The children and grandchildren watched their mother (grandmother) go in and out of each room, then walk around the backyard and the front yard.

Then he returned to his room with a lonely look on his face.

"Brother, do you think that Mom's head was damaged by Grandma Wu in the mountains? Why does she seem to be behaving strangely?"

The third brother Han Mingxiang said to the second brother Han Mingjiang who was repairing a cart.

"It should be. Humph, when we catch up with the villagers tomorrow, I will go and have a fight with Wu Laosan, and also ask for compensation from my mother!" Han Mingjiang said, waving his fist.

Han Mingxiang frowned with worry in his eyes, and handed the wooden board to Han Mingjiang intermittently.

Li Lanzhen lay on her back on the bed with a depressed look on her face.

In such a big house, there is nothing left that even a system can look at.

"Tongzi, are you unhappy and trying to embarrass me?" Hearing Li Lanzhen's resentful question, the system replied with a hissing sound: "Host, our system also has rules and regulations for behavior, and you can't mess around with it. If there is no rule, there is no rule, and you can't fake it."

Li Lanzhen remained silent.

"Host, the system suggests that you expand the scope of your search. Perhaps you will find something unexpected."

Li Lanzhen sat up and thought about it. It made sense. If they were to flee the famine tomorrow, not only would there be many children in the family, but the key point was that the oldest of the four grandchildren was only four years old and the youngest was one year old. The eldest daughter-in-law was still pregnant. It was unknown how long and how far they would have to walk on the road to escape the famine. The daughter-in-law was getting more and more pregnant and it was inconvenient for her to walk.

I still have to go to the county town and buy some animals to pull the cart. It would be best if I could buy a donkey or a mule to pull the cart, as they can be fast and have great endurance when escaping famine. But I don't know how much silver it will cost.

Thinking of money, Li Lanzhen started to have a headache again.

Seeing that it was still early, around 8 o'clock in the morning, Li Lanzhen decisively decided to go to the county town to try her luck.

Check the supplies in the space. Food is the best currency in circulation right now, so try to see if you can sell some food in exchange for silver, and then buy donkeys and mules to pull carts.

By the way, glassware from this era should be able to be exchanged for silver, so I should first go to the county’s silver shop or treasure house to see if the glassware can be sold for a good price.

Thinking of this, he took out rye bran, cornmeal and a little white flour from the space, mixed them and put them in a cloth bag. There was about ten pounds of it. He had to let his eldest daughter-in-law make it as dry food. She carried the cloth bag and went out of the house.

Seeing people busying around in the yard, she called out to her eldest daughter-in-law, "Yue Niang, come here, make pancakes with all the food, and eat them on the way tomorrow. What's the remaining water in the water jar? Boil it and let it cool, then put it in a jar tomorrow and drink it on the way."

Hearing her words, the children, both adults and children, immediately stared at the cloth bag in her hand, with excitement, happiness and confusion.

The eldest daughter-in-law took the cloth bag from her hand and said with a smile: "Mom, there is more than half a tank of water in the water tank. I will go and make some dry food now."

The little girl Han Yuemei also smiled and said to her: "Mom, I will go to the village well to check later. There should be a lot of water stored there."

Li Lanzhen nodded, ignored their doubts, and called Han Mingxiang: "Mingxiang, you and mother go to the county town together to buy some things."

Buying things??!

The people in the yard, young and old, once again turned their eyes to her.

Han Mingjiang immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "Mom, I will go with you. I am strong. I think the county town is in chaos now. Third brother is weak and can't take on the responsibility."

Han Mingxiang also knew his own limitations and nodded, "Mom, let my second brother go with you. He's smart and knows how to handle things."

Li Lanzhen thought to herself: I have to find an excuse to bring back the food in the space. It’s because your second brother is too smart and hard to fool that I can’t take him with me. I’d better take you, the little boy, with me because you’re easier to fool. I’ll just fool the first one.

When Li Lanzhen learned that there was another boy in this family, she admired the original body and her husband from the bottom of her heart. They were far-sighted and tenacious.

He worked hard and saved money to send his third son to a private school. Han Mingxiang was smart and hardworking since he was young. He passed the examination and became a student at the age of 15. After Han Yanshan passed away this spring, he was determined not to go to the private school. Now he has to flee the famine again. He doesn't know if he will have the chance to study and become a scholar again.

"Mom, I know a mountain road that takes us half the way to the county town." Han Mingxiang shouted when he saw Li Lanzhen was about to go to the village entrance.

Li Lanzhen followed Han Mingxiang along the mountain road and reached the county town in less than half an hour.

It was indeed as Han Mingjiang had said. There was a long line of people waiting to enter the city at the city gate, and some people were sitting with their families against the walls on both sides of the city gate.

Everyone looked gray and listless, their lips were dry and chapped, and the children were dark and thin.

Li Lanzhen was carrying a tattered backpack and a piece of tattered cloth on her head to block the sunlight and the shock she showed from time to time. They stood behind the crowd.

She felt depressed. This was the life of the common people in a dynasty that was in turmoil and backwardness and the people were living in poverty. Thinking about the next escape from famine, she had no idea what to do. She was panicked and helpless at this moment.

Turning to look at 16-year-old Han Mingxiang, and thinking of her grandchildren and her pregnant daughter-in-law, she became determined again.

They all trust me and only obey me. If I don't stand up, what will they do? Thinking about my golden fingers, Li Lanzhen straightened her back.

This should be the support that supports my current confidence.

In fact, what Li Lanzhen didn't know was that her confidence came from the tenacity, courage, and fearlessness in the face of difficulties that she had honed through many years of living alone in the later life. These qualities were engraved in her bones, and even after traveling through time, these qualities would not change.

Looking at the chaotic situation around her, she turned around and told Han Mingxiang: "Xiang'er, follow your mother closely and don't look around."

"I understand, Mom." Han Mingxiang hurriedly took a few more steps and stood next to her, no longer looking at the chaos here in panic.

The soldiers guarding the city gate were not very strict. They just looked at the household registration book and let them in. After the mother and daughter entered the city, Li Lanzhen went to look for the silver shop first.

I saw two relatively large silver shops standing opposite each other across a street. Their names were also very funny. The one on the east was called "Jinfulai" and the one on the west was called "Yinfulai".

Jinfulai is a two-story silver shop with luxuriously decorated appearance, while Yinfulai is a relatively large flat with simple and elegant decoration.

Li Lanzhen looked at the snack stands across the street, touched the silver coins hidden in the mouse hole at home, counted out ten copper coins and handed them to Han Mingxiang: "Xiang'er, go buy some sesame cakes. Sit over there and drink water and eat cakes while waiting for mother. Don't run away."

Han Mingxiang looked at the ten copper coins in his hand and was shocked again. He looked at Li Lanzhen in disbelief as she walked into Jinfulai's gate.

He was panicked at this moment. Han Mingxiang felt that the mother now was not the same mother he had lived with for sixteen years. He shook his head, turned around and walked into a pancake stall where he could see his mother as soon as he looked up and sat down.

He spent six copper coins, asked for a bowl of water and two sesame cakes, took one of the sesame cakes and ate it slowly, then wrapped one in a cloth and put it in his arms, to give it to Li Lanzhen later.

I still felt sad because a bowl of water cost a copper coin. Before this, water was free and a sesame bun only cost a copper coin.

Li Lanzhen walked into Jinfulai. The waiter standing in the lobby saw her come in, but he didn't dislike her tattered clothes. He smiled and asked, "Auntie, what do you need? Come and have a look. These are all old-fashioned jewelry from our store. However, they are simple in appearance, genuine and reasonably priced. They are quite cost-effective."

"Auntie, that's right, I am an old lady after all." Li Lanzhen walked in, laughing at herself.

When she stood at the door of Jin Fulai, she was still nervous. It has been like this since ancient times to respect the clothes first and then the person. However, seeing the attitude of the second brother, she was still grateful.

She nodded with a smile, and followed the waiter's introduction, looking at the jewelry one by one to find out the prices of the jewelry in the silver shop before deciding what to sell to Jin Fulai.

In the Year of the Dragon, you should give more dragon babies to your precious ones.

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