Lie down and eat melon in the protagonist group

Chapter 1

Lingdang squatted down, picked up a short and thin wooden stick, and straightened the longevity wick under the thin-skinned coffin. After a while, the small blue flames gradually grew taller. The door of the main room was opened, and the flames were blown by the cold wind outside.

Lying in the coffin is her own mother in this body. She is unknown. She only knows her surname is Li, and outsiders call her Li.

Ling Dang didn't know whether Li had enjoyed any blessings in this life, but he had suffered enough.

Only in his thirties, he was already lying on the coffin board.

Ling Dang turned around. Behind the two open doors, there were two groups of children huddled on each side. They all fell asleep with their heads hanging down.

The girl on the left is her eldest sister and her third sister. The eldest sister is holding her seventh brother, who has just turned 100 days old. On the right are boys, her second brother and fifth and sixth brothers.

Winter is cold, and the house made of earthen tiles cannot withstand the wind and rain, causing the house to leak like a plug, and the cold wind outside rushes into the house.

Ling Dang shivered, rubbed his arms and went into the house to grab two quilts and put them on them.

Seeing the seventh brother kicking his legs in the arms of eldest sister Ling Qiong, Ling Dang reached out and took him away.

As soon as the child was released, her eldest sister Ling Qiong suddenly opened her eyes.

Ling Dang was startled and saw that Ling Qiong's face was pale, she was sweating profusely, and her expression was dazed. He raised his hand and waved it in front of her eyes. He looked closer and asked worriedly: "Sister?"

"Ah?" Ling Qiong couldn't recover from the panic at the moment of the car accident. When she heard the strange and crisp voice of a child, she calmed down and looked at each other, seeing a pair of big black eyes.

"what--!!!!"

Ling Dang twitched the corners of her eyes and covered her seventh brother's ears. Her head was buzzing as she watched her eldest sister scream and retreat.

"Don't come here!! I'm not afraid of you. I didn't do anything wrong!" Ling Qiong rubbed against the earth wall with a frightened face, trying to stay away from Ling Dang. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the coffin placed in the main room, the long and faint blue The flames of the life lamp were so frightening that I flew out of my mind.

Ling Dang stared at Ling Qiong calmly, with a clear look in his eyes. He stood up with the child in his arms, tried his best to adjust his facial expression, and said softly: "Sister, I am Ling Dang, what's wrong with you? Is that right? What's wrong with you?"

Ling Qiong saw the shadow on the door panel behind Ling Dang, breathed a sigh of relief and regained consciousness.

"Ling Dang?"

"Ah."

"Sister?" Ling Qiong pointed at herself.

Lingdang nodded.

Ling Qiong tried her best to ignore the coffin in the room and looked at the thin eight-year-old girl in front of her, her eyes rolling.

"Come, come here, sister will test you. Do you remember your sister's name?"

Ling Dang looked innocent: "Of course I remember. Eldest sister, your name is Ling Qiong, Ling from Top Gun, Qiong from Jade Liquid and Wine. I still remember that the second brother is called Ling Feng, the third sister is called Ling Jing, and I am the fourth, named Ling Dang. The fifth brother is called Ling Huai, and the sixth brother is Ling Cen. The seventh brother...my mother hasn't had time to name him yet."

Ling Dang said, while his hands were lighting one by one, so that the time-travel heroine in front of him who had just changed the core could match up the family members.

Finally, he looked sadly at the coffin and tapped the tip of his seventh brother's delicate nose.

Ling Qiong was shocked by the procrastination of this big family. The cold wind outside the house was like a ghost howling. She crossed her arms tightly and glanced at the coffin, only to feel that her eyesight went dark.

This time travel gift package might as well let her die happily.

"Sister?" Ling Dang saw her drooping her head and called her out. This person can't let her guard down. From now on, it all depends on her to be popular and popular.

After all, as a heroine of a farming novel, her money-making skills are maximal.

Ling Qiong forced a smile and said, "Fourth sister, sister, I may not be old enough to be called eldest sister yet."

Lingdang thought for a moment, tilted his head, "...Miss?"

"...Call me big sister from now on."

Ling Qiong rubbed her temples, unable to recall any memories about her original body.

Several children at home were woken up by Ling Qiong's voice just now. They were really sleepy after staying awake for several nights. When they saw that nothing happened, they fell asleep again.

Ling Qiong looked at the quiet and well-behaved Ling Dang next to her, and saw that her third sister, Ling Jing, was sleeping again, and said, "Fourth sister."

Ling Dang looked at her sideways.

Ling Qiong coughed and said in a low tone: "Our father...mother is like this, father..."

Ling Dang said: "Sister, do you still remember what dad looks like?"

"Ah, you..." Ling Qiong was surprised, this cheap sister's words were wrong.

"I haven't seen my father since I was born. The third sister said that my father had been away from home for more than eight years. My mother said that not long after I was pregnant, my father left home."

"You didn't say when you would come back?" Ling Qiong frowned.

"No." Ling Dang shook his head, "I didn't send a letter back either."

"……"grass! What kind of peerless scumbag is this?

Wait a minute, haven’t been home for eight years? !

Ling Qiong stared at the seventh brother in Ling Dang's arms, and then glanced at the sixth brother Ling Cen behind the door opposite. Look at how young he was, he didn't even look like five years old!
Daddy's head is a little green.

I feel a little relieved.

Ling Qiong saw from the corner of her eye that the family was in ruins, and she suddenly suffered a myocardial infarction. Her father ran away, her mother died, and the family was so poor that only their children were left.

Baby... no, no, buying and selling is the same crime.

Ling Qiong hurriedly suppressed the immoral business practices in her mind.

Ling Dang glanced at Ling Qiong with a faint expression, feeling that the sudden chill on his back just now had something to do with Ling Qiong.

Just after early morning the next day, strong men from the village came one after another to help carry the coffin for the burial.

The Ling family was poor, and they had a group of children. The villagers didn't expect them to hold a white banquet, so they took the coffin out and buried it, and they dispersed.

The coffin was dropped into the pit, covered with the last shovelful of earth, and a new tomb was added to the top of the tomb.

Mrs. Li is laid to rest, and as Ling Qiong is the eldest sister, the burden of the Ling family falls on her.

Their mother had just passed away, and the Ling brothers and sisters all had their heads drooped, and the atmosphere was gloomy.

Ling Qiong saw that it was impossible to open the pot at home, so she rummaged through every corner of the house and found out several strings of copper plates. They were all in bits and pieces, and they couldn't even collect a tael of silver.

The seventh brother was still a milk baby. He couldn't stand being hungry, and he couldn't feel the heavy atmosphere at home. He could howl at the top of his lungs without filling his stomach.

The second brother and the third sister went out to the west of the village to get goat milk.

Mrs. Li paid a deposit with money just for the goat's milk. On the way home, she fell into the snow and couldn't get up. There was almost no one on the road in the cold winter, so she froze to death.

"No! It's not possible to just sit back and have nothing. We have no fields, no land, no food to store, and wind leaks everywhere. If we count on this little money, everyone will starve to death at home before the end of the year."

Ling Qiong took all her belongings and went out in a hurry.

Ling Dang watched her running away and closed the door until she could no longer see the shadow. "Fourth sister, where is the eldest sister?" The sixth brother, Ling Cen, is five years old. He likes to mess with bugs and flowers, and he is also the one with the most problems.

Lingdang shook his head.

The fifth brother, Ling Huai, followed her silently. Ling Dang turned around and almost bumped into him. He sighed helplessly and led one by one into the back room.

Ling Huai and Ling Dang are similar in age, only a few days apart. He is the quietest child in the family. Ever since he was a child, he has never cried. He doesn’t fuss when he’s hungry, and he doesn’t groan when he’s sick. Just give him a stone and put a small stool, and he can sit quietly all day long.

"Will eldest sister not want us..." The sixth brother Ling Cen's eyes turned red.

Ling Dang hit him on the head with a chestnut with his backhand, "Don't talk nonsense."

Ling Cen protected his head and said with tears in his eyes: "The matchmaker in the village talked to my mother not long ago, saying that it's time for the eldest sister to get married, and the baby girl should be kept at home. If she stays at home for a long time, she will become resentful. She also said that as long as the mother nods, the eldest sister will get married. Go ahead and live a good life.”

The eldest sister, Ling Qiong, is sixteen. According to ancient marriage standards, it is indeed a good time to get married.

Ling Dang said: "Xiao Liu, you are not old enough and don't learn well. You eavesdrop on people's conversations. What do you know about marriage? In the future, you can talk to your family about marriage. Don't talk nonsense outside. . If big sister hears someone outside saying bad things about her, be careful she will expose you."

Ling Cen was dissatisfied: "I understand! Isn't it just paying a few stinky money to get married, and then sending your family members to other people's homes to work for them?"

"..." You know how to summarize.

Wait a minute, bad money? !
The family is not very rich, but the spirit is quite high.

Ling Dang put his fist on his head again, "It's worth the stinky money. Without the stinky money, there would be no fragrant rice."

"I'm hungry." When Ling Cen heard the rice, he couldn't even think about it. He covered his stomach with both hands and shouted that he was hungry.

"...bear with it."

"I can't stand it anymore. I'm so hungry. Fourth sister, you must have hidden some food. Fourth sister, I'm hungry..." Ling Cen fell on the bed and acted like a rogue.

Lingdang ignored him.

The fifth brother, Ling Huai, took out a small yellow paper bag and handed it to Ling Dang.

Lingdang didn't answer, "I'm not hungry."

When his sixth brother Ling Cen saw it, he immediately got out of bed and snatched it away.

It's half a piece of yellowed steamed bun.

"It's so hard!" Ling Cen bit down and almost broke his teeth, "It's so painful!"

When Ling Dang saw the familiar steamed bun, the corner of his mouth twitched and asked Ling Huai, "Where did this steamed bun come from?"

"What you made a few days ago..." Fifth brother Ling Huai said, "Chew more and it will make you happy again, even if you are very hungry."

"..."

She didn't know whether she would be happy or not, but Ling Cen, the sixth brother, looked bitter and resentful.

Although Ling Dang is not a gentleman, since the last time she cooked a meal, the beggar shook his head after eating it, and the family unanimously agreed that she must cook far away.

Only the fifth brother, Ling Huai, would secretly hide the things she made. I guess I'm used to living a hard life, and frugality is ingrained in my bones. I won't throw away anything that can fill my stomach, no matter how unpalatable it is.

Ling Dang's heart felt slightly sour.

"follow me."

Ling Dang waved to his fifth brother Ling Huai and sixth brother Ling Cen, gesturing for them to follow.

"Where are you going?" Ling Cen, the sixth brother, was curious and followed her out of the backyard.

Ling Dang gave them a bamboo broom and took a shovel to shovel the snow for them.

"Fourth sister, I'm hungry and have no energy." The sixth brother Ling Cen pulled on the broom listlessly.

Fifth brother Ling Huai quietly followed her behind to clear the snow.

Ling Dang cleared an open space and said, "Aren't you hungry? I'm looking for something to eat for you."

"Besides the snow, there are only bare trees. Where is there anything to eat?" Ling Cen, the sixth brother, wondered, "You don't want to boil the bark in snow water and eat it, do you? Fourth sister, have you ever eaten it? Is it delicious?"

"..." Eighty percent of the recipe updates are due to you.

Ling Dang didn't want to pay attention to his sixth brother Ling Cen's nonsense.

The Ling family's house is rented. Mr. Li often moves around and has no fixed residence. It has not been a year since she moved here. Mrs. Li was busy doing embroidery all day long to make a living. The eldest sister and second brother ran out all day long. The third sister stayed around the stove and the children. Ling Dang almost took care of the house.

When she arrived, she discovered a cellar outside the backyard.

"Ah..." Ling Cen, the sixth brother, was surprised and poked his head under the cellar entrance, "It's so warm inside."

Ling Dang took the lead and went down. The fifth brother Ling Huai led the impatient sixth brother Ling Cen and followed step by step.

The cellar is very deep, and it was still too dark to see when we first entered it. As we gradually got used to it, we could vaguely see some outlines.

The bottom of the cellar was huge, with only a few things piled in the corners.

Corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, winter melon...

"Wow! Fourth sister! There are so many! We don't have to go hungry anymore!" Ling Cen was so pleasantly surprised, it was like wealth falling from the sky.

All this food was hers.

The Ling family didn't have any land, so she saved it over time as she took advantage of it and didn't steal it.

She didn't know when the male and female protagonists would awaken, but as an NPC, they didn't have the aura of the protagonist to do big things, so there was no problem in doing some innocuous little things secretly to fill their stomachs.

Both the sixth brother Ling Cen and the fifth brother Ling Huai thought they had gotten a big deal, so they went up with an armful of food each.

Just as he entered the kitchen and lit the fire, the third sister knocked on the door outside the house.

The third sister, Ling Jing, came in holding a jar. As soon as she entered the kitchen, she saw corn, sweet potatoes and vegetables on the stove.

"Where did this come from?" Ling Jing was stunned.

"They were left behind by the previous owner! There are so many..."

Ling Cen volunteered to explain.

The fifth brother Ling Huai looked at the fire and nodded in agreement with what the sixth brother Ling Cen said.

As a qualified passerby, Ling Dang always talked little and was quick on his feet. He took the boiled milk from Ling Jing, the third sister, and hurried away on the pretext of feeding his seventh brother.

Sure enough, not long after he came out, the third sister Ling Jing's scolding words came out.

"It belongs to someone else, how can you take it without asking? My mother rented this house, after all, it is not ours..."

(End of this chapter)