In this way, after two more days of digging, the two dug passages finally converged together.

When the kang digging was completed, the Liu family sisters and brothers showed joy on their faces.

Liu Yiyu couldn't wait to try whether it was useful to dig and burn the kang by himself, after lighting the firewood, he put a few pieces of thick firewood into it, and blocked the previously made air door.

After doing all this, Liu Yiyu's sister and brother glanced at each other, and their faces showed joy.

After entering the cave, Liu Yiyu was still a little uneasy, afraid that the digging kang would collapse, after Liu Yiyu entered the cave, he also stomped his feet hard, and after seeing that there was nothing abnormal under his feet, he immediately let go of most of his heart.

"Big sister, what's wrong with you, this kang is dug up." Liu Li saw that Liu Yiyu's sister and brother had washed up, and after entering the cave, Liu Li's face also showed joy.

Immediately, when Liu Li saw his eldest sister coming in, he stamped left and right, and then asked.

"Mother, it's okay, the eldest sister just wants to see if this dug knot is strong?" Liu Yiyu smiled and replied.

"It's done, this kang is always dug up, and I'm tired to death these days." After Liu Yimeng entered the cave, he lay on the stone pit and didn't want to move.

I have really tired everyone these days, and the sixth sister's originally round bun face has been digging into the kang under hard work in the past few days, and the meat on her face has fallen a lot, revealing her pointed chin.

"Old man, the children are tired these days, you go to the chicken coop to catch a chicken out, and kill another chicken to make up for the children." Liu Zhang's family also feels sorry for his own baby, and his own baby has not suffered less in order to get sick and dig this kang in the past few days.

"Cheng, mother, I know, I'll do it." Liu Li responded to the sound, and the people walked outside.

"Mother, I'll go with you, I'll help you."

"Eldest sister, you are tired these days, you rest, talk to your grandmother, and your mother will be alone."

"Mother, I'm not a daughter, I can't be tired of my daughter's work." Liu Yiyu said, then took Liu Li's hand and walked to the chicken coop outside.

In the past few days, in order to make up for my grandmother's body, and my own mother, I saw my sister and brother digging the kang and tired, but I killed three chickens before and after.

Today, there are seven hens in the coop and three roosters.

The seven hens were fed by the sixth sister, the seventh brother and the eighth sister, and Liu Yiyu told the six sisters and the three that after the chicken ate insects and laid eggs, the six sisters and the three would get insects or earthworms for the seven hens to eat every day, and now the seven hens can lay eggs every day.

After these seven hens were able to lay one egg a day, Liu Li was reluctant to kill them, so they had to slaughter another rooster.

Liu Yiyu's mother and daughter burned fire, boiled water, killed chickens, and plucked their feathers.

Liu Yiyu left the chicken feet, chicken head and chicken offal, and after washing it, stir-fry it with ginger, onion and garlic, and then put some coriander and chili pepper into it, which is also a good dish.

"Mother, we went to the town to buy ginseng and medicine in Derentang before, our family already owes Xun Lao San hanging money, and now our family has no money, and our family did not have enough money to buy food before, and we only bought food that can eat three meals for six months.

Now that four months have passed, my daughter estimates that this bit of food, and if she continues to eat like this, I am afraid that she will only be able to eat until the New Year, from tomorrow, our family will return to the same as before, eat two meals a day, as for grandma, three meals a day, can not be less, so boil it, our family can also survive until the beginning of spring and March next year.

Last year's drought, how many people could not harvest food, now I am afraid that many families do not have much surplus food, and even can't last to harvest grain in the spring of next year. ”。 Liu Yiyu plucked chicken feathers while saying casually.

However, after Liu Li heard the eldest sister's words, after pausing the hand of plucking chicken feathers, Liu Li said, "Well, my mother knows."

According to the past, I was afraid that Liu Li would cry, and Liu Yiyu planned to comfort Liu Li well, but I didn't expect Liu Li to come to this sentence "Well, my mother knows".

After Liu Yiyu and his wife finished speaking, it was time to prepare today's dinner.

Liu Yiyu first chopped the chicken into pieces, took a piece of ginger and smashed it, let it put some oil, stir-fry the ginger, put the chicken into the pot to fry, after the chicken was fried, Liu Yiyu put some water into it, stuffy the chicken, later, after it was almost stuffy, then put some salt and green onions into it to close the pot.

On the other pot, Liu Yiyu planned to fry chicken offal tonight, and also fried a spring bamboo shoot dried fried pork sausage, leek eggs, and the staple food is roasted sweet potatoes.

"Eldest sister, this kang has been dug up, and the cave is a little warm?" At this time, Liu Yihao ran out of the cave and ran into the kitchen with some excitement, and said happily to Liu Yiyu.

"Really". After Liu Yiyu heard this, he was also overjoyed, and he didn't care about the pot of stir-frying, and after asking his mother to stir-fry for himself, he took Liu Yihao's hand and ran to the cave.

After entering the cave, the temperature of the cave was indeed warmer than outside, Liu Yiyu touched the ground of the cave with the palm of his hand, and the slightest heat on the ground came, I am afraid that the time for burning the kang is too short, and the temperature has not yet been transmitted.

"I'll go and see what happened to the firewood in the kang." Liu Yiyu said and ran out.

When you come to the damper of the kang, open a damper, and see that the firewood inside is burning? There is no sign of extinguishing it.

Liu Yiyu added a few more pieces of firewood to it, heated the kang, and saw how long it would take to heat it up and warm up the temperature in the cave.

The kang is dug well, and it can be heated, today the Liu family set up a home-made wooden table in the cave, and had dinner, fortunately, the cave is big enough, otherwise, the Liu family will not be able to sit down for more than a dozen people.

Even so, the empty space in the middle of the cave was full, and even sat on the kang.

The only bad thing is that the cave is sealed and does not allow light to be seen, and the only place where you can see the light is the exit of the cave, now it is half a year of October, and it has long been snowing in the north, and at this moment the outside is covered in silver, if the Liu family opens the curtain made of quilts at the door of the cave, the cold wind and snow outside will blow in.

The old people and children of the Liu family couldn't stand it, so they had to seal the curtain of the quilt tightly, and when they finished eating, the Liu family had to light the oil lamp.

Rao lit an oil lamp, but the light in the cave was still dim.

"From tomorrow, our family will return to the past, the days of eating two meals a day, our family has no money now, there is not much surplus food, and we still owe money to find the third child, everyone endures it, and it will be over, and the eldest sister plans to start picking it early when the honeysuckle buds emerge tomorrow, and the eldest sister plans to build a house for our family next year, let's get through this year first." Before eating, Liu Yiyu glanced around at everyone in the Liu family and said.