Lu Jingqiu waited until midnight, and when she saw that Hua Hua was truly hungry, she reassuredly cleaned the dirty cloth underneath and carefully replaced it with a clean piece of torn cotton cloth before going to sleep with peace of mind.
Despite having gone to bed at midnight, she was up again just after 6 a.m. the next day, simmering millet on a low stove flame, and with a basket in hand, she cycled to the farmers' market to queue up for vegetables.
Unfortunately, there wasn't much meat available today, but lucky for her, there were two pig bones which Lu Jingqiu was able to buy for twenty cents.
She planned to have pork bone noodles for lunch that day, while also improving Hua Hua's meals a bit.
The four little ones hadn't opened their eyes yet, all fumbling around in search for milk.
In order not to expose Hua Hua to the cold, Lu Jingqiu arranged a very large wooden basin filled with a lot of sand inside the house.
To serve as their toilet.