In the following months, Uncle took care of the little rabbits diligently, while Aunt and I went up the mountain every day, but besides a few worthless wild goods, we had no other gains.

On the day we came back, we saw smoke rising from the foot of the mountain from afar. I was about to go check it out when Aunt grabbed me.

"Mom, don't go. Whatever is burning in that gray pond area is bad luck."

"Who died in the village?"

Aunt sighed, "Many people, including Sister's younger brother, the landlord from the neighboring village. When the weather got cold, the elderly and children couldn't survive."

Nodding thoughtfully, I went home and found no one there.

"Except for the two mother rabbits with their young, everything else is packed up. We're going to the town."

As soon as we left the house, I saw my father carrying a basket of grass, barefoot, running back.

"Mom, Dad and Big Brother are digging the mountain, and he asked me to tell you." He looked up with his frozen red face, sniffing back his runny nose.

I nodded and tried to walk past him.

"Don't worry about it, just go back."

My father noticed the rabbits in the basket and jumped up, shouting, "Mom, are you going to sell the rabbits?"

I impatiently answered him, "No, move aside!"

But he held onto my legs tightly, "Mom, take me with you, I want to eat sugar cakes~"

Every first and fifth day of the month was a big market day in the town. Grandma would carry charcoal to sell in previous years, and even if she had to go hungry all day, she would still buy a piece of sugar cake for my father.

I forcefully kicked my foot, "Get lost!"

My father was kicked into the ditch, struggling for a while before climbing out, but we had already walked far away.

Three rabbits were sold for ten gold yuan notes.

The new gold yuan notes issued by the Nationalist Government had high purchasing power, which was also convenient for medical treatment.

Aunt was arranged for surgery that day, the surgery was smooth, and she could be discharged after two days of observation.

At night, I spent a lot of money to buy an egg, and her pale little face was filled with happiness.

"Mom, I feel like it's New Year's Day with steamed bread and eggs. The egg smells really good."

With no grains at home, the only old hen went hungry for several days before laying an egg, which Grandpa hid to exchange for money.

Only on New Year's Day, would the family cook eggs, each of the three men having one, Grandpa saving his for my father, and Aunt and Grandma only able to watch.

In her previous life, Aunt had said that the only time she had eaten an egg as a child was the day before she was sent away to be a child bride, but it turned out to be bad.

I gritted my teeth and said, "Then eat more, so you can recover faster."

She shook her head after eating a little, "I'm full, Mom, you eat."

"Don't save it, there will be plenty of eggs in the future, eat every meal, every day."

Aunt's eyes were full of longing, "Is that what it's like to live like an immortal?"

At this moment, she couldn't imagine that a year later, the new China would be established, and in the following decades, our country would grow stronger, and eggs would really become a common food.

And I couldn't imagine that at such a young age, she wouldn't live to see that day.

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