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

"Lao Ning, come out quickly, the chess pieces are ready." In the yard, Grandpa fiddled with the chessboard in his hand and shouted towards the room. "What's going on? Why are you so slow? Come and play a game with me."

Grandpa shouted for a long time, but there was no movement in the house. He dropped the chess piece in his hand and wanted to go to the room where Old Ning lived.

Halfway through the walk, he suddenly stopped and said, "Look at my memory." Halfway through the walk, he remembered that Old Ning had already left, so Grandpa turned around and sat next to the table.

Grandpa sighed and murmured to himself: "Why did this guy leave suddenly? Now that he's gone, who will play chess with me?" He touched the chess pieces in his hand and placed them on the chessboard one by one.

"Grandpa, what are you doing?" Sui He walked in from outside and saw his grandfather sitting on a stone bench playing chess.

"Nothing." Grandpa came back to his senses and put away the chess pieces one by one.

"Grandpa, are you not used to it now that Old Ning is gone?" Sui He came forward.

"Yes, now that he's gone, there's no one to play chess with me." Grandpa sighed.

Sui He looked at his grandfather with amusement: "Grandpa, Elder Ning is gone, but there is still Doctor Ye, right? You can go play chess with him. It was Doctor Ye who taught you how to play chess."

"Oh, yes, and there's Old Ye." After Sui He's reminder, Grandpa reacted, picked up the chessboard and walked out: "Tell your grandma that I'm going to play a few games with Old Ye."

"Okay, remember to come back early." Sui He responded, and saw that his grandfather had already walked away.

"Anzhi, come and help me." Sui He shouted towards the inner room when he saw his grandfather walking away.

"I'm here, Second Sister." An Zhi came out from the inner room upon hearing the voice. "Second Sister, what do you need me to do?"

"I'm going to make Daqu today, you come with me." Suihe took down the dried Polygonum hydropiper from under the eaves. The Polygonum hydropiper had been very dry, and the leaves would break into pieces with a light rub, like rotten wood chips.

"Second sister, what is Daqu?" An Zhi took down another bundle of Polygonum hydropiper and shook off the residue like Sui He did.

"I'm really tired of eating white meat. I'm going to make some soy sauce. This Daqu is what makes soy sauce." Sui He broke the hot water pepper in his hand into small pieces. "Go and help me get the stone mill."

"Oh, OK." An Zhi handed the Polygonum aviculare in his hand to Sui He and went to the warehouse. The stone mill at home was small, and An Zhi could move it by himself.

After Anzhi brought out the stone mill, Suihe threw the Polygonum hydropiper in his hand into it and ground it with the stone mill. The thicker stems were crushed before grinding.

The hot water pepper grass was dried very well and was easily ground into the shape required by the yearly herb.

"Take out the fine sieve, the finest one." Sui He told An Zhi to get something while grinding.

"Okay" Anzhi ran very fast

Seeing An Zhi took it out, Sui He poured the Polygonum hydropiper from the stone mill into the fine sieve and slightly turned the sieve: "See, just like this, sift out the Polygonum hydropiper powder."

"I understand." An Zhi imitated Sui He's movements and turned the fine sieve in his hand. The pepper powder fell into the cloth bag below with An Zhi's movements.

Hot pepper powder can ensure that the bacteria that fall on the fermentation mass are yeast, because ordinary bacteria cannot tolerate spicy taste.

Seeing that An Zhi had almost finished sifting, Sui He went to the kitchen and took out a bag of rice flour and a bag of bran, which was also ground very finely.

Pour all these things into a wooden basin, add water and mix them evenly, and knead them into a large dough like kneading dough.

"Second sister, you look like you're making a pancake." An Zhi stood by and saw Sui He's movements.

"Isn't it just kneading dough? Green dough at that." Sui He chatted with An Zhi while kneading the dough: "Go and bring the straw over."

"Okay." After receiving the order, An Zhi ran to the corner of the yard, pulled off a large bundle of straw and dragged it towards Sui He.

Suihe put down the big dough in his hand, spread a layer of straw in the wooden barrel, took out a small piece of dough and rolled it into small balls and placed them on the straw.

Seeing Sui He rolling the ball, An Zhi also went up to grab a piece of dough and started rolling it.

A layer of straw, a layer of dumplings, and finally a thick layer of straw on top.

"It's done. Now we just have to wait for it to ferment." Sui He patted the ashes in his hands and looked at the wooden barrel with satisfaction.

"Come, let's carry it into the warehouse and take it out after a few days." Sui He waved her hand, motioning An Zhi to carry it with her.

The things are put into the warehouse. After a few days, when the dumplings are covered with white hair, they can be taken out and dried in the shade.

The dried koji is white and can be stored for up to three years.

After the yeast is ready, you can start preparing sorghum wine.

"Anzhi, we haven't been to town for a long time. Let's go to town tomorrow." Seeing Anzhi wash his hands, Sui He spoke.

It's been a busy farming season recently, and they haven't been to the streets for a long time, not to mention Anzhi, who hasn't been out since she came to Qingshan Village.

"Second sister, are you going to town? You can go, I won't go." After pouring out the water in the basin, An Zhi lowered his head and muttered softly.

She didn't want to go to town, she was afraid of meeting her mother,

"Why not? It's so boring to stay at home every day. It's settled. Go pack up and we'll go to town to play tomorrow morning.

An Zhi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but seeing Sui He's happy look, he swallowed the words back.

Early the next morning, Sui He knocked on An Zhi's door and said, "Hurry up, hurry up, get up, the car is waiting."

After a while, a sound came from inside: "Second sister, I'd better not go." An Zhi opened the door, lowered his head and said in a low voice.

"No, we agreed yesterday, why are you suddenly not going?" Sui He had a headache: "Hurry up, pack up, we'll be leaving soon"

"Yes, Anzhi, just go and play with your second sister. You have been tired recently, so ask your sister to buy you some delicious food to replenish your energy."

Grandma came out of the room and said to Anzhi

This child is afraid of wolves in front and tigers behind.

"Okay then." An Zhi saw that grandma had spoken, so he nodded and agreed: "I'll clean it up first."

Sui He continued to wait at the door, and finally waited for An Zhi to come out. But when An Zhi came out, Sui He began to doubt his life.

"Anzhi, what are you wearing?" Suihe pointed at Anzhi's clothes. The clothes were gray and there was a big scarf on his head.

The scarf almost completely covered her face. She lowered her head, and if you didn't look closely, you couldn't see her face.

"We are going shopping, not stealing." Sui He took off the scarf on An Zhi's head and tidied up his messy hair. "Let's be open and aboveboard. We have nothing to be ashamed of."

The "Second Sister" Anzhi could not stop him and could only let Suihe take off the scarf on her head.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the street to buy you some nice clothes today."