"Not so fast, they've only been planted for a short time. We'll only be gone for about half a month at most. These days, you need a certificate from the village to go anywhere. If the certificate expires, you'll be arrested as a spy." These were the messages her husband told her.

If they really want to go to her man's place, then they need to allocate 4 days for the round trip, and the rest of the time is the time they can stay in the army.

If they were using this time to go fishing in the bay, they would only need to walk for a day on mountain paths, which are not very flat. In addition, since she hadn't swum there for many years, she would also need to find the way, which is why it would take a whole day.

"We need to go before it snows, otherwise the seaside will be very cold after it snows. It might even freeze over." Xia Qingshu felt they had to go and come back quickly, otherwise the seawater would be even colder after it snowed.

"It's rare for the sea to freeze over. Never mind, I'll go to the brigade leader to get a certificate first. Anyway, they don't need me to deliver the grain. I'll get the certificate first and leave after the grain is distributed." This time, some sweet potato vines were also distributed. In times of food shortage, sweet potato vines are a good thing.

Liu Fangmei didn't want the sweet potato vines. Grandma Wu's family consisted only of Grandma Wu, her grandson, and her granddaughter, both only about ten years old. The old lady was entitled to a subsidy, but at this time, the subsidy wasn't even enough to buy food, let alone anything else. Besides, food wasn't something they could just buy whenever they wanted.

Liu Fangmei prepared to give the sweet potato vines and 10 jin of brown rice to Fifth Grandma. She asked Fifth Grandma to check on them occasionally during the two weeks they were away from home, and secretly told Fifth Grandma that there was a well in their backyard, with not much water, but enough for the two of them. She also told them they could come and fetch water.

Grandma Wu's two sons were both martyrs. She had originally fled here, but during her escape, her husband and eldest son starved to death, leaving only her, her youngest son, and her daughter. After arriving here, she couldn't possibly support her son and daughter alone. Once settled in the village, she was introduced to Grandpa Xia and married him. Grandpa Xia's previous wife had died prematurely after giving birth to a son due to the shock.

When this Fifth Grandmother married into the family, the child was only two years old. Fifth Grandmother was seven years older than Fifth Grandfather, but the two agreed to the marriage on their first meeting.

My grandmother was a very gentle person and very good at raising children. Later, she and my fifth grandfather had another son and a daughter. There were five children in the family in total, and they all grew up to be successful. However, because of the Japanese invasion, three of the sons went to join the army, and none of them came back.

The old man and his daughter died during the Japanese invasion. Now, only my grandmother, a 10-year-old grandson, and a 13-year-old granddaughter remain in the family.

The old lady was clean and straightforward, and had a good relationship with Liu Fangmei. After thinking it over, Liu Fangmei felt that the old lady was a good candidate.

The team leader was quite nice; knowing they were going to visit their families at the military base, he had the accountant distribute their family's food rations first.

After distributing the grain early in the morning, Liu Fangmei locked the door, took the things, and went to the old lady's place. Of course, she also asked the village chief to keep an eye on her, since the old woman wasn't someone to be trifled with. Since they moved here, there hadn't been any trouble, mainly because of money and food issues.

They knew that Xia Jixuan was a man of his word, so they were worried that this commotion would cause them to lose their retirement savings.

However, she couldn't guarantee that the old lady wouldn't come while they were away, and she would be happy to let her take their things away.

To avoid such a situation from happening, we should ask the captain to keep an eye on things as soon as possible.

After tidying up the house and storing anything that shouldn't be there into the jade space, Xia Qingshu had the two children check it again to make sure nothing was missing. Then, she took a backpack, stuffed some things inside to make it look bulging. Xia Qingshu took a small basket filled with a lunchbox, a water bottle, and a bunch of other miscellaneous things.

Xia Qingyan. He tossed the package the old man had packed; it was so light he didn't even know how to estimate its weight.

These are the clothes they'll be wearing tomorrow, to show off to others. After all, they're going to visit relatives, so they need to have luggage.

The two of them packed the package, and their younger sister carried it while their mother carried it on her back. Knowing the weight of the package, Liu Fangmei did not object to their arrangement.

After the mother and her two children finished their work, they realized that their younger sister hadn't appeared all day. Since they weren't cooking lunch, they had left Xia Yutang in the Qingyu Space for the entire day.

"Sister..." the three of them said in unison. So the two little ones quickly came over, grabbed their mother's hand, and in a flash, they entered the jade space.

Seeing the little girl entertaining herself by herself at the stone table outside playing with mud was a bit funny. Keep in mind, she'd been there by herself for almost 40 hours today.

I have to eat six meals a day, not to mention sleeping.

Xia Yutang, who was playing in the mud, sensed a fluctuation in the air and saw her two older brothers and mother appear in the yard.

She ignored him and continued what she was doing. He had a sudden idea to make some cups, and knowing that there was a place in the space where porcelain could be fired, he went and got some clay to play with.

Her mother was really unreliable; she forgot about her as soon as she left. And she forgot about her for almost two days, while she ate, bathed, and slept perfectly fine.

"Tangtang, what are you doing?" Xia Qingshu looked at the cup-like thing in his sister's hand and wanted to reach out to touch it, but his little chubby paws slapped his hand away.

"Don't break my cup..." His hands are small now, so everything he makes is miniature. So her plan is to make a set of miniature tables, chairs, and benches first, as well as all sorts of furniture, and then build a miniature little house.

For a time, it was very popular in her world to build your own little house, decorate it yourself, and make it the way you liked.

She happened to have this idea at the moment, so she wanted to bring out a set of small cups to try it out first.

“Little sister, are you making cups? But if these clays are just dried, they won’t last long…” Xia Qingyan thought the few crooked clays in her sister’s hands looked like cups, but they were too small. If they were just dried, they might break with a gentle squeeze from her little hands.

He knew his sister wanted a toy, but these clay toys wouldn't last long. He didn't want to break halfway through playing with her and make her cry.

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