Xiao Ju couldn't help the uneasiness in her heart, opened the door, and looked into the distance. After more than ten minutes, Xiao Ju finally saw a black shadow stumbling in the direction of her cave.

She couldn't hold back any longer, and ran towards the dark shadow. Ran to the black shadow, it was really a mother. At this time, the mother was struggling to carry a large bag of grain, bending over and moving in the direction of the cave. Xiao Ju's heart was sour, and the tears fell out. But he shouted loudly: "Mother, I'm here to pick you up!"

Xiao Ju Niang heard the voice, raised her head, looked at the small figure in front of her, and said with some difficulty: "Xiao Ju, it's cold outside, the wind is strong, why are you coming out?" If you catch a cold, won't it make your mother even more worried? ”

"Mother, it's okay! Now my body is great! Xiao Ju said as she stretched out her hands that looked thin, but had worked in the space for so long, and were already very strong, to support the grain bag on Xiao Juniang's back.

"Xiaoju, has your father come back?" Xiao Ju Niang asked. Because of Xiao Ju's help, I obviously felt that the weight on my back had been reduced, so I didn't let Xiao Ju help anymore, but I was still worried about Hu Daring, after all, after living together for so many years, I still have feelings.

"Home! But I don't seem to be happy! Xiao Ju replied with a matter-of-fact approach.

"Your dad has such a temper! Xiaoju, don't learn from your father in the future, people are good to you, you are good to others! Don't be like your father, be a good old man! Teach your brother not to be like your father! Otherwise, my mother will not have a head to run for life! Xiao Ju Niang told as she walked home.

"Mother, don't worry! How can your daughter be so stupid? I take care of my mother and brother first, and the rest, if it's good for us, I'll help, and if it's not good for us, I'm too lazy to pay attention to it! Xiao Ju said what she was thinking.

"Good daughter, so smart! Your father! Mother has no hope in this life! Xiao Ju Niang sighed and said with a wry smile.

Hearing this, Xiao Ju felt very uncomfortable, and complained a little about Hu Daring. The two helped each other back to the cave, and when Hu Daring saw the bag of grain, his depressed face returned a little happy. While coming over to help Xiao Ju Niang put the grain bag down on the ground, she asked, "Child, mother, where did you borrow this grain?" ”

"If there is any other family, only the Hood family is willing to help us!" Xiao Ju Niang replied angrily. She didn't say that the grain was bought with money, otherwise according to this man's deceitful nature, something would have to happen.

This year's winter was a little colder than the first year Xiao Ju wore it, because there was no cold-resistant cotton jacket, and the family of four stayed at home all winter and did not go out. Xiaoju is responsible for burning the kang at home, and she uses the wheat stalks in the space. Otherwise, with the little firewood at home, there is a chance that it will be frozen for a while. It may be that the light in the cave at home is too dark, and the two adults didn't pay attention to Xiao Ju's small movements.

Before you know it, the cold winter has finally passed. The weather gradually warmed up, and Hu Daring left home as soon as the weather warmed up and went to the county to find a job. And Xiao Ju Niang began to dig wild vegetables everywhere and came back, and ate wild vegetable dumplings with corn.

The three acres of wheat in Xiaoju's space have been harvested again, and nearly 3,000 catties of wheat have been obtained. Thinking that this year is already 1942, according to the history she knows, there will be very little rain in the first half of this year, and there will be a great drought in the second half of the year, and there will be no grain harvest in the fields. She looked at the harvest this time plus the last harvest, nearly 4,000 catties of wheat piled up in the storage room, and there was no sense of panic in her heart.

After planting wheat on the three acres of land in the space in a hurry, Xiaoju studied a book that she casually threw on the lobby. The book was taken out of a large wooden box in the bedroom. The box was full of books. The books look old. The typesetting is all vertical lines, and it is a traditional Chinese character, and Xiaoju is very difficult to read. But this family is so poor, let alone buying books, they can't eat enough.

There is no way, these books that are difficult to read have become Xiaoju's pastime when she enters the space every night. At this time, she had read the book in Xiao Ju's hand several times.

She felt that the book was like a medical book, which talked about the direction of the meridians, and also attached a map of the meridians of the human body, which pointed out the more than 60 most important acupuncture points on the human body, and connected them with threads. For Xiao Ju, who knows the human body very well, this meridian diagram is simply too simple.

Xiao Ju looked at this meridian map, and when she was bored, she thought about it according to the direction of the arrow in the picture, and there was a breath of air along the line drawn on the meridian map. There was nothing abnormal at first, but Xiao Ju seemed to be enchanted, and she had to meditate in the space according to the meridian diagram every night. During the day, as long as I have leisure, I sit on the kang and meditate.

Because Xiao Ju Niang didn't go out to work, Zhuang Zhuang stuck to her like a puppy every day, and no longer stuck to Xiao Ju like before. It made Xiao Ju feel a little jealous in her heart, this little guy is really a mother with milk! knew that there was food with his mother, so he abandoned his sister.

After two or three months of this, when Xiao Ju meditated as usual that day, a hot warm current suddenly surged on her body, and this warm current actually circulated in her body according to the route she meditated on every day. Xiaoju was overjoyed, could it be that she inadvertently practiced internal skills?

Xiao Ju's personality has always been a steady, and after the ecstasy, he let his mind go even more, letting the warm current circulate repeatedly along the meridian route in the body, and unconsciously, one night passed. When Xiaoju finished meditating this night, she found that her eyes could see things more clearly, her ears could hear even the slightest sounds, and her body had become much lighter.

When there is a reward for doing something, people's enthusiasm will be higher. From that day on, Xiao Ju fell into a frenzy of meditation practice.

And in the village, as recorded in history, since the beginning of spring, there has not been a single rain, and there is a great drought. The village, big or small, goes everywhere every day to find water to save the wheat seedlings that are about to die in the fields, and the well in the village has a long queue every day to fetch water, and from time to time there are people fighting with people in order to get water early.

Because Xiaoju's family has no land, they don't have to suffer this kind of suffering. As for drinking water, she waited until the day she was going to carry water, and pretended to go out early with a bucket to line up to fetch water, but in fact, after turning around, she went home. When there was no one at home, he went into the space to get the well water out of the space and filled the water tank and bucket at home. Once you get water, you can use it for several days at home.

As for the three acres of land in Xiaoju's space, she doesn't have to worry about it at all, and she will always maintain a certain humidity. At this time, the wheat is full of heavy grains, and it will be ready for harvest in another month.

Xiao Juniang is very busy during this time, and people with better economic conditions in the village have to take care of people to carry water and water the ground. Xiao Ju Niang is employed by these families every day to make some money.

Xiaoju was so tired that she didn't want to move when she saw her mother come back, she was tanned, and she couldn't eat enough, so this person was several years old! It hurts so badly in my heart.

In order to reduce the burden of her mother, Xiaoju picked up the housework and the responsibility of bringing up the strong again. After all, she is only a little over six years old, and in modern times, she is just a coquettish little child.

Fortunately, at this time, she is a mature woman on the outside and on the inside, so naturally it will not be difficult to do something. Xiao Ju Niang saw that Xiao Ju arranged the affairs of the family in an orderly manner, and Zhuang Zhuang also brought it well, so she threw it at her.

Xiaoju now mixes the cornmeal at home with the flour of the wheat mill in the space every meal to make pancakes to eat. Sometimes the peaches in the space are crushed and mixed with cornmeal and flour to make scones.

Zhuang Zhuang and Xiao Ju Niang both love to eat all kinds of cakes made by Xiao Ju. Xiao Ju Niang also smiled: "Xiao Ju, my mother is in this ten miles and eight towns, and her cooking skills are also famous, but now it seems that my Xiao Ju is even more delicious than me!" ”

Xiao Ju smiled secretly in her heart, the things in the space were more delicious than the outside. Which is her craftsmanship! But this matter can't be said, Xiaoju can only steal joy in her heart.

The drought is getting worse and worse, and the ground is cracking. The wells in the farm were almost dry, and there was no way to save the crops in the fields, and all the farmers were desperate and gave up. Xiao Juniang has no job to do again, and guards her daughter and son at home every day.

When Xiao Ju saw this situation, she recalled the history of the period she had seen in her previous life, and felt that she could no longer stay in this place in Huaxian County. Otherwise, if everyone goes to escape in the second half of the year, there will be a lot of people and a big risk. It's better to leave early.

So one day, I saw my mother sitting at the door of the cave with Zhuang Zhuang, looking at the red sun hanging in the sky with a worried face, how long has it been, why hasn't it rained yet? If this continues, drinking water will become a problem.

Xiaoju moved a small stool, sat down next to her mother, and said carefully: "Mother, it seems that there is no harvest in the village this year, and if it doesn't rain, it will be difficult to drink water then." Dad is not at home, we go to grab water and can't grab people! Mother, why don't we go to the county seat to find my father? ”

"Yes! If it doesn't rain again, everyone's life will be difficult! Wait a few more days and see if your dad will come back! Let's talk about it then! Xiao Ju Niang said with some annoyance.

In fact, Xiaoju is not worried about not having food or water to drink, what she is afraid of is that there are too many people fleeing the famine, she and her younger brother are small, and there are no tools at home that can be used to travel, how far can they go with these little feet? Now you can get a variety of cars.