Chapter 240: Chatting between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
Li Qin felt regretful, "I'm just lazy, I fall asleep as soon as I stop."
Ye Sanni laughed and said, "Aqin, you have to say that. Among us women, you are the one who carries the most things. You also often help me push the cart."
Women are treated like men. They are tired and don't want to fall asleep immediately.
Ye Sanni felt that Li Qin, the younger sibling, really had nothing to say.
He is a very honest person and has no big ideas. As for not liking Xiaojun, Xiaojun’s mother-in-law was not very nice to Li Qin back then. Under such circumstances, if she wants to force Li Qin to like Xiaojun, no one else can do it.
Is it better?
"What's that? I'm not strong enough." Li Qin lowered his head and couldn't see clearly. He stretched out his hand to fumble around and called out: "Sister-in-law, help get the grass and wood ash."
There was no such thing as shampoo in this era. Rich people used balm, while ordinary people used plant ash or soap locust. As for taking a bath, ordinary people just rubbed it with water and it was done.
Ye Sanni was about to get up when a voice came faster than her, "Sit down and I'll get it."
Mrs. Tian trotted over with her Arab head on her head. When she passed by Qi Baoer and her daughter, a cute voice called out to her, "Milk, let the second aunt use this to wash."
Mrs. Tian paused and took a look. There was a familiar small box lying on her little hand. Mrs. Tian pursed her lips and said with some reluctance: "There is no need to use balm, just plant ash."
She is good to her daughter-in-law, but she is not a generous mistress. She doesn't feel bad about using the ointment that costs one or two hundred yuan for a small piece of balm on her granddaughter, but she can use it on her daughter-in-law.,,ah bah.
Fortunately, Li Qin is a big-hearted person, and she is still shouting: "Bao, how can Second Aunt use that precious thing? Second Aunt can just use plant ashes."
Mrs. Tian immediately pushed Qi Baoer's hand back.
Seeing this, Ye Sanni asked: "Mom, did you just go to my sister-in-law's place? I was still thinking about washing your hair."
"Well, your sister-in-law used to be a married girl, and she was far away from us, so we didn't have to worry about them, we could just live well by ourselves.
It's different now. It's right next door. As the sister-in-law, I have to go and see how they are settling in."
The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. It doesn't matter what she thinks in her heart. She can't make the old man look bad in public.
Li Qin: "Mom, will my sister-in-law live with us from now on?"
"What can we do? We have already completed the household registration. Besides, if they don't come with us, where else can they go?"
Ye Sanni also leaned into the basin and started washing her hair. She heard that her mother-in-law was a little reluctant and persuaded:
"Mom, I think it's good. Although my uncle didn't go to school, he is very knowledgeable. Even Uncle Wen Fang said that if my uncle took part in the imperial examination, he would not be able to pass the examination.
We have just settled down, and we haven’t finished our own place yet, and we don’t know when the school will reopen. The fourth brother will have to concentrate on preparing for the exam. With my uncle here, the children will be taught at home."
When Mrs. Tian thought about it, this was really the case, and the discomfort in her heart immediately dissipated, "Yes, I will ask my uncle tomorrow."
Ye Sanni: "Mom, please don't. If you ask us, it seems that you are being deliberate. My uncle has taught the children a lot. He will teach them even if you don't ask. If it is true, my uncle will not teach the children anymore."
Well, it’s not too late for us to ask again then.”
Mrs. Tian was satisfied with Ye Sanni, and she could also listen to Ye Sanni's words, "Okay, I won't ask anymore. By the way, I was just at your sister-in-law's place, and your sister-in-law asked us when we would make clothes?"
She told me that the family has no income now, so if our family wants to start making clothes, let her be the one, and she can earn some money to buy meat for the two children."
"I don't know either. Brother An and Dali have decided on this matter, but Mom, I don't think it will be so soon. The houses haven't been settled yet, and the amount of land for each household has not yet been decided."
Ye Sanni gently pushed open the balm box that Qi Bao'er placed next to her, grabbed a handful of plant ash and rubbed it on her head, "I won't be able to handle these things for a few days, but my sister-in-law shouldn't be in a hurry."
My uncle was someone who casually took out a hundred taels on the road, and he gave back the original one hundred taels.
"I'm not in a hurry, but I can't sit back and rest in vain. Your sister-in-law really doesn't want to earn money to make clothes. I think she is probably embarrassed to ask directly. She wants us to help her when we do some business."
Qi Yue knew that Dali bought a large amount of cloth in Wuyuan Town, but he would definitely not buy such old cloth for his family to wear.
Mrs. Tian just felt uncomfortable here. They spent money and trouble to bring the cloth here. Are you ready to take a share of the pie without paying anything?
Ye Sanni felt that maybe her mother-in-law was overthinking it. She felt that her sister-in-law was not that kind of person.
But she didn't argue too much. There are distances between people, and naturally her mother-in-law is closer to her than her sister-in-law is to her. She went to talk back to her mother-in-law because of her sister-in-law. She was sick.
"Mom, what are you going to make for dinner today? We can barely make a living for our family. Do you want to make a chicken?"
"...Let's make rice tonight. I love rice. Let's make dry rice. Let's make it when we're full. Let's cook a chicken when we're full. Is there any big goose?"
Mrs. Tian was asking about Ye Sanni, but what she was looking at was Qi Bao'er sitting there holding a steamed bun and chewing on it.
Qi Baoer blinked and nodded.
Ye Sanni replied at the same time: "Yes, mother, there are a few big geese, do you want to kill one?"
"Kill one, use half to stew potatoes, and use half for your dad to bake. I love it."
They found potatoes somewhere in the mountains halfway. At that time, many people were short of food. When they saw the green potatoes, they no longer cared about whether there would be any problems in eating them, so they just tore them off and stuffed them into their mouths.
Qi Bao'er didn't know the leaves of potatoes. A villager just pulled up the whole plant and gnawed it with the stem. Qi Bao'er saw a few small potatoes hanging from the roots.
At that time, he saved the lives of many villagers and kept Qi Baoer's secret.
If we can't find anything to eat anymore, the old man is really ready to bring out some food.
"become."
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It is true that the third courtyard is a big house, but there is only one kitchen inside. The one on the east side of the second courtyard is not very big. There are six stove pits of different sizes inside.
They were originally fifty-nine households. Now, Lao Qi's family has decided to split up, so there are three more households. But for the time being, they are still one household. The Song Shuming family is also a separate household, with all members, including Wai Ye Yuan and others.
Yan Gui'an's family.
The new Qijia Village now counts sixty-six households, which is quite an auspicious number.
However, for the time being, the use of stoves is still classified as fifty-nine households. Lao Qi's family has not been divided yet. Song Shuming's family is related. It cannot be said that they don't care about other people's food and drink at this time. The same goes for Qi Ye's family. Yan Gui'an's family still has food.
And at Lao Qi's house.
But even if there are only fifty-nine households, two courtyards and twelve stove pits, it will not be enough.
Mrs. Tian didn't like to squeeze in with others. At the same time, she also wanted to prevent them from getting pink eye if they made delicious food.
Since I have a large family, I simply built my own stove.
Lao Qi's family didn't do anything special this time when they divided their houses. The whole village asked Qi Kangtai to make paper lots, and then each household sent a representative to draw the lots.