Xiao Ju Niang and Xiao Ju later filled the bowl of gruel into their stomachs like Liu Zhu and Zhuang Zhuang, you know, the place where they live is some distance from the city gate, and it is not easy to bring back the porridge that is as thin as water.

Because the four members of Xiaoju's family have put the gruel in their stomachs, they naturally don't have to walk like the people who carefully carried the gruel home on the way home, because they were afraid that the gruel in the bowl would shake out and walk like a snail! The four of them walked briskly towards home, after all, it was already dark, you must know that they had only been in Nanyang for a few days, and they didn't know anything about the situation, and it was safe to return to their place of residence as soon as possible.

On the way back, Xiao Ju Niang began to talk to Xiao Ju about the news she got when she was chatting with the people around her while waiting for the porridge. In her heart, Xiao Ju is smarter than her, and the major affairs of the family in the future will still depend on Xiao Ju to decide. In her heart, she didn't treat her daughter as a seven- or eight-year-old child at all.

"Xiaoju, when I was queuing up to receive porridge just now, I heard that these porridge shacks were not set up by the government, but by some rich squires and rich people in Nanyang City!" Xiao Ju Niang said while hurrying on the road.

"Well, I've heard that, too! I also heard that there is a 'ghost market' near the Nanyang City Gate at night, and there are valuable things that can be taken and sold for money and food! Liu Zhu said while holding up the Zhuang Zhuang on his back with his hand. At this time, Zhuang Zhuang held the two big bowls tightly in his hands, and his attention was all focused on the bowls, for fear that he would accidentally drop the bowls on the ground and fall, which is a very important property in the family.

"I also heard that at the beginning, there were factories in Nanyang City recruiting workers, and I don't know if there are still people now!" Xiao Ju Niang's voice was full of yearning.

"We'll go into the city tomorrow and have a look, maybe we can find something to do, so that we have an income and don't have to worry about not being able to eat!" Liu Zhu heard his second sister say that there was a factory in Nanyang City to recruit workers, and he immediately came to work.

Xiao Ju listened to the words of her mother and Liu Zhu, and carefully went through the news revealed in her mind before interjecting: "Mother, let's get up early tomorrow and go into Nanyang City to have a look, how about it?" As for who set up this porridge shack, it's none of our business! And the 'ghost market', there are only a few broken quilts in our house, how can there be anything valuable? No one wants to exchange it for money! ”

"Sister, are you going to the city tomorrow? I'm going too! In addition to trying to grasp the bowl in his hand on Liu Zhu's back, he was a little drowsy, and when he heard Xiaoju say that he was going to enter the city tomorrow, the spirit came suddenly.

"You want to stay home alone, and no one is comfortable doing that!" Xiao Ju looked at Zhuang Zhuang who was climbing on Liu Zhu's back with some amusement. Zhuang Zhuang heard that he would not leave him, and he was not worried in his heart, so he began to fall into a drowsy state again.

"Xiaoju is right! Tomorrow we will go into the city to have a look, if my second sister and I both find jobs to do, then we will have money to buy food! Liu Zhu's tone revealed a hint of yearning.

"Hmmm! If only I could find a job! Xiao Ju Niang also began to dream.

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Xiao Ju's family chatted all the way to their residence. Only then did I find that the three neighbors who lived near their house had already come back with porridge, and were boiling it on the stove outside their shed with the gruel they had received and some unknown wild vegetables.

When Xiao Ju's family passed by the house on the left side of their grass hut, the pair of women who were busy in front of the stove raised their heads, smiled and said hello, and saw the empty bowl in the hands of Xiao Ju and Xiao Ju Niang, thinking that the other party was late and did not receive porridge, and said with some sympathy: "Sister-in-law, are you going late?" Go early! There are too many people fleeing the famine, and the relief porridge distributed at each meal is not enough! It's gone if it's late! ”

Xiao Juniang opened her mouth to explain, but Xiao Ju hurriedly pulled her clothes and said first: "Auntie, thank you for reminding me!" We don't know this way! Go early tomorrow! Although Xiao Ju Niang didn't know why Xiao Ju lied, she didn't say anything more and leaked the bottom of her daughter.

Back at her own grass shed, Xiao Ju Niang opened the door, and after Liu Zhu entered the shed, she asked Xiao Ju to help him put Zhuang Zhuang, who had climbed on his back and had already slept deeply, on the bed carefully. At the same time, Xiao Ju carefully slammed down the bowl in his hand that Zhuang Zhuang was still holding tightly in his sleep.

And Xiao Ju Niang lit the tung oil lamp, began to light a fire on the stove in the outer shack, and whispered to Xiao Ju at the same time: "Ju'er, get some cornmeal out, get some corn paste tonight, and then take a few potatoes and simmer in the stove, last night's simmered potatoes are very delicious!" ”

Xiao Ju got cornmeal and potatoes from the small space to make a meal. Although Liu Zhu was curious about this phenomenon, Xiao Ju and his mother didn't say it, he didn't ask, and he ate whenever he wanted, and he never mouthed much. This makes Xiaoju the most satisfied. Otherwise, it is really difficult to hide Liu Zhu, who gets along day and night. Unless it's really not food from a small space, but in this case, how can the family survive?

After dinner, everyone slept on a thick straw mat in the grass hut, although it was still covered with a tattered quilt with a strong smell, but compared to the days of escaping, it was really like entering heaven. There is no need for four people to squeeze into a bunch, and this grass shed also has a gate, at least the security is more than one or two points stronger than the shelter, and its shelter from the wind and rain is also much stronger.

Xiaoju's family of four had a good night's sleep, and woke up early the next day, and the family hid in the shed to get some breakfast. Xiaoju thinks that this grass shed is well built, and the stove in the shed is also good. Otherwise, getting food is a big problem, and you can only rely on yourself to hide in the space every night to do it in advance, but in the long run, it will also arouse suspicion, after all, the family doesn't get much food, and the family is so good-looking, how can it not attract the attention of the neighbors?

As soon as Xiaoju's family finished breakfast and put away the dishes and chopsticks, they heard someone shouting outside the gate. Xiao Juniang went to open the door to take a look, but it was the middle-aged couple living on the left side of her house. Based on the other party's kind reminder to her family last night, Xiao Ju Niang was embarrassed to let the other party stand outside the door and said, "It's you?" Can I help you? Why don't you come into the house and sit down? ”

"Sister-in-law, no need! My man would like to ask where are you going to cut down the trees where you are going to build your sheds? Our family also wants to build a shed like my sister-in-law's house! It's also more comfortable to live in this way! The woman said with some embarrassment.

"This is for my brother! I'll let him tell you! Just what do you call ......?" Xiao Ju Niang said enthusiastically, they will be neighbors in the future, the old saying is not that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors! If you can help, you will naturally reach out and help.

"Oh, sister-in-law, my man's surname is Liao, and his name is Liao Shishi! Just call me Liao's family! The couple seemed to be honest people, the one named Liao Shishi would only stand there and smile, and the Liao family seemed to be embarrassed that they came to the door so boldly.

"My surname is Liu, you can just call me Sister Liu!" Xiao Ju Niang said coolly as she turned her head to the shed and shouted: "Pillar, you come out and go down, Brother Liao, who lives on the left side of our house, wants to ask you where to cut the tree where you built the shed?" ”

When Liu Zhu heard this, he hurriedly walked out of the gate and carefully explained the place and direction of cutting the tree, and after the Liao family and his wife heard it, they thanked and thanked each other, and went home to take something to cut down the tree.