Crossing the farm gate, the whole family reunites in the disaster year

Cui Chengliang was moved by the crying and reached out to touch the two children's heads. Cui Zhaozhao twisted her body to avoid him and took Xiaoliu back to the inner room.

"Well, this year's harvest is not good, and we don't have much food stored at home. You can eat this little millet first."

A large bowl with a hole in it was placed on the cabinet, with a plate covering the bowl.

"The grain in the fields will be harvested in another month. I'll send you some more after the harvest."

Farmers are all counting on a new harvest from their fields, but with months of drought, everyone is unsure.

Mr. Cui had foresight and understood the principle that a big tree has many branches. He divided the family business in the second year after he came here.

The eldest and second sons of the Cui family moved out of the old house and sent some grain to the old house every spring and autumn harvest to support the elderly.

He was alone and still lived in the old house, which was exactly the same as before the family split up.

In March, it rained for more than a month, and the crops rotted in the fields. The nearby counties all had poor harvests.

He and Mr. Cui have a total of five acres of land. Two acres are located on high ground and were less affected by the disaster. The remaining three acres only yielded 50% of the harvest of previous years. The total grain yield from the five acres is less than 200 kilograms.

Cui Laoer's family had many sons, and Cui Lao's family's situation was not much better. Cui Lao's father was afraid that the children would starve, so he exempted them from the food allowance and gave 50 kilograms of food to each of his two sons.

From the spring harvest to now, every household’s grain jar is empty, and there are only a dozen pounds of grain left in the old house. I don’t know how much longer it can last.

Suddenly there were three more people to feed, and life became very tight.

Cui Zhaozhao didn't want to take the food, but he was penniless, so he could only thank him and accept the food.

I don’t know how many meals this little bit of food can last.

"Where can I get water?"

Cui Chengliang lifted the wooden cover of the water tank in the outer room and said, "There is water here. You can use it first. You don't have to worry about fetching water."

There was only a layer of water at the bottom of the huge water tank. Cui Zhaozhao leaned over with a ladle, but couldn't even reach the edge of the water.

Cui Chengliang scratched his head and found a jar, which was just full of water from the bottom of the tank.

"There are only three wells left in the village with water. The village head allocates half a bucket of water per person per day. You just arrived in the village, so I will go early tomorrow to help you fetch water."

Although the scumbag father was distant from them, he would help them arrange everything, no matter how big or small. Cui Zhaozhao thanked him again and watched the scumbag father leave the house.

Hearing the door of the east room closing behind him, Cui Chengliang turned around and went to the backyard of the upper room.

The family can't just live off their savings like this.

On the kang in the east room, Xiaoliu climbed up carefully and looked at Cui's mother with tears in his eyes.

"Mom, does it hurt? Xiaoliu will give you a hug."

When Cui Zhaozhao entered the inner room, he saw Xiaoliu sticking out his little butt and breathing gently on the wound.

Xiaoliu is likable and caring, and Cui's mother is completely soft-hearted.

This child doesn't even know that his mother is gone.

"Mom doesn't feel any pain, Xiaoliu is scared, right?"

Cui's mother hugged Xiaoliu with tenderness. Cui Zhaozhao prepared to cook some porridge first, as her stomach felt empty and uncomfortable.

The millet was yellow and white, mixed with rice husks. Just as I was about to scoop out the rice, a translucent panel suddenly appeared in front of me, and a blue and white dialog box popped up on it.

[Natural millet found, available at the market for 8 wen per jin.]

The mechanical female voice beside his ear was gentle, but Cui Zhaozhao suddenly opened his eyes wide and turned to look at the kang.

Xiaoliu said something that made Cui giggle, and she obviously didn't hear anything unusual.

Cui Zhaozhao's heart was pounding and he walked out of the inner room holding the bowl.

[Natural millet is priced at 8 wen per pound. Would you like to sell it?]

Cui Zhaozhao was about to sell it when she suddenly remembered that this was all the food they had, so she took an empty bowl and filled half of it.

[Five liang of natural millet, purchase price 4 wen, would you like to sell it?]

【sell!】

In the blink of an eye, the millet disappeared, leaving only an empty bowl with four copper coins lying at the bottom.

The dialog box disappears and a simple shopping bar appears on the panel.

A pound of rice costs 2 cents.

One pound of flour costs 2 cents.

One liter of pure water costs 1 cent.

......

After studying it, Cui Zhaozhao concluded that this was the legendary system and only she could see it.

The reason for its simplicity is that the system is currently at the initial level and the categories of products available for purchase are limited.

There are currently only five.

Cui Zhaozhao waved her hand and exchanged four copper coins for two kilograms of rice.

[Spend 4 coins, increase 4 points, and you still need 96 points to upgrade.]

The screen displayed the items that would be unlocked at the second level. Looking at the tempting pork, Cui Zhaozhao swallowed silently and exited the system.

Put a pound of rice into the pot and cook it into sticky rice porridge, which is filled with rice fragrance.

"It smells so good!"

Xiaoliu ran out with his legs puffed, grabbing the stove and twitching his nose.

Cui Zhaozhao smiled and scooped out three bowls of rice porridge. Xiaoliu held one bowl, and Cui Zhaozhao held one bowl in each hand.

"Walk slowly and watch your step."

Cui's mother leaned back on the kang, looking at the thick white rice porridge with a puzzled look.

I can't figure out why the pure yellow millet turns into a thick white color.

"Mom, try this pickled soybeans. I saw them in the jar of pickled soybeans next to the stove." Cui Zhaozhao spoke, stopping Cui's mother from asking the question, and reached out to pick up two beans for Xiaocheng.

Since the drought, Xiaoliu hasn't had such thick porridge for a long time, and it was also very fragrant.

The hand holding the bowl was stinging from the heat, but he was reluctant to put it down and took several breaths of hot air in ecstasy.

It smells so good!

He lowered his head and took a big gulp. The scalding hot rice porridge made tears well up in his eyes. Xiao Liu opened his mouth wide to inhale, not wanting to spit out a single breath.

Cui Zhaozhao snatched the bowl from Xiaoliu's hand, took an empty bowl, and stirred the hot porridge to cool it down quickly.

She had never experienced famine and had no idea how much people who had been hungry for a long time longed for food.

Seeing that he had drunk more than half a bowl of porridge, Cui Zhaozhao was about to add more rice, but Xiaoliu swallowed and said, "I'm full."

As soon as he finished speaking, his stomach rumbled.

Xiaoliu blushed and covered her stomach, while Cui Zhaozhao tried hard to restrain herself from laughing out loud.

"If you lie, you'll have a tail on your butt. Is Xiaoliu really full?"

Xiaoliu hurriedly touched his butt and found that it was okay.

When he turned around, he saw his mother and sister covering their mouths and laughing. Xiaoliu's mouth was pouting and he was sobbing.

"Mom has a wound on her head, so leave the rest for her to eat tonight."

This rice porridge is the best food Xiaoliu can imagine. If mother eats more, the wound will heal faster.

Cui Zhaozhao could no longer laugh. She silently added another bowl of porridge to Xiaoliu and forced him to drink it.

Since she was Xiaoliu's older sister, she would not watch the child go hungry.

Cui Zhaozhao was also very hungry. He drank two large bowls of rice in a row, holding his stomach and sighing. It felt so good to be full.

After Xiaoliu had a full meal, his nerves relaxed after a day of tension, and he fell into a deep sleep on the kang.

"Mom, I'm going out for a walk."

This body hasn't had a full meal for a long time. When it suddenly eats, it feels like there is a stone in its stomach, heavy and uncomfortable.

Go out to digest the food and take a look around the village.

Cui's mother also quietly got off the kang and said, "I'll go with you."

After finishing the meal, she no longer felt dizzy. She suspected that the discomfort she had just felt was purely due to hunger.