Chapter 606: Quarrel

On the island of Ireland, the rain poured down, but for some reason almost all the islanders did not feel refreshed, but felt heavy and depressed.

From the strange germs that appeared a few years ago, the priests who suddenly "went crazy", the prophecies that were spread more and more mysteriously, and the abnormal weather, all cast a shadow on the hearts of the farmers.

As an experienced farmer, Patrit's father had a very strong feeling that there would not be a good harvest this year.

Although this was ridiculous, he secretly replaced potatoes with wheat and barley with his children without telling his wife.

A week later, Patrit brought back a newspaper from the town, saying that potatoes were growing well all over the European continent, and Ireland was no exception.

In fact, the British government was trying hard to conceal what happened in Belgium and the Netherlands. The potatoes in the entire Wallonia region almost all died within a week.

And this terrible situation is spreading to the European continent. Potato late blight has appeared in parts of France and Germany, and Spain and Portugal have not been spared.

But at this time, the British government blocked the news domestically, for no other reason than that this curse-like pathogen also appeared on the British Isles.

Scotland on the British Isles was the hardest hit area, with more than half of the potato crops dying, and large tracts of farmland also dying in Wales and England.

At this time, there was no large-scale disaster on the island of Ireland, but unlike the British mainland, the main source of food for people here was potatoes. Once there was a problem with potatoes, it would be a devastating disaster.

Under the British government's announcements of good news, the Irish gradually indulged in the fantasy of a good harvest.

Little did they know that the pace of disaster had never stopped

In the countryside in southern Ireland, the Jennings family still lived a busy and peaceful life.

Scathach always complained that her parents gave her too much work, but as the eldest girl in the family, she not only had to do farm work outside, but also had to do housework and take care of the baby when she returned home.

So she began to imagine that she could become the youngest one, or become a boy.

After all, Patrit either wandered around or attended so-called "cocktail parties" every day. As long as he didn't miss dinner time, his parents would be extremely tolerant of him.

Patrit could also bring friends home. That Wynn had been living and eating at Jennings' house for a long time, and he always stared at Scathach.

This made her feel very unhappy, because she couldn't even adopt a stray cat, but her eldest brother could keep a person at home.

To be honest, Scathach thought that the barley cakes and barley hemispheres tasted good. After all, it was okay to change the taste occasionally after eating potatoes for more than ten years.

But there was a big problem, that is, the barley yield was still too low, and I was afraid that even the food for the winter would be a problem, not to mention having enough money to pay rent to the masters.

"Maybe we can borrow some money from the church to get through this crisis. After all, those priests look very rich and friendly."

Scathach thought so, and then heard Patrit and Wynn openly "plotting" the future of Ireland on the haystack.

They planned to overthrow the British rule, and then bring back all the exiled and enslaved people and give them freedom again.

The two thought that on the island of Ireland where there were no British people, they could enter the farmland at will to harvest wheat and send it to the mill. At that time, someone would grind wheat for them for free and bake sweet and soft white bread for them.

At that time, they could sprinkle salt, sugar and pepper on the bread! .

But this was nonsense in Scathach's eyes. After all, if no one planted food, how could crops grow in the land?

And everyone was Irish. Even if the British were driven away, potatoes should be planted in the land.

And as a "senior gourmet", Scathach stole salt, pepper and white sugar from the church. The taste of these three things mixed together was really not good.

On the other hand, Scathach felt that her parents were not exiled to the other side of the world (Australia) by the British. Patrit had no need to hate the British so much, and there was no need to get herself into trouble.

She felt that although she was ruled by the British now, life was not too bad.

Scathach still envied Patrit. Although he was older than himself, he didn't have to do much farm work. He just had to lie on the haystack and daydream every day. Poor himself, he had to collect straw everywhere for emergency use.

But one day, Patrit was heard by Scathach's father when he and Wynn were planning their grand plan.

"I don't welcome any young man to talk about such illegal remarks in my house!"

This is a very severe warning. Most Irish farmers are honest and dutiful people. Once they start to accuse, it proves that they have reached the point of intolerance.

"Mr. Jennings, thank you for your hospitality these days, but your despotism can't kill my freedom!

Long live Ireland, even if you support the rule of the British, you are the object of our liberation. Cheer for our future!"

This is the first sentence that Wynn and Mr. Jennings have said in so many days. He left with his head held high and was so unruly.

But Mr. Jennings's eyes were also firm. He didn't think he was wrong. He had seen too many such people.

But Ireland is still the land of the British, and as a father and a husband, he must protect his family from harm.

"Dad, what did you do! Wynn is a real Irishman"

Before Patrit finished speaking, he was slapped hard by his father.

"Don't associate with such dangerous people, and don't attend cocktail parties from now on. You are already obsessed! Do you understand?"

"It's you who is obsessed! The running dog of the British!"

Patrit was about to leave after he finished speaking, but his father grabbed his arm.

"Don't come back if you leave!"

"If you don't come back, don't come back!"

Patrit shook off his father's hand and strode away. It was the first time that Scathach saw his father and his eldest brother quarreling so hard. He wanted to stop them but suddenly lost his courage and just stood there blankly.

After a long time, his father fell to the ground weakly as if his soul was sucked out. Scathach wanted to comfort him but didn't know what to say.

In the end, the father mustered up the courage to go back to the field to continue farming before Scathach, clearing the weeds in the field as usual, but working extra hard.

Scathach told Mickey and Tommy ten nights of stories in exchange for the two little guys' treasured field mice. She mixed the two field mice with potatoes, broken cakes, and wild vegetables into a pot of porridge.

When Scathach came to the field with the hot porridge, her father was already sweating profusely. When the latter saw the former, he still managed to squeeze out a smile, but Scathach cried, and finally the father and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly.