After dinner, the family continued to explore.

After going around a protruding rock, I suddenly saw a lush green area in front of me, and the unique fresh scent of green plants hit me in the face.

The three of them rubbed their eyes at the same time, fearing that it was an illusion.

After making sure that he was not seeing things, he ran away.

As we got closer, we could immediately tell the ears of corn were covered in flowers! They covered almost half an acre!

There are densely packed soybeans underneath. Although the pods are still flat, it seems that there are at least two handfuls of beans on one plant!

The three of them couldn't close their mouths.

He had no idea that An An had fallen into a deep sleep with a pale face.

That's right, she spent 3 points of energy to obtain these two acres of land, and the price was to fall into complete hibernation for three days.

Life was too hard for the Zhao family! If these three people were always struggling on the brink of starvation, how much time would they have left for her?

These grains, although not enough to last until next autumn harvest, are more than enough. If they can distribute them to other villagers, she will be able to gain more merit.

It’s a great deal!

But the three men slowly looked back and found that after the corn was half an acre of potatoes, and after that was an acre of millet.

The potatoes are in bloom, but the millet is already filling with grain.

The fields are also densely covered with thriving wild vegetables, including gray vegetables, bitter vegetables, green vegetables, purslane... everything you can think of.

The three of them looked at each other and saw tears in each other's eyes.

Qin Ying asked in a trembling voice: "Aunt, what should we do?"

"This...this..." Aunt Zhao replied in a trembling voice, "This place is hard to find. Let's mark it and come over every now and then to keep an eye on it."

Zhao Hu said, "Let's dig a little deeper. Who knows, we might even find a well."

Aunt Zhao took a few deep breaths and forced herself to calm down. "We have to think about what to say to the public..."

"It would be fine if no one ever discovered it, that would be our good luck, and these things would all be ours.

"If we're unlucky and get discovered, we'll just say it's our fault!

"Don't think you're being nice. The harvest from this field looks promising, but we don't know when this natural disaster will end. How can we eat as much as we want?

“If the world is good, I won’t say anything. But if the world is in chaos, I can only take care of myself first.

"At most... we'll keep about a hundred pounds of potatoes after we harvest them, and let Uncle Chen Jiu distribute the rest to the villagers."

Qin Ying calmed down and said, "Let's look in the opposite direction.

"There are many good things in the deep mountains. If we can find a large chestnut or hazelnut forest and lead the villagers there, we'll be safe here.

"If it doesn't work, we can just stay in the mountains. There are no wild animals around anyway."

Zhao Hu became more clever and said, "We need to find a safe place to dig a cellar and hide the food there. We can only take a little bit back at a time."

"Well," Aunt Zhao nodded with a smile, "after the crops are harvested, we will level this piece of land and leave only the potatoes to be distributed.

"Once all the potatoes are dug up, we'll have passed the test in front of the villagers."

"We can wait until then to dig the well! This land is a treasure, we must take good care of it!"

The three of them made up their minds, cut some wild vegetables, and left to look for a safe place suitable for digging a cellar.

By the time we decided on a place and made the plans, the sun was setting, so we went home tired but happy.

Smoke from cooking fires is rising from the village.

I gathered the firewood, sorted out the wild vegetables I brought back, boiled some vegetables for dinner, and made a small bowl of dried fruit porridge for An An.

After knowing that An An could eat porridge, all the dried nuts in the house were ground into powder as her food.

But after the porridge was cooked, the little baby couldn't be woken up no matter what.

Qin Ying was terrified and hurriedly called Aunt Zhao over.

Aunt Zhao tried various methods, but to no avail. She pondered, "Maybe he was in a deep sleep? There's no doctor in our village these days... Let's take a look first. If that doesn't work, can we ask the elders in the village to help take a look?"

"Speaking of which, this child is quite pitiful. He often follows us into the mountains at such a young age.

"There's no telling how many people have been injured by wolves, insects, tigers, and leopards in the mountains in the past. Perhaps they've collided with something..."

Qin Ying frowned slightly and lost her appetite.

Qin Ying put down her chopsticks and checked to see that An An had no signs of waking up, then she went to find the old man in the village who could exorcise frights.

Aunt Zhao reached out and pulled her back, "Come here and listen."

Qin Ying put her ear close to An An's face and heard... a slight snoring?

She couldn't help but startled.

Aunt Zhao said with a smile: "We just scared ourselves. Isn't An An sleeping well?"

Qin Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But I couldn't sleep well at night, and I would get up from time to time to check An An's breathing.

By noon the next day, An An still hadn't woken up. Qin Ying was so anxious that she couldn't sit still. "Our An An is usually quite sleepy, but she's never woken up at this time before!"

Zhao Hu jumped up and ran out, saying, "I'll go call Grandma Wang!"

At the head of the village lived the old woman Wang, now nearly seventy years old, a former fortune teller. She had lived alone all her life, yet no one dared to offend her.

Qin Ying was spinning around holding An An in her arms, and bubbles started to form at the corners of her mouth.

Aunt Zhao handed the water to her mouth and said, "The more I worry about An An, the more you should take care of yourself. Otherwise, if you fall ill, won't An An have one less person to take care of her?"

Qin Ying drank a bowl of water from her hand, "Yes, Auntie, I know everything..."

As they were talking, Old Lady Wang had already reached the gate of the courtyard, still complaining, "Huzi, I'm not as good as you, young man. If you slow down, I'll fall apart!"

"Grandma Wang, please bear with me!" Although Hu Zi apologized, he still dragged Grandma Wang without slowing down, "My family is worried!"

Aunt Zhao hurried out to greet them, first scolded Zhao Hu a few words, then personally helped Old Lady Wang walk in, while telling her about An An's situation.

Old Lady Wang frowned and said slowly, "It sounds like I've encountered something unclean..."

Qin Ying held An An in her arms and showed her.

Old Lady Wang first took An An's hand to feel her pulse, then flipped her eyelids, touched her feet and chest, and suddenly laughed: "You guys are just worrying too much. There's nothing wrong with this kid!"

"Really?" Qin Ying was still worried, "But she has never slept for so long!"

"They just fell asleep," Old Lady Wang was very sure, "Kids' souls are unstable, so they sleep more than adults.

"This baby... take good care of it, and you will be blessed in the future."

Aunt Zhao asked cautiously, "Auntie Wang, tell me, can this child be awakened by force?"

"I'm sleeping so well, why do you have to wake me up?" Old Lady Wang rolled her eyes, "Once I've had enough sleep, I won't sleep any more.

"Just let her sleep!"

After a pause, he rolled his eyes at Aunt Zhao and said, "It's okay that Yingzi has never given birth, but your child is already a grown boy, and you don't understand?

"It's okay for the little one to be sleepy. He doesn't have a fever, convulsions, or night sweats. Why are you so anxious?

"If you don't treat such a young child correctly, it could be fatal!"

Aunt Zhao's face was filled with shame.

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