Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

After dinner, Xia Shengsheng took the children to help digest the food, and then sat together to continue reading the Thousand Character Classic that they had not finished yesterday.

I was thinking of having some time during the day to teach a few kids to practice calligraphy!

I didn't expect to have such a busy day today.

The matter of practicing calligraphy can only be postponed to later.

Xia Shengsheng was also anxious about Ercheng sending Sicheng to school.

However, the teacher will give you an examination before you enter the school. If you don’t know anything, you will fail the examination and cannot enter the school.

Therefore, most children will seek help from educated people for their enlightenment before going to school.

It doesn't have to be too complicated. It's enough to recognize some simple words and be able to recite two ancient poems.

Xia Shengsheng felt that she was still capable of doing the work before going to school.

The next day, the sun gradually peeked out from behind the distant hillside.

Xia Shengsheng woke the children up from their beds.

I washed their faces first, and then took them for a run around the yard.

"Mom, why are you running?"

Although Liu Sicheng had washed his face, he still felt that he could not open his eyes.

Following at the end of the team, running while panting.

"Exercise and strengthen your body!"

"From now on, we will get up at this time every day and run around the yard for half an hour. Then I will go to cook and you will review the homework from the previous night.

If there is anything you don't understand, feel free to ask me.

After breakfast, we will start our day’s schedule.”

Xia Shengsheng ran and talked at the same time, unaffected at all.

However, the children must have just come into contact with it, and they don’t usually play outside with children of the same age.

Running is a bit difficult.

Although it was very strenuous, no one ever said they would give up.

Half an hour is not a long time, and for Xia Shengsheng, it arrived very quickly.

"Okay, time to rest!"

At the command, all the children sat on the ground, breathing heavily.

"Yiyi, take a break with your brothers and sisters and read with them!"

Xia Shengsheng discovered that among the four children, the one with the most talent for studying was the oldest Liu Yiyi!

Xia Shengsheng just needs to read it once with a few children.

Liu Yiyi would remember the appearance of each word and could not only read it according to the book.

When Xia Shengsheng wrote the words she had learned on separate pieces of paper, she was also able to answer them.

And absolutely right.

As for the other three children, their learning levels are similar, and there is no sense of who is better or worse.

Generally, after a day's study, I can read the book fluently, but if I take each word out individually, I don't recognize most of them.

Xia Shengsheng lit a fire and cooked. She first poured the milk she bought from the supermarket yesterday into the pot to heat it up.

Mix a little dough with warm water and let it rise.

Afterwards, I got some wheat bran, cut some gray vegetables, mixed them together, and fed them to the chickens at home.

This wheat bran was exchanged for black flour by Yiyi and Grandma Liu, otherwise there would be nothing to feed the chickens at home. If they only eat wild vegetables, which have no nutrition, the chickens will not like to lay eggs.

After feeding the chickens, I picked some grass to feed the rabbits.

Then wash your hands, cut some leeks, fry some eggs, and prepare to make leek boxes. Leeks and eggs are the perfect combination.

A simple yet nutritious breakfast.

Listening to the voices of several children reading outside, I suddenly felt that this kind of life is also very good.

"It's time to eat!"

When the sound of dinner was about to start, several children stopped reading, washed their hands and went to help.

Liu Sicheng was the first to rush over.

In fact, he had been unable to sit still for a long time. When Xia Shengsheng started to fry the eggs, he felt his stomach growling.

Later, when I thought of leek dumplings, I felt like saliva was about to flow out of my mouth.

While I was absent-mindedly following my elder sister in reading, I was also wondering when dinner would be served!

Finally I heard Xia calling for a stop and I was so excited.

Liu Shanshan nudged Liu Yiyi from behind and gave her a look, asking her to look at her younger brother Sicheng.

The two of them looked at Sicheng tacitly, then covered their mouths and laughed secretly.

Liu Sicheng was completely focused on breakfast and didn't notice that someone was laughing at him.

Yesterday, Liu Yiyi and Liu Ercheng picked a lot of wild vegetables and dried them. However, after drying, there were not so many of them.

All together they only filled a basket.

The two of them were supposed to go to the back mountain to pick wild vegetables today, but Xia Shengsheng didn't let them go.

She wants to try making vermicelli at home today, so she needs the help of her two children.

Although she has never made vermicelli, she has seen others make it. The vermicelli made by Lao Wu's wife in their army is particularly delicious. Xia Shengsheng still remembers the method and steps. It is simple, but she doesn't know if there will be any deviation in the specific operation.

There were still some potatoes at home, so Xia Shengsheng assigned tasks to the children.

Have them wash and peel all the potatoes.

Xia Shengsheng went back to the house, locked the door from the inside, and went to find Qiqi to buy five potato grinding boards.

It’s a pity that we can’t use modern machines, and it would be too labor-intensive to grind it bit by bit.

When Xia Shengsheng came out, the children had already washed the potatoes and were peeling them.

Xia Shengsheng put the cutting board in the kitchen, picked up the bucket, and prepared to go out to fetch water.

There will be many places where water will be used later.

As luck would have it, when he was fetching water, he happened to meet Liu Sun who was also fetching water.

Liu Sun had a hypocritical smile on her face.

"Sister-in-law, are you coming to fetch water too? Don't get yourself too tired carrying water.

I'll ask my eldest brother to pick up a few buckets for you later, so that you don't have to worry about it, right?"

Xia Shengsheng looked up at the sky and suddenly felt that the sun should rise from the west today.

Why is this so abnormal?

"No need!" Xia Shengsheng did not give a good tone at all. People who should be polite should be polite, and those who should not be polite will be taken advantage of if their attitude is not firm enough.

Liu Sun's expression changed, but then she went to help Xia Shengsheng pull the rope with a smile on her face.

Xia Shengsheng dodged directly.

Although Liu Sun was a little embarrassed standing aside, she still did not leave.

"Sister-in-law! Didn't you say a few days ago that you picked wild ginseng in the mountains? That must be worth a lot of money.

I see you have bought a lot of things, so I was wondering if you could lend me some if there are any left?

You also know that your second nephew's education is very expensive, and the family is really tight lately."

It turned out that Liu Zhongqiang had been staying in the academy and rarely came back.

But yesterday someone suddenly sent a message back.

He said he wanted to buy some books and asked them to send a few taels of silver over.

Old Mrs. Liu originally had some money in her hand. She just took out four taels of silver to compensate Xia Shengsheng and the villagers. As the family had always been unable to make ends meet, she was reluctant to spend the money.

So Liu Sun set her sights on Xia Shengsheng.

Thinking that Xia Shengsheng has always been soft-hearted, if I say something nice to her, maybe I can really borrow some.

As for those who haven’t paid it back yet?

We are all family, why should we care so much?

When the second sister was still alive, didn’t she also use money to support her son?