Mrs. Liu also knew that the situation of her mother's family was not very good. It was not bad to save one or two taels of silver a year. Since she was not in good health, her mother subsidized herself from time to time. When the child's father had an accident, the family had already brought two taels over... Mother didn't know how to borrow these ten taels of silver.
She pushed her purse back and said, "This mud house is still usable. You just need to go up the mountain and cut some trees to repair the beams, and then get some straw up there, and you can live in it. Mother, our house is not easy, My elder brother and sister-in-law saved some money with great difficulty, how can they subsidize it for my married daughter?"
Liu's sister-in-law, Han, grabbed the purse from her mother-in-law, forced it into the hand of her sister-in-law, and said: "You will live in the house for a long time, and if you want to repair it, you need to tidy it up. I have seen it. The kang is no longer usable. And the fence... My sister's family is far away from the village, and their backs are against the mountains, so the fence is not safe. After this calculation, ten taels of silver may not be enough! Hurry up, family Why are you being polite!"
The second daughter-in-law, Hu's face has been elongated all the time, and her mother-in-law brought it to her sister-in-law for such a small family fortune. How can there be any reason for the mother's family to subsidize the water splashed by the married girl? She didn't dare to answer her mother-in-law's words, but when she heard her sister-in-law offering to be good, she couldn't help curling her lips, turned her head and said "cut..." softly.
The second child, Liu Han, heard this, and frowned and gave her a warning look, with an expression of "If you dare to say bad things, you mother-in-law, you will look good when you go home". The Hu family is cold and selfish, but Xiaocao's second uncle can control her. She knows that her husband is very filial, and she only dares to quarrel with her sister-in-law on weekdays, and dare not say a word in front of her mother-in-law.
After being stared at by her own man, Hu immediately calmed down, and dared not fart even if he lowered his head.
The youngest, Liu Hao, moved a bag of hidden sweet potatoes from the bullock cart, and said with a smile, "Sister! Just take it, if you don't take it, I will be angry!"
Mrs. Liu was still trying to decline, but Yu Xiaocao went up to take it for her, saying: "Mother, this is a wish from grandma and uncles and aunts, so please accept it. Besides, we really need the money, If you feel bad about it, just treat it as a loan from us, and pay grandma back when you earn money in the future."
"Yes, yes! Yunzi, you have no idea about a child! This is Xiaolian, she hasn't seen much in a few days." Yao took Xiaocao's hand and kept praising her.
Yu Xiaocao laughed and said, "Grandma, I'm Xiaocao, and Xiaolian went up the mountain with a small stone to collect firewood."
Yu Xiaocao and Xiao Lian are twins, they are naturally alike in appearance. It's just that Xiaocao was born with congenital deficiencies, and was thinner and paler. As for Xiao Lian, she has worked behind Mrs. Liu since she was a child, and her skin is darker. Two people standing together are easy to recognize. However, after drinking Lingshi water for half a year, Xiaocao's body became much stronger, and Xiaolian's skin became paler than before, and the two became more and more difficult to distinguish.
Yao looked happily at Xiaocao who could run and jump, and said to Liu: "Xiaocao is in good health, but you have also suffered from a heart attack. I saw that your face is also ruddy. Have you invited a doctor?"
"Where is she willing to spend money on me? When she was sick before, she said I was faking and wouldn't let Cao'er's father help me find a doctor, let alone now? In the past six months, I feel that my body has improved a lot. I secretly took the medicine for the whole winter. Although I was tired from taking care of the child these days, I felt much lighter. I think the illness is already cured, mother, don't worry about me."
Liu's heart was both rejoicing and strange, if this family also fell ill, it would really be hard for them to live.
Yu Xiaocao touched the multicolored stone on her wrist, snickering in her heart.
The Liu family brothers first tidied up the former wooden firewood house, roughly repaired it, and moved in the things they brought over. Yao took his two daughters-in-law with him (the third daughter-in-law was young and couldn't get away), and helped clean up the yard again. She didn't bother to drink water, so she drove the ox cart back.
Yao Shi was worried, but she knew that her daughter's family of five were crowded into one room, and there was no place to stay. They had to return to Xishan Village before sunset, so she left a sentence of "see you again in two days" The words left in a hurry.
The three brothers of the Liu family stayed behind and planned to help their younger sister and brother-in-law (sister and brother-in-law) repair the house before spring plowing.
Yu Hai is kind and kind, on weekdays, if there is anything in the other's house, as long as he calls, he will always go over to help enthusiastically, and he is very popular in the entire Dongshan Village. Hearing that he was going to tidy up the old house, the neighbors rushed to help.
Uncle Yu Lichun's eldest son knew how to work as a mason, but he didn't take the work outside, so his father rushed over to help. In the next few days, Yu Lichun took his three sons and two grandsons, always the first to the last to leave. The second uncle Yu Lixia lived far away, and his body and bones have been feeling a little uncomfortable recently, so he only sent a son to help.
The few good brothers that Yu Hai played together with bare buttocks also put in a lot of effort to smash adobe, build adobe walls, cut trees... they were very busy. Zhao Orion, who had a life-long friendship with him, and his son Zhao Han, not only brought prey every day, but also came to help on time after hunting. There are also his neighbors and homes, who report to work every day without being greeted.
Generally speaking, if someone is invited to help build a house, it is necessary to manage two meals. These people knew that Yu Hai's family had just been separated, and they had no food surplus at home, so they brought their own dry food every day, and they were unwilling to eat a bite of their family's food. Yu Hai's family was deeply moved, and Xiaocao deeply felt the simplicity and kindness of the ancient people.
With a lot of people and a lot of strength, the three houses plus the wall of the yard were completed in ten days. Looking at the big yard and brand new house, Mrs. Liu shed tears of joy. The three Xiaocao siblings were laughing and laughing in the yard, not to mention how happy they were - they finally had their own house...
The Liu family brothers cut the kitchen full of firewood and cleaned up the well in the backyard before leaving. The house had been airing out for two days, and Yu Hai, who was able to walk with a cane on his legs, moved there with his family.
In the past ten days, except for Lao Yutou and the boss who went to the old house to help every afternoon, no one else showed their faces. After the house was built, when Yu Hai was entertaining the neighbors in the village, Mrs. Li brought her son over.
Whenever someone in the village builds a new house and moves a new house, there must be a celebration. Because the house was built with everyone’s help, most of the materials used to build the house were local materials. The adobe was clay dug from the side of the pond, the beams were cut from the mountains, and the straw was patched together by the villagers.
Originally, Xiaocao wanted to buy some blue tiles and build the same mud tile house as the Yu family now. But thinking about the limited ten taels of silver in his hands, he gave up this idea. Once again, I regretted investing all my money in the workshop of Shao Zhou, and comforted myself by saying that the thatched house is also good, warm in winter and cool in summer...
well! This Wednesday is rare, and I am busy building a workshop in the beginning of spring, and I am planning to open a delicacy restaurant in the capital. Xiaocao wanted to ask him for help, but couldn't find anyone!
Fortunately, the house was built without spending a few taels of silver. Yu Hai felt grateful for the help of the villagers, so he took advantage of the feast to express his gratitude by making some good dishes.
Hearing that Yu Hai split up and only got two taels of silver, Zhao Oriehu was both angry and guilty. In order to save him, Yu Hai almost killed Xiongkou, and as soon as he killed Xiong Xiazi and sold it, he sent three hundred taels to Yu's family, saying that it was reserved for Yu Hai brothers to catch medicine and treat injuries. Unexpectedly, his cruel father and unscrupulous stepmother traded his son's life for money.
Zhao Orion angrily wanted to rush over to find old Yutou to argue, but was stopped by Yu Hai. The three hundred taels of silver is considered to be repaying Mrs. Zhang for her upbringing over the years.
Zhao Bufan felt guilty towards Brother Yu Hai in his heart, and often sent some prey to Yu Hai to make up for his health. Not to mention, he and his son made great efforts to build the house. For this banquet, he specially went up the mountain and brought over a dozen pheasants and hares.
Yu Hai didn't refuse, and bought another fifty eggs from the neighboring Zhou's family, and went to the market to cut about ten catties of meat. At the end of winter and the beginning of spring, green vegetables are also green and yellow, but there are many radishes and cabbages stored in the cellars of every household, as well as dried vegetables in the autumn. A good friend sent some, and Mrs. Liu went to the market to buy some.
When Mrs. Yao heard that her daughter was going to entertain her neighbors, she was afraid that she would be too busy, so she brought her eldest daughter-in-law over to help out the first day. I saw the bright and bright courtyard of my daughter's house, the tall courtyard walls, and a row of three houses facing south. Although the furniture in the house was not well laid out, it looked empty, and the family of six did not seem crowded.
Xiao Shitou took his grandmother's hand and introduced with great interest, which house belonged to his parents, which house belonged to his two sisters, and which house belonged to him and his elder brother... He didn't even let the firewood room and kitchen go unnoticed. They led Yao to read them one by one.
"Grandma and my aunt will live in my brother's room tonight, and I will live with my parents!" Little Shitou's eldest brother, Yu Hang, works as an apprentice in a carpenter's shop, so he rarely comes back. The owner of the carpenter's shop is very unreasonable. Even if Dad was injured, he only gave half a day off. The family built a house, and Yu Hang came back only once in a hurry, and he became even thinner.
In order to save firewood when his elder brother was away, Xiao Shitou slept on the same kang with Yu Hai and Mrs. Liu. But in order to show that he also has a room, he said so specially.
Early in the morning, Yu Xiaocao hurriedly followed Liu Shi. In the first two days, she helped draw up the menu. Meat dishes include: braised rabbit meat, spicy fried chicken nuggets, fried pork slices with cabbage, radish stew, and a scrambled egg.
The vegetarian dishes are: pan-fried radish cake, stir-fried white radish, fried radish balls, crispy radish, spicy fried cabbage, stewed tofu with cabbage, dry-stir-fried cabbage, and a little sauerkraut.