There was already a bit of wind in the autumn air. Dressed properly, one might have found it pleasant.
Lin Luoyu was thinly dressed, and the wind left her feeling chilly all over. She found another equally worn, thin shirt and put it on over her clothes.
This shirt was a little small and felt tight, but it did warm her up.
Lin Luoyu moved around a little. Perhaps because she was thin, she did not find the undersized shirt too uncomfortable.
Or perhaps it was because life squeezed her harder.
But today, life gave Lin Luoyu a chance to catch her breath.
Of the five fish she had caught yesterday, Lin Luoyu had given Li Junzi two, and another to an auntie who occasionally looked after her.
When she grew hungry that night, she had eaten one.
Now she still had a tiny bit of unhusked rice and one fish. Fish would not keep long, so Lin Luoyu decided to finish this one today.
She deftly started a fire and scraped the scales off the fish. Looking at the innards in its belly... she thought for a moment, then stewed the whole fish together.
She was in no position to consider whether it tasted good, only whether there was enough to eat.
To do this fish justice, Lin Luoyu tossed in the wild greens she had treasured until they had begun to yellow.
As for other seasonings, those were not things Lin Luoyu could afford to have.
"Hmm-hmm..."
A smile appeared on Lin Luoyu's face, and she stretched out her hands to warm them gently by the fire.
A warm little fire, and a fish she could eat soon.
She watched the water gradually begin to bubble, the fish's flesh slowly turning white.
The aroma of fish drifted up