No one tried to comfort Xiao Hei's sadness. In the eyes of others, there was no future for him and Xue Yunyun.

The rice was being harvested and dried, but Xue Yaya, who should have been enjoying herself at home, was heading for the mountain. Qi Ying was worried when he heard that Lin Fubao was going up the mountain, but he nodded after seeing Xue Yaya and the others wearing straw hats.

Several people came to the edge of the mountain, with Xiao Hei leading the way, looking back and jumping from time to time.

"What are we doing up the mountain?"

Xue Qianyan now wants to read books and make money, but Xue Qianren is more content with what she has. Lin Fubao looks at the tools in Xue Yaya's backpack:

"Ya Ya want to chop wood?"

"Yeah! I'm afraid the rain will not stop!"

Xue Yaya was extremely melancholy. If her limited memory of that time was correct, after the big-pot meal, there was first flooding and then drought, and large areas of grain were affected. It was a famous three-year natural disaster in history!

Lin Fubao also has a deep memory of this period of history! Because of her uncle, she didn't suffer much from hunger, but her brothers and cousins ​​were all pale and thin. Qingshan and Xishan will die in large areas in the next year. The bark of the trees will be peeled off and the soil will be lifted up. In the end, they had to rely on substitute food and sweet potato vines to survive for another half a year before the state's relief food slowly arrived.

Three years later, there were no people over 65 in the team, and there was a gap in children. There were still births in 1958, and in the early spring of 1959, but from the summer of 1959 to 1961, there were very few newborns! At least that was the case in most rural areas.

She remembered Shi Dawei from Dongcun, who was born in October 1958. He had weak legs and feet, but he was very eloquent and could speak anything. Everyone thought he was born lame, but he stood up again when he was six years old, but he didn't grow taller. His ancestors were over 1.7 meters tall, but he was half a head shorter. It turned out that he was just calcium deficiency and malnutrition. Big-headed babies were very popular at that time!

"If it keeps raining, we won't have anything to eat in the second half of the year!"

Xue Qianren also had a heavy expression on her face. Lin Fubao lowered her head dejectedly. Even if she was reborn, it seemed that she could only repeat history with everyone else.

"Don't be so depressed!"

Xue Yaya frowned. She couldn't change the trend of history. "Plant more sweet potatoes, sow more corn, and bury more potatoes!"

"Grow whatever you can, save food, and live a long life. There is always a way! Man can conquer nature!"

"The seeds in the team are all numbered!"

Xue Qianyan and Xue Qianren were the ones who helped the brigade's accountant keep accounts. The production team kept the seeds accurately to the amount of taels and cents!

"Then find the one that has no number!"

Xue Yaya raised her eyebrows: "We need to liberate our minds!"

Liberate your mind? Xue Qianyan turned to the translator for help - Xue Qianren and Lin Fubao. He admitted that his IQ and EQ were at the bottom, and asked the God of Learning to help him solve his doubts!

Xue Qianren and Lin Fubao looked at each other and frowned: "Is there any reference answer?"

“How many seedlings can be grown from one chopped sweet potato?”

"If the corn kernels in your shoes hurt your feet, just put them in your pockets. A few of them will help a new one grow!"

"Is it possible that we can't buy food on the market now?" Xue Qianren felt that this was too inefficient.

"It's hard to say. When a disaster strikes, everyone waits and sees, especially farmers, because they don't know what the next year will be like. For the sake of their stomachs, smart people will make a choice!"

It is rare for Lin Fubao to have such a clear and firm stance.

"Then what about the stupid ones?"

"When dealing with smart people, you know what they care about, it's nothing more than weighing the pros and cons; when dealing with stupid people, how do you know they won't go back on their word?"

"Is there no such thing as a classy one?"

Xue Qianyan felt like she was being tortured to death by her sister.

"No one with good taste can do this!"

There are businessmen with conscience, but conscience is based on the material security of one's own abundance. It does not mean one has good character just by having a conscience!

In order to put "liberating the mind" into action as soon as possible, Xue Yaya and the other three followed Xiao Hei and waded through a new path up the mountain. The road was a little shaky, and Xiao Hei was soft and light, so he thought Xue Yaya and the others were the same as him!

After walking a little further, Xue Qianyan and Xue Qianren were doing OK, but Lin Fubao was having trouble walking. Xue Yaya frowned and stopped at a slightly flat place. Xue Qianyan asked in confusion, "Aren't you here to chop wood? Why are you going in?"

Xue Qianren shook his head: "Maybe he was afraid that if he cut the wrong tree, the mountain would slide down again!"

The mountain was slippery, and Xue Yaya said unhappily, "Go somewhere where you won't get in the way!"

Xue Qianyan retreated to the side in awe, and Xue Qianren followed him. Lin Fubao stretched out his hand and was gently pulled up the slope by Xue Yaya and brought to the side. Fubao heard Yaya say, "The mountain is slippery, I want to eat meat today! Big chunks!"

Lin Fubao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She said, "You don't have to go that deep to chop wood. Just chop it upside down!"

"Yaya, do you want to eat rabbit meat or wild boar meat?" Lin Fubao teased, "You don't want to eat mutton, do you?"

Xue Yaya was silent for two minutes, and then Xiao Hei first uttered an awed "Ah Wuu" and then laughed "Ah-ha-ha". Xue Yaya's face changed drastically, and she said to Lin Fubao and the other two, "Why are you still standing there? Fubao's delivery is here!"

Before Lin Fubao could react, Xue Qianyan and Xue Qianren quickly climbed up the tree. Xue Qianyan's tree was thick and strong. Xue Yaya saw him standing firmly on the branch and actually picked up Lin Fubao and handed him up? Instinctively, Xue Qianyan stretched out his hand to pull, and Lin Fubao used the force to move upwards? Very good, he went up!

Xue Qianren twitched her ears and wrinkled her nose in disdain: "Ya Ya, here it comes!"

Xue Yaya waved her hand: "Go a little higher!"

The method she had memorized before to attract wild boars was completely useless at this moment. She just rushed forward, found two trees and tied a thicker rope, and moved back horizontally to fix another one. Feeling sorry for her grandfather's difficulty in twisting the rope, Xue Yaya directly pushed the big tree with a diameter of about 30 cm that fell on the other side and laid it horizontally. The big tree was lush and leafy, but it was cracked from the root. Needless to say, it must have been eaten by ants and then struck by lightning! The unlucky one just happened to become Xue Yaya's shelter.

After laughing, the little black man climbed up the tree and trembled. He hoped that the young master would not bother with this beast! Amitabha!

After everything was ready, Xue Yaya took out a White Rabbit candy from her pocket. It was the one Lin Fubao had given her in the morning. She was in urgent need of replenishing energy, so this was perfect!

Hearing the groaning sound in front of her, Xue Yaya swallowed the candy quickly, risking choking to death. Then she imitated the screams of the little wild boar - "Ah, huh, huh!"

Little Black's head slid down three lines. Thinking of the increasingly thin Xue Yunyun, he jumped down and hid behind a tree. In order for Yunyun to eat meat and for this female King Kong to not bear grudges, Little Black screamed "vivivivi..."

Xue Yaya felt that she had tinnitus, but she couldn't deny that Xiao Hei was learning better than her. She gave him a thumbs up and said, "Xiao Hei, you are a genius!"

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