The summer heat is gradually fading, and autumn has arrived in a blink of an eye.

It is said that every autumn rain brings a cold, but there has never been a single rain in Yushu Village.

So far, the severe drought has lasted for more than half a year.

Although it has entered autumn, the "autumn tiger" is very fierce.

Yun Xiaotang was sitting in the shade of a tree, holding a handkerchief and wiping the sweat from her forehead. Some small pieces of hair were stuck to her forehead and neck.

Since the last time the cow went crazy, their grazing team had been off work for half a day. It was only after the production team searched the weeds by the river and dealt with possible poisonous weeds that they resumed work.

In the past few days, she also learned about the situation in the boy's family.

Landlord...

In her previous life, she had also heard people say that in this era, families with old landlord status were not having an easy time.

There is only an elderly grandmother in the family, and a mother who goes crazy from time to time.

"Hey~"

Yun Xiaotang couldn't help but sigh, everyone really has his or her own hardships.

Zhao Tian'er saw his younger sister's frowning face, like a little adult, and reached out to poke her face.

"Sister, what are you thinking about? You are sighing here."

Yun Xiaotang came back to her senses and said, "It's okay, I suddenly felt a little sleepy."

As soon as she finished speaking, she couldn't help but yawn. Her brother was a real child, and talking too much would only cause trouble.

"Then lean on my shoulder and rest for a while. I'll call you when I get off work."

Zhao Tian'er pressed his sister's head and let her rest against him.

Yun Xiaotang looked at her brother's thin body and shook her head. She couldn't bear it.

"Brother, I will just lie down on the grass."

She leaned back and was lying on the grass.

Zhao Tian'er got up and picked a large leaf of a shrub and covered it with her sister.

"Go to sleep, brother is staring at the cow."

Yun Xiaotang squinted her eyes comfortably, and actually fell asleep.

Occasionally, a bit of wind blew, blowing away her messy bangs, and her eyelashes, as curled as ink feathers, trembled slightly, as delicate as a doll.

Zhou Nanyue was lying on the grass on his side, his left arm still hurting. After the last time he was injured while stabbing the cow, he simply treated the wound with herbs.

Although the wound is slowly healing now, the pain is still there.

After all, a child's body still can't bear it.

However, he has long been used to pain.

After the injury on his arm heals, he will go to the mountains to eat delicious food. During this time, it was also thanks to the thank you gift that the child's family brought last time.

Although the food was not much, it was extremely precious in these famine years and could enable their family to survive for a long time.

Thinking of this, he sat up and looked towards where the child was.

I saw the child with a leaf covering her belly, lying on the grass to rest. The little boy beside her was guarding her and staring at the grazing buffaloes.

Zhou Nanyue's eyelashes trembled. In fact, he should have had a sister.

But she didn't survive and died within a few months.

Such a tiny person, like a kitten, cried until his face turned purple and he was out of breath.

At that time, he was less than one year old, and he ignorantly knew that he had a sister, but he never saw her again.

That year, their family was criticized and ransacked, and their good days were gone forever.

In order to protect the whole family, my grandfather and uncle died.

My younger sister was born at the wrong time, as premature birth caused poor health and made the already dilapidated family even worse.

The sick sister was carried everywhere for medical treatment, begging her grandfather and grandma everywhere, but she still couldn't be saved.

after……

With a cold light flashing in his eyes, Zhou Nanyue withdrew his gaze and looked into the distance, his eyes full of sarcasm.

After that, the man left, and the woman's mental state began to become more and more abnormal.

It was okay at first, but then it became increasingly unstoppable.

This was the beginning of his childhood when he was abused and beaten.

He used to have hatred, but now he is indifferent.

Who can blame this? Isn’t it all a trick of fate?

He no longer expected or longed for it.

These people will never cause him the slightest emotion again.

*

Yun Xiaotang, who had been lying down for a while, was gently woken up by Zhao Tian'er.

"Sister, it's time to get off work, let's go home."

Opening her eyes, Yun Xiaotang took away the shrub leaves from her body, stood up and patted the grass clippings on her body.

Go home with your brother.

When they got home, Zhao Xueer and Dou Hongxia had already returned.

"Why are you sweating so much? Is it very hot?"

Seeing her sister's bangs wet with sweat, Zhao Xueer walked up and touched her sister's forehead.

Well, it wasn't hot, so she was scared to think that her sister had a fever.

"It's a little hot, sister, I want to make some hawthorn water to drink."

Zhao Xueer felt relieved, turned around and went to the kitchen, cut the previously dried hawthorn into slices and put it into the kettle, poured cold boiled water over it, and a pot of hawthorn water was completed.

Carrying the kettle and placing it on the table in the main room, she turned back to the kitchen and started cooking.

After Yun Xiaotang washed her face, she returned to the main room, picked up the kettle and drank a glass of hawthorn water.

The water in your mouth is sour, the kind of acid that tastes good, like hawthorn soaked in water.

"Brother, drink hawthorn water."

Seeing Zhao Tian'er walking in, she put down the water glass and poured a glass of water for her brother.

Picking up the water glass, Zhao Tian'er took a sip, with stars in his eyes, "It's sour and delicious."

After saying that, he drank all the water in the water glass.

Yun Xiaotang smiled and poured him another glass.

After lunch, everyone went back to their room for a lunch break, but Zhao Xueer planned to take advantage of this free time to grind elm bark noodles.

She cleaned the stone grinder in the yard yesterday and can use it directly now.

Taking out the bag containing elm bark, she put a few pieces of bark into the stone mill and started pushing the grinding disc until the bark was ground into powder and put into the bamboo sieve.

Then repeat the process to grind the remaining elm bark into powder.

The millstone was a bit heavy and it was not easy for Zhao Xueer to push it, but after doing a lot of farm work, she still had some strength.

While pushing the stone mill, he was grinding the elm bark, and finally the elm bark was completely ground.

Grinding the elm bark into powder is not enough, it needs to be carefully screened.

I shook the bamboo sieve to filter out the debris, and the elm bark noodles were reduced a lot.

In the end, what is left is a fine brown powder.

Zhao Xueer collected the ground elm bark flour and prepared to keep it. After harvesting the corn in the field, mix the elm bark flour with cornmeal and use it to make pasta.

Counting the days, it should be almost here. It won’t be long before it’s time for autumn harvest and autumn planting again.

Until now, it has not rained once. Even if it rains again, the late rain will not have much effect on the autumn harvest.

The time when crops are growing has passed.

Sitting down in the main room, Zhao Xueer picked up the water glass and poured a glass of water to drink. She looked across the main room and looked at the sky above the courtyard.

Sunny sky, no rain.

At this time, the village radio rang.
Chapter completed!