Mrs. Chen looked at Li Yan's tired face and left without staying for long after giving Li Yan a few words of advice.

After everyone left, Li Yan lay down tiredly.

"I don't know if Zhou Xun is out of danger. I don't know if my uncle has returned yet. If he finds out he's missing, I don't know how worried he'll be!"

Li Yan was thinking in a daze and gradually fell asleep.

When I woke up, it was already dusk.

At this time, Li Yan was in much better spirits. She slowly sat up, jumped up and walked out of the room.

What comes into view is a simple courtyard built with grass and earth. There is an open space in the courtyard, and a few chickens are happily foraging on the space.

Through the mud wall, Li Yan could vaguely see many villagers gathered by the river, washing something, talking and laughing.

The setting sun dyed the entire sky red. Looking at this scene, Li Yan had the illusion of returning to Lijia Village.

"Miss, why did you get up?" Mrs. Zhang hurriedly took a small stool, came to Li Yan, and helped Li Yan sit down.

Li Yan smiled and thanked: "Thank you, grandma. My name is Li Yan, you can call me Yan'er!"

Mrs. Zhang: "You sit down first, I'll go prepare dinner!" After saying that, she went to the kitchen.

By the time dinner was served, it was already completely dark.

Mrs. Zhang set up a square table. She and Chun Ya drank brown rice porridge, but she served white rice porridge to Li Yan.

Li Yan looked at the white rice porridge in front of her with mixed feelings. She had no relationship with this family, but they could treat her with the best things, while she had to eat brown rice porridge.

Li Yan: "Mother-in-law, I really feel ashamed of the way you take care of me!"

Mrs. Zhang smiled and touched Li Yan's head: "Good child, you are a guest in this house, don't be polite!"

Chun Ya, who was standing by, slurped the coarse brown rice porridge in her bowl and advised, "Sister, hurry up and eat. It will be dark soon and you won't be able to see. My grandma won't be willing to light a lamp!"

Mrs. Zhang, standing by, laughed and scolded, "Why are you lighting a lamp while drinking porridge? Can you eat it up your nose?"

For a moment, Li Yan was amused by the two of them.

Li Yan picked up her bowl and poured some white rice porridge into Chun Ya and her mother-in-law's bowls before she stopped.

Mrs. Zhang: "Hey, you kid!"

After dinner, it was completely dark!

At night, Li Yan and Chun Ya slept in the same bed.

Li Yan, who had slept all day, was not sleepy at all.

Chun Ya, who had not yet fallen asleep, looked at Li Yan who was tossing and turning and asked, "Sister, are you missing home?"

Li Yan was looking for someone to talk to at the moment, so she asked, "Sister Chunya, can I ask you, why are you and your mother-in-law the only ones at home?"

Chun Ya explained: "Father and brother went out to sea, and they won't be back for a long time!"

Chun Ya turned to look at Li Yan and continued, "The uncles and older brothers in the village have all gone out to sea! We have torrential rain and floods eight out of ten times every summer. My father said that the little we can earn from farming is not enough to support our family, so he followed the uncles in the village and went out to sea to find a living!"

Li Yan recalled the scene of Chenjia Village she saw today, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. In the ancient times when productivity was extremely backward, people could barely get enough to eat when the years were good. When faced with such a natural disaster, the people could only hope for the best!