Chapter IV

In the middle of the night, Xiaoxiao's hungry heart was close to her back, and she couldn't sleep after tossing and turning.

"Xiaoxiao, what's wrong with you, is there something uncomfortable?"

"No, mother."

As soon as Xiaoxiao's words landed, her stomach made a "cooing" sound, which was heard very clearly in this silent night.

"Are you hungry?"

After a short silence, it was Aunt Wang who took the lead in breaking the embarrassment.

"A little bit."

Xiaoxiao secretly scolded why her stomach was so uncompromising, and said very embarrassedly.

"I'll go find you something to eat."

Aunt Wang got up after speaking, and planned to go out to find some food, but she was negligent, this girl has been sick a few days ago and hasn't eaten much, but now that she is in good health, she will definitely be very hungry.

The only remaining grain at home has been sold in order to get medicine for Xiaoxiao, and even tonight's wild vegetables were found by her after looking for a long time in the forest the day before yesterday.

"Mother, it's so late, where else can I find food? Let's go to sleep, we'll have a lot to do tomorrow." ”

"It's not a taste for you to be so hungry."

"It's okay, mother, I won't feel hungry when I fall asleep later. It's so late now, and it's still dangerous for us to go out. ”

Xiaoxiao said as she asked Aunt Wang to lie down, and then reached out and hugged Aunt Wang,

"Now we'll have a good night's sleep, and we'll talk about what we're going to do when it's dawn."

Aunt Wang looked at Xiaoxiao, who suddenly gave her so close, she felt a little strange in her heart, she didn't know why, she always felt that Xiaoxiao woke up this time, it seemed to be different from before, as for what was different, it seemed that she couldn't say.

Obviously she is still the person in front of her, and she is still so sensible and capable, but she always feels that something is wrong.

After thinking about it for a while, Aunt Wang, who couldn't think of a reason, finally decided not to think about it, and reached out to pat Xiaoxiao's back,

"Child, it's really hard for you."

Xiaoxiao thought that she wouldn't feel hungry when she fell asleep, but she underestimated the power of being hungry, and finally fell asleep in a daze, only to be woken up by hunger again.

After repeating this several times, Xiaoxiao was really uncomfortable, so she got up and went outside to pick up a few handfuls of snow and stuffed them into her mouth.

After a few mouthfuls of snow, Xiaoxiao was completely sleepless, looking at the white expanse of the ground, Xiaoxiao was a little melancholy.

She was also born in the countryside, and she also lived a life of not having enough food and clothing, and then she was a little unwilling to live in a mountain village, so she ran out and broke out with her perseverance and strength.

She has laid down her own business, and before she has time to enjoy it, something is wrong with her body.

So much so that all the money she earned in the early stage was spent on chemotherapy, but in the end, she still did not save her life.

At the last moment of her life, she thought that if there was a chance to start over, then even if she worked hard, she would put her body first.

The body is the capital of the revolution, and the words summed up by the predecessors always make sense, but unfortunately, she understood it too late.

Now, since God has let her live a new life, she must take good care of her body while living a good life.

Aunt Wang had already woken up when Xiaoxiao got up, and now she saw Xiaoxiao hungry grabbing the snow on the ground to eat, and tears flowed again in her cloudy eyes.

Xiaoxiao stood there and woke up for a while before turning around and walking towards the shed.

On this day, it was too cold, and she couldn't get sick again.

The moment Aunt Wang saw Xiaoxiao turn around, she immediately lay down, she couldn't let Xiaoxiao find out that she had woken up, this girl didn't want to say it, so she just didn't know.

Xiaoxiao warmed up by the fire for a while, and then lay down beside Aunt Wang, without sleep.

According to the memory of the original owner, it was only October, but it had already snowed so heavily, which had never been done before, and this year was really weirdly cold.

I hope tomorrow will be fine, otherwise with their state of not being able to open the pot, how can it be good?!

Now that there is no grain of rice at home, and it is this kind of ghost weather, it is difficult to find something to eat.

Thinking of this, Xiaoxiao sighed faintly, it turned out that life could be so difficult.

The sky was slightly bright, Aunt Wang got up, Xiaoxiao didn't fall asleep in the first place, and she also got up when she saw this.

"Xiaoxiao, why don't you sleep more?"

"I've slept well, it's better to lie here and move more, it's good for my body."

Aunt Wang took advantage of the fire that had not yet burned out, added some dry firewood, and boiled a pot of hot water.

Xiaoxiao looked at the white snow in the pot that had turned into water, and frowned.

Yesterday, I thought about putting out the fire quickly, so I used up all the water in the water tank, and by the time I remembered to use it, I had already bottomed out.

The water they usually eat is the water that the original owner and his mother-in-law carried by the stream, and they always spend half a day filling a whole tank, so that they can eat for many days.

Some time ago, the original owner was sick, and her mother-in-law was busy taking care of her, and she didn't add water, but now she can only use this snow.

Fortunately, the snow is falling thick and boiling, so it shouldn't be much of a problem.

After boiling the hot water, the two of them washed their faces, drank some more, and then went to the forest together.

Originally, Aunt Wang didn't want Xiaoxiao to follow, after all, she had just recovered from a serious illness, and although it didn't snow, the weather was still cold. However, Xiaoxiao had to follow, but she couldn't be stubborn, so she had to follow her wishes.

Aunt Wang walked in front with a shovel, shoveling every step, just enough to accommodate two people's feet.

Xiaoxiao looked at her mother-in-law who was shoveling snow on her waist, and a trace of warmth flowed through her heart.

"Mother, you rest for a while, I'll come."

"It's okay, my mother is not tired, but you, your body is just right, but you can't be tired."

"I know this body, I just have to work hard so that I don't get sick so easily."

After Xiaoxiao finished speaking, she took back the shovel from her mother-in-law,

"Mother, it's just us now, so we both have to pay attention to our bodies, only when we are in good health, can we have everything we want."

Aunt Wang looked at Xiaoxiao who had turned around to shovel snow in a daze, and had mixed feelings in her heart, yes, now there are only the two of them left in the family, the two of them are hard-working people, and they have no power to bind the chickens.

After walking for about half an hour, Xiaoxiao finally saw the forest, the branches were covered with snow, and some small branches had been bent by the snow.

Aunt Wang walked in front, still taking a step to shovel the snow,

"We've run out of wild vegetables out there, and we'll have to go inside."

After walking in the forest for a long time, Aunt Wang stopped, picked up the small shovel in the basket, squatted down and began to clear the snow around.

Seeing this, Xiaoxiao also hurriedly squatted down to help.

The snow was cleared more and more, but there was still no trace of wild vegetables, and at this time, Xiaoxiao, who was hungry and tired, had gradually lost her patience and really wanted to leave.