Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

Xia Shengsheng took the silver, thanked the village chief and the villagers who followed him, and left with a few children and their belongings!

Before leaving, he took a deep look at the Liu family's yard before leaving!

Village chief Ma also dismissed the crowd that was watching.

Before leaving, he gave Old Lady Liu and the Liu couple a few words of warning, and then looked at the adult Liu Zhongsheng and the twelve-year-old boy Liu Zhonghui.

I feel like these two kids won’t be any better off in the future.

What kind of children can be raised in such a family atmosphere?

As for Liu Zhongqiang, who was sent to the town to study, Village Chief Ma just shook his head.

Liu Zhongqiang, the second son of Liu Lao Da, only comes back a few times a year.

For example, when he came back from the busy farming season, I never saw him working in the fields.

Even when he occasionally met people from the village, he would just lower his head and pass by quietly without even saying hello.

Study! When his eldest grandson was studying in the town a few years ago, he said that Liu Zhongqiang was not very good at studying.

What the teacher teaches is bullshit. Every time when it’s my turn to hand in homework, I’m always the last one.

But his eldest grandson was not much better.

I only studied there for two years, learned a few words, and then stopped studying.

I just wonder if the child from the Liu family has made any progress after studying for so many years, and whether he can pass the exam to become a student?

However, no matter how good you are at studying, it will be useless if you don’t know how to be a good person.

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After Xia Shengsheng and her son returned home, they had a lot of work to do to clean up. All the things needed to be put back in place.

Village chief Ma also asked his eldest son and his wife to come over and help nail up the broken door frame.

As for the broken lock, I can only go back and buy a new one.

Li's sisters-in-law and Li Lao Er also came to help.

"Oh! It seems we are late. Sister Guifen arrived earlier than us."

As soon as Li Laoer's wife entered the door, she heard her loud voice shouting.

Mrs. Ma’s surname is Chen and her name is Guifen. She and Mr. Li’s family are from the same village.

They had a good relationship in the past, and later because they both married into the mountain village, they became even closer.

"I can hear your voice from far away, it hurts my ears.

"Sister Xia! You have to avoid your sister Lanhua next time you see her, or else her loud voice will scare you to death."

Lanhua is Li Laoer's maiden name, and Xia Shengsheng just found out about this.

After all, Xia Shengsheng didn’t interact much with the people in the village before, and he just worked hard every day.

Moreover, the original person may also be suffering from an inferiority complex and hardly even talk to women of the same age.

"Hahaha! Sister Xia, don't listen to Sister Guifen's nonsense. How can I be that scary?"

“I just thought Sister Guifen was joking.

My sisters-in-law have been helping me for so long, and I really don’t know how to thank them enough.

You all will stay for dinner later. We haven’t prepared anything in advance. Brother Li, brother Ma, and several sisters-in-law please don’t dislike it.

Invite the village chief Uncle Li and the others over later, and we can have a simple meal and have a good chat."

Everyone is here to help with good intentions, but if you don’t even provide a meal, who will help if anything happens in the future?

"Sister Xia, if you ask me, don't be busy. We will get together again in the future!

We are here to lend a hand, it's not worth much, you have just separated from your family, and there are many things you need to buy for the house!

If so many of us come to eat and drink, we will probably have to consume half a month's worth of food rations for you guys.

When you have a good life in the future, we will definitely come uninvited."

Sister Guifen pulled Xia Shengsheng, who was about to cook, and refused to let her help in entertaining the guests.

The others also said that they would just help clean up and leave, and would not stay for dinner no matter what.

Xia Shengsheng couldn't get rid of everyone and thought that there was not even enough space to eat at home.

There is not even a table for dining.

Even if there are dishes to cook, you still have to borrow tables and chairs from everywhere, and there may not be enough bowls and chopsticks.

The two families together, plus Xia Shengsheng's family of five, probably have more than 20 people.

I can only think about sending some of the prepared dishes to each household later.

The eldest son of the Li family and the eldest son of the Ma family saw the two cages of chickens in the yard, looked around and didn't see a chicken coop.

So the two of them helped to build a chicken coop that was neither too big nor too small, big enough to hold the two cages of chickens.

If you don't eat, you should always drink water.

Xia Shengsheng didn't prepare any tea, so he boiled a pot of water, let it cool down a little, then added sugar to it and served each person a large bowl.

Let Liu Yiyi and Liu Ercheng help serve it to everyone.

Liu Sicheng was so tired that he fell asleep on the kang.

Liu Shanshan was sitting at the stove helping to light the fire and was dozing off!

Xia Shengsheng shook the dazed Liu Shanshan.

"Shanshan, go to bed first! I'll call you and your brother to eat when the meal is ready!"

If Xia Shengsheng didn't let her into the house, she was afraid that she would bump into the stove and set herself on fire, saving firewood.

After hearing what Xia Shengsheng said, Liu Shanshan ran back to the house obediently!

When there are more people working together, the work becomes faster. Soon the chicken coop outside was built.

The door frame had already been repaired.

"Sister Xia, we have packed up everything, let's go back first."

When Xia Shengsheng heard the shouting, she hurried back to the house to get the broad beans she had bought outside today.

I want to share some with the two families and take it back for the children at home.

"Don't worry, sisters-in-law. Bring some broad beans back to your children. I bought a lot today!"

But when Xia Shengsheng came out again, he saw a group of people running away, as if Xia Shengsheng was a monster.

"Mom, Uncle Ma, Uncle Li and Aunt Li have all left. Do you want me to chase after them and take it back to them?" Liu Ercheng looked at Xia Shengsheng and asked.

Xia Shengsheng sighed, feeling that the two families were too honest. "No, I'll prepare the food later and send it together. If they don't want to stay for dinner, we can't just do nothing, right?"

Xia Shengsheng turned and walked towards the kitchen, with Liu Yiyi and Liu Ercheng following behind to help.

"Yiyi, take four or five potatoes and peel them, and Ercheng go to the woods behind the house to find some wild onions."

Xia Shengsheng had no intention of spoiling his children, and he always let them do work within their ability.

The potatoes were bought from a supermarket in the mall. They are much bigger than the potatoes grown today, and are also softer and more glutinous.

Xia Shengsheng prepared to make a big pot of braised pork and stewed potatoes. Because the pork belly he bought only weighed more than two kilograms, it would not be enough if he sent some to each household.

So he caught a big rooster from the chicken coop, took a kitchen knife and cut its neck to let the blood flow.

Using the freshly boiled water, all the chicken feathers were plucked quickly!

Roast the tiny bits of fluff directly over the fire and then wash them clean.

Just as I finished cleaning these up, I heard a cough outside the door.

Xia Shengsheng turned around and saw Doctor Zhao standing at the door holding a piece of meat.

Then I remembered what I promised Doctor Zhao.

So he asked Liu Ercheng, who had returned, to bring in the meat from Doctor Zhao's hand.

"Doctor Zhao, how would you like to eat?"

This piece of meat is probably more than one pound, with more lean meat and less fat. I just don't know how Doctor Zhao wants to eat it.

"You can eat anything. Just ask Ercheng to bring it to me when it's ready. No need to send me staple food. I can steam the rice myself." After giving the instructions, Doctor Zhao left with his hands behind his back.

He can still steam rice, but sometimes it's too soft and sometimes too hard, which doesn't affect its eating quality.

But if the food is not tasty, it will be hard to swallow.

When Xia Shengsheng saw Doctor Zhao leaving, he thought that since it didn't matter how he ate it, he might as well stew the meat with the pork belly at home.

It also saves you from having to cook from scratch.