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Chapter III The Small forage leaf Save the Poor (1)

Early in the morning, the heavy snowfall finally stopped. The snow on the ground was as deep as his calves. As soon as he stepped on it, it creaked and creaked, but as soon as he wasn't careful, his shoes would sink into the snow.

However, all of this could not stop the villagers from celebrating the New Year. At daybreak, every household faced the cold wind and could not wait to ignite the strings of firecrackers on the open space in front of their house. With every explosion, layers of fragmented red clothes gradually covered the silvery white snow. The children were laughing and making a ruckus. The entire village was filled with joy.

Li Yannian was woken up early in the morning by the sound of firecrackers. It was cold and hungry, and her head hurt so much that it felt like a little person was hammering.

had obviously tried her best to cover herself when she was sleeping yesterday, and there was even an extra coat on her body compared to Black Bean's. This night, her teeth were still chattering from the cold, and once again, she woke up with a feeling that she had never experienced before.

Don't be sick again, Li Yannian thought as she reached out to feel the warmth of her forehead.

Black Bean also woke up, and when he heard the commotion, he turned and asked: "Er Niu, you're awake, are you better? "Then bro will just get up and get heated up with you guys."

Li Yannian thought back to how she had lost her appetite yesterday, but her stomach was singing a different tune to her. Thinking about it, it was better to have something to eat than a hungry stomach, so she could only nod her head: "Brother, I'm much better now.

Mao Dou was awakened by the sound of their voices. He had yet to fully open his eyes, and his stomach was growling loudly in response. He laid on the bed and laughed for a while, then rubbed his stomach. Then he stretched and turned to ask Black Bean: "Brother, what do you want to eat in the morning?"

Black Bean rubbed his soft heart: "There's still some sauce in the pot, you can eat it once it's hot."

Mao Dou licked his lips greedily and said happily, "That's great! We can eat the porridge again."

Li Yannian immediately blushed. Compared to Mao Dou, he wondered how lucky she was.

Black Bean's movements were very fast. In a few moments, he had already taken care of breakfast with his two younger brothers and sisters.

"Brother, what are we doing today? "Today is the first day of the new year, so it's firecrackers out there. In the past, when Mother was there, she was most afraid of us playing bomb the most. Every time, we would hide far away …"

In the end, Mao Dou was still a child. No matter how sensible he was, he still couldn't have imagined that something that he didn't care about would suddenly prick Black Bean's sore spot.

Li Yannian saw that Black Bean's eyes were rimmed red, and immediately interrupted: "Since we aren't setting off firecrackers today, then let's stay at home and tidy up the house. Since I've been sick, big brother hasn't had the time to clean the house, right? This is the first day of the new year. If there is a new weather for the new year, we will start with this house. "

Black Bean nodded his head, and choked with emotions: "Er Mei is right, we should clean the house properly. "Hey, can you clean up the floor for me?"

Mao Dou's eyes widened until they were round. He puffed out his chest and made a promise, "Big Brother, I know how to sweep the floor the most. Leave it to me!"

Li Yannian did not know if she could use a broom in his house during New Year's. In the past, his house would always clean it up before New Year's Eve, but now was a good time to divert everyone's attention. She tightened her coat and was about to go to the stove to get a broken bowl to help pour water on Mao Dou.

Black Bean immediately stopped her, "You're the better one. You should just lie on the bed and take care of the work in this room. I and Mao Dou will be done soon."

Mao Dou also nodded his head in agreement. His thin and small hands helped his brother hold her down, as if Li Yannian wouldn't let go if he didn't lie down to rest.

Li Yannian was a little dizzy when she suddenly stood up just now. Most likely, her blood sugar was not enough and her foundation was still weak.

The living room was not big to begin with. Black Bean brought his brother and cleanly swept the dust with the reed broom, then turned to wipe the stove. Taking advantage of this, Li Yannian took a careful look at her new home.

Last night, she had thought that the situation in the Li family could be summarized perfectly with the words "four walls of the Li family's disciple", but after seeing it today, she realized that she was too optimistic.

The four walls of a household were the walls of poverty. At the very least, the walls were still intact. However, the Li Family's house was flooded at the end of this summer. Unfortunately, half of the houses that the Li Family lived in had been washed away. The entire hall that the Li Family used to live in had been buried in mud and stone. As for the room they were currently living in, it had originally been the Li family's kitchen. The situation was slightly better, and only the wall near the mountain had been destroyed in half.

The three siblings had no money on them, and the house could not be built either. They tore down the door of the living room and used it as a bed. They all lived in the kitchen. The kitchen was a red mud house of less than ten square meters. On the east side, there was a stove with a fire on the wall. Two bundles of dry wood were piled on the side. On the right side of the stove was an old water jar. The bamboo that was leading the water had dried up and cracked. Clearly, it had been out of water for a long time. She searched the house but didn't find a bucket. She didn't know if it was taken by that uncle from the Li family.

Sigh, in such a situation, it was truly not easy for Black Bean, the elder brother, to take care of his two younger brothers and sisters to such an extent.

As Li Yannian was sighing emotionally, she suddenly saw a vegetable basket hanging on the high ceiling. Her eyes immediately lit up.

"Big brother, what's the headgear over there?"

Black Bean looked in the direction where her finger pointed, and his eyes lit up.

Mao Dou joyfully jumped up and down as he urged, "Brother, hurry and pick them out. They might be his father's secret stash of money!"

Black Bean scoffed at him, thinking that his father was not that kind of person, he would never secretly hide money behind his mother's back, while looking around to see if there was anything he could use, so that he could pick the vegetable basket off the roof.

With much difficulty, Black Bean finally found a bamboo basket outside the house. When it landed, all three pairs of eyes were glued onto it.

"Brother, what's inside?"

Mao Dou and Li Yannian curiously looked over, but were greatly disappointed when they saw this. The basket was filled to the brim, not with money nor food, but with forage leaf s used to wrap the dumplings.

Mao Dou blinked. He suddenly thought of something and said dejectedly, "This was something mother told us to pick first. It was something elder sister helped to dry." He said that he would wait until the new year, then spend half a cent to buy meat to buy rice and wrap up the dumplings. "When I'm done cooking, I'll hang it on the beam. If you're obedient, mother will cook one for me every day …"

Black Bean also remembered the happy look his mother had back then, "Brother Dou, after the new year, Father and Mother will work harder and gather more money and send you to school to read. When we return, you can teach your brother … "Since you've made the dumplings, hang them on the beam in the future. You can bring along a few from school and eat them while you heat them up. Mother inside will give you more fat meat to wrap around …"

At that time, he was both happy and worried. He was happy that he could read now, but worried that his family would have enough money. His parents wanted to send him to school.