In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

"You can't even do such a small thing. It's not like you haven't seen blood before, but you spit it out like this. Isn't it dirty..."

Old Mrs. He came out with a watering can and saw that Xu's vomit did not spray into the pottery jar, so she stopped scolding Xu.

"Mother." He Qiudi hurried over, took Old Lady He's wrist, and said, "I collected a lot of deer blood. You and the three sisters-in-law can eat some. The rest can be made into deer blood cakes. You can save them and eat them slowly after the spring ploughing is over."

Old Mrs. He nodded with satisfaction.

"This wild deer is relatively large, so I'll make a fur coat for Dad first. When Sanlang and I hunt another wild deer, we'll make a fur coat and knee pads for Mom." He Qiudi added.

Old Mrs. He was very pleased.

Although the daughter in front of him has undergone a lot of changes, her filial piety towards himself and the old man is real.

They say girls change a lot when they grow up, and this is probably what they mean.

After Xu finished vomiting, she stood up and wanted to take the pottery jar into the kitchen, but she smelled blood again and squatted down and vomited again.

Old Mrs. He frowned as she looked at the unpleasant scene. Suddenly she thought of something and asked, "Second brother, how long has it been since you had your period?"

Xu pursed her lips and said, "I... seem to be about ten days late. Mother, my period has been irregular for the past two years, so I didn't pay much attention to it."

Old Mrs. He called He Huaiping over and asked him to call the village doctor to take Xu's pulse.

Although she didn't like Xu, she would not deliberately destroy the baby in Xu's belly. After all, it was the He family's child and the root of the He family.

The antlers had been cut off by He Huaiping.

He Qiudi looked at the sky and said to Old Lady He, "Mother, this fresh antler is at its most valuable. I want to send the antler to the city while it's still early."

Old Lady He said with some worry, "I'm worried about you going into the city alone. How about this, I'll go with you and buy some food on the way. If we don't have time to leave the city, we can stay at the eldest brother's place."

It's easy to imagine that Mrs. He wouldn't feel comfortable letting her go into the city alone.

Old Mrs. He asked He Huaian to pull up the donkey cart, and the mother and daughter drove the cart into the city with the deer antlers.

He Huaian wanted to follow them into the city, but was scolded by Old Lady He. He had no choice but to lower his head and dare not say a word.

Before leaving, He Qiudi mentioned the remaining four wild deer to Grandpa He, and said that he and Sanlang were killing deer in the mountains, and they were afraid that they would attract wild wolves or something after dark.

Mr. He agreed, and went with Dalang to inform the head of the village, asking him to organize the villagers to go into the mountains to search for wild deer and return to the village as soon as possible before dark.

To avoid encountering wolves.

Old Mrs. He drove the donkey cart directly to the Yunlai Inn where He Qiudi pointed the way.

When I was preparing for dinner, I saw He Qiudi coming over and I was quite happy.

It was only after he saw Old Lady He that he realized that He Qiudi had come to see him for something else, not alone.

When the mother and daughter took out the antlers that were so fresh that they were still bleeding, Yan Shi didn't think twice and accepted the pair of fresh antlers at the relatively high price of thirty taels of silver.

He also gave them five taels of silver to buy fresh venison.

Old Mrs. He hurried to buy food before the city gate was locked and returned to the village. She took the silver and said a few words of thanks to Yanshi, then left with He Qiudi.

At the banquet, she looked at the fresh antlers and couldn't help but smile.

"She's really an interesting girl."

Yang Ba asked, "Sir, how are you going to eat this deer antler?"

Yan Shi said: "After it is prepared, soak one in wine and slice one in tea."

"Here."

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After leaving the inn, Old Lady He drove her donkey cart straight to the grain store.

He spent more than two taels of silver to buy two loads of millet, two loads of foxtail millet, two loads of buckwheat, and two loads of beans.

Old Mrs. He wanted to spend ten taels of silver to buy food to store for the winter, but her own donkey was not strong enough to transport so much food.

Moreover, if too much food was carried back at one time, it would be too conspicuous, so it would be better to transport the purchased food back to Pomegranate Village like ants moving house.

If that doesn't work, just leave it at the old house.

After buying some food, some oil and salt, and some red dates and honey for Xu, he spent three taels of silver and left the city before the gates were locked.

On the way, He Qiudi asked Old Lady He for two taels of silver, saying that he wanted to give them to Dalang and Sanlang, He Qingya and He Qinglu.

As she was taking out the money, Mrs. He frowned: "Nannan, have you been too nice to them recently?"

In the morning, they were given fifty coins each.

I also bought them meat buns and shared some pastries.

Now that they have sold the deer antlers, they have to pay each of them half a tael of silver.

"Mother, this is what I agreed with them before." He Qiudi walked to Old Lady He, looked at the gradually falling Golden Crow, and said with a smile, "Mother, if I hadn't agreed to share the money, how could Sanlang be so smart and take me to hunt wild deer when he heard about it in the mountains. If we give them two taels of silver, we still have thirty taels, as well as deer skin and deer meat to eat, isn't that good? Sanlang and his friends are smart, they will definitely be able to find out a lot of gossip."

Old Mrs. He was convinced, and readily took out four and a half taels of silver and handed them to He Qiudi.

He Qiudi put the broken silver into her bag and walked a short distance with Old Lady He before they met Old Man He who came to pick them up.

Mr. He, who is nearly fifty years old, should be in his prime, but years of hard work have tanned his skin into a dark purple-red by the northwest sun. He squinted at the mother and daughter returning from the direction of the city gate, with a happy smile on his lips and wrinkles all around his eyes.

"Father." When Mr. He walked up to them, He Qiudi called out with a smile and asked, "Why are you here?"

Mr. He explained, "The village head is leading the villagers into the mountains to hunt wild deer. I think it's still early and you might not stay in the city, so I thought of coming to pick you up and take you back to the village."

There was a wild deer at home that had not been dealt with yet, so Grandma He would try to get out of the city before the city gates were locked.

She was the person in charge of household affairs in the family, and she had to decide how to deal with the more than 100 kilograms of wild venison.

Handing it over to someone else would be a challenge to her position as the head of the household.

A smile appeared on Old Mrs. He's pale and thin face.

After Mr. He took over the rope that led the donkey cart, Mrs. He asked, "How is the second son's family doing?"

"The doctor said the second daughter is pregnant."

Old Mrs. He sighed slowly.

"Mom, there's going to be a new baby in the family. This is a good thing." He Qiudi said in confusion.

Old Lady He looked up at the sky. All the flowers, plants and trees in the surrounding areas were withering and drooping their heads. The official road where the three of them walked was full of dust. She looked away and said with a heavy heart, "It will rain this year, which is a good thing. If it is as dry as last year, it will be a blessing or a curse for this child."

Old Master He took a long puff of his pipe and said, "We have extra money this year, so we can buy more food. No matter if it rains or not, our He family will be able to get through it."

He Qiudi asked quickly, "Father, if it doesn't rain after the spring plowing this year, will Shiliu Village organize people to flee the famine?"

Old Man He frowned and said in a heavy heart, "Probably. We have to leave before the autumn harvest. Otherwise, when the Western Rong invade, even if we don't starve to death, we will be drafted into the army or die at the hands of the Western Rong."

He Qiudi thought that Mr. He was really far-sighted.

No wonder in He Qingya’s first life, Mr. He and Mrs. He were able to lead the He family to survive the turbulent times of famine.

She asked again: "What about us?"

Mr. He said, "We won't leave. Your eldest brother is a teacher in the city. If the people of Pomegranate Village organize to flee the famine, we will go to the city to seek refuge with your eldest brother and wait for your eldest sister and her family."

Gan!

I just said that my father was wise, why is he confused now?

The Western Rong people launched a surprise attack, and Ningyuan County and Lan County, which were fortresses, were the first to be breached. The people in the two cities who did not have time to escape were almost completely slaughtered!

The He family also lost the best opportunity to leave Ningyuan County because they went to live with the eldest brother's family and waited for the eldest sister's family!

This led to He Huaiping being drafted into the army.