The meals were all on the table, and Xia Qiyue did not forget to put out a small plate of pickled cabbage and pickles.

White polished rice with soft and glutinous braised pork, and a mouthful of stir-fried cabbage with moderate flavor and freshness, it feels like it is fragrant off people's tongues.

The two little guys shouted that it was delicious, and the chopsticks were not good at it, and the stumbling food made people cry and laugh.

Xia Xinghe still ate the most, and in the end, he mixed all the vegetable soup and braised broth into the rice and ate it all.

Xia Qiyue changed back into his clothes, washed off his makeup, locked the door and walked out of town.

This day has been tossed for so long, but it is satisfying for her, not only to earn silver, but also to eat two delicious full meals, and apples to eat after the meal.

"Big sister..."

But Xia Qiyue was carrying the two children on her back to taste the braised pork, and Xia Jiuyue pulled her sleeve and stopped.

"Huh? What's wrong? Xia Qiyue looked back in confusion, because she didn't find anything abnormal, and the front was quite normal.

Xia Jiujiu stretched out his finger and pointed to the two beggars leaning against the wall in front of him, and said with some emotional fluctuations in his eyes, "It's grandparents!" ”

When Xia Xinghe heard the second sister say this, he quickly turned his head to look over, and Xia Qiyue also followed his sister's hand.

She was a little afraid to recognize people, if it weren't for Xia Jiujiu's sharp eyes, she wouldn't have recognized the two people in front of her at all.

Thin and sloppy, his face has sunken thin, and his eye sockets are also deep, how long has it been, although the two people Xia Qiyue saw when he first fled the famine were also weak and thin, they were not so exaggerated.

"Eldest sister..."Xia Jiujiu saw that her sister was just watching, but she didn't react, so she shouted again.

She didn't know whether to tell her eldest sister or not, but when she accidentally recognized the beggar in front of her as her grandparents, she couldn't help it.

Xia Xinghe was only stunned for a moment, and when Xia Jiu Jiu spoke, he had already recovered his expression, and said coldly, "Let's go, big sister!" We can't take care of it! If you manage it, you'll be in trouble! ”

If the two beggars were not the original owner's own grandparents, if the grandparents tried their best to the original owner, but if the two old men showed a little kindness to the two siblings when the original owner's father and mother died, it would be impossible for her Xia Qiyue to watch the two old men suffer like this.

It was they who brought all the suffering to the big house, and even the death of the original owner had their part, if it weren't for the fact that they sold the original owner, the original owner would not have met a sister-in-law like Liu Mei, and was finally beaten to death.

"Let's go!" After listening to his brother's words, Xia Qiyue thought about the indelible grievances in the memory of the original owner, and walked forward without hesitation.

Xia Xinghe walked past his grandparents expressionlessly, without any nostalgia at all.

He hadn't been treated as an equal for as long as he could remember, and even as a boy, the good things in the family would never fall on his head.

I have to do the most tiring work with my parents, and when I come back, I have to listen to my grandmother scolding my mother and sisters, didn't my father die because of my grandparents' partiality?

If it weren't for the grandparents who stopped a few uncles and aunts from helping, how could my father and mother be beaten to death?

Xia Xinghe and Xia Qiyue crossed over without changing their faces, but Xia Jiujiu was red-eyed, although she hated it in her heart, but when she saw her grandparents who had become beggars like this, she still wanted to go up and help.

Xia Qiyue saw it in her eyes but didn't make a sound, she knew that her sister was timid, and she wouldn't dare to do anything without her talking.

Sure enough, after passing the two people, Xia Jiujiu didn't dare to recognize anyone, and the three sisters and brothers walked past the old man Xia with such a swagger, and the old lady Xia didn't recognize that it was their grandchildren and daughters.

Returning to the place where the Zhuangzi people in Shanbei settled, An Wang's family began to ask questions.

"If you don't come back, your aunt will have to be found, it's almost dark, where have you been, really come back late?"

Xia Qiyue explained, An Wang's face was a little better, and he asked worriedly, "Have you eaten?" In the morning, the daughter of the town guard did implement porridge! But you have to go there to get it, you're all missing it! ”

"We've eaten, auntie, don't worry about us! By the way, does the daughter of the town guard give porridge every day? I just saw that there are more and more people here! Xia Qiyue asked about his discovery.

If this situation continues, will the daughter of the guard not be able to give porridge?

When the time comes, you will have to flee the famine, should you go to Anyang Mansion or go to the capital?

"Yes, there are a lot of refugees here today, and there are not enough porridge sheds, and I have boiled a few pots again, and I don't know how many days I can last, alas... Don't spend any money you have in your hands, for you don't know what it looks like. If there's one or something, it's a life-saving thing to have money in your hand! ”

An Wang's family really took a few of them as juniors, so he spoke earnestly to educate, and Xia Qiyue also knew it, so he quickly nodded and thanked him.

"Aunt who knows, we ate it back in the town today, why don't we take the food back here first? It's not very safe on our side either..."

In fact, I want to say that it is troublesome to move around, these fifty catties of grain are over the clear road, everyone knows that it is not easy to put into the space in Xia and July, plus the more than 200 big cakes, it will be in the way.

"Alright, leave it here! Go back and rest! It's cold at night, don't let the two children catch a cold! ”

Before leaving, I didn't forget to tell them to sleep at night and be vigilant, although it is not far from their home, but you have to be careful not to sleep too deeply!

Xia Qiyi responded one by one, walked to his own shed, a simple shed built in less than half a day, in case of rain, he couldn't even shelter from the rain, but it was always a temporary place to stay.

I forgot to bring some futon back today, if only I could live in a rented house in the town, I am afraid that there will be too many people and I will cause trouble for myself.

They can't leave the community, so they can only try to protect themselves.

It was not dark yet, and after Xia Qiyue and the others returned to the shed, looking at the peanuts they carried back in the back basket, Xia Qiyue suddenly remembered what the lady who sold apples said when she sold tea eggs during the day.

What did she say, saying that the young lady of the Tang family, a big family in the town, liked to eat sweets, which made her ring the kind of peanut halva that her grandmother made for her as soon as the Chinese New Year arrived.

And it just so happens that she'll do it too.

"You guys help me peel peanuts, I'll use them tomorrow!" Xia Qiyue thought of it, it was not troublesome, there happened to be more than 140 catties of white sugar in the space, and it was impossible to eat it if it was not needed, so it was used to make halva and sell it.

As soon as the two little ones heard that their mothers were going to use it tomorrow, they hurriedly ran over, although Xia Jiujiu was preoccupied, but they still began to peel peanuts.

Xia Qiyue pondered about halva, and Xia Jiu took the other three to peel peanuts.

Five catties of peanuts said not too much, said a lot less, they peeled until dark, and they just finished peeling.

But the fingers hurt badly, but fortunately, the two little ones didn't peel a few before Xia Qiyue called them to eat apples.

The three sisters and brothers shook their sore hands, and Xia Qiyue just swaggered into the space in front of his younger brothers and sisters, and there was a noise outside.

(End of chapter)