Xiao Ju was bored at home, so after Zhuang Zhuang got up and took care of him and drank the mush, he sat on the kang in the hall and meditated, feeling the air flow in his body and the pleasure of circulating along the line in his body.

Zhuang Zhuang climbed on the kang to play with the stones that Xiao Ju had collected before, and those small stones Xiao Ju had given to Zhuang Zhuang to make toys. In this era, children's toys are pitifully small. When Xiao Ju Niang came back, Xiao Ju had already put a large pot of egg mixed dough cakes on the kang table in the hall and waited for her.

As soon as Xiao Ju Niang entered the hall and smelled the sweet fragrance of cakes, she felt that God was still open, so that she had such a sensible and blessed daughter, otherwise how would she have to endure her current life!

After going to see my younger brother Liu Zhu early this morning, I learned from Liu Zhu's mouth that my mother's family was about to stop drinking! The three elder brothers wanted to sell the land so that they could buy grain to survive this famine year, but their father disagreed, saying that the land was sold, and they would wait for the northwest wind to drink next year.

Liu Zhu also said that several brothers and sisters-in-law in the family are now clamoring to split up, so that they can survive according to their own plans. But my father knew that they were fighting the idea of dozens of acres of land, and refused to separate the family, and the result was that the family was full of chickens and dogs every day, and they couldn't stay at all. That's why he came out to the county seat to find a job, first, to avoid the noise of the family, and second, if he could find a job, he could also reduce the burden on the family.

Xiao Juniang listened to what her younger brother Liu Zhu said about the situation of her mother's family, and her heart was sad, she knew what her father meant, those dozens of acres of land were the lifeblood of the Liu family for several generations, and it was finally collected from generation to generation, and in his hands, he was about to be defeated, how could he be worthy of the ancestors underground? What's more, the ancestral motto of the Liu family is to divide the family and not the field! Violating the ancestral teachings, this crime is enough for my father's heart to bear!

It's a pity that she can't protect herself, and she can't help her mother's family, not to mention those powerful sisters-in-law, she doesn't want to provoke! Let's see what happens to us!

Xiao Ju saw that since she went to see Uncle Liu Zhu that day, she had become more silent. I often sit on the kang in a daze, not knowing what to think! She didn't want to ask, so she had to change her tricks every day, making all kinds of different cakes for her mother and Zhuang Zhuang to eat!

Zhuang Zhuang is satisfied with every meal, but when the mother looks at the fragrant cakes, she is even more stunned, which makes Xiaoju a little worried. I'm afraid that my mother will hold something in her heart that she can't think of, and it will not be good to hold it back when the time comes.

Finally, after Xiao Ju Niang stayed for nearly a week, Xiao Ju brought the cake to the kang table at noon this day, and saw that the mother was still holding the cake in a daze, and did not take a bite for a long time, this time she was really angry, thinking that she was a little girl less than seven years old, busy cooking three meals a day, busy taking care of the two vegetable fields in the front yard, busy taking care of Zhuang Zhuang, you are a twenty or thirty-year-old mother, embarrassed to only care about being in a daze every day?

Xiao Ju angrily snatched the cake in her mother's hand, threw it back into the basin, and said aggrievedly with bright eyes: "Mother, since you met Uncle Liu Zhu, you have been like this every day, don't you want to care about me and Zhuangzhuang?" You also said that me and Zhuang Zhuang are the flesh of your heart, but now they are"

Xiaoju has been under a lot of pressure for so long, and she can't say anything now, and the tears are like rain, and they flow out. Zhuang Zhuang saw that Sister A was crying sadly, although he didn't know what was going on, but he also opened his mouth and followed Wow Wow while crying and calling 'Mother'.

Xiao Ju Niang looked at Xiao Ju and Zhuang Zhuang who were crying, and then she woke up, it turned out that she only cared about her father's unsatisfactory and pitiful, and forgot about her two precious children, fortunately Xiao Ju is capable, otherwise, this pair of children will be hungry because of her negligence.

She hurriedly stretched out her two hands, hugged Xiaoju and Zhuang Zhuang in her arms, and blamed herself: "It's all bad mother!" It almost scared my little chrysanthemum! It won't be like that again! ”

"Mother, what's going on at my grandmother's house? Makes you so sad! Xiao Ju asked with teary eyes open and looking pitiful.

"It's not that your uncles are breaking up and want to sell the land! And your grandfather disagrees! Now there is a lot of noise at home every day, that's why your Uncle Liu Zhu came out to look for a job! Xiao Ju Niang was a little distressed because she looked at Xiao Ju's little face that had lost a lot of weight because she was worried about her in the past few days, so she was not as concerned about her mother's affairs as she was some time ago.

"Alas, this famine year! Each has his own mind! I think my grandfather is still separated! Otherwise, there will be a big disaster! Xiao Ju listened to her mother's words, and sighed like a little adult.

This little appearance made Xiao Ju Niang laugh, and unconsciously reached out and pinched Xiao Ju's face, and said with a smile: "You can!" Your grandfather has your grandfather's considerations! In addition, there is also the ancestral training of the Liu family pressed there, and your grandfather's decision to divide the family and land is not easy to do! ”

"What's wrong with this decision? People are going to starve to death, so what's the use of guarding those fields? Zu Xun? If the ancestor knew that his grandfather was guarding the fields and letting their children and grandchildren starve to death, I think he would be angry, right? Xiao Ju pouted.

In fact, Xiao Ju still has something to say in her heart, that is, everyone wants to survive this year, and when it rains next spring, they will all be relieved. But the problem is, after this year's drought, next year's locust plague is very famous in modern history! Those locusts have been ravaging the land of Henan for two years! That's really not an inch left everywhere.

Xiao Ju Niang listened to Xiao Ju's children's words, but her eyes lit up, she only felt that her words were very reasonable, this person was dying, what was the use of guarding those fields? It seems that I will go to Liu Zhu tomorrow to talk to him, let him go home and persuade his father, it is better to divide the family and the fields, otherwise it will be really brainless to starve to death by guarding those fields!

As soon as this little chrysanthemum girl figured it out, people were relaxed, and as soon as people were relaxed, they felt very hungry, and when they thought about it carefully, it was really thanks to their daughter, otherwise, she would also have a serious illness. If you are still sick in such years, it will not be far from the ghost gate.

Xiao Ju Niang devoured several cakes, and only then did she feel half full, but she didn't eat anymore, but took out a piece of cloth, took a few pieces of bread from the basin and wrapped them, put them in her arms, and said to Xiao Ju: "Xiao Ju, my mother went out, you stay at home with Zhuang Zhuang, don't go out!" Don't answer when someone knocks on the door! Mother herself with the key! ”

Xiao Ju looked at her mother clearly, knowing that she wanted to go out to find Uncle Liu Zhu, so she didn't stop her, but just advised: "Mother, you have to be careful!" Why don't you just let your uncle send you back! Anyway, my father is not at home, so I can let my uncle stay at home for one night! ”

Xiao Ju Niang hesitated for a while, and finally nodded: "It's okay!" Then I'll bring him back for dinner! But if your uncle asks about this yard, say it's rented! Xiaoju, remember! ”

Xiao Ju smiled secretly in her heart, she didn't expect her mother to be so careful with the people in her mother's family, but thinking about the few days she spent at her grandparents' house, and then thinking about the words and behaviors of a few aunts, she was relieved.