Bind the system and take your younger siblings to survive in the disaster years

Li Qingxiu was not happy after earning five taels of silver. She walked to the town intersection with worries, and saw Li Dazhuang and his eldest son Li Yuqi waiting for her on the bullock cart.

Seeing Li Qingxiu carrying two large empty altars, Li Yuqi quickly got out of the car and helped carry the bamboo basket onto the bullock cart.

"Girl, what's wrong with you?" Li Dazhuang could tell at a glance that Li Qingxiu was worried.

Li Qingxiu said that the wells in the town were out of water. Li Dazhuang and Li Yuqi looked ugly upon hearing this.

Li Yuqi said: "No wonder my master let him go so easily. Today he still said he would go to the south to join relatives, but it turns out there is no water."

"I'm still wondering why I didn't see anyone queuing up to fetch water today. Well, let's go back first." After Li Dazhuang finished speaking, he drove up the bullock cart.

The bullock cart moved slowly. The three of them had their own thoughts and were silent along the way.

Along the way, they also saw several carriages or hundreds of people, old and young, leaving with their heads down. They should be from a village.

Li Qingxiu, who had been mentally prepared, didn't feel anything, but Li Dazhuang and Li Yuqi felt very uncomfortable.

They felt uncomfortable when they thought about really having to leave this village. After all, this was their homeland, the place where they were born and raised throughout their lives.

But what can you do if you really can’t survive anymore? Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about the future of your children.

As soon as the ox cart passed by the river downstream, we saw many people digging mud in the river to catch fish. The three of them all looked at each other in confusion. Li Yuqi was confused because he didn't know that fish could be caught in the mud.

What Li Dazhuang and Li Qingxiu were wondering was, how could this matter spread so quickly?

What they didn't know was that because Li Dazhuang and Li Erzhuang went to town to sell fish once, someone in Xinghua Village recognized them. In addition, this time the whole village was digging mud and catching fish with such great fanfare.

It soon attracted the attention of Xinghua Village downstream of the river. The two villages originally had intermarriages with each other, so they came to inquire today. As a result, they found out about such a good thing, so the next door village also started a village-wide fishing activity.

When they returned to the village, they found out that every household was killing fish and stewing fish, because the entrance to every household's courtyard was bustling with activity, and the smell of fish wafted over the whole village.

Li Dazhuang drove an ox cart to the door of Li Qingxiu's house. Li Yuqi put the small iron pot in Lin Qingxiu's bamboo basket and helped carry the bamboo basket to the kitchen.

After seeing off Li Dazhuang and his son, Li Qingxiu entered the house and saw Li Qingfeng feeding the baby.

Qingfeng Li knew that it was his sister who was back, but she did not leave the house because she was feeding the baby. Seeing Li Qingxiu coming in, she smiled and said, "Sister, I'm back."

"Hmm. Are you hungry? How about eating wild vegetable dumplings for lunch?" Li Qingxiu asked while touching the baby's little head.

"Aren't dumplings only eaten during the Chinese New Year?" Li Qingfeng asked with a puzzled look on his face. He remembered that dumplings would only be made at home during the Chinese New Year.

"You can eat it whenever you want."

"Oh, that's good. I haven't eaten lard dumplings yet."

If Li Qingxiu hadn't been afraid of hurting this boy's young heart, she would have said: Everything you have never eaten in your life has gone to the sea.

She waited for the baby to finish drinking milk and changed her diaper before leaving the house. When she passed the water tank, she took a look and saw that there was water in the water tank.

Just as she was about to ask, she heard Qingfeng Li come out and say, "Sister, today's water was brought by Brother A Niu."

"Okay, I understand." Li Qingxiu took a scoop of water and saw that it was still as turbid as yesterday.

There is no choice but to make do with washing vegetables. If you use bottled water to wash vegetables, it would be a waste of water.

I took a lot of wild vegetables from the storage compartment and picked out a small pile of purslane. Dumplings made with purslane and lard residue will definitely taste good.

Wash and chop the purslane, chop some of the lard residue from before, then put it together, add salt and soy sauce, and stir evenly.

She used bottled water to make the dough, rolled out the dumpling wrappers with a rolling pin, and then started wrapping them. She finished wrapping about a hundred dumplings in about half a stick of incense.

It’s not that she didn’t want to make too many buns, it’s just that she had run out of flour at home, but she used just enough fillings.

I was reluctant to use barreled water to steam dumplings, so I used well water directly. After the dumplings were steamed, Li Qingxiu saw that there was still a lot of water in the iron pot and decided not to waste it.

So I got some more rice, added some bottled water, and steamed it in the pot without even washing it. I also cut a large pumpkin and steamed it around the rice.

Anyway, she wanted to use her free time to stock up on food.

While waiting for the rice to be cooked and steamed, Li Qingxiu asked Li Qingfeng to eat dumplings. As usual, Qingfeng Li put the baby in the stroller and pushed it to the kitchen.

Looking at a plate of chubby white flour dumplings on the table. Qingfeng Li was a little dumbfounded: "Sister, the dumplings you made are really big. And each one looks like a well-fed Li Yuanbao."

Li Qingxiu's hand holding the dishes and chopsticks paused, Li Yuanbao? This description of Qingfeng Li is quite appropriate, and Li Yuanbao is a fat little man with a rosy complexion.

In such days of drought and food shortage, the fact that Li Yuanbao could be raised as a fat boy by Mrs. Li and Mr. Liu proved that Li Yuanbao held a very important position in their hearts.

Li Qingxiu glanced at Li Qingfeng again. She was clearly six years old but looked only five years old. She was also sallow and skinny and even her hair was yellow.

Logically speaking, he should be the most loved eldest son and grandson. It's a pity that a child without his parents is like a grass.

But it’s okay, she’s here! From now on, no one can bully the three siblings.

Li Qingxiu's eyes flashed with distress and determination, and she gave Li Qingfeng a full bowl of dumplings. "I will also raise you to be a fat Qingfeng Li."

Qingfeng Li was stunned. "I don't want to be as fat as him. I want to grow taller! This way I can protect my sister and my sister!"

After finishing it, I stuffed a big dumpling into one bite. As a result, his mouth was too small and the dumpling was too big, and oil and water leaked from the corners of his mouth.

Li Qingxiu quickly got a bowl for him to catch. "It's a small stutter, and no one will snatch it from you."

Clang! Clang! Clang!

"All the villagers must gather under the big banyan tree. There is an emergency announcement!"

Li Qingxiu, who heard the content clearly, was confused, why did they need to gather again? What happened? Could it be that the well in the village is also out of water?

"You eat at home, sister, go see what's going on?" Li Qingxiu asked and went out.

Not surprisingly, he met Li Dazhuang and Li Erzhuang again.

Li Qingxiu took the initiative to say hello: "Big Uncle, Second Uncle, do you know what happened?"

The two brothers shook their heads, and their expressions were not very good, because they had a hunch that this time would definitely not be a happy event.

Li Erzhuang said: "Let's go, you will know when you go."

When they came to the big banyan tree, they saw Li Zheng sitting on a wooden bench with a dejected look on his face. And beside him stood an elegant young man dressed as a scholar.

Li Qingxiu knew who he was. He was the only person in Lihua Village who was admitted as a scholar. He was Li Xuan, Li Zheng's eldest son.