"Sister-in-law, what kind of treasure did you get in the city to let this big guy follow you so far?"
They were almost 500 meters away from the city gate, and Li Youmei couldn't help shouting.
As soon as she spoke, Ye Chuqiu turned around and glared at her. She immediately shut up, but it was too late to shut up now. There were villagers who had been staring at them for a long time, and they followed after hearing the sound.
"Sister-in-law Lin, I heard that you used to work as a maid in the city, and your brother opened a shop in the city. If you have anything to eat, you can rely on us."
"Yes, saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. They all belong to the villagers. You can give us some, and we will accept your favor."
"Oh, you don't know about my brothers? I can get food from them?"
Ye Chuqiu sneered, seeing everyone looking at the basket in her hand, she just put the basket away and uncovered the lotus leaves on it, "Here, I begged grandpa and grandma in the city, and I got this bucket of wheat."
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"A dou of wheat, a dou of wheat is not bad. We don't want more, just share one liter among our families. We don't want yours in vain, we can pay for it."
"Yes, we hid a little money before. Wheat was sold for twenty cents a bushel before. Can we give you three cents and buy you a liter?"
Seeing Ye Chuqiu's silence, someone said impatiently, "I'll buy you a liter for five cents. Now you will definitely make a profit."
"To tell you the truth, a bushel of wheat in the city now sells for two hundred cents, and it's still a small bushel."
When Ye Chuqiu spoke like this, everyone's faces became ugly. Then, Ye Chuqiu said again: "But we are all from the countryside. Naturally, I can't ask you for so much money, so don't talk about money, everyone."
Bring a bowl and let the whole family scoop out half of the bowl, so as to cushion their stomachs.
By the way, we only have this little food, so don’t make any noise about it.”
"Save it, save it."
After receiving Ye Chuqiu's confirmation, the villagers secretly went back to get the containers. Li Youmei on the side looked ugly and said, "Sister-in-law, you are too generous!"
"Then what do you want me to do?"
Ye Chuqiu looked at her, "I asked you to keep quiet. Let's go further. If you insist on shouting, the villagers are coming. If you don't give, are you afraid that they will knock on us in the middle of the night?"
"We have so many brothers, how dare they!"
"On the surface they don't dare, but secretly do you think they dare?"
Ye Chuqiu sneered, "No matter how big our family is, can it be more than the people in a village? What's more, your daughter-in-law is still pregnant, and my daughter-in-law still has Qiao'er. With so many children in our three families, we really have grudges with the villagers.
If they hurt the child, it's too late even if you cry to death!"
When Ye Chuqiu said this, Li Youmei had nothing to say for a moment, but she felt very unhappy in her heart. Although the food belonged to Ye Chuqiu, if Ye Chuqiu did not share it with the villagers, the two families would definitely be able to share more.
But now, alas...
She really regretted it.
Seeing the villagers coming with bowls, half a bowl of this one, half a bowl of that one, and that basket of food just disappeared, her heart felt like she was being harassed, it hurt!
Finally, there was a little wheat left in the basket, and Ye Chuqiu divided it into three portions. The three families shared it together, and Li Youmei only got a small portion of the bowl.
After dividing the wheat, everyone went to collect firewood to cook porridge. Only then did everyone realize a big problem, they were out of water!
Even though we were fleeing from famine before, we still had water to drink, and everyone still had buckets, basins, etc. However, after encountering the rebels, there was a chaos of war. Not only their things were stolen, but there was also no water.
"Mom, I'm going to find water. Please be careful here."
Lin Dahu spoke to Ye Chuqiu and went to fetch water with his two uncles. The second tiger and the third tiger went out to collect firewood, while Ye Chuqiu spread out the broken mat with Hehua.
"Four tigers, five phoenixes, and lotus flowers, come here."
After spreading the ragged mat, Ye Chuqiu called them over and sat under the cart together. Then he took out a meat bun from his sleeve and said, "Here, half for each person, don't let anyone see it."
"Mom, where did you come from?"
Seeing the meat buns, the two children's eyes lit up, and Hehua asked one more question.
"Just eat if I give it to you, don't ask any questions."
Ye Chuqiu didn't explain. He just broke open the meat bun and handed it to the two children. Then he took another one out of his sleeve, broke it in half, ate half of it himself, and handed the other half to Hehua.
Hehua took the meat bun, but she was reluctant to eat it and wanted to stuff it into her sleeves. When Ye Chuqiu saw it, she asked, "What are you doing? You haven't eaten it yet. If people see it, it will be another trouble."
"I'll keep it until my husband comes back to eat together," Hehua said.
"I'll keep all theirs. You can eat it yourself. You still have to feed Qiao'er."
Ye Chuqiu said and patted her pockets. In fact, there was nothing in her pockets. All her food was in space. She also took out the two meat buns just now from space.
"Mom, I..." Hehua was still a little reluctant to part with her.
Ye Chuqiu frowned and said in a low voice, "Eat it as quickly as possible. If you keep talking any more, mother will be angry!"
"Mom, don't be angry, I'll just eat it."
Hehua ate the meat buns in small bites, but her heart was sour. Although her mother was cruel to her again this time, she was happy in her heart. She felt that Ye Chuqiu cared about her.
"When you're done eating, give this steamed bun to your second and third aunts."
Ye Chuqiu took out two more white-faced steamed buns from his sleeves and handed them to Sihu and Wufeng, asking them to send them over.
The two children took the steamed buns, stuffed them into their sleeves, and ran away obediently. After a while, Sihu ran back and complained to Ye Chuqiu, "Mom, I just gave the steamed buns to the second aunt, and the second aunt didn't think there were enough.
Woolen cloth."
"Let her go. I'm too lazy to talk to her. If it weren't for your second uncle's face, I wouldn't even give her shit!" Ye Chuqiu cursed and lay on the shabby mat to look at the moon.
She still has food, half a meat bun, how can she eat enough, but the problem is, if the big family behind her really eats freely, the dozens of buns she bought will probably be enough in one meal.
No more food to eat.
Therefore, she must control herself well and eat less so that everyone does not starve to death.
"Mom, we are back."
After a while, two tigers and three tigers came back from collecting firewood. Ye Chuqiu asked them to collect stones to make a stove. After they were done, he waved them over and secretly gave each of them half a meat bun.
These two boys were really hungry. They stuffed half of the meat buns into their stomachs in one bite. Ye Chuqiu didn't even have time to tell them not to let anyone see them.
"Mom, are there any more?"
After eating, the two of them looked at Ye Chuqiu eagerly, and Sihu and Wufeng also came over. They felt that my mother's sleeve was like a treasure bag, and she could always pull out a lot of buns from it.
"I won't give it to you anymore. There's another one I'm keeping for your eldest brother."
After Ye Chuqiu finished speaking, Dahu came back with a wooden bucket. The water in the bucket was turbid. Lin Dahu put the water in front of Ye Chuqiu and said: "Mom, the river water is almost dry. Now there is only this