Siheyuan: The wife was intercepted after returning from the battlefield

Qin Dashan suddenly realized what he said, "Well, you are right. With your mother-in-law's temper, how could she let you buy food for our family with 30 yuan? You are thoughtful. With this 100 kilograms of food, our family can hold on for a while longer. With the relief food, we will finally be able to survive."

Qin Huairu felt pained when she saw her skinny old father, but she was only capable of doing so much and could not help the family much, so she choked up and said, "Dad, take care of yourself when you go back. This is all I can do to help the family as an unfilial daughter."

I wanted to give the remaining dozens of dollars to my old father, but when I thought about the situation at home, I held back.

Qin Dashan smiled contentedly and said, "You have helped the family a lot. Without your 100 kilograms of corn flour, our family really can't hold on. Now go back. Dad can do it himself."

Qin Huairu shook her head and said, "That won't work. You can't walk alone at night. It's not safe to carry so much food. I'd better go back with you, and then I can come back by myself."

Qin Dashan thought about it and said, "No need. There is basically no one on the road at this time. Besides, your father is not a fool. He will not hide when he sees people. Besides, your eldest brother and the others will come out to greet me. Don't worry."

Qin Huairu said worriedly: "It's okay, I won't go to work tomorrow, just come back in the morning, otherwise I won't be at ease leaving you alone."

Qin Dashan saw that his daughter did not agree, and he also knew that she meant well, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then we will go back together."

So Qin Dashan and his daughter Qin Huairu walked towards Qinjia Village in the dark.

Courtyard, ten o'clock in the evening.

Lin Ping came to the front yard, looked around and saw a bag of grain in his hand, weighing about twenty pounds, and then knocked on Yan Fugui's door.

Yan Fugui and his family had not slept at all. They had been waiting there for Lin Ping to come. Hearing the noise, Yan Fugui hurried over to open the door. When he saw Lin Ping, he immediately let him in. He looked like a spy meeting someone, which made Lin Ping laugh and cry.

As soon as he entered the house, Lin Ping put the food on the table and said with a smile, "Uncle San, this is 20 kilograms of corn flour. Eat it first."

Yan Fugui felt that the grain was closer to him than his own father, and grinned and said, "Thank you, you have helped my family a lot, otherwise we would have to eat substitute food every day."

Lin Ping smiled and said, "Uncle San, don't make it sound so serious. I know the situation in our courtyard. Your family is not at the end of their rope yet. Well, I have something else to do, so I won't stay any longer."

Yan Fugui smiled awkwardly and said, "I'll take you there."

After Lin Ping left, Auntie San smiled and said, "Old man, you are so foresighted. Our family has made friends with the Lin family for a long time. These 20 kilograms of corn flour are more than one person's ration. It is really timely."

Yan Fugui said proudly: "That's right, don't you see who I am?"

Yu Li at the side hesitated and said, "Dad, can I take ten kilograms to my parents' house? You know what time it is now. My family may not even be able to make ends meet."

Yan Fugui's face darkened when he heard this and he said, "Yu Li, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you are now the daughter-in-law of the old Yan family, you can't be so ungrateful. If our family can have enough food to eat, it's nothing to give to your family, but our family can't even have enough food, and you want to subsidize your family. Do you think there is such a reason in the world?"

Yu Li also knew that her request was a bit excessive. No family is rich nowadays, but her own family really can't make ends meet. The whole family doesn't have enough to eat every day. How can she not be anxious? After all, they are her biological parents.

If Lin Ping hadn't sent her the corn flour, she wouldn't have asked for it. The Yan family could obviously barely make ends meet, so why couldn't they give her ten kilograms of food to help her family? Therefore, Yu Li felt resentful towards the Yan family.

At this time, Yan Jiecheng also interrupted and said, "Lili, our father is right. If we can have enough to eat, can we not help your mother's family? But we can't even have enough to eat, so how can we have extra food to help your mother's family?"

Yu Li looked at Yan Jiecheng. She didn't know why, but Yan Jiecheng, who usually looked pleasing to her eyes, now looked so disgusting. She suppressed her anger and lowered her head without saying anything, but the resentment in her heart continued to grow.

Lin Ping would never have thought that a bag of corn flour would cause Yu Li and the Yan family to estrange themselves.

Lin Ping returned to the back room. Lin Shanhai and Lin An were ready. Seeing Lin Ping coming in, they asked, "Pingzi, is the food ready? It's getting late. Let's go to your aunt's house."

Lin Xueyan looked at Lin Ping and said, "Pingzi, don't be embarrassed. Just get as much as you can. Auntie knows that food is precious now."

Lin Ping smiled and said, "Don't worry, aunt. I have prepared all the food, a full 100 kilograms of corn flour. I will send it to you later when I get more food."

Wang Xiuzhi smiled and said, "It's good that we can get it. I just discussed with your father. If it doesn't work, we can get some from our house first and give it to your aunt. We can't let people get sick from hunger."

Li Jing smiled and said, "Mom, we have fine grains at home. It will cause trouble if we bring them back to the village for Aunt. I'm not saying that Aunt can't eat fine grains. You can ask Anzi or Pingzi to send them little by little in the future. Otherwise, it will be troublesome if we are discovered."

Lin Xueyan said quickly: "No, coarse grains are good enough. Eating fine grains in the village is a sin. Please don't give me fine grains."

Lin Shanhai interrupted, "Okay, let's talk about this later. Let's go first. I don't know what's going on at my sister's house yet."

At the gate of the courtyard, Lin Shanhai, Lin Ping and Lin An were in three cars. Lin Shanhai was carrying Lin Xueyan, while Lin Ping and Lin An were each carrying fifty kilograms of food. They just disappeared into the night.

Only after the four figures disappeared did Wang Xiuzhi and others return home.

Around twelve o'clock, Fengjia Village, Mentougou.

Feng Tieniu's home.

Feng Tieniu looked worried, and sighed at his wife Li Cuilian, "I don't know how our mother is doing now."

Li Cuilian also sighed, "Tie Niu, don't worry, our mother is blessed with a good fortune and will be safe and sound."

Li Cuilian respected her mother-in-law Lin Xueyan very much, and she felt sorry for this sensible mother-in-law. The reason her mother-in-law left was to prevent anyone at home from starving to death. However, even after her mother-in-law left, the family still had difficulty making ends meet.

Just as the couple sighed, the children came into the room.

Li Cuilian asked in surprise, "Why are you here in my and your father's room so late?"

Feng Tieniu has three daughters and two sons. The eldest daughter, Feng Dani, is fifteen and the second daughter, Feng Erni, is thirteen. They all look pale and thin, with patches on their bodies.

The third and fourth children are boys. The third child, Feng Hu, is ten years old. The fourth child, Feng Bao, is eight years old, which is the age when boys can eat their fathers to death. The youngest daughter, Feng Baoer, is five years old, but they are all skinny, especially Feng Baoer, who looks like a big-headed baby.

At this moment, she was holding her little hands and looking at her parents with a confused look. She didn't know why her elder sister came here. Anyway, she was too hungry to sleep, so she followed her to take a look.

Feng Dani looked at Li Cuilian with a numb expression and said, "Mom, I've thought about it for a long time. Our family has no food. It's not a good thing to go on like this. I'm old too. It's better for me to go out and find a way to make a living."

Li Cuilian's eyes turned red when she heard this. Her daughter was only fifteen years old. How could she survive if she went out? When she was about to speak, Feng Erni also said, "Mom, I will go with my elder sister. This way, we can save food for my younger brothers and sisters."

Feng Tieniu and Li Cuilian's eyes suddenly blurred when they heard this, but Feng Tieniu said, "No, you can't survive if you go out at your age. Just stay at home. Dad will figure out the food problem."

Li Cuilian also cried, "Yes, you sisters are too young. You can't get married if you go out. You will starve to death. How can mother bear it..."

Feng Dani's eyes moved, and she smiled bitterly, "Mom and Dad, do you have any other solution? My sister and I can still hold on if we leave our home, otherwise Bao'er will starve to death. Grandma loves Bao'er the most. She fled the famine for us. How can we let Bao'er, whom Grandma loves the most, starve to death? So Dad, please let us go."

Feng Tieniu looked at his children and couldn't bear to leave any of them. Tears streamed down his face and he secretly blamed himself for not being able to support them.

Feng Baoer looked at Feng Dani in confusion and said, "Big sister, where are you going? Can you take Baoer with you? Baoer is not hungry, Baoer can bear it."

Hearing this, Feng Dani's eyes turned red as she hugged Feng Bao'er and said, "Bao'er, be good. Sister will be out for a few days and will be back soon. You must behave well at home."

Feng Baoer nodded and said, "Then you two should come back soon, Baoer will miss you."

Li Cuilian also knew that her eldest daughter was telling the truth. Only in this way could everyone in the family survive. So she endured the pain and looked at Feng Tieniu with sobs, saying, "Dad, what do you think?"

Feng Tieniu's eyes were blurry, but he still said, "No, if something happens to Da Ni and Er Ni, how can I explain it to our mother?"

Speaking of Lin Xueyan, the family members fell silent, and they all understood that it was almost impossible to see Lin Xueyan again.

Although Feng Hu and Feng Bao were still young, they had a very good relationship with their sisters. How could they bear to see them go? So they said at the same time: "Dad, Mom, we will only have one meal a day from now on. We must not let our sisters go."

Just when the family was reluctant to part, Lin Xueyan excitedly returned to Fengjia Village.

As soon as I entered the village, I was stopped by the militia and asked, "What are you doing?"

Lin Xueyan smiled and said, "Er Gouzi is me."

Er Gouzi saw that it was Lin Xueyan, put down his gun and said, "It's Aunt Lin, who are these people?"

Lin Xueyan introduced with a smile: "These are my brother and nephews. I brought them to my home to see them."

Er Gouzi smiled and said, "Then you guys go in. I still have to be on duty."

Then he looked at the bag on the back of the bicycle and thought that Aunt Lin had such a wealthy brother. Tie Niu's family was blessed. He originally thought that Aunt Lin had gone out to escape famine, but who would have thought that she was going to visit relatives.

Lin Xueyan led Lin Shanhai and his son to the door of their home and knocked on the door, saying, "Tie Niu, open the door, mother is back."

Feng Tieniu heard Lin Xueyan's voice in the room, looked at Li Cuilian and asked, "Did I hear it wrongly? It sounded like our mother's voice."

Before the couple could come to their senses, Feng Baoer ran out with her short legs, shouting as she ran, "Grandma is back."

Feng Tieniu was overjoyed when he heard this. He jumped off the kang and rushed out of the house without even bothering to take off his shoes.

When Feng Baoer arrived at the yard, she had already opened the gate. Who else came in if not Lin Xueyan?