The day passed quickly. At noon, Lian Qiuping came back, made some food, and hurried back to the fields.

Around two o'clock in the afternoon, Yufang took Xiaofeng back home first. Xiaofeng was too young, so she climbed onto the kang to take a nap as soon as she came back.

Li Yufang said, "Xiaomin, you stay at home and take care of her. I'll go out and collect some firewood."

What a diligent and restless little girl she was. When she came back, she brought a basket of wild vegetables.

Lian Xiaomin nodded in agreement, picked up Xiao Feng'er, and carried her directly to her room, letting her sleep on the end of the kang. Xiao Fu was also sleepy, so she coaxed Xiao Fu to sleep for a while.

Xiao Ya woke up, so I made her some more milk powder and fed her.

For fear of waking up the other two children, Lian Xiaomin carried Xiaoya to the yard and sat on a chair.

I thought that I should give Xiao Feng'er some milk as well. Looking at the little kid's yellow hair and face full of malnutrition, I felt really sad.

An hour later, the two sleeping babies woke up, so Lian Xiaomin made another large bowl of milk powder. She didn't use a bottle.

Of a bowl of milk, half was fed to Xiao Fenger and the other half was fed to Xiao Fu.

Xiao Feng'er didn't know what it was, she thought it was sugar water, she just knew it was sweet. Lian Xiaomin said it was sugar water, sister gave it to you, don't tell anyone.

Xiao Feng'er has a little bun on her head. She looked at Lian Xiaomin and nodded vigorously. She looked so cute, so endearing!

Lian Xiaomin also chirped twice and asked Xiaofeng and Xiaofu to sit on the kang and play together.

Li Xianghai did not come back in the afternoon. It was not until the evening, when it was getting dark, that he finally came back exhausted and carrying a bag of grain.

He entered the yard and quickly closed the gate. Lian Qiuping came over to help him unload the bags into the kitchen. She asked nervously, "How is it? Why did you come back so late? I told the team leader that you didn't come back at noon and asked for leave this afternoon."

Li Xianghai nodded, and went into the room of Lian Xiaomin and the other children with Lian Qiuping. They sat on the edge of the kang, and Lian Qiuping lit the kerosene lamp, lighting up the room.

Li Xianghai said to Lian Xiaomin, "Xiaomin, your uncle has thought about it today and decided to go to Jianye County. I heard that the purchasing station in the county offers more."

Lian Qiuping said, "No wonder you came back at this time. The bus to the county town only goes back and forth at this time, twice a day."

Li Xianghai continued, "These two ginsengs are so good, we should get a good price, otherwise we will lose a lot. I found a purchasing station in the county, and they charge 600 yuan for one ginseng and 1,200 yuan for two. This is good ginseng! It's worth the price! If I could spend more time to contact someone to buy it, I could get more, but I don't have the time to take chances. The purchasing station is the easiest."

As Li Xianghai spoke, he pulled out a wad of money from his pocket and handed it to Lian Xiaomin, then looked at Lian Qiuping and continued, "I went through a lot of trouble to find a black market behind the train station and bought 100 kilograms of sorghum rice. This is only available in the county town, not in our commune. Now the grain stores everywhere are simply out of food, and even with the grain coupons, there is nothing. I can only find someone in the black market to exchange it for, 40 cents a kilogram, and I spent a total of 40."

You should know that if you buy sorghum rice at a grain store with a grain coupon, it only costs 10 cents per pound. But now the grain store has no grain to sell, and the price on the black market is several times higher.

Originally, her uncle wanted to pay for the food, but Lian Xiaomin refused. She unfolded the stack of money in her hand, took out four Big Unity banknotes and stuffed them back into her uncle's hands.

Lian Xiaomin was holding a bundle of money in her hand, 1,160 yuan, which was not a small amount at that time. It was considered good for an average rural family to have a few dozen yuan in savings.

Lian Xiaomin said to her uncle and aunt: "Aunt, uncle, can the three of us really get settled in Sandagou Village? If so, I will have enough money to build a house now."

Lian Qiuping looked at the money in Lian Xiaomin's hand and said with a smile: "I have never seen so much money in my life. Xiaomin, you must keep it well and don't get into trouble. This is the family foundation for you three children in the future. You must rely on this money and grow up well. The captain is your uncle's eldest cousin, there will be no problem."

She turned to look at Li Xianghai: "After dinner tonight, go to Brother Shengli's house and discuss this with him. It's very tiring to work during the day, and it's hard to talk. You are the only one who didn't go to work today, which means the team leader is your cousin."

Li Xianghai nodded and said yes, then asked Lian Xiaomin: "When you came here, the village chief gave you a letter of introduction, right? Take that out to apply for the residence permit."

Lian Xiaomin took out the letter of introduction and the old household registration booklet of her family and put them together. When she came across them, she found them in her pocket and put them away.

Lian Xiaomin handed it to her uncle and said, "Uncle, if everything goes well, then the three of us can register as one household. I will take good care of my two younger siblings in the future."

Lian Qiuping felt bad when she heard this. She touched Lian Xiaomin's head and said, "Xiaomin, you are also a child. Now that you are in our village, I will definitely take care of you."

Lian Xiaomin held Lian Qiuping's hand and said, "Aunt, I'm 13 years old this year, and I've been strong since I was a child, as you know. I can do farm work or go to work. Otherwise, I can hunt, and I can earn work points for the village. Anyway, don't worry."

Lian Qiuping smiled and said to Li Xianghai, "This is true. You may not know that Xiaomin takes after his father, my eldest brother Li Dashan. He has been very strong since he was young. In ancient times, that would be called supernatural powers. Alas, who would have known that such a thing would happen." As she spoke, her eyes turned red again.

Although Lian Xiaomin did not feel any personal heartache, after all, he had never seen his father and his dead family members in this time and space, but he also choked up along with the voices.

In order to break the sad atmosphere, Li Xianghai quickly changed the subject: "Xiaomin, you must remember to live here in the future and never go to the deep mountains. The mountains in our Northeast are huge. Although they are rich in resources, they are also dangerous. Even a professional old gunner (hunter) has to bring more people with him. You, a little kid, dare not go into the deep mountains easily."

Lian Xiaomin didn't say much, just nodded and said she understood.

But she was very happy in her heart, because there were treasures everywhere in the Northeast. With her skills and the great artifact of space, she would not be afraid of anything.

The deep mountains and old hills in the northeast must be very nice, and I must go and see them. In the future, if I can hunt more prey for money, I can buy things and spend money on daily living expenses.

After talking for a while, the aunt took Xiao Fenger out to cook.

After dinner, Li Xianghai went out and went straight to the home of the team leader Zhang Shengli.

Lian Xiaomin took advantage of the fact that no one else was in the room and made some milk powder to feed Xiaoya. Xiaofu was sure that he was not full, so she filled an aluminum lunch box with half a box of porridge and half a box of steamed egg with minced meat and fed him with a spoon.

There were plenty of food in her space. Xiaofu ate with great relish, not knowing why his sister could always make delicious food. He stared at the lunch box with a smile while eating, unable to wait for a bite, and his little mouth moved with a gurgling sound.