One year brought a great drought, the next year floods, and then, in a blink, a plague.
The Xu family fled from the north to the south, and then from the south back to the north.
Before...
"Grandma, look, what is this?!" Xu Ning didn't care about her image at all. She pulled Old Lady Xu over and pointed at a pile of dug yams behind her.
"Yam! So many yams!" Old Mrs. Xu was only worried about Xu Ning and didn't pay attention to the environment behind Xu Ning. Now she took a careful look and was more and more surprised!
"Grandma, look, there are more on the tree!" Xu Dabao pointed at the yam eggs hanging on the branches!
"Wow! Sister, you are so awesome!" Xu Erbao screamed, and was so surprised that he forgot what he was going to tell Xu Ning!
"Grandma, there are so many foods! Let's call mom and dad over to dig together." Xu Dabao was so shocked by the yam that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time. The first thing that came to his mind was that these yams must be dug out quickly.
"Dabao and Xiaobao, go quickly and call your father, mother, and Uncle Li, and remember to bring the backpacks!"
"Hey!" Xu's second child responded happily.
After the two grandsons walked away, Old Lady Xu pulled Xu Ning over and looked at him again and again. After checking to make sure that Xu Ning had no injuries, she hugged Xu Ning.
"My dear, quickly put away what the gods gave you. Don't take it out again. This is enough. My dear, listen to grandma!"
"Grandma?" Xu Ning looked up from Old Lady Xu's arms. Seeing Old Lady Xu wiping away tears, he couldn't bear it. "Grandma, these are all my discoveries, not told to me by the gods."
Xu Ning hugged the old lady back and said, "Grandma, don't worry. Your granddaughter is very blessed. Otherwise, the gods wouldn't have given us a treasure chest, right? Grandma, look, these yams are enough for our family to eat for a long time."
"Also, grandma, there are actually a lot of yams hidden in the box. Don't tell anyone. I'm only telling you one person. From now on, if we have food, we can hide it secretly in the box. That way, no one will find it or steal it!"
"Daya, didn't you say that someone was following us?" Old Mrs. Xu suddenly remembered this and pulled Xu Ning out of her arms, turning from a loving grandmother into an old lady who was not easy to fool.
"Let's go, the guy was suffocated by my shit." Xu Ning waved his hands, looking like he had no choice.
Old Mrs. Xu laughed out of anger. Considering that Xu Ning still had an injury on her back, she tapped her forehead with her finger.
"Hehe" Xu Ning immediately put on a playful smile and stuffed the yams into the box.
Old Mrs. Xu saw with her own eyes that the yam disappeared after being stuffed into the box, and she was so scared that she cried out "Oh my God"!
Xu Ning looked up at the sky and instantly wanted to ask why the sky, with such devout people, could be so cruel as to bring down so many disasters?
"Grandma, now that our family is settled, let's plant yams!"
“Can yam be grown?”
"Of course you can, milk, yams have many uses! And look, the yield is so good!"
"As you say." Old Mrs. Xu looked at the large patch of wild yam and felt that what Xu Ning said made sense.
Xu Da and the others came over quickly, and Old Lady Xu and Xu Ning dug out a lot of yams.
"Mom, this, this, this..." Xu Da was so surprised that he was incoherent.
"Daya, you are really... amazing!" Hunter Li was also shocked. It was the first time he saw wild yam growing in such large patches!
Xu Ning finally heard a word of praise for her. She felt very happy and it was worth it for her to dig for the whole morning.
Xu Ning made way for the adults and she found a tree to sit down and rest. Xu Xiaobao walked towards her holding a bamboo tube filled with water.
"Congratulations, player. Your mission progress has increased by one."
"Today is a good day, so beautiful~" Xu Ning hummed a song happily.
"Sister, drink some water!" After Xu Xiaobao handed the bamboo tube to Xu Ning, he squatted beside Xu Ning and watched quietly. After Xu Ning finished drinking the water, he took out the small red fruit wrapped in leaves from his arms.
Xu Ning felt warm in his heart. He took it with both hands and took out a piece of rock candy from the box beside him. Before Xu Xiaobao could react, he stuffed it into his mouth.
Xu Xiaobao's eyes suddenly widened, his face full of disbelief.
"Shh~ Xiaobao, keep it a secret." Xu Ning put his index finger between his lips and winked at Xu Xiaobao cunningly.
Xu Xiaobao covered his mouth and nodded vigorously. Xu Ning couldn't help laughing, and Xu Xiaobao pointed at Xu Dabao.
Xu Ning now has food in his hands and is not worried. There are at least hundreds of kilograms of yam stored in the space. Finally, he no longer has to worry about the problem of only taking in but not giving out!
Xu Ning happily rummaged through the treasure chest and took out candies without hesitation.
Xu Dabao was still helping to dig yam with the sound of "Hey ball, hey ball" when Xu Ning came over and suddenly fed him a piece of rock sugar.
The same unbelievable face appeared in front of Xu Ning again.
"Brother, is it delicious?" Xu Ning narrowed his eyes, smiled and asked him in a low voice.
Xu Dabao nodded, and Xu Ning smiled even more. "Keep it a secret, we all have it at home!"
Xu Dabao nodded again, and Xu Ning couldn't help but continue to laugh as he watched. The second baby of the Xu family was just too adorable.
Time slowly passed by noon, and Xu Ning fed Erbao from time to time, but he was not hungry.
Old Mrs. Xu, Xu Da and others were so excited that they forgot they were hungry. It was not until Mrs. Feng came with the child and Old Man Xu staggered over with a bamboo tube of water that they remembered they had not eaten lunch.
The adults were fine. After all, they were lucky enough to have a full meal while fleeing from famine. How could they dare to think about three meals?
The kids had already eaten their fill, and Old Lady Xu confirmed this by touching Xu Xiaobao's bulging belly.
When the adults were digging yams, they would occasionally look back. They knew that it was Xu Ning feeding the two brothers with food, but they thought it was dried meat and wild fruits and didn't take it seriously.
"Or, let's finish digging." Xu Da suddenly suggested. He stopped what he was doing and looked at Old Mrs. Xu inquiringly.
When Old Man Xu came over, Old Mrs. Xu put down her work and went over to help Old Man Xu carry water.
"The boss is right, mother. You take a rest first, we will dig them." There were so many yams, not to mention others, even Zhang would feel uncomfortable if she didn't dig them out.
Zhang was born into a poor family. She had to do all kinds of work and suffered all kinds of hardships since she was a child. Later, she was sold to a human trafficker by her parents in exchange for two bags of grain.
So, she knew too well the importance of food.
Not to mention not eating at noon today, even if she doesn’t eat at noon tomorrow, I can let her not eat for two days, as long as she digs out all these yams!
She would feel uneasy if she didn't dig it out.
I always feel like these yams will disappear if I don’t dig them!
She was used to being hungry anyway.
In the past, in order to ensure that her younger brothers and sisters had enough to eat, Zhang often only ate one meal a day, and only when she was half full.
After becoming a maid, Zhang often did not have enough to eat. It was not until she married into the Xu family that she finally had a full meal.
Zhang cherishes her current home very much and she really wants to do more for it.
In the past, whether Zhang was a maid or married to Xu Da, she almost always listened to others, never expressed her own opinions, and just did things silently.
This was the first time she expressed her opinion since she came to the Xu family.