Returning to the yard, Daya remembered the discovery in the yard. In the afternoon, after they finished their work, they turned around and realized that Su Yunxi was gone.
Now that they had moved out of the old house, Su Yunxi was their only support. Although they knew that Su Yunxi wouldn’t abandon them, they still felt a little uneasy.
They had forgotten about it after finding Su Yunxi, but now they remembered it again.
Su Yunxi looked in the direction Daya pointed and saw a baffle covered with loess.
It was only after Daya and the others had swept away some of the loess on top that they could see it at a glance.
Su Yunxi lit a torch and descended the nearly rotten wooden ladder into the cellar. Inside, there were several animal traps and bows and arrows, as well as agricultural tools and kitchen utensils such as axes, hoes, and iron pots.
In this era, it was not allowed to privately possess agricultural tools, and one would be criticized and educated for doing so. All agricultural tools belonged to the brigade.
Even if one took them home, they had to sign for them at the brigade.
The agricultural tools in Cui Laohan’s cellar were obviously stolen and hidden, otherwise the brigade would have taken them all away when they took over the yard.
Su Yunxi didn’t care about these agricultural tools, since she didn’t plan to rely on working in the fields to earn work points to support her family in the future.
Su Yunxi took the axe and iron pot out, which could be used to chop firewood and cook.
Cui Laohan’s yard was on the edge of the village and was some distance from the surrounding yards, so Su Yunxi simply made a fire in the yard to cook.
She washed the wild vegetables, blanched them, and simply sprinkled some salt on them for a cold salad.
She only took one rabbit to eat, half roasted and half used for soup. When it was almost ready, she added some wild mushrooms to enhance the flavor.
A simple dinner was ready.
It was the first meal after moving out of the old house. Although there was no dry food, the children ate it with great satisfaction, every bite filled with beautiful expectations for the future.
After eating, Su Yunxi sent the children out to fetch water, and then took out milk powder from the space, mixed it, and fed Siya before putting the milk powder back into the space.
Su Yunxi’s body was very weak and she didn’t have any milk, and Su Yunxi didn’t know how to breastfeed, so she could only use milk powder as a substitute.
Fortunately, the milk powder in the space should be enough to feed Siya until she was weaned.
The children brought the water back and neatly washed the pot and boiled water. The mother and daughters wiped their bodies clean with hot water and then lay down on the kang and fell asleep.
Perhaps it was because they hadn’t relaxed for too long, or perhaps it was because the years of pressure had finally been released, Su Yunxi woke up to find the children still sleeping soundly.
Su Yunxi tiptoed to put on her clothes and went to the yard to prepare breakfast.
Although there was no clock, Su Yunxi had long since learned to tell the time by looking at the sun.
It was now estimated to be a little after seven in the morning. Su Yunxi thought that after breakfast, she would go into the mountains again to take a few more rabbits or chickens from the space, and she would also have to collect more wild vegetables.
Then she could go to Wang Youtian to find someone to build a house. She couldn’t feel safe living in this house after all.
As soon as she finished making breakfast, Daya ran out of the house in a panic. Seeing Su Yunxi sitting in the yard, she breathed a sigh of relief, looking relieved.
She had dreamed that she had returned to the old house, still being mistreated by the Li family’s old woman, and still being sold to that 60-year-old man.
Fortunately, it was all a dream!
Daya reached out with some guilt and took the wooden spoon that was being used to cook the wild vegetable porridge.
“Mom, I’m sorry, I overslept…”
Daya lowered her head, like a child who had done something wrong. Su Yunxi reached out and touched Daya’s head.
“Mom knows you’re tired, so when I saw you sleeping soundly, I didn’t wake you up.”
In the old house, Daya had to get up before dawn to cook for the family, and then before even eating a bite, she had to take the family’s dirty clothes to the river to wash.
She truly slept later than the dogs and woke up earlier than the chickens.
At this time, Erya and Sanya also woke up and ran out.
“Mom, I’m sorry, we woke up late. We haven’t slept so comfortably in a long time. We’ll definitely be able to get up early to work tomorrow!”
The two little ones earnestly promised, their eyebrows furrowed high.
Su Yunxi was amused by the children’s appearance.
“Don’t say that, you really have to get up early tomorrow. After breakfast, Mom is going to go into the mountains to catch two more rabbits, and then I can ask Grandpa Captain to find someone to build a house for us!”
“Build a house? Tomorrow?”
Su Yunxi nodded, the sooner the house was built, the better.
“Then we’ll go with Mom to catch rabbits!”
“No! You have an important task.”
“What task?”
The children’s eyes lit up when they heard this.
“You have to make adobe bricks out of the loess and the cut dry grass. They will be used when building the house. If you work at home, Mom can leave Siya at home, otherwise Mom will have to carry Siya on her back.”
The three children thought for a moment, and indeed there was still a lot of work to do at home, so they nodded.
“Mom, don’t worry, I will take care of my sisters. Mom, you have to be careful when you go into the mountains to catch rabbits, and don’t go into the deep mountains.”
Seeing Daya instructing her seriously like a little adult, Su Yunxi felt warm inside.
She put on her back basket, told Daya to lock the door, and walked towards the mountains.