"well!"
The mother and her three children all sighed in unison.
"Alright, stop sighing! The drought is over, the locust plague is over, the torrential rains and floods are over. So what if the cabbages and radishes got frozen? It's not like they're inedible. They say a timely snowfall promises a good harvest, so this is a good thing! It means next year will be a bumper year!"
Yue Jiuyue's words really persuaded the three brothers. Their bitter faces immediately turned into chrysanthemum faces, and they smiled so wide that their mouths stretched to their ears.
"Yes, yes, yes! A timely snowfall promises a good harvest; next year will definitely be a bumper year!"
"Wow! Now that you mention it, we're really lucky! We survived the drought, the locust plague, and the floods all safely. Oh, and there was an earthquake, wasn't there? I remember it was because of the earthquake that we ran out late at night, and then Mom said it was going to rain, and it really did rain!"
"Huh? It really is! I'd completely forgotten! I've been living like this, in a daze."
"We've survived so many natural disasters, does that mean things will go smoothly from now on?"
"Of course!"
Yue Jiuyue also hopes that things will go smoothly in the future.
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This winter wasn't particularly difficult for the people of Linjiagou Village. Although they only harvested one crop of wheat this year, it was a famine year and taxes were waived. Even though the harvest was a bit worse than in previous years, it was still more than what they had brought into the granary in previous years.
In addition to sweet potato vines, small sweet potatoes, and relief grain from the floods, the grain reserves for this winter were actually more than those of previous winters.
Therefore, in the twelfth lunar month of that year, the villagers who had escaped death were more willing to spend money than in previous years, and they went to town to buy things more frequently.
Perhaps they were frightened by these natural disasters, or perhaps they had become indifferent to life. In any case, every household was bustling with activity this year, except for a dozen or so scattered households in the village.
In this respect, Linjiagou Village is relatively better off. After several natural disasters, several villages were deserted, and it was unclear whether the people had all fled or simply disappeared.
Apart from Liu Shi, everyone else in Yue Jiuyue's family would go to town every few days. Yue Jiuyue would take the opportunity to buy a lot of things from the mall, such as cotton and cotton cloth, and seeds.
In this era, both grains and fruits and vegetables are extremely scarce, which gives Yue Jiuyue more room to maneuver. Moreover, she has always been thinking about achieving fruit freedom. There are also guards on the wall, roses, and cacti. In the dead of winter, no one puts the flowers out to sell, right? They are all sent to wealthy families.
"Mom! Mom! Come out quickly and see what I bought!"
Yue Jiuyue was sewing an embroidered cushion in the room when she heard Lin Chaobei's voice. The needle pricked her index finger, and a bead of red blood immediately appeared.
Yue Jiuyue frowned. This impetuous brat, she wondered when he would ever calm down.
Making embroidered cushions was a way she came up with to earn money when her buttocks ached from sitting so much during the floods. A while ago, besides finishing the clothes she hadn't completed before and selling them in her online store, she spent the rest of her time embroidering simple flowers and plants in only a few gradient colors.
She was just a beginner and couldn't really embroider the kind of intricate designs that were hard to tell from the real thing at a glance. She was already quite proud of herself for being able to hold the needle.
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