The relief food has not been distributed, and the life of the villagers is becoming more and more difficult. The Su couple felt that they could stand it by eating the roots and wild vegetables and bark of the trees, but seeing Su Qiqi's increasingly yellow face, they were afraid that a few chickens and ducks in the family would be remembered by Aunt Su. So they all killed them quietly, and when they were cooking and eating, they hid behind the house to cook, for fear that Aunt Su would find out. It's just that it can't withstand a few days of hunger, and she doesn't always wake up hungry in the middle of the night.

If you have a little food in your stomach every day, you will not starve to death. Su Qiqi was worried that he would have stomach problems when he was hungry, and there was no good medicine that could cure it in this era.

When Su Qiqi woke up, her mouth was full of water, and in her words, her mouth was really faint. Just as I wanted to get up to drink some water by the way, Liu Sanniang suddenly sighed faintly: "Her father, there is no fine food at home, and Qiqi's body is getting thinner and thinner, but what should I do." Or let's go to that city..."

"Everyone goes to the city to ask for food, I'm afraid the city won't be there. I heard that the city was full of homeless people, the glutinous rice and vegetables in the garbage heap were grabbed and fought, and the old people and children were starving to death everywhere. Can you live if you go? I've also heard that there are people in many places who have rebelled, so it's better for us to stay in our hometown. The remaining arrowroot powder and pegroot powder at home will be left for Qiqi to eat, and we will grind that bit of bran twice and eat it. ”

After listening to the conversation between Su Ercheng and his wife, Su Qiqi didn't dare to move while lying down. Bran? That's feed for pigs! Tears flowed silently down the corners of her eyes, until the roots of her hair were wet...

After crying, Su Qiqi stared at the black roof and couldn't help hating the old monk. In the past, she never believed in gods, Buddhism, and ghosts, but she could be summoned by the old monk, and there are gods and ghosts in this world. I've read countless time-traveling novels, which heroine has her so miserable, who hasn't crossed into Miss Princess, at least she has a portable space, so she won't starve to death, right? But what about her? She was given a thin body and a pair of poor parents, and the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, thinking that when she got up the next morning, she ran to question the old monk.

"Seventy-seven, seven-seven, get up and eat." When Liu Sanniang's voice came, Su Qiqi was still half-awake and half-asleep, and after waking up in the middle of the night last night, she continued to fall asleep until dawn.

Su Qiqi rubbed his eyes, looked at Liu Sanniang, who was looking happy in front of him, and asked puzzledly: "Mother, what's the good thing?" ”

I was still worried in the middle of the night last night, and Liu Sanniang seemed to be in a good mood this morning.

Sure enough, Liu Sanniang said happily: "Qiqi, get up quickly, it's raining heavily in Qingchen today, and the ground is wet, it's okay now, it's okay, your father said that after dinner today, we'll go to the ground and plant buds." ”

"Really? Mother, it's really raining? Su Qiqi was still a little awake, and got out of bed barefoot. When she saw that the yard was full of ** water, she couldn't help jumping into the water and opened her hands to pick up the rain that was still floating in the sky.

Su Ercheng's heart was full when he saw his daughter like this, but the worry on his face did not decrease. Although it is raining, how long will it take for a new round of crops to come out?

Suddenly, there was a sound of gongs and drums, mixed with the shouts of people: "Every family has gone to the village hall and brought things to receive relief food!" ”

Looking at the three buckets of brown rice that Su Ercheng was holding in his hand, it would be a lie to say that he was unhappy, Su Qiqi felt that this yellow brown rice was much more beautiful than the white and soft polished rice in his previous life.

Liu Sanniang looked at her greedy face and was both sad and happy: "Qiqi, my mother will cook rice for you to eat at noon." ”

Su Qiqi's first reaction was to say yes, but when she looked at the half bag of rice, although there were three buckets, it must be a problem for her to see that bucket. However, it is better to give out relief food than to eat tree bark immediately, and if you want to fight these corrupt officials, you will not be able to win. Looking at the family's food for at least a month, where is Su Qiqi willing to cook dry rice to eat? Such a little rice really has to be made into dry rice, and after seven days, their family will have to ask for food.

So Su Qiqi deliberately said: "Mother, I still like to eat porridge." ”

When Su Ercheng heard this, he touched Su Qiqi's head and said, "Qiqi, after this period of time, when my father earns money, I will cook rice for you to eat every day." ”

Su Qiqi nodded before asking, "Daddy, are you going to help other people's families build houses at the end of August?" ”

Su Ercheng thought for a while: "I'm afraid this year's work will be affected, every household has been affected, how can there be food to entertain craftsmen?" But Qiqi doesn't have to be afraid, Daddy can go to the town to work part-time. ”

Su Qiqi thought about it again before asking, "Daddy, do you say that you can dig kudzu and milk potatoes in the mountains of my senior brother's house?" ”

Su Ercheng's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Your senior brother is going down the mountain during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then we will go to the mountain to have a look." ”

Before entering the door, Ji Wenchen had already walked out of the courtyard: "Master, master, Qiqi, where have you been?" ”

Su Ercheng saw that it was Ji Wenchen and immediately asked, "Chen'er, why are you coming down the mountain now?" ”

Ji Wenchen and his family of three returned to their home, saying as they walked: "Originally, I was going to go down the mountain in two more days, because the bud valley didn't seem to be very dry, and I wanted to delay it for another two days." Yesterday, I went into the mountains with Da Hei and met two wild hares, and it was hot weather and I would have broken if I didn't come down the mountain earlier, so I went out at dawn today. ”

Seeing the half-dried corn cobs and two wild rabbits that had been flooded with salt in the hall, Su Qiqi's saliva almost fell, and she pounced on Ji Wenchen with an excited bear hug: "Senior brother, you are amazing!" ”

I had never seen such an enthusiastic little junior brother, Ji Wenchen hugged Su Qiqi and blushed: "Qiqi, senior brother is full of sweat!" It stinks of you. Let the senior brother go wash up and hug you. ”

Su Qiqi was embarrassed: she finally became a real foodie! With food, I forgot that Ji Wenchen was still a little hairy child. Ji Wenchen's last sentence made her even more dizzy, young man, my sister is just too excited, but it's not up to you to hug her!

Hearing this, she blushed and quickly let go of Ji Wenchen, and then secretly said to herself, this is a temporary gaffe, a gaffe! This is not the real me.

It took almost two months to see her daughter's smile and enthusiasm so bright, Liu Sanniang also liked to say: "Qiqi, the old tank at the back of the house is just filled with the rain this morning, take your senior brother to wash and do laundry, and my mother will roast you meat to eat in a while." ”

Ji Wenchen saw that the little junior brother was actually shy, and he quipped: "Qiqi, is it stinky by the senior brother?" Let's go, let's wash our faces. ”

In order to hide his embarrassment, Su Qiqi immediately took the lead and walked to the back room: "Senior brother, I'll fetch water for you." ”

How do you know that this Ji Wenchen turned out to be a twenty-four filial brother, and when he heard that Su Qiqi was going to fetch water for him, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed her hand and said, "Qiqi, you are still young, senior brother is an adult, I don't need you to fetch water for me." I see that your hands are also dirty, senior brother will help you wash them, and there are still a few mulberry fruits I picked for you in the basket, you wash your hands and eat them. ”

"No, no, no, senior brother, I will wash my hands myself, I don't need you to help me." Let a young man wash her hands? Su Qiqi sweated.

Ji Wenchen smiled: "Qiqi, senior brother will help you wash your hands cleanly in a while, and you can take a bowl of mulberry fruit and take it directly with your hands." You're still young, and you can't wash your hands clean. If you don't wash your hands, you will have a stomachache if you eat. Don't be afraid, am I a senior brother, isn't it right to wash my hands with my little junior brother? ”

The person who immediately went to fetch water became the person who asked people to help wash his hands, and Ji Wenchen is still a young man who loves cleanliness, after washing her hands for the first time with a small half of a wooden basin of water, he also picked two soaphorn leaves and rubbed them for her to soak and then cleaned them again. Suddenly, Su Qiqi felt that the serious young man in front of her was not her senior brother, but her father Su!

The picture of washing his hands was still remembered by Su Qiqi many years later.

Liu Sanniang's craftsmanship is really good, a hare and the Zhenru stick brought down by Ji Wenchen burned a big pot with soup and meat. Before the rabbit meat reached his mouth, Su Qiqi had already drooled a lot.

Liu Sanniang took a piece of meat with chopsticks and stuffed it in her mouth and said, "Qiqi, these two crockpots are the hares that my mother has packed, you should be careful with the basket, one can will be sent to your third uncle's house, and the other can will be sent to Liu Ying's house." In the past two or three months, the two of them have given you something to eat. ”

As soon as Liu Sanniang's words fell, Su Qiqi's face turned red: It turned out that she was a person who forgot her friends!

Seeing that the people in the village who had fled the famine would not be able to return for a while, the patriarch asked the people with little land to plant the land that no one planted, so that the winter could be passed.

It's too late to plant other crops this season, but you can still plant a season of late buds. Don't take the bag of grain as dry food, so the family of four began to plough the ground and store fertilizer.

The land of these people who fled the famine was basically reclaimed from the wasteland, and the land was very barren. Even if you plant it, you may not get a good harvest.

Su Qiqi has been helping to pick up stones in the field, looking at this thin land, and has been thinking about the honest modern method of growing corn in the countryside.

In his previous life, his grandmother loved to grow corn the most. There is a kind of waxy corn and a kind of sweet corn in my hometown, and my grandmother will plant a lot of it every year, and when it is ripe, they always pick it and roast it to eat.

How is that grown?

That's right! Su Qiqi remembered.

She beckoned to Liu Sanniang: "Mother, mother, come here." ”

Liu Sanniang wiped the sweat from her forehead and asked as she walked, "Is Qiqi tired?" ”

Su Qiqi attached a few words to Liu Sanniang's ear, and she immediately asked in surprise: "Qiqi, did you really dream of planting bud valleys in your dreams?" ”

Knowing that his words were a little hard to believe, Su Qiqi felt a little weak in his heart. But she can only help Dream to explain the origin of this method, but fortunately, Liu Sanniang is a believer in Buddhism, because she believes that she was saved by asking God to save her. So she crossed her face: "Mother, don't you believe Qiqi?" ”