There are seventeen people in the old Song family, big and small. Excluding Song Jianye and Song Jianshe who are not here, and Song Tiantian who is less than one year old, there are fourteen people in this room. They have to squeeze together to sit at two tables.

And now there was Baoya, who, although small, couldn't fit on the table. Yang Yulan felt sorry for her and let her sit in her seat. Then she put a bowl of porridge in front of her and broke half of the black bun in her hand and gave it to her.

Baoya looked at her timidly, not knowing whether she could take it, but she was so hungry that she finally took it.

Yang Yulan smiled at her and stood aside eating with her bowl in hand.

Feng Guizhi saw this but didn't say anything. Everyone ate in silence. However, the children over there would secretly glance at Baoya while eating.

Baoya didn't pay attention to these gazes. Her eyes were only focused on the porridge with rice grains in front of her and the steamed bun in her hand.

She slowly drank the hot porridge from the bowl and ate the fragrant steamed buns. Her stomach suddenly felt better. After finishing a bowl of porridge, her stomach was almost full.

After the meal, everyone relaxed a lot. Only then did Baoya's little head have time to think about other things.

She felt her mind was clearer after waking up in the morning, no longer as confused as before. Some things she didn't quite understand before, now she had a vague understanding of them.

However, she still didn't quite understand what this meant.

She thought back to the dream she had yesterday. If she returned home, would the same thing happen?

Baoya lowered her head and thought about how Chen Fengxia had lost her yesterday. She suddenly didn't want to go home.

But where else would she go if she didn't go home?

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After dinner, the sons and daughters-in-law of the first and second wives were sent off to work, while the daughter-in-law of the third wife went to wash the pots and dishes. The half-grown children also spontaneously went out to pick grass for the pigs and wild vegetables, leaving Feng Guizhi alone sitting in the main seat, watching Baoya sitting timidly beside her.

After thinking about it, I decided to take her to the brigade headquarters.

After all, this child suddenly appeared, and no one knew who his parents were. If it was really as the third daughter-in-law said, it would be easy to deal with, but I was afraid it was not.

Anyway, no matter what, tell the team leader and ask them to help find someone faster. The people in the fields still have to go to work, and the most they can do is help ask. Moreover, the team leader also needs to arrange a place for this child.

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No one had much food these days, so saving a few to feed a child wouldn't be a big deal, but who knew when this girl would be able to find her parents? It could be one day, but it could also be ten days, and no one could afford to raise her.

Moreover, at the most basic level, this was a case of neighbors helping each other. At the most fundamental level, it could even affect the honor of the entire production brigade. Therefore, the team leader had to decide on the arrangements; they couldn't make the decision on their own. Otherwise, if word got out, even those doing good deeds would be labeled child traffickers.

Feng Guizhi brought Baoya all the way to the brigade headquarters, found the brigade leader Song Yuangang, and told him about Baoya.

"We found this girl in our haystack this morning. She looked unfamiliar. We couldn't tell if she was from outside or a relative of ours. We asked her but couldn't get any information. She must have been hungry for a long time, having finished her big bowl of porridge that morning. Her family must have been very worried, and we farmers didn't know what to do, so we brought her to the brigade headquarters to see what the captain would do."

Song Yuangang frowned and looked at Baoya after hearing this. The little girl looked very young, with beautiful black and white eyes. She was looking at him timidly. There was no flesh on her fair little face, which made her look very pitiful.

He thought about it and thought that since the girl looked unfamiliar, she might not be from their production team. But it was not impossible that the girl Feng Guizhi had just mentioned might be a relative who had been adopted by someone. However, it was most likely from another production team.

The production team couldn't just ignore this guy when he showed up, and they had to take good care of him. This was a good deed, and they would be praised when they reported it later.

Thinking that the person was found at Old Song's house, he thought for a while and said to Feng Guizhi:

"Well, let this girl stay at your house for the next few days. I'll go ask around and see if I can find her family. But don't worry, Aunt Guizhi. This is a good thing. It's a contribution to the entire brigade, so we won't treat you unfairly."

"This child will be paid one work point for every day he stays at your house. What do you think?"

If it were someone else, Song Yuangang might not be willing to give so many work points, but it was because of Feng Guizhi's good ideological awareness. Moreover, the Song family really did not have a easy life.

The husband of the family died early, leaving them as orphans and widows. At the time, she was pregnant with her fourth child, but she went into premature labor upon hearing the news of the husband's death. The other three sons were only half grown, and it was not easy for a woman to raise four children.

Moreover, this person has finally raised several children and got them married. Life should be getting better soon, right?

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Thinking of his third son who had broken his leg and had been unable to work for months, and his fourth son who was too weak to work in the fields, the family seemed large, but only a few could work and earn work points.

Everyone outside said that the Song family was unlucky and that the whole family was full of old, weak and sick people.

Therefore, when the family is already in great difficulty, they are still willing to feed a child who is not related to them and want to help find their family. This is too high a level of thinking and they really should be given more work points.

When Feng Guizhi arrived, she had thought Song Yuangang would probably offer some benefits and allow their family to continue raising the child. However, she hadn't expected him to be so generous this time, raising a half-grown girl at a centimeter a day. If this were to get out, others would probably be envious.

He was kind, and she wasn't greedy, so she said, "This is all for our production team. Whatever the team leader says is what we do."

The matter was settled, and Feng Guizhi took Baoya back with her.

It was June and the weather was gradually getting warmer.

The wheat harvest had just finished, and this year's crop was quite good. After deducting the grain they had to hand in, every family had received a good share. While it wasn't enough to eat to their heart's content, it was enough. Everyone in the production team was beaming with happiness.

Moreover, after the busy harvest, the work in the fields is not too heavy. Everyone chats while working and can also earn work points. It can be said that these are the most relaxing days.

Although the Song family had received a good share of food, their family was too large, so life was still a bit tighter than others. Even though Baoya was getting one more work point a day, they still worked one more day.

So, Feng Guizhi took Baoya home, packed up a little, took her straw hat and went to the field, with Baoya following behind her.

On the way, Feng Guizhi glanced at Baoya and said, regardless of whether she understood or not:

"Until we find your parents, you can stay at our Song family first. We may not have good food or drinks, but we will also have food for you. Just stay here and rest assured. We will send you back once we find your parents."

Baoya lowered her head and said nothing, and it was unknown whether she understood or not.

Arriving at the allocated plot of land, Feng Guizhi asked Baoya to wait in the shade of a tree while she went to work. Later, when her third daughter-in-law came to bring water, she would ask her to take Baoya back.

Baoya sat obediently under the shade of the tree, her eyes fixed in the direction of Feng Guizhi.

When Grandma Sun, who was working in the field with her, saw Baoya, she couldn't help but take a closer look: "Hey, Guizhi, is this child your relative? I haven't seen him before.

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When she said this, Tiedan's mother clapped her hands and cried out, "I hadn't noticed it until you told me. Just now, when I saw her from a distance, I thought it was her Yun Duo. But, this girl's face is unfamiliar. How come I haven't seen her before?"

"Who is it?"

Listening to what was being discussed here, the second daughter-in-law of the Sun family, who was working not far away, came over and looked at Baoya curiously: "Oh, this little girl is really good-looking."

Feng Guizhi walked to the field and said as she hoeed: "She's not a relative at all. I don't know whose child ran away and fell asleep in our haystack. I didn't find out who her parents were. I just took her to the brigade headquarters, and the brigade leader said to take care of her first and help find her parents later."

There was nothing to do at this time, so everyone just gathered together to chat about family matters. Feng Guizhi dared to bring Baoya out without fear of being questioned, but even if she talked, she couldn't let anyone know about the one work point per day, otherwise someone with ulterior motives would become jealous and keep an eye on their family.

"What? Lost?"

"How could such a young child get lost? Didn't anyone look for her? I don't remember this girl in our production brigade."

"Yeah, I haven't seen her before. Could it be that she ran away from another brigade on her own? That's very strange."

A few people started discussing it, and then Mrs. Sun said, half sighing and half inquiringly, "You have quite a few children already, and now you want to raise another girl who is not even related to you? Didn't the captain say what subsidy you will get?"

"Yes, your family has to save food for their own family. You can't raise other people's children for free, so you have to ask the team leader for some subsidies."

Feng Guizhi stood up straight. "The team leader said this is a good deed, a contribution to the entire team. It's a good deed for the collective honor, so how can we still think about ourselves at this time?"

What she said was indeed correct. Song Yuangang did say that, but she omitted the last sentence.

When the others heard this, they didn't know what to do.

Mrs. Tian, who had heard everything clearly, put on a sullen face, struck the ground with her hoe, and immediately started yelling:

"What are you all doing standing here? The brigade assigned you work and gave you work points to work, not to gossip. What's the matter? Do you all think that you came late like others because you did good deeds and were praised by the team leader?"

Mrs. Tian and Feng Guizhi are about the same age, but Mrs. Tian is thin and has no flesh on her face or body. She looks a few years older than her actual age, especially when she has a gloomy face.

, he looks like he has a mean look on his face.

When they heard her words, the others stopped talking, picked up their tools and returned to their original positions to continue working.

This old lady Tian was notoriously difficult to deal with in the brigade. She spoke harshly, was mean to people, and when she could curse someone to death, no one in the entire brigade could match her. It wasn't that she couldn't win an argument, but her curses were too harsh to hear. And when she couldn't win, she didn't care about her dignity and would just lie on the ground and throw a tantrum.

People like this wouldn't bother to pay attention to her unless it was necessary. Especially since it sounded like it was directed at them, but who couldn't tell it was actually a stab at Feng Guizhi? So they didn't get involved.

Feng Guizhi raised her eyes and glanced at Mrs. Tian, but was too lazy to pay attention to her.

Seeing Feng Guizhi's indifference, Mrs. Tian's anger suddenly rose again, and she glared at him and cursed:

"These days, who has extra food to feed an outsider? And you're trying to be kind and contribute to the team? Pah! It sounds nice, but could it be that this was brought back by one of our bastards from out there?"