Traveling through 1942 with space

After the disaster, Wang Laocai would immediately take back the grain he had sold on credit from the villagers, including the interest.

In this way, Wang Laocai's safety was guaranteed, his wealth was preserved, he made a lot of money from the villagers, and gained a good reputation. It was really killing two birds with one stone.

After thinking this through, Hou Xiaoge, who had lived two lives, suddenly realized that this was the difference between rich people and ordinary people.

I finally understood the meaning of the saying: Those who work with their minds rule others, and those who work with their hands are ruled by others.

The wealth of ordinary people is always built on themselves. Sometimes you may win a small amount, but this is all based on the rich turning a blind eye.

But as long as the rich's wealth is built on ordinary people and ordinary people continue to create wealth for him, he will never lose.

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Looking at the uncle who was chatting with him, his eyelids started to droop and he fell asleep from exhaustion. Hou Xiaoge did not make any more noise to disturb him.

He stood up and looked at the refugees lying around him, then glanced at the drowsy family members next to him. The countless messy thoughts in his mind finally turned into a sigh.

Sometimes Xiaoge really thought about abandoning the whole family and running away by herself. After all, she has her own space. Wouldn't it be happy to wander around and have fun everywhere?

But on second thought, the original body and myself were, after all, exchanging bodies, and it was not a one-sided giving and taking.

In modern society, parents are already old, and Hou Xiaoge is their only son, who will need someone to take care of him when he is old.

If the original body had the same idea, how sad his parents would be, and how miserable his fate would be a hundred years later. Just thinking about it made Hou Xiaoge feel uncomfortable.

So, putting yourself in their shoes, although Hou Xiaoge had no feelings for his original family, he still chose to stay.

Now the Central Plains is in the midst of a disaster, and most of the Hou family members are still children, and this is the time when they need me the most.

And if I abandon this whole family and go away, it is estimated that after the disaster, except for a few big ones, the other smaller ones will find it difficult to grow up.

And every time he saw his skinny stepbrother, an invisible bond always bound Hou Xiaoge.

Hou Xiaoge felt that this might be the legendary blood tie!

So Hou Xiaoge stopped thinking about other things. After all, he was still young, so he should wait until his family was settled and he grew up before thinking about other things!

However, the main problem at the moment is to solve the problem of food and drink, and to escape the famine safely with the family.

Rubbing his rumbling stomach, Hou Xiaoge woke up his two cousins who were sleeping nearby. With a gesture, the three of them walked towards a ravine outside the village.

"Brother, I just bought some wild vegetables and flour from the villagers of Wangjiazhuang. Let's cook them here and bring them back for everyone to eat together." Hou Xiaoge pointed to the dozen kilograms of wild vegetables taken out from the space and the more than a kilogram of whole wheat flour processed a few days ago in the backpack and said.

"Heiwa, where did you get the money to buy so many wild vegetables and flour?" The two cousins were shocked.

"A few days ago, I was scavenging at the landlord's house and found a piece of silver. My uncle and the others also knew about it.

Today I was strolling around Wangjiazhuang and saw someone selling wild vegetables on the wall, so I replaced all of them. "Hou Xiaoge was talking to the two of them.

"Heiwa, you are so unfair. I gave you all the fun things I had before. But you didn't even tell me when you found the silver. I have never seen silver in my life!" Erhuan on the side said with shock and disbelief.

"This is not for the sake of keeping it secret. What if someone finds out and comes to steal it? So I just changed the food and quickly called you and your cousin to come over together." Hou Xiaoge said unhappily.

"Hehe! Good brother, I knew you wouldn't forget me." After listening to Hou Xiaoge's explanation, Erhuan patted Hou Xiaoge's shoulder with a smile.

"Heiwa, we didn't bring any cooking tools with us, so there's nothing we can do!" The eldest cousin Yingying reminded him.

"Of course there is one. Did you see the cave in front? I found a half-broken water tank and a leaking wooden basin and placed them in the hole. I have water in my backpack. We can use these tools to steam some vegetable dumplings." Hou Xiaoge said, pointing to a small cave at the bottom of the ditch.

"Okay then, let's go down quickly." Er Huan was so excited when he heard about food.

"Heiwa, let me carry the backpack. You've been carrying it all the way. Take a break now."

The eldest cousin said welcome without caring whether Hou Xiaoge agreed or not. He picked up Hou Xiaoge's backpack and walked in front.

Hou Xiaoge didn't care. It was inconvenient to move in the ditch, so this just reduced his burden.

The three of them walked near the cave. Hou Xiaoge took the initiative to walk to the front, released his mental power to investigate, and made sure that there was no one there. He then took out the cooking utensils from the space five meters away and threw them in.

After entering the cave, Hou Xiaoge began to arrange the division of labor. The second cousin collected firewood, the eldest cousin built an earthen stove, and they processed the food themselves.

Half an hour later, a faint fragrance of wild vegetables filled the cave, and the wild vegetable dumplings were ready.

The three brothers found some branches to use as chopsticks and ate about a quarter of the meal. They did not touch the remaining three quarters until their eldest cousin stopped them.

After the vegetable dumplings cooled and solidified, the three of them carefully put all of them into the bamboo tube that they had drunk water from.

In the end, there were still some vegetable scraps left around the wooden basin, which were all licked and scraped clean by my second cousin with his mouth and fingers.

The three searched the ravine again, but seeing nothing, they quietly returned to the camp.

After they went back, Hou Xiaoge was just about to give the vegetable dumplings to his second aunt when he heard from his uncle that the team would not be going to Fan Town today, but would camp outside Wangjiazhuang tonight.

After asking, I found out that most of the villagers wanted to wait and see if they could exchange some food in Wangjiazhuang. Finally, they decided to stay in Wangjiazhuang for one night and set off tomorrow.

After his uncle finished speaking, Hou Xiaoge quietly handed over the bamboo tube and explained what he had said today to his uncle.

"A small piece of silver can be exchanged for more than ten kilograms of wild vegetables and more than one kilogram of flour. In a normal year, it is indeed a lot, but according to the exchange rate of the villagers in Wangjiazhuang today, it is not much.

Forget it, having food at this time is better than anything else. But you are too brave, you must bring adults with you when you exchange food in the future, or at least bring your elder brother with you, understand?" The uncle took the two bamboo tubes, looked at them, and scolded Hou Xiaoge.

"Hehe! I got it, uncle." Hou Xiaoge scratched his head and pretended to smile foolishly.

"You guys should have eaten it by now! I'll give the rest to your aunt and the others." Uncle Hou Yangmin took a look at the vegetable dumplings in the bamboo tube, swallowed his saliva, and quickly closed the lid.

"Dad, we've eaten now, so we won't have any more tonight. You can let Second Aunt share the rest!" The eldest cousin rubbed his belly and said in a low voice.

"That's it!"

After dark, while other refugees were sleeping with hungry stomachs, the Hou family squatted in a secluded corner and took turns eating delicious vegetable dumplings.

"These vegetable dumplings are so delicious. They would taste even better with some vinegar and chili." Erda finished his four pieces in one breath, still feeling unsatisfied.

"You wish for a pig to eat watermelon." Second Aunt rolled her eyes at her man, causing everyone to laugh.