In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 796 is astonishing!

Huang Li had a total of six children. Given the productivity of the Xia Kingdom, raising six children must have been an incredibly difficult task.

Even with all the difficulties, Huang Li never complained and devoted himself to raising his six children, which shows his love for them!

Huang Licai finally decided to kick the three Huang brothers out of the house because he could no longer bear it.

When Huang Li made this decision, his inner pain was no less than that of the three Huang brothers who had left their hometown. However, as the head of the family and the pillar of the family, he could not show any weakness.

After the three Huang brothers were kicked out, Huang Li often had nightmares. Every day, lying in bed, he was filled with self-blame and guilt, hating his own incompetence and his inability to support his children.

Fortunately, the three Huang brothers returned alive!

Huang Li held Huang Shu's hand tightly, saying repeatedly, "It's good that you're back! It's good that you're back! Xiao Shu, it's my fault for not being able to give you a good life!"

The man did not shed tears, but he did not go to the sad place.

At this moment, tears streamed down Huang Li's face—tears of self-reproach and joy.

"Big brother!"

"Big brothers, you're back!"

"Big brother, I miss you all so much!"

"..."

Not only Huang Li, but also his three young children were overjoyed. They surrounded Huang Li and the other two, hugging their legs and expressing their longing.

"Yes! Big brother is back!"

Huang Shu pinched his youngest sister Huang Xin's cheek. When he was still at home, his favorite thing to do was pinch Huang Xin's cheek. Children's cheeks are soft and it's fun to pinch them.

But now, when Huang Shu pinches Huang Xin's cheeks again, he doesn't find it fun at all!

Huang Xin was extremely thin at this time. Due to insufficient food and malnutrition, her face was practically devoid of flesh.

This made Huang Shu feel a pang of sadness!

The sallow complexion and thin physique of the parents and their three younger siblings revealed that the family must have had a difficult year; otherwise, they wouldn't have become so emaciated.

"Little Trees, how did you get through this year?"

After a brief moment of surprise, Huang Li inquired about the experiences of Huang Ming and the other two over the past year.

"After we left home, we followed the direction you told us, Dad, and headed south..."

As Huang Shu recalled, he recounted all the experiences of the three of them over the past year.

After hearing this, Huang Li and his wife couldn't help but widen their eyes!

They never imagined that the three Huang brothers, who went out to escape famine, would have such a miraculous encounter.

First they arrived in Taiping County, and then they were fortunate enough to be recruited by the Taiping County government to reclaim wasteland for the government and were able to eat their fill. After that, the three of them gave up their work reclaiming wasteland for the government and chose to go to Chenjia Village to look for opportunities...

They finally settled down in Chenjia Village, where each person could earn 800 coins a month...

The figure of 800 coins completely stunned the two of them!

"You mean, the three of you are now working for Chenjia Village, and each of you can earn 800 coins a month?"

Huang Li's eyes widened like copper bells, and he said with a face full of shock.

Having frequently gone to the city to work, he knew all too well what 800 coins meant!

To put it simply, if Huang Li went to the city to do manual labor for a day, his income would be at most 30 coins, and that was during a peaceful year.

With the arrival of the cold disaster, job opportunities in the city became increasingly scarce, and wages also shrank significantly. Huang Li could only earn a maximum of 20 coins a day by selling his labor!

The key issue is that this 20 coins isn't something you get every day. At most, Huang Li can only find odd jobs for about a third of the time each month.

In other words, Huang Li can earn at most 200 coins a month now!

Huang Ming and his two companions each earned 800 coins a month, which together amounted to 2.4 taels of silver. This income far surpassed Huang Li's!

Not to mention, the prices of various daily necessities in Chenjia Village are much lower than those in Yongliang County.

"Yes!"

Huang Shu opened the package he had brought back and said with a smile, "Father, Mother, come and see, this is what we bought with the money we saved up!"

The package was opened, and pure white flour, without a trace of impurity, appeared before the family. Huang Li couldn't help but bend down, grab a small handful of flour, and put it in his mouth, his eyes shining as he exclaimed, "This is white flour?"

"Correct!"

Huang Ming said with a smile, "We brought back a total of 200 jin of flour this time!"

The three Huang brothers originally wanted to bring back some chickens and ducks so that their family could eat better. However, considering that chickens and ducks were difficult to transport and were likely to die on the way, the three of them ultimately chose to buy all white flour. They bought a total of 200 catties and spent about 1 tael of silver, which was one-third of their savings.

"200 pounds!"

Huang Li and his wife exchanged a glance, both deeply shocked!

For the people of Liangzhou, wheat flour was an extremely luxurious staple food. The vast majority of people in Liangzhou could not afford to eat wheat flour, let alone those in remote mountain villages!

The villagers of Linshan Village used to mainly eat wheat porridge, which is unhulled wheat, but now...

Due to the impact of the cold disaster and war, the income of the villagers in Linshan Village has decreased significantly, and their staple food has changed from wheat rice to bran and chaff. This is the main reason why the villagers of Linshan Village generally have a sallow complexion and a thin build.

In short, wheat flour was an extremely luxurious food for Huang Li and his wife, which is why they were so shocked when they saw that the three Huang brothers had brought back 200 jin of wheat flour!

Wow! It's white flour!

The youngest, Huang Xin, stared intently at the flour in the bag, and couldn't help but swallow hard!

For the past year, the family had been eating bran and chaff, which were obviously not very filling and tasted terrible. So when Huang Xin saw the snow-white flour, she was very excited.

"hey-hey!"

Huang Ming patted Huang Xin's hair and said with a smile, "Xiao Xin, would you like to eat some white flour steamed buns?"

"miss you!"

Huang Xin nodded almost without hesitation. She had heard from other villagers that white flour steamed buns were fragrant and sweet, the most delicious thing in the world, and she had long wanted to taste them!

"I want to too!"

The second youngest sister, Huang Yu, also stared longingly at the white flour in the bag, her little stomach rumbling. She hugged Huang Ming's leg and cried out, "Third brother, I want to eat white flour buns too!"

"Good good!"

Huang Ming picked up Huang Yu and said affectionately, "When evening comes, your third brother will make you white steamed buns, ten for each of you!"

"Three pots, 10 isn't enough, I want 20!"

"I want to eat 20 too!"

"Hahaha!"

The child's innocent voice put Huang Ming in a great mood, and the fatigue from traveling for two days seemed to dissipate considerably!