"Eldest sister, what's wrong with your family?"

The fish lotus suddenly froze, and opened her mouth for a while: "It's okay, nothing is wrong." ”

"Don't lie to me, is something wrong with Brother Yu?"

"No, no."

"What about Big Brother Yu?"

The fish lotus suddenly lowered her head and wiped the corners of her eyes.

"Ahem! It's all happened, and there's nothing I can't say. My old man, a few days ago, went up the mountain to hunt something to exchange money, and slipped his foot and fell. But don't worry, it's okay, it's been two days in the hospital, and it's time to pick it up the day after tomorrow. The hospital is too expensive and you can't live for too long. ”

Lin Tao only then understood why Yu Lotus said that she was here to deliver food.

Presumably, in the past few days since Brother Yu entered the hospital, he has spent all the money in his family.

Carefully looking at the corner of the room, there was a large vat of grain, empty and open.

There is not a grain of grain left! I'm afraid that Brother Yu is in the hospital, and he won't stay for two days!

With her understanding of Sister Yu, she must be reluctant to eat the fish in the fish pond.

That's why I picked up those yellowed vegetable leaves in the vegetable patch at the door.

As long as there is a stutter, hang and starve to death.

In a trance, the fish lotus opened its mouth again.

"Your heart, I keep the lotus in my heart. But I can't ask for your food! No matter how difficult our family is now, there are no men in the family, but my two sons and the fish in this pond! Can't be hungry! ”

"It's you, the man is gone, and there is a stupid son to support at home, a large family of daughters-in-law and grandchildren. Hurry up and haul the food home. ”

Well? It's true that the man is gone, but the stupid son is ......

"You sit, I'll go and get you a few fish, and you can bring them back." Sister Yu said, and got up and went out.

Lin Tao, who came back to his senses, hurriedly chased after him.

"Eldest sister, I really didn't mean to send you food, I dragged food to exchange fish with you." Lin Tao pulled the corners of her mouth in embarrassment.

"Also, my four sons are not stupid. It's just that except for the third child, they are all not positive. ”

"Huh?" The fish lotus clapped her hands together: "Look at my eyes, when you came back to the market, I saw you yelling at them like that, and I thought they were ......."

Yu Lotus didn't say anything, and nodded with her hand.

At that time, it was just when I saw a big man in his early twenties, who was treated as a mother like a child, so he took pity on the mother and son and was willing to help her.

Only then did I realize that I had looked away.

"Ahem! Look at me like this! Don't say that, you sit and rest, wait for me for a while. ”

"No, Sister Yu, I'm really here to exchange fish. And I'm here for someone else. ”

Some things are really more troublesome the more they are explained, so Lin Tao changed his life.

Sure enough, Sister Yu didn't fight to go out anymore.

"You're really here to exchange fish?"

"Not really! The patriarch of Gongjiazhai took some grain and dragged me to exchange some fish for him. ”

"Oh! Patriarch? ”

"I'll have to rush back in a while, you can see how much fish these grains can be exchanged for."

Lin Tao pulled the fish lotus to the ox cart.

"Isn't this your tartary buckwheat noodles? You—You're not going to be ......"

"No, no, no! The third child of my family is now the village chief of Gongjiazhai, and these tartary buckwheat noodles were taught to them by the third child of my family, and they found them in the mountains themselves. ”

"The third child, I'm the village chief! It's amazing! You're a blessed man. ”

Lin Tao smiled politely.

This kind of thing, in the eyes of others, is that there is a golden egg in the chicken nest, as if it is amazing.

Only she knows in her heart that this kind of thankless work is done by people.

Sister Yu looked at the grain and was so happy.

"Hundreds of liters! Thanks to you, you are thinking about me. I'll go fishing for you, and the sun is big, and you sit in the house and wait. ”

Lin Tao nodded, called Zhu over, and sat on the steps in front of the house to wait.

After only half an hour, Sister Yu picked a picket of fish to come over.

Fish that have just left the water are writhing and jumping in the basket.

But it's almost one-to-one......

"Eldest sister, no matter how cheap this fish is, it won't be as much grain as it is for how many fish! How expensive that fish is! ”

"What's the use of expensive fish? And no one buys it! If you take this picky fish back, how should you give it to the patriarch, you can do it yourself. A lot of fish, which is considered to be the eldest sister for your grandchildren. ”

It is impossible to say that the fish lotus flower was put on the ox cart with the fish with a basket.

These days, Sister Yu's two elders have taken care of her, which is really heart-wrenching.

Lin Tao did not refuse, but found two mattresses from the big burden on the ox cart and carried them directly to Sister Yu's house.

"Y-What are you doing?"

"Eldest sister, I have nothing to repay you for your affection for me. If you believe me, take all these things. In a day or two, it will snow heavily. ”

Putting down the mattress, Lin Tao took out five thick clothes from the burden and put them on the kang together.

"Eldest sister, the snow will be very heavy, and the vegetables that should be harvested in the field should be collected quickly. lest it freeze to death, and there will really be nothing to eat. Although the fish can be sold for money, it has to be able to move the two of you, this winter is very cold, you must prepare all the food at home! ”

Seeing the distraction of the fish lotus, Lin Tao didn't say anything more.

After a few simple instructions, he shouted to Zhu to carry the tartary buckwheat noodles into the house, quietly left a small basket of salt, got in the car and left.

Fortunately, I was in a hurry, and when I left Qingyuan Town, it was noon.

However, on the street, it is no longer as prosperous as before, and many shops have closed their doors.

Occasionally, people who dragged their families to flee the famine walked towards the south gate.

It seems that some villages near Qingyuan Town should be in a famine.

Lin Tao glanced at the sky and urged the Zhu family: "Hurry up, you must rush home before midnight." ”

That is, Zhu's car driving skills have been practiced, otherwise, on the dark road, no one will dare to drive the car into the air.

When she returned home, no one in the family slept except for Xiaowa, and they were all waiting for her in the yard.

"Quick, move everything in the car into the house."

The crowd was busy.

Waiting for the things on the car to be moved, the second old man gambled at the door of the stove shed.

"Peaches, what did you buy?" The old lady asked, pointing to a pile of small bamboo baskets.

"Salt."

"Salt? Where did you get the money to buy so much money? No, no, no, I mean, what are you buying so much salt for? ”

Before Lin Tao could answer, he heard a few stupid sons shouting like crazy.

"Fish wow!"

"Such a fish!"

"Lots of fish!"

"Eat fish and eat fish, will you be able to eat fish every day in the future?"

Lin Tao pulled out the straw sandals and went up, popping, Li Yi, Li Er, Li Si, with a big shoe print printed on his face.

"In the middle of the night, what are you shouting like crazy!"

The three of them stood still.

Lin Tao was so angry that he scolded and put the straw sandals back on his feet.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the biting chill made everyone shiver in unison.

"It's going to snow, so make fire to the pits of every house. Don't get frostbitten. ”

Everyone moved again.

Poor families, every house, will dig a pit in the ground, which can be used to illuminate in spring and autumn, and in winter, it will be lit to keep out the cold.

Lin Tao, on the other hand, was busy finding out the thick clothes and bedding.