Xiaomian didn't know what Mrs. Song was thinking, so she pouted and said, "If you live in their house, we can go over and take care of them."
"There are always places that we can't take care of when we are far away." Mrs. Song lowered her head and sighed. For example, this time, they didn't arrive...
Only by leaving that troublesome place could the family survive. And only by keeping them under her nose could she better protect these children.
Xiao Mian felt that Mother Mother’s was a bit too much.
Although the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, a sister-in-law is just a sister-in-law, not a biological mother.
It’s not easy to separate the family, how about each living his own life?
Besides, my own family with a widowed mother and weak children is not as good as my second uncle’s family. After all, my second uncle can support me and establish a family, right?
Xiaomian reminded: "Mom, it's easy for the second uncle's family to move in. Don't be unable to get out when the time comes."
Mrs. Song lowered her face and said solemnly to Xiao Mian: "Second girl, remember, we are a family."
"What does our family have? Isn't it just a broken yard? It doesn't matter if I give it to your second uncle, as long as we live..."
She said earnestly and sincerely: "Your second uncle and second aunt are not bad people, and they are not greedy people. Even if they have any ideas... it doesn't matter, as long as the children are alive."
Mrs. Song emphasized again: "Remember, Erwang, Xiaodao, and Sanshun are all your relatives. Just like your eldest brother and eldest sister, they are your closest blood relatives. If you are good to them, they will be good to you."
Li Xiaomian no longer wants to believe in any blood relatives.
Her re-travelling was facilitated by her master's granddaughter and her good eldest brother.
Isn’t that the master’s closest blood relative?
Isn’t that his blood relative?
If it weren't for her blood relatives, she wouldn't be defenseless and be hunted with no way to escape...
But she also knows that relationships can be cultivated by getting along with people.
Such as master, master's wife, senior brother, senior sister, and fire unicorn...
They can depend on each other for life and death.
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With the experience last time, the Tukang was built very quickly.
By the time the second uncle came back from the county hospital, the kang was already sizzling hot.
Li Benshan touched the fire bed and felt warm in his heart.
He felt a little sorry and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll just live over there in my old house."
"You can't let your legs get cold. The fire is a waste of firewood and firewood. How can my brothers and sisters be so busy alone?"
Mrs. Song said: "Don't think about anything. Live in peace. When your legs heal in spring, we will expand to the east and build three more rooms. Don't move away."
Mrs. Li was both happy and moved. She had wanted to leave the old house for a long time, but now that her sister-in-law had come to live with her, she felt embarrassed.
Li stood up and said, "I'm going to sweep up the cockleburs. I know where they are."
She has to work more and give all the money she earns to her sister-in-law. She cannot live and eat for free.
"Come back here," Mrs. Song said to her.
"The mountain wind is so strong, and your scalp is not clean yet, why are you running into the mountains?"
Then she said softly: "There is no rush to work now. If you can't take your time, go and pay back the money from the Li Zheng family."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Mrs. Li said that she was about to go out. Mrs. Song stopped her again, "I'm going to carry a dozen eggs and pay them back. How can I be empty-handed?"
As well as Zhao Qiang’s family, they all have to send some eggs.
The two went to pick up eggs together again, and Ms. Li asked: "Sister-in-law, if Li Zheng asks us where the money comes from? What should I say?"
Mrs. Song thought for a while and said, "Just tell him that Xanthium can be sold for money. In the past two days, several children have been looking for Xanthium all over the hillside. You can't hide it from anyone."
Mrs. Li nodded, "Yes, I understand. I can't hide it anyway, so it would be nice if we said it ourselves."
As she spoke, she lowered her voice and said: "I know that the dendrobium matter must be kept secret."
Soon, the entire Qingshan Village knew that cocklebur seeds could be sold for money.
At this season of the year, most people don't go out much, except for collecting firewood, hunting, and occasionally people coming out to look for mountain goods.
But this morning, as soon as the Xiaomian sisters left home, they saw adults and children in groups of twos and threes carrying baskets on their backs and brooms, facing the howling cold wind, looking for cockleburs.
Xiaomian immediately stopped and said to the eldest sister: "Sister, let's take a rest today. With so many people, how many cockleburs can we share?"
To take what she meant, her family would make a fortune in silence.
By the time others found out, they had almost finished harvesting the cockleburs near the hillside.
But my mother and my second aunt just said it so carelessly.
Are you so worried that you have so much money to burn?
In the world of cultivating immortals, if there are treasures of heaven and earth, who wouldn’t secretly enjoy them for themselves?
Alas! What’s the big deal when you have two living ladies at home?
Dazhu and Erwang looked at each other and said with a smile: "How much are cockleburs worth? If you don't accept them, don't accept them. You go home. Erwang and I will go for a walk in the mountains to see if we can find dendrobium."
"You're not allowed to go." Damai and Xiaomian shouted at the same time.
Damai: "There are wolves in the mountains, and no one is allowed to enter."
Xiao Mian threatened: "Dendrobium is called fairy grass, and it is protected by guardian animals. It is either a wolf or a poisonous snake, or it is on a cliff. Which one can you two get?"
Li Dazhu looked at his sister suspiciously. It was very easy to get the dendrobium last time.
"What I said is true. Can grass jelly that can stand side by side with ginseng be easy to pick?"
In order to strengthen the credibility of her words, Xiao Mian asked Dazhu: "Brother, haven't you seen dendrobium before? Where did you see it?"
Dazhu thought for a while, "I can't remember the specifics, but I'm sure it's not a cliff. If it were a cliff, I wouldn't be able to see it even if I'm a little person."
Li Xiaomian was speechless.
"Then I'll go with you." Damai said, and she had to watch. If he went too far into the mountains, she would definitely not allow him.
Since the adults are not at home these days and Damai is in charge of the house alone, she has become even more like a big sister.
The eldest sister took the lead, and Xiao Mian naturally wanted to follow. Xiao Dao was eager to try and refused to let go.
So the five siblings, all carrying their own small backpacks, lined up and walked into the mountains together.
From time to time, fellow villagers who sweep cockleburs come over to chat with me on the roadside.
"Barley, how much does a pound of cocklebur seeds you sell cost?"
"Yes, how much does it cost per pound? Let's hear it, and we will sell it at this price when we sell it."
Damai looked at his siblings.
Dazhu said quickly: "Jiu Wen, you just have to clean it up. If it's dirty, you won't want it."
"Ah! Is it so valuable?"
"Quick, quick, stop talking and work quickly."
There were crowds of people along the way, and the hillside was very lively.
Dazhu led his sisters around for a long time, but could not find the dendrobium.
The five siblings stood on the Eagle Beak Cliff. Further inside, there were more and more trees and vines, and a faint mountain road led into the distance.
He looked at the path extending into the mountain. He looked at the eldest sister pleadingly: "I guess we have to go further in, it shouldn't be too far."
Barley frowned.
She couldn't go any further, but the temptation of dendrobium made her unwilling to give in.
"Dazhu and I will walk a little further inside, and you three will stay here."
Damai pointed at Erwang, Xiaomian and Xiaodao.
"Sister, I can run faster than you." Erwang found an excuse.
He feels that he is a man, and if he wants to take risks, he has to go with his eldest brother. How can he be a good man if his eldest sister, a girl, stands in front of him?
"Sister, let's go together. Let's just walk a hundred steps in. If we can't find anything, we have to come back, okay?"
Xiao Mian was worried about Big Sister and the others acting alone. If there was any danger, she would still have room to save people, so she had to follow.
Xiaodao is very self-aware. She knows that she is a soft-spoken person and the slowest in running away, so she can only follow her second sister's point of view and nod her head repeatedly.