Mrs. Gu pulled her younger brother aside, then took out two pennies from her body and put them in his hand.
"Xiang Ying, take these few coins and buy some delicious food for your mother and some clothes for you. Save the rest and use them later." She held her brother's hand and looked at Qi Xiangying's body.
The clothes with many patches must have been patched by him himself.
"Sister, that won't work," Qi Xiangying thrust a few coins back into Gu's hand.
"Your family wasn't rich to begin with, and now you have Si Ya. You should keep the money first. I can't take it."
Mrs. Gu smiled and said, "It's okay. This year's wheat harvest is good. We have a lot left over. There will be no problem in the next year. Not to mention that we also grow sweet potatoes at home. I won't be afraid of not having anything to eat in winter. Come over next time
I’ll bring some more sweet potatoes.”
The two of them pushed for a long time. In the end, Gu Xiangying had no choice but to hold the two slings of money with red eyes. The two slings of money were very heavy, and equally heavy was Gu's feelings.
After Mrs. Gu came back, she got on Lao He's oxcart again. It was a long and slow ride on the way in, and a long and slow ride on the way back. Qi Youer yawned, this was backward in ancient times.
The car drove for about two hours and finally arrived at their home.
The house is still the same, Qi Zhong is not here, and should be in the fields now. Mrs. Gu put the child in her arms on the wooden bed, and then went into the kitchen to make some food for the girls, including fine noodles and baked noodles.
The pancakes were finished, and there was some rice porridge. There was a little more rice, but the soup was still soup and the water was watery, with a few grains of rice still floating on top.
A plate of pickled pickles and a handful of wild vegetables
As Mrs. Gu ate these things, her heart became more and more uncomfortable because of her mother's family's affairs.
When will Xiang Ying get a wife? What if the new wife is not good to her mother? She chewed her rice tastelessly, wondering if she should discuss it with Qi Zhong. If one day, she
I wanted to take my mother over, but she shook her head again.
This is impossible. Even if Qi Zhong is willing, the mother-in-law will not be able to pass the test. She has no clue what she is thinking about here.
When Qi Zhong came back in the evening, Qi Youer heard a chirping sound from far away.
What is this? She opened her eyes curiously. Then she lay down on the edge of the wooden bed and looked outside hard.
"Fuck, look what I brought back."
Qi Zhongren arrived before the sound came. He walked in, holding a small cage in his hand. The chirping sound became more and more obvious. Gu wiped his hands on his body, and then took a closer look. He couldn't hide his heart.
of excitement.
"This is a chicken, where did you bring it back from?"
Qi Zhong's honest face smiled happily, "The third brother and sister gave it to me. They said they had a lot of chickens at home. They gave us ten. You see so many." As he said that, he opened the small cage. Sure enough,
Yes, there are little chickens inside.
Mrs. Gu caressed those little difficulties one by one, as if she were her own child.
"Ten, ten. When they are raised, our children can eat them, and the extra ones can be sold for money. It will be really good to kill one more during the holidays."
"Yes," Qi Zhong kept nodding, "Come on, mother, let's go find a chicken coop and raise these chickens."
"Okay," Mrs. Gu carried the small cage and then ordered Qi Dong'er to keep an eye on the three sisters. Then she and Qi Zhong went to the backyard. The two of them dug a small shack there. They were afraid that the chickens would be cold.
Cover the nest with a thick layer of soft hay.
The two people looked at the newly built shack and the ten chickens running around inside. They laughed. They thought that in the near future, these chickens would grow up and lay a lot of eggs.