Traveling through 1942 with space

"Heiwa, you're grown up now. Before you do anything, always inform your uncle and me first." Erda directly criticized Hou Xiaoge.

"Erda, I know I was wrong." Hou Xiaoge did not argue and just lowered his head to admit his mistake.

"It's good that you know you're wrong. Now we are fleeing from famine, so try not to run around. The world is in chaos, and if anything happens to your brother, your uncle and I won't be able to explain to your father.

In the morning, we were busy looking for you and your two brothers, so no one had time to look for wild vegetables.

I won’t say any more. I have to go back and tell your uncle and the others, or I’ll be hungry again at noon today.” Erda said, and turned to walk towards the village.

"Heidan, don't be in a hurry to leave. Come back with me later." Hou Xiaoge touched his cousin's little head and said with a smile.

"Brother, you ate rat meat without telling me, that's so unfair of you. Is there anything else to eat? Even wild vegetables will do." The little guy followed his two brothers, touching his empty stomach and muttering constantly.

"There is still a mouse left in the basket. Let's take it over and make soup for everyone to eat together." Hou Xiaoge said without turning his head.

There are still two big rats in the space spiritual field. Hou Xiaoge plans to use the remaining big male rat to thank all the relatives. As for the female rat, she has to feed the little rats and cannot move.

"Really? That's great." Heidan's voice rose several degrees when he heard that there was meat to eat.

“Don’t be anxious. Since you came to find us, we’ll give you some grass seed porridge first.” Seeing that the little guy looked skinny and even worse than himself and his brother, Hou Xiaoge decided to use the spiritual spring water to make some grass seed porridge for the kid.

Hou Xiaoge pretended to grab about one or two catties of grass seeds and a few wild purslane vegetables from his backpack (actually it was a space), put them into the spiritual spring water in the earthenware jar and started to boil them.

"Brother, you are so good to me." At this moment, Heidan felt that he was the happiest kid.

After boiling for about ten minutes, the grass seed porridge was ready to eat. Hou Xiaoge picked up the carbon can and poured it into a wooden bowl to cool it down.

Little Heidan was also very hungry. He didn't care that it was hot and just picked up the bowl and started eating.

Hou Xiaoge was afraid of scalding the little guy, so he quickly poured some cool spiritual spring water to lower the temperature.

"It's cold now, eat it quickly!" After pouring the water, Hou Xiaoge signaled to the little guy that he could eat.

"Slurp, delicious! Really fragrant."

The grass seed porridge that is hard to swallow in a normal year was eaten by the little guy like a full banquet.

However, the two brothers Hou Xiaoge did not laugh at Heidan. After all, they all had the same identity and were the same fallen people in the world.

After eating the grass seed porridge, the little guy asked Hou Xiaoge for some water to rinse the jar, then poured it into the bowl and drank it all.

"Comfortable!"

Little Heidan touched his stomach which was no longer empty, and felt very satisfied.

"Let's go! Pack up and go back to the village." Hou Xiaoge packed his luggage into a backpack and pulled his two reluctant brothers out of the cave.

When we returned to the village entrance, we saw more and more refugees. Some were looking for wild vegetables, some were digging grass roots. In short, no one was idle, and everyone was trying hard to survive.

"Heiwa! You believer, what are you doing running around with a tied-up cow so early in the morning? If I hadn't missed your luggage, I would have thought that you two brothers were taken away by wolves." A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who was catching grasshoppers in the field came up to his brothers and scolded them with a smile.

"Brother, this is the welcome brother from our uncle's house." Xiao Shuanniu said in a low voice.

"Huh? After not seeing you for one night, you don't even recognize your cousin." The young man obviously heard what Shuanniu said and asked with raised eyebrows.

"Welcome brother. Yesterday I had a fight with someone from another village and was hit on the head with a brick. I can't remember anything that happened before." Hou Xiaoge still used the same old trick to fool people.

"I know about this. At that time, your back was swollen with a big lump and you fainted on the spot. It was Heidan and Shuanniu who called Huanhuan and me to drive away those bastards from other villages.

But I'm glad you're okay. If you can't remember the past, I'll teach you." The cousin patted Hou Xiaoge's shoulder and consoled him.

"Yeah! Thank you, cousin." Faced with the concern of his relatives, Hou Xiaoge naturally continued happily.

"You guys go back first! I still have to catch grasshoppers for some time, otherwise I will have nothing to eat at noon." After saying that, my cousin picked up the bamboo tube for catching insects and rushed into the field again.

On the way back, Hou Xiaoge asked Heidan about the relatives who fled with him.

There are quite a few close relatives. In addition to my own family, there are my uncle, Erda and my aunt's families, and there are even more people from other villages.

Now, only my uncle and his two sons are left in his family, namely my sixteen-year-old cousin Yingying and my twelve-year-old cousin Huanhuan. As for my aunt, she died of an acute illness on the way. There are also two cousins, who voluntarily sold themselves to the county as child brides and maids last winter because their family was in financial difficulty.

There are four people in Erda's family, Erda, Second Aunt, seven-year-old Heidan, and a four-year-old little brother Heiniu. However, Heiniu has been in poor health recently and I'm afraid he will have a hard time.

Because my uncle's family was an outsider, they had to flee with my father-in-law's family, otherwise they would be bullied.

There are five people left in my aunt's family now, my aunt, my uncle, two six-year-old twin sons named Zhou Kangzhan and Zhou Tuanjie, and a three-year-old girl named Zhou Xiaolan.

These families are all the relatives of Hou Xiaoge who fled together this time and can rely on each other.

As for why there are no elderly people, everyone who understands will understand. If you can't go far, it's better to die at home, which can be regarded as returning to your roots.

.........

Heidan took his two brothers into a small, dilapidated yard next to the house where he lived last night.

At this time, a woman in her thirties was cooking something on a makeshift earthen stove. Hearing Heidan calling for his mother, Hou Xiaoge guessed that this person should be his cheap second aunt.

"Second aunt!"

Hou Xiaoge greeted the woman neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Hmph! You're running around so early in the morning. You must be bored. Do you know that food is very expensive now? It takes a lot of effort to find someone.

The whole family didn’t find much wild vegetables this morning in order to find you two, so as a punishment, you won’t have lunch today.” The woman put down the wooden spoon in her hand and started scolding the Hou Xiaoge brothers.

Hou Xiaoge has lived two lives and has the mind of an adult. He was so angry at the woman's shrewish abuse that he almost fumed and wanted to fight back against her.

However, the rationality of adults finally prevailed. After thinking about it carefully, it was found that what the cheap second aunt said was actually not wrong.

Everybody is almost starving to death, and you two brothers are still running around, wasting everyone's precious time to find food. This is simply endangering people's lives. Scolding is the least of your punishment, and a beating is not excessive.

But this cannot be blamed on Hou Xiaoge, as he has no memory of his original body.

"Second sister-in-law, I just heard Huan Ying say that Hei Wa was hit on the head yesterday and he doesn't remember anything. He may not remember us. It's not Hei Wa's fault."

When Hou Xiaoge was in a dilemma, a woman in her twenties came in from outside carrying a basket and said.

"Ah! You don't remember anything? Forget it, I'll spare you two this time." When Second Aunt learned that Hou Xiaoge had been hit on the head and lost his memory, she felt relieved of her anger.

"Heiwa, I'm your aunt. Do you still remember me?" The woman walked up to Hou Xiaoge, patted him on the shoulder affectionately and asked.

"Aunt, I don't remember." Hou Xiaoge shook his head in confusion.

"Oh! Poor child, how come your family is so big?" The aunt hugged Hou Xiaoge with red eyes.

"Aunt, the days ahead must have been hard, so it's better to forget them." Hou Xiaoge had no memory of her previous life and had no burden in her heart. Instead, she smiled and comforted her aunt who was hugging her.

"Good kid! Okay, okay, if you have any questions in the future, just come to your aunt." The aunt wiped her eyes and smiled.

"Mom, my brother Heiwa has a big rat. He said he would make soup for us. He even gave me some porridge just now." At this time, little Heidan said happily while hugging his mother's legs.

"What? Heiwa actually caught a big rat and gave you porridge." Second Aunt and Younger Aunt looked at Hou Xiaoge in disbelief, their eyes filled with passion.

"Ok!"

"Second aunt, little aunt, we were lucky this morning and caught three big rats. We also took out half a pound of wheat grains and grass seeds that the rats had stored.

At that time, I thought that Shuanniu and I were the only ones left to survive, so I roasted and ate the two mice.

At that time, Heidan and Erda came to find us, and then Shuanniu told me that we had relatives like you.

At that time, I saw Heidan's stomach growling with hunger, so I cooked some porridge for him.

There is only one mouse left. Second Aunt, kill it and make soup for everyone! After all, it has about 300-400 grams of meat, which can provide some nutrition.”

Hou Xiaoge took out the mouse tied up with straw ropes and handed it to Second Aunt, then said the words he had prepared long ago.

"Well, Second Aunt will accept it. It just so happens that your little brother Hei Niu is in urgent need of nutrition. I will kill him and make a pot of soup later so that we can all have some nourishment." Second Aunt took the mouse with shining eyes and said with joy.

"Aunt, Shuanniu and I just ate and we are still full! You don't have to cook for us later. Give the extra food to our younger brothers and sisters to supplement their nutrition!" Hou Xiaoge didn't care about a mouse and waved his hand indifferently.

"Good boy! Your aunt thanks you on behalf of your brother and sister." Second Aunt and your aunt looked at Hou Xiaoge with satisfaction.