Qiao Mingjin heard what Yue Xiaoman said and didn't want to embarrass her, so she agreed.
Said: "Then you can send the eggs over soon."
After saying that, he looked at Yue Xiaoman who was hesitant to speak, so he asked, "Are there any questions?"
Yue Xiaoman's face turned red, and after a while he said: "Mom said that my sister-in-law should give me the money first."
Qiao Mingjin frowned tightly when she heard this.
Is this the money for fear that she will swallow the eggs?
I couldn't help but feel happy.
Said: "My ox-cart is loaded with firewood, but I can't make much space to put eggs. The other families in the village have agreed before, so we can only make room for them first. And we, mother and daughter, are even together."
I don’t have enough money to buy vegetables or rice, and I don’t have enough money to buy rice and noodles from selling firewood. It’s definitely not enough to pay for the eggs. How about asking your two brothers to take them to Songshan Market to sell them?”
After hearing this, Yue Xiaoman's face turned redder and redder, and after a long time he said: "Then I'll go home and ask dad first."
After saying that, he took Linglong and Beishu's hands and walked out.
Na Donggen clasped his hands tightly in front of his chest and ran out quickly after Yue Xiaoman.
"Mom, Wan'er's pebbles..."
Mingheng had parked the bullock cart in the courtyard. Now Wan'er saw that Dong Gen was about to go out, so she ran over and pulled Qiao Mingjin's clothes to complain.
Qiao Mingjin touched her daughter's soft hair and said, "It's okay. Mom will find better stones for our Wan'er in the future, and bring them with nice colors, okay?"
Xiao Wan'er nodded happily after hearing this.
He pulled the hem of Qiao Mingjin's clothes again, motioned her mother to bend down, and whispered in Qiao Mingjin's ear: "Mom, my uncle said that this time my mother brought back a lot of delicious food."
Qiao Mingjin smiled and said, "That's right. Is Wan'er Gao happy?"
"I'm so happy! Mom, does this cost a lot of money?"
Qiao Mingjin couldn't help but feel sad after hearing this.
Other children of the same age could not even walk safely, but her daughter was able to help her with the work and also knew how to save money for her.
"It doesn't take a lot of money. When Mom makes a lot of money in the future, she will definitely buy more delicious cakes for Wan'er. Go ahead and go with your aunt to ask for delicious cakes from your uncle."
Seeing her daughter running away in the yard with her short legs, Qiao Mingjin got into the kitchen with a smile in her eyes...
In the afternoon, Qiao Mingjin took her three children to cut some firewood in the mountains, dug a few traps by the river, and found some hare tracks to set traps in places where they often hang out.
The money earned from selling this pheasant and hare was much more than the money she earned from a hard day's work cutting firewood. If she could gain something every day, she would be able to breathe a sigh of relief.
The best time to catch pheasants is at night, but she doesn't have a strong light and can't afford lamp oil, but even if she has a windproof mast light, the light may not be helpful.
It is better to get up early every day. The catching effect in the morning is also very good, and the vigilance of pheasants is very low.
In the afternoon, the family of four picked up most of the truckload of firewood, and Qiao Mingjin cut two bamboo poles in the bamboo forest.
Today in the city she chose a large piece of fishing and a bundle of fishing lines.
There is a long river and several small rivers in Xiahe Village. There are also several streams in the mountains, and there are many fish in them.
In this era, fishing tools were backward, fish reproduced quickly, and most farmers were unwilling to cook fish.
Firstly, the freshwater fish has an earthy smell, secondly, the fish bones are small and numerous, and thirdly, the farmers are reluctant to cook the fish because they have to waste oil and ingredients, add ginger, garlic and cooking wine to remove the fishy smell.
Fourth, most adults feel sorry for their children, and they eat fish with their children close to them. However, there are many fish bones, and most children cannot spit out the thorns. Medical skills are still backward in this era, and there are many cases of stuck thorns that kill people.
The fish in the river multiplied more and more.
Most of the people who were willing to eat fish were the rich families in the city. If the dead fish couldn't be sold at a high price, she would also like to catch some fish to sell. Rich people don't know how to save oil, salt, ginger and garlic.
It's just that there is no good way to preserve this fish, and it is easy to die if you catch it. Secondly, the road is too far, so it is not good luck.
But it is still good to catch some fish occasionally to add some nutrition to the three children.
The three children all look smaller than their peers. The Qiao family's life is worse than that of the Yue family. Mingheng and Mingqi have not eaten anything meaty and oily since they were young. Qiao Mingjin often secretly thinks when looking at the three children.
Feeling distressed...
Since firewood was delivered again the next day, the time spent in the mountains at night was not that long. When the sun was dim and dim, the family of four led the cows home.
Not long after arriving home, Yue Xiaoman came over carrying a basket.
"Sister-in-law, these are eighty eggs. Dad said that you will give them to us after you sell them for money. Dad also said that if there is no food to eat, go to the vegetable patch at home and pull them out."
Qiao Mingjin just smiled and didn't say anything after hearing this. Can she still withdraw after this has been delivered to her door?
There is no need for people to say that she has no conscience and just makes some lies.
Qiao Mingjin listened to what Yue Xiaoman said, and it was obvious that Mrs. Wu hadn't come back yet. Otherwise, the old Yue-tou would be reluctant to give her the money, but if she had no food to eat and asked her to dig in the fields, Mrs. Wu would definitely make a fuss at home.
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Seeing that Qiao Mingjin was silent, Yue Xiaoman was confused and didn't know what to say.
Qiao Mingjin looked at the baskets of eggs and had a few thoughts in her mind.
If you accept it, the Sun family, Yu family and Wu family will tell lies. If you don't accept it, won't they stop telling lies?
In order to keep their ears quiet in the future, I’ll give them two cents each. And I won’t take advantage of them.
Maybe, this could gain sympathy from the villagers. I don't expect the villagers to help. It would be great as long as the villagers can say more for the mother and daughter and not arrange things behind their backs.
Yue Xiaoman breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Qiao Mingjin responded.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Sister-in-law, Mrs. Liu asked someone to bring a letter again. She said that she asked the third brother to send a matchmaker to the house as soon as possible to propose marriage. She also said that our family is not sincere and so on. My mother originally wanted to go to the city today to find her.
Third brother’s, it’s just that grandma had something to do, so my mother went to grandma’s house.”
After Yue Xiaoman finished speaking, he stared at Qiao Mingjin, thinking about what different emotions he could see on Qiao Mingjin's face.
It's just that she was disappointed in the end.
Qiao Mingjin seemed to listen to other people's affairs, and her eyes were clear.
He said to Yue Xiaoman: "Xiaoman, I'm going to fetch water now. If it's later, I won't be able to see the road. How about you play with Wan'er at home for a while?"
"No. Sister-in-law, I also want to go home." After saying that, she hurriedly left.
After she left, Qiao Mingjin ordered Mingqi to cook and Mingheng to make egg trays, while she found a pole and a bucket to fetch water...
After the water was filled, the four of them had dinner, and she made a trap and some simple tools for catching wild animals. The three children competed in rubbing the straw rope.
Every night the three children compete to see who can twist the rope longer...
