So what if you flee from famine? Start all over again and live a good life every day

"Sorry to bother you so much." Doctor Ye walked in with Elder Ning.

"Don't disturb me, you guys sit down first, I'll go clean up the room." Grandma came in from the house. Since she had agreed to let him move in, she quickly cleaned up the room so that he would not have no place to sleep at night.

"Grandma, I'll go help you." Sui He took the new quilt and walked to the empty room. Although no one lived in this room, the furniture and other things were needed. It was cleaned every once in a while, so it was not dirty.

While making the bed, grandma reminded Sui He: "Sui Sui, remember to lock the door at night. When guests come to the house, it will be inconvenient to do anything. You have to be careful."

"I know, grandma, I will pay attention to it," Sui He nodded in response while making the bed.

"I'm risking my reputation, you have to seize the opportunity," Doctor Ye whispered in Mr. Ning's ear.

Ning Lao gave him a reassuring look.

After a while, the grandmother came out after cleaning the room: "The room is ready. The mattress and other things are all new and have not been used yet. The conditions in the countryside are simple, so you just make do with it." She invited the two to enter the room.

"Thank you, old lady. You have already done me a great favor by taking me in. How could I possibly dislike you?" With the help of Doctor Ye, Mr. Ning walked into the room and said gratefully as he looked at the clean and tidy room.

"Don't say that. It's fate that you can stay at our house." Grandma smiled and said, "If you are injured, don't run around. Sit down and rest."

"Suihe, please take care of my old friend." Doctor Ye also echoed.

"It's okay. We are all neighbors, and we should help each other." Sui He nodded and smiled, "Then you can rest. If it is inconvenient for you to move around, I will bring you food at noon."

After that, he followed grandma out, leaving the room to Doctor Ye and the others.

At noon, Sui He knocked on the door with food in hand: "Grandpa Ning, it's time to eat."

"it is good"

Suihe opened the door and found Old Ning already sitting on a stool in the room. Suihe brought the food and placed it on the table by the window: "We only have these simple meals at home, but they taste good. Come and try them."

"Why call me Old Man Ning? Miss Chen, just call me Old Man Ning. Calling me Old Man is too formal." Old Man Ning looked at the dishes on the table.

Golden fried egg pancakes, a bowl of white soybean milk porridge, and a plate of fried sweet potato sprouts.

"Okay, Mr. Ning, don't call me Miss Chen anymore. Just call me Suihe." Suihe put the porridge in front of Mr. Ning and put a pair of chopsticks on it: "This is soy milk porridge and egg pancakes. I hope it suits your taste. Eat slowly. If it's not enough, there's more in the pot. I won't bother you anymore."

After saying this, Sui He went out.

Seeing Suihe gone, Ning Lao picked up a piece of egg pancake with chopsticks and took a bite. The egg pancake made by grandma was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, especially fragrant. The sweet potato tips fried with lard were also delicious.

A simple meal of porridge and side dishes immediately captured Mr. Ning's stomach.

"Suihe, I heard that the old man I rescued in the mountains yesterday is living in your house?" Suihe came to the river with dirty clothes. There were already several old ladies squatting by the river.

When they saw Sui He, they immediately made way for him. Sui He walked to the stone, put down the basin, picked up the dirty clothes and wet them in the water.

"Yes, Aunt Wang, Mr. Ning is a friend of Doctor Ye. His foot is injured and he is not able to move, so he asked my family to take care of him." Sui He picked up the wet clothes and put them on the stone in front of him and started to beat them.

"How did such an old man get lost in the mountains? How did this family follow him?" Aunt Wang chattered aside, hitting the clothes with the mallet in her hand.

"I think he probably ran away because his family got into trouble."

"Who knows?" Sui He answered casually.

"Hey, this guy is pitiful. He's so old and still got hurt. At his age, he's most afraid of getting bumped into." Another auntie interrupted, "I think Mr. Ning looks kind, and he knows Doctor Ye, so he shouldn't be a bad person."

Sui He smiled and didn't say anything. Several aunts were talking while washing clothes.

Sui He quickened his pace. Sui He didn't have much clothes, so he washed all the clothes in the basin in two or three strokes: "I'll go back first, auntie, you guys take your time washing."

"Hey, good"

Suihe carried the wooden basin and walked along the river toward home

"Sister Suihe" Shitou and the others were standing by the river, each holding a wooden stick as thick as their wrist. When they saw Suihe coming, they all greeted her.

"Shitou, what are you doing?" Sui He stepped forward.

"We are catching fish, Sister Suihe, look." Shitou picked up a few palm-sized crucian carps strung together with foxtail grass.

"You caught so many!" Sui He looked at the crucian carp in their hands and asked, "How did you catch them?"

Rural children are like this. They have nothing to do, so they either go up the mountain to collect bird eggs or go down to the river to catch fish.

"Just like this," Shitou held up the stick and demonstrated to Suihe, hitting it into the water: "When you see a fish, hit it. Kill the fish and it will float up by itself."

"Is that so? That's amazing!" Sui He was a little surprised. These kids were really quick.

"Remember to go to my house and get two pieces of tofu to eat later. I'll take the fish away." Suihe carried a palm-sized crucian carp and walked towards home. Shitou and his friends caught a lot of fish and said they wanted to share it with Suihe. Suihe couldn't take it for free, so she had to let them go to her house to get the tofu.

When I walked into the yard, I saw Mr. Ning sitting on a stone bench.

"Mr. Ning, why did you come out?" Sui He put down the things in his hand.

"I'm full, so I thought I'd go out and sit for a while." Old Ning looked at the grape trellis above his head and said, "Your grapes are wild grapes, right? Why do you want to plant them in the yard?"

Sui He followed his hand and looked at the grape trellis: "It's wild grapes. I think they taste good, so I asked Grandpa to get me one from the mountain and plant it myself.

Besides, this kind of yard can also block the sunlight for me, and it is quite cool to sit under the grape trellis at night."

Since Mr. Ning said it was wild grapes, then that's it. The grapes in Suihe space are very similar in color to wild grapes, but they are much larger than wild grape bunches.

"It's really good." Mr. Ning sat under the shelf and felt the breeze blowing over him.

"Mr. Ning, let's have crucian carp and tofu soup tonight." Sui He hung the clothes on the bamboo pole to dry and went into the kitchen with the fish in his hand.

"Okay," Ning nodded, "I'm not picky, I'll eat whatever you cook," and then he sat in the yard without moving.

Sui He didn't care about him. As long as he didn't cause any trouble, he could sit there if he wanted.

Prepare the fish, put some lard in the pan, fry it, and then crush the fish meat. This way the fish will be very thick. When the fish is cooked, drain the residue with bamboo juice.

Beat the tofu and add some salt. The fish soup will be white and rich in flavor.

When the meal was ready, grandpa had already returned and was sitting in the yard chatting with Mr. Ning. I don’t know what they were talking about, but they were having a very happy chat.

Since Mr. Ning had already come out, Sui He did not bring the food in, but took it to the yard to eat. Sui He liked to eat in his own yard.

Grandpa and grandma also spoiled her to eat in the yard