"Why is there no evidence," Zhou Chunfa was angered by Zhou Chen's words, "Sanya has seen you eat, what are you going to rely on?" ”

"Sanya, what did you see us eating?" Zhou Chen glared at Zhou Xia and asked.

Zhou Xia was really scared by Zhou Chen, glanced at Zhou Chen timidly, lowered her head and whispered: "I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything clearly." Zhou Xia really didn't dare to say anything, she could see it clearly, don't look at the uncle who asked her to say it now, but she said that she was cleaned up by Zhou Chen, and no one would help her.

"That Xu Da has no face...... Zhou Chunfa put forward another witness.

"Xu Da has no face, and the whole township is famous for being lazy and greedy, stealing chickens and dogs, and not doing his job," Zhou Chen directly intercepted Zhou Chunfa's words, "Who can believe his words?" ”

"Big brother! Here you go! Seeing that Mrs. Zhou was about to howl again, forcing Zhou Chunliang to beat Brother Zhou Yang, Zhou Wanwan stretched out her little hand in time, and in her hand was a handful of wheat mixed with a few corns.

"Oh mama! Where are these five girls resting on the land? Wang Fengying rushed over first, if it weren't for Zhou Yang's quick reaction, she would have been able to drag Zhou Wanwan to the ground.

"You still said that you didn't hide your smuggling, where did this wheat come from?" Zhou Chunfa felt that he had found evidence, and he could finally save the face he had lost again and again.

Zhou Yang hugged Zhou Wanwan tightly, took a few steps back and left the babbling Zhou Chunfa and his wife, "Nan, tell the eldest brother, where did you get this?" ”

"On the kang!" Zhou Wanwan struggled to get Zhou Yang to put her on the kang, ran to the empty cabinet on the side of the window sill in the kang, stretched out her little hand, and grabbed out a handful of wheat.

The entire Zhou family threw down their rice bowls and rushed to the kang like a swarm. Zhou Yang's eyes are quick, and he hugged Zhou Wanwan away in time, or he may not have to be squeezed down or even stepped on.

After some hectic work, in the rat hole connected to the outer wall of the window sill, the Zhou family took out more than 20 catties of wheat mixed with corn kernels, and took out a few catties in a large crack under the windowsill, almost half of the kang and a window sill.

Zhou Wanwan's heart was a little apprehensive, in order to divert the attention of the Zhou family, she really took a risk this time, there were many unreasonable places, and she couldn't take care of them. But the reality doesn't allow her to think too much, and after hesitating for a while, Zhou Chunliang's slap will fall, and her eldest brother and second brother can't escape this beating.

The Zhou family, who were overwhelmed by the joy of finding food, was not as rational as Zhou Wanwan thought, they couldn't think about how they could find so much full and well-preserved food in the mouse hole in such a famine year, they only cared about grabbing the food and sighed, this is the manifestation of the ancestors, so they won't starve to death.

Although Zhou Wanwan made the grain into three or four years of old grain, the old man Zhou still held a handful of wheat and sighed almost in tears: "I haven't seen such good grain for many years!" ”

Mrs. Zhou decided, "This is Huang Daxian'er's manifestation!" "I said a few times about Qian Yan's sore feet a few days ago, and how she worshipped before she stopped.

After tossing for most of the night, the south kang in the east house couldn't sleep, but fortunately, there was a north kang that could deal with it for a night.

Although everyone was so excited that they couldn't sleep, there was no light in the dark light, so they could only sleep first and talk about it tomorrow. When she heard Wang Fengying say that she would have to turn over all the mouse holes of the Zhou family tomorrow, Zhou Wanwan secretly wiped the cold sweat that did not exist on her forehead. This woman is really fierce and greedy, and when others are still immersed in the joy of discovering food, she thinks of killing all the rats in the world.

That night, when Zhou Chen went to the kitchen to boil the footwater, Zhou Wanwan changed from his previous well-behaved, he had to follow, and he had to explore on the ground in the kitchen. Zhou Yang was afraid that it would be too dark to bump into his little sister, so he could only follow the old hen behind her in the faint light of the stove. For the first time, Zhou Wanwan felt that it was really good that the Zhou family did not light up at night, and she successfully completed what she wanted to do under the cover of darkness. Although she made a gray face, it caused a lot of trouble for her second brother.

Zhou Wanwan has been thinking about adding some food to the Zhou family in the past few days, especially after Zhou Yang and Zhou Chen were called to the table to eat, this problem is even more imminent. Zhou Wanwan knew that if the Zhou family couldn't open the pot or there was a shortage of food to the point that the vegetables and leaves couldn't be drunk, the first group to be hit must be the Zhou Yang brothers.

At the dinner table these days, Zhou Yang and Zhou Chen could only get a little bit of food, not only because they offended Mrs. Zhou. What's more, the Zhou family's grain is really too little, and even the vegetable leaves are mushy and can't guarantee that they will drink until the beginning of spring.

The cornmeal distribution last autumn was basically exhausted, and the relief grain that had just been distributed for a few days was secretly distributed to Zhou Hongxiang by Mrs. Zhou, and the remaining rations of less than 30 catties per person were not guaranteed until one day in the middle of winter when there was no non-staple food to add.

Even if you can survive until the beginning of spring, there are still three or four months before you can harvest the summer grain, and if there is not a grain of grain, it will starve to death. Moreover, if the Zhou family wants to starve to death, the first to be chosen to starve to death must be their three sisters and brothers.

In order for the brothers to eat more, Zhou Wanwan really didn't mind adding some food to the Zhou family. Although most of this food does not reach the mouths of the brothers. But as long as the brothers can eat a little bit and be less hungry because of this, Zhou Wanwan feels that it is worth it.

It's not that the view of the Zhou family has changed, let alone giving up revenge on them. But compared with revenge on these people, Zhou Wanwan cares more about her brothers, as long as she can make her brothers suffer less, what is there to take revenge later? Even, Zhou Wanwan knew very well that as long as her brothers needed it, there was nothing wrong with letting her give up revenge on these people. She won't put the cart before the horse, she came back with only one purpose, so that her brothers can have a happy and fulfilled life. Everything else is just handy, and nothing matters.

Early the next morning, before they even had time to eat breakfast, the Zhou family began to dig a mouse hole in the faint morning light. The men were in charge of the outside and the barn, and the women carefully inspected the inside of the house, even the cracks in the walls and the ceiling. It's just that there is nothing to be found in the East and West Houses, except for the eight cents and a few pieces of red head rope that Wang Fengying found in the cracks in the wall. The money was snatched away by Zhou Hongying, which was her private money. The red-headed rope was unclaimed and finally confiscated by Zhou Hongying. Zhou Xia was annoyed for a long time, regretting why she didn't find a good place to hide.

But soon, good news came from the kitchen, and grain was found in the rat hole next to the potato cellar, or wheat, more than 20 catties.

Then, I don't know how many years have not touched the pile of humus under the pile, also found a mouse hole, good fellow, in which there are thirty or forty pounds of corn and wheat.

The Zhou family was boiling, and they were happier than the New Year. Even in the normal years before the disaster year, the eighteen members of the Zhou family received about 200 catties of wheat every year. These rat holes dug up half of the Zhou family's wheat for a year, which simply saved the family's life in this catastrophe year! This is the smoke of the ancestral grave! This is Huang Taixian's blessing! Mrs. Zhou has already planned to make two steamed buns to worship her ancestors and pay tribute to Huang Daxian'er.

Around the wheat, the family began to discuss, and this matter was not to be said.

"Why can't you go out and talk about such a good thing? This is the virtue accumulated by our ancestors, earned for our children and grandchildren, and there is light on the face, and no one can look up to us. Wang Fengying advocated a good publicity of this matter, but this time she went out to visit the door, but she was nagging.

"Then why can't you open the pot to borrow it?" Zhou Hongying has always been very protective of food.

"In these years, who can send food out?" Zhou Juan said, "If you have it, you won't borrow it!" Who knows when there will be no drought on this day. I have to keep my own house to save my life. ”

"It's just such a thing, I don't have enough food at home." Wang Fengying also agreed.

"The blacksmith's furnace won't be borrowed?" Zhou Chunlai asked sarcastically. Wang Fengying moved her ass and didn't answer his words.

Blacksmith Lutun is Wang Fengying's maiden home, the production team is poorer than Sanjiatun, a lack of food for more than half a year, when there is no disaster, always come to Zhou's house to fight the autumn wind, although there is an old lady Zhou, come once is to take away a big pumpkin basket of potatoes or something, but it is still criticized by the Zhou family.

"It's okay to say that the blacksmith furnace is difficult to borrow from the team." Zhou Chunfa said.

"What's going on in the team? We're not the captain, and they can't find anyone who starves to death. As soon as Mrs. Zhou heard that she was going to lend it to the team, she was anxious.

"Now let's talk about a big and second son, have you forgotten about the third daughter-in-law?" Old man Zhou interjected.

Mrs. Zhou shut up, this example is right in front of her, how could she forget.

"Besides, if I want to go to the countryside in this job, I have to be active." Zhou Chunfa added.

"Oh mama! Don't talk about that! Wang Fengying slapped her thigh and said quickly. This is going to be a real chapter, and you can't use the food at home to show it. Between going out to brag and starving, she still knows the severity.

"I can't say it, let's say that it was dug out of the mouse hole, in case people don't believe it, what if it is confiscated." Zhou Chunxi has always been bold, and added.

In the end, the Zhou family unanimously decided that this matter must not be spoken. Confidentiality must be strictly maintained. This decision also made Zhou Wanwan breathe a sigh of relief. With her current scope of action, she can only let food appear in the Zhou family's rat hole. But the whole village has food in the rat hole of the Zhou family, isn't it too unreasonable. Unless it is really as Mrs. Zhou said, Wong Tai Sin has appeared, and the ancestral tomb is smoking.

Since he could not speak, he could not take out the wheat and grind it. Fortunately, the Zhou family has a lot of labor, a small stone mill, and several sons take turns to push, and soon grind ten catties of wheat with skin into powder.

On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, Zhou Chunxi and Zhou Chunliang were sent to Suilin County by Mrs. Zhou to give New Year's gifts to Zhou Hongxiang's family. This is something that has to be done every year before the disaster year, the family's sticky bean buns, frozen tofu, sauerkraut, melon seeds, soybean sauce and other specialties are packed in sacks, and people carry them on the road on their shoulders, and they have to walk for five or six hours when they go to 30 kilometers, and they have to walk for five or six hours when they come back.

In the past few years after the disaster, there was really nothing to give at home, so I put down the stubble of giving New Year's gifts. Mrs. Zhou felt that she could pick up this matter this year, first of all, the Zhou family was really lucky this year, and she had to let her eldest daughter's family follow and be happy. Secondly, the eldest daughter's family is really having a hard time, and if you can help, you have to help. Also, Mrs. Zhou thinks that the matter of giving New Year's gifts must be left as a rule, and if there is a little daughter in the future, she must also follow this rule.

Mrs. Zhou gave Zhou Hongxiang ten catties of dried sweet potatoes, twenty catties of flour first, thought about it, and put five catties, Xiao Yan'er and Xiao Lei love noodles, so they have to let the children eat two more meals. Finally, he grabbed a handful of soybeans given by Zhou Chunliang, packed them in a small cloth pocket, and stuffed them in the pocket with dried sweet potatoes.

Sent Zhou Chunxi and Zhou Chunliang away, Zhou Chunlai had breakfast and went out with two catties of dried sweet potatoes and two catties of flour. He went to his father-in-law's house in Dagaotun, according to the rules, the new son-in-law of the New Year is to give a gift to his father-in-law's family, the year he and Shen Yufen got engaged was a disaster year, there is really nothing to give in the past few years, and the etiquette is very inconsiderate. This year is good, although you can't take a fruit box or something, it's not a thin gift to have these two things. So Zhou Chunlai's steps are very brisk.