Abandoned Wife Headed Home: Bringing Fubao to Farming

Chapter 19 Bad News

A few days passed in a flash.

The flood outside was gradually subsiding. On this day, Lizheng Wang Shanbao took Huosheng, Laiwang and a group of men back to the village, and brought two news for everyone.

"The first one is good news..." Wang Shanbao was surrounded by the crowd, with a smile on his face.

"The water in the village has receded a lot, and we will be able to return to the village in a few days."

The crowd cheered.

On such a hot day, hundreds of people are nested in the cave. Even though the cave is shady and cool, it is crowded and noisy after all, and many things are inconvenient. It is better to go home.

"Isn't it better to have another news?" A villager in the crowd raised his voice and asked.

The others also looked at Wang Shanbao expectantly.

However, the smile on Wang Shanbao's face gradually became forced, and finally disappeared completely, full of melancholy and worry.

"There is another bad news!" He said, "Our village is made of adobe houses, unlike the big brick houses in the city, which have been soaked in water for more than half a month, and many houses are about to collapse. The thatched roof is almost rotten, too, uninhabitable!"

"what?"

There was a panting sound from all around.

But this is not over, Wang Shanbao continued: "Not only that, the crops in our field have also been soaked, the ears of rice are rotten in the field, the cotton is gone, and the vegetable garden is full of grass. We've been busy this season!"

The joy of returning home was immediately poured with cold water.

The surroundings were dull, everyone sighed, their eyes were red, and some even couldn't help sobbing softly.

The house is gone, and the food in the fields is gone.

Poultry and livestock were washed away by water as early as when they fled.

When they fled, they had caught up with the shortage of crops, and every household didn’t have much food left. During this period of time in the cave, everyone was counting rice grains for the pot, and they dug up all the wild vegetables in the nearby forests.

Everyone was hoping that the flood would recede soon so that they could go back to the village, maybe they could grab some of the rice in the fields.

But now there is no hope!
Even if we go back and replant the late rice as soon as possible, but this is only the beginning of June, and the late rice will be mature around the Mid-Autumn Festival.

During the two months in between, what would an old snack drink?

Besides, where do you get the late rice seeds?

Hey, I thought everything would be fine when the flood receded, but I didn't expect that these problems came one after another. It's really worrying!
Haystack here.

Huo Sheng and Xi Mei are also talking about this matter.

Huo Sheng said: "Uncle Lizheng asked us to find our own way and find our own way out. It is best to borrow from relatives, but not the kind of real relatives, and it is impossible for people to lend you rice."

"Besides, for a family like ours, the relatives are also suffering haha. We were hit by a disaster, and the family is similar. I really can't say that."

Ximei sighed and nodded slightly.

"Your relatives here have also been affected by the disaster, and my natal family may not be able to rely on it. Hey, how are you going through these days?"

Huo Sheng frowned, and after a while, he said again: "It's really impossible, we can only go to the rice store in the town to buy rice!"

Ximei was surprised: "The rice in the rice grain store is very expensive. The inferior indica rice usually sells for [-] yuan a bucket. Whoever is drowned, the price will increase if it is not guaranteed."

Whatever Ximei could think of, Mr. Huo had already thought about it in his mind.

"That's why I asked you to go back and collect the money at home and see how much is left." Huo Sheng said again.

Ximei waved her hand, "Don't get caught up, it's all gone."

Huo Sheng was stunned, "How can that be? I remember that during the Chinese New Year you said you had saved two taels of silver! Where did the money go?"

Ximei sighed: "It was taken by Shuisheng. He said he didn't have enough capital to do business, and he asked me to keep it from you."

"What?" Huo Sheng was so startled that his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"You, you, just let him get used to it, it's all right now, we've got nothing left, and the whole family is just waiting to drink the northwest wind!"

Huosheng got angry and didn't stay here, got up and went to the other side of the hall to talk to Laiwang and the others.

Leaving Ximei sitting there, her face was also full of bitterness.

The two taels of silver were originally the "daughter-in-law book" that the two of them had saved for their uncle Shui Sheng.

My brother-in-law Shuisheng doesn't like farming, but likes to do some small business outside. When Ximei got married, her parents-in-law were gone, and she treated her brother-in-law like her own brother.

"Hey, my God, you really don't give people a way to live..."

On the other side of the haystack, Shen Ying'er was hugging Xiao Fubao and coaxing him to sleep.

She listened to the Huosheng couple's dialogue in her heart without missing a word.

I feel very uncomfortable.

These two couples are kind and generous, not only kind to my uncle, but also kind to an outsider like her.

The mother and daughter came up from the water alone, and it was only because of the help of the couple that they did not starve to death during this time.

Although they never complained, every stroke of Shen Yinger's heart was engraved with their kindness to her mother and son.

Now, the great famine is coming, Shen Yinger can't sit still, she has to act quickly to make money.

In addition to supporting himself and Fubao, he also helped the couple, so as to repay their kindness during this period of time.

As for how to make money?

Shen Yinger narrowed her eyes, lost in thought...

……

The next day, Shen Ying'er went to try her luck in the woods near the entrance of the cave.

As a result, after a round, only a few Prunella vulgaris were found that could not be bought at a price.

The rare medicinal herbs are hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, and she plans to go back and be fully prepared before moving on.

As soon as I entered the cave, I heard the cry of a child from the front, mixed with Zhou Songxia's familiar voice of a shrew cursing the street.

"You little bastard with a mother but no mother education, you killed your own father and came to cheat your brother? Are you so cruel at such a young age? Will you be able to do it when you grow up?"

Shen Yinger's heart tightened when she heard the familiar scolding, and she hurried forward.

There was a circle of people in front, and Zhou Songxia was holding a fat boy with snot and tears in his hand, and was poking and cursing at Xiao Fubao's head with the other hand:
"Just to grab a broken tree branch for fun, and poke your brother's face to pieces, you little plague god, quickly kneel down and admit your mistake to your brother!"

Little Fubao was only two years old, and he couldn't walk very steadily. When Zhou Songxia pointed at his head and poked him, his little body wobbled like a little tumbler.

This is going to be replaced with another doll, I was so scared to cry.

However, Xiao Fubao didn't cry. Not only did he not cry, but he also hugged Zhou Songxia's protruding hand with his backhand, opened his small deciduous teeth that were not fully erupted, and bit down hard on the back of the hand with all his strength.

"Oh, you bastard still dares to bite!"

Zhou Songxia's eyes shot fiercely, and she slapped Xiao Fubao on the head...

"stop!"

Shen Yinger rushed over, grabbed Zhou Songxia's wrist, and kicked her in the stomach.

Zhou Songxia screamed and backed up a few steps, covering her stomach with both hands and was so painful that she couldn't stand upright.

"Well, you Shen Yinger, your son stabbed my son's face, you dare to hit someone for no reason!"

(End of this chapter)