Old Man Xu thought about it and felt that what Bai Jiujiu said was quite reasonable, with the personalities of his eldest brother and second brother, he would definitely come to his house as soon as there was no food at home.

It's just that their family didn't expect that the two brothers, Xu Weishan and Xu Weichuan, would rather starve than borrow food for the sake of face.

After eating, Bai Jiujiu planned to boil hot water for himself and take a good bath, but when he passed by the kitchen, he found that there was movement inside, and he was afraid that a thief would come in and steal food, so he wanted to go in and have a look.

Now there are many hungry people in the village, and some people have the idea of stealing chickens and dogs.

Who would have thought that when she quietly walked to the kitchen, it turned out to be Wang in the kitchen, Bai Jiujiu thought that she hadn't eaten enough at night and came to eat supper, and stood at the door a little embarrassed.

"Jiujiu? What are you doing without sleeping, running to the kitchen? Are you hungry? Wang was also very surprised to see her appear at the kitchen door.

Bai Jiujiu embarrassedly stroked the broken hair in her ears, "I heard movement in the kitchen, and I thought it was a thief, so I came over to take a look." ”

"That's the case, don't worry, I locked up all the food at home, even if he got into the thief, he couldn't steal it."

Bai Jiujiu saw a big lock on the grain cabinet, and a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes, "Mother, are you afraid that your father will secretly give the grain to the eldest uncle and the second uncle?" ”

The daughter-in-law has always been a smart and clever person, so it is not surprising that Wang sees her intentions.

"Your father is good at everything, but he is too good-looking, his two elder brothers didn't treat him as a younger brother, for fear that he would be confused for a while, and because of his face, he really gave the food to the two white-eyed wolves, so I thought about locking up the food."

Wang sighed faintly, his eyes full of worry, "Besides, our family doesn't have much food, and I don't know when this god will be able to rain?" ”

Bai Jiujiu was also a little worried when he heard that there was not much food in the house, "Do you want to buy some more?" ”

"Forget it, I think the food at home can also support until the end of this month, it's been dry for so long and it should rain."

The Wang family is still distressed about money, although she has earned a little money by praying for a handkerchief, but the handkerchief is not a long-term business, not to mention that Xu Huaiqing's legs have always been maintained by expensive medicinal materials, so she is even more reluctant to spend money.

Bai Jiujiu didn't agree with Wang's idea, although the grain is expensive now, there is still a place to buy it, and after a while, if it doesn't rain from God, I'm afraid even the grain store will be empty.

However, she didn't immediately refute Wang's thoughts, thinking that after she went back later, she would discuss it with Xu Huaiqing, and let him persuade her better than herself.

Xu Weishan carried a small load of sweet potatoes, and felt a little guilty after going back, "I only changed so many sweet potatoes, I'm really sorry." ”

"This is already very good, I'll cook you sweet potato porridge for tonight."

The Jiang family also had some understanding of the current grain prices, so when he saw that Xu Weishan could come back in exchange for a bag of sweet potatoes, he was not dissatisfied.

As soon as he thought of having sweet potato porridge to drink tonight, Xu Weishankou couldn't stop bubbling out. After thinking about it, he was too useless, the third child and his family were still eating meat, but they could only drink sweet potato porridge here, and their expression suddenly dimmed, and there was a trace of anger in their eyes.

"Why are you so unhappy to hear that you want to drink sweet potato porridge?" Jiang also thought that he didn't want to drink sweet potato porridge, "Or just cook sweet potatoes." ”

"No, let's cook sweet potato porridge." At least that way these sweet potatoes can be eaten for a little longer.

Jiang had just taken the sweet potatoes and was about to go to the kitchen to cook porridge when he heard a knock outside the door.

"Who!"

"It's me."

When Jiang heard that it was Xu Weichuan's voice, he immediately chuckled in his heart, why did he come at this time, was it a coincidence or deliberately?

"Stop me." Jiang saw that Xu Weishan was going to open the door, and quickly stopped him, "You just came back from buying sweet potatoes on your front foot, and your younger brother came to our house with your back foot, you must be here to fight the autumn breeze, you must not open the door." ”

"Probably not, he hasn't eaten in a few days, why don't you let him come in and eat something." Xu Weishan is still not so ruthless towards Xu Weichuan's younger brother.

Hearing this, Jiang twisted his back vigorously, "Look at it, that's all the sweet potatoes you bought." Besides, these sweet potatoes were bought with my dowry, and I don't want to give them to Xu Weichuan. ”

"Well, I'll listen to you." Xu Weishan looked at the poor sweet potato in his wife's hand, and he still couldn't bear to give it to Xu Weichuan.

"Big brother, hurry up and open the door for me." Xu Weichuan continued to shout at the door of his house.

Xu Weishan walked around the room uneasily, "You said that I didn't open the door, it's not a matter for him to keep screaming like this outside, and the villagers will be woken up later, or I'll go out and send him away." ”

"You can't go out, we're just going to spend it like this, to see who's better than whom." Jiang Shi grabbed Xu Weishan's sleeve tightly, saying that he would not let him go out, and the two of them sat in the room, waiting for Xu Weichuan outside to leave.

But when Xu Weichuan came out to walk around this afternoon, he saw Xu Weishan holding a big bag of things, although he didn't see what was inside, but he guessed that it should be food.

Xu Weichuan has been hungry for several days, and now that he can finally find something to eat, how can he be willing to leave. And he also knew that his eldest brother and sister-in-law were inside, but he didn't want to open the door.

The three of them stayed up all night inside and outside the house, Xu Weichuan slept against the door post, Xu Weishan and Jiang were even more uncomfortable than the people outside the door, and they didn't sleep well all night, on the one hand, they were worried that Xu Weichuan would break into the door, and on the other hand, they had been hungry for so long, and the taste of guarding the food but not eating it was too uncomfortable.

The next day, as soon as it was dawn, Jiang opened his eyes. glanced at the sky outside, and felt that Xu Weichuan should have been unable to bear to leave, so he patted Xu Weishan, who was sleeping soundly.

"Hey, wake up, go out and see if your second brother is gone?"

Xu Weishan, who was woken up, was sleepy-eyed, stood up in a daze and walked out, and at a glance, he saw Xu Weichuan sleeping soundly against his own pillar.

Why hasn't this man left yet?

Xu Weishan couldn't help but snort, and his sleepiness was suddenly swept away. As if he was electrocuted, he wanted to close the door, but Xu Weichuan never fell asleep. Hearing the sound of him opening the door, he had already woken up, walked up to him in three steps and two steps, and stopped him from closing the door.