The people at home who were attending meetings went to meetings, those who were going up the mountain to chop wood went up the mountain, and Xue Nizi took the children, carrying baskets on their backs, to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables.

Only she and Zhang Yue Niang were left at home.

Li Lanzhen looked at her belly and asked, "My dear wife, you should be more than six months pregnant, right?"

Zhang Yue Niang smiled and gently stroked her bulging belly with her hands.

"Mom, it's been more than seven months."

Li Lanzheng nodded, went into the cave and searched for her backpack.

In fact, she just wanted to use the backpack to take out some cotton cloth from the space.

She picked out a few pieces of blue floral and maroon cotton cloth, preparing to let Zhang Yue Niang use these two pieces of cloth to make some small clothes for the unborn child.

He took out a few pieces of blue coarse cloth and made two small mattresses.

After picking for a while, she took out some blue cotton cloth and made a small quilt for the child.

He took out more than two kilograms of cotton.

Li Lanzhen discovered that the cotton given by the merchant who exchanged labor protection products with her was not snow-white, but a little yellow. She didn't know if it was because it had been stored for a long time or if it was a problem with the production technology, but it was cotton after all, so it had no problem keeping warm.

She put all these in a backpack and carried them out.

"My eldest wife, I'll give you these. The fine cotton cloth will be used to make close-fitting clothes for the child. The cotton cloth will be used to make two quilts for the child, one thinner and one thicker. There are also a few pieces of coarse cloth to make a mattress for the child. You can decide what to do with the rest."

It seemed that Zhang Yue Niang was wearing the eldest brother's clothes. The eldest brother was tall and she was short, so the width of the clothes was enough and it was still loose even though her belly was big. However, she couldn't hold it up and the clothes covered her buttocks.

It is impossible to ask her to make maternity clothes at this time. I thought I would make clothes for her after she gives birth.

When Zhang Yue Niang looked at the basket of cotton and cloth, tears instantly flowed down her face.

His lips trembled, his hands shook, and he couldn't believe it. "Mom! Mom, you, you said, give all these to me, so that I can make clothes and quilts for the baby in my belly?"

Seeing her surprised expression, Li Lanzhen glared at her and pretended to be angry, clicking her tongue twice.

"Tsk tsk, really, I'm the child's grandmother, I'm giving him some cloth and cotton to make clothes and quilts, what's wrong with that? Do you want to do it? If not, give it back to me?"

Zhang Yue Niang quickly picked up the backpack and held it in her arms, nodding her head vigorously and saying, "Mom! Yes! Yes, OK, I'll make it for the child. Thank you, thank you!"

After saying this, she wiped away her tears, picked up her backpack, and sat down under a tree next to the cave.

There were some dead wood that Li Lanzhen asked her two sons to carry over, and old clothes were placed on top for Zhang Yue Niang to sit on and rest.

Suddenly, Li Lan was thinking, how could she find needle and thread while fleeing from famine?

He pretended to rummage in the backpack for a long time and took out a pair of scissors, threads of various colors, a dozen needles of different sizes and thicknesses, and three thimbles.

"Here, this is needle and thread."

Li Lanzhen knew that Zhang Yueniang was particularly good at sewing and embroidering.

In recent years, with the natural disasters and man-made disasters, life has become difficult and there is no extra time and cloth to sew new clothes and embroider.

She was not afraid that she would waste things, because Zhang Yue Niang was a hardworking child who was used to being thrifty at home.

Li Lanzhen also sat at the other end of the wood, leaning against the big tree behind her, thinking about what to do next.

The first and foremost problem is to solve the food problem. Now the old village chief and his people are planting sweet potatoes and potatoes, as well as the wild vegetables, fruits and small animals that abound in the mountains.

As long as you are diligent, store more, and arrange your three meals a day properly, you should have no problem getting through the winter.

Li Lanzhen is not too worried about this, as her children are very sensible and hardworking.

He did not miss any of the wild vegetables and fruits on the mountain, and put them all in his backpack and carried them back home.

The second most important thing is to find Han Mingxiang and Han Shulan.

The two children didn’t know where they had ended up, but they knew they were going to Youzhou, so they still had to go to Youzhou.

Leave the agreed mark outside Youzhou City, and make marks along the way to lead them up the mountain and to here.

It would be best to go into Youzhou City and leave marks everywhere in the city.

The third most important thing is to renovate the cave and build a kang, which is the primary issue for safely spending the winter.

Li Lanzhen didn't have to worry about this. As for building a house in the cave, she had already said in the morning that Han Mingjiang and others should be able to complete it. As for building a kang, her father and brothers could also do it.

So, the next step is to go to Youzhou City first.

Since that day, Xue Lao Hu brought back information saying that a riot broke out outside Youzhou City. Now three or four days have passed, and I wonder what the situation is like?

Li Lanzhen thought that this time she should just take Goudan and Han Yinan with her.

Of course, it would be best to take Han Mingjiang and Xue Bao with you.

However, the situation outside was unclear. If they were conscripted after going down the mountain, it would be very troublesome.

It would be much safer to take the two children and disguise them as refugees.

Li Lanzhen went down the mountain and wanted to enter Youzhou City. One reason was to leave a message for Han Mingxiang, and the other was that she wanted to bring supplies out of the space.

Otherwise, there is really no other way. To take it out now, I have to go to Youzhou City and find a suitable opportunity and reason.

We can't always drag Jin Fulai to take the blame.

Having made the decision, she planned to wait until everyone came back and tell them during lunch.

Then, he took Goudan and Han Yi down the mountain. It would probably take three or four days to go there and back.

Ever since Li Lanzhen traveled here, she has eaten three meals a day as long as conditions allowed while fleeing from famine. Even if there were no conditions and no opportunity to heat up meals, she would have to eat three meals a day even if she had to eat dry food.

The two in-laws, her parents, and Goudan and his grandchildren have long been accustomed to it.

Yesterday, the two in-laws, their parents, and Goudan’s grandmother all said that they should eat separately, with each family eating their own food.

Li Lanzhen thought about it and realized that she had food in her space, and there was a lot of work to do during this period, so it would be better to eat together.

When things settle down or winter comes, each family will eat their own food.

Li Lanzhen dissuaded him, saying, "We have to build a house in the cave, build a kang, and do some farming in the next few days. It's a lot of work.

Let’s eat together. When winter comes, each family will eat their own food.

There are many wild vegetables and fruits in the mountains. Everyone collects as much as possible, whether drying them or pickling them. They all belong to each family.

During the time we eat together, I will let Xue Nizi decide what to eat and how to arrange the three meals a day."

This prevented the situation where everyone rushed to bring a lot of food, which would be wasted if they couldn't finish it, or if everyone suddenly forgot about it one day and had nothing to eat. Xue Nizi arranged shifts for everyone, and the five families took turns.

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