"oh."

Ruan Xiaoxue responded. She also didn't like sweet potato rice because it made her fart and had heartburn. But if she didn't add sweet potatoes to it, there wouldn't be enough food at home.

"Second sister, do you want to eat roasted sweet potatoes?"

Ruan Xiaoxue roasted two sweet potatoes in the fire pit. The fragrance was overflowing and honey was oozing out of the skin. They looked delicious.

Ruan Qiqi tore off the skin, revealing the golden and soft flesh with hot steam rising from it. She blew on it a few times and was still burned when she bit it, but it did not affect her eating. This kind of sweet potato roasted with firewood must be eaten while hot, otherwise it will not taste good when it is cold.

The two sisters finished their breakfast, locked the door, and were ready to leave.

Ruan Qiqi walked a few steps, then turned back, took a hoe and started digging a hole in the yard.

"Second sister, why are you digging a hole?"

"Lead the turtle into the cave."

Ruan Qiqi asked her to help as well. The two sisters dug a hole half a meter deep and one foot wide between the courtyard gate and the main gate, and they were sweating from exhaustion.

"Cut these out!"

Ruan Qiqi went to the woodshed to find a bamboo, and together with Xiaoxue, they cut a dozen sharp bamboo sticks and stuck them all at the bottom of the cave.

"Second sister, no one will die, right?"

Ruan Xiaoxue was a little panicked. It was so long and so sharp, it could kill someone.

"You deserve to die!"

Ruan Qiqi didn't think so, but she knew that he would not die, at most he would have a broken leg.

Ruan Xiaoxue swallowed hard. Her second sister was so cruel now. She liked it so much!

Imagining the miserable appearance of her aunt Yang Huiying falling and bleeding, she couldn't help but want to laugh. It was so refreshing.

The two sisters buried some dead firewood at the entrance of the cave, and then covered it with grass and soil. If you don’t look carefully, you can’t see it, and the soil they dug out was also hidden.

The gate to the courtyard was not locked, but just ajar, waiting for Yang Huiying to take the bait.

There is a bicycle at home, which was ridden by Mr. Ruan when he was alive. Although it is five or six years old, it is well maintained and still looks about 70% to 80% new.

The bike was a 28-inch bicycle. Ruan Xiaoxue was taller, so she rode the bike while Ruan Qiqi sat behind her. The two of them went to Baili Village empty-handed.

Baili Village is about twenty miles away from Ruanjia Bay. If it were a flat road, it would take less than an hour. However, the road in the mountains was bumpy and difficult to ride, and Ruan Qiqi's butt hurt.

"I'll go by myself!"

Ruan Qiqi couldn't stand it anymore and decided to walk.

At this cycling speed, it's not much faster than walking, and it's tiring.

Ruan Xiaoxue also got out of the car and pushed the cart away. It was now past eight o'clock in the morning and all the villagers had gone to work. There was no one on the road and no cars. It was very deserted. There were only tung trees blooming by the roadside. When the wind blew, the tung flowers fell like snow.

"I'll pick some tung leaves and steam them into tung leaf cakes. I haven't eaten them for a long time."

Ruan Xiaoxue is a real foodie and she also loves to study food, but unfortunately there are too few ingredients at home for her to use them.

Ruan Qiqi was also greedy. She had never eaten tung leaf baba, but it sounded delicious.

Tung leaves wrapped with glutinous rice flour, corn flour, or flour are all fine. It is a snack for the Ghost Festival in some places in Hunan.

"I'll go to the commune to exchange rice tomorrow and make it when I come back."

She waved her hand and made the decision.

"Give some to my elder sister when it's ready. She also likes to eat tung leaf cakes."

Ruan Xiaoxue smiled happily, feeling like she was back to the time when her father was still alive. The family had no shortage of food or money. Even if something big happened, as long as her father was there, the sky would not fall.

Her second sister now makes her feel at ease, as if there is no problem that her second sister cannot solve.

The two sisters walked for an hour and a half and finally arrived at Baili Village. There was a tall and big old camphor tree at the entrance of the village. Ruan Qiqi stood under the tree to rest and asked the old camphor tree about Ruan Shuangjiang.

"That girl is so pitiful, she gets beaten every day. Her husband is a worthless person, he beats her to death and even beats the children. He is so inhumane!"

The old camphor tree had a kind heart and felt very sympathetic towards Ruan Shuangjiang's situation.

It heard these from the birds and mice in the village. As the oldest tree in Baili Village, it knows everything that happens in the village, including who is cheating on their spouse or who is having an affair. It has a little notebook in its mind for all the details.

Ruan Qiqi asked about Li Hailiang's family again, but unfortunately Old Camphor Tree knew too much gossip and it was too complicated for him to remember for a while.

"Don't worry, take your time to think about it, I'll come to see you in the evening."

Ruan Qiqi gave some spiritual energy to the old camphor tree.

"Thanks, girl. I just thought of something. Do you like gold bars?"

The old camphor tree absorbed the spiritual energy and felt relaxed all over. It blamed itself more and more for not being able to help Ruan Qiqi.

"Like, there are gold bars in the village?"

Ruan Qiqi's eyes lit up, she loved gold the most, the more the better. Even if she couldn't spend it now, it would be nice to keep it in the space and touch it every day.

"Yes, there is a jar of gold bars and Yuan Datou coins buried behind the village morgue. Go dig it up."

The old camphor tree felt much more comfortable. It was glad that it could help Ruan Qiqi. It would think about Li Hailiang's family slowly later. It had to come up with something. It just didn't believe that this family had never done anything bad.

“The gold bars were buried by the white landlord?”

Ruan Qiqi asked curiously.

There are two big surnames in Baili Village, Li and Bai. There is a landlord Bai in the village. He has hundreds of acres of fertile land, but he is just a small landlord. Unfortunately, all landlords, big or small, are equally unlucky.

The landlord Bai was lucky, as he died of illness a few years ago and escaped the disaster.

His wife and children lived in dire straits, but the original body said that the white landlord's grandson was quite promising. He made a fortune in business during the reform and opening up, and even started a company, becoming a well-known boss.

"Yes, sister, do you know the landlord Bai?" asked the old camphor tree.

“I’ve heard of it.”

"Sister, let me tell you something. The son of the white landlord was not born to his cousin, but to another woman. That woman had a husband and gave birth to three sons. The white landlord gave six acres of good paddy fields in exchange for this woman giving birth to a son for him. Her husband personally sent him the son."

The old camphor tree remembered another strange thing and quickly told it to Ruan Qiqi.

"Is that woman also from Baili Village?"

Ruan Qiqi became interested. Isn't this the same as pawning wives before liberation? Pawning the wife to other men to have a son, and then taking the wife home after the birth. She remembered there was a movie about this, and the female lead was quite beautiful.

"No, her man is from Ruanjiawan. He is not good-looking, with triangular eyes and high cheekbones. He looks fierce, but he has a big butt. The landlord Bai liked her big butt. After sleeping with her only three times, she gave birth to a son for him."

When it comes to these romantic gossips, Old Camphor Tree can talk endlessly.

Ruan Qiqi remained silent. Why did the woman that Old Camphor Tree was talking about look so much like the original body's cruel grandmother?

Old Mrs. Ruan also had triangular eyes, high cheekbones, and a big butt. What she was most proud of was her ability to give birth to sons. She gave birth to five sons in one go, but the first three did not grow up, and only Ruan Guiming and Ruan Die survived.

Moreover, the Ruan family did have six acres of excellent paddy fields in the past. Given Old Man Ruan's incompetence, he would never be able to earn so much in his entire life.

Could it be that the woman that Bai landlord rented out was Old Lady Ruan?

Ruan Qiqi's mind flashed with the wrinkled face of old lady Ruan. She then imagined the scene of this old lady making out with the white landlord, and she shuddered with disgust.

Sure enough, it was the melon from the old days, big and sweet, and I ate it without making a sound.

The older generation may seem conservative, but they are actually wild, especially when it comes to bed. They are much more open than the young people of later generations.

Ruan Qiqi asked about the woman's facial features in detail and was basically certain that it was Old Lady Ruan.

Tsk... Old man Ruan put a green hat on himself, what a capable guy!

"After the big-butt woman gave birth to a son, her husband took him back. The landlord Bai still had feelings for her, and she also liked his bravery. The two of them had an affair. One time, her husband caught her, and the landlord Bai paid her two acres of mountain land as compensation."

The old camphor tree told another explosive piece of news, and Ruan Qiqi listened with great interest.

The Ruan family used to have two acres of dry land. This big-butt woman must be Old Lady Ruan. She is so open-minded!

It's a pity that Old Man Ruan lost both his wife and his army. The land he got from selling his wife was all confiscated, and now everyone has to work in a collective. No wonder Old Man Ruan has become more and more gloomy in recent years. He must have been too aggrieved.