I was divorced because I got pregnant during the lean years, so I went back to my parents’ home and

Ah Qi straightened his head and raised his head, patting his chest and saying.

Mrs. Lin burst into laughter and patted his head: "Okay, I agree!"

Ji Xiaobei: My biological sister, has anyone recognized me?

Ji Lizheng: "I think it's okay. This child is just a little thin. He has Xiaobei's chivalrous and righteous demeanor. They really look like real siblings!"

Shitou pouted and was about to cry: Is my Yi a coward? She is my real sister, okay!

Ma Haixia: Wuuuu, you all stand aside, she is already my biological sister!

Xiaohua couldn't help asking, "Aqi, does your sister also have a share of your family's money?"

Everyone:...

Aqi forced a smile at Xiaohua who was ruining the atmosphere: Can you shut up? You are the youngest, and your questions are the most heartbreaking!

Aqi then knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to Ji Xiaobei.

"Ji Xiaobei is my biological sister. We share happiness and hardship. I don't ask to die on the same day as you, but I hope to be born on the same day as you!"

Aqi said loudly.

He is determined to hold on to Ji Xiaobei's thick thigh.

Everyone: It doesn’t sound right, but it doesn’t matter. What’s important is that Aqi expressed their thoughts.

They are also willing to be born on the same day as Ji Xiaobei, not asking to die on the same day as the same month.

Yes, that's true. If Ji Xiaobei didn't have a brother named Aqi, if Ji Xiaobei didn't find the cave in advance, if Ji Xiaobei didn't go into the village and kill the bandits...

If not...

Perhaps they are now the victims of the bandits' knives.

The villagers felt more secure, and the fear, tension and anxiety on their faces faded a lot.

As soon as people relax their body and mind, they immediately feel hungry.

Some children cried for food.

The families who brought food out dragged the children into the cave and secretly gave them some food.

I didn’t bring anything with me and could only watch my child lick his lips.

Ji Xiaobei felt sad when he saw the hungry child, so he asked Ji Lizheng to dig out a bag of brown rice.

When they saw the food, everyone was stunned. Who hid the food in advance?

Is it Ji Lizheng?

No wonder he is the village head, he has a long-term vision.

"Village head, this food...you are so foresighted that you actually hid the food in advance!" Ji Ernai said enviously.

She also wanted to hide, but her family was so tight on money, how could she hide?

"How could I have such foresight? It was Xiaobei who prepared it in advance before he went to Anzhou. That kid is very thoughtful. We can't help but admit it!"

When Ji Lizheng talked about Ji Xiaobei, the fine lines on his face became much less.

"Are you going to share it with us?" Erya's mother said, licking her cracked lips.

"Bah! You wishful thinking, this food belongs to Ji Xiaobei's family, do you want to eat it for free?"

Erya's mother shrank her neck and said unwillingly:

"My husband Fuyou has done his part, and you guys need to go find Shugen and the others. It's my husband and my two sons who are guarding the cave entrance and protecting the villagers."

"Mother Erya, do you have any conscience? Your man is guarding the entrance to the cave. Ji Lizheng and the others had only taken two steps when my little one came back carrying Xiaobei!"

Second wife Ji was so angry that she wanted to tear Erya's mouth apart.

Grandma Ji San looked at Grandma Ji Er in confusion: When did the little one become yours?

That is the youngest child from our Jijia Village.

Erya's mother stopped talking and looked at Ji Lizheng enviously as he moved a bag of food to the cave entrance.

When Mrs. Lin heard that it was Ji Xiaobei who hid it, she was confused and said: How come I didn’t know about this!

Ji Xiaobei looked at the hungry villagers. The food belonged to their families and he couldn't just give it to them for free.

She secretly said a few words to Aunt Song.

Aunt Song stood on the dirt slope, cleared her throat and said, "Xiaobei's kid prepared a bag of food in advance, enough for his family to eat for a month.

But this child was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see us starving, so he wanted to cook porridge for us.

I think we can’t eat for free, so let’s do this, one penny for a bowl of porridge, and when we get back to the village, we can give the money to the people there, or go to a handicraft workshop to work and pay off the debt! Anyway, we can’t eat for free…”

"Yes, we can't eat for free. Food is so precious nowadays. If we are not careful, people will starve to death..."

"Yes, the bandits are causing so much trouble that we can't even buy food at the grain store..."

The grandfather came over tremblingly: "Bei, you are the kind-hearted man in our village!"

"Yes, great man!"

When Ji Xiaobei heard the word "good man", he remembered that Jiaojiao had returned the hundred taels of silver to him.

However, I can’t take it out now.

She collected money to prevent anyone from taking advantage and to prevent the villagers from developing the habit of eating for free.

If there is a first time, there will be a second time. If you don’t want her to eat for free in the future, they will think you did something wrong.

They will say: It was always given for free before, why can’t it be given for free this time.

When it comes to giving out porridge, she can afford it for ten days in the village.

One bowl costs one cent, which is not much. A family of five can keep from going hungry by spending five cents.

After Aunt Song finished speaking, no one disagreed.

They had dinner as soon as it got dark last night. They had been busy all night and hadn't slept a wink, so they were already starving.

Not to mention one cent a bowl, even if it’s two cents a bowl, you still have to buy it to drink.

People went their separate ways, some looking for dry branches, some building stoves, some looking for water...

When the stove was almost set up, people realized a serious problem.

No pot!

Just when I was worrying, Shitou came back carrying an iron pot.

"We still can't go to the village. We just spotted a few bandits. They might have escaped from Lijiatun..."

Stone said to the villagers.

The village was littered with dead bodies, and it was smelly due to the hot weather. Flies, ants, and bugs were everywhere, and it was impossible to go back for a while.

Shitou didn't say this because he was afraid that the villagers would rush back to the village to clean up.

In Jijiawan, people have lived here for generations and will never give up their homes.

He turned his head away and his eyes became red.

"There's no water. The water in the creek at the foot of the mountain is almost dry. The water we draw is too yellow to drink..."

Someone ran over and shouted.

"What should we do then? We have to fetch water from the well in the west of the village!" a villager suggested.

Fu Jichang came out of the woods.

"The water in the well is temporarily undrinkable. Two people fell into it and the water has become smelly..." he frowned.

"What should we do? There is no water. What should we do?" Ji Ernai jumped up suddenly.

The water I brought out last night has been almost drunk.

After hearing Ji Ernai's shout, everyone lost their patience.

I finally have rice to eat, but there is no water to cook porridge. It's really frustrating.

"Let's go look in the mountains. There may be springs or something there," said Ji Lizheng.

Everyone was silent.

Young people have been warned by their families since childhood not to go to the mountains because there are many jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains and they can be eaten if they are not careful.

The sons of Ji's second and third wives were eaten by wolves, and their bodies have never been found.

These young people grew up listening to this story, and no one dared to enter the mountain.

When they heard that they had to go into the mountains to find spring water, they all took a step back.

Ji Xiaobei was not sure whether there was still water in the spring in his own medicinal herb field.

"Uncle Lizheng, the mountains are dangerous. Let's not go in easily. I'll go around the village and think of a solution!"