That day, at dusk, the sky was a sea of ​​red, the sun set over the mountains, and the sunset was so beautiful that it made people intoxicated...

Huajia Courtyard——

A young woman's voice was faintly heard from inside, and her tone seemed a bit exasperated.

"Oh my, why don't you believe me? I took care of your second brother for the whole afternoon, so he recovered so quickly...otherwise, why would I lie to you?"

I couldn't hear the fragmented conversation in between, but it was basically a repetition of a few sentences of argument.

In the yard, Hua Shi sat on a small bench under the eaves, fanning herself with a large palm-leaf fan, enjoying the cool breeze, and talking to the closed door.

Hua Xiao, Hua Li and Hua Ying hid in the inner room, while Li, Hua Ciyuan and Hua Yu went to the fields to sow seeds.

Today was just sowing, nothing else, so Mrs. Li didn't let Hua Xiao and Hua Li go with her. She asked them to stay at home and do the work, cooking, washing clothes, and feeding the chickens in the chicken coop...

During the days of harvest, Hua Shi was the one who fed the chickens, Li would cook when she came back, and Hua Yu was the one who did the laundry.

At this moment, Mrs. Li did not let Hua Xiao and Hua Li go to the fields. Naturally, the free work at home was for them to do.

In Li's eyes, the housework was all light work, which was more than enough for an eight-year-old child to do.

If all the pigs raised at home had not been sold last year to support Hua Ciyuan's studies, Hua Xiao and Hua Li would still be out cutting grass and feeding the pigs.

The tedious and busy day passed quickly, and after a burst of small noises, the Hua family courtyard slowly returned to calm.

Tonight I had porridge with pickles again. After an hour or two, I digested it after walking a few steps...

At night, Hua Shi was so hungry that he couldn't sleep and tossed and turned.

Over the past month, there have always been a few nights when she was so hungry that she couldn't sleep. Sometimes when she couldn't bear it anymore, she wondered when this kind of life would end...

By the way, she also has a spring whose use she doesn’t know. She has been secretly studying it for a few days, but has not found any special function.

According to her careful observations over the past few days, the spring water neither beautifies the skin nor strengthens the body, nor is it sweet and tasty, such as making the food cooked in it more delicious.

Don't ask her how she knew. She had been drinking the spring water for almost two days and didn't feel any special changes in her body. If there were any special beauty effects, she would have looked at herself in the bronze mirror every day and would definitely have been able to see it.

Hua Yu was sick two days ago, and she even gave her a large bowl of spring water, but she didn't get better and was still sick. This also ruled out the fallacy that spring water can strengthen the body and cure all diseases.

She also secretly replaced the water in the water tank with spring water, and used this spring water to cook for several days, but the food didn't seem to become any more delicious or fragrant.

So after ruling out the above conclusions one by one, Hua Shi couldn't think of anything else that would make her feel that this spring water was useful to her...

There is some disappointment, but there is no loss. It is just like there is a faucet on the palm of my hand. Others can't see it, so it doesn't matter much.

Hua Shi lay in bed, tossing and turning, thinking randomly, her mind wandering, but she still couldn't fall asleep.

I'm so hungry that I can't sleep...

The busy farming season was over, and the village was about to start to become more lively. She was thinking about whether she should go out for a walk in the village and find a side job or something...

Helping other people with their work and then having them give her food as a reward. After all, waiting to be fed by Li was too unrealistic, and she would eventually starve to death.

“Pah—”

Suddenly, a sound came from the small wooden window not far from the bed, which was particularly clear in the quiet night.

Hua Shi suddenly looked up and was startled, staring at the small wooden window vigilantly.

There won't be any mice...

Even an eight-year-old child couldn't climb in through that small window, and it seemed that nothing else would knock on the small broken window in her room in the middle of the night except mice or something like that.

The small broken window was hit again, and this time it was directly opened, and the night wind blew in.

"Meow……"

At the same time, Hua Shi suddenly heard a cat's meow.

In the darkness, Hua Shi couldn't see clearly, she could only vaguely feel that a blurry object jumped in quickly and landed on the floor of her room.

Slowly approaching her...