She silently changed her own and her child's bowls. Jiang Chuyue grabbed the chopsticks, but before she started eating, the woman became a little anxious.

He exchanged the two bowls back and said, "Big sister, just eat without worry. We had a full meal at noon and can't eat much now. We just want to drink some rice soup."

But Jiang Chuyue was not a fool. She could see the child's desire for the bowl of porridge, and she could also see that the big pot of food actually contained mostly wild vegetables, even the white core of corn stalks was cooked in it.

It can be guessed that this family is not having a good time, and they can serve so many good things just to entertain Jiang Chuyue, the guest.

"Sister-in-law, I also ate a lot when I came here." Jiang Chuyue took out a few candies and handed them to the child, gently but firmly exchanging her bowl with the child's bowl again.

"It's the time when you grow up. You need to eat more and grow taller so that you can help you do more things." Jiang Chuyue reached out and rubbed the child's head.

Although the family lived a hard life, they raised their children well.

The child, who was obviously hungry, looked at his parents first when he saw the candy Jiang Chuyue handed over to him, to make sure they had no objection. Only then did he carefully accept the few pieces of candy that were precious to them.

After eating something casually, Jiang Chuyue put down her chopsticks after eating only half full, considering that they were also living a difficult life.

Seeing that Jiang Chuyue had only eaten so little, the woman became anxious, "Big sister, this is not enough!"

"Sister-in-law, I don't have a big appetite. I'm full."

Seeing that Jiang Chuyue was serious, the woman half-believed and half-doubted and said, "Don't go hungry. There is food at home. You don't have to worry about this."

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'm really full."

Seeing Jiang Chuyue's repeated assurances, the woman finally stopped persuading Jiang Chuyue to eat more.

The family of three devoured all the remaining food in a flash. The child, who had rarely had a full meal, touched his round belly and held a few candies given by Jiang Chuyue in his hand, smiling with great satisfaction.

Jiang Chuyue saw everything, and it was because she witnessed how difficult life was for the people that she became more determined to reclaim wasteland and plant crops so that the people could live a better life.

"Sister-in-law, I heard that the price of grain in the grain shop in town is not too expensive now. Why don't you go buy some?" Jiang Chuyue asked tentatively.

But she didn't expect that the man fell silent just after she opened her mouth. The woman was also stunned for a moment before she smiled and answered, "The price of food is indeed cheaper now, but it was too expensive before. In order to buy a little food, we have almost spent all the money in the family. The days of famine have lasted too long. Even if there is some money in the family, after so long, it has been almost spent just to buy food."

This is the current situation of people’s lives; the famine has lasted too long.

For the sake of the crops, they had to walk several miles every day to fetch water, but even so, the crops did not grow well, and the harvested grain could only last for two or three months at most.

The rest of the time I can only spend money to buy food.

But where can we get so much money to buy food?

How expensive was the price of food before? But in order to keep the family alive, they had to buy some no matter how expensive it was. Many families had to borrow money at interest in order to survive.

In the end, he could not pay back the debt and was forced to sell his children.

Their family could even be considered to be living a pretty good life, at least they were not unable to afford food. Although they were broke, at least they did not owe any money to loan sharks.

As the woman talked about things in the village, Jiang Chuyue became more and more silent.

She wanted to do her best to make them live a good life, but there were so many people suffering that even if she wanted to help them, it was difficult to do so.

All she can do is try her best to help as many people as possible.

Because Jiang Chuyue was concerned about the water source, she chatted with the woman. When she mentioned fetching water, she naturally changed the topic.

"Where do you go to fetch water now?"

"After leaving home, walk west for more than three miles. There is water at the foot of a mountain, but there is not much water there. If you go too late, the water will be gone." The woman went to fetch water every day and was very familiar with this road.

"I don't know where the water comes from. I just know that after it's used up every day, there will be more water the next day. The water rises little by little, and it's like a small pond."

Jiang Chuyue listened carefully and seriously. If there was water nearby, she would follow the water and maybe she could find the location of the water source.

As long as there is water, the rest of the things will be much easier.

After asking about the location of Xiaoshuitang in detail, Jiang Chuyue got up alone the next morning and went to the location of Xiaoshuitang according to the direction given by the woman.

Before leaving, she left a silver ingot on the table as a thank you gift for her hospitality last night.

After walking for several miles, they successfully reached the location of the small pond. Jiang Chuyue saw that some people had already arrived. When the people who were fetching water saw Jiang Chuyue, they stared at her for a long time in the dim light before they recognized that Jiang Chuyue was the person who had come to their village yesterday.

"Sister, are you here to fetch water so early?" As he said that, he looked behind her and saw that Jiang Chuyue didn't bring anything with her, and couldn't help feeling a little confused.

"How are you going to get water if you don't have anything with you?"

"I heard from my sister-in-law that there is water here. I was really curious, so I came to take a look." Jiang Chuyue smiled and talked to this seemingly honest man.

"You also feel puzzled by the water here, so you come here to watch the fun, right?" The man didn't think much about it. The water in the puddle here rises by itself every day.

Even they themselves found it odd to draw water here every day, but they really didn't have the energy to figure out why there was water here when there was no water source.

"We wanted to find out where the water came from before, but we couldn't find it after digging. Then, the water level became less on the second day after we started digging. We thought it was a gift from the mountain god and we couldn't offend him anymore, so no one dared to dig anymore." The man even took the initiative to tell Jiang Chuyue this past story.

Jiang Chuyue naturally didn't believe in the saying of mountain gods, but since they were so reverent, and the man even mentioned this matter specifically, he probably wanted to tell Jiang Chuyue not to do anything with this pond.

Otherwise, if something really went wrong, they would definitely not forgive Jiang Chuyue.

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