This is the first time for Xiaoju to visit the street of this era, there are many shops on both sides of the street, and the signboards of the shops are not as rich and diverse as modern ones, but they are quite ancient. However, it may be a famine year, and business is very deserted. Xiao Ju looked in from the door, and almost every shopkeeper was sitting behind the counter in the shop boredly, and at the same time there was a worry on his face.

There are quite a lot of people on the street, but unfortunately they are all tattered clothes, and at first glance they look like peasant men who have gone to the city to work part-time. These peasant men all looked at the brightly dressed passers-by expectantly, hoping that there would be an owner who had to work for them.

Xiao Ju Niang looked at the peasant men who were squatting or standing on both sides of the road, and her brows had not been loosened since she went out. When I finally found a grocery store, I bought two large locks that were strong and anti-theft.

On the way home, she couldn't help but worry and said, "Xiaoju, you take your brother home first, I'll go see your father, and by the way, see if I can find something to do!" ”

Xiao Ju looked at her mother's worried look, took the strong little hand from her hand and said, "Mother, you go!" Remember to come back early! Xiao Juniang hurriedly answered, turned to another street, and went to the place where Hu Daring was waiting for work on the first day.

Xiao Ju returned home with Zhuang Zhuang, and replaced the doors of the courtyard and the hall with new locks, and the sense of security in her heart became stronger. She found that since she came to this era, she has no sense of security, and always feels that something will happen at any time! So she's trying to make that breath in her body thick every night.

She found that the thicker the qi in her body became, the stronger her body, the higher her agility, the greater her qi, and the stronger her five senses. No matter what, if you are strong and have a lot of strength, you will have a better chance of surviving!

As soon as the locks were changed, Xiao Ju found that it was still early, so she simply sprinkled some Chinese cabbage and white radish seeds on the two plots of land in the front yard, which were still collected from Hu Zhuang's house, and a few potato seeds were piled up in the space.

She plans to make a look at these two small plots of land in the front yard, and the three acres of land in the space will be left to plant some cabbage, white radishes and potatoes, otherwise there will be no vegetables to eat, and this person will not be able to stand it if he eats cakes every day. Only two acres of grain are planted enough for this family of four to consume.

By the time the seeds were sown in the front yard and the well water in the space was watered, it was already nearly evening. Then fill the big vat in the kitchen with water, and Xiaoju made some egg cakes, you must know that she kneaded a lot of egg dough at noon. After finishing these, Xiao Ju used the three main rooms in the kitchen to clean up carefully, but Xiao Ju Niang and Hu Daring had not returned.

Xiao Ju began to worry, you must know that there are Japanese soldiers and Japanese pseudo-soldiers in the county town, especially Japanese soldiers, who do not treat the Chinese as human beings at all, and the opening is 'Zhina', and the closed mouth is 'pig'! Yesterday I heard from the former owner that every day there are Chinese who die under the bayonets of Japanese soldiers on the streets! Let Xiaoju and the others not go out if they have nothing to do, and if they go out, it is best to take a detour when they see the Japanese soldiers.

Think about the so many peasant men who went to the city to look for work when I went to the street today, all of them were so hungry that their faces were yellow and thin, and I guessed that the famine was getting worse and worse. Now it's late autumn, and there hasn't been a single rain yet, so it seems that this year's autumn grain will be harvested.

Thinking of the scene when she left her grandfather's house that day, she had a baojia to collect food, Xiaoju sighed deeply. Her body is only six or seven years old, and she has not lived a single day. Thinking about things every day, I feel like an old woman! Could it be that this is a common problem of the reborn? Because you know some history, you always want to avoid it?

When it was completely dark, Xiao Juniang and Hu Daring finally returned. When they returned to the hall from the kitchen after cleaning, Xiao Ju looked at the dim tung oil light, and saw that the faces of her mother and father were not very good, and they were full of panic and worry.

Xiao Ju put the hot cake on the stove in a basin and put it on the kang table, pretending not to care and asked, "Dad, didn't you find a job today?" ”

"Looks like I can't find a job! Now the city is crowded with people from all over the village who have fled the famine! Originally, some people still had some food in store at home, but during this time, the armor guards in various villages began to collect food from their homes again!

According to the villagers who entered the city, the baojia of each village went to their homes every day to urge them to ask for public grain, but there was a drought since last year, and the harvest was not good. This year is even worse, there has been no rain from the beginning of spring to the present, and there is no harvest of spring grain, let alone this winter grain? Many people have run out of food at home, and now they are going to the mountains to dig up roots and peel the bark of trees to eat! Hu Daring said indignantly. Bian viciously bit the cake in his hand, and even the taste of the cake felt astringent.

"Bold, let me tell you, there is no money at home! There is only less than half a bag of cornmeal left! This is a lifesaver for our family! If you let you out again, regardless of our mother-in-law, I will fight with you.

And those people in your family are looking for you, and you are not allowed to tell us about this small courtyard where we live! I think you're still living in that broken temple during this time. I'm sure your brothers and your parents will come to you again! Xiao Ju Niang threw the cake back into the basin in her hand and said a little irritably. Thinking of Hu Daring's coaxing temperament, and then thinking about those uncles and uncles who are not fuel-efficient and the pair of eccentric fathers and mothers, she has no taste.

"That's not good, is it?" Hu Daring disagreed.

"That's good! Check out tomorrow with the host! Anyway, this house has to be rented, and we don't have anything to eat, so how can we have money to rent a house? If you sue some of your brothers, then it's up to you to pay the rent! Xiao Ju Niang was angry, and her voice raised unconsciously. As soon as the voice was high, it seemed a little sharp, which startled Xiaoju and Zhuangzhuang.

"This ...... How can I afford to pay my rent? Now I can't find a job to do! Hu Daring was like a deflated ball, and he deflated all of a sudden.

"Dad, I approve of my mother's approach! If you still don't know how to protect us like before, then we'll follow my mother! Xiao Ju was also angry when she saw Hu Daring like this, and couldn't help but say her thoughts loudly.

"Go, little one, what do you know?" Now Hu Daring is angry, the machismo of men in the north is very strict, and if his wife is disobedient, he will be beaten to death, not to mention that he is the head of the family, not only was he swept away by his mother-in-law, but now even his daughter who is a few years old dares to question him.

"Good! You said that Xiaoju didn't know, so let me ask you, how do you plan to settle our mother? Aren't you the head of the family? There is not a penny at home, only a small half bag of grain and noodles, how are you going to keep our mothers from starving to death? Xiao Ju Niang was also angry, and asked a little aggressively.

"Good! If you don't say it, you don't say it! When I'm done eating, you help me get the bed quilt, and I'll go to the broken temple to rest later, it's all up to you, okay? You mother-in-law, you're getting better and better! Hu Daring was short of words, and at the same time knew that his mother-in-law was right, and this pair of children was also his lifeline, so he gave in. It's really not easy for a person like him to be a tenacious person.

When Xiao Juniang sent Hu Daring out of the door and returned to the hall, she saw a pair of children squinting and nodding their heads on the kang in the hall, and the sad heart was a little better. Thinking about what Xiao Ju said just now that she wanted to follow her mother, her heart was so sour. She swore in her heart that no matter what, she would keep the children.

When Xiaoju came to her senses, she found that she was already lying on the kang in her room. Naturally, she ran that strange qi again, and she felt that when she ran this qi along the line, this qi slowly merged into the three inches below the umbilicus and disappeared.

Originally, Xiao Ju practiced this, purely thinking about it, and when she saw that she couldn't figure it out, she didn't bother to do in-depth exploration, and when she could save it, she would find out other problems. But tonight's bold attitude made her extremely worried.

Unexpectedly, Hu Daring really fulfilled Xiao Ju Niang's request this time, neither telling Xiao Ju and her small courtyard to go out, nor taking away the bag of cornmeal that was getting smaller and smaller. Every day, as soon as I finished dinner, I went to the ruined temple. And Xiao Ju Niang went out early every morning, leaving Xiao Ju and Zhuang Zhuang at home.

Xiao Ju didn't dare to take Zhuang Zhuang out, from the face of her father and mother when she came back every evening, you can guess how bad the situation is, not to mention that she has searched the situation in Henan in recent years from the Internet as early as in modern times, which can only be described as natural disasters, man-made disasters, and military disasters.

The days passed like this, and finally one day when Hu Daring and Xiao Ju Niang came back, their faces were as black as the bottom of the pot, and there was a kind of despair in their eyes, yes, Xiao Ju was in the dim tung oil lamp, she could see it clearly. Now her eyesight is getting better and better, and she can see in the dark.

Xiaoju made corn paste tonight, and Hu Daring asked while drinking: "Xiaoju, how much cornmeal do you have at home?" ”

"Not much! You can eat it for about 10 days! After Xiao Ju replied, she looked at her mother with some concern. If she hadn't secretly taken out the grain in the space and filled it in, the family would have run out of food a long time ago.

"Xiao Juniang, wait for you to come out in half, I can take it to my father!" Hu Daring said to Xiao Ju Niang.

To Xiao Ju's surprise, Xiao Ju Niang didn't say anything this time, silently drank the paste in the bowl, and got up to go to the kitchen.

After Hu Daring went out with the rations that had been distributed from home for a few days, Xiao Ju quietly asked the mother who was sitting at the kang table and didn't know what she was thinking, "Mother, is there something wrong with your grandparents?" ”

"Alas, it looks like it's been a hard time! Your grandparents and uncles are planning to escape the famine! Xiao Ju Niang said with a bitter face.

"Escape?" When Xiao Ju heard the news, she was shocked! Although she expected that the pace of history would not change, when she heard it, she didn't realize that the scene in the movie "1942" in modern times popped up in her mind, and she didn't feel scared.

"Your father's uncle's house has long been out of cooking! There is no harvest of autumn grain! And the grain had to be paid, so in desperation, they sold the land cheaply! After receiving the food, I plan to go out to escape the famine! ”

Xiao Ju Niang said this, and people also looked a little irritable.

"Xiaoju, take two silver dollars out tomorrow, I'll take you to hide from your father, quietly go buy some food and come back, don't put it at home, you quietly turn them away!" Conjure it up when you want to eat it! Xiao Ju Niang sat for a while and finally made this decision. After Xiao Ju agreed, she also went back to her room full of worries.