"Mother, what's the matter, but what's wrong?" Fang Rui hurriedly asked.

"Taken! A woman has been taken away! Fang Xue said excitedly, his face a little pale.

After careful questioning, Fang Rui found out: It turned out that when Fang Xue's went to buy food, he witnessed a woman with a bit of a look, who was taken by the gang boss and directly arrested on the street.

"At that time, it happened not far from me...... Thanks to Brother Rui, you have made me ugly these days, otherwise, I'm afraid I ......"

Fang Xue's still remembers it and is still afraid.

"That's a ...... By the skin of one's teeth! Fang Rui's heart was also full of fear.

If Fang Xue's clan was really arrested, what would be the consequences...... He couldn't even imagine it!

For ordinary people like them, when they encounter that kind of thing, there is no way to ask for help. Even if he has a golden finger, before he grows up, he has no power to recover it for the time being.

In case it is too late and something unspeakable happens, then Fang Rui ...... I'm afraid that my mentality will explode and be blackened directly.

When the woman was taken away, she yelled and screamed, but no one around dared to care...... I'm afraid her innocence is ......," Fang Xue babbled, venting the fear in his heart, and there was no lack of sympathy in his tone.

"Mother,"

Fang Rui shook his head and said with relief: "I also sympathize with that woman, but we can't control this kind of thing...... I can only be glad that it didn't happen to our family......"

"Alas, the world is in chaos!" He sighed.

In my memory, before the drought, although there were bullying men and women in the county, it was definitely not so broad and blatant.

Now, even the county seat is like this, and you can imagine how order should be broken in the countryside under the county seat.

"Yes, the world is in chaos, and even the Taiping Sect thieves have come out, otherwise, your father would not have gone to conscription......" Fang Xue said with a sad expression.

"Mother, don't talk about this."

Fang Rui was worried that Fang Xue's family was overly frightened and worried, and what psychological problems had occurred, so he hurriedly changed the topic: "How about it, mother, I have a good skill in pretending to be ugly for you, right?" ”

Frankly speaking, if Fang Xue's gets rid of the acne and freckles that he has made, he is very good-looking, and he can score seven or eight points.

Coupled with that plump figure, it can be called a beauty.

At the beginning, Fang Rui crossed over and learned what kind of world this was, and he felt very insecure.

Therefore, this is why Fang Xue is ugly.

But.

Fang Rui was not reckless, and directly made Fang Xue's 'ugly' neighbors unrecognizable, but took his time.

When I don't usually go out, I will add two acne today and two freckles tomorrow, which will be subtle; When you have something to go out, you can add a few more 'mouth bubbles' at one time, and when others ask, it is 'on fire'.

Now, under Fang Rui's careful dressing, Fang Xue's appearance has been covered, and he has been accepted by the neighbors who have changed their impression little by little.

But even so, Fang Rui was still not at ease, in order to prevent some strange people with special hobbies - 'it's the same when the lamp is blown', every time he went out, he also asked Fang Xue to add rags to his body, making his body bloated.

"Yes, Brother Rui has a future."

Hearing this, Fang Xue's attention was really diverted, and a proud smile appeared on his face: "In the future, everything in the family will be up to you, and you will be the master of the house." ”

Obviously, this time, Fang Rui used his own caution to successfully avoid a disaster and won the convincing of Fang Xue's family.

Fang Xue was talking, looked back, and suddenly found that Fang Ling, this girl, was pouting her buttocks, lying on the table, and probing her brain with a basket.

"Dead girl!"

She grabbed Fang Ling's ear: "What are you looking for?" I didn't bring you snacks to eat today! ”

"Oh!"

Fang Ling pursed his lips and was aggrieved and was pushed aside.

"Alright, mother!"

Fang Rui made a round and rescued his sister from Fang Xue's clutches.

He knew: Fang Xue's look strict, but in fact, he was a knife-mouthed tofu heart, and when he went out to buy vegetables and sell grain, he would often bring back some snacks, such as caramel and chestnuts for the two brothers and sisters.

Not this time, and it's just because it's hard now.

And Fang Ling's 'turning the basket' performance didn't have any bad intentions, which made Fang Rui can't help but think of his sister going through his schoolbag when he came home from school in his previous life.

Looking at this scene, he had a faint warmth in his heart.

"The days are getting tighter and tighter."

Fang Xue sighed: "The money has risen!" Food has risen! This time, I didn't buy stick noodles, and I bought all the cheap sorghum noodles. ”

"If you don't know how expensive oil and salt are, your mother, now you can't wait to break a big dollar in half and spend it."

"That's right, Brother Rui,"

Fang Xue's solicited opinions: "Looking at the current situation, the price of grain should rise, or use all the money saved by the family to buy grain...... As the saying goes, if you have food in your hands, you don't panic in your heart! ”

"It's good to change it to grain, but you forgot: now, the government buys grain in limited quantities, and it has to be based on household registration."

Fang Rui frowned: "I'll think of a way!" ”

Actually, he has a solution: the black market!

However, out of caution, he didn't dare to go without strength now, and he was ready to wait until his strength was improved.

'Goldfinger has almost accumulated, soon, just in this day or two! Fang Rui thought secretly.

Gollum!

At this time, his stomach suddenly screamed.

"Brother Rui, are you hungry? I'm going to cook. ”

"Mother, I'll help light the fire. Ling'er, you choose the dish! ”

"Oh!"

Fang Ling nodded, and the two braids on the back of his head swayed one after another, and went obediently.

Not long after.

The three of them were busy in the small kitchen, and in the dim light, there was an indescribable warmth.

……

As night fell, the aroma of cooked grain came out amid the sound of unknown insects chirping in the evening.

A light like a bean.

Dinner was set on a small wooden table, with sorghum noodles and wild vegetable paste, and sorghum pastries.

Sorghum noodles and wild vegetables are mushy, one bowl per person, and Fang Rui's is the thickest; Sorghum flour cake, Fang Rui alone one, Fang Xue and Fang Ling each have half a pie.

This kind of dinner is already abundant in today's disaster year, and seventy or eighty percent of the people in the city can't compare, let alone outside the county.

"Mother, Ling'er, eat them all!"

Fang Rui moved his chopsticks first, and Fang Xue and Fang Ling began to eat.

- After Fang Baicao left, as the only male in the family, he automatically enjoyed the treatment of the head of the family, even if he told his mother and sister, he couldn't refuse.

Purr!

Fang Rui swallowed a large mouthful of sorghum noodles and wild vegetables.

In fact, this sorghum flour is not very finely ground, and even if it is made into rice paste, it is a little choking. But I have to say that habit is really a powerful force, and for most of the month, he has gone from not adapting to it to becoming a habit now.

Fang Xue and Fang Ling also ate in small bites and cherished them very much.

During the meal, Fang Rui talked about the Chu family: "...... In the afternoon, the father and son of the old Chu family also came to our 'Caozhi Hall' for treatment and gave ten catties of wheat bran. ”

The classification of staple foods, from high to low, is: white flour, stick flour, sorghum flour, and wheat bran.

In this world, the old man of the big family, the landlord and the old wealth, that is, white flour is the staple food, and occasionally eats meat; The best among the people is the staple food of stick noodles.

In the past, the staple food was: stick noodles and sorghum noodles were mixed, and sorghum noodles were the majority.

Now, the staple food has degenerated to be all sorghum flour.

However, at this level, it is considered to be middle and upper class among the neighbors, and most of the neighbors are the staple food of wheat bran.

As for outside the city?

I can't eat the most nutritious wheat bran, and I heard that I have already started to eat tree bark and grass roots.

"Alas!"

Fang Xue listened to the matter of the Chu family, and sighed: "Old Chu is good friends with your father, and he has a good relationship with us!" After eating, you can take a pound of sorghum noodles and take a look! ”

She didn't say that it was wrong for Fang Rui to collect ten catties of wheat bran from Lao Chu's family, she knew that Fang Rui had an idea and supported it, but she thought that it was still necessary to talk about neighborly feelings.

As for why Fang Rui was allowed to go?

Naturally, it was because: Fang Rui was the head of the family, and of course he had to let him go to sell favors.

"Good!" Fang Rui agreed.

He is reluctant to let his family take risks for the sake of compassion, but he is still not averse to the sophistication of his neighbors.

Moreover, a pound of sorghum flour is not much.

"Even if there are neighbors to help you, in the future, the old Chu family is afraid that it will be difficult."

What happened to the old Chu family reminded Fang Xue of the afternoon again, and he couldn't help but sigh: "In this world, a safe family is a blessing!" ”

"Yes, peace is bliss."

Fang Rui repeated, looking at his mother, and then at his sister who was snoring like a puppy, feeling a sense of solidity in his heart.

"Sister-in-law of the Fang family! Sister-in-law of the Fang family! ”

At this time, a voice suddenly sounded outside the door, a tactful and pleasant female voice.

"It's the third lady!" Fang Rui's heart moved, and he just wanted to get up.

"Hey, it's coming!"

Fang Xue had already gone to open the door.

Squeak.

The door opened, and a faint fragrance came to my face.

Fang Rui got up and looked.

I saw the person who came: about twenty-five or sixteen years old, with slightly scattered sideburns and a slender figure.

She can't be called a peerless beauty, if her appearance can only score eight points, then that mature temperament is enough to score ten points.

Convex and backward, like a saw gourd, and like a ripe peach, especially a body of snow-white skin, blowing can be broken, in the bleak night seems to be glowing, and with a pair of watery eyes that seem to be able to speak, swaying with an intoxicating style.

This person is the third lady.

"Sister-in-law of the Fang family, Brother Rui, Ling girl!"

The third lady smiled before speaking, and greeted the three of them, then shook her hand and explained her intention: "My family got some white noodles, made some wild vegetable stuffed dumplings, and sent some for you to taste, the quantity is a little small, that is, taste it, don't dislike it." ”

"What is this saying, how can you dislike it?"

Fang Xue grabbed the third lady: "Have you eaten?" If you haven't eaten it, why don't you eat some at my house? ”

She didn't shirk either.

In fact, in this era, it is normal to cook some good food at home and send some to the neighbors to taste.

"Don't eat it, I'm still waiting for me at home, let's go, I'll get the bowl after you have eaten later." The third lady said, put down the bowl containing the dumplings, and turned around gracefully.

"Hey, Sanniang, how can I let you pick it up, I'll let Brother Rui send it to you later!" Fang Xue shouted from behind.

Wait for the third lady to leave.

Fang Xue closed the door and came back happily: "This dumpling is a good thing, come, Brother Rui, Ling girl!" ”

There were not many dumplings in the bowl, only six, she gave Fang Rui five, Fang Ling one, and ...... herself No.

——In this era, there is a general preference for sons, in comparison, Fang Xue's family is already light, and in most families, all the dumplings can be given to the men in the family.

"Thank you, mother, ahhh~"

Fang Ling looked at the dumplings in the bowl, his eyes seemed to be shining, this was something that could only be eaten during the Chinese New Year in his memory, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and he was about to bite it down with a whin.

"Wait."

Fang Rui stopped Fang Ling, picked up a dumpling in the bowl, sniffed the dumpling skin, and poked a hole with chopsticks to smell the filling inside.

To be cautious, he actually didn't want to eat the food given by others, and he had to test small animals for poison again.

This time it's already a special case.

First, now, including the Fang family, there is nothing worth calculating for others;

Second, in this era, poison is difficult to deal with, generally only a few concentrations, even the most secret arsenic, in fact, has a very light taste, he can distinguish it with a keen sense of smell.

The reason for being so cautious is entirely that in this world, Fang Rui is extremely insecure and suspicious of all potential dangers around him.

"Alright, let's eat!"

Fang Rui carefully inspected it and found no problems, which made his sister move.

Beside.

When Fang Xue saw Fang Rui's movements, he wanted to say that he was suspicious, but when he thought of the events of the afternoon, he held back his stomach and didn't say it.

"Mother, sister, you eat too."

At this time, Fang Rui sandwiched one of the dumplings in his bowl for his sister and two for Fang Xue: "Don't refuse!" Mother, as you said, I am the head of the family, listen to me, eat! ”

"Hey!" Fang Xue heard this and agreed, the corners of his eyes were a little sparkling.

"Thank you, brother!"

Fang Ling, this girl, was heartless, she raised her head happily, and let the two braids on the back of her head curl one by one.

After she swallowed the dumpling before, she learned to chew and swallow slowly, eating little by little, little by little.

Under the dim lights.

The shadows of a family of three and three people shrank together, as if they were snuggling up to each other.

……

Unlike his mother and sister who cherished and ate in small bites, Fang Rui hastily ate dinner and walked to the back room: "You guys eat, I'll go in and rest for a while, and then I'll send sorghum noodles to Lao Chu's family and return bowls to Sanniangzi's family...... Remember, let me go, it's dark outside, and it's not safe for you to go. ”

Come to the back room.

Fang Rui lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and it was pitch black as far as he could see, only a point of light lit up in the upper left corner, and his consciousness was silent.

Suddenly, a curtain of light appeared.

[Name: Fang Rui]

[Robbery: 138]

[Exercises: Self-cultivation (beginner's practice) (+)]

[Realm: None]

[Skill: Fang's Medical Skill (Skilled)]

[Divine Power: Immortality (Gray)]

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