Brother Xiaocao smiled and avoided: "We all ate in the kitchen, touch your brother's stomach, it's as round as a toad. Mother, you eat!"
Mrs. Liu obviously didn't believe it. She knew what her mother-in-law would look like. She knew all the ingredients in the kitchen. Coarse grains were fine, and things like flour, white rice and eggs were strictly prohibited from being used by others.
Xiao Lian and Xiao Shitou also patted their bellies repeatedly to make sure they had eaten it, and Liu Shi slowly fed it to the man. Yu Hai felt sorry for his daughter-in-law, and refused to eat alone, he was only willing to eat if Liu Shi had a bite. In this way, the two of you ate the noodles in the bowl one bite at a time.
The two poached eggs were dug out from the bottom of the bowl, and under Yu Hai's insistence, the family of five happily shared them. A small poached egg is more precious than anything else in Yu Xiaocao's heart, it contains deep affection and love...
"Father, mother! I think we should take this opportunity to separate and live alone!" Yu Xiaocao had already endured Zhang's stinginess and harshness to the extreme. When father was able to hunt and fish in the past, Mrs. Zhang would definitely not agree to their separation. But now, not necessarily!
"Separation? Your grandparents are all here, and you won't agree to a separation!" Liu's heart was filled with melancholy. Whether the child's father's legs can be kept is still unknown, and her own body can't do heavy work, and the children are young. After separation, what does it mean to support a family
Yu Xiaocao doesn't think so! With the cheating magic weapon of Xiaobutianshi, it will be a matter of time before Dad's leg injury recovers. Although there is a possibility of lameness, he can still do ordinary jobs. Mother's body, after half a year of Lingshi water and a winter of medicine, has almost recovered. As long as the family can be separated, with her cooking skills, it will definitely not be more difficult than it is now!
"Grandma and auntie, I'm sure they want to get married! In their eyes, our second room is a big burden. As for grandpa, there should be a chance to convince him!" Yes, she was waiting for an opportunity, a person who could put forward the proposal openly. Opportunity to split!
Here, Yu Xiaocao, mother and son are talking about the separation of the family. In the main house, Mrs. Li was also applying eye drops to the second room: "Mother, after the second brother was injured, the second room didn't have any labor, and there are two medicine jars from Liu Shi and Xiaocao. Look, it's only been a few days, and it took a lot of money." More than a dozen taels of silver. Although the second child wakes up, Dr. Sun also said that even if the second child wakes up, one leg will be useless! The second child's family is sick and weak, but they all rely on us to support them Mother, our family's conditions are just a little bit better, so we can't be dragged down by them."
Although Mrs. Zhang earned three hundred taels more, but seeing the money in his hand gradually decreasing every day, he felt as if someone had cut him out one after another. Hearing what the eldest daughter-in-law said, she beat the kang a few times angrily, and said:
"What do you think can be done? Can you drive them out? Not to mention that your father will definitely not agree, even the spitting stars of the villagers can drown us!"
"Then you can't just throw money out for them and not take it in!" Li's plump hands tore the coarse handkerchief in his hand fiercely, unwillingly said.
Mrs. Zhang glanced at her sideways, and said, "What's your idea, let me tell you..."
Mrs. Li piled up the fat on her face, and said with a smile: "My mother's family knew a prostitute who was in business with a big family in the town, and even a few wealthy families in Fucheng were her customers. I heard that the The Zhou family, a rich merchant, wants to buy a group of young girls...the matchmaker offered a high price of eight taels of silver."
Mrs. Zhang frowned: "You mean... sold the big girl over there?" She pointed in the direction of Erfang.
"The second girl, who wants the sick child? The eldest girl is so capable and upright, she will definitely sell for a good price!" Mrs. Li narrowed her mung bean eyes that were almost invisible due to the fat, and said with a fake smile.
Selling a money-losing product, not to mention a few taels more in hand, and one less mouth to eat at home. Moreover, the eldest girl has a stubborn temper, and she is the most disobedient. The second room would be easier to manage without her! Mrs. Zhang was moved...
Early the next morning, Yu Xiaocao followed Xiao Lian with a small bundle of firewood on her back. From time to time, she freed up a hand in distress to help the thin figure with a hand that was about to cover her body. Chaishan, followed by a small stone also carrying firewood.
Originally, Xiao Lian planned to go out to collect firewood by herself, but both Xiaocao and Shitou said that "we share the blessings and share the difficulties", so they went out to collect firewood together. It is the end of winter and the beginning of spring, and the dry firewood on the West Mountain is readily available, and the three brothers and sisters reaped a lot in the morning.
Yu Xiaolian, who knew how to take care of her younger siblings since she was a child, took on the task of carrying most of the firewood herself, and only let her frail sister and younger brother carry some firewood symbolically. In her previous life, Yu Xiaocao was always taking care of her younger siblings. Now that she is the one being taken care of, she is not used to it. She has repeatedly said that her body is already healthy and that she can carry more, but Xiaolian dismissed them.
"Elder Sister, Second Sister, there are guests at home!" Xiao Shitou looked up and saw his uncle Li Shi, who graciously invited a mid-mature woman dressed in red and green into the yard, and he muttered curiously. Bass ran over.
Yu Xiaocao and Xiao Lian looked at each other, and saw doubts in each other's eyes. The satin jacket that the woman was wearing and the gold hairpin on her head were not something that a countryman could afford. It doesn't look like the Yu family has such relatives, who is it
"Auntie's fawning appearance, could it be that he came to see Brother Heizi?" Heizi Yu Ge was already thirteen years old, and in ancient times he should have reached the age of marriage. Apart from this reason, Yu Xiaocao couldn't think of anyone who could make the powerful Li Shi wish to be his own mother.
"Xiao Lian, I'll go and find out first!" After her father was injured, Yu Xiaocao kept worrying and took care of him at home for five days without going out. It was rare that someone outside the house came, and the fire of gossip in her heart was ignited.
Carrying firewood on her back, she trotted into the yard. Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Li, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, are smiling all over their faces, about to welcome the woman into the main house.
Hearing the movement, the woman stood still, turned her head and looked her up and down, her critical eyes seemed to be examining a piece of goods that she got, which made Yu Xiaocao feel extremely uncomfortable.
"That's her? She looks upright, fair and clean...just a little thinner!" Mistress Zhuang curled her lips critically.
Zhou's family in the town had just released a group of old girls who had reached their age for marriage, and they needed to buy twenty or thirty young girls. Mrs. Zhuang was very busy with this matter these days. The Zhou family is her big client, so this deal cannot be ruined.
Yesterday evening, someone came to the door and said that Dongshan Village had an honest and capable girl for sale, and she hired a car early in the morning to come. Who knew that this girl was so thin, she didn't look like she was eight or nine years old.
When Li met Yu Xiaocao's guarded gaze, she dodged it, and said in a secret way: "It's not this girl, it's her sister, she might have done it, and she can do most of the hard work at home! If it wasn't for her father She was seriously injured, her mother was weak and sick, and the family needed money, so we couldn't bear it!"
Mistress Zhuang glanced at the five spacious and bright houses and the courtyard walls made of adobe, curled her lips to herself, and thought, "Look at this house, it doesn't look like they are short of money to the point of selling their children!" However, she only cares about business, and always turns a blind eye to other people's messy affairs.
Yu Xiaocao is not a child who doesn't understand anything. She sensed something was wrong from Zhuang Yamao's scrutinizing gaze and Li Shi's guilty conscience, and said vigilantly, "What are you going to do to Xiaolian?"
"Go, go, go! When grown-ups talk, it's none of your business! Go and play!" Mrs. Zhang waved her impatiently as if chasing chickens, and then said to Zhuang Yamao with a big smile: "Let's talk in the room, let's talk in the room..."
"Why is it none of our business? If you want to get my second wife's attention, you can do my business!" Yu Xiaocao said loudly as her suspicions became more and more serious.
"Did you talk to elders like this? How did your mother teach you? These eight or nine years provided you with food, drink, and medicine, and you raised an unfilial offspring like you who contradicted grandma. It's better to let you die of illness!" Seeing the impatient expression on Zhuang Yamao's face, Mrs. Zhang gritted her teeth and howled at the top of her throat.
Mrs. Liu heard shouting and cursing from the kitchen, walked out quickly, embraced Yu Xiaocao behind her, and apologized repeatedly: "Mother, the child is still young and ignorant, don't be as knowledgeable as her..."
Mrs. Zhang yelled outrightly: "You're the only one who treats this money-losing product as a treasure! Damn girl, go kneel in the room and reflect on yourself, don't eat your breakfast in the morning!!"
Yu Xiaolian came in with heavy firewood on her back. Hearing this, she threw down the dry firewood and rushed over, stopped her sister, and said: "My sister just suffered a serious illness a few years ago. If she gets sick again, she will have to spend more money." Money for medicine? Grandma, I am willing to be punished for my sister!"
Mrs. Zhuang had never seen any kind of battle before, and she knew that the child's grandmother and aunt were planning to sell the child secretly without telling the child's parents. This Zhuang Mistress has always had a good reputation in Tanggu Town, otherwise there wouldn't be so many clients of status and status. Naturally, she would not ruin her reputation because of a little girl.
Zhuang Yapo looked at Xiaolian with a smile, and praised: "He is kind and righteous. Although he is a little darker and thinner, but he has raised his eyebrows and eyes for two years, which is not bad. When a rich family buys a girl, the most important thing is character." Of these two girls, one is smart, the other is honest and kind, and they look exactly alike—old sister-in-law of the Yu family, if you sell these two granddaughters to me together, I will give you double the price!"
Just now Mrs. Zhang has heard from Mrs. Zhuang that an eight or nine-year-old girl can give five taels of silver at most, and if two little girls give double, it will be twenty taels. Not only did he earn back the medicine money that Erfang had spent these days, but he also had surplus. Coupled with the money from selling Xiong Xiazi sent by Zhao Orie... Mrs. Zhang was so happy that she couldn't see her eyes.