Quickly wear a life of peace

"Dad, come quickly, there are ducks and eggs."

Xu Qingmao originally found his daughter's sneaky behavior funny, but after hearing what his daughter said, his eyes lit up instantly. "Duoduo, does anyone else know about this?"

Duoduo shook his head, "No, I hid it myself."

Xu Qingmao listened to his daughter's bits and pieces of words, guessed what happened, and quickly wrung out the clothes and took them back to the room.

"Wife, I'm going out for a while and will be back later. Please save the meal for me." After saying hello in the kitchen, Xu Qingmao put on the backpack and went out with Duoduo in his arms.

In the kitchen, Liu Ruolan looked back, agreed and continued to work.

The old lady muttered something but didn't dare to say it out loud. She just rolled her eyes.

With Duoduo's guidance, Xu Qingmao quickly found the hidden ducks and duck eggs.

The duck was still alive, trying to break free from its restraints and escape.

Xu Qingmao quickly tied it up with the hemp rope he brought, praising him, "Duoduo is awesome. You can even catch wild ducks. I'll ask your mom to buy you some candy later."

After tying up the wild duck, he collected the duck eggs and hid them all in the backpack, then covered them with some wild grass.

He sent Duoduo to the river, asked Xu Jianbin to take her back for dinner, and then left quickly.

Xu Qingmao worked in a weaving factory and occasionally got some defective cloth, as well as various things from Liu Ruolan's supply and marketing cooperative. He might bring them back and give them to other people at a bargain price.

So Xu Qingmao took it out and sold it secretly, and that’s how he got to know some friends from all walks of life.

These people have channels. Xu Qingmao plans to sell the wild duck and exchange it for some nutritional supplements that Liu Ruolan can eat to replenish her body.

Food was hard to come by at that time, and meat was even harder to come by. Even a wild duck was exchanged for a small bag of milk powder.

Xu Qingmao came back after it was completely dark. He sneaked back to his room. His son and daughter were asleep. Only his wife was waiting for him with a kerosene lamp.

Xu Qingmao took out the milk powder and made a bowl for Liu Ruolan, "Wife, come and drink this to replenish your nutrition. You have lost weight recently."

Liu Ruolan took the bowl handed to her by her husband, blew on it, and drank it all in one gulp.

Under normal circumstances, she would persuade her husband to drink some as well, but now she was pregnant and lacking nutrition, so she had to drink it herself.

Xu Qingmao gave the bowl to his wife and hurried to eat dinner. After eating, he took the bowl for making milk powder and washed it together.

Then he fetched some water to wash up, and only then did he have time to tell Liu Ruolan about what happened today.

Liu Ruolan touched Duoduo's thin face lovingly and said distressedly, "Poor Duoduo, such a young child, has to suffer with us."

Xu Qingmao hugged Liu Ruolan and said, "Wife, blame me for not being able to let you and your mother live a good life."

Liu Ruolan patted her husband's hand and comforted him, "How can I blame you? You have done well enough. Following you is the best thing I have done in my life."

The couple stayed together for a while before turning off the lights and going to sleep.

In the days that followed, Duoduo would occasionally release some small animals out of the space, sometimes wild ducks, sometimes rabbits, or fish, turtles, and all sorts of other things.

I don't catch everything myself, I also let others catch some things.

If everyone has it, then we won’t always stare at others’.

Xu Jianbin replaced all these things with nutritional supplements such as milk powder to nourish Liu Ruolan's body.

However, when she reached the late stage of pregnancy, Liu Ruolan refused to eat it anymore. Instead, she put away all the milk powder and saved it for the baby in her belly.

She had a feeling that she might not have much milk this time and was afraid that the baby would be hungry. So she would feed the baby milk powder together so that the baby would not be hungry.

Just look at the old house and you will know. Because it is a girl, she was unable to receive any private subsidies from her mother-in-law this time. Both the adults and children looked pale and thin.

Sure enough, after the child was born, Liu Ruolan had very little milk, not enough for the baby. Fortunately, she had stored milk powder, otherwise, the baby would have suffered.

The third sister from my eldest uncle’s family is Xu Yueyue, and the one from the second room is the fourth sister, named Xu Youyou. Her parents hope that she will not go hungry and will have a rich life in the future.

Duoduo is already over three years old, and Xu is now four years old. He can take care of his younger sister in the nursery.

The eldest aunt wanted Duoduo to help take care of Xu Yueyue, but Liu Ruolan refused. "Sister-in-law, Duoduo needs someone to take care of her, how can she take care of two little kids? You should let Daya take care of them. There are so many children who go to school with their younger brothers and sisters, so it wouldn't be weird for Daya to take care of Sanya. Besides, with Daya's grades, it doesn't matter whether she goes to school or not."

After she finished speaking, my aunt's face turned blue with anger.

Liu Ruolan held her head high, like a victorious rooster, and walked away with her three children.

After enduring the great famine with great difficulty, all the family members were pale and thin, and no one looked in a good mood.

Except for Duoduo and his two siblings.

The good complexions of the three of them made everyone except the people from the second room envious.

At the end of this year, a major event occurred, which caused a huge change in the Xu family.

The old man was in a bad mood due to long-term hunger, and something went wrong at work, resulting in the ruining of a batch of products.

Not only was I called to the leader's office and criticized, but a meeting was also held to let everyone learn from this incident.

The old man felt ashamed, so he asked for leave and went home.

As a result, he fainted on the road and was sent to the hospital.

The doctor diagnosed that it was a serious stomach problem caused by long-term malnutrition and hunger, and it had been delayed for too long. It was now too late and could not be cured.

Upon hearing the news, the whole family was shocked and saddened as if struck by lightning.

They were not only saddened by the old man's illness, but also because he had always been the financial pillar of the family.

Now that he is lost, the financial pressure on the family has become heavy.

After the diagnosis, the old man's health deteriorated rapidly. He lost weight rapidly, as if his vitality had been drained away. Just one month later, the old man passed away.

The old lady seemed to have lost the motivation to live overnight. Her energy and spirit disappeared completely, and she looked much older.

Her hair turned almost completely white, her face was covered with wrinkles, and her eyes revealed sadness. It took her several days to recover.

Xu Qinglin was already eighteen years old at this time. He had graduated from high school for a year, but failed to get into college and was looking for a job.

However, the current employment situation is very grim and it is not easy to find a suitable job.

After the old man passed away, the job opportunity he left behind fell on him.

The job was secured, but the next problem arose - finding him a wife and starting a family.

Although the old man just passed away and it is not appropriate to talk about marriage, we can still meet in advance. After all, good girls don't wait, and many single guys are eyeing them.