In my 40s, the trading system took me flying

Xu Xiaoya wanted to say that she was not talking nonsense, but when she saw Old Lady Xu's expression, she cooperated and spit a few times.

But the temperature rise did not disappear just because Xu Xiaoya spit a few times. On the contrary, it was already very hot even though it was only May.

It's okay in the mountains, the feeling is not very obvious, but as soon as you go out of the mountains and into the town, or walk a little further, you will find that the air is very dry and the temperature is very high.

Water levels in rivers are falling in some places.

April and May are the lean seasons. Summer crops have not yet arrived, and the family food reserves have run out, so many people are complaining.

The temperature rise feels abnormal.

With high fever, the demand for water increases.

Farmers need a lot of water to irrigate their fields. After all, May is the time when various grain crops are filling with grain, and water is indispensable. At the same time, people also need water.

The price of food has been rising, coupled with the Japanese raids.

Many villages have reached the point where people have to eat leaves and weeds to survive.

Huaishu Village has not reached this point yet, mainly because of Xu Xiaoya. After discovering the abnormal temperature, she tried to exchange all the materials that could be exchanged for food.

The power of the trading system is finally revealed.

Not only was there no problem with the food supply in Huaishu Village, but it could also be supplied to the revolutionaries in the town.

Since the Japanese had failed several times in the town, the revolutionaries used the town as their base and even later occupied several surrounding towns.

The land of the landlords was divided up, and the common people were given farmland, which gave them hope for a better life. In addition, the food supply in the town had always been sufficient, and the common people became more and more favorable towards the revolutionaries.

Father Xu, who was able to get food, became the most powerful person in the town.

The revolutionaries had always wanted to recruit him into the organization, but Old Lady Xu would not allow him to agree.

It’s not that they don’t trust these revolutionaries, but they are afraid that after joining, there will be too many restrictions, and if they want to get food or something in the future, they may be watched.

These troubles are the adults' business, but children like Xu Xiaoya don't have so many worries. They just wear less when it's hot. They are all children, and adults won't say anything even if they are naked.

There are springs in the valley, so there is no shortage of water. But when the weather gets hot and people are full, there are always young men and women of marriageable age who fall in love with each other, and marriage becomes a very important matter.

Chunya handed a thatch root to Xu Xiaoya.

"My sister and your eldest brother have gone to the woods again. Should we follow them and take a peek?"

Chunya's sister Chunmiao and Xu Xiaoya's older brother are secretly dating. They think they have kept it a secret, but everyone can see through it.

It's really shameless to try every possible way to find a date every day.

Although the eldest brother has grown up, Chunmiao is also a grown-up girl.

But they didn't get married after all. If they kept being so affectionate with each other every day, it would be only a matter of time before they ended up eating the forbidden fruit.

The parents of both families were happy to see them get married, but the process had to be followed.

"No, they must be kissing. What are we going to see? Isn't it disgusting to eat saliva?"

Xu Shier was very disgusted. In his opinion, eating each other's saliva was something he could not understand.

Little Shitou tried hard to purse his lips. He had just lost his front tooth and now had a gap in his tooth, which he really didn't want anyone to see.

"Hey, can you please speak properly? My mother asked me to keep an eye on my eldest sister. If I don't go, what should I do if my mother asks about it later?"

Chunya's personality has changed a lot during the time she has been playing with Xu Xiaoya and the others.

She is no longer the timid little girl she used to be.

Xu Xiaoya patted her shoulder and said, "What's there to be afraid of? Your sister's legs are on her anyway. If she wants to run, you can still catch up with her, right?"

This is not true.

The four children were chewing on the thatch roots, but they did not go into the woods to look for anyone, lest they be caught and beaten by the young couple. Instead, they ran to the spring to soak their feet.

When the weather gets hot, the children in the village like to stay by the spring pool, mainly to cool down.

As soon as they arrived at the spring pool, they heard Xu Shiyi calling Xu Xiaoya and Xu Twelve Xiao Shitou to go home.

"What happened?"

Xu Xiaoya was lifting her trouser legs and was about to step into the water, but when she heard what Eleventh Brother said, she immediately retracted her feet and walked home with Xu Twelve and Xiao Shitou.

"My father went down the mountain, and this time he came back with my mother!"

After Xu Shiyi finished speaking, Xu Xiaoya became interested.

"It's Fourth Auntie who's back, so we really should go back and take a look!"

Xu Xiaoya ran home as fast as she could. Xu Twelve reminded her, "Xiaoya, slow down. Fourth Auntie can't run!"

No matter what, they ran all the way back.

As soon as I arrived at the door of my house, I heard a lot of people talking in low voices in the yard. I guess they all came to watch the fun after receiving the letter.

Sure enough, as soon as Xu Xiaoya and the others pushed through the crowd and walked in, they saw two people kneeling in the main room. One was Xu Sizhu, and the other delicate woman should be Si Da Niang.

As soon as Xu Xiaoya entered the house, she was pulled aside by Xu's mother, who also had her eldest aunt, second aunt, and third aunt.

They are all daughters-in-law of the Xu family. It is really not appropriate to talk at this time, so they gathered together to watch the fun.

"Mom, why are Fourth Father and Fourth Aunt kneeling?"

Xu's mother whispered to her, "Don't ask around, just watch!"

As soon as Xu's mother finished speaking, Old Lady Xu hit Xu Sizhu on the back with a stick.

"You unfilial son, do you want to anger your mother to death?"

Xu Sizhu groaned but did not beg for mercy, while his wife next to him just covered her face and cried.

"See? The wife you risked your life to bring back doesn't even look down on you. What are you trying to achieve?"

Old Mrs. Xu pointed at her fourth daughter-in-law who was still silent beside her, and looked at her with disdain.

She has five sons and five daughters-in-law in total. Although each has their own advantages and disadvantages, she will not feel the annoyance she had when facing four daughters-in-law.

He had only seen his daughter-in-law a few times since she got married, and later even sent the child back to her hometown.

If it is difficult for the young couple to work hard outside, it would be understandable to send the children back to their hometown to be taken care of by them. However, this daughter-in-law has always lived in her parents' home, and her parents' family is very wealthy, so she doesn't want to have her children around her.

Selfish to the extreme.

But she had a charming face that captivated Xu Sizhu.

Qingnian broke Xu Sizhu's heart. He returned to Huaishu Village heartbroken, but his daughter-in-law had just written him a letter, so he happily went to pick her up.

If you ask what happened, she will say that her parents' home was looted by the Japanese devils, her family was broken up, and no one took her in. Only then did she remember her husband whom she had always looked down upon.

When people come here, if they don’t call out “Mom”, they will just want to cry.

"She's been crying since she walked in. Her three sons are right beside her. Did she even ask? How despicable are you to still have feelings for her?"

The more Mrs. Xu spoke, the angrier she became. She looked at her grandchildren standing beside her, and she felt even more upset.

Xiaoqi, Xiaojiu, and Xiaoyi just looked at their parents kneeling there, and to be honest, they didn't want to plead for them at all.

Over the years, it was the three aunts who took care of them. The three fathers were much more useful than their biological father. If it weren't for them and their grandparents, they would have died long ago.

They have never cared too much about their biological parents since they were young. The fact that they did not take advantage of their misfortune at this time shows their good self-cultivation.

Xu Sizhu was busy knelt down and admitted his mistake, but his wife was still weak and couldn't even kneel properly, and kept crying beside him.

"That's enough! If you cry again, get out!"

Old Mrs. Xu couldn't stand the crying anymore. She roared and stared at Xu Sizhu and asked, "What did you say?"

Xu Sizhu knelt down hurriedly: "Mother, I know that I have troubled you all these years. Now that Lanzhi is back, we will definitely live a good life and treat our three children well in the future!"

Old Mrs. Xu didn't believe it at all, but since he was her own son, she could only warn him: "Then remember what I said today!"

After beating and scolding them, Old Mrs. Xu waved her hand and told them to leave.

"By the way, since you want to come back and live here, be a decent person and at least take good care of your children!"

Old Mrs. Xu still gave another worried instruction, and Xu Sizhu readily agreed, but his wife just sobbed twice and didn't answer at all.

"Are you sick?"

Little Eleven is not old enough to know nothing. She was abandoned by her biological mother to a hired wet nurse almost as soon as she was born. She was then sent back to Huaishu Village when she was three months old, so she has almost no impression of her mother.

Over the years, Xiao Eleven has always followed Xu Twelve and called his aunt "mother", so much so that he has almost no feelings for his biological mother.

I just saw the appearance of my biological mother and father, that pair of ill-fated mandarin ducks, and it makes me sick no matter how I look at it.

"Don't say that, it's your mother no matter what you say!"

Xiaojiu patted Xiaoyi's shoulder.

Xiao Qi, who was standing next to him, looked at his two younger brothers as if they were crazy, and had to remind them: "The person you two are talking about is our real mother!"

"If you give birth to a child but don't raise him, what kind of mother is he? He is not my mother!"

Little Eleven threw himself into his aunt's arms: "Mom, you are my only mother!"

The aunt happily hugged Xiao Shiyi and said, "Okay, okay, whatever Xiao Shiyi says is what I will do. Are you hungry now? I'll make you some pancakes!"

The matter was covered up so lightly, but there was no peace afterwards, because the fourth aunt was mentally ill and just wiped her tears every day. The whole family did not dare to get close to her.

If she hadn't insisted on not dividing the family, Old Mrs. Xu would have kicked them out long ago.

"What's going on? We have a good family, but they brought back a troublemaker!"

Old Mrs. Xu looked down on her fourth daughter-in-law and didn't dare to complain to anyone else, so she complained to Xu Xiaoya. In order to make her grandmother feel better, Xu Xiaoya dragged her to the city to find some good things. The weather had been too hot recently, and all the things that could be traded at home had been exchanged. There were really not many good things to exchange for food.

"Speaking of which, your fourth aunt's family has a lot of good things. How about we go and see if we can bring some back?"

Old Mrs. Xu has set her sights on her in-laws, but Xu Xiaoya is not optimistic.

But just as they were about to leave, they heard that Fourth Aunt-in-law was going to hang herself.