The Rise of a Farm Girl

The water released by Wang Jingru from the space brought hope of life to the people fleeing famine. The next day, before dawn, people got up and packed up what they had to eat. Some people got up early and cooked some porridge. If there was nothing to eat, they would go find some grass roots and tree bark.

They set out at daybreak, and the refugees marched forward in a mighty procession. They were more energetic than yesterday. It was not raining, and by noon, the people were so drenched in the sun that they could not keep going.

It hadn't rained for a long time and the ground had become cracked. People moved forward slowly. After walking for half a day, they looked for a shady place to rest at noon. There were mountains on both sides of the road and there were many shady places.

After avoiding the midday sun, people started walking again in the afternoon when the sun was not so strong. Wang Jingru's family was more relaxed, after all, they had a carriage, and the horse ate all the grass in the space, and there was plenty of water, so the horse did not feel tired at all following the team.

At night, when it was time to rest, every family was busy preparing dinner. Wang Jingru's family was also busy. Wang Jingru's family cooked porridge and did not need to make dry food because Wang Jingru had stored a lot of food in her space.

But the only thing was that I had to eat behind these people's back. But when they were having dinner at Wang Jingru's house, something happened.

All the members of Old Wang's family came over. Old Mrs. Wang cried and said, "San'er, you are my flesh and blood, how could you bear to watch your mother starve?"

Old man Wang leaned on a stick and stopped pretending to be serious. Third brother! This whole family is starving to death. You have to take care of them. These are your brothers, sisters, and sisters. They all crawled out of the same belly.

Don't tell me you're done with me, you still have my blood in your body. You have to take care of this big family, you have so many nephews and nieces. Are you so cruel to watch them starve to death?

When they arrived, Wang Jingru had already put the porridge into the space, and also put away all the edible things in the car into the space, not wanting to give them a single penny.

If it was a passerby like Wang Jingru or a Korean star, they would give some, but not the people from Old Wang's family. They are all ungrateful wolves. If you feed them enough, they will turn around and bite you.

Wang Jingru came to her father and looked at the Wang family. They were in a miserable state after walking all the way because they were lazy and had no food left. The hardworking people in the village still had some food.

Wang Jingru guessed that everyone in the village had some food, except for the Wang family who were too lazy and greedy to even tend the land.

Wang Laosan ignored Wang Jingru's dissuasion and went back to the carriage to get some food for his parents. But he was shocked to see that there was no food in the carriage.

Wang Laosan thought his food had been stolen and he was shouting about how there was no food left. I remember there were still a few pounds of cornmeal and some millet.

Mrs. Wang shouted at that time, "Wang Lao San, if you don't want to give it, just say you don't want to give it. Why are you pretending to be so arrogant? Your family is the richest in the village, how can you be without food?"

I am your biological mother. If I had known you would treat me like this, I would have drowned you when I was born. I never thought you would be so unfilial when you grew up.

But no matter what Old Lady Wang said, Old Third Wang couldn't take out the food! Old Lady Wang thought that Old Third Wang was pretending, so she planned to get on the car and search.

Old Lady Wang pushed Old Third Wang aside and started rummaging around in the carriage, turning it into a mess, but there was nothing to eat.

Old Mrs. Wang left Wang Laosan's house in a daze, muttering, "Really? Even Laosan's family has nothing to eat. How are we supposed to survive?"

But Wang Jingyi insisted that it must have been hidden, how could it not be there! He even had a fire at night! After Wang Jingyi said this, the old Wang family turned around and glared at Wang Laosan's family.

It looked as if his family would eat them if they didn't give them some food. But Wang Laosan found that there was really no food in the car, and he had no choice but to glare at them. Wang Jingru said, we have walked all the way, and there is no food, let's boil some water to drink.

When it comes to water, the people of Old Wang's family want to take some water from Old Wang's family. How can Wang Jingru let them take the water? This is out in the open. If the water is taken away, someone will be watching his family when they light a fire. Where does the water come from?

Wang Jingru took out her machete and threatened, "If anyone of you comes up, I will kill him. This is a case of fleeing from famine, not just killing a few people in normal times, and it's not against the law."

After hearing this, the people in Old Wang's family became a little scared. After all, this silver sword was no joke if it was held in front of them.

If you get injured while fleeing from famine, you'll have no way out. It's already embarrassing enough, and if you get injured again, how can you move forward?

Old lady Wang asked her eldest and second grandson to rush forward, but those two cowards kept backing away and said, "Grandma, I can't beat Erya. She has been practicing martial arts since she was a child."

Old Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes, glared at Wang Jingru angrily, then turned around and went back to where they were resting. As she walked, she said, "Wang Youmin, look at you, you coward. How could I have a grandson like you?"

After everyone returned to their resting place, he sat down and said angrily, "I think they have something but don't want to give it to us." Wang Laosi said, "I don't think my third brother is that kind of person."

It is possible that Erya hid the things and the third brother didn't know where he hid them. Otherwise, the third brother wouldn't have gone to the car to get the things for us. There must be food in his house, otherwise the third brother wouldn't have gone to the car to get it.

Wang Lao Da said, Erya hates us to death now, and then he looked at Wang Lao Si and said, I'm sure you know the reason why Lao Si hates us, it's because you sold Erya.

Ever since you sold Erya, she has hated us since she came back, otherwise it wouldn't have turned into what it is today. How could the third brother just watch us starve and do nothing?

How could Wang Lao Si admit this? Big brother, you can't blame me for this. Didn't the money from selling Erya go to Second Brother? Wang Lao Da glared at Wang Lao Er fiercely again. This family was ruined by you two.

Old Man Wang said, "Stop arguing. What's the point of arguing? We haven't eaten anything tonight! If we don't eat tonight and continue our journey tomorrow, we will definitely fall behind."

Daya, you, your mother and your second aunt, hurry up and look for grass roots, tree bark and other things. It would be even better if you find some wild vegetables. Old woman, quickly put the pot on and boil some water. If you come back early, you can boil some grass roots and other things and have a meal.

Wang Jingyi didn't want to go, but she was very hungry and it was getting dark. If she didn't find some grass roots or tree bark, she would really not be able to see anything.

Li Mei, Liu Cao and Wang Jingyi, each holding a basket, went to look for grass roots and tree barks. In fact, they were not the only ones looking for grass roots and tree barks. There were people everywhere, and every family was looking for grass roots and tree barks to eat. As long as they didn't die from eating them, they would eat them.

The group of people from Old Wang's family left the place where Wang Jingru rested. After everyone left, Wang Laosan asked, "My daughter, where are the things hidden?"

After all, your grandma gave birth to me and gave me a life. I can't watch them die on the road of fleeing famine. Where are they hiding? Bring dad two pounds of corn flour. At least bring them something. Just consider it as dad begging you.

Wang Jingru said angrily, "But their family is not yet starving to death! If they are really about to starve to death, I will give you more. We have only been on the road for one day and I have already started to give them food."

Will our family always provide for them on the road ahead? You don’t know that the old house is a bottomless pit of vampires. You can’t bear your parents, so can you bear to let my mother and you suffer?

Then Wang Jingru got into the carriage angrily, and Yuwen Jiao also persuaded Wang Laosan, saying that what the girl said was right. If you start to help their family now, they will come to you when they are hungry, and will never look for food on their own. They have been plucking our family for more than ten years.

These people have become accustomed to getting something for nothing. Look around the villagers and see which family is not making fire. Although they also dig up grass roots and tree bark, think about it, do they all have some food?

Only the old man’s family had nothing to eat. Why? Because they were lazy. How could the whole family go out to earn money, work, and farm?

If you are still the same as before, then you can go with your parents. You don’t have to worry if my daughter and I starve to death on the road. When Wang Laosan heard this, his tone softened immediately, and he said embarrassedly, "My wife, I was wrong."

I thought things were too simple. I was only thinking about Shengen, and didn't consider that there was a group of blood-sucking brothers. I won't do this again and make you and your daughter angry.

Yuwen Jiao rolled her eyes at Wang Laosan with a reproachful look, which made Wang Laosan's heart flutter. He immediately took his wife's hand and went to the carriage to eat.

The family then had dinner in peace. After dinner, Wang Jingru also took a basket and a knife and went to look for grass roots and tree bark with her mother.

They have to pretend. If you don't go to others, they will think that you have enough food. Once they have eaten the food, they will rob you.

Wang Jingru and her mother followed the women in the village to dig grass roots and find tree bark. As expected, when the women in the village saw the two people coming, they asked curiously, "Do you have no food at home?"

Yu Wenjiao stared at the auntie opposite her, "Auntie, what do you mean? Don't you know how much land our family got when it was divided?"

We couldn't grow crops on that small piece of land, so we could only grow vegetables. We usually went to the town to buy food. Since the drought, when the crops failed, it became increasingly difficult to buy food.

Later on, we simply couldn't buy any food. Where could we get food? Today, all the people from the old house came to our house to ask for food.

We have nothing at home, we just need to boil some water, but Lao Zhai said that we have to cook vegetables and food, and it is hard enough for us to survive. I think your family is better than mine, you still have some food! The key is that your family has five acres of land!

Alas, how can I live in the future? Yu Wenjiao wiped her tears after she finished speaking. The old lady also knew that she had said something wrong, and kept saying, "We don't have any food at home, what's the point of planting more land? Nothing is harvested."

I just said something wrong, Third Wife, don't take it personally, don't argue with Auntie. Come, dig some grass roots quickly, so we can cook a meal tonight.

There were a little more people here. The old lady tried to make amends for what she had said wrong just now. Yu Wenjiao burst into laughter after hearing what the old lady said. The mother and daughter followed the old lady to dig up grass roots and chat about other things.

You are poor, I am poor, and everyone is poor, so we have a common topic to talk about. You have no food, and I have no food, so there is no jealousy. So after a while, Yu Wenjiao chatted with the aunt in the village.

At the same time, we also learned about the current situation of each household. There are still many people in the village who have food, and there are very few people like Lao Zhai. There are only two households in the village, including Lao Zhai's.

The next morning, Wang Jingru's family took the grass roots and prepared two bowls of water. They boiled it in a pot. This water was very precious now, and no one was willing to use it.

So they just dig up the grass roots and throw them into the pot to cook directly. Now they don't care whether it is clean or dirty, as long as they can put it in their mouths, they will eat it.

The most important thing is to have food to survive. Everyone has seen Wang Jingru’s family cooking wild vegetable roots and grass roots.

Then they carried the things into the carriage. Wang Jingru put the wild vegetable roots into the space, and then took out the steamed buns and flatbreads for each person to eat one. They didn't dare to eat too much while fleeing from famine.

Wang Jingru said to her parents, we have to go hungry. If we eat too much, other families on the road to escape famine will be skinny, but we will be rosy. It would be strange if we are not robbed!

Wang Jingru could eat two pancakes at one meal, but now she only eats one, and sometimes she eats half a pancake. She dared not eat more. Yu Wenjiao also only ate half a pancake at each meal, and Wang Laosan only ate one pancake at each meal. They could not let anyone know about their family life. They pretended every day, and everyone knew that Wang Laosan's family had no food.

Wang Laosi also found it strange. How could the third brother's family be so rich without food? But after a few days of observation, he found that the third sister-in-law and Erya went to dig grass roots, wild vegetables, roots, and tree bark, and added two bowls of water to the pot to cook and eat.

Wang Laosi was mumbling to himself, but was heard by Wang Jingyi. Wang Jingyi said, they did cook it, but they didn't eat it outside. They ate it in the carriage. Who knows what they ate in the carriage?

Wang Jingyi didn't care after she finished speaking, but Wang Laosi was concerned. The two families were not far away from each other, and Teacher Wang had been keeping a close eye on Wang Laosan's family these days.

Wang Laosi's actions were discovered by Wang Jingru, who told her parents, "My fourth uncle has been staring at our house these days. I guess he doesn't believe that we have no food."

We always eat in the carriage, so he must think we have hidden something good. He will definitely come and lift the curtains in the next few days. We must be on guard next time we eat.

Just as Wang Jingru expected, they had just cooked the grass roots and brought them into the car. Several people were holding chopsticks, but no one was actually eating the grass roots. They were all holding steamed buns in their hands and eating happily!

Wang Jingru heard the footsteps and quickly put the steamed buns that the people were holding into the space. Then she took a pair of chopsticks and stirred the pot.

Wang Jingru said that the grass root was too unpalatable and she would vomit if she ate it every day. Wang Laosan and his wife didn't know what was going on. After hearing what their daughter said, they realized what was going on.

Just as Wang Jingru finished speaking, the carriage moved away in an instant. Wang Laosi looked inside the carriage and was shocked. The three people were really eating grass roots. Wang Laosi was very embarrassed when he lifted the lotus seeds, and then he tried to find a topic to talk about, "Brother, I came to see if you have anything to eat. I've been so hungry these days."