The night fades away and the dawn breaks.
The smoke from cooking sways in the morning light, as if telling the beginning of the day.
A busy atmosphere has spread in Old Zhao's yard.
Last night's journey home was like seeds in the spring breeze, taking root and sprouting in every corner of Huanghualing overnight.
All this is thanks to Cuihong.
Feeling unhappy, she ran to the old locust tree to talk to her aunt Lianyan.
She originally wanted to use her aunt's mouth to let the villagers know about Zhao Daqing's unhappiness, so as to pave the way for not providing for the old couple in the future.
She was full of expectations, thinking that in this way, the villagers would definitely stand on her side and accuse Zhao Daqing of his wrongdoings.
However, the development of the situation was beyond her expectations. The villagers of Huanghualing did not agree with her as she wished.
On the contrary, their words were full of indifference and ridicule, as if they were watching a farce.
Such a reaction made Cuihong angry, but she could do nothing about it.
She originally wanted to take this opportunity to win sympathy, but unexpectedly she became the topic of conversation among the villagers after dinner.
Qian Chunhua, who lived in the west wing next door, was kept up late by the noise from the old Zhao family last night, and had to get up early to make breakfast for the three children. She was still feeling dizzy and headache.
After Qingsong and Xiaoling went out to school, noisy quarrels were heard again from next door. It was a dispute about food.
Qian Chunhua frowned and decided to take Qingfeng away from this troubled place temporarily.
"Mom, where are we going?" Qingfeng asked with curious eyes blinking.
Qian Chunhua smiled slightly and gently stroked his head, "Mom will take you to the county town to play, okay?"
"Great! Great!" Qingfeng jumped up excitedly. He had never been to the county town with his mother before.
He carefully packed his small schoolbag and put it on his back, then happily took Qian Chunhua's hand and urged her impatiently: "Mom, let's go!"
Qian Chunhua looked at Qingfeng lovingly, followed his cheerful steps, and set out on the road to the county town together.
In fact, Qian Chunhua also had his own plans in mind.
Two days passed and she wanted to know what the situation was like outside.
In this era, without mobile phones or the Internet, all news can only be passed on by word of mouth. The official gazettes are even more out of reach for ordinary people.
"Forget it, let's just take the kids out to relax." Qian Chunhua thought to himself with a faint smile on his face.
The streets of the county town were sparsely populated, and everyone looked somewhat serious and hurried.
Compared to a few days ago, the county town seemed to have become much quieter, with only a few people gathered in front of the grain stall, talking about something.
Qian Chunhua and Qingfeng walked on the streets of the county town, observing all this silently.
Outside the grain store, there was a long line of people waiting to buy grain.
Under the close surveillance of the yamen runners, people were orderly, holding their household registration cards and waiting patiently.
Qian Chunhua stood quietly by and observed. Although the crowd was bustling, people's expressions did not show too much panic, as if everything was still under control.
After leaving Liangqi, Qian Chunhua gently held Qingfeng's hand and continued to stroll around the streets of the county town.
By chance, they met a vendor selling candied haws.
Seeing the desire flashing in Qingfeng's eyes, Qian Chunhua bought a candied haws without hesitation and prepared to give one to everyone in the family, including Qian's mother and Qian Xingshan.
Qingfeng held the candied haws and tasted it carefully.
The sour and sweet taste made his face full of satisfaction and happiness.
Qian Chunhua took Qingfeng to continue strolling in the county town, and bought malt sugar, small sugar men, melon seeds and other snacks that children liked along the way.
Now that there are three more children in the family, she has to prepare some snacks carefully.
Although her space was stocked with a large amount of food and supplies suitable for natural disasters or the end of the world, there were no snacks that children liked.
Qian Chunhua decided to buy some more snacks to add some fun to the children's lives.
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