Reborn in 1965, I can obtain resources just by sweeping the floor.

"You old hag, do you want your two sons to never get married? Kid, I'm warning you, this is a matter for the Lin family, so don't interfere."

Upon hearing that the old lady actually wanted Su Chen to adopt Daya and Erya, Lin Laosi and Lin Laowu became anxious and rushed to the cart, giving the old lady a thorough dressing-down.

However, the old lady had completely given up on her sons and held onto Su Chen's hand tightly, refusing to let go.

Having just taken the old lady's pulse, Su Chen knew that she was nearing the end of her life, and that her ability to talk to him now was merely a last gasp of life.

In order to put the old lady at ease before she left, and also because he disapproved of the character of her sons, he nodded and said...

"Don't worry, Grandma, I will definitely not let these two girls go hungry. As long as I have something to eat, they will have something to eat too."

"Thank you, doctor. I'll kowtow to you... cough cough cough..."

The cough grew weaker and weaker until finally the old lady's hand, which was holding Su Chen's, fell limply to her side.

"grandmother!"

Lin Daya and Lin Erya threw themselves at their grandmother and burst into loud sobs.

"Hmph, you killed my mother, you just wait! I'm going back to get help right now, and you two good-for-nothings, hurry up and come home with us."

Seeing that the old lady was finally dead, the sons breathed a sigh of relief. Lin Lao Er pointed at Su Chen and shouted loudly.

"All of you, come back here and take your mother back for a proper burial."

Seeing those guys about to leave after abandoning his mother's body, Wang Dana's face flushed red and then turned pale. What a disgrace! They had ruined the reputation of the entire village. In a few days, when the township meeting was held, Yang Dazhuang, that big mouth, would surely spread the word throughout the whole township.

“Village chief, you saw it yourself. They killed my mother, and now they want to take my niece for themselves. We will never allow this.”

Anyway, the old lady is already dead. If we take her back, we'll have to buy a coffin and hire someone to bury her. Even if the villagers don't charge us, they should at least provide a meal. We absolutely cannot take her back.

Lin Lao Er and his wife exchanged a glance, then got up and walked out of the village without looking back.

After seeing their second brother and sister-in-law leave, the three brothers, Lin Laosan, Lin Laosi, and Lin Laowu, looked at each other and suddenly understood something.

"Damn it, did the second son and his wife go to pack up the old lady's things? Hurry up and leave, or there won't be anything left."

The three brothers, along with Lin Laosan's wife, turned and ran after them, no matter how much Wang Dana shouted and cursed from behind, they couldn't be called back.

"Village Chief Yang, you must be laughing at me. I'll go back and arrange for someone to take the old lady home. She was such a good person, and in the end, she just..."

Wang Dana looked at Su Chen with a face full of shame, then at Yang Dazhuang, and couldn't help but sigh.

“Old Wang, I’m not trying to be mean, but how can you tolerate someone like this? In our village, who would dare to be so unfilial? I would have kicked him out of the village long ago. And what about these two little girls?”

Yang Dazhuang's words were true; he held a very high level of prestige in Kaoshantun. Even someone as lazy and gluttonous as Yang Erwai wouldn't dare to beat or curse his parents.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on them, Daya and Erya stood up timidly, their little hands tightly clutching Su Chen's clothes, like two wounded kittens looking for a place to lean on.

“Village Chief Yang, look at this… Logically speaking, I should take them both back, but as you can see from their family situation, I have six or seven grandchildren. Otherwise, I could adopt them.”

"Dr. Su, we don't want to leave. Please don't send us away. We can go to work and earn work points. We don't eat much. We can still..."

Seeing the pitiful looks in the two girls' eyes, Bai Peiyao and Feng Lan were overwhelmed with compassion.

“Brother, since the old lady wants you to adopt them, then adopt them. That way, we can save some food for them.”

"Yes, Dr. Su, we educated youth can all save a little money,"

Although everyone knows that Su Chen has plenty to eat, he still has to speak up when necessary. Otherwise, while others are eating wild vegetable porridge, he's eating rice, braised pork, and stewed ribs, which will definitely make others envious.

“Since everyone has said so, Xiao Chen, then you should agree. Lao Wang, we’ll get the letter of introduction ready tomorrow so they can transfer their household registration to the township.”

"Thank you, Dr. Su. I thank you on behalf of my sister-in-law and Lin. I'll get the letter of introduction ready when we get back. By the way, you two girls must be good and behave yourselves. Also, I think you two can change your names when you register your household in the township. You can take Dr. Su's surname then."

Wang Dana had his own ulterior motives for saying this. He was worried that Su Chen wouldn't take good care of the two children, and if they shared his surname, they would truly be a family.

"Thank you, Grandpa Village Chief. We understand. Grandpa Village Chief, can we go visit my grandma tomorrow?"

"Of course you can, but you'd better have Dr. Su come with you, otherwise your uncles..."

Yang Dazhuang didn't ask Wang Dana to go back to the village to call for help. Instead, he sent two people to help him pull the old lady back.

According to those who returned, when they arrived at Dawangzhuang, the four Lin brothers were fighting fiercely in the courtyard, all for a larger share of what the old lady had left behind.

What could there really be? Just a tattered quilt, pots and pans, and the like.

They originally wanted to divide up Daya and Erya's belongings as well, but Wang Dana got angry and only then did the two of them bring back those few patched-up clothes.

The next morning, after Su Chen and his group had breakfast, they were planning to take Daya and Erya to Dawangzhuang to see their grandmother one last time when Li Delin arrived with seven or eight people from the educated youth group, and Yang Qingshan and Yang Erlin arrived with twenty or thirty young people from the village.

"What...what are you doing? Going to hunt wolves?"

"Hehehe, Master is just worried that you'll suffer when you get to Dawang Village. We discussed it and decided that we can't let the people of Dawang Village look down on our Kaoshantun. If they dare to cause trouble, we'll tear down their house."

After learning to drive a tractor from Su Chen for a few days, Yang Qingshan kept calling Su Chen "Master." Yang Qingshan chuckled and revealed their purpose.

Having more people is a good thing, as it can save a lot of trouble. And so, a large group of people arrived at Dawangzhuang.

When Wang Dana first told them that Su Chen would bring Daya and Erya to see their grandmother one last time, they thought of using this opportunity to keep them here. However, when they saw dozens of people suddenly arrive from Kaoshantun, they immediately abandoned the idea.

Logically, the old lady should have been buried on the third day after her death, but her sons all said that keeping her there for another day would be a waste, as the family had long since run out of food and could not afford to feed her for another day. In the end, they could only follow their advice and hastily bury the old lady.

"They're so damn stingy. We're guests from afar, and we're practically family to Da Ya and Er Ya, yet these guys won't even feed us."

On the way back, Yang Qingshan muttered curses under his breath.

"They even provide meals. You didn't see the way those brothers looked at us; they practically wanted to eat us alive."

"Thank you all for today. In a few days, I'll go to the mountains to hunt some wild game and treat you all to a proper meal."

“Master, I was just saying that, I didn’t mean for you to actually treat me.”

"Then you don't need to come then, it's just the people around here, okay?"

"Okay! Don't worry, Brother Qingshan, I'll eat your portion for you."

The group chatted and laughed as they arrived at Kaoshantun.

With the village's letter of introduction, the two girls quickly registered their household in Kaoshantun, and both of them were given a new name: Su Nianchen and Su Muchen.

When they arrived at Su Chen's house, they realized what it meant to be full, and that eating meat could indeed fill them up.

……

"Damn God, is he planning to starve people to death? If it doesn't rain soon, the crops in the fields will die of drought."

"That's right. Last year there were flash floods, and this year there's a drought. Stop talking and hurry up and fetch water. Save as many lives as you can."

Since sowing in the spring, there has been almost no rain, and now the crops in the fields are starting to wilt.

To alleviate the drought, the villagers joined the effort to transport water to irrigate their fields, but this was just a drop in the ocean for the parched land.