Lian Qiuping also got on the kang and said, "Xiaomin, don't go home today. Just stay in this room for the night. It's very warm at the head of the kang."

Lian Xiaomin thought, not everyone can stand the taste of the kang, it's sour and refreshing, like a pancake.

"Come and talk to me, where did you get this prey? Didn't you go to the county town? Why did you get home so late? You look like a monkey."

Lian Qiuping was an impatient person. She quickly took the cotton-padded jacket that Lian Xiaomin had taken off and put it aside, while asking in a low and quick voice.

"Please leave it there for now. I will take it out and dust it off tomorrow morning."

Lian Xiaomin sat cross-legged on the kang and continued speaking in the quietest voice according to the idea in her mind: "I took a bus to the commune at noon. On the way back, I saw that the small fork road just led into the ridge. I thought that the weather was so good, so I took advantage of the fact that it didn't snow and took a walk. As a result, I ran into Brother Sanyong at the mountain pass. He took his hunting rifle to hunt, so we went together. This side is just on the outskirts, and there are no big wild animals, so it's okay."

Lian Qiuping suddenly understood, nodded and whispered: "That's what happened, Sanyong is a good guy, it's okay to have him with you, you are not familiar with this place, it's better to go into the mountains with less people. This whole roe deer is given to you? Doesn't he have a share?"

"We hunted a lot together, and even set traps, so we're busy until this late. We still have a few roe deer. He said he could trade them for some money and notes, and then give them to me. Aunt, let Yufang make chicken and mushroom stew tomorrow. You need to take good care of yourself. Did you eat the chicken I asked Yufang to take before I left last time? Don't be reluctant to eat it, you have to eat it for the sake of the baby in your belly."

Lian Qiuping was amused. Seeing her little adult look, she poked her forehead with her finger and said, "Still stewing chicken with mushrooms. Are you greedy? The mushrooms Yufang left are very good. We have already cooked a chicken. When your uncle came back that day, we cooked it together. We wanted to keep the remaining one for you to cook when you come back."

Even Xiaomin was drooling and said, "Really? Yufang said her cooking was delicious. This time I want to eat the stewed pheasant... I'll just have some soup, and you will eat it, ok."

The two of them laughed as they talked, and under the dim kerosene lamp, they continued to chat in low voices.

Lian Xiaomin made up a few stories about hunting and said that she had shot the roe deer with a hunting rifle, so her aunt should not feel burdened when eating it.

Lian Qiuping said: "Sanyong is also a kind and righteous person, don't we really need to cut some meat for him?"

Lian Xiaomin waved her hand: "No, don't worry about it, and try not to mention it to him. If you tell others, they will hear you. It's not good."

Lian Qiuping listened and nodded, saying, "Of course not. We can't let the villagers know about it. We have to hand it in. Especially since it's the captain's son, we can't let him cause any trouble. We'll pack it up tomorrow and hide it in the cellar. We have to stew the meat at night, not during the day. If others smell it, they'll gossip. Who can eat meat? We're almost out of food."

As they were talking, Xiaofu groaned softly, probably because he wanted to pee. Lian Xiaomin gently carried him out of bed, walked to the small urinal in the corner, and helped him pee. Xiaofu was in her arms, half asleep, and recognized that it was Jiejie. He murmured in a baby voice: "Jiejie~"

After changing his diaper, I coaxed him: "Be good, Xiaofu. Let's go back to sleep. Jiejie is back. Let's play with Xiaofu after he wakes up."

"Hmm~" Xiaofu was drowsy and was stuffed back into the quilt. He soon fell asleep again.

Lian Xiaomin looked at the one year and seven month old baby, who was lying heartlessly on the big kang and sleeping in a strange posture. On the other side, his little sister Xiaoya was also sleeping soundly with her little face pouting.

These two lovely little ones made her heart especially soft at the moment. She silently hoped that the two little babies could have enough food and water under her protection and grow up healthy and happy in this era.

And she firmly believed that she could do this.

Lian Xiaomin was in the room wearing only a sweater. Lian Qiuping didn't let her go out. She went outside to get her a basin filled with warm water and brought it in for her to wash. Lian Xiaomin quickly took it and told her to get on the kang quickly, or she would do it herself.

Lian Qiuping smiled and said it was okay. There were many country women who would go to work in the fields even with big bellies during the autumn harvest. Besides, she could just stay at home and exercise, which would not affect anything. It was just that Yufang was always keeping an eye on her.

After washing up, Lian Xiaomin turned off the lights and lay down to sleep with her aunt.

A good night's sleep.

When she woke up the next day, the first thought that popped into Lian Xiaomin's mind was that she was finally lying on a warm and spacious kang, instead of lying on a big tree in the deep mountains and forests. Haha, it felt so good!

She squinted her eyes and saw that it was still dark. The watch in the space showed that it was not yet six in the morning, and the kerosene lamp in the room was on. She glanced sideways and saw her aunt sitting at the end of the kang, holding a bowl and feeding the little girl with milk spoon by spoon. Lian Xiaomin saw that she was almost done, but she didn't get up and continued to squint with half of her cheek pressed against the pillow.

She thought to herself, she had slept so soundly that she didn't even notice her aunt got up to prepare milk powder.

When she left, the bag she gave to Yufang was filled with Xiaoya's milk powder bags and Xiaofu's food rations.

The little girl is more than six months old now. During this period, she needs to drink milk twice at night and once at five or six in the morning.

Lian Xiaomin felt a little sore in her body. With her physical condition, she had to drag the heavy prey for three long distances. Her shoulders and arms also felt a little sore. I wonder how Brother Sanyong and the others are doing.

With her eyes closed, she continued to recall in her mind what she had experienced during the six days she was away, and many scenes flashed by like a movie.

It's really hard to go hunting in the mountains.

I went there for the sake of novelty, with curiosity and a love of excitement, but Zhang Wenyong and the other four went there more to earn some hard-earned money so that they and their families could have enough to eat.

Of course, young men, both big and small, are passionate in nature and are the kind of people who dare to think and act. Only such people can struggle out some way in such an era. Otherwise, it would be very difficult for ordinary farmers to make a living by relying solely on those few work points.

When they came back, except for her, the other four were gritting their teeth and insisting on continuing on their journey. Even Wang Xintian was so tired that his face turned pale.

Fortunately, she gave Hu Zi medicine to speed up the healing of his wounds in advance, otherwise, he would have suffered... Brother Sanyong looked quite thin, but in the end, he looked OK. He still had to drive to the county town to hunt. I wonder if Brother Sanyong and his friends had a smooth journey...

Lian Xiaomin's mind was full of random thoughts, and she fell into another short nap in a daze.

When I woke up again, it was already bright daylight.