After lying down for a while, Su Xia decided to go to the kitchen to cook while no one was around.

I took a small bowl, filled it with millet and two sweet potatoes, and went to the kitchen.

Clean the pot, put in the rice, cook the porridge, put a steamed lotus root on top of the washed sweet potato, and while no one is around, take out 5 large steamed buns from the space and put them on top.

He covered the pot and started to light the fire. Su Xia's hometown was in the countryside, so this kind of stove was no problem for him.

While making a fire, I was planning how to survive. The old Su family had made a harsh statement that I wouldn't have to go back for at least the next two months.

The Chen family lives their own life in their own courtyard, so there's no need to worry.

The man works in another place and sends money every month, and I don’t have to take care of him.

The only little kid is three years old and is easy to fool.

Su Xia thought about it and felt that this kind of work was acceptable. She didn't have to work and still got paid.

No one cares about me yet. If I don't want to serve the client and the boss in my future life, I have to hold my breath and live like a retired person!

The only thing is to figure out how to get some food to improve their lives on the surface.

He took out the watch from the space, the alarm clock and went to Chen's father and mother's bedroom to adjust the time.

It's almost eleven o'clock, and the working time is half past eleven.

Su Xia quickly took out the millet porridge from the pot and packed the sweet potato buns and put them in her room.

I went back to the kitchen to clean up and left the door open to get rid of the smell.

I went back to the bedroom and waited for my daughter.

The millet porridge is cooked into a thick consistency, which is suitable for the mother and daughter’s stomachs. They have been hungry for such a long time, so they should nourish their stomachs first.

After serving them out and hanging them to dry, 늀 heard some chirping sounds and looked out the window to see that Mother Chen had returned with a group of granddaughters.

Judging from his smile, he must have dug a lot of wild vegetables.

At this time, Niuniu pushed the door open and came in, "Mom, I'm hungry, what are we going to eat for lunch?"

"I'm hungry. I don't know what to eat when I'm hungry. What the hell is this?"

Niu Niu didn't take it seriously, her mother has always been like this.

He climbed onto the kang and looked at the table. With a wow sound, he asked excitedly:

"Mom, did grandma give all this to you?"

"Well, did you remember what we said this morning?"

"I didn't forget, I didn't forget..." Niu Niu assured seriously, and she would definitely resist showing off in order to have enough to eat.

Su Xia looked at her adopted daughter's dirty face, hands, messy hair, and dusty clothes.

There was a moment when I wanted to throw this child into the trash can.

"Go, wash your face and hands, you're so dirty." Su Xia yelled!

“But, Mom, there is no water in the basin,” Niu Niu was confused, because usually the water was put in the basin by her mother.

Damn, I forgot this little guy can’t carry water.

Then he turned around and said, "Wait, don't eat yet, I'm going to get some water."

Su Xia went to the well in the backyard with a bucket and came back with a bucket of water.

She took a basin and filled it with water and went into the house to wash herself first. After washing, she looked at the towel of unknown color and couldn't bring herself to wash it. So she took out two pure cotton towels from the big package, one white and one khaki, and wiped their faces with one each.

A grey foot towel and a large bath towel for bathing at night.

I turned my head and saw Niu Niu wiping the porridge and steamed buns on the kang table with a greedy look on her face and her saliva was flowing.

"Niuniu, come and wash your hands"

He came over here with a thump, tiptoed on his heels, rubbed his hands in the basin a few times, and that was it done?

…

Unable to bear it any longer, Su Xia walked over, took her hands and washed them thoroughly, wet the towel and rubbed the little face.

Take a good bath at night.

After that, the mother and daughter took turns eating. Su Xia drank a bowl of porridge, a sweet potato, and a steamed bun, while Niu Niu had a bowl of porridge and half a steamed bun. She wanted to eat more, but Su Xia stopped her, saying that children should not have indigestion.

Looking at Niu Niu looking at the remaining steamed buns with regret. I ignored her and put it away in the closet.

After I finished cleaning up, my stepdaughter fell asleep, so I put everything in place and then I fell asleep.

It turns out that you are in poor health and need to take good care of yourself.

When I woke up, my stepdaughter was gone again. I took out my watch and saw that it was two o'clock in the afternoon.

I got up and prepared to improve my living environment while the people in the courtyard were at work.

First, take off the sheets and quilt covers that I brought back from my mother's house, take out a large washbasin from the living room, and take it to the well in the backyard to soak the water.

Take out the laundry detergent from the space and pour some in, then step on it and it will be done.

I took a basin of water and returned to the bedroom, then took out a rag, detergent and a broom from the space.

First, use a broom to sweep the roof and the surrounding walls. Then pour in a little detergent and use a rag to wipe it over and over again until the color of the water in the basin can no longer be seen.

I looked at the room which had instantly become much brighter with satisfaction, feeling a great sense of achievement.

Then he went to the backyard and stepped on it back and forth, and did it again several times. Wring out and dry.

He took the hatchet, carried the basket on his back, and went out of the backyard to the back.

Walk along the back path and look around.

I walked for a long time without seeing any wild vegetables, and the surroundings were bare. You can imagine how severe the famine was.

I rested while walking. I really need to take good care of my body. After walking for a long distance, I saw green plants and there were not many people around. Everyone was working.

Su Xia took out all the solar panels she had bought and placed them facing the sun. From then on, when she went out in the morning, she would connect each one to a battery.

While charging, Su Xia strolled around, put the firewood she had picked up aside with gloves on, and dug up some wild vegetables.

When I got back, Su Xia came in from the backyard with a bundle of firewood and a basket of weeds.

It's 10 o'clock when work is over. At this time, the Chen family becomes lively. The men are resting, the women are cooking or washing clothes, and the children are playing.

Su Xia returned to her bedroom, thought for a while, took out two pounds of sweet potatoes, about five pieces, from the kang cabinet, and took out a small cloth bag filled with three pounds of cornmeal.

My parents-in-law gave me a lot of food after the famine, and I thought it was a token of my appreciation.

I found a basket to put the things in and walked next door.

I walked into the kitchen and saw Chen's mother busy, "Mom, this is for you."

"What?"

When Chen's mother took it and looked at it, her eyes lit up and she quickly covered it with a rag.

"Take it back, take it back. We have food at home. You can keep this for your daughter, Niuniu." Mother Chen looked anxious.

Su Xia used a little strength to put her in Chen's mother's arms, and then she let go.

"Mom, take it. My parents gave it to me when I went back to my parents' home yesterday. It's not much. Your dad should keep it for when he's hungry."

Mother Chen paused, a little touched, "Then mother will keep it for now, and return it to you after the food distribution in a month."

Mother Chen didn't want it, but there was not much food left at home. The food mixed with wild vegetables was enough for half a month. The thought of running out of food in the remaining half a month made Mother Chen very worried.

"Then bring Niuniu with you tonight," he said as he locked the food in the cabinet and put the key rope around his neck.

Su Xia looked at the pot of wild vegetable porridge and a few steamed sweet potatoes on the stove. Well, this meal was much better than that of other people in the village. Some families already had wild vegetables and tree bark bran mixed together for every meal.

Su Xia rejected Chen's mother and went to her bedroom.