In my 40s, the trading system took me flying

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Dazhu and his brothers all ran over.

Old Lady Xu pushed Xu Xiaoya into Xu Dazhu's arms and said, "Hurry to the town at the foot of the mountain. Something has happened to your father!"

When Xu Dazhu heard that it was his own father who was in trouble, he could no longer remain calm. Although he didn't understand why his mother asked him to take Xu Xiaoya with him, he still put Xu Xiaoya on his back.

"Little girl, hold on tight to uncle's neck!"

Xu Xiaoya naturally cooperated obediently.

Xu Erzhu and Xu's father also went down the mountain with them.

When we got to the foot of the mountain, we saw Xu Sanzhu, who was accompanying Old Man Xu at the foot of the mountain, coming to greet us.

"What's going on? What happened to your father?"

Old Mrs. Xu was very anxious. She grabbed Xu Sanzhu's arm and started asking questions.

"Mom, don't worry, Dad is just injured, he's fine!"

Only after he said this did Old Mrs. Xu calm down.

I hurriedly asked what was going on?

Xu Sanzhu took them to see Old Man Xu. Old Man Xu was lying on the kang, looking listless, with a wooden board tied to his leg. It seemed that his leg was injured.

"You're so old, why are you showing off?"

When Old Mrs. Xu learned the whole story, she was furious.

Old Man Xu didn't dare to refute and could only smile: "I didn't expect such a big reaction. I thought I wasn't old!"

It turned out that Old Mrs. Xu and Uncle Niu had been smelting iron every day during this period. Old Man Xu didn't need to forge iron, but he had a keen sense of the temperature, so he stood by and helped Uncle Niu watch over them. Recently, they made a hammer, and Old Man Xu felt itchy, so he swung the hammer to hit the stone.

The hammer was also very powerful. It smashed the stone into pieces. One of the pieces hit his leg and broke it.

It's just so unlucky.

Old Man Xu also felt ashamed, but he didn't expect that his third son would tell Old Lady Xu.

“As you can see, there really isn’t any problem.

But Old Lady Xu snorted coldly: "Let them carry you back to the valley later. This mountain is not suitable for recuperation. You are not allowed to go down the mountain until your leg is healed!"

Old Man Xu didn't dare to object and could only nod obediently.

Everyone went down the mountain. Seeing that Old Man Xu's legs were in such a state, Old Lady Xu was not worried about any sequelae. In addition, when the person in charge of the base came to visit Old Man Xu, he asked if Old Lady Xu could help buy some salt and sugar.

These two items are essential for saving lives and are really scarce.

Xu Xiaoya poked Old Lady Xu and winked at her. She had a lot of supplies stored in her space, but she needed to go to the city to provide cover before she could take them out.

"No problem, I just went down the mountain and went into the city!"

Old Mrs. Xu asked her three sons to carry Old Man Xu back to the valley, while she asked Xu's father and Xu Xiaoya to go into the city together.

At this time, Xu Dazhu finally understood why his mother brought Xu Xiaoya down the mountain.

Feelings were prepared for this moment. The combined brains of the brothers were not as good as Old Lady Xu's.

As the ox cart left the town again, Father Xu thought that this time would be the same as last time, and he didn't need to go into the city. He could just find a deserted place to exchange his things and go back. But he didn't expect that Old Lady Xu would say, "Let's go into the city!"

"Mom, there are still Japanese invaders in the city. It's too dangerous for us to go into the city!"

He still remembered that he encountered dangerous situations several times when he went into the city.

Old Mrs. Xu said, "Your aunt sent a message saying she's dying. Let's go see her for the last time!"

Speaking of Xu's father's aunt, she is actually Old Lady Xu's sister.

Old Mrs. Xu has three sisters. The eldest brother has now moved to the valley. He is the one who kills all the wild animals hunted in the village. In addition, the village has also allocated land to him. After experiencing the turmoil in the town, he will never leave the valley.

The remaining sister of Old Lady Xu, because she was the youngest and beautiful, married a city man. She seldom interacted with Old Lady Xu and her family in recent years. This time, she sent someone to bring a message. Old Lady Xu thought that they were sisters after all, so she decided to go and see them.

But Mr. Xu found it very strange.

"Mom, don't my aunt and her family look down on ours? Why are they still thinking of letting you go?"

Over the years, Xu's father had visited his aunt's house with Old Lady Xu, but his uncle's family looked down on them as mountain people, thinking they were barbarians, and always treated them with the cold shoulder.

Later, Old Mrs. Xu was too lazy to go over and offend others.

"Your uncle-in-law is dead, and it's not easy for your aunt either!"

Old Mrs. Xu didn't say anything extra, but Xu Xiaoya asked curiously: "Grandma, are we going there empty-handed?"

When this was mentioned, Old Lady Xu finally realized, "That won't do. We haven't been together for years, so we're still visiting. How are you going to bring something with us?"

Xu Xiaoya laughed dryly: "I still have the fish I caught in the city some time ago, as well as the pheasants and rabbits my second uncle shot. Is that enough?"

Xu Xiaoya is reluctant to give too good things.

Although these things are all meat and look luxurious, compared with other things she can take out from her space, they are not rare, at least they are not eye-catching.

Old Mrs. Xu nodded.

That's fine too.

Old Mrs. Xu asked Xu's father to drive the ox cart to the street to buy some needles and thread, which were needed by the villagers. She then took Xu Xiaoya to her sister's house.

It was Xu Xiaoya's first time coming here, but she didn't look around. Instead, she followed Old Lady Xu obediently.

But after following Old Lady Xu around in the alleys, I felt numb.

"Grandma, are we going through a maze?"

She was almost dizzy. Even though there was a three-dimensional map in front of her for real-time tracking and positioning, Xu Xiaoya was still confused.

Old Mrs. Xu was speechless: "It's like this here. Your great-aunt's house is closer to the inside. If I hadn't turned right all the way, I wouldn't have remembered it!"

Xu Xiaoya: ...

After finally arriving at the gate of a courtyard, Old Mrs. Xu was not sure if she had found the right place, so she asked the person sitting next to her at the wall. Only after she found out that she had not gone to the wrong place did she knock on the gate.

It took half a day for someone to open the door.

The person who came was my great aunt's son. When he saw it was Old Lady Xu, he didn't recognize her at first. Fortunately, Old Lady Xu still remembered what her eldest nephew looked like, so she called him by his nickname and let them in.

"What happened to your mother? Why is it so serious?"

They are obviously sisters, and Old Mrs. Xu is three years older than her younger sister, but her younger sister is dying, while Old Mrs. Xu looks in good health. It has to be said that fate is playing tricks on her.

The eldest nephew smiled bitterly: "Second Aunt, ever since my father passed away, my mother's health has been getting worse day by day. Recently, she can't even eat!"

Old Mrs. Xu lifted the door curtain and entered the house. The foul smell almost made her vomit.

Xu Xiaoya didn't even dare to go in.

"Don't you know to open the windows to ventilate your mother's room?"

When Old Mrs. Xu saw her sister lying on the bed, her face turned green and she yelled at her eldest nephew who didn't dare to enter the room.