Chapter 711: Escape from Famine 16
Geng Dalin sat down on the ridge of the field, looked at the field mouse in the basket, then looked at the full bag of grain, and murmured, "Oh my God, how did this field mouse get so much grain?"

"Voles are very clever."

Yuanchun ordered Geng Dalin to dig another vole nest. The vole dug out this time was bigger than the previous one, but the food it hid was not as much as the previous one.

But it also weighs more than 30 kilograms.

Afterwards, under Yuanchun's keen eyes, Geng Dalin and Sun Chunfeng dug up the nests of five voles in a row and dug out more than 130 kilograms of rice.

Together with the rice dug previously, there were a full 200 kilograms.

Seeing the six large cloth bags filled with grain, everyone in Geng’s family was very happy.

Geng Dalin and Sun Chunfeng dragged the grain to the entrance of the brigade and ground it with a grinding wheel.

The bran was also ground into fine powder.

Geng Dalin said to Yuanchun, "Mom, although we got so much food from the field mouse nest, there will always be a day when we will run out of food. I thought that we should cook two pots of rice in the future. One pot of rice for you and the children, and another pot of coarse grain rice mixed with rice bran for Chunfeng and me. We are both in good health, so we can bear to eat more coarse grains, and it can also save a lot of food."

Sun Chunfeng also smiled and said, "Mom, just listen to Dalin. Dalin and I will eat more coarse grains so that we can save more fine grains for you and the children."

Yuan Chun looked at the bag of bran and said, "Keep it for now. I'll go to the county town tomorrow to see if there are any chicks for sale. We can buy a few chicks and raise them. Children are growing up, so they can't just eat rice. They need eggs to supplement their nutrition."

"Mom, everyone is starving and fleeing famine, who can still sell chicks?" Geng Dalin asked in confusion. Yuanchun slapped him on the back of the head and said, "Do you think everyone is like us farmers, who will starve to death if they don't flee famine?"

"People in our village have no food to eat. If they stay, they will die. That's why they flee. But people in the city have jobs. Even if there is a food shortage, they won't starve to death. It's just that the food they receive will be less than before, so they won't be full but they won't starve to death either."

"Besides, how can someone with a job just leave so easily?"

Yuanchun scooped up a gourd of water and washed her face, then called the children and Geng Dalin and his wife to come over and wash themselves, "You all stink of sweat, wash yourself well today, don't worry about not having water to drink, I'm here so you won't have trouble finding water to drink."

If she doesn't wash it, she can smell a rotten odor when eating. How can she live and eat with them?

Geng Dalin's face drooped, "Mom, this water is so precious, I won't wash, let the children and the spring breeze wash."

Yuanchun pushed him and scolded him, "Wash yourself off quickly. If you don't wash off your foul smell, you won't be able to eat tonight."

Geng Dalin said anxiously, "Mom, I'll wash it, don't be angry."

Yuanchun got out two buckets of water and asked everyone to clean the house inside and out. It was not that she didn't want to get more water, but these people were reluctant to use it.

Several people shared a bucket of water to wash their heads first, and then shared another bucket of water to rinse them clean. Finally, they were reluctant to pour the water away, as they wanted to save it for washing their feet and hands tomorrow.

Yuanchun frowned in disdain, but she could understand that they were reluctant to waste water during the drought.