Chapter 762 [761] Famine Age 2 (2 more)
In this day and age, homes are all made of adobe, and there are no houses with green bricks and large tile houses in the whole village. There are only a few landlords in the town, but the richer they are, the more they are robbed these days, so the smart ones , They all secretly went back to the countryside to live.

Ye Huan seldom went out since she crossed over, because it was too cold, her clothes were thin, and she was recovering from a serious illness, so her mother asked her to stay at home to cook and watch the children. Even so, she was shivering from the cold. Shake, because there are few forests on their side, so they can't even find firewood. Do you think you can afford firewood if you build a kang?
The corn cobs were all taken away and sold for money, and it has nothing to do with you.

The Ye family was illiterate, and had never had any scholars. This is why the fourth brother Ye Huan made great contributions later, but he was only a company commander. If the later literacy class persisted and studied hard, there would be further possibilities, but If there is no culture, maybe even the company commander will have to withdraw in the future.

Ye Huan felt that he would have the opportunity to study in the future, otherwise he would be limited by this restriction to do a lot of things.

The winter in this era is very cold, and there is no heating. Even firewood has to be collected everywhere, let alone cotton-padded clothes. Basically, many people wear a pair of trousers. Whoever goes out wears them. , This is the so-called Maodong. Although it is not as good as in the north, it is located in the Central Plains, and winter is also very difficult.

Ye Huan's room is only one room, and there is only one kang in it. Her parents sleep on one end, and she and her sister sleep on the other, so if she needs to enter the space, she has to find an excuse to go to the latrine.

The reason why the kang was made but not the bed was probably because no suitable wood was found, and the kang can also be used in particularly cold weather.

So most of the houses in their village are made of kangs.

The hut is in the backyard, which is the most common dry toilet in the countryside. There is land in the backyard, and sweet potatoes were planted in the past, but now that the sweet potatoes are harvested, it is empty.

In this way, until the beginning of spring in March, her space has gone through the transition of white radish, carrot, garlic, and cabbage, and she can already grow wheat and rice.

It is still the same as in the past, and she will sell the harvest after planting. Even if there is room for food in the future, she will not be able to take out rice, wheat and corn with such a big goal. Only potatoes like sweet potatoes can be taken out.

Potatoes can be planted at level [-], while sweet potatoes have to wait until level [-]. At least she has to save a little while upgrading to level [-] before the disaster year.

As soon as the ground started to freeze, the adults went to the ground to plow the ground. In addition, they had to go to the river beach to open up wasteland, waiting for the new season of sweet potatoes to be planted.

There is a river on their side, and the embankment was not built until the 80s. There is no embankment yet, so at a glance, it seems that they can see the river in the distance.

In the beginning of spring, what the children often do is to dig wild vegetables. Fresh shepherd’s purse and white wormwood have begun to thrive after being covered for a winter. She feels that it is very necessary for her to collect more wild vegetables when there are many wild vegetables. Let's hang it out in the air, and when the famine comes, it might be relief food.

But because the current season is when the season is green and yellow, that is, the vegetables in winter are almost eaten, and the vegetables in this season have not been planted yet. You have to wait until the earth is completely warm in early April before you can plant them. After all, there are no plastic greenhouses for you to plant in advance. Cover it up, without vegetables, wild vegetables become the only food in the house, don't you eat?Leave it to dry?Don't say adults won't agree, even if you agree, you have to come up with an ugly idea.

"Grandma, grandma, I told you, don't believe it. It's true. I had a dream. I dreamed that we in Henan will encounter various natural disasters starting in the second half of next year. This year only reduced production. By 1942 There was no rain at all, the summer harvest was only [-] to [-] percent, the autumn harvest was hit by locusts, and there was no harvest, and the drought continued until the spring of [-]. During this period, Henan people began to flee famine on a large scale..."

In order to save some food for the famine year, Ye Huan also worked hard. Although it was a bit inappropriate for her to say it in this way, but thinking of the news she watched in her previous life, there are indeed people who can predict the future, and even clearly explain their past and present lives Chu, she took advantage of this mentality of preferring to believe in something rather than nothing to fight a psychological battle with their family. After all, leaving a bite now is also for the sake of surviving the next year.

"Huanhuan, you can't talk nonsense. If others hear it, they will think you are being crushed by ghosts!"

Grandma held the sole of her shoe and rubbed the needle on her head, frowning disapprovingly and looking at her.

Grandpa was smoking a dry pipe, thoughtful, uncle, uncle, and father were also frowning, only mother, uncle, and aunt smiled heartlessly.

"With so much snow this winter, it must be a year of auspicious snow for us, little girl, please don't talk nonsense."

"Grandpa, I can save the wild vegetables I eat. I will dry them and put them in the cellar. They won't go bad anyway. It would be best if there is nothing wrong next year. If something happens, then I will Isn't the food saved in one or two years enough to support our family?"

"Oh, Huanhuan is terrible, isn't he talking nonsense? You said you saved your food, so what do you eat this year?"

"Mom, I said I would save some food, but I didn't say no. I eat less now, it's nothing more than being hungry and panicking, but if I don't realize it now, we will eat grass roots, bark and even Guanyin soil in the future. The scene in the dream It was terrible. The dead were still on the side of the road. The victims had no strength to bury them, so they went to eat the tenderest PG meat on them. Big people are in stark contrast."

The scene Ye Huan said was too bloody, and the Ye family were joking just now, but they couldn't laugh anymore, because they found that the tone of the speech and even the choice of words were not an illiterate little girl at all. I can tell.

"You are our family Huanhuan?"

When Mother's hands trembled and touched her forehead, Ye Huan understood why the family's face suddenly changed, and said immediately.

"Mom, of course I'm Huanhuan. What I said just now is the dialogue that the person in the dream often said. I remember it after a lot of times."

"What does it mean that there are too many times? Do you often have such dreams?"

Ye Huan thought for a while, and nodded seriously: "After I recovered from my illness in winter, I would have this dream every now and then. The dream was so real that I couldn't even forget the real one, so Lord, do you think it's real? What are you implying?"

"Tell me more about the specific situation in the dream."

Ye Huan then talked about how their family escaped famine, how their grandparents, uncles and aunts died, and how they were separated from their uncles and aunts. In the end, the two sisters were sold, and then I didn’t talk about it. One was that the ending was too cruel, and the other One is that these people will not be able to bear it if they know that there is still a son in the family who will be sacrificed.

So, she talked about the two sisters being betrayed and the horror of fleeing from famine.

After the whole family listened to it, they were glad that Ye Yu and his two younger brothers were playing outside and didn't come in. Otherwise, it would be easy for the children to spread the word outside.

"Huan'er, have you told anyone about this?"

Ye Huan shook his head, "Master, if you can, you can indeed tell others. Believe it or not is one thing, but whether you do it or not is another matter."

Ye Huan is just a ten-year-old girl who has never read a book, but she can speak out the scene in her dream in such an orderly and clear way. It is impossible for her family to believe the reality of this dream, but it is still a dream. Is it true, then such a thing will really happen?If they just said it out like that, whether people believe it or not is the next thing, will they treat their Jia Huan'er like a monster?
The old man of the Ye family hesitated, but Ye Huan saw through their thoughts at a glance: "Master, just say what you heard from others, there is no need to mention our family's name,"

The old man's eyes flashed, this is indeed an idea, even if this does not happen in the future, the food that is saved will not be eaten, and it will not be wasted at all.

"Grandpa, next we not only need to store edible wild vegetables, such as elm leaves, willow leaves, elm money, catkins, and Chinese toon, as long as they are non-toxic grasses and leaves, we will dry them and store them. Eating these things will always Is it better than eating grass roots, bark, stones and noodles?"

The old man's jaw almost didn't drop: "What's the stone face?"

"It's a kind of powder made from stones and soil. Because there was really nothing to eat at that time, I used those things to fill my stomach. In the end, my stomach bulged after eating. Those who died on the way to escape in this way are not counted. number."

Everyone swallowed hard, and looked at the old shopkeeper of the Ye family. Grandpa Ye finally gritted his teeth and said to the children.

"Since Huan'er really had such a dream, he has reminded us more than once, Baoguo, I think our family will listen to Huan'er's words and make some preparations in advance, as well as your brothers and wives, When going out, I intentionally or unintentionally revealed this news to the big guys, just like what Huan'er said, do it if you believe it, and listen to it as a joke if you don't believe it. Starting from today, our family will save food and start saving one dollar for every meal. As much as the amount of people, wild vegetables, weeds and leaves, as long as they are not poisonous, you can take them all home!" It's better than eating stone noodles or dirt noodles at that time, right?
On the Internet in the previous life, it's not that there were no people who could predict the future. At that time, some people said that it was P's picture, or it was all rumors.

The glutinous rice balls themselves feel that there is nothing wrong with it. You can't believe it all, but you absolutely have to believe it.

Just like the dream she said, there are noses and eyes, and some words that she can't say when she is illiterate are added at her age. In this way, grandpa and the others will be dubious, and then they will put it into action. Let's work together Saving food is better than saving by herself, right?
"Our family is ours, and the rumors spread secretly. Don't let others remember that we passed it on. This requires skills. Let's discuss it later. Moreover, we are not allowed to spread the matter of food storage, or there will be a famine. Our family will be the first to be robbed!"

Ye Huan wanted to explain his grandfather's last warning. It seems that the old man eats more salt than them, and thinks comprehensively and thoroughly.

(End of this chapter)

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