a fragrance, now hearing Tang Mai say that, she was surprised and also felt embarrassed.

  How could she not know how difficult it is for the Tang family? How can she accept this?

  But Tang Mai said so, she couldn't refuse, looking at Tang Mai's big eyes staring at her with a smile, her heart softened a lot, this child...

  "Aunt Wang, it's usually you who takes care of our family. This is the only thing we can give you, not much, just some food, please accept it."

  "Oh dear, you kid, really..."

  "Aunt Wang, just accept it." Tang Guo, who was hiding behind Tang Mai, also poked out a small head and looked at Aunt Wang with a shy gaze.

  "Alright, then Auntie will accept it." Seeing that both children were being so polite, she couldn't refuse anymore.

  "Second and third, come in and wait a bit, Aunt will go in and move the bowls for you." As she spoke, Wang Aunt took that big bowl of sweet potato porridge into the kitchen, poured it into her own bowl, washed Tang Mai's bowl clean, then wrapped some pickled vegetables made at home and walked to Tang Mai's front, "Second, come, these are Aunt's recent pickling, take them back to taste the freshness."

  Tang Mai lowered his head and looked at the pickled vegetables in his hand, a warm feeling surged up in his heart. The people here were very simple-minded, you treated others well, and they would treat you well too. They were different from those who had deliberately approached him at Song Chengxiang's residence.

  "Thank you, Aunt Wang."

  "Eh yo, seriously, seeing you all makes me want to give birth to a daughter." Wang Shu said with a smile, then suddenly seemed to remember something and looked at Tang Mai, "Second sister, you're carrying baskets, are you going to Xiulan's place?"

  "Yes, Aunt Wang."

  "Hey, that's great, I'm also going to take lunch to my family, I'll take you guys there."

  "That's troubling Aunt Wang." Tang Mai had originally planned to ask for directions while walking, and if Aunt Wang happened to be going in the same direction, that would be best.

  The queen saw that the two little girls were as thin as firewood, and her heart was not good, but seeing them so sensible, knowing to send rice to their parents at such a young age, she was very happy for Xiulan. She packed up the food, walked out, and took Tang Mai's basket with her, "Second sister, you take third sister, these aunts will help you carry."

  "Trouble Auntie." Tang Mei looked at her small arms and legs, let out a long sigh. Her small body really had to work hard to lift these things, thinking that she would be nicer to Wang Auntie in the future, so she didn't refuse anymore.

  Tang Guo also poked out his little head, shyly thanked Aunt Wang, and heard that Aunt Wang's heart was even warmer, feeling that the strength of carrying the basket had increased a bit.

  Spring is in full bloom, the green shade is rippling. Tang Mai and Tang Guo are walking on the small path between the fields, following Wang Shu, with a comfortable mood, heading towards where Tang Yuan Shan and others are working.

  The scorching sunlight at noon, the people working in the fields, one by one were hot and sweating on their heads. Tang Yuanshan and Lian Xiulan were standing in the field, working under the sun, when they heard a clear and crisp child's voice from not far away, "Dad, Mom."

  The two of them looked at each other and wondered why this voice sounded so familiar?

  Just then, Tang Mai had already led Tang Guo over, and Wang Shu's voice also came over, "Xiulan sister, your second and third daughters have come to deliver lunch for you."

  Just as Wang Aunt finished speaking, many people who were working stopped and looked at the two little girls standing on the ridge.

  Two little girls were slender and small, the one standing in front had a warm smile on her face, holding hands with the slightly shy one behind.

  "Eh, Far Mountain, your kids are all so capable and diligent. Nothing like ours, they make mistakes as soon as they start doing some work." A man standing not far away said to Tang Far Mountain with a admiring smile.

  "Hehe..." Tang Yuanshan chuckled twice, and both he and Lian Xiulan climbed out of the fields and rushed towards Tang Mai and Tang Guo.

  "Mai'er, Guo'er, how did you come? Mai'er, are you feeling better? How did you get out?" Lian Xiulan asked anxiously, but she didn't get close to Tang Mai, knowing that Tang Mai had always disliked the muddy smell on her.

  Tang Mai took the initiative to walk over to Lian Xiulan, hugged her and said, "Mom, my sister and I are here to deliver food for you. We were brought by Aunt Wang."

  "Ma...er..." Lian Xiu Lan stared blankly at Tang Mai, who was hugging her, with tears welling up in her eyes. Ever since half a month ago, when Mai had fallen and gotten hurt, she had never been close to her again.

  Tang Mai hugged Lian Xiu Lan tightly and took a deep breath. This was her mother, the one who loved and cared for her deeply.