Life has something to look forward to

  I'm so silly, I didn't eat breakfast and drank a lot of water, thinking about remembering to upload the chapter, but ended up forgetting. Finally had lunch, but also had overtime, what a tragic life... After saying all this, dear friends, please forgive an old man . Next time I definitely won't forget to update.

  Division line

  Pork cost seven cents a catty, and Liang Tian Tian thought that there was a winter to get through, so she bought five catties. It wasn't that she was stingy with her money, but the things were too heavy for them to carry.

  Liáng Tián always thought that even if this era is not polluted, one should not eat too much lard, yet he insisted on buying two kilograms of bean oil, which is almost as expensive as five kilograms of lard.

  At the grocery store, I bought various seasonings and added this lard, spending a total of 150 cents.

  Liáng Tián tián suàn le, jiā lǐ de mǐ bù duō le, zhè yào shì zài mǎi mǐ, yín qián kě zhēn jiù bù gòu le. xiǎng xiǎng jiā lǐ hái yǒu yī xiē liáng shí, yě gòu chī jǐ tiān de le.

  Li Mazi had hidden the silver and money, while Liang Tian Tian was carrying the seasonings and other items they had bought. The five catties of lard were carried by Liang Man Tuo.

  It was already noon after all the hustle and bustle, and many small restaurants in the town were wafting out delicious smells. The two of them subconsciously swallowed their saliva, but neither of them thought about buying anything to eat.

  The two of them walked quickly towards home and arrived after a short while.

  Liang Mancang has brought the ball back and is cooking. Seeing that he packed almost a basket of grain, Liang Mantou exclaimed, "Brother, why did you pick so much?"

  Liáng Tián tián took a glance at those dark grains and said: "Big brother has gone to those scorched lands, right?"

  "Yes, that side has a lot of grain, and no one has gone to pick it up yet. I picked up half a bag today, look, here." Liang Man Cang took out a sack, and indeed, there were about 10 kilograms of grain inside, mostly high-quality millet. "I checked, these grains are not spoiled, they can be eaten." It's those Turkic soldiers who are causing trouble for people, they didn't even collect the grain cleanly, they just set fire to it directly.

  "Let's hurry up and eat, after eating we'll go pick up the grain." Liang Mantou suddenly felt energized.

  Liáng Tián tián took out what he had bought and said with a smile, "Then let's still rely on oil tonight, first to fill our mouths."

  Liang Mancang cooked millet rice, and Liang Tiantian stir-fried cabbage with the bean oil she had bought. Only then did the siblings get to eat oily food, although there was nothing special about it, but they thought it smelled especially fragrant.

  After dinner, Liang Tian and his family locked up their house again and went to the fields to pick up grain. Xiaohua arrived on time to join them.

  Everyone probably didn't expect that the burnt-out fields still had edible grain, these several children were all covered in mud like little pigs, but by dusk, everyone's baskets were basically full.

  "Great, great! I didn't expect to find so much grain in this field. If we pick some more times this month, we can make it through." Although Xiaohua's family wasn't harmed by the Turkic soldiers, they were originally poor and didn't have much food at home.

  "Little Flower, I think I'll go up the mountain tomorrow to take a look, so I won't be coming to pick anymore. Besides, the grain in this field will probably be discovered by someone in a few days." Liang Tian thought of going up the mountain to pick mushrooms, remembering that every year at this time was when the mushrooms were most abundant.

  "Little sister, what are you going up the mountain for?" Before Xiaohua could ask, Liang Muchang exclaimed in surprise: "There are many wild beasts on that mountain, don't be reckless. Besides, you can't hunt, going up the mountain would be a waste of time, it's better to stay home and pick grains."

  Liáng Tián tián shook his head, "Big brother, I'm going to pick some mushrooms." There's no need to keep it a secret. "Mushrooms are quite expensive, I want to give it a try."

  Pick mushrooms?

  Liáng Mǎn Cāng shook his head in disagreement, "We can't tell which mushrooms are poisonous or not, let's not go."

  Li Man Tuan didn't hear Li Tian Tian's conversation with the shopkeeper today, and said: "Yes, little sister, even if we picked some, it wouldn't be easy to sell. Don't look at those people selling for a lot of money, but we don't know them."

  "Don't worry, I know. Today I saw those people picking mushrooms and can tell them apart." Liang Tiantian casually made up an excuse, she was determined to go to this mountain. If the timing is right, it's not a problem to pick a few kilograms of fresh mushrooms in one day.

  Mushrooms are more expensive than grain, if we pick some more, maybe this winter will be better.

  Liáng Tián Tián is not daydreaming. Their Lǎo Láng Dòng Village is in a mountain valley, surrounded by mountains on all sides. It would be strange if there were no mushrooms in the mountains.

  When the sky turned dark, Liang Tian and his family returned home. Liang Tiechu just happened to be swaying back from outside. Seeing the four of them covered in mud, he immediately said: "Oh, you've been setting fires, this is a mess, disgusting!" He shook his head and walked away, not even bothering to ask what the black things were in their baskets.

  "You just set fire and left!" shouted Liang Mantou in discontent.

  "Enough." Liang Man Cang blocked his way.

  "Big brother, you're kind-hearted, but don't forget what he said about our mother." Liang Mantou's eyes suddenly turned red.

  "Second brother, big brother isn't being kind, he just doesn't want you to be like him and dwell on things. He's been like that his whole life, but you're still young, let's not be like him, it would be a joke if we went out like this." She didn't want the several children in her family to have their eyes covered by hatred.

  "Little sister is saying that you're a nuisance, don't be like him, haven't you seen how the villagers don't want to have anything to do with him?" Lectured Liang Man Cang in a self-righteous tone.

  "Oh, I see." Liang Mantou hung his head, "Who made him speak for us?"

  "Second brother, his mouth is on him, he can say whatever he wants, and we won't lose any flesh." Liang Tian Tian smiled mischievously, "Second brother, hurry up and bring in the firewood, let's rely on oil tonight."

  "Hurray, let's eat!" Ball-ball clapped his little hands on the side.

  Li Ang looked at the four people who were all black and said: "I think we should boil a pot of water to wash up first."

  Four siblings worked together and soon the hot water was ready.

  Liáng Tián let his two elder brothers go first to take a bath, but they didn't move.

  "Little sister, you go wash first, I and Man Tuan will go pick up firewood." There's no more firewood at home, we have to pick some every day, otherwise there won't be enough to burn tomorrow. Fortunately, there are many dry branches in this season.

  Liang Mancang had just stepped out when he saw Liang Shoulin carrying several large bundles of firewood into the house. Seeing that Liang Mancang was holding a rope, he directly threw down two bundles of firewood and said nothing.

  "Third Uncle." Liang Mancang said in a low voice.

  "Quickly take it in." Liang Shoulin also knew what kind of people his mother and second brother were, so he said in a low voice.

  Liāng Mǎn Cāng puckered his lips and carried firewood into the house with his younger brother.

  Liáng tián tián wiped and washed once more, then gave Qiú Qiú a good scrubbing before finally going out.

  "Wow, big brother, second brother, you guys got so much firewood here." It's enough for two days.

  "It was Third Uncle who gave it." Liang Man shrugged his shoulders.

  It turned out to be Third Uncle.

  Liang Tian Tian smiled and said, "Third Uncle is pretty good to us." The children all nodded in agreement.

  "Alright, big brother, second brother, hurry up and go wash yourselves, you're so dirty!" Liang Tian Tian took out the piece of suet, preparing to cut it open.

  "Brother smells so bad." Qiuqiu covered his nose and ran out.

  "You stinky little brat, dare to look down on us." The two of them each pinched one side of the white and tender face, instantly leaving two black marks.

  "Ah."

  The ball screamed.

  Li Ang looked at them with a smile, the three children were not crushed by life, on the contrary, because of the separation, everyone was full of spirit to face the challenges of life.

  That's great!