She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

However, considering the importance of etiquette in ancient times, such as the rule that boys and girls should not sit together after the age of seven, although she didn't know if this was the case in the place she had traveled to, it was good that the little ones were sensible.

Picking up her basket and taking it to a corner, Banxia draped an outer shirt over it to block out most of the view before squatting in the shadows behind the basket and quickly changing out of her wet clothes, except for her underwear.

However, the shorts for adult men are too big, so Banxia had to tighten her belt and roll up her trouser legs again and again to barely keep them from dragging on the ground.

However, the clothes smelled really bad, so Banxia immediately put her patched clothes by the fire to dry.

She was running around in the downpour just now, so her clothes got pretty clean even without washing.

The porridge wasn't ready yet, so Banxia squatted by the fire with her two younger brothers and continued sorting through the bag of brown rice.

Lian Chengshuang, who had been keeping watch by the fire with her second brother, looked at it again and again, and curiously came over.

"Big sister, what games are you playing?" Lian Chengshuang asked curiously, blinking her big eyes.

At three years old, her speech was already quite clear, although her sentences were still a little disjointed.

This was the first time Banxia had seen Lianchengmo's younger sister up close, and she was completely charmed by her.

The little girl squatting at my feet had her hair in two messy buns, and even her face was a little dirty, but that couldn't hide her cuteness.

A pair of big, grape-like eyes looked back and forth curiously, and her small nose and mouth, paired with her fair and tender skin, made one want to reach out and pinch them a few times.

Banxia thought this to herself and did it without thinking.

One touch, and wow, the feel is amazing! So bouncy and smooth.

"Sister Banxia, ​​please be gentle, Shuang'er is afraid of pain." Lian Chengyu, who had been watching her younger sister, was startled by Banxia's action.

In the past, whenever her uncle tried to pinch her cousin's cheek, her aunt would scold her, and Shuang'er would burst into tears.

Strangely enough, Lian Chengshuang didn't cry for some reason. Just as Banxia was about to let go after hearing this, the little girl stretched out her little hand and pinched Banxia's face as well.

The original owner's family was quite well-off, and the child was raised well. However, due to the recent famine, the owner suffered some losses, and her face was not as plump as Lian Chengshuang's.

"Sister, it's so smooth." Lian Chengshuang said after pinching it with her little hands.

"Haha, Xiao Shuang'er, your face is even smoother." Banxia was inexplicably amused.

Banxia released the little girl's hand and pulled her into her arms, telling her that they were picking grain.

"Sister, I want to play too." Lian Chengshuang looked at the handful of coarse rice in Banxia's hand, and reached out to pick out a grain of rice with its husk still attached.

"Shuang'er, stop fooling around, come to your second brother quickly." Lian Chengyu was afraid that Lian Chengshuang would cause trouble for Banxia, ​​so he hurriedly called her.

"I don't want Second Brother, I want Sister, let's play!" To everyone's surprise, Lian Chengshuang didn't even think twice and immediately grabbed Banxia's arm.

Their intimate posture makes it seem like she and Banxia are the real siblings.

"It's alright, just let her stay here." Banxia chuckled and reached out to gently stroke Lian Chengshuang's forehead.

With her arms around the little girl and each hand holding a handful of unhusked rice, the two sisters worked together to pick the unhusked rice grains.

This scene brought tears to the eyes of Qi's two younger brothers; they wondered why their eldest sister liked other people's children so much.

Qi Juanbai glared at Lian Chengshuang several times, seemingly trying to intimidate her and tell her that Banxia was their eldest sister, not Lian Chengshuang's.

Unfortunately, the little girl was so engrossed in the "game" of picking rice grains that she didn't even look at him.

Qi Juanbai was so angry that he wanted to throw away the coarse rice and snatch the person away, but in the end, he was pulled back by the sensible Qi Changshan, and then he continued to pick rice with a wronged expression.

Halfway through the selection process, the porridge was ready. Banxia then had her two younger brothers continue selecting the porridge while she went to serve it.

Banxia tore off a piece of cloth to use as a burlap lining to place the pot down from the makeshift stove, and then used a spoon to stir the porridge in the pot.

This is to cool down the porridge faster; otherwise, how could anyone eat such a hot porridge?

Banxia's action drew frequent glances from the little ones, who were all very hungry.

The little girl had even abandoned her "game" and snuggled up to Banxia.

"Sister, how much longer until we can eat?" Lian Chengshuang pointed her little finger at the pot and asked eagerly, almost drooling.

"Almost done, let it cool down a bit more." Banxia looked at the porridge in the pot and couldn't help but swallow.

Although she later had no worries about food in the apocalypse, the original owner's body had been starving for a long time and hadn't had a full meal.

Seeing the little girl next to her swallowing hard, Banxia couldn't help but reach out and pat her head.

Just a fleeting glance, and I thought, "Hey, what's that?"

Banxia was taken aback and reached out to pry the little girl's hand away.

"Little Shuang'er, what are you holding in your hand? Can you let your sister see?" Banxia asked, trying to suppress her excitement.

If I'm not mistaken, this looks like the seed of some kind of melon.

In the apocalypse, she dealt with all kinds of seeds every day and could tell them apart almost at a glance.

"Sister, you mean this? Where did you find it? It's round, like a melon seed. Sister, have some." Upon hearing this, Lian Chengshuang immediately and carefully gave Banxia the few melon seeds she had picked up while playing her "game".

Banxia's eyes lit up as soon as she got her hands on them; they were indeed melon seeds!

If she wasn't mistaken, there were two pumpkin seeds and three seeds that looked like some kind of melon.

She didn't know how it got mixed in with the bag of brown rice. She hadn't found any when she was picking the rice with the little girl, but when the little girl picked it herself, she found five grains.

This little girl, is she perhaps her lucky star?

Banxia carefully held the five melon seeds, presumably because the little girl had eaten melon seeds at home before, which is why she was told to eat them.

But this is our future food supply, how can we eat it?

Putting aside melons and such, pumpkins are a great food that can be used as both a vegetable and a staple food.

"Little Shuang'er, you are simply my lucky star. Here, the porridge is ready. Let me serve you a bowl first." Banxia hurriedly wrapped up the few melon seeds carefully and put them into her pocket.

Then he used a spoon to scrape a small bowl of porridge from the surface and gave it to Lian Chengshuang.

Seeing her like this, several little boys spontaneously gathered around without being called.

"Big sister, can we eat now?" Qi Juanbai put down his work and was the first to come over. His eager look, almost drooling, almost made Banxia laugh.

Qi Changshan and Lian Chengyu were more sensible; they had already taken their bowls and were waiting to have the porridge served.

"Nengneng, line up, we're going to have a good meal today." Banxia was in a good mood, and with a smile on her lips, she served each of the boys a full bowl of porridge.

That's all for today. If the rain stops tomorrow, she can cook some rice and prepare a dish for everyone.