She spent the entire afternoon wandering around this small plot of land, and then spent more than an hour looking for the wine pot. In the end, after wandering around all afternoon without finding it, she had no choice but to give up.

The wine jug was probably broken because it was too big, but these eight cups are fine. They look quite nice. I don't know if they will have any value in the future, but she won't throw them away. She seems to like the cups.

It was almost dark when they got home, and their two older brothers were cooking. So, after work, the mother and daughter took their time.

The little girl struggled to get down and walk on her own. Although her legs were a bit short, it wasn't far from home. When she passed the riverbed, Xia Yutang ran into the river in a flash.

The river has dried up, and there are many round stones. The two stones she picked up and took home earlier must have been kicked out of the riverbed by the local children.

She liked these round stones of different sizes, washed smooth by the river; they felt nice to the touch.

When Liu Fangmei saw her little girl running towards the riverbed, she quickly reached out and grabbed her: "Sweetie, it's too late, you can't see anything now. Wait until it's light tomorrow and you can see things again, then your brother will come with you to pick them up."

"Stone……"

“Okay, your brother can bring you tomorrow. He can bring a small basket so you can collect more stones. Let’s go back and find a spot in the yard where we won’t be in the sun. We can put the stones there after we get them. How does that sound?” Liu Fangmei was currently thinking about getting her little girl home quickly. It was getting dark, and her two sons would worry if they went home too late. Besides, she could see them collecting stones on the riverbed while she worked under the tree, so it was practically the same as having them with her.

"Okay..." Anyway, the stone is right here, I can pick it up anytime.

Back home, after dinner, Liu Fangmei took a flashlight and checked the house inside and out. Finding nothing amiss, she then urged the children to go to bed.

Liu Fangmei also told them to push the dresser over to block the door after they entered the house, and to secure the windows to prevent thieves.

Of course, she wouldn't let things continue like this. You can't guard against a thief forever. She didn't want her children to live in fear.

The night passed uneventfully, and the next morning, Liu Fangmei took her three siblings with her when she went to work.

Today, the two sons' tasks were: one to take Tangtang to collect pebbles, and the other to keep an eye on Song Dazhi's movements. Before going inside, Song Dazhi usually slept until he naturally woke up, and he usually didn't see anyone until lunchtime.

I wonder if Song Dazhi, who just came out of prison, still has this privilege, especially during this harvest season.

They left home just as dawn was breaking, because they were worried about leaving her alone at home, so they carried her on their backs and brought her out with them.

Because she wasn't comfortable sleeping while tied up, Xia Yutang woke up at seven o'clock. Her two older brothers, who had just been helping with chores, took her to wash her face, fed her milk in a bamboo tube, and then took her to pick up the stone she had been longing for.

There were many stones on the riverbed, of all sizes. Xia Yutang picked up a basket full of stones and secretly smuggled a few into her spatial dimension right under her two older brothers' noses.

She also picked out several pieces of varying sizes from among the stones, thinking that these pieces could be used for grilling meat.

She had seen many survival challenge videos on short video platforms before, and many bloggers used these flat stones they found in rivers to grill meat and fish. Now that she doesn't have a grill pan, these stones can perfectly replace it.

After collecting a basketful of pebbles, Stone took his sister and the collected stones home. After unloading the pebbles, Stone took his sister to wash her hands and face, gave her a steamed bun that was still warm in the pot, and after they ate, he planned to take his sister to their secret base.

They had only discovered it recently; it was a small cave halfway up the mountain. The cave contained many supplies, which they had stored away after digging and drying wild vegetables. They had also stored some meat and eggs, but they had eaten them all because they were too hungry and had nothing else to eat.

The cave has been cleaned up, and there are still some dried wild vegetables they didn't finish eating. There's a small spring in the cave, not very big, and you can only get one bowl of water at a time, but you can get another bowl about every half hour.

Knowing that this bowl of water would still provide water to the village well, and that a bucket or two of water would be too little for the family, everyone tacitly kept quiet about the small spring.

Occasionally, they would also use this place to store firewood, mainly for them. The two brothers would do the storing, because the food they brought home rarely ended up in their own mouths. So, any bird eggs they caught or sparrows they shot would be processed and dried here before being stored.

Now, let alone sparrows, you can barely find any tree bark or grass roots. But this spring is truly amazing; it hasn't dried up in all this time. Every time, you get a bowl of water, and then another bowl after another half hour.

Because the soil inside the cave is also very loose, they came to Shandong today for the sweet potato vines they cut yesterday.

When the big pumpkins were distributed, every household received some. Everyone kept the pumpkin seeds, but Little Fish reminded everyone that winter was coming soon, and if they didn't store enough food, they would definitely starve to death.

The water inside this cave never dries up, even in winter when it's freezing cold outside. Moreover, the temperature inside the cave is quite comfortable. If people plant something in the cave during winter, they can not only irrigate it, but also gather firewood to burn inside and raise the temperature.

If Xia Yutang knew, she would definitely praise her brother for being clever; his idea was just like a greenhouse. It was already quite good that they could think of these things. If the crops could really grow, they could harvest another crop before the New Year and the beginning of spring.

"Brother, where is this place?" Xia Yutang entered the cave, looking left and right, until she reached the end of the cave and discovered that there was a hidden world inside.

"This is our secret base, which Uncle Kangyun and I found. There's a small spring here that bubbles water every day, but it doesn't overflow. The soil here is loose, so we plan to plant some sweet potatoes and pumpkins here; they're easier to manage." Shi Tou explained carefully as he led his younger sister inside, keeping an eye on her step. They had taken advantage of the adults' absence from work a few days ago to loosen the soil here with a village hoe.

Walking in now feels a bit bumpy, because you need to water the plants and stay here all day. That's why they used to stay on the mountain all day after they came up.

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