At the beginning of the famine, I became famous all over the world with my useless system

Seeing that she looked pale, Gu Sihe tactfully covered her stomach with his hot little hands and massaged it gently a few times.

"Are you feeling better, Mom?"

Lin Qing wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, nodded weakly, patted Gu Sihe on the back with emotion and satisfaction, and thanked him sincerely.

What a cute little warm boy.

When Gu Sihe heard his mother's praise, he smiled for a moment, then pouted his lips, curled up silently on Lin Qing's chest, and asked in a low voice.

"Mom, do you think my brother and the others can borrow some food this time?"

Lin Qing didn't say anything, but the answer was obvious.

The famine has lasted for half a year, and the landlords probably don’t have any surplus food.

Even if there is money, they certainly don't want to lend it to those broke people who have only income but no expenditure.

When he thought about not having any food to eat, Lin Qing's internal organs began to feel burning again. He felt extremely empty and a little painful.

Living in an era of ease and comfort, she had never experienced such a desperate feeling of hunger.

Fasting for weight loss is in no way comparable to it.

Now she felt weak all over, too lazy to think, and even had no energy to continue checking the system, as if she would faint again in the next second.

"Don't worry, Mom. No matter what happens... we will definitely not let you go hungry..."

Listening to Gu Sihe's increasingly gentle voice, Lin Qing's heart seemed to be suddenly tightened. Fearing that he would close his eyes, he pinched his palm hard.

She is an adult with hands and feet, and a mother of four children. How can she rely on her children for everything!

We can't sit still and wait for death!

She patted Gu Sihe on the back with high morale, signaling him to get up. "You lie down for a while. I'll go see if there's anything else to eat."

Gu Sihe jumped up and said, "I'll go with you."

As soon as Lin Qing's feet touched the ground, his weak legs went limp and he almost fell to his knees. He hurriedly held onto the kang to steady himself. The stars in his eyes took a long time to fade away.

Gu Sihe helped her out of the room, and Lin Qing was almost knocked down at the first sight of him.

She had some small hope before, but now she was hit hard by reality and almost fainted from despair.

Looking around, the world seemed to be in the beginning of time, and everything was gray.

Barren fields, lifeless hills, dry riverbeds...

The morning sunshine did not bring any hope or joy to my body, but instead made me feel cold all over and my heart was chilled.

Only then did Lin Qing truly realize that the most difficult thing to overcome during a famine is actually the despair in one's heart.

I can't see, nor dare to expect, the future.

After licking his chapped lips, Lin Qing calmed himself down and looked around carefully.

This 'home' is really poor.

The dilapidated temple seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, with peeling paint all over the walls, and one could vaguely see some incantations written on them;

The door was only half open, and the other half seemed to be leaning against the door frame, swaying in the wind.

There was a dilapidated shack to the east of the main house. The stove under the shack was unusually cold and looked like it had not been lit for a long time. The cracked wooden pot lid was covered with sand and dust.

There was a medium-sized jar next to the stove, with several pieces of mud of varying depths on the jar, which should have been used to plug the leaks.

The mud was wet, and it seemed that there was a lot of water in it.

Lin Qing slowly moved over, scooped up some water with the equally tattered ladle, and drank it all in one gulp.

Ha, it’s really sweet and refreshing.

This pristine, unpolluted water really tastes good!

When she turned around, she almost knocked over the pile of thatch behind the stove. The fine straw debris took the opportunity to fall all over her body, prickling her and making her grimace.

Gu Sihe was a heartless boy who just stood aside and laughed without even saying anything about coming over to help.

Lin Qing pretended to throw the ladle at him, and Gu Sihe hurriedly admitted his mistake and ran into the adobe house opposite the shack.

Lin Qing looked over and saw that this adobe house was much smaller than the main house. A few sparse tree branches were woven into a door, which was casually leaning against the outer wall.

Looking inside, there was a simple bunk bed made of bricks and thatch. The four brothers should have slept here.

Suddenly a heat wave hit, and Lin Qing felt as if his whole body was being pricked by needles.

Just as she was calming down, Gu Sihe came out holding a straight branch to claim credit.

"Mom, you have to keep the ladle. You usually use it to beat us."

Lin Qing threw the stick aside speechlessly and asked breathlessly, "Is there nothing to eat at home?"

Although Gu Sihe didn't quite understand why his mother had changed her personality today, he still answered dutifully.

Pointing to the bare tree in the backyard, the child's careless words hurt people's hearts.

"Everything that can be eaten has already been eaten."

Lin Qing still didn't give up.

"Where are the crops in the fields?"

Gu Sihe said sweetly, "It's been gone for a long time! After the rain stopped, the village head wanted to divert river water to irrigate the fields, but the river dried up halfway through the ditch, and locusts started to move in.

We finally survived the locust plague, but the crops were eaten to the point where only the roots were left. Some people pulled up some and ate them at home, but they started to have diarrhea, so no one dared to eat anymore."

Lin Qing understood.

That's really the end of the road.

“Not only is there no food, but the water is also running dry.

"I heard from my third brother that there are only a few springs on the mountain, and now people are afraid that the water will suddenly stop one day, so they keep filling buckets to get water. Now there is only one spring left, so if you want to get water, you have to wait in line for half a day."

Lin Qing's stomach growled on her behalf.

"Without food, what do we usually eat?"

Gu Sihe tilted his head and thought about it.

"When there's food, they save it. When there's none, they pick up tree bark, grass roots, and insects. Some even eat dirt."

When Lin Qing thought about eating insects, goosebumps instantly covered her body.

I would rather eat insects than die.

"Let's go back to the house. I'll think about it again. I won't let you starve to death no matter what!"

Lin Qing originally thought that she was so hungry that her bones were thin and fragile, but the moment she sat down, she realized that this armchair was even more vulnerable than she was.

creak-

The horrifying sound made her afraid that she would fall to the ground, so she stood up decisively and chose to sit on the kang which was hurting her buttocks.

He immersed his consciousness into the system, wanting to see if there was anything in the mall he could buy to fill his stomach.

“Vegetables”, “Fruits”, “Daily Necessities”…

She wanted to cry after everything was sorted out, but the next moment she was unable to cry.

Without exception, everything that can be used is gray and there is no purchasing permission.

What's even more frightening is that her available balance is only 10 wen.

“Why isn’t there a one-click option to filter [I can buy]?”

The system sounded a ding reminder.

[Thank you for your suggestions, we have made adjustments based on your requirements].

Sure enough, there was an extra button in the upper right corner of the screen.

This system is quite humane.

It's a good system.

[Thank you for the five-star praise from the host. Your feedback has been collected and you will be rewarded with 10 coins~]

Wow, my balance doubled instantly!

But after screening, Lin Qing could only curl his lips and show a speechless expression.

She still only has one lonely box available for purchase.

[Chopsticks that make everything delicious: 4 coins/pair]

There are five people in her family, so she wants to buy five pairs of shoes, which costs exactly twenty cents.