There were more and more people who came to line up to change taro, and Ning Qingxi and Ning Changrong both came over to help greet the people in the village.

It took a while to send everyone away.

After changing the taro one by one, they left with a smile on their faces, and on the way they discussed why Wang Xiujuan and her family had so many taro, and everyone guessed that there was only one answer, that is, they found it when they had been running into the mountains for the past few days. But who called people have the ability, they dare not go in, until the end of the time can not survive, no one dares to venture into the mountains, there have been many people in the village in order to stutter to drill the deep mountains and old forests, and the people who can't get out in the end don't know how many.

But some people had hot eyes and thought in their hearts, they still had to go in a little more, and they didn't go deeper, so they teamed up with a few people and walked in a little further.

When the people who finished changing in the back walked back, they met Lai Pozi who was returning with a full load on the way.

Sharp-eyed people saw that her basket was full, and most of the people went to scrape saltpeter for taro today, and some people went up the mountain to pick, but after all, there were not as many people competing as usual, and Lai's family gained a lot.

Seeing her family like this, most of the people also reacted, and when they lined up, this Lai Pozi had already run to the mountain! Many people regretted slapping their thighs and chopping their feet on the floor.

However, it was getting late at this time, and it was not safe to go up the mountain, so if you accidentally fed the animals, you would have to wait until early tomorrow morning.

On the second day, everyone learned to be smart, after all, taro is more important, but there is no whole family to scrape saltpeter at home, send one or two people up the mountain, pick wild vegetables, others scrape saltpeter at home, and when the scrape is about the same, go to Wang Xiujuan's house to change, but only let the dolls at home line up to change, the big ones with the small ones.

The adults carry the basket on their backs, and those who have tools at home take the tools, and those who don't have tools go directly to the mountains empty-handed, changing taro and digging wild vegetables.

After changing for several days in a row, Ning Changrong and the taro they brought from the mountains became less and less.

In the morning, there is a golden rice ball hanging in the sky, exuding a warm atmosphere.

Ning Qingxi went down to the cellar to take a look at the stored grain, and then returned to the yard to deal with saltpeter together.

Ning Qingxi said while working: "Dad, there are more and more people in our village who come to exchange saltpeter, what if there is not enough taro at that time?" "You can't trade their food in exchange, can you? So do they drink the northwest wind?

Ning Changrong replied while filtering the saltpeter particles: "You think too much about this, the saltpeter is counted, even if you want to change the taro, they have nothing to change with you." Every household is just a little bit, and if you want to scrape, you have to wait for the wall to dilute the crystals, and it is not something that can be formed in a short time. ”

Ning Qingxi was right when she thought about it, the toilet in her house was about to be scraped clean, Li Dafeng and Fang Chunmei's two families scraped together, and there were fewer and fewer crystals that could be scraped off in the past few days, not to mention the other people in the village, those families plus children, the population was much more than theirs.

While Ning Changrong asked the villagers to help them collect saltpeter, he did not give up going up the mountain to find it, but so far he still found nothing.

Since the day when Ning Qingxi was worried, there were really fewer and fewer people in the village who came to exchange saltpeter, and even their family couldn't scrape any spars.

……

Since the officers and soldiers cleared the displaced people, except for a few scattered people who appeared outside the village at the beginning, they were encountered by the people who were digging wild vegetables, and the displaced people have not been seen since.

At night, Li Dafeng came back from retching outside, and Ning Laosan looked at her worriedly: "Daughter-in-law, what's wrong with you?" You okay? Why don't you take a look at your mother? ”

Li Dafeng held back the desire to vomit, looked disgusted, and sat on the kang listlessly, "Don't bother your mother, this big night, my mother must have slept." ”

Ning Laosan scratched his head, a little puzzled, "Is it that the food eaten at night is not clean?" Shouldn't we, don't we both eat the same? Why am I okay? Could it be that the mushroom is poisonous?! The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he was a little restless.

Li Dafeng said weakly: "That mushroom is what we usually eat most often, where will it be poisonous, if it is really poisonous, how can it only poison you and not you, you eat more than me." ”

"By the way, Changgui, let me tell you something."

Ning Laosan was right to think about it, and he could only think about looking for his mother tomorrow.

casually answered: "What's the matter?" ”

Li Dafeng's eyes flashed with a worried look, "The stone powder in our house is almost scraped, I want to go back to my mother's house tomorrow to see, I haven't been back for so long, and I don't know what the situation is like over there." Since the village was closed, she has never left the village, and the displaced people were driven away, and Li Dafeng was only picking wild vegetables on the mountain next to the village, and there was no place to inquire about her family. It's been so hard for them here, and they don't know what happened to her parents and brother at home.

Fortunately, their family still has their mother-in-law to help, and they have changed a lot of taro in the past few days, plus some stored grain they bought before, and there are more and more wild vegetables on the mountain, so they can slowly get through it.

The situation of her mother's family hangs in the balance.

Ning Laosan naturally didn't stop him, "Go back, if you're okay tomorrow, I'll go back with you." It's not safe for you to go back as a woman. I don't know what happened to my father-in-law and mother-in-law. When we went back, there weren't many of them, and a few taro were still delivered. ”

I think that he didn't eat less of his father-in-law's things at the beginning, and he coaxed his daughter-in-law to not know how much food he brought back to the house.

Listening to his words, Li Dafeng was a little moved, even if she didn't misunderstand this man.

"Vomit ......" was about to say something thankful, a feeling of nausea surged up, and he couldn't suppress it, Li Dafeng covered his mouth, hurriedly opened the door, and rushed out.

At this time, Ning Laosan couldn't sit still, put on his heels and went out.

Wang Xiujuan heard some sparse movement outside, and the sound seemed to be her third son and third daughter-in-law, who were so sleepy that her eyelids were raised for a long time and she didn't respond, and finally fell asleep again.

Ning Qingxi didn't know what he was muttering, and turned over, not looking like he was going to wake up.

Li Dafeng retched outside for a while, drank the white water brought by Ning Laosan, and after feeling comfortable in his stomach, the two went back to the house before finally falling asleep.

Early in the morning, Li Dafeng, who usually doesn't eat breakfast, got up and made breakfast for the first time, after all, they had to go back to their parents' house for so long after waiting for a while, if they didn't eat, they were afraid that their bodies would not be able to stand it, and the most important thing was that they couldn't go to her mother's house on an empty stomach.

The kitchen at home has actually been separated, and Li Dafeng and Fang Chunmei's families have each built a small stove room, the original one, and now Wang Xiujuan is using it.

(End of chapter)