Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

"Aunt Su, you are at home!"

Lin Qiutao came around the corner carrying a basket. She seemed to have just seen Lin Yinan and said pretentiously, "What a coincidence, An Nan is here too."

Lin Yinan raised the corner of his mouth and looked at her with a smile, but did not say anything.

What a coincidence! She looked at Zhu Jinhui meaningfully and said, "Aunt, you go ahead and do your work. I just happened to have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Lin Qiutao looked at Lin Yinan with provocation and handed the basket in her hand to Zhu Jinhui.

"Aunt Su, these are some wild vegetables I just dug this morning. They are very fresh and tender."

Although Zhu Jinhui was unhappy that Lin Qiutou showed up at the wrong time, she still had to put on a good front. She reached out to take the basket and said with a smile, "Qiutou is still considerate."

Lin Yinan glanced at the half basket of wild vegetables, turned around and left. She would not put her warm face in someone else's arms and wait for someone to give her a cold shoulder.

When I returned to the gate of the yard, I heard the voice of Old Mrs. Zhao and the laughter of others.

Lin Yinan leaned against the door frame and listened quietly, feeling the warm atmosphere inside.

Old Mrs. Zhao danced and gestured to everyone in the house, "Cook two meals a day, and the Yun family will give you two kilograms of grain as compensation."

"My grandma is so awesome!" Lin Yibai gave a thumbs up and flattered her in a very servile manner.

Zhang's eyes sparkled and her voice became much louder, "My mother and I can earn four kilograms of food a day."

Qianxia felt bad because she and her sister were slaves, but they still asked the old lady and the second lady to go out to work.

She hurriedly stood up from her chair, walked to Old Lady Zhao, bowed, and said earnestly, "Old Lady, it's cold and the water is icy. I know how to cook, so why don't my sister and I do the cooking?"

Although Li Shulan can cook, she is not as skillful as her younger brother and sister. She was startled when she heard this, then nodded and said, "Yes, mother, you are old, and it is very hard to cook for so many people. Why don't I take Qianxia and Qianwu with me? You and your younger brother and sister can stay at home to take care of them."

Qianwu nodded quickly, and Qianxia said, "Madam, my sister and I can do it well, and we won't delay anything."

Seeing them arguing, Zhang slapped her thigh and grinned, "Sister-in-law, stop arguing. The two girls are still young and I'm afraid they won't be able to handle it if something goes wrong. Qianxia is steady, so let me take her."

"Second sister-in-law, there are stairs here, please walk slowly."

A crisp voice came from outside the courtyard gate.

Lin Yinan looked back and saw Yun Ying holding Yun Ye’s wife, Lu Yashuang, whose belly was bulging.

The last time I saw her, she was in the cave treating Yun Ye’s leg injury. Now her stomach was as bulging as an inflated ball.

As she stepped into the courtyard, Lu Yashuang saw Lin Yinan standing at the door with a peaceful look on her face. A smile immediately appeared on her face. She grabbed Yun Ying's hand and quickly walked up to her to greet her.

"Miss Lin, do you live here?"

Lin Yinan's eyes moved from her belly to her face. Lu Yashuang's face was rosy. It seemed that she had been well-nourished during this period. She nodded and said softly, "Second Sister-in-law Yun, why are you here?"

"It's boring to stay in the house all day, so I'm going to walk around."

The Lin family members who heard the sound came out of the house. Seeing Lu Yashuang with a bulging belly, Li Shulan hurried out to support her.

"This mountain road is not easy to walk on. You have to be careful."

Qian Wu brought out a chair with great foresight, "Second Madam Yun, please sit down."

Lu Yashuang was just tired from walking, so Yunying and Li Shulan helped her sit down slowly.

Old Madam Zhao stared at her belly for a long time and said, "Second Madam Yun, you are about to give birth, right?"

"The baby is due in two months."

Zhang had given birth to many children and was very experienced in this area. "Oh, maybe it happened to be born here?"

Lu Yashuang stroked her belly with a happy look on her face, "Well, my husband said that I can rest for a while after giving birth before setting off again."

Old Lady Zhao said, "Second Master Yun is a man who knows how to love his wife."

Li Shulan, "The child is also a blessing."

After a few more words, Lu Yashuang stood up and prepared to leave.

She came to Lin Yinan and took her hand, "Miss Lin, my husband's legs and feet can be restored to their original state, thanks to you."

Lin Yinan lowered his eyes and looked at the hand that was being held. This kind of shaking hands with a stranger, the feeling of close contact, was something he had never experienced again after the zombie outbreak.

"You're welcome! Third Master Yun has given the reward."

Hearing her mention her third brother, Yun Ying timidly raised her eyes to look at Lin Yinan, who was about the same age as her, and then quickly lowered her eyes.

I wish I could be half as good as Miss Lin.

Lu Yashuang smiled broadly, her eyebrows curved, "If you have any difficulties in the future, you can tell my husband."

After the aunt and sister-in-law walked away, Old Lady Zhao sighed slowly, "God is blind and has treated the Yun family badly."

Zhang looked at the sky and said to Mrs. Zhao, "Mother, it's getting late. The baby's father and Heng'er will be back soon."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Lin Yisong and Lin Fu coming back with two bundles of grass each, with a bundle of wilted grass and vegetables on top.

When Lin Yibai saw his brother coming back, he hurried to greet him.

"Brother, where are the vegetables?"

Lin Yisong put the burden on his shoulders into the yard, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, took out the bundle of vegetables and handed it to him.

"We found it on a hillside. It should have been planted by bandits. But the land was very poor and there was not enough water, so it grew like this."

Lin Yinan asked, "Did you find it?"

Lin Fu said, "No, the Yun family found it and sent people to guard it early to prevent the villagers from picking it. This morning, the Yun family's secret guards pulled out all the vegetables. When they saw the Third Young Master and I passing by, the Second Young Master Yun gave us a bundle."

In a famine year, no one would despise this bundle of vegetables.

Zhang took the vegetables, picked them up with her hands, and found that all the yellow leaves and weeds had been picked cleanly.

"Be frugal, at least you can have three meals a day!"

Mrs. Zhao has bad teeth, so she reminded him, "Remember to stew it until it's softer."

"Mom, I know."

After Liu Ji and his sister moved in, they took the initiative to take out all their food and asked Old Lady Zhao to cook together with their two families.

The brother and sister were like a diligent little hamster, and the food they hid was really different. After some consideration, Mrs. Zhao agreed.

They still had wild vegetable porridge for lunch. Although the Lin family was not short of food, there were more than a dozen mouths to feed. Old Mrs. Zhao had always been frugal in managing the household. With little income and high expenses, she could only cut back.

After dinner, the family discussed what to do in the afternoon.

Zhang and Qianxia will start work tomorrow, and in the afternoon they will sew winter clothes at home with Li Shulan and others.

Lin Yinan took Qianwu and a few other kids to dig wild vegetables.

The men were divided into two teams, one to collect firewood and the other to cut grass for the livestock.

We also need to build a shed to keep the livestock warm before the weather gets cold and snows.

The family had just finished the discussion when an elderly man in the village looked out the door.