The house is ancient, and was taken home by a rough man and spoiled

Shen Yuan looked at the little ones and held his forehead.

He is the only adult in the family, and now he has become like this. Should everyone else become depressed with him?

He's got to pull himself together.

Of course, he would not tell Shen Songqing about Su Wanwan.

Let's just keep this matter to ourselves.

In fact, if the supplies at home were not still there, he would have thought that he was dreaming.

It's so true.

"Uncle, why are you here?"

Shen Yuan went over to meet him.

"Why am I here? Look, Shen Yuan, what's wrong with you? The three little ones are counting on you! Look how skinny they are because you starved them."

Shen Songqing was so angry that he thought, if he hadn't come today, what would this family of four be doing at home?

Is life really over?

Sitting on the mountain?

Look how hungry these little ones are.

The three little ones had gained some weight a few days ago, but how come they returned to their old size in just a few days?

Shen Yuan was silent.

Ever since Su Wanwan disappeared, they no longer had the mood to eat and could only manage to eat snacks every day.

Coupled with the fact that I couldn't sleep all night due to worry, I lost weight at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye.

Not only is he thin, he also looks listless and emaciated.

"It's my fault. I didn't take good care of them. Don't be angry, uncle."

Shen Yuan nodded and admitted his mistake.

I really feel that I was totally wrong.

If Su Wanwan were still alive, she probably wouldn't want to see them so depressed.

"I remember you bought a lot of food, didn't you? What's the matter? Are you reluctant to eat it?"

Shen Songqing was still puzzled. Shen Yuan had earned so much silver from selling so many game a while ago, so he should be able to store a lot of food. The children shouldn't be so thin.

His eyes turned to the cowshed in the corner of the yard.

Well, he was once a strong bull, but now he has become as thin as lightning.

Poor.

It turns out that a home without a woman is just not good at all.

But Shen Yuan...

It would have been difficult for him to find a wife with three little ones, but now the whole village knows that he is not suitable.

He's so big now, no girl would want to marry him.

Even Liu Chunmei, who had been pestering him before, now despised him after hearing that he was no longer able to do so, and never came to see him again.

"How can that be possible? We are fasting, yes, fasting..."

Shen Yuan finally thought of a good reason.

Shen Songqing looked at his nephew, then looked at the three little ones. They had none of their former vitality, as if all their energy had been drained away.

He looked up at the room and suddenly felt a little cold.

"Yuan, are you really possessed by a ghost? I heard there's a Wong Tai Sin in the county who's quite magical. How about asking someone to come over and take a look?"

Shen Songqing really felt that they were possessed by evil spirits.

The expressions of these people are really too abnormal.

Especially Shen Yuan, he is the most diligent. In the past few days, he was watering the fields and weeding, working harder than anyone else.

After hearing this, Shen Yuan raised his eyes slightly, and a glimmer of light finally flashed in his eyes.

I don’t know how powerful the Wong Tai Sin is, and whether he can be summoned by Su Wanwan, a little fairy.

"Uncle, we are fine, don't worry, what are you doing here?"

The old man saw that Shen Yuan seemed to be alive, so he walked out.

Shen Yuan followed him out.

"I haven't seen you guys for a few days, so I came to see you. It's a good thing I came. Why haven't I seen you go out in the fields these days?"

Shen Songqing explained his purpose.

It turned out that the weather was getting warmer, the ground was drying up faster and faster, and the water level in the river had dropped by half. In the past few days, people in the entire village were desperately watering the fields to conserve water.

I thought that I could water the plants more often while the river water was still not completely dry.

I heard that Feng'an County in the north has completely dried up, the ground is cracked, and many farmers have begun to flee the famine to the south.

"They fled the famine so quickly. It's not even May yet. Have they eaten all the autumn harvest?"

Shen Yuan was also shocked.

They have two harvests a year, once in autumn and once in summer.

The food produced in autumn can usually be eaten until the summer of the following year, which is just enough to replenish the supply.

Even if there's no harvest due to the drought in summer, it's not even May yet.

“Alas, there was a drought there last autumn, and the autumn harvest was reduced. After paying the tax grain, how could they last until June?

I thought there were plenty of wild vegetables in the spring and summer, so even if I couldn't make it to June, I could still eat some wild vegetables and not starve. But the drought has been going on for so long, and the trees are almost dead. Where can I find so many wild vegetables?"

Shen Songqing took a puff of his pipe, and all the wrinkles on his old face wrinkled together.

Shen Yuan's eyes also darkened.

"Although the river here has not dried up yet, it is estimated that it will not last much longer. Fortunately, the wheat has already eared, although the ears are too small, but it is still better than Feng'an County."

Shen Songqing looked worried, but fortunately their family had stored enough food.

Shen Yuan looked towards his own yard.

The earthen wall of the yard was very low, not even as high as him, and it looked unsafe.

"Uncle, Feng'an County is next to our Tongxu County. They will probably come to us first when they flee southward. Those refugees will do anything to get a bite to eat. We can't just do nothing."

Shen Yuan already has a plan.

He had too much food stored at home and three children, so he had to consider safety issues.

Shen Songqing saw Shen Yuan looking at the courtyard wall and knew what he was thinking. He tapped his pipe and said:

"The wall can be built high, but we can't fence off the wheat field as well. Whatever we can protect, the better. I came here today to remind you that many families in the village have started to build walls. You should hurry up too."

Shen Songqing put out the cigarette butt, put his hands behind his back and prepared to go back. His family had bought so much food, so he had to protect it well.

Shen Yuan nodded.

"Uncle, I'm going to the county town to get some broken porcelain slag to stick on the wall. It's safer. When I come back, I'll go to your place and set some traps inside and outside the yard."

Shen Songqing paused and turned back:

"You are really thoughtful. OK, I'll ask Shen Liang and the others to make more adobe bricks, and you can come back and build the wall directly."

As family members, Shen Songqing walked away.

Shen Yuan returned to the house, looked at the three little ones, and suddenly said in a deep voice:

"Cheer up, Shen Zhao. Take good care of them. From today on, you all have to eat well for me."

Shen Zhao raised his eyes and nodded.

"Don't cry, Yue'er. Sister is blessed by fate. She will be fine. Dad will go to the county town to think of a solution."

Shen Yuan doesn't know how to comfort people, but when he saw Xiao Yue'er like this, he couldn't help but say a few words of comfort.

In fact, he was more panicked than them.

But what if I panic?

He couldn't reach her world, and didn't even know whether she was alive or dead.

But he believed that she would be fine.

He didn't want to see the children like this when she returned.

"Yes, Daddy is right, Sister will be fine, Yue'er, don't cry..."

Xiao Yue'er's voice was hoarse and she was trying hard to hold back her tears.

"Dad, are you going to the county? I'm going to feed the cows."

Xiao Yunyi finally had a glimmer of hope and climbed out of bed to feed the cows.

Shen Zhao also stood up and went straight down to the cellar. He wanted to prepare some food for his elder brother for the journey.