Traveling through 1942 with space

Fortunately, Hou Xiaoge was just a little kid with no goal, so wandering around wouldn't attract anyone's attention. Otherwise, Hou Xiaoge would have been caught if he had stuck to the wall to spy.

But even so, Hou Xiaoge also changed into a set of tattered clothes in the space in advance, painted his face black, and made his hair messy.

Hard work pays off. Hou Xiaoge's spiritual power discovered the livestock near the back wall of the tooth shop.

It must be said that the Fan dental shop was really wealthy. Even in those days when people were starving to death, they still raised an ox, five donkeys, two mules and three horses.

Moreover, Hou Xiaoge also found that the room behind the livestock shed was full of soybean meal, bran, and other livestock. It can be seen that the Fan family dental shop is very large and wealthy.

After getting better, Hou Xiaoge and he were not in a hurry to close the shop. After all, their family was still in the dental clinic! It would be bad if they got into trouble.

After returning to the space to wash up and change clothes, Hou Xiaoge ran into Fan’s Dental Shop carrying a backpack covered with a sack.

As soon as I returned to the dental clinic, I saw my brother looking around in the rest area.

"Brother, what are you doing sitting here?" Hou Xiaoge hurried forward and asked.

"My father is back. He saw that you have been out for almost an hour and haven't come back yet, so he asked me to wait for you at the door." The eldest cousin stood up happily after seeing Hou Xiaoge.

"Sorry, brother, I've kept you waiting for so long. Here's a piece of candy." Hou Xiaoge took out a piece of maltose the size of a fingernail from his pocket and handed it to his cousin.

"Oh! Maltose! I haven't eaten sugar in years." Huan Ying, who was only fifteen years old, took the maltose and stuffed it into his mouth, tasting it with great enjoyment.

"Brother, chew and eat quickly, otherwise your uncle will complain when you go back." Hou Xiaoge looked at his brother who was reluctant to chew and reminded him.

"Oh oh!" When Huan Ying heard what his father was going to say, he chewed the malt sugar in his mouth and swallowed it in three or two bites.

Feeling the slight sweetness still in his mouth, Hou Huanying stirred it a few times with the saliva in his mouth, and was not satisfied until he swallowed the last bit of sweetness into his stomach.

Looking at his cousin who had a childish face but was tanned by the sun, Hou Xiaoge felt a sense of emotion. At the age of fifteen, in later life, children still need their parents to pick them up for school!

"Let's go! Brother, when we get to Qin Province, we'll make good money and try to eat candy every day." Hou Xiaoge patted his brother's arm and encouraged him with a smile.

"Heiwa, you are smart. When the time comes, I will follow you and you will only need to eat candy once a month." Hou Huanying said with a silly smile, hugging Hou Xiaoge's shoulders.

"Okay, then I'll take you to eat big white steamed buns until you are full." Hou Xiaoge said with a smile.

"Heiwa, I don't even know what it feels like to be full, but you said it!" When Hou Huanying heard the big white steamed bun, his mouth was salivating.

"No problem, your brother can still coax you." Just like that, the two brothers walked into the backyard, talking and laughing.

"Heiwa, you're back. Is everything okay?" As soon as the two of them walked into the door, the uncle who was leaning against the corner with his eyes squinting suddenly stood up and asked.

"What can a little kid like me do? I just have to go see my second sister soon, so I went to buy some food.

Uncle, we had noodles for lunch, you haven't eaten yet, right?" Hou Xiaoge asked with a smile.

"No, I spent a lot of money going to the city today, so I'd better go back and eat!" Hou Yangmin said with a sigh and waved his hand.

“There’s nothing we can do about it, but the money we spent to redeem our sisters from the wolf den is worth it.

By the way, uncle, how was your work at the government office at noon? They didn’t make things difficult for you, did they? "Hou Xiaoge said a few words to comfort him and changed the subject.

“Since ancient times, the gates of government offices have faced south. As long as you have money, they will definitely not make things difficult for you.

Besides, Manager Dong went into the yamen just like he went into his own home, and it only took him a cup of tea to get everything done.

Even though I paid another nine dollars in taxes, these government offices are really ruthless." Hou Yangmin said with a painful look on his face.

Hou Xiaoge nodded. He knew about this. In his previous life, he ran a small supermarket, and whenever someone from the government came, it was always bad news.

"Forget it, as long as the matter is done, we are just worried that it will get in our way.

By the way, have you contacted Shopkeeper Dong about my second sister's matter?" Hou Xiaoge took out two pancakes and handed them to his uncle to fill his stomach.

"I've prepared everything and was just waiting for you to come back. It would be a waste to let me eat such good white flour pancakes. Go back and give them to the kids!" After Hou Yangmin said this, he saw Hou Xiaoge handing him a pancake and quickly waved his hand to refuse it.

"Uncle, eat! We all had noodles for lunch, and these two pancakes can make up for it. Please eat quickly! We still have to rely on you to escape the famine, and you can't let your body get exhausted." Hou Xiaoge forced the pancake into his uncle's hand.

"Dad, just eat! Heiwa is right, there is still a long way to go, and we still have to rely on you." The eldest cousin Huanying persuaded from the side.

"Okay, I'll eat." Seeing that his nephew and son were both filial, Hou Yangmin smiled and started eating with big mouthfuls.

"Dad, have some water." At this time, the youngest daughter Xuemei handed over a teacup.

"Haha! Okay, my Ni'er is the best."

Looking at the little girl whom he once loved the most, Hou Yangmin's eyes turned red as he bit the cake.

Amidst laughter and chatter, Hou Yangmin finished eating the sesame cake, and even picked up the crumbs that fell on his trouser legs and put them into his mouth.

.........

"Brother Yangmin, it's so lively in the house! I heard that your nephew is back, let's go!" At this moment, Dong Chunqiu walked in from outside.

"The child saw that I hadn't eaten anything and forced a cake on me, which made Manager Dong laugh.

Everyone, pack up your things and leave quickly! "Hou Yangmin stood up and greeted Manager Dong, then told everyone to set off.

Along the way, Dong Chunqiu saw that Hou Xiaoge acted and spoke quite experiencedly, so he looked at him a few more times and praised his nephew to his uncle for his promising future, which made his uncle and Erda very happy.

In this way, everyone arrived at Fan's house talking and laughing, but they did not wait at the front door, but went to the back door to wait.

Look at the Fan Mansion which occupies almost half of the street, and then look at the exquisite stone carvings near the back door.

Hou Xiaoge also felt emotional. No wonder these landlords had to be overthrown later. The wealth of an entire county was concentrated in just a few families!

Shopkeeper Dong knocked on the back door. After a while, a servant opened the door. Seeing that it was Shopkeeper Dong, it was obvious that he had received the notice a long time ago.

The servant greeted Manager Dong, then hurriedly closed the door and ran back.

After about ten minutes, a middle-aged man came out from the door with a little girl.

"Little sister, looking forward to your brother~!"

After seeing the little girl, everyone greeted her.

Hou Xiaoge saw that the little girl was his second sister. First of all, from her face, although she was a little thin, she was not weak and it was obvious that she was not hungry.

Looking at his clothes, he was wearing a green robe on the top, green trousers with white patterns on the bottom, and black cloth shoes on his feet.

Compared with this cheap second sister, we all looked like beggars, wearing tattered straw sandals and clothes full of patches and holes. There was really no comparison.

The second sister is ten years old this year. Maybe she hasn’t seen her family for a long time. When she saw the eldest sister and others, she was very excited. She ran over, hugged everyone and started crying.

Although Hou Xiaoge was not familiar with this second sister, she felt close to her instinctively.

Everyone exchanged greetings with the second sister for a while, and Hou Xiaoge offered to redeem her. The second sister Pan Di was somewhat tempted at first. After all, who would want to be a servant in someone else's family when she could be with her family?

But looking at her family members who were dressed in rags and were emaciated from hunger, Hou Pandi remembered the advice given to her by an aunt in the backyard of Fan's house.

It was said that it would be better to make a living in the Fan Mansion than to redeem himself. At least he would not have to worry about starving and would not drag his family down. This made Pan Di, who was already ten years old, hesitate.

"Second sister, you make your own choice. If you want to go back with us, we will sell everything we have to redeem you.

If you want, you can stay at the Fan family. When the disaster is over, your brother will come to pick you up." Hou Xiaoge looked at her hesitant second sister and said softly.

"Heiwa, I can't bear to leave my elder sister and you, but my father has been conscripted and I don't know where my mother is. If I go back, I will be a burden to the family.

I'd rather be a maid in the Fan Mansion! The young lady treats me well and provides me with good food and drink. When you grow up and the famine is over, can you come to see me?" Hou Pandi looked at his older brother with a hopeful look on his face.

"middle!"

Hou Xiaoge tried hard to hold back her tears and took out a pound of malt sugar and a pound of rock sugar that she had prepared in advance from her backpack and handed them to Hou Pandi.

"Second sister, these candies are for you. They are given to you by your brother. You can use them to sweeten your mouth when you miss your family in the future."