Yu Lanhua was even more careful as she secretly took away the sundries. The luggage, which was not too heavy, made her sweat all over, and her short hair, which was cut close to her scalp, was soaked with sweat.

Finally, she moved the last wooden box containing the dishes and chopsticks. She carefully moved it under the pickle jar and propped it up so that she could pull out the food underneath.

Yu Lanhua hooked her fingers and pulled out one of the bags of grain bit by bit, closer and closer! Only when she smelled the fragrance of rice did she breathe a sigh of relief.

When the grain bag was opened, there was brown rice and a lot of taro inside. Zhuying also put the dried beef jerky baked today in it for preservation.

The first time she didn't dare to go too far. She only picked two small taro and a handful of rice. She stopped after taking two steps. How could so much food fill her stomach? Each of them drank a mouthful of porridge, and then urinated a few times and it was gone.

After thinking for a while, she opened the bag of dried meat and took out a handful of it. After putting everything in her arms, she put the things on the ox cart back to their original state, breathed a sigh of relief, and walked forward carefully.

"Aunt, aunt, where are you going?" Yu Lanhua heard someone calling her from behind. She was so scared that she almost sprained her ankle. She quickly steadied herself and looked back. It was Lin Ziming who was on guard.

Yu Lanhua forced a smile from her distorted face: "What else can I do? Just pee."

Lin Ziming kept saying “Oh oh” and added, “Auntie, be careful. If anything happens, just shout loudly and we’ll be there right away!”

Yu Lanhua nodded and responded softly: "Hey hey!"

After saying that, she turned around and walked away step by step, putting her heart back in her stomach. Just now, when Lin Ziming called her, she was almost scared to death, thinking that she had been discovered stealing food from home. Now... it's okay!

Yu Silang and Yu Liulang waited and waited in the camp where they were staying at night, but Yu Lanhua didn't come over. Yu Silang licked his lips and said, "Liulang, give me a drink of water!"

Yu Liulang handed the water bag to him with great effort. They had not eaten for a long time and were very full. They had to walk around every blade of grass they met and had no strength to pull it out. They were so hungry that they were just hanging on by a thread.

The rice and grain lay straight on the cart. If it weren't for the slight rise and fall of the chest, one would have thought it was a dead person. The situation of everyone in this area was the same. Some people lit a fire to cook tree bark and ground meat, while some people were still eating steamed buns made of Guanyin soil when they were about to die. Even if they died, they wanted to die with a full stomach.

"Brother, drink less. We've eaten all the horseradish roots and tree bark along this stretch of road. This little bit of muddy water is all we need to survive. If we drink it all, we won't have the energy to find another muddy puddle. The sun is so strong, the kang will dry up."

"I know. Just drink a little to moisten your mouth. I really can't take it anymore."

Old Lady Yu and the two daughters-in-law of the Yu family were so hungry that they sat beside the cart in a daze. Without food, even their brains were working slowly.

"Do you think that elder sister could send some food to our house?" Yu Liulang glanced at the dark grove. Actually, it was only a dozen trees densely planted there. They were afraid that their brother-in-law would discover them and instigate the Lin family to leave again, so they hid behind these trees. Without food or water, they really didn't have the strength to chase after them a second time.

Yu Silang shook his head: "How can I know? Either she stole it, or with Lin Changfa's temper, there's no way she could send the food back!"

Before he finished speaking, the two heard a familiar voice, which sounded very much like Yu Lanhua.

"Shiro, Rokuro?"

"mother?"

"Are you still here?"

The two brothers were almost crying with joy. It was absolutely true! This was their eldest sister. She must have brought food so late!

At this moment, the joy in their hearts had already dispelled the physical fatigue. Even though they were weak all over, Yu Silang and Yu Liulang still supported their bodies by leaning on the tree and stumbled towards Yu Lanhua.

"Sister, sister! We are here, here!"

When Yu Lanhua heard the voices of her brothers from her natal family, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and trotted over. Yu Silang and Yu Liulang looked at their elder sister in such good health, and their eyes turned green with envy.

At this time, the daughter-in-law of the Yu family also supported the old lady of the Yu family as they walked over here. The old lady of the Yu family kept calling out, "Lanhua, my dear Lanhua, have you brought me food?"

Yu Lanhua couldn't describe her feelings at this moment. This feeling of being expected by her entire family, as if all lives depended on her, made her feel elevated. "Mom, it's all given away, Changfa... I didn't bring much."

At this time, as long as there is someone stuttering, just thank God, no matter how many there are.

Yu Liulang couldn't wait to walk to Yu Lanhua and said, "Sister, if you can bring the food to our house, we will be very grateful to you."

Yu Lanhua: "Little brother, what nonsense are you talking about? I am also a member of the Yu family!"

The old lady of the Yu family finally smiled on her skinny face: "We are all family, family!"

Yu Lanhua untied half of her outer robe and carefully reached in to take the brown rice and dried meat she had stolen from home... Yes, she stole them. Taking without asking is stealing. The food in the house was not just hers. During the Spring Equinox and Autumn Harvest, they went to the fields to farm, and her husband, sons, and daughter-in-law all worked there. So how could the food belong to her alone?

Yu Silang and Yu Liulang's eyes lit up when they saw the brown rice and taro. When they saw Yu Lanhua took out the dried meat, they were more than just excited.

Yu Lanhua felt that she hadn't done enough and said guiltily, "The pickled meat and bacon at home are tightly wrapped by my two daughters-in-law. If I open them, they will definitely find out that I stole things from home."

Yu Silang and Yu Liulang swallowed their saliva frantically: "What did you say? You...you actually have bacon and pickled meat at home!"

Yu Lanhua nodded without any defensiveness. In her mind, if she couldn't trust her brothers, who else could she trust? "We were the first group to leave Linjia Village, and we also brought the most food. We came directly from Lianshan. On the third or fourth day after entering Lianshan, our clan leader killed a wild boar weighing nearly 300 kilograms while picking wild vegetables..."

Yu Lanhua really didn't hide anything. She revealed everything she saw and heard along the way, as well as the food she got. Especially the part about the black python, she said that she even lost her appetite after eating snake meat. This made Yu Silang and Yu Liulang jealous and resentful. They were starving, but their eldest sister had food and drink with the Lin family, and her brother-in-law Lin Changfa was unwilling to give even a handful of rice to the Yu family!

Seeing the ugly expressions of her two younger brothers, Yu Lanhua felt that she had said too much and tried to cover it up: "It was quite a lot before, but we have been rushing all the way here and we have almost eaten all the bacon and pickled meat. Otherwise, your brother-in-law would not care about our family at all."