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

Chapter 5 Something's wrong with my cheap dad

The sky was turning pale.

The stars in the sky have not yet completely dimmed, and the shadows of the trees fall on the window accompanied by the chirping of insects.

My cheap dad didn’t come to the west room last night. I slept all night and woke up feeling much better than yesterday.

There was a slight sound coming from the outer room. Cui Zhaozhao tucked in the corner of the quilt for Xiaoliu, and the little guy smacked his lips unconsciously.

"Meat... smells so good!"

Cui Zhaozhao laughed, perhaps because she was craving meat so much, but she also wanted to eat meat.

Cui's mother was lighting a fire in front of the stove. When she heard the door to the inner room open, she hurriedly wiped away her tears.

"Are you awake? There's hot water in the basin. Wash your face first."

Mother Cui's eyes were red and swollen, probably because she didn't sleep well last night. Cui Zhaozhao hugged his mother distressedly and nuzzled her randomly.

However, Cui's mother smelled a strange odor, so she lowered her head to sniff Cui Zhaozhao's head, then pushed her away in disgust.

"Your head smells."

The emotions that had just been brewing were pushed away by Cui's mother. Cui Zhaozhao reached out and touched his hair, but only felt a hand full of hair oil.

It would be fine if I didn’t want to, but now I feel itchy all over and want to rub myself hard.

"I thought about it all night last night," Cui's mother said seriously. "Since we're here, it's our destiny. It's better than dying. No matter how hard it is to let go of the past, we can't go back."

Cui's mother thought of her eldest son and tried hard to hold back her tears.

"I think the Cui family is kind-hearted. Since we are living in the Cui family now, we should respect the elderly."

After dinner last night, she was still worried about how to deal with Cui Chengliang. As a result, she went up to her room and locked the door as soon as it got dark, and no one disturbed them the whole night.

It seems that Cui Chengliang really has no feelings for his original body.

In this situation, the Cui family took them in and they should remember this kindness.

Cui Zhaozhao nodded, as if her mother was very strong no matter what happened.

"You have to change your name too, especially in front of others. You must not call them by the wrong names."

Cui Zhaozhao stuck out her tongue and said, "I know, mother."

Cui's mother's original surname was Lin, and everyone called her Lin. Cui Zhaozhao's original surname was the second among the Cui sisters, and her name was Lixia.

There was porridge in the pot, and I had porridge for three meals a day. I had no appetite, but I still drank a big bowl. I heard a noise outside the door and wiped my mouth quickly.

It was still a little chilly in the early morning. Cui Zhaozhao shivered as soon as he opened the door. The sun had not risen completely yet. He vaguely saw Cui Chengliang closing the courtyard door and patting the dirt off his legs.

"You're up now." Cui Chengliang stamped his feet, "I'm going out now."

Mrs. Cui stopped her and said, "Change your clothes and have breakfast before going."

After changing his clothes, Cui Chengliang picked up the backpack and stuffed the cakes that Old Lady Cui gave him into his arms.

"Mom, let's go."

"Wait a minute." Old Lady Cui glanced at her granddaughter, who was fairer and more delicate than the other girls in the village, and said, "Don't walk there. Take the oxcart at the village entrance."

Cui Chengliang was used to being alone, so he slapped his forehead and decided to take a car.

Old Lady Cui took out two more vegetable pancakes, which were black and yellow and mixed with wild vegetables, and handed them to Cui Zhaozhao: "Here."

Looking at the vegetable pancake, Cui Zhaozhao wanted to say that he was full.

Old Mrs. Cui said sternly, "Take it and eat it when you're hungry on the road. Don't let others eat it. You're just looking at it and bringing shame to the Cui family."

Every household was short of food, and wild vegetable pancakes were considered a good food in the village.

Old Mrs. Cui is nice to the younger generation, but her words sound awkward no matter how you listen to them.

Cui Zhaozhao and Cui Chengliang walked in silence all the way to the village entrance.

There were already several people sitting on the ox cart, and Cui Zhaozhao chose a corner to sit on.

It costs two cents to take a bus round trip, but there are limited seats. Afraid that there will be no seat when Sanlang comes back, Cui Chengliang gives the coachman Zhao Gui six cents.

Water resources are in short supply, and villagers would like to pour all the water into the fields, so when the ox cart is full of people, the smell is indescribable.

Cui Zhaozhao lowered his head and breathed slowly.

A woman looked at the little girl huddled in the corner and said half-jokingly, "Third brother, your daughter just came back yesterday, why is she going back again?"

The call of "Third brother" successfully attracted Cui Zhaozhao's attention.

It's only the second day and the scumbag dad is about to show his true colors?

Cui Zhaozhao narrowed his eyes and looked at the woman, and keenly discovered that the look in her eyes when she looked at her scumbag father was unusual.

Cui Chengliang knew it was the widow Qin from the village by the sound of her voice. He lowered his head and stared at the road below the carriage, and answered honestly: "No, it's my Sanlang..."

Cui Zhaozhao interrupted Cui Chengliang and smiled innocently at Widow Qin, "My father feels sorry for my mother who has been raising us all by herself these past few years, so he's taking me to the city to buy some fabric to make her some clothes. Auntie, this pink dress you're wearing is really nice. Where did you buy it?"

Flirting in front of me?

I bother!

The villagers in the same car then noticed the new short shirt on Widow Qin, which made her waist look slender and charming, and they all curled their lips.

The word "Auntie" made Widow Qin's face flush red with anger, but she couldn't vent her anger. She gritted her teeth and smiled, "It was given to me by a relative in the provincial capital. I'm afraid I can't buy it here."

Cui Zhaozhao looked regretful and said, "Forget it, Auntie, you have relatives in the provincial capital. That's amazing."

Everyone in Xiahe Village knows everything about Widow Qin. How could she have any relatives in the provincial capital? She must have been sent by some wild man.

The woman in the same car secretly decided that she would give her husband a good beating when she got home and stay away from Widow Qin.

Cui Chengliang whispered, "Did you say you wanted to buy fabric yesterday?"

Cui Zhaozhao blinked his black eyes and looked at Cui Chengliang without saying a word.

Such an honest man, you really can't tell that he is a scumbag.

The sun rises.

The ox cart stopped at the gate of Mingshui County.

Cui Zhaozhao strode into the city. All her original memories were in the county town, so she was not unfamiliar with the city.

Cui Chengliang stopped at the entrance of the academy.

"Help your brother pack up his things. I'm going to go for a walk. I'll come back in an hour."

Cui Zhaozhao was worrying about how to find an opportunity to fish in troubled waters, so he quickly nodded in agreement.

He turned around and found an empty corner, took out a cloth bag and exchanged it for ten kilograms of flour and ten kilograms of grain. Together with some grain he had secretly exchanged last night, he spent exactly one hundred coins.

[Mall upgrade, thirteen new product categories added...]

The system notification sounded pleasantly in his ears. Cui Zhaozhao glanced at the items unlocked at the second level: pork per pound for 4 wen, milk per pound for 2 wen, soap for 5 wen, two eggs for 1 wen, cloth...

After looking at the newly unlocked items, I quickly looked at the items unlocked at level three.

There are 73 kinds of seeds, live chickens, live ducks, rabbits, etc. Although these are useful to her, they are not too exciting.

Until he saw the toilet paper, his eyes suddenly widened.

This thing is so useful!

I quickly looked at the unlocking conditions: one 0, two 0s...copper coins!

Ten taels of silver!

Ten taels is not a lot, Cui Zhaozhao comforted herself, but she couldn't afford it now.

He glanced at the toilet paper with longing.

wait for me!

I'll come back to redeem you and take you home when I save enough money.

Before exiting the page, I suddenly saw that there was an icon at the end of the third-level product, with only a question mark displayed on it.

There were only two small words below: "Detection? What do you mean?"

The only response she got was silence. Well, her mall was not equipped with an intelligent assistant, so this problem could only be solved after it was unlocked and then explored slowly.

Weighing the remaining copper coins, he bought three pounds of pork belly and a bar of soap. After buying these, there were only a few light copper coins left in his purse.

After packing my things, I went into the school following my memory.

The original eldest brother Cui Jingwen was extremely talented. He showed an extraordinary memory as soon as he was enlightened. After passing the examination for a student at the age of thirteen, he was admitted to Mingde Academy. Considering his family's poverty, he was exempted from tuition, but he still had to provide for his own meals.

With the Cui family's current financial situation, having enough to eat is a luxury.

Soon the teaching assistant came out of the classroom and told Cui Jingwen that he felt unwell when he woke up this morning and was currently resting in the dormitory. He then took Cui Zhaozhao to the dormitory.

There were a lot of things to do in school, so the teaching assistant left in a hurry after dropping her off.

"elder brother?"

Cui Zhaozhao knocked on the door, and a flurry of hurried rustling sounds came from inside the door.

Cui Zhaozhao bravely pushed open the door. The room was not big, and a row of earthen kangs took up most of the area. The sunlight was shining on the edge of the kang, and he could see a young man in blue clothes standing in the middle.

Cui Jingwen was putting on his shoes sideways. When he saw Cui Zhaozhao come in, he smiled stiffly.

When Cui Zhaozhao heard that his elder brother was not feeling well, he did not doubt it much.

In fact, the Cui brothers and sisters have a very good relationship, and she was afraid that if she said too much, she would be exposed.

"Mom asked me to pick you up and take you to Xiahe Village."

Seeing his elder brother standing there in a daze, Cui Zhaozhao couldn't help but mutter, is he sick and stupid?

Finding the bookcase with Cui Jingwen's name on it, Cui Zhaozhao began to pack it up. His brother didn't have much stuff, so the empty space was perfect for food...

Behind him, "Cui Jingwen" was devastated and scratching his hair. His mother and sister were missing and had not been found yet, and he had actually traveled through time!

Who can tell him what is happening right now?

There was still some space in the box. Cui Zhaozhao was thinking about buying some more things when he suddenly thought of something.

"Brother, do you have any copper coins?"

Mrs. Lin felt sorry for her son's hard work in studying and often gave him some copper coins. Cui Jingwen knew the family's difficulties and rarely spent money.

If you have more copper coins, you can exchange them for more food and take it back.

After a few seconds, there was no response behind him. Cui Zhaozhao turned around in confusion, only to see a pair of confused eyes.

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