At the beginning of the year of famine, the lucky girl of the farm family used cheats to support the

This group of people were all wanted criminals by the government. They were taken directly to jail as soon as they were brought in. It was a pity for the abducted children, who were only six or seven years old. The government investigated again and again, and only brought back a sickly boy who didn't look like he would live long, so he was thrown into a dilapidated temple by the traffickers.

I heard this from outsiders. The fierce man lived up to the expectations. After helping the Li family to send the thieves to the government, he quickly repaired all the broken things in the yard. Even the small bench that was unstable and about to fall apart was repaired very firmly. Not only that, he also took Li Shuangrong to knock out several thieves guarding the well and threw them in front of the government gate. He could hunt rabbits or pheasants in the mountains almost every day, which greatly improved the lives of the Li family. At least everyone had money in their stomachs, and they were not too sad in this drought disaster.

But this guy is not talkative. After living in Li's house for four or five days, Cen Shu only knew that his name was Xiaoshui, a name that a grown man could call in a very gentle way.

Zhou Qiaoping liked Xiaoshui very much. The sentence she said most often every day was: "Xiaoshui, take a break. It's too hot. Drink some water."

The water tank at home was filled up by Xiaoshui. Cen Shu was originally worried about her father's back injury, but Xiaoshui took on this job, which made her feel relieved.

The other people in the family always felt bad for him, so they gave him the best room. They thought he would only stay for a few days, but who would have thought that he would stay for half a year.

In early autumn, after a few rains, the river had some water, and the well water slowly returned to its previous level. Except for the death of all the food, there was nothing else. But without food, how could so many mouths survive until next year?

There were no wild vegetables on the mountain, even the bark of the trees had been stripped. For half a month, many families could only eat thin rice soup every day and sleep when they were hungry.

The Li family was not much better off than them. The grain had run out. The silver that Li Shuheng gave them was indeed a lot, enough to buy a big house. But in the disaster year, the grain price rose higher than the flood water in the south. Several grain shops competed for the price. Today it was still ten coins per catty, but tomorrow it would be thirty coins. Your family would be forty coins, and the next day it would be seventy coins. The higher the price, the more people wanted to buy.

The family is running out of food. It’s okay for the adults, as they can go hungry for a while, but the children can’t stand it.

Four-year-old Li Yiqiu followed his cousin Chongxi and shouted every day: "I'm hungry, I'm hungry, mom, I want to eat."

Almost every day, Zhao Xiuer would set aside most of her own food for Yisheng and Yiqiu, but the amount was not much to begin with, and apart from satisfying their cravings, they could not get full at all. They were able to stay alive only by relying on the goat's milk. Every day, the leftovers from Fubao's meal would be added to the wild vegetable porridge, so that everyone could drink a little and not lose their strength.

The day before yesterday, Li Darong and Li Shuangrong took 13-year-old Li Chongwang to the grain store. The three men squeezed for a long time, but in the end they still couldn't beat the servants from the big families who were buying and the old ladies who were usually fierce. In the afternoon, Li Chongwang's shoes were squeezed off, and he bought three catties of sorghum flour and one catty of corn flour. Just this little thing cost nearly one or two taels of silver.

Cen Shu looked at her dejected family members and tried to reach out to her grandfather, pretending to grab something. Although the old man was in a bad mood, he still picked up his granddaughter and coaxed her, "Fubao, do you want to play with grandpa? Grandpa will take Fubao to see the sheep and lambs." Then he carefully carried the child and walked towards the two goats tied at the foot of the wall.

Before he got close, Cen Shu quickly seized the opportunity and took out nearly twenty eggs and a cloth bag of cornmeal from the space. After saving up his mental energy for several days, he was finally able to take out the bag of flour in one breath, which made Cen Shu breathe a sigh of relief. Now his family wouldn't have to go hungry.

Mr. Li paused, looked at the egg that appeared out of thin air, his eyebrows jumped, and said: "Alas, it's all because of grandpa's incompetence that our Fubao is suffering so much."

Cen Shu frowned and pouted, looking unhappy.

The old man looked at his granddaughter in his arms and said, "Grandpa won't say anything more. Our Fubao is a good child. She is doing this so that the family can have enough food. Grandpa knows that."

Cen Shu was happy now. Now she could feed her family. She had to save her mental strength and try to take out more next time. She found that after saving for seven days, she could take out nearly 50 kilograms of things in the space. The previous goat transport made her feel uncomfortable for several days. This time she couldn't do it again.

Mr. Li did not take all the food in at once, but locked it in the cabinet in their main house. Every night before going to bed, he filled the food bag in the kitchen halfway, making it difficult to see the change. Cen Shu didn't understand why the old man was so cautious, but grandpa naturally had his reasons for doing things.

It was actually the Mid-Autumn Festival that day, but who could celebrate it under the current circumstances? However, with the food Fubao gave them, they baked a few pancakes that night and had egg drop soup with six eggs.

Zhang Ercui sat at the table, looking at the thick stack of pancakes, swallowing her saliva several times. She was stared at by the old lady, so she didn't have the courage to eat. Zhao Xiuer finished baking five pancakes in the kitchen, brought them to the table, and said hesitantly: "Mom, if we eat like this, how many days can we have at home? We should bake a few more..."

Li Huaiqing: "No need. Second son's wife, you just cook. Don't worry about food. At least the family won't starve."

After hearing this, Zhao Xiuer nodded, turned and went into the kitchen.

Zhou Qiaoping took the cake and shared it among the children: "Yisheng takes half, and Yiqiu takes half."

The two children happily took the pancakes from their grandmother and said crisply, "Thank you, grandma."

Then Zhou Qiaoping quickly tore open the cake: "Chongming, Chongxi."

In the end, the adults each had one pancake, and with Xiaoshui's pancake, they baked a total of ten pancakes. They ate the pickled vegetables from the summer and the wild rabbits that Xiaoshui had hunted, and their mouths were full of oil. Even Zhao Xiu'er, who usually ate the least, couldn't help but eat half a pancake and a piece of rabbit meat.

Li Shuangrong ate the fastest, eating and drinking at the same time. He finished the cake in his hand while others had not finished half of it. He hurriedly got up and picked up Fubao, sitting at the table and teasing his little daughter.

Cen Shu looked at her father's face, which was enlarged again and again, bored. She waved her little hand and slapped her father on the face. Li Shuangrong didn't feel any pain and smiled naively: "My Fubao will be a female general when she grows up. Her hands are really strong."

Cen Shu listened to her father's doting words, showing her two white little teeth and smiling brightly. This Mid-Autumn Festival was the best Mid-Autumn Festival she had ever had. She was reunited with her family, and even though they had worse food and clothing, they were still happy.

Yisheng held the pancake in his hand, slowly moved to his sister's side, and asked carefully: "Fubao, do you want to eat it? Delicious pancakes."

Zhao Xiuer smiled and said, "It's just a small tooth root that has grown out. It's hard to bite. You eat it."

Yisheng hesitated to eat it, broke off a little bit of the crumbs and soaked them in the egg drop soup, then carefully fed it to his sister with a small wooden spoon and said, "This is delicious, try it."

Cen Shu was so moved that he tried to open his mouth wide. He could finally taste food other than goat milk. He was so moved!

Seeing that his sister was eating with great relish, Li Yisheng quickly soaked some crumbs into the bowl and carefully fed it to his sister.

Li Yiqiu, who had finished his pancake early, had red eyes: "Wuwuwu——"

Zhao Xiuer hurriedly asked: "What's wrong? Did you bite your tongue? Mother, take a look."

Yi Qiu shook her head and pointed at her eldest brother and said, "I want to feed my sister too, but there are no more biscuits. Woo woo woo—"

The family laughed, and Li Yisheng handed the spoon to his brother and said, "Hey."

Fubao also cooperated by opening his mouth wide, taking a few big bites, and then burped.

Xiaoshui looked at this scene, and a smile appeared on her expressionless face.

Zhou Qiaoping: "Xiaoshui, what are you thinking about?"

Xiaoshui: "My brother and I were like this before. The scene brought back memories of my brother." After saying that, she continued eating.

Zhou Qiaoping pondered for a moment and said, "After the war, I will go back and take a look."

Xiaoshui just smiled and didn't say anything.

Yisheng finished the rest of the cake. I don’t know who the little guy looks like, but he was so gentle and polite while eating, just like a scholar.

After eating and drinking, Zhang Ercui was left behind by Zhou Qiaoping to wash the dishes, and the rest went back to their rooms to rest. As dusk fell, the family slowly fell asleep.