However, Xiaomi's worries were useless. There was nothing she could do now. At most, she would secretly feed her family some milk powder to satisfy their hunger while they were sleeping.
With her previous experience, Xiaomi also knew that she could not feed too much at one time. Anyway, it should be frequent small manything
eals. She had to survive this period of time first. When she grew up a little, she could think of a way to get out those things in the space.
Jiang Hu had eaten his fill last night and was full of energy today. He had even turned over half an acre of land more than usual. When others saw this, they felt that Jiang Hu was working even harder to raise the children.
This went on for three consecutive days. The family was indeed used to it. At night, Xiaomi had to take turns sleeping next to the others. In Erni's words, Third Sister was the best. She liked everyone in the family.
The only thing that troubled Xiaomi was that other than the first few days, Er Niang would sleep for a while when she was tired during the day. She could secretly feed Er Niang some milk powder. When Er Niang was in better spirits, she would not sleep during the day.
Fortunately, there was still an opportunity at night.
After a few days, the family looked a little bit better. Xiaomi felt a sense of accomplishment.
On the afternoon of the fourth day, Jiang Hu returned with a hoe and leaned towards his wife mysteriously.
"Er Niang, I realized that in the past two days, many sparrows have been searching for food in our courtyard." Jiang Hu's eyes were shining.
Er Niang put down the straw mat in her hand. "I heard fluttering sounds too. I thought I heard wrongly. Are there really sparrows?"
The hole in the roof was patched two days ago, but Er Niang had to make more straw mats to replace the old ones.
Jiang Hu nodded repeatedly. "Coincidentally, the food has been planted. I found an old dustpan and will specially stay at home tomorrow to see if I can catch a few."
If he could catch a few sparrows, he would be able to nourish Er Niang's body. Ever since she gave birth, she had not even tasted a mouthful of meat. Jiang Hu's heart ached.
Er Niang licked her lips, "It's nourishing for you and the children. If you can catch more, you have to return the favor to the villagers."
No matter how small a sparrow was, it was still meat. They hadn't tasted meat in more than a year.
Jiang Hu: "I know. We were taken care of along the way. I remember everything.
"By the way, Er NIang, the water I used to wash Sanni and the other children's diapers in the past few days has been splashed in the vegetable garden. The vegetable seedlings grow faster than elsewhere. Do you think that's why there are so many sparrows?"
Xiaomi, who had just woken up, immediately pricked up her ears to listen to her parents.
"Really? But this village has been abandoned for several years. The good fields have become barren fields. Since you splash the water every day, the children's excrement must be nourishing them a little more than elsewhere."
When Jiang Hu heard that it made sense, he stopped thinking about it and started thinking about the sparrows again.
"Er Niang, stop making straw mats now. I'll go and cook. Twist a straw rope for me, it needs to be longer. We'll catch sparrows tomorrow!"
Xiaomi's eyes lit up. Her father had finally found something edible. Sparrows, meat. Catching a few for a meal was better than drinking wild vegetable soup every day!
Er Niang nodded in agreement. She happened to see Xiaomi's big round eyes looking around, and a beautiful smile immediately appeared on her face.
"Sanni, you're awake? Good girl. Lie down a little longer. Mother will make a straw rope. Daddy will catch little birds to eat tomorrow." As she spoke, she kissed Xiaomi's cheek.
These two children gave her peace of mind. They usually did not cry or make a fuss. Although they did not eat much, fortunately, their bodies were not too weak. Even Siwa, whom she was most worried about, was fine now.
This was what made Er Niang feel most at ease. She had been worried that she would not be able to raise the two children. Now she was used to them eating less and sleeping well.
However, after putting Sanni down, she couldn't help but check Siwa's breathing. His breathing was weak, but fortunately, he was still breathing.
Xiaomi saw Er Niang's actions and shouted for her not to panic. Fourth Brother had her to take care of him. Don't be afraid!
Er Niang laughed at Xiaomi's voice and touched her little face. "Sanni is so obedient. You're the most obedient child I've ever seen."
It had been a few days since they were born, and the fourth child could not help but cry a few times. However, Sanni did not. She only cried a few times when she pooped or when her diapers were wet enough to remind them that it was time to change.
Xiaomi blew a bubble. Of course, look at who she was! She was the little darling with a heavy responsibility!
"Mother, I found bird eggs!" Erni, who was in the courtyard, suddenly shouted in surprise. "Mother, look, three, three bird eggs!"
As she spoke, she rushed into the house and presented them to Er Niang with both hands.
Er Niang was also delighted, "Really?"
At a glance, it was indeed three gray bird eggs with black spots on them, two circles smaller than a finger.
"These must be sparrow eggs. Your father just said that there were many sparrows in the field. I didn't expect there to be so many sparrow eggs."
Er Niang was pleasantly surprised. The sparrows had laid eggs in the ground. How many sparrows were digging in the ground?
Xiaomi cried out. Hurry up and let me see. I've never seen what a sparrow egg looks like.
As expected of Erni, who could understand baby language, she immediately brought the bird egg to Xiaomi. "Sanni wants to see the bird eggs too, right? When you grow up, I'll pick up bird eggs for you every day."
When Xiaomi saw the eggs, she was a little disappointed. There was nothing different. They looked very much like quail eggs and were much smaller.
Erni said, "Does Sanni want to eat bird eggs too? Don't be anxious. You're still young. You can only drink milk. I'll let you eat when you grow up."
This time, she had clearly misheard her.
"Erni, did you pick up a bird egg?" Dawa, who was cooking with his father, ran over, followed by Jiang Hu.
"I heard Erni's voice just now. Did you really pick up a bird egg?" Jiang Hu was as surprised as the others.
"That's right, Hu. Erni is amazing." Er Niang stroked Erni's hair. "Hu, let's cook these bird eggs."
Jiang Hu nodded. "Erni, give them to Daddy. Daddy will cook them. You can share them with Brother and Mother."
Erni and Dawa swallowed hard.
It had been a long time since they had picked up a bird egg. Although these sparrow eggs were small, they were still meaty.
Xiaomi felt a little sad when she heard that. She wished she could take out the roasted chicken and roasted goose from her space.
Fortunately, reason overcame emotion. She did not want to be treated as a demon.
However, the existence of the bird eggs and her father's words made Xiaomi think of something.
Her father said that the laundry water was used to water the fields. The things in the fields grew well and attracted many sparrows.
In her previous life, she had never heard of babies' feces and urine attracting sparrows. Could it be because of the spiritual spring water? After all, they had drunk a lot of spiritual spring water mixed with milk powder these few days.
However, the excrement of the others was stored in the latrine pit, waiting to be poured on the ground. For the time being, she could not tell.
Xiaomi decided to drink more spiritual spring water with her younger brother in the future. Not to mention anything else, it would be good for her father to catch a few sparrows or pick up a few more sparrow eggs.
However, the appearance of the sparrow eggs reminded Xiaomi of something. If she remembered correctly, there seemed to be various eggs in her space.
There were quail eggs, pigeon eggs, peacock eggs, ostrich eggs, and so on!