Dressed as a widow, raising cubs, farming and building infrastructure in Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1 Eating
It was just dawn, and the peasant woman Qin Liu, whose clothes were patched, was getting ready to go out.

"Aunt, you, will you come back?"

A timid question from the little boy came from behind.

Qin Liu stopped and turned around. In the yard where the bloody smell had not yet dissipated, in front of a few remaining mud houses with thatched roofs, a five-year-old boy stepped barefoot on the frost-covered mud and wiped it with his dirty sleeves. Wipe yellow-green nose.

Qin Liu comforted the little boy and said, "Dalang, when outsiders are around, remember to change your name to mother. Mother goes to town for a visit and then comes back. You take good care of grandpa and Erlang at home."

Dalang nodded obediently. Due to malnutrition, he had a big head on his body like a stick, which was heart-wrenching to look at.

The peasant woman glanced at the several thatched houses in the yard, held up the dilapidated gate, and continued walking to the street.

The thatched house with bare walls behind her is her current home. She also has a disabled father-in-law, a cheap son, and a biological son to support.

The rice vat at home was empty, and she had to go out to find a way to survive.

Both sides of the dilapidated streets are lined with ruins that have been burned by the fire. The ashes floating in the air silently tell the story of the tragic fire that took place here a few days ago.

Occasionally, a few injured pedestrians with dull and numb faces passed by on the street, holding in their hands still usable objects picked up from the burned ruins, such as shovels and hoes.

There was an unkempt beggar holding half a black piece of steamed bun in his hand, gobbling it down as he walked, staring defensively at the pedestrians approaching him, for fear that they might steal his steamed bun.

At this time, Qin Liu had no intention of cursing the grassland Tatar soldiers who committed many crimes, including burning, killing, robbing and robbing, because she felt like there was a fire burning in her stomach.

The half of the steamed bun in the beggar's hand made Liu'er's stomach twist violently, and she had to cover her stomach in pain.

Really - so hungry!

She was flustered and weak, and her steps were hesitant. She raised her trembling hands to her mouth, wanting to lick or nibble.

As we go further, there are more and more pedestrians.There was a shout: "The government is opening a warehouse for relief! Come and get the porridge!"

An alluring aroma of porridge floated in the cold air, causing her stomach to twist again.

Qin Liu Xiao ran a few steps, and there was indeed a long queue in front of him. People in all kinds of patched clothes were holding pottery bowls waiting to receive relief porridge.

She quickly turned around and ran back.

You have to quickly find a big bowl and come over to get the porridge!
Panting, she ran back to the yard. She leaned on the door and took a few breaths before struggling into the house to get a few pottery bowls.

Seeing the disabled father-in-law Li Old Man lying on the bed in the east room, Erlang who was four or five months old and crying, and Dalang who was five years old, she said: "Dad, look at Erlang. Dalang and I are going to receive relief porridge." "

Old Man Li's cloudy old eyes shone with joy: "Has the government distributed relief porridge?! Go, go, go!"

As he said that, he slapped Li Dalang's little buttocks and urged him to hurry up.

The mother and son, one old and one young, waited in line for half an hour, and finally received two bowls of gruel, and walked back carefully holding the pottery bowls.

Li Dalang sniffed the yellow snot and said excitedly: "Auntie, you are so smart. You said that there are disabled old people and children who have just learned to walk at home, so the uncle who served the porridge gave us two tablespoons of rice grains under the pot! "

Qin Liu's eyes darkened slightly.After all, she was an adult, so why couldn't she see that the strong man serving porridge was amazed by her appearance.

She pulled the headscarf to cover more of her face.

"Dalang, you forgot, you have to call me mother when you are outside. Don't forget it again."

"Oh, okay." Dalang lowered his head sadly.

Not a few days after his own mother died, he had to call someone else his mother.I feel so sad in my heart!

Two big bowls of porridge were too big for one person to eat, let alone the three mouths of an old man, a big man and a small man.Erlang is too young to drink porridge.

Even so, Old Man Li still shrewdly gave instructions: "Eat half of the porridge and save the other half for the afternoon."

Qin Liuyiyan put the remaining porridge on the stove and tied it in a pottery bowl, frowning and thinking about his next livelihood.The government's relief porridge was only available for half a day, or only for a few days.The problem of hunger still needs to be solved by oneself.

The Tatars came over a few days ago and burned, killed and looted. The residents of the town were either killed or taken away as slaves.

Due to their remote location, their family suffered no major losses other than the death of one person and the loss of winter grain and a few sheep.

At least a few mud huts with thatched roofs are still left, so that the cold winter will not come and the whole family, old, young, sick and disabled, will have no place to stay.

Qin Liu asked Dalang to take care of his home and went out again.

This time she held a small silver coin in her hand.

There was a rice shop still open on the street, and she had to change her food rations.

Only when his stomach is full can he have the strength and mind to manage the family's livelihood in this bitter and cold border town, and only then can the dying Erlang survive.

Mipu was severely affected by the disaster. The sign on the gatehouse fell off and there were signs of being robbed.However, if it can keep operating, it can be regarded as a conscientious business.

Someone in front of the rice shop complained: "Why did the price of rice suddenly rise so much?! Why are you merchants so dark-hearted!" The owner of the rice shop explained awkwardly: "I'm really sorry. It's just that our rice shop was severely affected, and all the food is from It was urgently transported from the capital, and the cost is already high, so please bear with me, fellow villagers, and bear with me!"

Qin Liuli watched quietly and found that everyone basically bought one or two kilograms of brown rice.

She put the silver coin in her pocket back, took out the smallest silver coin and handed it to the rice shop owner. The boss weighed the rice and said that she could buy ten pounds of brown rice and five pounds of white rice.

Qin Liu chose five kilograms of white rice without hesitation. The quantity was small and not so conspicuous, and the cooked porridge was not too hard to swallow.

She has been drinking water for the past two days and can't produce milk at all. Erlang doesn't have enough to eat and is crying so low that he has no energy. If this continues, Erlang won't be able to feed him.

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On the way home with Mi in her arms, she let out a long sigh.

She is a geological university teacher in the 21st century, and she actually traveled to ancient times!When I woke up, I was being chased, my head was in severe pain, and I was holding a four- to five-month-old child in my arms!
The loyal nanny took her to abandon the carriage and walk on the mountain path. She rented an ox cart in the village and asked her to change her satin clothes into patched coarse cloth clothes and went in the opposite direction.

On the way, the driver of the bullock cart became malicious and intended to seek wealth and death. In the end, the driver and the nanny fell off a cliff and died together.

Qin Liu buried the coachman and the nanny, and found some broken silver and several pieces of gilt jewelry from their bodies.

Only at this moment did Qin Liu realize how bad his situation was!

From what she said, she roughly knew that the body she was wearing was a young lady from a high-ranking official's family. She had an affair and gave birth to a child. She was not allowed to belong to the family and was also remembered by her enemies. She originally wanted to She went to Shaanxi to seek refuge with a relative of hers named Yang.

As for what kind of official her mother's family is, who her child's father is, and who her relatives want to defect to, she has no idea at all!

When the monster traveled through time, his original body was hit on the head and his memory was affected.

Qin Liu looked at the surrounding mountains and mountains, then looked at the sleeping baby in his arms, holding his forehead in depression.

In ancient times, when reputation was paramount, there was only one outcome for a woman from an official's family to have an affair with someone else: to be drowned by the family.She was going to join her relatives, and it was very likely that her family wanted to kill her to preserve the family's reputation.

Why was she so unlucky that she traveled through time to such an unlucky identity?

However, after being depressed for a while, Qin Liu quickly accepted the reality.In modern society, there are endless cases of unmarried pregnancies, which is not surprising.

The little baby in her arms is as cute as a chubby glutinous rice ball.The eyes are round and sparkling, like two clear and translucent black gems.

The little baby waved his chubby hands and smiled at Qin Liu, and Qin Liu was defeated. The mother's love was so overwhelming that the clothes on her chest were wet - the milk automatically overflowed.

Well, this original person was a mother who breastfed herself.

Qin Liu used to be a backpacker and suffered hardships and fatigue.No matter how painful or difficult the environment is, it is not that she has never encountered it before. Difficulties did not knock her down, but instead inspired her fighting spirit to survive.

Isn’t it because she is pregnant before marriage and her family does not tolerate it? Isn’t it because she has a little kid that needs to be fed?

We, Qin Liu, have climbed through deep mountains and old forests, why are we still afraid of this little difficulty?

The sky pays off. After walking out of the mountains, Qin Liu met a peasant woman herding sheep.She asked the peasant woman to sell her some goat milk to feed her child.

But the peasant woman asked her if she had any directions, her household registration, where she was from, and what her husband's surname was.
Seeing Qin Liu standing there dumbfounded, the peasant woman kindly took her home: "The government has issued an order not to take in people without household registration, but you are a woman and you bring a baby, so I will make an exception." …”

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After buying rice and returning home, Qin Liu immediately cooked a large pot of sticky white rice porridge to feed the family.

While sipping the hot and fragrant rice porridge, Old Man Li sighed secretly: This girl is kind-hearted and did not abandon the child and run away.As a young girl, selling herself to work as a maid in a wealthy family would probably be better than suffering here.

It’s just that I’m not that good at living on a budget.It doesn't matter, I'm an experienced old man, so I'll teach her slowly.

This white rice porridge is so luxurious!By replacing it with brown rice, the family can eat for several days longer!

She had money to buy rice, and it seemed that she brought some wealth with her.

After finishing the porridge, he looked at Qin Liu who was busy coming in and out with complicated eyes, but in the end he said nothing.What does it mean to eat people and have a short mouth? This is it!
Qin Liu pretended not to see Old Man Li's kind but hesitant gaze, went to the west room to feed Erlang, and then started to wash the dishes and scrub the stove.

It's about living together and everyone gets what they need. She prefers to live according to her own ideas.At present, her top priority is to eat and drink enough to feed Erlang. Although the brown rice porridge is filling, it has no nutrition and cannot produce milk at all.

Old Man Li and Li Dalang were skinny and skinny.I can't just give myself white rice porridge and give them brown rice porridge, right?
After experiencing the Tatar rebellion, the old man Li, a disabled old man with a broken leg, and his five-year-old grandson are now the only ones left in the family, living in a few mud huts with thatched roofs.

The family is bare and the rice vat is empty. If there is no one to help them, the grandfather and grandson will never survive this winter.

And she was passing through this place while fleeing incognito with her biological son. Not only did she lack an identity, she also lacked a place to stay.

A few days ago, Liu Liu'er, the daughter-in-law of Mr. Li, met Qin Liu, who was covered in mud and holding a baby, by the river at dusk. She felt compassion for them, took them home, put them in the woodshed in the backyard, and sold them He gave her several bowls of goat's milk.

Qin Liu finally fed the baby.She had been sleeping in the open for the past few days, so she couldn't eat enough and couldn't produce much milk.

That night, the Tatar cavalry invaded the town of Shabaozi. They burned, killed, and looted. They committed all kinds of evil and stole the Li family's food and several sheep. They also hacked Liu Liu'er to death when he came forward to argue.

(End of this chapter)