With such complex words, Qiu Xiaobao was even more incomprehensible.

"Sugar gourd? I don't have to eat any food, and I still want to eat sugar gourds! Qiu Ling walked in at some point and said very unhappily.

Qiu Doudou glanced at Qiu Ling with slanted eyes, very unhappy in his heart, and was about to fight back with a bad word, when he heard Qiu Ling say: "You and Xiaobao are staying at home today, and I want to go out to find food."

"Huh? Isn't the eldest sister already out? ”

"There are many people and great strength, you see how thin the eldest sister has become, you are looking at you, fat like a pig!"

In fact, autumn beans are not fat, not only are they not fat, but they are also very thin, and there can be no fat people in a famine like this.

Qiubai walked aimlessly with a basket on his back, and the rugged and difficult mountain roads were full of loess and sand and stones.

It was noon, the sun was unusually hot, and she was flustered and short of breath and covered with sweat.

After walking for half a pillar of incense, the surrounding scenery was still the same, and she really couldn't hold on to sit on the ground, panting for breath.

A thin woman walked in front of her, looking like she was in her forties, and she was also carrying a basket on her back, pulling the corners of her mouth and saying to Qiubai: "Xiaoqiu, have you dug up wild vegetables?" Her eyes were full of inquiry, which made Qiubai very uncomfortable.

"No, what about my aunt?"

The woman didn't answer Qiubai's words, and said to herself: "No, you dug potatoes the day before yesterday, eh, where did you dig potatoes?" As he spoke, he walked to Qiu Bai's side, and glanced at Qiu Bai's back basket.

Qiu Bai was very disgusted by this woman's words and deeds, she stood up with a frown and a stinky face, ignored the woman's words, and turned around to leave.

This woman's name is Chen Yulan, and she is known as Aunt Chen.

"What are you doing with me!" Qiubai walked a while and found that Chen Yulan had been following him, and he was unhappy.

"This doll, this road is not your family." Chen Yulan said with a smile.

Qiubai was so angry that he took off his back basket and threw it on the ground.

Chen Yulan frowned, "What do you mean?" ”

Qiu Bai ignored her, and pulled off his coat again, revealing a shriveled and thin body, "Look at it, where did I hide potatoes?" ”

Chen Yulan was also shameless, so she really looked at it seriously, and then pretended to be angry and said: "This doll, so real, what kind of person do you think of your aunt, your mother and I have a good relationship, you baby is really ......" said and stomped away.

Qiu Bai saw her go away, pulled up her shirt and carried the back basket, and muttered, "Stinky and shameless!"

searched and searched all the way, digging and digging until it was dark, and she didn't even get a single grass.

dragged his tired and weak body back home irritably, the house was blinded by the black lights, and the crisp voice of Qiu Doudou came from inside, "Well, I heard the voice, is the eldest sister back!" Then the sound of "click" came, and the courtyard door was slammed open, "Big sister! ”

Qiubai smiled at Qiu Doudou and raised his legs into the yard, "I'm very hungry, aren't you?" ”

Qiu Doudou nodded vigorously when he heard this, "Yes, I'll wait for the eldest sister to come back for dinner." ”

Qiu Bai heard the words in his heart, and said a little apologetically: "Eldest sister is useless, I haven't found anything in a day......" As he spoke, he walked to the door of the kitchen, and a sweet aroma came.

The short Qiu Ling had a wooden mound under her feet, churning in the pot with a spatula in her hand, and said very excitedly when she saw Qiu Bai coming in: "Sister! I actually dug up a sweet potato today, the size of two fists! I only cut half of it and cooked it, and the other half we'll eat tomorrow. ”

Qiu Bai was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, and walked quickly to the stove and looked, "Xiaoling is really amazing!" ”

Qiu Ling listened to Qiu Bai praising herself, and she felt proud in her heart, "Sister, let's go out together to find food in the future, and leave Doudou to take care of Xiaobao." ”

Qiu Bai nodded while holding the bowl, "Hmm." ”

The small half-pot of sweet potato soup just served four bowls, and the four sisters and brothers drank all the sweet potato soup with the glimmer of light in the stove, and then casually freshened up and fell asleep.

The four sisters slept in the same room, Qiu Bai and Qiu Xiaobao had a bed, and Qiu Ling and Qiu Doudou had a bed.

In summer, there are many mosquitoes in hot weather, but there is a mosquito net on the bed, and mosquitoes can't fly in, but it's too hot, and after sleeping for a while, the body has been soaked with sweat.

Qiubai thought that he would be too hot to sleep, but he fell asleep after a while, and he slept very hard, and he didn't wake up until dawn.

As soon as he turned his head, Qiu Xiaobao was no longer there, and the other bed had already been tidied up.

Qiu Doudou's crisp voice faintly came from outside the door, and Qiu Bai felt a trace of warmth.

When he went out, Qiu Doudou was leading Qiu Xiaobao to play in the yard, and when he saw Qiu Bai coming out, he ran over, "Sister, there is still a bowl of sweet potato soup in the pot, I left it for you." ”

"Where's your second sister?" Qiu Feng asked.

Qiu Doudou pointed to the courtyard door, "Go out and look for food." ”

Qiubai nodded and went to the kitchen, opened the lid of the pot and a sweet fragrance overflowed, the sweet potato soup was still warm, she took two sips and drank it, scooped a scoop of water and washed the bowl.

"Doudou, I'm out, you take care of Xiaobao." Qiubai picked up the back basket in the corner of the courtyard and walked out of the courtyard.

Qiu Doudou nodded, "Hmm." ”

Where to find food, Qiubai didn't know at all, she could only look for it aimlessly.

Walking to a deserted field, the field has been dug to a pulp, Qiubai took out a small shovel from the back basket and dug indiscriminately, but did not dig anything.

She put away her shovel and looked around the foot of the mountain, and after looking for half an hour, she found a palm-high wild vegetable, as for the name of the dish, she didn't know at all.

Although the wild vegetables were small, she was happy to put them away.

In this way, she dug and searched until the sun sank in the west, and she also found eight wild vegetables, although they were only palm-high, but they could also make her excited for a while.

The bowl of sweet potato soup she drank when she went out in the morning had already been digested, and after a busy day, she now only felt hungry and weak.

She put away her things and headed home, and after only a few steps, Chen Yulan walked over.

Chen Yulan saw Qiubai with a smile on her face, so she asked with a smile, "Xiaoqiu, have you dug up potatoes?"

Qiubai stopped and grinned: "Well, what a big basket!" After saying that, lift your legs and leave.

Of course Chen Yulan wouldn't believe it, but when Qiubai passed by her, she couldn't help but glance into her back basket, and there was nothing in it except a small shovel.

After walking for less than half an hour, she arrived at Qiu's house, and it was still dark inside, she stretched out her hand and was about to push open the courtyard door, but the courtyard door suddenly opened.

"Big sister!" Qiu Doudou hugged Qiu Bai's arm and walked inside, "Second sister also just came back." ”

Qiubai took off his back basket and put it in the corner of the courtyard and asked, "Did you find anything to eat?"

"I've found some wild vegetables, and I'm getting ready to cook them."

Qiu Bai walked into the kitchen, and Qiu Ling was squatting by the stove to light a fire.

"I've also found some wild vegetables and I'll put them for breakfast tomorrow." Qiubai said as he reached out and dug into his shirt, took out a few wild vegetables and put them in a bamboo basket in a corner.

The taste of wild vegetable soup is far worse than that of sweet potato soup, but as long as you ensure that you do not starve to death during this famine year, it is all good.

The four siblings went to sleep after eating.