Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

When Yuanchun woke up, the sun was already high in the sky. Niuniu was also awake. She was sitting next to her mother, staring into her mother's eyes.

When Yuanchun opened her eyes, she smiled happily, "Mom, mom, you're awake, hurry up and have breakfast. Grandma said your meal is warming in the pot."

"Where's your grandma?"

"Grandma and grandpa are digging the soil. Grandpa said he would build a house for our family." Niuniu asked her with a smile, "Mom, are we going to build a new house to live in?"

"Well, Niuniu, do you like it?"

Yuanchun got up and put on a thin cotton jacket and thin cotton trousers.

It's getting colder day by day in November in the Northeast. I was still wearing thin coats a few days ago, but today I have to wear a thin cotton-padded jacket. Fortunately, the ground has not frozen these days, otherwise I wouldn't be able to dig the foundation.

Niuniu's little head nodded like a chick pecking at rice, "Yes, Mom, I like living in the new house, and I like living with you."

"Mom, is that the house built for our family?"

"Yes, it's a house built for mom and Niuniu."

"Mom, will we have a home in the future?"

"Niuniu, are you very happy?"

"Yeah, I'm happy, Niuniu is so happy, Mom, Niuniu will have a home too." Niuniu happily climbed off the kang and ran out, "Brother, brother, Niuniu will have a home too."

When Yuanchun heard her daughter's words, she smiled, but her heart felt a little sad.

It turns out that little Niuniu also wants to have a home of her own?

Even though their grandparents, uncles and aunts were very good to them, it could not change the fact that they, mother and daughter, were living under someone else's roof and had no home of their own.

"Aunt, aunt, you're awake."

The kang in her new house was only three meters wide, so two kangs would only be six meters wide. Her eleven nephews, plus a girl, would have to squeeze together on the two kangs to fit them all.

After Yuanchun gave each of her nephews a piece of fruit candy, the group of little kids happily continued to play with insects.

There was a bowl of sweet potato porridge, a small plate of fried shredded potatoes, and a small dish of pickles in the pot.

After Yuanchun finished her meal, she was about to go next door to help when the Queen Mother came back.

The Queen Mother said, "Your fifth uncle has found five people to dig the foundation today. We will provide a meal at noon. We have Chinese cabbage at home. You can go to your aunt's house at the entrance of the village and buy two pieces of tofu to stew."