Mrs. Zhao looked at the white-faced steamed buns and felt grateful in her heart: "They are so kind-hearted."
Seeing the three children each holding one and reluctant to eat, Zhao and Su Sanlang wanted to cry and laugh at the same time.
Finally, Mrs. Zhao said gently: "Eat."
"Mom, you and dad should eat too."
Su Sanmei was reluctant to bite, so Su Chong and Su Hua took a big bite after Zhao spoke, showing expressions of satisfaction.
Mrs. Zhao gently touched Su Sanmei's hair and said with a smile: "Mom knows how to eat. You can eat it. There are some here."
In this way, Su Sanmei started to eat steamed buns.
Su Sanlang took one to Mrs. Zhao and said, "Mother, you can eat one too. We will have the rest for dinner later in the evening. We will cut the braised pork and cook it with dried vegetables for dinner."
Mrs. Zhao looked at Su Sanlang and said, "Dad, I'll give you half of it."
Being remembered all the time, Su Sanlang felt very warm in his heart. He smiled and said: "Mother, I have already eaten two big steamed buns in Sun Mansion. Master Fu asked me to eat them, and he also gave me water to drink.
I didn’t lie to you, really.”
Ms. Zhao looked at Su Sanlang and saw that his eyes were not evasive, with a smile and sincerity. Ms. Zhao believed it. She smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll eat it."
Su Sanmei took her two brothers out to eat.
Su Sanlang took out five taels of silver and gave it to Mrs. Zhao, saying: "My dear mother, please keep this money. I have inquired with Master Fu. There is a miscellaneous medical hall in Yangjiao Town. In two months, we will
After saving some more money, we will go to the city as a family during the Chinese New Year, take Brother Chong and Brother Hua to see the doctor, and let the doctor check whether you are recovering well."
After Mrs. Zhao took the medicine prescribed by Old Man Wu, her complexion and body were much better than before.
However, if there was a chance, he still wanted the doctor in the city to give Zhao another look.
Mrs. Zhao mentioned Su Sanlang's plan and nodded with tears in her eyes: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
It didn't matter whether she saw it or not. The most important thing was to show it to her two sons. But there was no need to say this. Su Sanlang cared about her, so how could she ignore his love?
The two looked at each other and smiled. Mrs. Zhao felt warm in her heart, and so did Su Sanlang.
He is the backbone of the family, protecting them from wind and rain, but all his warmth and belonging are also given to him by his wife, who supports him and understands him, and his obedient and well-behaved children are all given to him by his wife Zhao.
Su Sanlang picked up Su Xiaolu and played with her.
Su Xiaolu smiled and was full of expectations for the future of this family.
"Mother, my family will have to work hard for you during this period. When I go further into the mountains tomorrow, I will take Brother Chong and Brother Hua with me. After October, there will basically be no work in the fields.
, but other people will also have to cut firewood and plow the ground. When everyone is free in November, they will also want to go into the mountains to catch something. I have to take advantage of this month to make more traps."
Su Sanlang looked at Mr. Zhao and said that he had to take advantage of this opportunity to earn more money so that he could have enough money to treat his two children.
Ms. Zhao knew it in her heart, so she nodded: "Don't worry, just leave everything in the house to me."
Su Sanlang counted the days and said, "The hen has been laying in the nest for twenty-one or two days, and the chicks are going to come out of the nest in the next few days. You have to work hard."
Ms. Zhao smiled: "It's not hard work. You don't have to worry about things at home. I'm doing a good job."
Mrs. Zhao knew very well that in October, the busy farming days were almost over, and most of the households were cutting firewood and plowing the ground.
Su Sanlang had prepared all these in more than a month, so while others were chopping wood and digging the ground, he could take his two sons into the mountains to make traps and catch wild animals.
Su Sanlang did all this for her and the child. How could Mrs. Zhao drag him back, so she told Su Sanlang to go without any worries.
Even during this half day, Su Sanlang was not idle, carrying water, watering the ground and weeding.
Mrs. Zhao asked Su Sanmei and her three brothers and sisters to take care of Su Xiaolu, while she boiled warm water and kneaded the dough, added some ground Jinyu Bangzi powder to the dough, and then used it to steam the steamed buns, so that big thick steamed buns came out.
, she prepared this for Su Sanlang to take his children into the mountains.
Early the next morning, Su Sanlang woke up his two sons and went out.
Mrs. Zhao took Su Sanmei and Su Xiaolu at home, keeping the house in order and watering the ground every day to ensure it was moist.
, at noon, Su Sanmei heard the cries of chickens while catching insects to feed the chickens. She carefully walked into the chicken pen to look, and saw a furry head emerging from the hen's wings.
Su Sanmei exclaimed: "Wow."
Mrs. Zhao was breastfeeding Su Xiaolu in the house when she heard a voice asking: "Third sister, what's wrong?"
Su Sanmei replied in surprise: "Mom, our chick has hatched."
Seeing the chicken heads sprouting out of the hen's wings one after another and making tiny cries, Su Sanmei said happily: "It's so cute, as cute as the fourth sister."
Mrs. Zhao in the house also smiled when she heard Su Sanmei say that the chicks had hatched. While fastening her buttons, she said to Su Xiaolu: "Fourth sister, let's go. Mom will show you the chicks. I guess this is the case."
It will take two days to leave the nest."
Mrs. Zhao came out with Su Xiaolu in her arms, and handed Su Xiaolu to Su Sanmei to hold, while she lifted the hen away.
Eight of the sixteen eggs had already hatched, and the other eight also showed signs of pecking at the shells. Ms. Zhao sighed with relief: "It would be great if sixteen chicks could be born."
"Mom, the chicks are so cute. They are so small, can they eat bugs?"
Su Sanmei asked, she knew that the newborn fourth sister had to drink her mother's milk to grow up, so what should the newborn chicks eat? The hen had no milk.
Mrs. Zhao smiled and said: "My mother has prepared it for them a long time ago. When they are born, they can only eat some vegetable leaves or bran. But we don't have bran at home, so we can give them some powder ground by golden and jade sticks. It's better."
Chickens can't eat much. When they grow up, they can eat bugs."
Although eating food is expensive, once the chickens grow stronger, they can eat insects.
In the two wastelands in front of my house, there are countless insects, enough for them to eat.
"Mom, when the chickens can eat bugs, I will catch them a lot of bugs every day and make them fat."
Su Sanmei said happily that from this moment on, her goal was to fatten these chicks.
Mrs. Zhao smiled and said, "Three sisters are not afraid of hard work."
Su Sanmei shook her head. She was not afraid, and catching bugs was not hard at all. She was just having fun.
Zhao touched Su Sanmei's hair and said nothing.
She focused on the eggs that had not yet hatched.
Su Xiaolu was also watching it originally, but after watching it for a while, he lost interest.
She struggled to look outside, and Su Sanmei immediately understood: "Mom, fourth sister wants to go to the yard. I'll take her out to play."
Ms. Zhao nodded reassuringly and said, "Go ahead, be careful."
