If one day the only thing left to survive is space, there is no doubt that Mr. Yun will definitely expose the secret of space to Mrs. Yun.

In this way, Yunlao'er's family must know the existence of space, and the character of that family can be said to not be grateful to Mei Niang for bringing them hope of life.

Instead, they will try every means to take away the space. Even if they cannot take it away, Mei Niang will not be able to live comfortably.

If, because she cannot use space to protect Yun Laosan and the He family, they have a difficult life or even lose their lives, Yunmei Niang will be sad, but she will not regret it.

She doesn't have the ability to be perfect, she can only do her best to prevent them from starving and suffering like others.

After returning home, Mrs. He asked Yun Laosan to move all the corn sticks from the corn barn outside the house to the cellar in the backyard. Anything that could not be loaded in the cellar was piled in the house.

The yard is covered with fences and fences, so if bad guys do come, they won't be able to do anything.

I just listened to Mei Niang and asked a blacksmith to make thick iron guardrails on the doors and windows, which greatly improved the safety.

The blacksmith, who usually only makes some farm tools in his spare time, is very good at craftsmanship. It only took two days to complete and install the guardrail according to Meiniang's requirements.

It doesn't look very beautiful, it's just some iron rods as thick as rolling pins fixed to the doors and windows with iron frames.

In this way, even if rioters enter the village, as long as the doors and windows are locked inside, the doors will not be opened for a while.

The other farmers who learned about the situation in the town saw the doors and windows of Mei's family and took action, imitating Mei's family and reinforcing their own doors and windows.

All of a sudden, the blacksmiths in the village became very busy. They didn't even have a day off during the Chinese New Year. They were busy until they could take a breather during the spring plowing.

Although the outside world has reached the point where they don’t have enough to eat, the people in the village are living a pretty good life.

How I usually spend the Chinese New Year is not much different this year.

At the beginning of the year, several households in the village that raised pigs killed their pigs.

In previous years, pigs were slaughtered on a scheduled date, and the whole village would come over to have a meal with whomever was killing the pigs. Add a little meat or water, and the stew would be full of vegetables. The stew would be steaming hot, and the whole village would eat happily.

Even those who have not butchered pigs will buy a few kilograms of meat to eat during the Chinese New Year.

But this year, no one entertained guests. Those who raised pigs also quietly killed the pigs. All the meat was made into bacon, and all the waste was collected and eaten first.

Anyone who wants to buy pork must exchange grain for it. Two pounds of corn or soybeans can be exchanged for one pound of pork. This is the market in town.

Mrs. Mei's family bought twenty kilograms of pork from Uncle Cheng's house, half fat and half lean. The lean meat was cooked in lard, and the fat meat was delicious when cooked in lard.

At this time, the price of fat meat was higher than that of lean meat. The third uncle Cheng's family had a good relationship with Mei Niang's family and they exchanged it. If another family, the third uncle Cheng's family, would not exchange it. A whole pig could be made into dried bacon and could be eaten for a long time.

Nowadays, people don’t have enough to eat, and there will be fewer people raising pigs next year. After all the meat is eaten, I don’t know if I can still eat the meat.

Aunt Cheng gave a few more stick bones. These were not valuable at that time, but they were rare and good things for Mei Niang.

After returning home, Mei Niang offered to take the stick bones for cooking.

Put the broken stick bones into a large pot, boil a large pot of soup, put it into a washed jar, add some when stewing, and the meat-less dishes will become delicious.
Chapter completed!