Dressed as a farmer's widow, she brought her daughter to stock up on food and reached the top

Zhao Cunliang remained silent, just smoking silently. In the smoke, his eyes were full of helplessness and anxiety.

At this time, Guangzong ran over and said excitedly: "Dad, Mom, I found a jar in grandma's room, and there is silver in it!"

Zhao Cunliang and Tian Guilan were startled at first, then a glimmer of hope appeared on their faces.

Guangzong handed the jar over and exclaimed, "Dad, look, there are two taels of silver in it!"

Zhao Cunliang quickly took it and when he saw the silver in the jar, his face showed a complex expression of surprise, joy and confusion.

He knew that his mother had saved a lot of money without his knowledge, but now the money was not his.

Thinking of this, a subtle hint of smugness appeared on his face, but this smugness was quickly replaced by a hint of guilt.

After all, that was the money that his mother had secretly hidden before her death, but the guilt only flashed through his mind.

The children gathered around and chattered about it.

"Dad, with this money, we can buy a lot of delicious food!"

"No, this might be something grandma hid away on purpose. You can't use it casually."

"Grandma is dead, this silver is ours."

……

Mrs. Sun and her family stood in their yard, looking at the house which was generally stable despite a small damage on the roof, and they felt relieved.

Mrs. Sun smiled and said to the children, "Luckily, we reinforced the grass ahead of time and built a bamboo shed, so the damage isn't too serious."

Jindan nodded and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Yes, mother, hurry up and fix it. The sooner it is fixed, the sooner we can feel at ease."

The whole family worked together. Jindan climbed onto the roof and carefully replaced the damaged grass. Tiedan passed tools and materials from below, and Tiedan and Sun Huahua also helped to move and lift things.

"Golden Egg, be careful!" Mrs. Sun shouted from below.

"I know, Mom. Don't worry. Hand the bamboo from Goudan over here." Jindan shouted to Goudan in the yard.

The whole family is busy. Although it is hard work, everyone's face is full of determination and optimism.

It wasn't long before the roof was repaired.

The golden egg came down from the roof and looked at the new roof. He said with relief: "That's good now. We don't have to worry about leaks when it rains."

Sun Huahua smiled and said, "Yes, as a family, we can solve any problem together."

The children also jumped happily, and the yard was filled with laughter.

Taohua carefully carried a bowl of steaming chicken soup and came to the yard of Mrs. Sun's house.

"Mrs. Sun, I'll bring you a bowl of chicken soup." Taohua said with a smile, with two shallow dimples on her face.

Mrs. Sun was in the yard packing up the tools she had just used to repair the roof. When she saw Taohua, she quickly put down what she was holding and went to meet her.

"Oh, Taohua, why did you bring me chicken soup? You're so polite." Mrs. Sun said as she wiped her hands with the corner of her clothes.

Taohua handed the chicken soup to Mrs. Sun and said, "Mrs. Sun, I know you just finished repairing your roof. You must have worked so hard, so I asked you to give me a bowl of chicken soup to nourish you."

Mrs. Sun took the chicken soup with great emotion and said, "Xiuying is so kind and always thinks of us."

Taohua smiled and said, "Mrs. Sun has always taken care of our family, so this is what she should do.

My mother said we are one big family and we should help each other."

Mrs. Sun took Taohua's hand and said, "Taohua is such a sensible and good child."

Taohua lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly and said, "Then Mrs. Sun, please drink this chicken soup while it's hot."

After saying that, Taohua ran away, fearing that Mrs. Sun would stuff more eggs into her mouth and ask her to take them back.

In the evening, Mrs. Sun looked at the bowl of chicken soup that Taohua had brought her, and her heart was filled with warmth. She thought that she couldn't enjoy it alone, and she had to let her family taste this delicious food full of friendship.

So, Mrs. Sun quickly lit a fire, took out the leftover rice at home, poured the chicken soup into the pot, added some water, and cooked a pot of fragrant chicken soup with rice.

After the meal was ready, Mrs. Sun called the children over. As soon as the children smelled the delicious food, they couldn't wait to run to the table.

"Children, slow down. This is the rice porridge made with chicken soup that Xiuying sent. We must thank her very much." Mrs. Sun said with a smile.

Jindan also smiled and nodded: "Yes, Aunt Xiuying's friendship with us is really rare."

The family sat around the table, happily eating rice in chicken soup. The children filled their mouths with the food and kept saying, "Delicious, delicious!"

Seeing her family's satisfied expressions, Mrs. Sun felt filled with happiness and gratitude. "We should help Xiuying's family more in the future. We can't forget their kindness."

"Yeah, got it, Mom!"

……

Zhao Cunliang carried the two silver coins and excitedly came to the market to buy tiles.

The market was bustling with people, all busy buying materials to repair their damaged homes. Zhao Cunliang finally found a stall selling tiles and asked, "Boss, how much are these tiles?"

The boss, busy greeting other customers, replied, "It used to be one cent a piece, but now it's three cents a piece. How much do you want?"

Zhao Cunliang was shocked when he heard this. The price had gone up too much. But there was no other way. The roof had to be repaired. He gritted his teeth and said, "I want enough for three houses."

The boss calculated quickly and said, "The total is 500 pieces, which is 1,500 wen, or one and a half taels of silver."

Zhao Cunliang's eyes widened and he said hurriedly, "Boss, this is too expensive. Can you make it cheaper?"

After some bargaining, the deal was finally settled at one or two taels of silver.

After buying the tiles, he still needed to hire some help. Zhao Cunliang contacted a few workers and after some discussion, he spent a lot of money on labor.

When the roof was repaired, the cost of the tiles for the three rooms plus the labor cost was a full five hundred coins.

Zhao Cunliang looked at the little silver he had left and couldn't help but sigh, "This hailstorm has caused such heavy losses."

Although the house was repaired, Zhao Cunliang and Tian Guilan became worried when they looked at the empty granary.

Tian Guilan sat on a stool and sighed, "What are we going to do with food? We already had no harvest this year, and now we've been hit by this hailstorm. How are we going to survive in the future?"

Zhao Cunliang paced back and forth in the room, frowning: "I don't know either. The food we have at home won't last much longer."

The children gathered around, looking at their parents timidly, not daring to say a word.

Tian Guilan wiped her tears and said, "How about we borrow some from our relatives?"

Zhao Cunliang shook his head helplessly: "We've borrowed everything we can, who would be willing to lend us more?"

For a moment, the room fell silent, with only the whistling sound of the wind outside the window, as if it was also sighing for this difficult life.