Lu Qiqi had almost sold out all the sweet potatoes in the house, so she kept some for planting and ate the rest herself. She then told the villagers that she would not sell any more.

The villagers have been eating a lot of sweet potatoes lately, but they get tired of eating them every day, so they don't see anything wrong with Lu Qiqi saying she won't sell them anymore.

For the past two days, Lu Qiqi has been called by Li Dalang and Zhang Weiguo to inspect the earthen kiln, fearing that they might not do a good job and fail to produce good silver frost charcoal.

Lu Qiqi has also been affected by the two of them these past two days and is a little nervous. She felt a little uneasy about things that she thought were all ready.

I'm worried that all this effort will be for naught in the end.

Lu Qiqi inspected the earthen kiln and then moved away. She had been staying here with Li Dalang and Zhang Weiguo, who were burning charcoal, for the past few days, and she felt like she was being dried out by the fire.

...

Lu Qiqi stayed by the earthen kiln, while Lu Changhu also found out where Lu Dahai lived.

Lu Changhu walked to the veterans' village and looked at the well-cultivated farmland, the winding irrigation ditches, and the many water-filled ponds.

This stands in stark contrast to the overgrown wasteland of Heping Village.

Lu Changhu was extremely jealous. He never expected that Lu Dahai's family could be assigned such a good place, while they could only be assigned to Heping Village to reclaim wasteland.

Fortunately, he found out that Lu Dahai and Lu Qiqi were in the veterans' village and living in the biggest house in the village.

Lu Changhu was furious at the thought of Lu Qiqi. He never expected that she could live a good life with Lu Dahai, while his own sister, Lu Changping, could only marry an old man!

Lu Changhu asked the villagers for directions along the way before finally finding Lu Dahai's large wooden house.

Lu Changhu simply watched from a distance without approaching.

He had been afraid of Lu Dahai since he was a child. After Lu Dahai discovered that he had tried to throw a stone at Lu Qiqi during the famine, he became even more afraid to face Lu Dahai alone.

Lu Changhu knew that once he found a place, things would be much easier. Once he found his grandmother, he could live in the big house.

This way, you won't have to worry about the house collapsing at any time or the roof leaking.

Thinking of this, Lu Changhu hurried home to tell his mother, Jin, the good news.

When Lu Changhu returned home, Jin was feeding Lu Dazhuang, who was bedridden, headache medicine.

Lu Changhu rushed into Jin's room, and Lu Dazhuang immediately reprimanded him, "What kind of behavior is this, so impulsive and reckless!"

Jin disliked Lu Dazhuang's scolding of his son, but in the end she didn't say anything and fed the last mouthful of medicine to Lu Dazhuang.

"Mother, go and call Grandmother. I have some good news to tell you!" Lu Changhu was in a great mood, thinking that he would be able to move into the big house tonight, and completely ignored Lu Dazhuang's scolding.

Although Jin didn't know what good news Lu Changhu had to say, she still helped Lu over.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lu Changhu said, "I found my third uncle and the others. They live in the big house, and they're building another big house right now!"

When Madam Lu heard that her third son was living in a large house, a glimmer of light appeared in her cloudy eyes.

"Really?" Jin exclaimed excitedly. "The third son actually lives in a big house? And he's still building one. How can they be so rich?"

Lu Changhu didn't know why Lu Dahai was so rich, but as long as he could live in a big house, that was fine. He never wanted to live in this leaky, dilapidated house again.

“My third son’s wife’s family was already doing quite well; otherwise, where would we have gotten the food to support us all these years?” Madam Lu was naturally happy to hear that her third son was doing well. Her own flesh and blood would never abandon his old mother.

Besides, Lu Dahai has always been filial; otherwise, he wouldn't have visited other people's homes while still thinking about how his own parents were well-fed and clothed, and would occasionally send them things back.

Thinking this, Madam Lu quickly urged Madam Jin, "Eldest daughter, hurry up and pack your things, we're moving in today!"

Upon hearing Lu speak, Jin hurriedly began packing her things.

They didn't have much; they had picked up what they had along the way while fleeing famine.

Finally, Jin packed two baskets of things. Lu Dazhuang was suffering from a headache, so Jin carried one basket herself and Lu Changhu carried the other. The family hurried to the veterans' village to seek refuge with Lu Dahai.

When noon arrived, Lu Qiqi delivered sweet potatoes to Lu Dahai and the others, then carried a large sweet potato herself and went back to guard the earthen kiln.

After finishing their sweet potatoes, Lu Dahai and Li Qingshan continued building the roof of the house.

Lu Dahai estimated that the roof of the factory building could be completed today, so he asked the villagers to work harder so that the charcoal could be stored there tomorrow.

"Ocean, someone is looking for you!"

Lu Dahai was tapping and banging on the roof with a wooden board when he heard someone call his name.

Lu Dahai casually agreed, handed the wooden plank to a villager, and then climbed down the ladder to the rooftop.

“Dahai! Mother has finally found you!” When Madam Lu saw her third son, she immediately rushed over, disregarding the custom that sons should avoid their mothers when they grow up.

"The sea!"

"Third Uncle!"

Lu Dahai caught his mother and then saw that Lu Dazhuang's family were carrying baskets on their backs, their clothes were tattered, and they looked like they had come to seek refuge with him.

Seeing Lu Shi wailing and crying, the villagers stopped working and slowly gathered around.

Not wanting to be laughed at, Lu Dahai quickly led the Lu family and the eldest son's family home.

Lu Dahai, who led the person home, helped Lu Shi sit down and asked Li Shi to quickly get some food.

Upon hearing this, Li went to the kitchen. They had been eating sweet potatoes all day, and there wasn't much left. If they wanted something to eat, they would have to cook it all again.

Just as Madam Lu finished hanging up the clothes, she entered the kitchen from the backyard and saw Madam Li starting a fire again. She asked, "Little sister, we've already finished lunch, why are you still starting a fire?"

Li said, "Dahai's mother and eldest brother's family have all come, and they asked me to make some food for them."

When Madam Lu heard that the Lu family's eldest branch, full of vampires, had come to their door again and now she had to cook for them, she felt a tightness in her chest.

When Madam Lu thought that Lu Qiqi had fled the famine with the eldest son's family because she didn't get along with them, she hurriedly told Li Qingshan, who was working outside, to go and tell Lu Qiqi the news.

Not wanting to see the troublesome Lu family, Mrs. Lu stayed in the kitchen to cook sweet potatoes with Mrs. Li.

Li tried to lift the bamboo lid several times, but Lu stopped her each time by saying that the unripe sweet potato would cause farts.

Only when the pot was almost burning did Mrs. Lu tell Mrs. Li to quickly turn off the heat.

Then, reluctantly, she used chopsticks to put sweet potatoes into the pot, looking like she was being forced to join the Liangshan bandits.

While inwardly blaming Li Qingshan for being so incompetent, he still hadn't found Lu Qiqi after all this time.

After dawdling for a while, Madam Lu finally handed the cooked sweet potato to Madam Li.

"Sister-in-law, why don't you let go?" Li Shi reminded Lu Shi after holding on for a long time without letting go.

Only then did Madam Lu hand over the sweet potatoes to Madam Li as if she were sending her daughter off on her wedding day.